Confidence-inspiring. I'd fish that, right quick.

Fishy ties.

Nice.

Variations on a wonderful theme. Tie 'em all on; tabulate the aquatic caucus results.

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Alternately/also, notice carpets kicked to the curb. Tote a knife; cut you off a slice. You'll be doing the environment and your tying a favor.

" . . . the wider question is, should we be constrained by the use of the prescribed correct hackle in a traditional fly dressing or have latitude of substitution? [/i] Member GlassJet answered that well with: We need to keep a sense of humour and a wry smile regarding our search for fly-dress...

As it used to be said of effective flies, your photography is killing.

. . . it's a wet fly . . .

With all that hackle, I wondered about that. Probably won't sink right off, will it . . . which can be a feature, not a bug, of course.

The photography jumps out at me here.

That is a gorgeous fish.

Agreed. Wouldn't turn up my nose at the gear, either.

What sizes of the stillwater soft hackle have you fished?

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