Paul, I found that one too, when I was searching to the fly I was told about. Looks like we have two flies with the same name. Maybe it don't count if one is a Canadian name and the other has a USA name, eh?
DonO ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Marriner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 12:28 PM Subject: Re: [VFB] Fly pattern > Check it out fellows, the Orange Blossom Special is a northern New > Brunswick Atlantic salmon fly. It was created (and is still tied) by > Ralph Billingsley. Your can find the pattern tied by the originator on > page 37 of A Compendium of Canadian Fly Patterns. > > cheers > Paul > www.galesendpress.com > > Charlie Bonner wrote: > > > > DonO, > > > > We fished the North Park Region several times over the past 10 years and > > that has been one of our best flies for brown trout when the water was > > murkey and even worked pretty well in cleaner water. The guys at North Park > > Angler introduced me to that fly years ago. I recommend it to anyone fishing > > in that part of Co and Wy. I even tried it here in Arkansas and it worked > > quite well. I think it looked like a little brown trout. Its a great > > streamer patter. > > > > CRB > > > > >From: "Chuck Alexander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Reply-To: <[email protected]> > > >To: <[email protected]> > > >Subject: Re: [VFB] Fly pattern > > >Date: Mon, 7 May 2007 11:31:07 -0500 > > > > > >I bet in a size 10 or 12 you could murder bluegills with that fly, Chuck > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- From: "DonO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >To: <[email protected]> > > >Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 11:14 AM > > >Subject: [VFB] Fly pattern > > > > > > > > >>I was talking to a Wyoming Game & Fish biologist this morning about this > > >>weekend's fishing, considering the snow and run-off. We got to talking > > >>flies and I asked him about the Chili-pepper. He hadn't heard of it, but > > >>his special go-to fly is similar, and it's called the Orange-blossom > > >>Special. > > >> > > >>Tough I'd tie up some to compliment my peppers and give it a go, too. > > >> > > >>http://www.riverbum.com/Salmon-&-Steelhead/Orange-Blossom-Special/ > > >> > > >>I'd be interested to hear how it works from others. He got it from a > > >>friend > > >>from W. Virginia who does a lot of smallmouth fishing. Said it was his > > >>killer pattern, and it worked on Wyoming trout, too. > > >> > > >>DonO > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Get a FREE Web site, company branded e-mail and more from Microsoft Office > > Live! http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/mcrssaub0050001411mrt/direct/01/ > > -- > Paul Marriner > Outdoor Writing & Photography. Owner: Gale's End Press. Member: OWAA & > OWC. Author of: A Compendium of Canadian Fly Patterns (co-author), > Stillwater Fly Fishing: Tools & Tactics, How to Choose & Use Fly-tying > Thread, Modern Atlantic Salmon Flies, Miramichi River Journal, Ausable > River Journal, and Atlantic Salmon. > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.6.5/792 - Release Date: 5/6/2007 9:01 PM > >
