Clear sky the other night made the deep freeze even deeper. Tons of snow, short days, tying flies, and hiking.
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Clear sky the other night made the deep freeze even deeper. Tons of snow, short days, tying flies, and hiking.
trout on dries 
Bob, the snow and cold have been good for fly tying here too. It looks like you’re well stocked with terrestrials. What are the lace-winged bugs?
Les: The laced winged bugs are just a creation….no specific pattern. I tied a few and liked them (the look) so tied more. I’m tying them for NZ. Adams gray body, gray web wing material(lace) tied caddis-like, and med-dun hackle clipped on bottom to ride low, a bit of white on top for visibility. To be used on challenging fish…hopefully successfully, at home and away. I fished some well know rivers in NZ last yr that had already been fished for several months before I arrived. Quite a few fish were picky and could only be fooled with small stuff in spite of reading that “in NZ any fly will work”. My best fly was often an ant!
bob
Beautiful pictures! Those flies all look great.
Douglas: Thanks for dropping in and comments on photos and flies. Read your Chasing Rumours post recently on blog, thewatercalls.ca ,and enjoyed it. Great post title. I read a very good travel-fly fishing book 2 yrs ago called, Chasing Rumour. About a fellow who travels to Patagonia to fly fish. Check it out. Happy NY
bob