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by Mike62
Sat Feb 10, 2024 7:31 pm
Forum: Fly Dressings - Winged Wet Flies
Topic: White Jungle
Replies: 5
Views: 3116

Re: White Jungle

Theroe wrote: Fri Feb 09, 2024 10:43 am
Updtate wrote: Wed Jan 10, 2024 11:01 am From Bergman.
Tom

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Very nice Tom !
It is “bumble-puppyesque”
Dana
I wonder what was going through Gordon's head when he conjured up that name.
by Mike62
Sat Feb 10, 2024 7:24 pm
Forum: Fishing Wingless Wets
Topic: Rods for fishing flymphs and soft hackles
Replies: 37
Views: 50157

Re: Rods for fishing flymphs and soft hackles

Theroe wrote: Fri Feb 09, 2024 10:40 am “Popeil's Pocket Fisherman”

W
O
W

I knew there was a reason we had the same birthday!
Lol, were those things convertible, or right side reel only?
by Mike62
Wed Feb 07, 2024 6:18 pm
Forum: Fly Dressings - Nymphs
Topic: Light Yellow and Brown
Replies: 9
Views: 3198

Re: Light Yellow and Brown

Theroe wrote: Wed Feb 07, 2024 9:40 am Nice hackle, it appears to be Coch-y- Bondhu…… very nice. I use something similar, but with a brown body or a peacock body that works very well for me in the spring time.

Good luck fishing!
Have I mentioned it's good to have you back?

...I will.
by Mike62
Tue Feb 06, 2024 10:41 am
Forum: Fly Dressings - Nymphs
Topic: Light Yellow and Brown
Replies: 9
Views: 3198

Re: Light Yellow and Brown

Fly tying haute couture! The colors are fantastic and they accessorize brilliantly with the hook tones. It's almost like you channeled your inner Herb Tarlek, you know, where the belt has to match the shoes, only you did it way better.
by Mike62
Mon Feb 05, 2024 5:09 pm
Forum: Fly Dressings - Wingless Wets
Topic: Kaleidoscope Soft Hackle
Replies: 15
Views: 2524

Re: Kaleidoscope Soft Hackle

It's a Parmachene Belle tied by RuPaul!

...maybe an overly effervescent Tequila Sunrise?

Absolutely gorgeous.
by Mike62
Sat Feb 03, 2024 8:26 pm
Forum: Fly Dressings - Winged Wet Flies
Topic: Polka
Replies: 5
Views: 2731

Re: Polka

All I can say is, thank God my grandparents raised me in a Dick Curless/George Jones culture.
by Mike62
Fri Feb 02, 2024 1:22 pm
Forum: Fly Dressings - Winged Wet Flies
Topic: Epting
Replies: 4
Views: 2334

Re: Epting

I may have to stretch this one a wee bit for ice-out trolling.
by Mike62
Wed Jan 31, 2024 7:49 pm
Forum: Soft Hackle Materials
Topic: Forged or tempered
Replies: 4
Views: 2407

Re: Forged or tempered

Theroe wrote: Wed Jan 31, 2024 6:46 pm

I happen to be fond of hooks

Dana
Lol, that's like saying Alexander was fond of adding to his real estate portfolio.
by Mike62
Wed Jan 31, 2024 7:42 pm
Forum: Fishing Wingless Wets
Topic: Greenwell Spiders
Replies: 14
Views: 4972

Re: Greenwell Spiders

I love waxing silk with cobblers wax, it never comes out the same twice.

...which, I guess, if we're shooting for consistency, is a bad thing.

But I don't care.
by Mike62
Mon Jan 29, 2024 3:44 pm
Forum: Tutorials / Step-by-Steps / Video Demos
Topic: Peacock and Starling (Glanros / Henwing Style)
Replies: 16
Views: 7617

Re: Peacock and Starling (Glanros / Henwing Style)

Simple and simply beautiful little flies. I love the vise your using Ray. It's my dream vise and I plan on buying one when I win the lotto. :D I've got a friend down in Machias who has one; he doesn't like it, or use it. He won't get rid of it either. He's a pretty big guy, enough so I don't want t...