Tom: Been thinking about you. I wondered about the Yellowstone expedition. I bought some waders, but they are so tight that I look like a Schmooo. Remember the Schmoos from Li'l Abner? How is the fall fishing? Still doing the Weber, I suspect. I have so many projects on my house that I don't see how I will do much lfishing this fall at all.
Larry J >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/30/04 10:29PM >>> Nice to hear from you Larry. Thanks for the recipes. My summer went alot like yours although I did get out a half dozen times including the annual trip to Yellowstone Lake. Get those waders and lets hit Strawberry together, the fish are in the shallows. Tom On Sep 30, 2004, at 12:58 PM, Larry Johnson wrote: > I tied some flies for a friend last night. The first flies I have > tied in about four months. It must be like "writer's block." I > hardly fished during the summer, and when I did, I had plenty of > flies. He is going to the fabled Boulder Mtns., in south-central > Utah. There are certain flies which are very effective on those > lakes, especially in the fall. These are all midge patterns. > > 1. SCOFIELD SPECIAL > Hook: #12-14 Mustad 94840 > Thread: Any light-weight black thread > Body: Built-up black thread. > Tail: none > Hackle: fore and aft barred grizzly > Rib: very narrow silver tinsel spiralled over the black thread > body > between the hackles > Whip-finish > > 2. SCOFIELD MIDGE > Identical to the SCOFIELD SPECIAL, but leave the aft grizzly > hackle > out. > > 3. BOULDER MT. MIDGE This is an original pattern > Hook: #10-16 Mustad 94840 > Thread: Light-weight black > Body: 2 Peacock herls > Rib: Gold tinsel > Hackle: Brown, one size smaller than for the hook you are using. > Attach the thread behind the eye and run it to the top of the > bend of > hook. tie in the peacock, tinsel, and hackle (by the tip) and > twist them > into a rope. I do this on my NORVISE and it's a simple process. > The > tighter the rope, the better. Wrap the rope from the bend of the > hook forward to the eye and tie it off. Whip finish. > > These are all killer midge patterns, whether fished with a fly rod, or > with a spinning rod and casting bubble. I would like to get some > digital pics and put them up on the list. > > Larry Johnson > Springville, Utah > > Tom Davenport Home Page: http://homepage.mac.com/tsmd Webshots Albums: http://community.webshots.com/user/tsmdav
