Yep Pink Squirrel is a WI pattern. I think it came out of the Driftless Angler Fly Shop in Viroqua WI.
On Sat, Jan 19, 2019, 11:00 PM DonO <[email protected] wrote: > Jack, > Thanks for the story- very interesting. > > I’ve got some ‘upgrades’ to the basic pattern for you to try. Lots of > variations in Google images, but no rope-dub grub patterns. > > Wisconsin is the ‘home’ for this pattern, isn’t it? > > DonO > > *From:* Jack Harford <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Saturday, January 19, 2019 5:12 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [VFB] Sign-up list update 3-- 1st Swap, 2019 - Pink > Squirrel Nymph > > Hi Don . . . Count me in too if we have a couple of months as recently > posted. > > Did a trip to Wisconsin to visit my son and go to Kyle Zempel's trout > camp. I was introduced to the Pink Squirrel at that time and landed a few > trout with a tenkara rod. On returning to Indianapolis I ventured to the > local pond with the Pink Squirrel still attached and decided what the heck > let's just toss it in and see what happens. The fly hit the surface and > about a foot under the water a big, really big sinister silver thing > flashed on the fly and immediately broke me off. I have since tried pink > squirrel flies several times on that pond and to my dismay have never > gotten a single bite . . . not even from a bluegill. 😉 > > > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" > group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VFB Mail" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VFB Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
