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Did your PDA break down or something?
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PDA's break and get lost. The Intarweb is forever....
The cool thing is although I've been playing with how do do this for at least a month, these things tie quick. Literally half done now. Maybe even play around with the color a little more.
And besides, if anyone wants to try dyeing on their own, they might be able to piggy back on my notes.
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Yeah, save these notes: we're all gonna dye sometime.
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So, Woolly Buggers made out of real wool? I hope they're not also made out of real boogers!
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Crane fly larva, a la Frank Sawyer's Killer bug, with a little bit xtra.
I also decided the recipe above got too dark when wet, though it looked pretty darn good dry.
Added another 1/2 tsp to the mix, at near boil for 2 min.
I'll have to cut apart the 6 I tied Sunday.
FWIW, if anyone wants to duplicate the original Killer Bug, splitting the Paton's 00229 into thirds looks very darn close. If there really is a tad more pink in the original Chadwick's 477, then a quick rinse in the appropriate dye would clinch it, I'd think.
But, thinking about real live woolly Woolly Buggers makes sense in the size 14 I tie a lot. I've been using some sort of Hareline micro chenille that goes by "blah blah dubbing" of some sort. This wool would work just as well, and I now have a lifetime supply of light green (not quite caddis green)
You going to the Pleasanton show?
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Don't destroy them. Just send along both for the Swap.
I don't know that it really matters what material is used for a WW body.
I'm sitting on four shoeboxes of chenilles, so I don't think I'll need to look for a substitute anytime soon!
A size 14 Woolly Bugger? Isn't that called a Griffith's Gnat?
Doubt I'll make the Pleasanton show.
BTW, there's a tying expo in Redding in early April. I got an invite to tie, but don't have the time this spring.
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Mine are enveloped. Soon on the way.
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first flies are in! MsKeeto dropped 'em by today. I think I'm destined for the red lantern award this go 'round....
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Looks like Scott's sending us a chemistry experiment more than a fly! 
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Mine are in the mail and emit no noxious fumes.
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Mine went out the other day.
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I'm tying my flies this weekend, then I need to know where to ship them out to.
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PM sent.
If anyone else needs my addy, please pm me
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Hey, I'm half way! Might still need to pray though......
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Maybe it's time now to organize a Swap for procrastinators. Due date is June 2016, if that's not too early for y'all ...
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Yours aren't here yet..... just sayin'
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Don't blame me. It's all in the hands of these guys-- Neither rain, nor sleet, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.
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Maybe it's time now to organize a Swap for procrastinators. Due date is June 2016, if that's not too early for y'all ... I finally make the deadline and now I'm excluded from the next round?
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There's still time to become a procrastinator. Do it tomorrow. Next week sounds better though....
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