I had a busy day yesterday, teaching a father and his 2 son's to fly fish, after 3 hours to they had picked up the basics, off came the wool on went the flies.....damn it took a while for me to figure out what they were rising to, the obvious was a huge caddis hatch, but no it was a small olive...
It is to someone who doesn't have a 'off season', I feel for you all, but it does, as you say, provide entertainment, and has done since I joined over 10 years ago. Not long to go now chaps ;)
I have eaten lots, but cooked zero, my 94 year old mother-in-law (or as I have her in my phone on speed dial, monster-in-law, she know's it and likes a joke) makes a lovely pie, she makes it along similar lines of this recipe
She uses cod, for the smoked fish its mainly haddock, but sometimes...
I know him personally, which is strange as I live so far away! A really genuine friendly guy, he has mentioned coming across the pond with his wife to visit one day, they are more than welcome, one favour deserves another.
I think was the problem.
I went right back to basics.
Rather than FL resize I neck sized only, and they chambered fine.
Then I moved onto the FL die, problems, it's bizarre as everything measures fine.
So I wound the die back out and it's working ok, the odd thing is the FL die has never been...