Re: [VFB] Need pattern for ausable bomber

[DonO]

Dan,  I can see why you're looking for it, and why you can't find it, too. The bomber minnows are something newer.   The original bomber fly that I remember from the old pattern books was a cigar-shaped trimmed deerhair dry fly with a hackle palmered all the way through and buried into the deerhair. I remember a red hackle tail and a trimmed butt-section left in the vertical position up front, about an eighth of an inch long.  I think the colors were natural, yellow, and olive. The Ausable Bomber you're looking for is probably the latter, just guessing from the articles.  They were tied as skaters.   Too bad there are no photos except of the bomber streamer pattern.    DonO   ----- Original Message ----- From: Dan To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 5:50 AM Subject: [VFB] Need pattern for ausable bomber Anyone tie this fly Dan Gober