I think it is awesome that I was able to share it with my brother as well.

I am also very glad that you folks enjoyed the tale.  I enjoyed going and reliving it as I typed it all up.

The Pemi and I have some serious lost time to make up over the next couple of years.  I see there is definitely potential for some seriously monsterous fish to come out of there, and I did know that the state record rainbow was pulled from there at lik 35" and like 15lbs, on a mickey finn tandem fly in fact.  A tid bit I remembered from some reading a friend gave me.

Man would I love to land a fish like that!!!!

I had no trouble floating that dry Lee, although you are correct the hackle is over sized.  I will take that into consideration my next time at the tying bench.  Thank you for the pointer.

 I do what I can!   And it is thanks to people here and some others not necessarily on this sight, but especially Ziggy that I have begun to develop into a confident angler.

I have recently thanked Brandon for this and hope you all will accept my gratitude as well.

I was not a very good fisherman of any kind before I took on fly fishing, and although I would not call myself a good fly fisherman, the days of getting skunked seem to be getting further and further between.  So I must be doing something right.

Thanks again folks!  And tight lines all around!

T~