William - I really like that black hackled, silver wire bodied fly. It looks really edible. Premerger - No, I haven't used fine wire ribbing especially for shine, nor tinsel either. But I imagine the shine from anything like that would be equivalent to the shine from the tung beads I use. The tung b...

gingerdun, I like what you report that DUBBN believes in. I guess I could say that is what I believe in, too. Your dad's flies look like what we are talking about. Again I am impressed by how often on this forum I see flies that strike me as "interesting" and "beautiful". Tight l...

I still have silver but, with another year of experience .... probably along with others who did not reply whether they thought silver was especially attractive on small or any flies, I now think silver isn't special. Having a lot more experience trying size 14 and 16 flies with silver (bead heads) ...

Year around, most days I fish locally there is not a rising fish to be seen. My rivers are all freestone and all have large populations of various caddis, and lesser populations of stoneflies, mayflies and midges. During the winter there is so little insect activity of any kind that the fish almost ...

By others' replies I see we have plenty of stud options for rubber soles that are slippery without. Some of the options are cheap and available at local stores. On the other hand, for people who can try everything and take the best, like the father and son who own my local fly shop, best may be the ...

Wayne, thanks for fishing and catching for me and the rest that aren't getten any. Alternating days of sickness, wind, bank ice out into the river, or slush in the river = no fishing for me on the Arkansas through Canon City for almost two weeks. As usual, great pictures of fish and flies. You set t...

Thanks, Stan. I'm keeping all these suggestions in the back of my mind (I think).

That was the last fish and the next to last fishing session so far this winter. When I get out again I'll be testing some Cabelas Windshear Fishing Glomitts that were highly recommended and on sale. We'll see

Hi DUBBN. The Arkansas River through Canon City here looks like a moving slushy, so no fishing for me for a while. Too bad, because the weather was real nice today. I hope you had good luck for us both. Hi hankeye. No I have never tried silk. I tried a sock liner I had so long I can't remember the n...

Hey, TBum, thanks, I will keep that in mind. If you stock it I am confident it is good for the job. Your orange #3 line is still what I use and the 9' Daiwa Soyokaze rod you recommended for my wife's bushwacking is still her favorite for that(I really like it too).

I think I can tie up this thread some. Let me start with an example from my wife's spinfishing experience. She came to me spinfishing and not flyfishing, and we both found she could predictably outfish me in stretches of river that were deep and slow. She copied other spinfishemen who claimed high c...