Ah Doug you have been holding out on me :lol: I have no.2 and no.5, maybe I should put them in a glass case :P
Doug also has a wonderful Tup"s pattern as well as others. Wonderful patterns and and pretty tying , as always Doug great job.

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John Dunn

I was thinking the same thing Ree, I really like quill bodies, I think they have it all ,slim profile color contrast well you know .a fine job on the blog good looking flies.

John Dunn

Real nice post thanks, for the olive are you using powder dye, I wonder what the toy stuffing is?

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JAD

Mark I think Mr Stewart only fishes one fly, It's a Tenkara style fly and rod. I think he fishes a couple nymphs and that's it.
I myself only tie with size then color in mind, I had a young boy ask me what to use and I handed him my box , he was very surprised to find written on the box--Wets ...

I can see it now ,you will have to buy all your animals coats.

John

Doug I have a friend that saves me his gray cat hair ,It really does dub nice.

John

If I am tying a size 14 or 12 hook, if I tie from tip I use the largest half of the hackle and discard the end to get the proper size of hackle. Like I said I strip half of one side and then trim to length for hackle to fit fly, on small hooks we are talking a different method. My descriptive ...

dd ---tied stem first and with one side stripped came out most acceptable.
I like the same technique If I don"t strip half quill it seem to be too heavy, thanks for the post.

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John

Tell me how does one partakes in refreshment with that in your mouth, I think I would invent a Bodkin holder.
Poul Jorgensen's would have had a hard time of it also, would have got in the way of his saliva .

Nice fly Ruard
John

I like them ,well done .I would fish those in a heartbeat,

John