Thanks Carl, now you have me combing some AL's Rug Yarn to make some more! ;) :lol: I never bought Lee's book on tying with poly but watched him tie several times. What size 16's &18's? I will make some for Ron as well, I hope to be over there next week. Yeah, #16's and #18's. I twist the yarn ...

For larger wets (#10 and up) with a wing and fished on the swing the fly will orient itself in a more parallel to the waters surface. Hence why many steelhead and salmon flies are on an up eye hook. Bulk of the fly and water velocity play a role. I'm not sure about smaller sizes or wingless wets. Fi...

Those are superb Bill.

One of my favorites and an absolute killer on the Crooked. I tie mine, no rib and with Clark's Stonefly yarn in a variegated rust color.

Roadkill wrote: ↑Sun Feb 07, 2021 12:44 pm Beautiful fly!!

Was this tied with NE Oregon Yak or local Florida Yak?

It came form a Florida shop. So local Florida Yak.

Thanks guys. The yak hair ties nicely. Very strong Dana. I had no problem with pulling it tight and wrapping it, no cracking etc. As Hank said it is used a lot down here for salt water streamers and is considered very durable. The purposeful taper Ray is just a function of how I tie my spiders using...

Yes, tail off same feather. The thread is Kimono silk. A good 6B substitute.

The partridge was a cheapo I picked up at the show in PA.

The hook is a #12. Actually a Firehole #14

The rib is some classic silk rod wrapping thread I have that I used instead of buttonhole.

Along with the March Browns I worked up a few Dark Hendrickson's. This one is my pattern. Silk: claret Hackle: dark dun hen Tail: bronze mallard Ribbing: very fine copper wire with a red tint Body: Rear half (50/50 muskrat and hare's poll). Front half (50/50 muskrat and hare's ear with a pinch of re...

Mixed up a bunch of Hidy's March brown dubbing today (hare's cheek and reddish brown wool) then worked on a couple flies.

Excellent Charlie! Thanks a so much for doing this. The photos are great. It is very cool to see the structure of the patterns up close. The hooks and the detail in the dubbings are super. There is certainly some attention to "flymph" detail in these ties.