Yeah I know – this has nothing to do with fly fishing or fly tying – but I just had to post this anyway. I have been known to enjoy a good beer or two on fishing trips, so I’ll use that as justification. Actually there’s another hook ;^) :
… small icebergs are specially selected by local fishermen, who tow them to the brewery …
If you have a problem with any of this – go tell the site admin ;^)
Anyway – This beer was just released in Copenhagen this past week – so I doubt that it’s available here in Canada – but I think that I’ll have to make a trip to a particular beer store in town to see.
This past January, I met Skip at a weekend seminar that our club helped organize, and he tied and talked about this very effective pattern
There are a couple articles over at Flyfisherman.com by Skip Morris, about his Skip Nymph, some variations including some anatomical variants, as well as how and when to fish them.
The pontoon boat has been ordered – should be getting shipped in the next day or two. There was apparently a delay in getting some parts back from powder coating.
With the forecast of some nice warm days ahead, there HAS to be some open stillwater soon! The North Saskatchewan is opening up pretty quick if that’s any indication.
Have picked up some accessories for the pontoon boat already, including a rail mount for my rod holder, and a WISE brand swivel base. Going to think about the seat pedestal as well after I try this thing out – I came across a post where another owner found that the pedestal made it much easier to stand up on the casting deck and sit back down.
I’ll be reusing much of what I used on my float tube as well, such as the rod holder, cup holder, and fish finder mount. Still need to decide on an anchor, and pick up some anchor rope as well. And I just remembered – I gotta get this seasons fishing license!
This looks like an excellent fly – instead of using uni-stretch, I’m going to try a couple other materials – midge flex and and some stretch floss that I have on hand already!
Materials:
Hook size: #14 – #20
Brass/Gold bead to match hook size
Body: uni-stretch (color variable)
Thorax: Peacock herl or peacock dubbing
