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The Lahontan on the cover of Fly Fisherman is gorgeous. Looks like 28 inches and in beautiful shape. We're starting to see more and more large Lahontans coming upstream from Crowley Lake into the...

I bought a pair of Korker Guide Boots about 2 years ago. They have the rubber heel loop that was described. I've hiked literally hundreds of miles in mine. I'm so confident with them that I use them...

I've been reading Ron Newman's book, "Rainbow Trout Fly Fishing. A Guide for Stillwaters". He covers a lot of observations that he's made in 35 years fishing lakes and explains some things that many...

Nice Job, Mike. PMD Quigley Cripples are one of my favorites too. I really like how you kept the shuck material to a smaller number of zlon fibers. I noticed that the pattern pic I put on my web site...

Darian
There is a difference between the materials. Angel Hair is a synthetic mylar in fine uniform widths. Diamond Hair contains both Mylar and Nylon. It looks like a blend using Angel Hair and...

Here's a pic of the Shad pattern. I used the Gamakatsu SC15 hook which is favored by Rohmer. The bottom part is Silver Diamond Hair covering the hook. Then above is Silver Minnow Hair, Light Shad...

A streamer baitfish pattern known as the Perfection Perch has been used over the last two years on the Eastside Sierras. A Mammoth Lakes flyshop (The Troutfitter) has contracted with Solitude Flies...

Received a beautiful group of Parachute Madam X flies from Maodiver. Since Maodiver is a member of this forum, I really wanted to show this to everyone here. :D
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Thanks for the input, Hairstacker. The Steehead swap looked great and I really enjoy reading the discussion of beads. I used beads on the Kenai this summer and they were my best offering, but it...

Very Surprised that there hasn't been anyone from this forum signing up for the swap. :shock: There's only two spots left.
Regards, Steve

Anyone interested in going into a "Favorite Fly" Swap? :D
I'll keep this swap open to 15 tiers. Just choose the fly that you did best this season from May 1st to Nov 15th. These will be trout...

Bill,
I'm so sorry to hear of the loss within your family. You have my deepest condolences. I lost my daughter-in-law at age 24, two years ago. Fortunately, we have the memories that never leave...

Hi Steve,

You might want to check out my site pertaining to trico spinners. There is a tutorial showing John Bett's version of a female Trico Spinner.
http://stevenojai.tripod.com/trispin.htm
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Awwwww.......that hurts, Darian! :shock: Particularly since we're talking about nymphs, those sleek little things with some flashy underbodies.
Where else can you get away with using Pink and...

Greetings, Slage

Jot me down for the Czech Nymph swap. Definitely, a great fly to be using in early season. How many actually use a three Czech Nymph rig?? I find it not worth my time to go beyond...

The last group arrived and this completes the ten patterns, so I'll get these shipped back to you within the next few days. The first pic is a BWO Sparkle Dun by Patrick (aka PM). We went into the...

Boy, these emergers keep rolling in...Went fishing this morning and came back to three more additions to our swap by evening.
The first selection is Bear's Midnight Emerger. Bear must have got...

As Jake promised, his flies arrived the next day. :D
Jake tied a Caddis emerger in a size 16 . What I really like about this fly is the proportions. Note how the wing tips do not extend beyond...

Got two emergers in today. The first one is from Darian. It's a size 8 Green Drake Emerger designed by Craig Mathews of Blue Ribbon Flies in Montana. This fly uses a Z-lon trailing shuck, Olive...

While fishing the Gunnison last Father's Day, I hooked into a beautiful 24" rainbow which leaped 3 times and, then, snapped me off. Looking at the water from my boulder perch, I was thinking about...

Hi Chris

I tend to agree with Darian. I find that I usually do not apply any head cement on flies smaller than 18. I like to use Sally's Hard as Nails for a head cement. To anchor hair or thread...

The first batch of flies I've recieved was from HappyOD.
His contribution is a Sparkle Dun using a grey dubbed body that should imitate an emerging Callibaetis dun fairly well.
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Well, tommorrow is the official commencement of the New Year's mayfly emerger swap. We have ten tiers. Please send ten toe-tagged emergers as well as a materials list.

Hope everyone has been...

Bill,
I tend to use Uni-Thread. It's a polyester material, comes in 3/0,6/0, and 8/0 sizes. Lots of colors and the labels seem to stay will glued to the spool. Also has a nice small slit to anchor...

:D Looks like this will be another excellent swap coming together. Only one more spot. We will be starting Feb 1st, rather than Jan. 15th, as one tier is in the midst of moving and I really wanted to...