What do you mean? Of course it's alive!

by Alan Luecke
(Kansas City, MO)

While looking for my blue fly picture I came across this shot of a killer kabari in it's natural habit. That is one creepy, crawly, juicy little meat unit. No wonder they work so well.

“The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten” - Benjamin Franklin

"Be sure in casting, that your fly fall first into the water, for if the line fall first, it scares or frightens the fish..." -
Col. Robert Venables 1662

As age slows my pace, I will become more like the heron.

We've all had situations where seriously chewed up flies kept catching fish after fish after fish. It is no sin to tie flies that come off the vise looking seriously chewed up.