Sunday, July 8, 2012

Big C 2012 Frantic Prep

Oh yeah baby.  Going back to the Big C (Columbia River) with John Montana from Carp On The Fly on Thursday.  Hoping to get me a whole lotta this:


And who knows, maybe some o that:


But first I gotta do up bunches and bunches of the others:


Soft-Hackles carp flies in a variety of weights and sizes:




Except one of these is not like the others.  Eventually boredom kicks in whenever I tie up a bunch of the same thing and something different just flows off the vice.  I have no control over the impulse.  For now we will call it a rubber soft-hackle.  As per Fly-Carpin policy it gets a goofy name if and when it proves it's mettle.  Between you and me I already have a good one picked out so here is hoping.