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Archive for July, 2008

Here they are…DOGS COUNT TOO!!!

Ally gives shooting instructions to my mentor, Sal A. (guess she wants to do some writing…like I have to do)

Ally at the campsite with Angelo, Hogback Creek, 2002 Winter

This was a GREAT steakhouse that burned to the ground in 1993 on Hwy. 178 between Ridgecrest and Kernville. I tipped more than [...]

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Here are some patterns that see me through a good Spring and Summer…ENJOY!!!

Larry Kingry Caddis
HOOK: TMC 2487, 2457 or Diiachi 1120, 1130, # 12-18
THREAD: Uni 8/0 Black or Gordon Griffith’s 14/0 black
ABDOMEN: Green FlexiFloss
RIB: Chart FlexiFloss
THORAX: Ostrich, black or Dark brown
A good all-around, down, deep Caddis pattern. Kingry’s other new patterns can be viewed at [...]

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Here are some things that might be of interest…
Ally and her new best friend…G’abby…

Creation space ( I actually tie my flies)….

Work in progress…more later on this…

Two nifty products I use. One is from your local Gamatkatsu dealer, the other can only be had through Blue Ribbon Flies in W. Yellowstone…

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My stories will be going up in a few more days. I will cover my trip to Chilko Lake, BC, how I got together with Jean Marie Hon (and what happened), introducing Michael to fly fishing and more trips to remote locations….
PT/TB
For the comment…
Nope, never saw a bear at Chilko Lake. I spent almost all [...]

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ROJO MIDGE
Thread: Wapsi UTC 70 , olive brown, olive, rust, red and black ( I like the way this lays down)
Hook: TMC 200R, 16-22
Bead: Ruby xsm
Gills: White Antron
Rib: XSM Chart wire
Thorax: Peacock herl
I first saw this guy on Charlie Craven’s site about two years ago. I tied some up in olive brown, black and red [...]

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Today, a bunch of new patterns go up. Tomorrow, some stories….

Git ‘er done…
PT/TB

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* THERE ARE MANY MORE PHOTOS ON MY FRONT PAGE, CLICK ON RECENT POSTS IN THE RIGHT HAND COLUMN OR PLANETTROUT ABOVE MY HEADER *
Thanks to Aly Barker, Michael Barker and Nadia for digging these up for me!
Seems that an extraordinary amount of hits are coming from the name Jean Marie Hon so, [...]

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