Yuba Haiku 1.17.2012

In Dharma's garden,
acrobatic fish, green and red.
We swirling dervish.

Yuba 1-9-2012

Fluid crystal course,
moorland meaning "skylining".
Fast, flurry 1 subsides!

Tony's Talisker

Through some simple refinements I have my new wet fly for the Rhitogenia Morisoni hatch.
Over the past few months I have been able to really hone in on the patterns new form and really get some great feedback from the source, Trout!
A few posts back is a profile of one fish that really liked it well.
Inspiration for the pattern is from traditional North Country lead wings that are illustrated in T.E. Pritts book North Country Flies from 1886 and added what I think that set the Salmonoids into a frenzy is the flash rib in the rabbit dubbed body. I also am very fond of the wings luminosity made from Mottled Turkey feather. I'm sure in the light in the water from below they "light up".
If your interested in trying out one of my Talisker's they can be purchased through my on line store here;
Alpen Glow: on-line fly shop

Etsy feedback

"You can tell these flies are made with the care and patience of someone who appreciates the art of fly fishing himself. Beautiful!"

Thanks Catherine Cavanaugh! Those flies you purchased are flies i carry in my fly box every trip to the river. I appreciate that you can appreciate them. Not all "work all the time" but by in large one or two of my signature flies produce a fish or two... always fingers crossed!

Don't hesitate to send me a picture of a fish you catch with one of the flies, i'd love to see it!

best Tony

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Yosemite of the Middle Fork, Kings River.

Painted rock cave,
dream and wonder, spiders or the harvest.
Turrets of granite.

Yuba river solstice

Swirls of blue rushing.
Seeking my offering, Salmonoids splash.
Venus rising.

Hydropsyco and Rhyco Rat

Two new flies i've been using with good success have been a Hydropsyche and Rhyacophila imitation.
Using them as a secondary fly to a lead attractor dry fly.
Dabbed with some Frogs Fanny and away I go.
The dry shake in-beds the dubbing and soft filaments with a coating that seems to create or hold tiny bubbles that add something that the trout turn on to.
I like using the fine Gamagatsu emerger hooks for these patterns.
Nice gap to hold large fish.
Finer than average wire to add a tad of stealth to the profile.