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Good tip, thanks!

Spring BWO Hook: TMC 3769 Tail: pheasant tail Rib: small gold wire Abdomen: Vevus body quill Thorax: olive ice dub If anyone knows how to tighten the ice dub on the thorax, I would appreciate the advice. I’m using a dubbing loop with 8/0 thread.

Stonefly habitat is generally fast moving well oxygenated water with big rocks so most folks tie them with a lot of lead wraps.

You can wrap a lead abdomen and squash it down flat with pliers then dub over that.

Not true! You’re one of the better tiers on the site and a frequent contributor. I will miss seeing your patterns. Please cool down quickly. If you need a confidence booster put it up for a vote. You belong with us.

Another vote for the Bionic Ant. The foam floats forever and the rubber legs and Antron wing are useful additions over the original Sailor Ant.

Perfect is the enemy of good enough? Tweak those effective patterns and try to make them better!

You’re definitely fishing a different part of the water column than I am. I’m near the top with an intermediate leader. It’s an opportunity for me to get a steelhead with a single hand 6 wt. and a floating line. I’m never quite happy with the shade of orange dubbing but the fish keep eating it.

I’ve been using that pattern for cutthroat and summer steelhead from the time the pupae emerge in September or October until late in the fall. Most of the time it’s a dense hatch. The Steelhead remember those bugs for a long time. Mike Sturza came up with that one. The Palmer chenille is a...

Mikey’s October Caddis Pupae hook: Gamukatsu B10S stinger size 4 abdomen: Scintilla #63 hackle 3 turns of medium orange Palmer chenille hackle: dark brown hen thorax: dark brown Wapsi squirrel (I was looking for a pattern that could use Palmer chenille)

For spring Jumbos: Tied on Daiichi 1530 #4 hook with a crystal chenille body and 2-3 wraps of Palmer chenille behind the head. 7-10 turns of lead behind a cone or 3/16” bead. Fish with a 3x leader and sink tip or intermediate line.

Jack you're a good tier and photographer. What constitutes failure in your opinion? This technique is simply tying an overhand knot on the top of the hook shank, rotating the vise 180 degrees and tying another overhand knot. Wish I could remember where I first saw this technique. Probably...

This is the weave that solves your problems. Light on the bottom dark on top. slender oval profile. Embroidery floss from the craft store. Overhand knots instead of a loose wrap. Sorry about the late post, I’m catching up on this forum.

I’ve got a burkie 1228 that you could inspect in Olympia. $850 would get it done.

FNF Jelly. A blob fly tied as an egg. Works at a certain spring creek you might know

try this on a heavy scud hook..

The nine worked fine for me. Bought a ten and used it mostly for chum. One of my friends uses an eight and it works for him. All single hand rods.

Thanks. It was the pinks I was wondering about.

So why is marine area 11 closed?

A fly version of the Nightmare Jig for Steelhead: Hook: Daiichi 1530 #4 Bead: 3/16” pearl Throat: red egg yarn Abdomen: black ultra chenille Hackle: black saddle Thorax: small red chenille