Saw Perih’s work on Moldy Chum. This is nice work. Hit the slide show marker and enjoy the 3 sections. I just dumped in my shot below…ignore it.
Above Harpham Flats, Deschutes River~Switters B
Archive for January 26th, 2009
Renegade~Riverbum Pics (Matt-Utah)
The Renegade was first intro’d to me by Harry Teel about 20 years ago on the Crooked R. one evening. I have remarked about this before, that with all the flies at Harry’s disposal and with his years of knowledge, he was fishing an evening hatch of caddis with the Renegade. I am sure he could have gone straight to the EHC, but he worked the seams of the riffles with the Renegade and, of course, caught fish after fish. A few years later, I was in B.C. fishing a lake full of Kamloop’s east of Little Fort. My memory is that I caught so many trout on the Renegade that long after the white hackle had been decimated and was trailing behind held only by the tie in point, the fly continued to catch fish. I still remember holding it up to my son, Evan, and remarking ’watch this’ and sure enough the cast produced another torpedoe off the drop.
The fly is a simple tie and the proportions you see above are important to produce the swept back hackle fibers, so don’t use dry fly grade hackle, nor schlappen style either. Create the image in the pic. The gold tag for a touch of flash is always there too. I think you fish this dry for as long as it stays afloat and then if it goes wet, all the better. A fat peacock body is important and I would tie this in sizes 10-14. I have caught more trout on the size 10 than the size 14! Forget a bead head or ribbing. As usual, if it gets that tattered…you have had a great time and you can tie on another one. The late Ed Story’s Crackleback is a close second to the Renegade.
“The ‘Warren Zevon’ is a fairly basic damsel nymph which, nonetheless, has been extremely successful with the White Swan Fly-fishers since its inception. Currently (October 2008 it has taken 159+ fish.”
Hook :- Size 12 Lureflash VP200, Kamasan B175
Thread :- Olive
Tail :- Olive Marabou
Body :- Olive Marabou
Eyes :- 2mm silver Beadchain (no bigger). Tied on top of the hookshank.
Thorax Cover :- Green Pearl Shellback (Lureflash)
Thorax :- Flou Green Antron Wool (Lureflash
http://thewhiteswanflyfishers.co.uk/flytying.aspx
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09
Trout Tattoo by Chris Harrison
This tattoo of a trout by Chris Harrison of Atlantis Tattoo in Milford, CT. has nice lines. The outline would be suitable for all the trout species of the New England area. Not sure if Chris is still working at that site but in case…(203) 878-3167.
Yield to FGFF
http://fatguyflyfishing.blogspot.com/
So, what’s the probability that one of the FGFF’s carries a AD36 Virus and heretofore layed that girth to beer, brats and three helpings?
“Human adenovirus 36 (HAdV-36) or AD-36 is one of 51 types of adenoviruses known to infect humans. It was first shown to be associated with obesity in chickens…To date, AD-36 is the only human adenovirus that has been linked with human obesity, present in 30% of obese humans and 11% of nonobese humans…” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AD-36
Yes, dear you still have a nice ass
There is growing research that suggests fat cells actually might be contagious and like a common cold passed from person to person. Some of this is research suggest that fat cells multiply because of a social conformity mindset…not just that you eat as much as your group but that your body chemically changes to conform…your metabolism is altered and if you possess the AD36 Virus, this is compounded. So, if you have spent and inordinate amount of time at the fly tying station, eating snacks, cooking those special weekend dishes then you are carrying that extra weight, aren’t you?
Aside from the novelty and intrigue of contagious fat, or social conformity fat or a cold virus that you can have that causes fat…for some of us, we have been house bound/work bound and may be for another month or so. I noted sub zero temps again in Mont. and N.D. this morning. So, my brief stint out to the river yesterday, reinforced what I had noted this past several weeks at the gym, I am out of shape. I have also noticed the obvious that I choose to ignore…each year, I am slightly and progressively in less shape than the year before. This is aggravated by Winter time diet, total veg time, too much blog time, or if you are unfortunate a virus and the ignored factor…age. So, right now embark upon some form of exercise program and if you are on the far side of 55, then don’t lift and run like you are 35 nor like you felt in August. Start slow and get the legs, butt and shoulders back into shape.
