I took in the tyin demo at Jimmy's yesterday. I had the wrong guy mentioned. This young fellow was Carl Emonson. He grew up in the Salmon area on a big ranch. His family had homesteaded just north of Salmon over 100 yrs ago. Elk all over the place. He was a bird hunter, hunted turkeys and developed a bead-eyed, soft hackle pattern that they often use to fish the small streams in their area and catch, at times, very large trout on them. He casts it directly downstream, drops his tip in the water, allowing the soft hackle to get deep and then retreives it. They can fish underneath overhanging bank vegetation, bushes etc. with this method. All these good tiers "finish off" materials very well so that the pattern comes out smooth and clean with no bumps etc. I do not tend to do that. I secure and finish with the thought that it is durable and fishable. I would never make it to the Big Dance. When Salmon got their second stop light it was the big city for this guy and his first trip to Idaho Falls overwhelmed him. Then he said he visited Salt Lake City and totally disliked all the people crowded in one place. There are advantages to the city, but he sure had some great pictures of the land, streams and resources where he grew up. Fortunately, Bruce Staples was at the demo to gather material for a new book he is writing for Frank Amato. I told him I was having trouble dubbing the tails on his small BWO and creating the extended body. He said, "dubbing?" I was doing it wrong. He seperates out a small amount of antron and wraps, not dubs the extended body and body. I just tried it and it comes out great! Waitin for the first thaw and then I'll be up around Ashton fishin big stone nymphs and big ugly streamers through the deep holes. Jere
