



Dry Fly Tying
My first real attempts at creating dry flies... All pictured here are #16-18. The two in the front turned out to be the best: the all-dun colored #16 and the #18 Adams. These all use at least one hackle from the load of materials recently acquired from out west.
These flies are okay - not great, but would probably catch fish. I figure any botched dry fly can be flopped over to a warmwater box and used to catch panfish.
I'm really enjoying learning this new dimension of tying. I've spent the past years tying nymphs and streamers - interesting contrast here. I tried a humpy and found it to be very difficult compared to this traditional style... Everything kept spinning on the hook, and it was very bulky - not easy to tie.
Bedrock & Bronzeback
Two signatures of the BWCA. Dad and company are heading up in June... I'll wait until September. This fish came up to hit a foam surface popper in 10 feet of water... pretty darn dramatic atmosphere and strike - enough so that the sights and sounds of the incident are burned into my brain.
http://www.tipiglen.dircon.co.uk/berrynot.html
This guy has abandoned all reason and trout in favor of a newfound pursuit of the Golden Bulls. Read about the Nobility of Fishes at Roughfish.com:
http://www.everyb1t.com:8080/Species?FISHGROUP=3&GROUP=3
The fish pictured below is a buffalofish, caught with a nymph.