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Yikes! Didn't realize the Odyssey was such a turd. Hats off for an honest review.

worst patch job ever. I'm surprised he didn't put the patch on upside down.

Fine wire ribbed over palmered hackle weighs nothing. Nothing. And it adds to it's durability.

Al Troth wound his hackle front to back and ribbed over it. If you think you understand fly tying or trout fishing more than Al, then you really should get off youtube and put your expertise to bette...

Really nice tying, Jim. Great proportions, too. I like your method of gathering the wraps when laying down the initial base layer of thread.

What is the background music you chose?

I've had a Patriot for 15+ yrs. It's true that the jaws have incredibly reliable clamping ability. The reason for this is the length of the jaws which provides much more leverage than the shorter jaws of similar design you'll see in other Griffin products as well as Renzetti and others.

Also, yo...

Not to be pedantic, Jim, but variants may be winged or wingless. The early Catskill variants were very much like their standard dry fly cousins, but the standard length hackle was substituted with oversized hackle and wound sparse. On some patterns, wings were omitted. When the tails and bod...