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Ham... did you ever get one. I'm thinking about buying one with Xmas money?

Maybe I'm the only one who does tie nymphs like this, with wire or thread, but I will from here on out. Davie McPhail is a master fly tier and if you are a YouTube fan, I would recommend you subscribe to his channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=st-f_S-Zwrg

Great gift. Hand made things are the best.

Tied one more in all black... Size 16. Can't wait to try these out.

Loved it... Hey Mom, next week's might be a talkie.

LOL yes stick with the fish. Great day.

Those are killer. If you add foam to the just the top half you could make midge emerger.

Thanks... the tricks, at least for me, where: 1. super glue the body down and then tie. 2. take the foam to the near the front of the hook to keep things level for the wing and hackle. 3. Before putting on the wing, trim the hair butts a little, makes things more manageable. 4. After setting the wing, but before trimming the butts, run the thread down the hair some (towards the hook eye) to make a flat area for the hackle; trim any butts that will get in the way of the hackle. 5. After the hackle is in place, pull back the butts and make a line darn pushing them up in the air, whip finish, and make the final trim last. One of the videos used snowshoe hair in a thread dubbing brush instead of hackle. He then trimmed the underneath so the fly would set low in the water. Might try that also

Well I thought it was a under wing when it actually was the body. That didn't help.

Awesome pic.

Well it took me about six tries and three YouTube videos to figure out this one, but I finally got a couple that I really like. I found out from YouTube this is called a Puterbaugh Caddis. This is a size 14.

Musky/Pike Fly lol

In another thread I talked about how someone was killing wild trout with an elk hair dry with a foam under wing... Decided to tie some. Made two. Sat back to admire my work and noticed I forgot the elk hair. LOL ?. Oh well can try. If not blue gills will love them.

Alright already. I got the point on pics. LOL ?

Ok... thanks

I have been thinking about getting a GoPro to take fishing with me, but that is a lot of money to spend on a one trick pony. Does anyone know how well it will work for more mundane things like recording my girl's band concerts and school dance routines. Right now I record them with a cell phone. I was curious how the fish eye lens would work at a distance, i.e., from the stands to the basketball court. Any thoughts?

Duh... it is an Ozark Otter Hound.

Chris... as you saw, I had a good day on Saturday. It appears the extra water and warm weather are a positive. How were you fishing those wet flies.

Just cause he had pics. LOL

Your right.... I suck.

Saturday morning I drove down from IL to Meramec Springs Branch. I got there around 8:30 am, and there were a bunch of folks, but that is to be expected. I found the fishing very tough as I was trying to learn my midges, and I thought to myself: I could be on a wild trout stream right now by myself. So around 10, I packed up and went to my favorite Blue Ribbon Creek. I parked next to the upper bridge, loaded up with my midges and headed upstream. I noticed on my way there was a car on the first parking spot, and wouldn't you know it, there was a guy upstream of me... darn. He was sitting down restringing a fly, and I asked him if he was headed up or down stream. He said up.... darn. I almost gave up, but he asked if I would like to share the stream and fish together. I said sure... it was better then going home. Turns out the gent, Nate, started down stream of me and had already done a half mile or so. Nate who is a member here, but not on much, turned out to be a great small stream partner and loved catching small wild rainbows as much as I do. Well turns out it was a hell of day. Nate had the hot hand and hot fly (a elk hair with a foam under wing) that he picked up fishing in North Carolina I believe. He was catching three to my one as I just had my midge box. I switched through a few flies before I settled on a parachute hairs ear. Although not as good as Nate, I started catching them on top. Nate ended up with a double digit fish day... I think all hand size or smaller. I ended up around the eight to ten mark, with most fish palm size, but I did have one slightly larger then my hand. As normal, I caught as many trees as fish, but they were really big trees. A few of things of note... first WOW the creek has changed. I haven't fishing this portion of the creek in a while and my favorite holes are not holes and my favorite runs are not runs. However, I don't mind. The stream is like a living thing, constantly changing. That is one thing that makes these creeks special. Two, funny how the trout don't read the fishing books. This is winter... the only thing they should be keying on is midges, yellow stonefly nymphs, scuds, and maybe minnows, but here we are catching them on top water with size 14 flies. Nothing else seemed to work. Nate also taught me how to fish water I used to pass on. To this day, it amazes me where these little wilds can hide and live. Also, the creek recently had some really high water, a good five or six feet above normal flow. I am a layman at best, but I think it did the creek some good. Finally, I was looking for some "alone time" on the water, but I'm glad I ran into Nate. It was fun to share my experiences with someone of a like mind, and to hear his. All and all, darn good day on small water. Tight lines.

Wish I could have joined. Thanks Phil for hosting the tournament...and OAF.

For spin rods, I "love" my St. Croix travel rod and case/roll. http://stcroixrods.com/products/freshwater/triumph

I like it so far.

Could you image those on a fly rod? Welcome to the forum.