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- Monday, 1/26: Deer, Fly Tying & Texts
- When we opened curtains on our bedroom windows this morning, we saw more the six deer wandering around in the east yard.
- I took the pup on a walk to the Wood Duck Deer Blind. While down near the dry creek bed, I saw a Cooper's hawk flying about in the tree tops and looking at us. Cooper, the dog, and I noticed a great deal of coyote tracks in the snow.
- Mary and I watched bluebirds drinking water that was dripping off the roof on the south side of the house. They were all fluffed out, due to the cold temperatures.
- I practiced fly tying in the afternoon, making a scud and a hare's ear nymph fly (see photos, below). I used an orange seed bead ordered through 123stich.com, an online cross stitch company that Mary gets supplies from. It is the head of the scud fly. I viewed several online videos on how to apply dubbing to the thread, since I was failing miserably at dubbing the flies.
- I also attended the sixth online fly tying class between 5:30-8:00 p.m. We learned to tie three flies and a jig. I also got tips on dubbing techniques from the instructors.
- Mom texted that the storm missed her in Montana, but they went through a couple nights with lows of -22° and -25°.
- Karen texted that the electricity came on in the early evening hours.
- Katie texted that she's camping in a tent in Florida and loving the sunshine with temperatures in the 40s while everyone else is freezing.
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Scuds tied in class (left) & tied today (right). |
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| Hare's Ear Nymph tied in class (left) & tied today (right). |
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