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Fished a half-day trip in the evening with a father and son from Kansas City. Father had been fly fishing for quite a while but his son was still pretty new. Put in at Kelley and floated to ROLF. The...
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Brian: What pattern do you use to immitate the golden stone?I'd like to tie some up as I hope to hit the NFofW before long. Thanks Dinger
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Dinger,It is basically a Kauffman with a twist. I personally don't want my golden stones to be as "thick" as the original Kauffman, by all means they aren't skinny but turning over rocks the goldens...
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Brian: Thanks...big help. Sure glad I asked as this pattern is very different from one I recently used in Montana. I will give it a try. appreciate the help. Dinger
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Brian,As a matter of interest, why do you favor a bead head version of the SFN.My experience with this fly is that it is better without the bead, with added weigth to the fly body or with added weight...
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Davy,Well honestly I started tying the stones with the bead because then I wasn't able to build a head very well and it made an already pain in the butt fly to tie that much harder for me...then....
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Brian,As a matter of interest here, as you may well know there are many imitations of SFN out there, some of them way over the top so far as what you do need for a fishing fly.My experience fishing...
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Will do Davy, it's been a while since I have snuck down there.....Brian
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Brian:Do you catch fish on a Kaufman stone? I mean that actual out of the catalog pattern?
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John,Yes, the actual Kauffman catches fish. I use that pattern in the darker colors because the darker stones are the bigger ones (of course ) Won't leave home without it....I guess the river is...
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When do the tricos hatch on the upper Fork? We had a weird trico hatch here on the lower river in September and October a couple of years ago. It was a huge hatch that I'd of sworn was a midge hatch...
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It's funny I said that last night....nice Trico hatch this morning.They will usually start around this time of year and last until around August. There are some sporadic Trico hatches in September,...
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