55 on the fly

I hit the West Branch of the Delaware River again today, same spot as Thursday, but different game plan and different results. Water was still very cold at 46 degrees this morning so nymphing was the order of the day. Fished till noon. Hooked three and of course lost the "big one" a good brown of 20 inch range. He made three runs and I had him on for 10 minutes or so. I could't do anything with him in the current. I had him to the leader once and then he just bolted and ran way down river with me trying to follow in cold deep water up to my boys….. Needless to say I couldn't stay with him and he broke off with the point fly…. Bummer, but what fun…. that fish got me going for sure…. a couple of photos below….. Doug.

I just recently bought a new set of Jvice Pro-jaws with the Salmon Head and Goose Neck the other day. The new head design and tension adjustment is machined from white Ertalyte.  It's more stream line than the original head and it looks good too... But the proofs in the pudding, right?  So the last few days I've been just playing around tying some flies and enjoying this new vise and the pro-jaws.   these Pro-jaws will be great for tying smaller fly sizes... Here's a close up of the Pro-jaws and the Salmon Head. If your looking to upgrade your current fly tying vise and want the very best available today. IMHO y ou can't go wrong with a Jvice, they are top quality and precision made.  I've tied well over 20,000 flies on my Original Goose Neck Jvice with the standard jaws without a single failure or problem of any kind.  Jay also stands behind everything they make and you won't find better customer service if you ever do have a problem.   ...

...  folks have asked to see some variations so here's a few; My WHPT size #16  WHPT standard pattern size #18 WH Copper John (Stone) size #14  WH Copper John size #16 Note: all flies tied and photographed by Doug Korn