From: "David Murphy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: RE: [VFB] Sowbug "Roundup" Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 17:46:50 -0500
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I call em as I see em and those are some very nice flys you tied. I can see why it takes so much time to tie one. They are pure art and fancy the man as well as the fish.
As for your swap, I'm afraid I'd be shamed into the corner after seeing those. I never tied any serious salmon or steelhead flys as I never needed them. Thus, I am woefully inadequet in tying salmon flys and bassbugs but some day I plan to learn. Heck, I'm only going on 50. My tying skills have pretty exclusively been aimed at tying trout flys in sizes 6 through 28 with everything in the past couple of years btween 12-22 but 90% are 14-20s.
While I love my steelhead trips to Lake Erie tribs, the patterns we've been catching them on are typical trout patterns from #10 Olive Buggers to #18 PTNs as recent years have been nothing but low clear water with mostly spooked fish needing florocarbon tippets of 5 or 6x.
Past years usually had an occaisional rain which brought up hoardes of steelies and a few salmon which we proved you can catch on any pattern visible to them of the approximate right size. We tied streamers in our school colors and other crazy stuff.
We always seem to catch more than most, thanks to our "guide" Oby who is my friend with the best eyes and line control I've ever seen. Never saw anyone beat this guy under any conditions at steelhead. Closest call came when dances (Richard "the Lurker" Ross) was with us one year in a very low and clear pool. Only one guy was catching them so dances and Oby figured out he was using #12 black buggers but they still couldn't get any interest. That was the year we learned of florocarbon. dances ran to the shop and bought us each a spool and we all started catching fish. I now buy the 250 yard spools at Wallymart for $9 which is about 4x Vanish.
Well, anyway, I think your swap would be a good time for the 10 of you but I'll get some practice and take lessons from you all first. When I can tie one I'm proud of, I'll get in such a swap.
Speaking of swaps, you are in the IOFF swap. Danged! Today is the last day, I'd better post the list!
Favorite Source for Fly Tying Products: www.LinesEnd.com>From: "mark romero" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Subject: RE: [VFB] Sowbug "Roundup" >Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2005 21:00:38 +0000 > >Thankx for the kind words Murf. It's a labor of love for sure. I'm >thinking of hosting a swap sometime. Haven't ever done that before. >Maybe you'd like to get in? If and when i do, it'll be a free style >salmon/steelhead swap, with a limit of 10 swappers. With full dress, >hair wing, Spey, Dee, or any other approach acceptable. But, no >"established patterns" allowed. All entries must design their own >fly. To be contiuned............. mark > >>From: "David Murphy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Reply-To: <[email protected]> >>To: <[email protected]> >>Subject: RE: [VFB] Sowbug "Roundup" >>Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 21:42:19 -0500 >> > ><< message3.txt >>
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