Lateral view of a Male Baetis (Baetidae) (Blue-Winged Olive) Mayfly Dun from Mystery Creek #43 in New York

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Male Baetidae (Blue-Winged Olive) Mayfly Dun Male Baetidae (Blue-Winged Olive) Mayfly Dun

Lateral view of a Male Baetidae (Blue-Winged Olive) Mayfly Dun from Mystery Creek #308 in Washington

This dun emerged from a mature nymph on my desk. Unfortunately its wings didn't perfectly dry out.

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27" brown trout, my largest ever. It was the sub-dominant fish in its pool. After this, I hooked the bigger one, but I couldn't land it.

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keeping it clean

Roguerat

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Roguerat on Aug 6, 2011August 6th, 2011, 8:59 am EDT

anbody ever given thought to tying-bench cleanup by using one of those mini (micro?) vacuum-cleaners they make for electronic stuff like keyboards?

I'm married to the most forgiving wife in the world, she admires everything I tie with a that's nice, dear' and I want to keep her happy. that means no piles of clipped deer hair on the carpet, no stray feathers hanging out of the dog's mouth, etc...

I think I'll Google this item and see what's out there, just for grins.

I Peter 5:7...'Cast your cares upon Him'

Jesse

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Jesse on Aug 6, 2011August 6th, 2011, 10:02 pm EDT

What the hells bells de very confused hopper pattern!

Most of us fish our whole lives..not knowing its not the fish that we are after.
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Roguerat

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Roguerat on Aug 7, 2011August 7th, 2011, 3:25 am EDT

vacuum-cleaned hoppers?

I saw a balsa-bodied monstrosity from the '50's in a magazine recently, guess it follows suit that this 'fly' was dreamed up during the days of 'duck and cover' and radiation-spawned mutants all over the place.

Gutcutter

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Gutcutter on Aug 7, 2011August 7th, 2011, 5:33 pm EDT

vacuum-cleaned hoppers?
and radiation-spawned mutants all over the place.

Yeah, they wouldn't work anymore. Fish don't like Chernobyl ants or hoppers. Don't ever try to use them in Pennsylvania.
Oh, yeah, I guess you would have to throw them at SMB because we have no trouts in PA
:)

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Roguerat

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Roguerat on Aug 8, 2011August 8th, 2011, 5:48 am EDT

make a quick trip to West MI, then- it rained over the weekend and we've been advised of the possibility of a 'run' of "Brown Trout" in the Grand again.

seriously, heading for The Muskegon this evening, SMB are said to be hitting topwaters pretty consistently. sz 10 poppers and frogs,etc, on Stinger hooks.

'should I wear a film-badge when tying on Chernobyl mutants?'

I Peter 5:7...'Cast your cares upon Him'

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