Today is National Coffee Day, and I'm celebrating with several cups of my favorite brew. It's Nantucket Blend from Green Mountain Coffee. I enjoy it black, for that's the way to really get the true taste of coffee, "my opinion only"....you know when you open a bag of coffee and you are greeted with that gorgeous smell, well that's how black coffee tastes. Lots of great deals out there today at local coffee sellers....go for it folks.
Here is an interesting pattern. I found this in a book given to me by a faithful follower of this blog. The book is "Limestone Legends"...the pattern is called the "Madsen". The fly was originated by Michigan angler Earl Madsen. The fly found favor on the famous limestone streams of Pennsylvania. They say the fly is perfect for those warm summer days when the fish would take it as a land based insect that had been blown into the water.
And seeing how we are headed south at least from Connecticut here is another pattern from the southern Appalachians. The fly is called "Corey's Calf Tail"....the caption in the book calls it a "great" attractor fly...it's said it fishes well at dusk and in larger sizes.
Alan
ReplyDeleteNational Coffee day. Interesting flies you've got there. Looks like they will do the trick up north here or down south.
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Pete the Corey calf tail I'm sure of, the other has to be proven.
Alan not too dissimilar to a supa pupa pattern we use here for Grayling & trout, only exception being we cut off the top hackles and the bottom hackles just leaving them comign from the sides, great fly and accounts for a lot of fish I catch on dries.
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Sounds like a pretty cool fly. May tie up one and give it a shot.
National Coffee Day--I'd already drunk my morning coffee along with rough cut Orange Marmalade on toasted rye bread, before I saw today's SSR. I guess this might make it International Coffee Day!
ReplyDeleteIt goes without saying that the flies look great. Are they both dry flies or do they have that dual purpose " Fish dry until it sinks, then fish it wet"? The "Corey's Calf Tail" looks a little like a "Crackleback" fly with a sighter tuft.
Enjoy National Coffee Day.
Kindest Regards,
Steve.
Steve Hynes
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Steve it's evening here in the eastern US, but your description of the marmalade on rye toast has me thinking. Well the rye is close but the marmalade will have to wait 'til morning.
All my flies get fished both ways, most times they will work.
Somewhat like George, I tie a pattern with orange floss body and palmered hackle, trimmed all around to 1/8 inch. It was first dreamed up by Hoagy Carmichael and published by Chauncy K Lively in his book "Chauncy's Flybox". Its called simply "Little Orange Mayfly".
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John now there is a piece of fly fishing history that i don't think many of us knew. I really love input like that.
History of angling past is a love of mine.
Never been a coffee drinker. I wonder if they will have a National Mt. Dew Day? I need to get my tying mojo back.
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Howard, now take that thought and turn it into Mt. Dew flavored coffee. Please remember me when you make millions off that idea.
Fly tying would make a big difference in your well being.
Alan
ReplyDeleteI'm a coffee drinker in the winter months, and then it has to be Decaf---Cracker Barrel brand is one I really like. Thanks for sharing
Bill Trussell
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Bill I guess that coffee is available only at Cracker Barrel? I know when we have stopped there for breakfast the coffee has been good.