Great looking hat Henk. Do people get you confused with Indianna Jones?
"When one associates with such loonies, one is forced to think about what is and is not appropriate for fly rods. Since there in neither a pope of fly fishing nor a pontificating council of eldeers - well, there are al lot of plain pontificators, I guess - one is quite within one's rights to fish however on chooses." Nick Lyons "A Flyfisher's World" Alan Di Somma Phoenix,AZ. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hans Weilenmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 2:01 PM Subject: [VFB] POPA patterns (was: Moser dub) > On 8 Jul 2004 at 20:27, David Colyn wrote: > > > Rene > > > > Could be a dumb question here, What's a P.O.P.A. nymph? > > David, > > My name is not Rene, but here goes... > > Here is a picture I found on the web of the Moser pattern: > > http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0XgDTAs4eA93FwxerB4KWlpogGUHoTg1gogs80VP > qJBzjIIboHweBnx1EDHPEDNLZSIyQkxtk7bb!l17sT9d!*lIVA75RxTEwFBRC3dZ3gTpWK > AJjhDJt3A8Gsnco5qNsW3TqPUU8ZXw/Popa%20Caddis.jpg?dc=467537309137946457 > 8 > > (yes I know is a long url, but if you get it all on the url line in > your browser, it should show) > > The text with it reads: > HOOK: mustad ALL-AROUND, in various sizes or a DAI-RIKI #135 in > different sizes. The body colors vary on this one as it is a caddis > immitation. The pattern calls for "Moser Dub on the front half of the > hook. The wings are Swiss Straw that has been stretched out from side > to side and lengthwise, coated with a gloss varnish and trimmed to > size and shape. The antennae are individual pheasant center tail > feather fibers on each side.. > > Oliver Edwards also does a Popa. You can find the Henk Verhaar tied > version on the VFB site: > > http://www.virtualflybox.com/patterns/pattern.php?swap_id=14&id=253 > > Cheers, > Hans > >
