It has been many years since I sat down and tied flymphs or soft hackles, but I have had the inspiration to do it again. After seeing Carl Sanders' setup at Sowbug and then posting about my good friend, Bill Shuck, I'm back to it. Hopefully I can start posting some flies soon, if I can get my photog...

Very cool, I like it as well.

-Paul

It looks like Mustad has discontinued the R50U-94842.
So I'm wondering if there are any other up eye hooks out there I can use for flymphs?

Thanks,
Paul

Thanks guys, I really appreciate it.

Ok, be gentle guys, I'm really rusty. But here is my latest flymph using my new FrankenDub Nymph Dubbing. Size 12 Partridge H1A Nymph Hook FrankenDub Nymph Dubbing in Mud Red UNI gold oval tinsel Partridge UNI 8/0 Wine Thread http://www.frankenfly.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/1400IMG_2046-edit.jpg...

Beautiful fly Bill! Well done.

Wow, great looking pattern.
Purple seems to be magic at times.

My top two are: Partridge and Orange REE's Madison Cabbage and I haven't really settled on a third as the above two are the ones I've had the best results with. Everything else is in "the noise". What does REE's Madison Cabbage look like? I knew this would turn into a great thread. Yes, I...

If you were to list your top 3 favorite flymph or spider patterns, what would they be?

Those underwater shots are fantastic!
Great looking fly Bill!