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Enjoying this thread, so much!!
Paul and all, thank you for all your responses!!
Gayle MacLean,
Dartmouth!!
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On 10/03/19 04:48 PM, "rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca" <rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:
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> Well Dave I use a very similar fly.
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> I dub a little seals fur - dyed olive or black around
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> a 16 hook or on a tube. Very effective.
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> Has embarrassed a few expert anglers! or at least
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> they said they were experts - a slight difference!
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> Enjoy the fall
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> Paul
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> > On October 3, 2019 at 12:56 PM David Webster <dwebster@glinx.com> wrote:
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> > Hi Paul & All
> >
> > Your mention of a Midge hatch brought to mind a fishing trip too many decades ago. I tied flies then and liked to experiment with designs. So I tied a dry Midge fly on a #16 hook, entirely black as I recall with abdomen represented by fine Stren line dyed black and wound around the shank.
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> > At a seldom fished lake (4 hours walk from road) up to my knees in water late one evening, trout were rising all around but ignored one fly after another. So I tried my Midge and hooked a trout on nearly every cast.
> >
> > A very effective wet fly was too simple to work but it did, especially when there was some wave chop; One back feather from a Grouse with 2 mm of tip projecting past the bend wound on the shank and tied.
> >
> > Yt, DW, Kentville
> >
> > On 10/2/2019 9:26 AM, rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca wrote:
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> > >
> > > Hi All
> > >
> > > Yesterday was a fine day for a paddle on the Lahave.
> > >
> > > No wind or waves made it lovely for a friend and I.
> > >
> > > About 5 we went ashore for a break and a little lunch.
> > >
> > > As we stood talking a commotion of Crows approached.
> > >
> > > They were chasing an Owl and were not in good humour
> > >
> > > judging by their calls. As the parade went overhead about tree height
> > >
> > > one of the crows dived the owl and struck it in the back.
> > >
> > > That loosened a bunch of feathers and as there was no wind
> > >
> > > the feathers drifted down to us like a flurry of big snowflakes.
> > >
> > > Perhaps 15 to 20 they were a beautiful small grey feathers.
> > >
> > > After the parade went by the owl flew into a grove of thick trees.
> > >
> > > The crows milled about for a little, declared victory and then went of
> > >
> > > about other business.
> > >
> > > Earlier a vulture flew high, very high over head. Going from North to South
> > >
> > > very fast. It could scan a lot of country from that height.
> > >
> > > In the afternoon as the day warmed Dragon flies started out. Several different
> > >
> > > species. There was a few Caddis flies laying eggs on the water. Again
> > >
> > > my knowledge of Caddis flies does not extend to iding species. And after
> > >
> > > sundown a hatch of midges came off the water. Small fellows but lots of them.
> > >
> > > So many insects.
> > >
> > > Darkness ended a good day so we went ashore.
> > >
> > > Enjoy a fall canoe trip
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> > > Paul
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=3C/div=3E =
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=3Cspan style=3D=22font-size=3A 12pt=3B=22=3Emy knowledge of Caddis=
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=3Cspan style=3D=22font-size=3A 12pt=3B=22=3EDarkness ended a good =
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