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Mike - That is a gorgeous fish. Beautifully composed, too. You should print and frame that picture.

That is a gorgeous fish.

Agreed. Wouldn't turn up my nose at the gear, either.

What sizes of the stillwater soft hackle have you fished?

swellcat wrote: Sat Jun 22, 2019 7:02 am

That is a gorgeous fish.

Agreed. Wouldn't turn up my nose at the gear, either.

What sizes of the stillwater soft hackle have you fished?

I have used them from size 10 to 20. On this day I was using one tied in a size 14 1x short 2x heavy wet fly hook. The rod is an 8 1/2' 5wt glass rod i built on an experimental blank. Reel is an orvis cfo III . Nice combo for this type of fishing.

Hello,
What color is the body of the fly? I looked up the material as I never heard tell of it before and they offer a lot of different colours. I'm amazed at what trout will hit given all the different patterns that are out there. Thank you.

raven4ns wrote: Sun Jun 23, 2019 12:20 am Hello,
What color is the body of the fly? I looked up the material as I never heard tell of it before and they offer a lot of different colours. I'm amazed at what trout will hit given all the different patterns that are out there. Thank you.

Mirage opal tinsel

Hello,
I should have been more clear, I meant the D rib. Thank you.

raven4ns wrote: Sun Jun 23, 2019 9:00 am Hello,
I should have been more clear, I meant the D rib. Thank you.

The d rib is clear, over the tinsel

ForumGhillie wrote: Sun Jun 23, 2019 6:57 am Mike,

Sweet fly!

Side Note: Our daughter and I stayed over night in Miles on June 6th at the Econo Lodge heading to Glacier NP. It was 94 degrees!! Is it always that hot there in June?

John

It's not unusual, but 80's are normal.

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