I took the two hander to the big W for a day of practicing my form. I'm pretty happy with the results... as long as I am always casting to river right with an upstream breeze I should be fine! I did encounter a SMB and a Crappie. I also encountered two jackasses in a jon boat who thought that it would be fine to fish through (not just drift through) the front and backside of a sweeper I was swinging flies through. Words were exchanged...hopefully they learned something about river/boat/fishing decorum.
I also wrapped a few more flies. One, which I took out to the river to test, was a spun deer hair variation of the Ska-opper. I tied it with Haig-Brown's Steelhead bee in mind. It floated and popped and stayed on top with no problem. I think I may tie some in different colors and maybe size them down a little. The other fly was such a thing of beauty that I named it after my wife. Finally, the big box is full! This in addition to the boxes of leeches and intruders and I think I am set.
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