coupla nymphs

[blueheron]

with photos

 

[GenCon]

Wow, someone has been busy. Nice looking bunch of flys there.

GenCon

 

[blueheron]

Thanks, filling up the Pocono section. Still a little cold outside, my son comes down and says let's work on the car , he turned 16 and got his permit. Ah, youthful enthusiasm.

 

[troutpoop]

Those look really nice. Seems like you are about ready to go.

 

[lv2nymph]

Pocono section, I like that. What's up with the olive ones in the top pic just to the left of the vise? Are they tied on those mustad English bait style hook ? I tie stones on those, I like the look they give a fly. Nice looking ties.

 

[blueheron]

How's your daughter doing, does she still like those pink ties? The olive ones are ryacophila, they are huge on some streams I hit, and they are on mustad 37160 / 10 's. The ones on the other side are 37160/ 14 's and dark olive , almost black, and the fish are gorged on them in the spring on another stream I fish. The stones are for the Lehigh, the breadcrusts are for the Brodhead and the soft hackles and pocono wets are for anywhere. Oh and 1 wiggle drake.

 

[lv2nymph]

Sadly Chris she has lost the passion for tying. I'll ask if she wants to and she's usually in the middle of something. She'll be 13 in a couple months and girlfriends and such take priority with her these days. I'm hoping the spark will be renewed, I make it a point to ask, but I never push. She'll be back to the bench, you can be too creative with it for her not to want to again at some point. Thanks for asking.

 

[GenCon]

The stones are for the Lehigh, the breadcrusts are for the Brodhead and the soft hackles and pocono wets are for anywhere. Oh and 1 wiggle drake.

Don't count the breadcrust out on the Lehigh. We should keep in touch. I fish the Brodheads quite often. Always nice to meet a fellow angler.

GenCon

 

[blueheron]

Gencon, sounds like we like the same water, and the same flies.
We'll get out when the water is not so hard. lv2nymph, my kids never tied but I still have my daughters Snoopy spincast outfit and my son will sometimes let me talk him into coming out with me but neither has the fishing gene. I was the only one in my house growing up that had to fish and it's the same to this day, it's my religion.

 

[lv2nymph]

There is a need to fish, to be on the water. It sooths the soul. They both still talk about it, but at their age a different set of priorities has set in.

 

[KeithS]

"There is a need to fish, to be on the water. It sooths the soul."

I like that. WAS that a famous quote before? It should be now.

 

[lv2nymph]

Thanks. Not that I know of, made it up on the fly. I thought about it after I posted, I'm normally not that profound.

 

[blueheron]

You're still not that profound, but I'd fish with ya. Must have been the drywall dust.

 

[sandfly]

tie up some perla stones for the pockanose streams.

 

[mike_richardson]

Is that soft hackle tied in for the legs. I never add that to my nymphs and want to start. Do you just strip a bit from each end of the hackle and tie in quill?

 

[sandfly]

soft hackle tied in by tip and pulled over the thorax. gives a lot of movement to the nymph. heres a wiggle stone for ya.

 

[lv2nymph]

blueheron wrote:
You're still not that profound, but I'd fish with ya. Must have been the drywall dust.

Lol. I know it, but what are ya gonna do? Yea, been doing nothing but demo, hanging, & finishing these days so I'm getting a good dose. Pipes freezing up and busting everywhere it seems. Wouldn't mind hitting a stream with you some time either, should try and work that out this season. Bob, nice looking ties you got there.