Re: [VFB] When all else fails....

[David Murphy]

Holy trout streams Batman!  That Patriot is like George Harvey's proof that pink hackle works as well as any in a hatch.

Stop me if any of you have heard this one more than a dozen times but I sat back and watched Charles Meck fish his Patriot one nice day in May on a very remote stream after he took my hole.  he didn't see me until much later so no hard feelings.

Suffice it to say that Mr. Meck caught nadda and I fished water I normally would have passed up on this very small brookie stream very well close to the source.  I did okay on #18 yellow humpies but will give Charles another chance to prove his fly one day.

Another gentleman impressed me with his cast in waters as small or smaller under an apple tree limb the following year but I won't mention Byard's name here.  ;-)  BTW, did you catch him?  Nice cast anyway.

Murf

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From: Peter Gramp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: [VFB] When all else fails....
Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 06:03:35 -0400

Hey, Del-
I have three usual 'go-to' flies:

Then there's the Patriot. Recipe is:
Hook: Mustad 94833 (1x fine, standard dry)
Sizes: 10-18
Thread: Red 8/0
Tail: Brown hackle fibers
Body: Smolt blue Krystal Flash (or something similar from FlyTyer's
Dungeon, no affiliation) wound around the shank; wind some red thread
in the middle of the shank, similar to the royal coachman
Wings: White impala or calf tail, divided
Hackle: Brown
(I think this came from Charlie Meck??)

There ya' have them... All I ask is you don't fish my streams ;)
Tight wraps,
Pete

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