BEING DIPTERA…

Well, Midges – the most prolific bug in,on and around water…especially NOW…

Michael, freezing on the Owens River in January. 2004…

Here are some patterns I have whipped up based on the proven ties by a bunch of fellows I will mention in the text of this post . Here is some background on the bugs which [...]

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BAETIS/BWO…More of ‘EM…

Here they is:

PHOTO: “BAETIS” – John Jurasek, Blue Ribbon Flies Newsletter

The prolific little bugs that love to hatch on overcast, blustery, rainy, snowy, miserable and memorable days on waters everywhere. I LOVE these guys…

OLIVE/BROWN Baetis…
Hook: TMC 2487, Diiachi 1130, #16-24 (Fall SMALL)
THREAD: Gordon Griffiths, 14/0, olive or gray
TAIL: Three olive or brown [...]

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New Baetis Patterns and MICHAEL…

In the next week or so (Sat. 10.10 or Sun 10.11), I will post new Baetis/BWO patterns and the story of how my son Michael was introduced to Fly Fishing and how he now outperforms his Pop …(sometimes)…

Ally and Michael at the Mt. Whitney Fish Hatchery on Oak Creek just North of Independence, CA…
This is [...]

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More, mixed photos from the past…

Jean Marie Hon, 1984, birthmark in left eye-I love that…
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PT, Nadia and my Mother, 1973, just after she was diagnosed with brain cancer…

PT, Munich , 1975

Outside Dublin, 1975…

Fritz Weper’s house in [...]

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Photos from the Owens (and, some before….)

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Here are some photos I found while waiting for my brother and Ally to get me the other ones I’m waiting for. They cover a lot of years , a lot [...]

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JEAN MARIE HON (G)

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The first time I remember seeing Jean Marie was in the Fall of 1976. I was watching a Saturday morning television show with Nadia in the den. I saw THIS girl [...]

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Adding some family photos…. (NEW FLIES BELOW THIS!!!)

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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More Patterns…

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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Outdoor Family Photos II

Michael on the Owens, Fall 2002

Ally blasting on the Owens, Fall 2003

Above: Michael & Ally Goose Lake, Owens Valley, Winter 1994
Above: Pond, Road to Glacier, Big Pine, CA Fall 2000
Michael & Ally, $3.00 Bridge, 2004

Planettrout, North Fork of The Tule River, Spring 2007

Michael, Hot Creek, CA, 2003

Michael in the foothills, 2003
$3.00 Bridge, Madison River, 2004

Ally, [...]

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