You can read Old Hat's assessment and comparison to other brands of silk by going to this previous post:

https://flymphforum.com/viewtopic.php?f ... 0&start=10

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Ray, The 2nd of Doug's flies you posted, seems similar to Nemes' Mother's Day Caddis, with the flat-on-the-top partridge wing and 2 different body materials. I wasn't familiar with it until the recent fly swap and presume it's fished as a dry that floats low in the water. I will also take a shot at ...

Fish magnet if you take it near water!

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Carl,

Are you cutting the raffia into narrow strips with scissors (free-handed) or do you use some other method that results in a consistently wide strip?

Thanks- Ken

The "classic" (black & silver) zebra midge. What other colors do you find successful?

Perhaps responsible for putting more people in the 20/20 Club than any other fly.

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I also purchased a copy based on the OP's writeup and follow-on comments. Found it on ebay for $26.95; said last copy available. It arrived today and can be a Christmas gift to myself. I was very, very good this year just ask my wife

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Look at this earlier post (page 5):

https://flymphforum.com/viewtopic.php?f ... 5&start=40

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I tied this version with Blue-eared pheasant herl as a substitute for Heron. Boy is it fragile. It's tied over Pearsall's Gossamer (Ash / #10). I like this fly lightly hackled, so I removed the fibers from 1 side of the feather.
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Wow and again--Wow! I dream of finding a fly like this in my vise. The tag and the head don't even look like they are thread wraps. It's wonderful how the thread is visible through the dubbing (almost like a rib). Did you use a dubbing rope? And the "spread out" hackle just finishes the fl...

Very nicely executed. Perhaps a Whitlock-themed fly swap is in our future!

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