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Great job, Kelly! Nice and buggy, just the way I like them.

Material substitution is often necessary. When I list a fly's recipe, I include the exact components I used to create the fly (for sake of accuracy). I fully expect others to substitute materials to get similar results. Without substitution, tyers would quickly be on the path to poverty.

OK OK.....since it's your birthday.......i'll put some swimming nymph hooks in with the bead chain.

Thank you Ray. Yes I sub when I can. Otherwise I'd be more broke than I already am...lol.

Mark, I have lots of beadchain. If you want to send me some swimming nymph hooks, I would be very grateful.

OK, you got it. Happy Birthday!

Okay, I missed a couple of posts here. Thanks again so much. I am absolutely thrilled y'all liked the fly. Now Mark, do you have a link to the thread you mentioned? I want to see it. I have to run and get a shower before my daughter comes over. Oh, and Mark....this time of year, the water turns where I fish. It is an orange color, like it was red clay that got churned up with the already stained water. So if I just put a plain tan fly in there, the fish may never see it, it is that dark. Pitiful really. In the summer the water is very greenish from all the algae. Some places the water is not nearly as stained though. Still, it is never crystal clear. Only one place locally can you see fairly clear, and that is not in the summer. So, I have to improvise.

Tye some in white and some in black. I have good luck with both colors when fishing turbid water, at least for steelhead.

i was just refering to the thread where Doug posted his RFS nymph. That's all.....

Alright Ray, will do.

Mark, if you have the link handy for that thread, please post it. Otherwise I will look for it tomorrow.

Kelly, this is as catching a fly as I can imagine. The subs are superb and the overall character of this fly is just spot on. I really like the way this body turned out and just compliments with the materials to make something very dynamic. Nice fly and a nice pic to show it off.

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Kelly L. wrote: Oh, and Mark....this time of year, the water turns where I fish. It is an orange color, like it was red clay that got churned up with the already stained water. So if I just put a plain tan fly in there, the fish may never see it, it is that dark. Pitiful really. In the summer the water is very greenish from all the algae. Some places the water is not nearly as stained though. Still, it is never crystal clear. Only one place locally can you see fairly clear, and that is not in the summer. So, I have to improvise.

With flies that good, you should move somewhere where the water is nicer.
The possie bugger has a tan body and black head and is big medicine for trout here in the west. It would probably work back east where you live, too.