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Hello, I'm going to start tying some old fashioned wet flies and I will start with the classic Partridge & Orange pattern. It looks pretty straightforward, but I'm not sure what size hook to use. I've not really fished these old fashioned wet flies much and I'm unsure which size would be the...

My ancestors once owned a small castle in Somerset (Nunney Castle). I might be visiting there in June and wouldn't be fun to fly fish while I'm there. I don't think there's really any desirable moving water near Nunney, though.

Arlee & St. Ignatius.

Well, that makes sense since my mom was from northern Montana ;)

Sweet.

Really funny, but I'm curious, where did you learn to say "shit oh dear"? That's was my mom's favorite cuss line of all time, but I haven't heard that uttered in many decades.

Nice work, Mike.

I am reminded that John Gierach wrote in one of his books this great line: "Trout are only as smart as they need to be, people are too smart for their own good".

Pretty poor photos. A couple of roosters I shot in the basin. Model 12 16ga made in 1914, along with my English setter, Patches.

You're going to have a ball.

There's a lot of cougars in the tree farm, also. That's where I saw my one cat. And I personally knew a Hi Laker and former fishing/hunting partner whose dog was attacked by a cougar while he was in his float tube. The dog survived, but had some pretty good punctures. Then there was that...

Some more dead turkeys that ended up in my freezer. The first is a Merriam's taken near Lake Roosevelt with my Winchester Model 97 12g made in 1914. The second is one of me and another bird taken in the same area with my 92 year old LC Smith side by side. The last bird is a Rio Grande subspecies...

I uses Cutthroat furled leaders on almost all of my bamboo/silk line fishing, usually for dries. I like them. Sorry to hear about Blue Sky. They made good ones, also.

A couple more. The first one is my 2nd Merriam's from Washington, taken with a 1947 Remington Model 11 Sportsman in 16ga, and the other photo is of my Montana bird, taken with a modern conventional pump in 20ga.

I own 20's & 12's but the 16ga has been my go-to upland shotgun for about 25 years now, maybe more. I hunt with two old Nickel-steel Model 12's, an LC Smith sxs, a Remington Model 11, the Winchester Model 97, and I recently picked up a Genuine Sears & Roebuck /JC Higgins 16ga bolt action...

Hero shot of me with a Merriam's turkey from the Kettle Falls area. That shotgun is a Winchester Model 97 16 gauge, made in 1904.

I use a Ruff Land kennels for my two English setters. I am an upland bird hunter so I'm out there on the highways all the time. My dogs run 50lbs and 43lbs and I use the intermediate size. These are a huge cut above the typical dog crates you see popping up on Craigslist and FB Marketplace, but...

I may be out of town that weekend, but I'd like to attend. Been a long, long time since I've seen Mike, Tim & Kent, and there are a lot of guys I've traded messages with who I've never met.

jact55 & FinLuver, thank you both for your input. Greatly appreciated.

Wow, a lot of great responses, thank you all! I appreciate the advice. Cliff