RJ, you have some good patterns that are extremely effective. Tie whatever you feel like, but the one for each species is a great idea. Glad your on board and I hope I can get you on the river this fall. We've had some good times. Hope to have some more.

Thing is while I may tie many flies , I usually tie few patterns. Kinda get stuck in a rut of what works well so why change.
Think I'm going to go with an unproven pattern of something I always want to try but never really do.
Hope it will bring some luck.
As for river time :
Pretty positive I'm going to burn those last 2 oddball vacation days on weds-thurs when jack is up for salmon.
Wouldn't mind hitting a weekend for steelhead before I get into full hunting mode in the fall .
Come jan -1 however my work schedule totally changes . I get 3 & 4 weekdays off and an entire full 7 days off every month plus 5 vacation weeks. That should give me lots of opportunity

you should get mine in the next couple days charlie....sorry for the dis -connect, i had a knee replaced and it was pretty much all i did this summer.
anyway, flies got sent monday.
 

 I'll be building a custom home for a '37 Chevy p-up, a '60 Volvo, and some vintage bikes about then. On the drawing board now, along with  other projects. I am going to take vacation around the last week of Sept./First week of October, though. Looking forward to the flies! Sorry to hear about the knee, Bear. Hope you can wade well  by the fall.

Bear's flies arrived. I almost ate them for dinner. I will be copying those patterns.  KILLER!  Thanks. Well, bear opened the show with a BANG.

Thanks guys
The Helgramite pattern is a killer for trout and bass.  The eyed magot is good for steel n salmon.  The eggs I threw in just because :)

That's cool, I keep buying $30 lures and forgetting to buy fly hooks up there ..  I have materials only no hooks except for the SRS size 4 ..
Gonna spend some time shopping next week, hope they don't have their ice gear out already, lol
 

Uglyfish handed his in and they look great. Starting to look like an impressive batch of SR specials.....

We blew our last window of opportunity on hitting the lake by sleeping late and going out for breakfast . Figured with the crashers all night it wasn't going to be worth an early rise . The lake played a little nice in the early am but is now a churning sea.

Did hit up all seasons and got my stock up of hooks and hackle. Going to whip some flies up in a frenzy when I get back home and will have something to bring to the table .

Guys itching to ply the SR waters should give it a go / scout on the Labor Day release . Right now the river is low and I wouldn't even bother taking the time unless there is nothing better in life's schedule , then again I guess life is all about searching :)

Be sending you a pm soon Charlie

Funerals are the passing of life we try to avoid . More power to you L-13
As for a report from The land liners. Hope ....
Our summer fun play time is over out here . Big boy boats , crashers and river Run fish will be the norm now .
Adk specks , gosh . I wish . We are talking around the campfire about ausable browns & bows more then Great Lake runs.
Enjoy !!!

Charlie, I'm done and the batch will be on its way to you in the morning. I have your addy from the last time.
Thanks for taking the time to run the swap. 

Well mine are done and I am a bit disappointed in the quality, but fairly happy. Just not in practice and since the surgery I have trouble sitting. That said I am sure the fish will not care. Charlie please pm me your address and I will get them out. I may try one more simple one if time allows.

The proverbial "check" is in the mail.

**** , you got good eyesight. If you can see all the way up here, let me know when the salmon REALLY start to run.   Thanks.  2 more good flies to add to a fishy collection .

Do the best you can, Andy, we know your busy. Thanks for taking the time.