Thanks for being brave enough to pose the question, T. I can't tie quill wings worth a damn, either. I'll use all this info to improve. These responses are fantastic, so much good information.

Apropos of nothing..., I'm sorry about the Bill's, Ray. I was pulling for them. I haven't watched a football game in years, but I watched that one.

It took a second or two, but I finally noticed just how long the tails are on those flies. I love a good mystery...

Version 2! Version 2! Very nice, Ray. I'm going to borrow these...

Roadkill wrote: ↑Wed Jan 19, 2022 6:41 pm Here is a Flymph version of the Midnight tied on a Dai Riki #070 Size 14 with Emperor Kimono Silk and a Starling tail.

RIMG2468 by William Lovelace, on Flickr

Oh, yeah. I'm loving this fly. Nicely done!

Ron Eagle Elk wrote: ↑Wed Jan 19, 2022 8:53 am

Mike62 wrote: ↑Tue Jan 18, 2022 8:04 pm Well, there! That's an attention getter...

I was thinking that might be a great Brookie fly in both lakes and streams.

Exactly. Those colors, tied onto a streamer hook, perhaps a tandem, will do yeoman work on St. Froid this spring. Striking fly...

Well, there! That's an attention getter...

Fishnkilts wrote: ↑Sun Jan 16, 2022 2:08 pm I think the fly itself looks great. Great coloring to it.

I personally prefer Rachel Welch.

...exactly.

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.