I hadn't realized it when I bought these, but apparently I scored... I haven't got the knack for tying with them yet. IMG_20210120_143621.jpg Wotton / Wapsi / Schmuecker: IMG_20210120_143719.jpg Wayne Moore: IMG_20210120_143732.jpg Other, unknown origins, but the only one that accommodates a Pearsal...

Potts / Grant style woven fly -- body here is a weave of horse mane and Pearsall's Marabou...

A lot of great stuff in that book... My own experience has been the markers don't cure well on feathers (or thread), and that the color rubs off easily and fades when wet, but it occurs to me in writing this that I haven't (yet) tried adding vinegar...

Interesting. Thanks

Please pardon my ignorance... What's the downside of black silk?

Oh I do like that. You guys are gonna convert me.

Thanks for the encouragement.

Yeah, the hook is old school cool. Mustad 94843 size 12, up eye 4x short 3x fine.

Well, having received such a nice welcome after making my first post, in Letumgo's thread about hand dyeing some fur patches, I thought I had better at least try tying some flymphs... Harder than it looks! I figured I'd try a BWO emerger flymph using my hand-dyed bwo olive australian possum patch fo...

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