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DUBBN wrote:Thanks for the kind words all.

Smuggler, I have never seen a fish rise to a Litte Winter Stone. Be it on the Gunnison, White (Colorado), Roaring Fork, or Colorado River. I know the trout are on the look out for the nymphs, and thats the trout I will be targeting.

DUBBN, yea it's just interesting to me.. that trout are keen to taking the nymph but not the adult. Maybe they do but just very rarely? I dunno lol.

Wayne, you've been busy. These are some great patterns. I like the idea of running these robust nymphs. It's a nice set.

I hope that float trip happens for you soon. Those are some mighty fine ties you have shared with us.

An inspired pattern, Wayne; I'll be very interested in what your fish think of them. For what it's worth, the winter stoneflies in the Gunpowder in Maryland will chase and eat a dry skated across the surface .

tie2fish wrote:An inspired pattern, Wayne; I'll be very interested in what your fish think of them. For what it's worth, the winter stoneflies in the Gunpowder in Maryland will chase and eat a dry skated across the surface .

Skated????? I never even considered that. Its the middle of Winter

You know, it's not that difficult to find out when the fish want it skated. Just let my line go tight at the end of about every 6th to 10th drift. It works well for me,,,IN THE SUMMER! I never would have considered doing that in the Winter. I guess you know what I will be doing when I get on the water next time. I am pretty darn excited about trying it out.

Love the bodies on those flies!!

Thank you Kelly.

Those are all great looking flies, Wayne.

Wayne.........dynimite tyin' all around.....you be dah man. i've seen Trout take little black Stones on top in Feb. Up in Brewster County N.Y. That's one county north of Westchester (Borders the Bronx) which is right above N.Y.C. We're talkin' on the East Branch Croton River and the Amawalk River. Me and my best fishin' pal for many years use to go up and fish all over that area year around all through the 90's when we both lived in Manhattan. His favorite fly was a Prince Nymph and he used to tye these exact perfect little replica flies out of the Orvis catalog. His flies looked identical to the flies Orvis sold. It was so funny. He'd go to the orvis store in Manhattan, buy a fly, and then copy it. Black Ghost, Micky Fins, Ants, Hare's Ear, Pheasent Tails, Wolly Buggers, you name it. It was so funny, but he had a ball doin' that. He's a commercial fly tyer living in B.C., Canada now.
i gave him his first casting lesson and tyin' lessons. We used to fish in the Poconos in PA., up all over in the Catskills, all down around the city, up in Vermont and out on Long Island..........boy i miss those days. i just talked to him and his wife the other day.
Anyway, he had this thing bout skatin' flies as well.........at the very end of a drift.........he'd always just let a fly wake down there for a minute, and he'd get losts of strikes that way.......skittering the fly. The little black Stone where we fished were very small..........size 18 and we'd also get little black Caddis by March in size 20. He and i had a KILLER day on the East Branch Croton in Feb. once. bout a two and half hour blizzard hatch of BWO's. Temps were up in the 60's that day and it was overcast........river was popcorn city.
i'm so happy for the dude, as nowdays he gets to fish for Salmon & Steelies & even the occassional Sea Run Cutt every year as well. They live on Pender Island in B.C., and it's a paradise. We visited them a year or so ago. Sure do hope to get back there. They've got some spots all picked out for us to fish, including from a boat (for ocean run Salmon), a reletive of their's owns.

tie2fish wrote:An inspired pattern, Wayne; I'll be very interested in what your fish think of them. For what it's worth, the winter stoneflies in the Gunpowder in Maryland will chase and eat a dry skated across the surface .

As well as a swung soft hackle. I don't know what it is about tiny stoneflies, but trout really seem to enjoy chasing them. A dead drift just isn't as effective.