It seems to me that is about the way I remember it but it was called The Roberts Special. Arkansas Tony A HAPPY and SAFE New Year to all. -------------------------------------------- On Sat, 12/31/16, Pete Gramp <pete.gr...@gmail.com> wrote:
Subject: Re: [VFB] Hank Roberts White Gloved Howdy? To: "vfb-mail@googlegroups.com" <vfb-mail@googlegroups.com> Date: Saturday, December 31, 2016, 9:52 AM Hopefully these don't come through as monstrously huge photos; I tried to size appropriately, and I just hope I did an OK job of it. Credits for both photos go to www.fishandsave.com ,of which I have no contact info and know little about; being as it is a product for sale, I consider it within the public domain to be able to share these photos for educational purposes only, herein, and I in no way claim them as my own. Now that that's out of the way... I found these two photos by way of Google searches, and I'm quite certain that these are the same fly pattern that the lad was using. Any guesses as to what the pattern recipe is, exactly? I can see a wood duck collar/ beard, ostrich-herl rear half, and quill slip antennae (or whatever it is considered to be, that is sticking out from the eye of the hook). Not sure what is under the herl, not sure of tail, and not sure of front half of abdomen (looks woven, but of what and how I can't tell). Can anyone shed further light on this? Or give a "best guess"?(and don't tell me to just use a size 16 GRHE...trust me, I've tried...haha) Thanks!-Pete. On Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 10:16 AM, 'Anthony Spezio' via VFB Mail <vfb-mail@googlegroups.com> wrote: About 30 years ago I bought a few flies from a mail order store. One of them was called the Roberts Special. It had a Brownish body that is all I can remember about it. I do remember it was a real good fly. I lost it on a back cast to a low flying Canada goose. Arkansas Tony ------------------------------ -------------- On Sat, 12/31/16, Pete Gramp <pete.gr...@gmail.com> wrote: Subject: [VFB] Hank Roberts White Gloved Howdy? To: "vfb-mail@googlegroups.com" <vfb-mail@googlegroups.com> Date: Saturday, December 31, 2016, 4:38 AM 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 -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. 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