Doctors Orders: Take one Ambien (a sleeping pill with apparently some side effects) before bedtime and tie a fly while you sleep.
Apparently, I did just that. I awoke to find this little size #18 baetis nymph in my vise. Different from the baetis I normally tie, I vaguely remember dreaming about tying this fly and blending the dubbing to form the thorax. Sure enough, the thorax is blended just as I remember in the dream.
Now, where did that entire ham that was in the refrigerator go?
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