Hi all!!! I'll try and keep this short....i started tying over this past winter....got about 14 or so to my credit so far. Having a ball with it. Today, i finally got to hit the White River (VT). I grabbed my 5wgt Orvis and headed. Long story short...i turned a good smallmouth and a heckuva brown on flies that I made!!!!!! I only had one of each of my own and both were lost. I was so excited to finally get on the water, i never checked the leader...New leader on tomorrow morning because i gotta get the vise set up after dinner tonite!!!! I had two different patterns going but being ones I made, i have not put a name on them yet...but i did write down the recipe. Anyone think my wife would be upset if i named one of the patterns after her??? It's homemade for me now...the store boughts i had tied on after i lost mine, didn't do a thing.
Byard..got my membership card today...maybe that's the reason i did so well today??
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