Pete,
I found this on the net - www.troutnut.com/common-name/207/*White*-*Gloved*
-Howdies
and
http://www.current-works.com/how-to-tie-fly/tilt-shoot-iso-isonychia-pattern/
Hope this helps
Mike
On Sun, Jan 1, 2017 at 3:37 PM, DonO wrote:
> Pete, I had a Hank Roberts ‘Domino Nymph’ years ago, looked like the
> black-topped white-bottomed flies you see here, but without any hackles.
> Worked great in small Wyoming creeks.
> I had the weave down at one time, but that was decades ago, would have to
> start over. I tied them with a tapered lead wire front thorax underbody
> that I squashed with a needle-nose, then wove over it. Not sure if that was
> what Hand did, but the fly looked right and sank well in holes.
> This may be what he was using, with or without the hackles. Don
>
> [image: s-l1600[2]]
>
>
> *From:* Pete Gramp
> *Sent:* Saturday, December 31, 2016 3:38 AM
> *To:* vfb-mail@googlegroups.com
> *Subject:* [VFB] Hank Roberts White Gloved Howdy?
>
> Anyone ever hear of a pattern called a "Hank Roberts White Gloved Howdy"?
>
> Passed by my local pond and saw another fly fisher there (rare) just
> reeling them in (very rare), hand over foot, thankfully catch and releasing
> or I'd need to find myself a new local pond to fish - he was catching that
> many - but when I stopped by to ask what he was using, he gave a sly grin
> and said an older pattern called the "Hank Roberts White Gloved Howdy". I
> shouldn't be as surprised as I am, but seeing as it was a fellow who looked
> fresh out of puberty, pimples and all, I was a bit surprised he was using
> an older pattern. He never did let me get a look at the fly, so I'm on a
> "quest" of sorts, to find a pattern recipe and example photo to get an idea
> of what the end product should look like and how to tie it.
>
> Thanks, gang, any help is appreciated!
> -Pete
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