Tom Rolled wings are not easy, but with a little bit of practice they’re actually not too difficult. Think of think the early Gordon quill.... At any rate, you have winging it down to a science. Masterful in fact !! Maybe you should change your screen name to “winger” ?? :shock: :lol: Keep posting! ...

Wow that’s great pattern!!!!

Tom

Very nice: so nice, I think you should do a complete plate of Ray Bergman flies.....

Dana

John, Delicious looking patterns! That dubbing is alive with light! The CDC under the Partridge is excellent! Please give us the test results for this great pattern.....whenever this can happen for you! Great job! I love seeing this! Doug Doug, thank you. I have moved on to very large variant dry f...

Those are very nice call and they would cover so many different insects in our neck of the woods.
Keep up the good work Tom

Mike62 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 02, 2021 6:42 am

Theroe wrote: ↑Mon Feb 01, 2021 8:57 am Mike
Why don’t you take the “start drinking early” approach, and see what comes out????


Ya Never know

Dana

My twin grandsons, 2.5 years old, live with me; I already drink to excess.

Now THAT will keep you young!!!!

Hook. Daiichi 1480 size 12. Silk. Pearsalls gossamer yellow #5. Abdomen. Yellow seal. Thorax. Hares Ear mix. Hackle. Woodcock outer covert well marked. original_2cee520f-3a73-491d-9c95-71168ab8d2f8_P_20210127_162236.jpg Another nice pattern, Tom ........I’ll bet it works great once the sulfur comes...

Stunning ....
That fly has all required attributes of a “killing pattern”, as they used to say. The translucence, coupled with variation in shades is something I look for.
One question: is yak hair fragile? Does it hold up well to trout teeth?

Really great fly and tutorial, Carl...I’d really like to see a close-up photo of that fly, showing both shades of dubbing wound on the hook.

Thank you!!

Dana

Definitely looks like one of Bill’s, POSSIBLY from when I was showing him how to do scotch tie hackle. It was when we fished the beaverkill together, and someone took our picture of all of us with our backs turned to the camera at Cairns‘s pool.
Dana