The part about the fly tying over on clarks is very true troutfly. I forgot about that even tho I have used it a lot in the past. Those classic flys are just incredible....and they still catch fish!!! The wealth of knowledge over there is mindboggling.
I don't know that I've ever seen a review deleted of anything on FAOL that was done with tact. If it was done hatefully or sarcstically, yes, and I don't blame them.
I find that more often than not, the classics work better than many of the newer patterns, esp on hard fished waters. Fun to tie too. Sometimesit is PIA to locate the materials but then, often there are modern sustitutes that keep it mostly classic, at least in theory, but at the same time the fly works better.
