Nor Vise

My midge jaws were starting to get some wear on them. I emailed Norman Norlander to see what the cost of the jaws alone were. He emailed me back and said they had since i bought them started using a harder metal for the jaws. He asked for my address and said he would send me a set to replace mine. I have called and emailed several times for one reason or another since I bought my vice. Every time Norm has answered or emailed. I guess in this day and age of disassociated businesses it is nice to get some customer service and a product to have some feeling of loyalty to.

Go by a check Nor Vise out if you haven't seen one before.

.177 Bugger

Hook: #10 2x Nymph

Body: Marabou Blk

Hackle: streamer saddle Blk

Tail: Marabou Blk

Weight: 5 wraps of med. Pb.

Cone: .177 cal air gun pellet hollow point (paint Blk and sparkle nail polish)

Happy Thanksgiving

WNC Fly Fishing Expo 2010

Jule and Colin McDowell

My setup for the show tying and talking recycled materials and fly tying.

It was great to see everybody. Enjoyed talking to old friends and making a few new ones. Cool to share a table with Anthony Hipps one day and Tyler Legg the next. Hope Frank has me back next year :)

Trash Flies at Land O' Sky TU Sept meeting

Had a great opportunity to share some Trash Fly patterns at the LOS TU Sept. meeting. Myself and three other members did a tying demonstration at the monthly meeting. I shared two different tent winged caddis and a caddis larvae. Tyveks, dryers sheets and headphone wire insulation were put to work on dries and nymphs. I had a really good time :)

Recent trip to Douglas lake and Tailwater

Couple of firsts. First sauger and white bass on a fly.

New Dryer Sheet application

Jay 'Fishy' Fuller has created in my opinion one of the best Hopper patterns out there. It produces both warm and cold water fish well. He has added a wing material, wing to it over time. Well he a Trash Fly material switch up for it. Try a used dyer sheet for the wing case. Looks good and holds up pretty well.

Cut the sheet into a strip as wide as the hoppers back. Tie it down with last wrap of thread. When you apply head cement, super glue, or zap a gap glue it down. Try it. You have to love the look and you can't beat the price :)