Great idea Ray! I bought those same material cards at Walmart – they are quite useful.

Maybe you can chop up golden brown, and make some pretty fine dubbing....

Excellent SBS, per your usual !!!

Dana

Deadly.........That one’s going in my rotation

NightWatchman wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 9:55 pm Ray I don’t know if they’re stateside yet but they are coming soon. I made friends years back with a Partridge rep when I was at a show donating some flies to “Casting for recovery.”

“Good karma comes back around”

Olive quil
Waterhen

Two of my favorite materials. That is an absolutely beautiful fly you have tied there, keep up the great work!!!
Dana

neodymium magnets-I made a similar setup for my wading staff.... and I have a couple of larger ones buried in the piece of sheep fleece on top of my chest pack-it keeps on mayflies from blowing away!

... at least somebody’s fishing.......

Well done!!

Awesome pattern, Ken....... must look fantastic when it’s wet.
Dana

Thank you, Joseph.......I can’t really see them too well, why don’t you send them my way for a closer inspection?

letumgo wrote: ↑Wed Feb 03, 2021 12:29 pm Or “wingnut”...

(friendly humor)

Friendly laughter!!

John Would it be possible for you to post a close-up photo of an actual dotterel feather? I do not have any, and would like to be able to compare different feathers. Come to think of it that would be a great sub-section to have, under “materials”. Multiple Pearsalls silk cards have been posted, so w...