One of my all-time favorites!
beautiful two toned brown hackle feathers. I am a roadkill Hunter, and I have found three in the last 10 years I am a roadkill Hunter, and I have found three in the last 10 years

PS - The cardinal and oriole are also great finds.....

Eric - thats also how I was taught to tie them in. IMHO, it make the wings much more durable, not to mention they sit perfectly square!

Dana

Triple word play - extra nice...!

I would like to see closeups of the poll, nape, and center-back.

Carl - now Im envious of your photography AND tying skills! Great post as usual. Im curious: what tyoe of hooks is that on the May honey dun, and Blue dun? Loop eye, forged bend, hollow ground point - older characteristics, but a newer shiny bronze finish - I feel like Ive seen this before, but i ca...

Yet ANOTHER great thread on FF - every nice indeed!

I couldn't help but notice, at the top of the second page(59) starling is spoken of as "one of the easy winging materials".

Also - a lovely specimen you have in the William Mills snelled fly.

Dana

Gutterman has some great products John- great idea, I will have to give that a try.

I happen to favor the bivisible, or buzz style of fly -and I fish them quite frequently. Some I use tinsel for the body, others dubbing. I have found when using tinsel, leaving a small gap between wraps instead of using touching turns will allow the hackle stem to sit between each wrap, and afford i...

Sorry about the multiple posts - John is working hard(again)at resolving some issues, so I will wait until we get the "all clear". I have at least two dozen reference pictures to post. And a few of you have asked me for a "scotch tied hackle" SBS - I am not ignoring these request...

Darbee Red Dun: when held up to the sun, this hackle glows like a ruby...

Darbee Red Dun: when held up to the sun, this hackle glows like a ruby...