Still think 30' is sometimes long and tough . . . <grin> and a brook trout over 7.5" around here IS a big brook trout!
Richard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Warner, Paul W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 4:01 PM Subject: RE: Old Fishing Guide / Fishing Report > Preston, > > I did find this pattern in Ray Bergman's book. Not sure what name he used. > > Anyways thanks for bringing the name of the fly up. Brought back memories of > starting out fishing with my uncle. Back then I thought a 30' cast was a > long one and also a tough one. A big brook trout was anything over 7 1/2 > inches too. > > Bill W. > > > ---------- > > From: Preston Singletary[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 3:35 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Old Fishing Guide / Fishing Report > > > > Bill, > > According to Roy Patrick's pattern book it was a "Carrot Nymph", maybe > > even > > "Carot Nymph" (Roy wasn't too careful about spelling sometimes). There > > were > > some other interesting patterns like the Chukar Spider and the Dandy Green > > Nymph that seem to have disappeared over the years. > > > > Jim, > > The Montana Bucktail was a pretty good pattern, as I recall it was sort of > > forerunner of the Stimulator and could be fished wet or dry. I used to > > use > > it for sea-run cutthroat quite a bit. I think I'll tie up a few. Tom > > Darling ran Roy's shop for Fay for a while after Roy's death and before he > > opened Avid Angler, is that who you're referring to? > > > > Preston > > >
