DOUGSDEN wrote: ↑Thu Jun 06, 2024 9:43 pm Wayne,
Talk about your clean and concise and absolutely beautiful set of flies before us! I want to go to the Wayne G. school of tying! Can you schedule me in sometime?
In a state of jaw drop,
Doug

I agree. When I grow up, I wanna tie like Wayne.

Very clean dressing, Wayne. Fish food for sure. That hackle looks a bit more like furnace to me, but it could just be the thorax giving the list a darker hue. One to copy, as always.

This post inspired me to tie up a bunch in 14 & 16. Added a small bead head to some of them. Yesterday was on a small stream that I had not had any success on for several years. After trying some of the usual suspects and getting nothing I tied on a #16 with bead head. Took a nice 12 inch brown...

Wayne, I really like it when you ramble and bumble. Lots of good information always spills out. When fishing a riffle I usually use a poly leader or an OPST tip called (ready for this?) the "Riffle". If I'm fishing a team of flies, the point fly is almost always lightly weighted.

I have a fantastic card of Pearsall’s Embroidery silks, it contains dozens of real silk samples. Unfortunately they are all referenced by a letter and number but no names. Does anyone know how the cross reference these Shade numbers to names that we are familiar with? B Take a look at the first pos...

Very nice, Wayne. Squirrel is a favorite of mine. Two questions. Are you using a split thread technique with the squirrel? What is that rib? It has just a bit of flash, but nicely understated.

Very nice, Wayne.

I love all of Syl's books, I mean, he's the Godfather of American wet fly fishing. I think they're about even as far as fly patterns go. There are more color photos of flies in my copy of The Soft Hackled Fly and tiny soft hackles. You really can't go wrong with either one.

Back in '92, I built myself a 6'6" Lamiglas 4 Wt. for those brushy little creeks in Eastern Oregon. Didn't need much distance, but relied on a bow and arrow cast most of the time. ;) High banks and over hanging branches are the name of the game around here, unless your fishing a still water fr...

Dang, Carl. When I grow up, I want to tie like you. Just a picture perfect flymph, as usual. Wonderful dressing.
Something for a mere mortal to shoot for.