Great looking flies, Wayne. The ribbing on the body makes the whole fly just pop out for me. Rookie question time. What do you mean by, Needle? I believe the needle style implies that the hackle is tied behind the thorax/head. As a follow up, I'm guessing that this will allow the hackle to envelop ...

DUBBN wrote: ↑Thu Jul 13, 2023 7:30 pm No fish pics , but the Prarie Chicken kicks some butt.

Maybe pics tomorrow.

Whoa! What is that? How did you get that body to look like a piece of cylindrical glass?! Talk about a caddis menagerie - so cool.

Thanks to everybody who responded to the rod question so far. Long light rods if the length is suitable for the stream you're fishing. I figure the length is going to give you better line control. Why the light lines? Two and three weights mostly. Interesting, to me any way. :) For me there are a c...

As a tangent to this topic, I noticed many of you use a sinking line or leader when fishing flymphs and soft hackles. I've never used a sinking leader. I'm relatively new to fishing subsurface. Are there any guidelines on which sink rate or length to use? Most of the places I fish are fairly small ...

I just recently got the Grey's GR80 11' 4wt for fishing on my local tailwater. I was inspired a lot by Davy Wotton's style of fishing as presented in 'Wet Fly Ways.' I have been using the 3wt Rio SHS 3D with an intermediate versileader and a SA 4wt MPX taper WF line on the rod. I matched it with a H...

I have been completely enamored with biot and marabou when tying wets. You're right, absolutely necessary to put a dab of superglue under the biot. Lord knows, you're going to need it.