I love the fly! ...the rest of it, the whole 'Marilyn' thing, I don't get. She never pumped any sunshine up my tookus; she looks like one of my old elementary school teachers. Must be a generational thing...

Beautiful tie, Norm.

My computer shows the fly to be decidedly green, especially the head.

Perfect!

I love this fly, especially this rendition of it. The first fly I tied for a swap, back in the old FAOL days, was a Grizzly King on a double salmon hook. Got any pictures of it? I'd like to see your version, just because of your hook choice. That being said, and I'm sure we can chock this up to one...

Ugly my arse, that sucker is gorgeous.

Beautiful picture; so different from my home waters of northern Maine. I've tied the Sparkle Pupa but it pales beside yours; outstanding job. As for fishing it..., I have to agree with Dubbn. I've never done well with it, and I really put in the time with that pattern. I finally came to the conclusi...

I love this fly!

Mike, I have to disagree with on the hook! It has "graceful lines"! On the smaller scale (having to do with total shank length), Tiemco's 3761 has these lines (humped shank) but not quite to the degree of the 200R or TFS 2312. Norm, a very interesting looking emerger pattern! You do these...

Thank you! I thought there was something wrong with me; I hate the GRHE, as traditionally tied! That one pattern alone gave me a 20 year inferiority complex. It wasn't until I turned the damn thing into a soft hackle that I started to catch fish with it. Now, as a soft hackle, it occupies a priority...

Nicely done; I love the buggy-ness. Mole Walts is probably how I would pronounce 'pole vaults' after too much beer and bourbon.