Sparse Grey Matter

my pleasure, its a well researched tome and presented very well. Ive been enjoying it immensely and have tied a number of the patterns contained within for the upcoming season. I look forward to plying the waters of the Catskills this Spring and Colorado this Summer with them!

http://www.anglebooks.com/the-north-cou ... smith.html

heres a great volume on a well researched history of these great flies. the photos, tying material sections are fantastic. I highly recommend it

I tried both a fine wired copper KB tied with the Berroco and a fine wired red KB with Berroco today on Nine Mile Creek (a spring fortified creek in cry with heavy scud population), despite a fairly consistent BWO hatch that went off for a good portion of the afternoon. There were good numbers of Ca...

no problem, at all, thought some may be interested here. I have a skein of that particular dye lot from Berroco if you didn't get a sample on clarks. drop me a pm

here is a fascinating thread on this elusive material and a holy grail substitute, Ive tried it and its indeed "all that"
http://classicflyrodforum.com/forum/vie ... 73&t=85951

Grateful Dead, usually prefer something in the 68-70, 72-73, or 89-90 era depending on mood. Actually a lot of bluegrass at the bench, its one of the only places I listen to bluegrass these days for some reason

Great stories! Only ever made it to his shop once and regrettably not more frequently. I loved the Fly Tyer article and always wanted to make it back up. Esp loved learning the history behind his jungle cock capes. I always drew comparisons between him with his streamers and those of Charlie Poole a...

Janne, The H&L Variant is an old favorite of mine. It somehow lost it's place in my dry fly box, probably to the newest, latest and greatest fly that didn't prodice as well as the H&L. It's my understanding that it was a favorite fly of Dwight "Ike" Eisenhower as well. Well dressed fly. REE The Ike...

Anyone know of a variation of the FW that incorporated a red floss tag that veiled over the tail extending about an 1/8"? I have a box of flies attributed to Bergman and a number of the Fanwings have the tag. Ill try to snap some pix if anyone would like to see. I was of the mind that it was a Bergm...