Thanks to all for their recommendations - the harford house fly sounds like a winner, but i'm confused in the picture how you have two colors of foam. The instructions seem to imply just one color of foam? Maybe I'm missing something obvious, when reading the instructions?
Thanks, -Pete On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 5:36 PM, Michael Bliss <flyfish...@gmail.com> wrote: > I want to catch the fish that would take that one DonO > > Mike > > On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 10:59 AM, Don Ordes <f...@tribcsp.com> wrote: > >> Here’s mine. Keeps those pesky little ones off the line. >> >> [image: P1010067] >> >> DonO >> >> *From:* Pete Gramp <pete.gr...@gmail.com> >> *Sent:* Saturday, July 04, 2015 4:33 AM >> *To:* vfb-mail@googlegroups.com >> *Subject:* [VFB] Looking for new #12-14 hopper/cricket patterns >> >> There's an area of Maine, USA that I'll be fishing this summer where >> the adjacent farmlands are supposed to be harvested just a week prior to my >> fishing. Even though I can't wade this go of it (and it's "bugging" me >> that's the case), I figure that the hoppers and/or crickets will make their >> typical migration down to the water because of the farms' harvests, so I >> should be tying up the same-sized terrestrials as past years. >> >> Not that past years' patterns didn't work well (namely a modified 'letort >> cricket' in pale yellow- rusty-olive with a dyed candy-apple-red hackle >> tail, and then a pink-craft-store-foam 'baby boy hopper', both relatively >> small, in size 12 to 14), but I always have a desire to try new patterns. >> Anyone have some favorite hopper or cricket patterns that might be new to >> me? >> >> I heard that one of the magazines (perhaps "fly fisherman"?) has a >> feature on Hoppers this latest issue, but I've yet to read / get it, and >> see if there are patterns in there. >> >> Happy Fourth of July to everyone in USA, >> -Pete >> (ZugbugPete) >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" >> group. >> >> To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en >> >> VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "VFB Mail" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" >> group. >> >> To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en >> >> VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "VFB Mail" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Mike Bliss > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" > group. > > To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VFB Mail" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VFB Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
