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Index of Subjects <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head> <meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"/> <style type="text/css"><!--blockquote.cite { margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; border-left: 1px solid #cccccc;} blockquote.cite2 {margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; border-left: 1px solid #cccccc; margin-top: 3px; padding-top: 0px; } a img { border: 0px; } li[style='text-align: center;'], li[style='text-align: right;'] { list-style-position: inside;} body { font-family: Segoe UI; font-size: 12pt; } --></style> </head><body style=""> <div> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">Well Dave you were using the classic wet fly.</span> </div> <div> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">They were called Spiders - some folks used more or less<br/></span> </div> <div> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">feather, different colored thread etc.<br/></span> </div> <div> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">Myself I add a bit of peacock herl to make a snail.<br/></span> </div> <div> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">A very effective fly when the snails are going from deep<br/></span> </div> <div> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">water to the shallows in the spring and vice versa in autumn.<br/></span> </div> <div> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">Not a headline affair in Nova Scotia but it happens yearly.<br/></span> </div> <div> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">Some years I'm lucky!<br/></span> </div> <div> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">Enjoy the snow, rain or whatever!<br/></span> </div> <div> <span style="font-size: 12pt;">Paul<br/></span> </div> <div> <span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span> </div> <div> <span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span> </div> <blockquote style="padding-left: 10px; margin-left: 0px; border-left-color: blue; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; position: relative;" type="cite"> On January 22, 2018 at 2:55 PM David <dwebster@glinx.com> wrote: <br/> <br/> <div> Hi Paul & All, </div> <div>     In former times, when I had time to tie flies and fish, I found a wet fly which looked ugly and made by winding a Grouse feather (from the back I think) around a hook and tying it off (no tail & no ornaments) worked great for trout in shallows of lakes with wave action. </div> <div> Dave </div> <div>      </div> <div>   </div> <div> ------ Original Message ------ </div> <div> From: "rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca" < rita.paul@ns.sympatico.ca> </div> <div> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca </div> <div> Sent: 1/22/2018 1:42:54 PM </div> <div> Subject: [NatureNS] Squirrels Dinner! </div> <div>   </div> <div id="x3dd1e1c3150c498"> <blockquote type="cite"> <div> Hi All </div> <div> A few weeks ago I was driving and saw a road killed </div> <div> grouse laying on the pavement. It was a dark bird and I thought </div> <div> Spruce Grouse but when I went back it was a Ruffed but dark feathers. </div> <div> I thought it would make some nice flies for my trip to Mud Lake next spring </div> <div> so I took it home and hung it in the wood shed till I was able </div> <div> to make some Breadcrust flies. The trout at Mud Lake should like that. </div> <div> Anyway I looked a few days ago and I have a Grouse skeleton and a very </div> <div> happy looking Squirrel! She was kind enough to leave me some feathers </div> <div> but I need pick them up. </div> <div> And here I thought squirrels ate nuts! </div> <div> Enjoy the winter </div> <div> Paul </div> <div>   </div> <div>   </div> </blockquote> </div> </blockquote> <div> <br/>  </div> </body></html>
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