55 on the fly

 Here's a great little variation of my Turkey-tail Nymph tied as a wet fly to imitate the stone flies that come off my home creek in early Spring... Dead drift it, then let it swing, then strip it in... Yeah it's a good one. Enjoy! Materials: Hook: #14-16 1xl nymph hook Thread: 8/0 Uni. Tail and body: Turkey-tail fibers Rib: Medium copper wire Thorax: black dubbing of choice Hackle: Turkey feather from the neck of the bird, 1-1/2 turns.

On opening day of the NY state fall turkey season I was fortunate to take this beautiful adult hen turkey in the pouring rain..... None of it will go to waste. All the meat will be eaten... in fact we already had Wild Turkey Chowder made with the legs from this bird.... Delicious! The feathers from the wings will be used on arrows; the body, neck and tail feathers will be used to create, nymphs, wet flies and streamers for fly fishing.....

As some of you may remember I broke one of the tip sections of my recently rebuilt Kingfisher bamboo fly rod fishing out in Montana this summer... See the "Broken Hearted" post here: https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6587365398588568558#editor/target=post;postID=7645821091392945748;onPublishedMenu=allposts;onClosedMenu=allposts;postNum=10;src=postname And if your interested in the total rebuild of this fly rod you can look back through the older posts and see those as well. Today, I worked on the repair of that broken tip section... the clean break right at the ferrule section... drilling out the old bamboo and pin removal... working on the bamboo fit and prep... the repaired and aligned ferrule with the pin installed... in the end I lost about 5/8" of the tip section... tools for wrapping the decretive black band... wrapped... first coat of spar varnish applied... just four more to go... and she will be good to fish....

Here's an oldie of mine..... it works well in the early spring here in NY when the stone flies are coming off. I use this fly as a dropper about 14-16 inches back. The bubble gives it some action as it bobs and weaves in the current. Give it a go... Hook: Nymph 14-18 Thread: 8/0 Uni Tail: Krystal Flash Body: Pheasant tail Thorax: Hares ear and flash mixed dubbing Wing case: Bubble packing Bubble wrap material from computer components... completed Bubble Back Nymph...

On the Gardiner River with my buddy Ben a fellow guide from a few years ago... We got into some nice browns in deep holes.... Nymphing isn't my favorite way to fish but results do speak volumes... We caught 14 lost a few and only fished the morning, then we were off to the "Two Bit Saloon" for a breakfast burrito. It was a cold morning of fishing, fall is coming quickly.

It was a good day on Soda Butte Creek... Michelle and I got into them big time and had a ball... Here's a few of the Cutthroat trout we caught.