All good things to those who wait (and my apologies for the delay). The 500 followers contest winners are getting their flies shipped today. Coming to a mailbox soon near you:
Drew gets this section of early season bugs. Clockwise from 7 o’clock: SHBHPT, Hare and Copper variant, Frenchie variant, Squirrel and Ginger, Dark Hendrickson winged wet, Hendrickson spider.
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Pete wins the classic North Country spiders, tied on light wire hooks with Pearsall’s Gossamer silks. Left cork: Winter Brown, Black Magic. Right cork, clockwise from 3 o’clock: Orange Partridge, Snipe and Purple, Grey Partridge, Poult Bloa.
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Greg gets this selection wet flies for the Farmington and Housasontic. Clockwise from noon: Pale Watery wingless (Magic Fly), Drowned Ant, Squirrel and Ginger, BWO spider, SHBHPT, Partridge and Light Cahill.
Tight lines, gentlemen. And thanks to everyone for reading and following currentseams. Another 60 or so followers and we’ll do it again!
Hi Steve,
Love your site, your pix are great, especially the beautiful fish. Looking forward to trying your Rock Island flat wing on my striped friends in Rhode Island in a few weeks. Just read your floating line article and enjoyed it. You even had quotes from the Master. His books are my bibles.
Tight lines, Jack Swegel
Jack,
I can tell you that the stripers here gave loved that fly this spring. So glad you liked the article. It was a labor of love.
The swag arrived today! Thank you very much! They will be out to use ASAP!!
Let me know how they do. Some of those pattern are centuries old.
THankyou very much. received the flies and cannot wait to use them!
Regards,
Greg
Glad you like them. 🙂