These are size 18 Greenwell Spiders. The last 4B hen cape I have is a Greenwell. I don't t use it often. I thought it would be fun to tie some smaller flies with it.

Its about time someone from Colorado posted a top notch fly here!!

Oh my! That is as great a winged wet as I have seen.

Mike62 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 22, 2024 4:53 pm Beautiful, Wayne. I especially like the B13's. Those will work up here, and work well.

Heck yes. I found the love for light Yellow a few years ago. I haven't looked back.

Purple has never been a confidence color for me either. Last year 2 of the 3 fish that I took on soft hackles, that were over 3 pounds took Purple. By fishing patterns gathered in the swaps we have here on FAOL, I have gained a respect for purple SH's. Will it be the first color I use? Maybe.

Ken, I will update this thread as Spring progresses. Those larger PT's will be ideal for the Green Drake nymphs.

Ray, I just finished a 2 week hitch where temps dropped to -40 F. Thats ambient, not wind chill. I was unfortunate to be working nights. The temps went lower than -40 but, that is as low as our thermometers went.

It was easy to wear that Irish hat in the balmy 30 degree range.

Hello Wayne, Now I'm the one smiling! It's exciting to know that when I can't fish, flies I tied can still be on the stream doing what my wife calls "fish tricking". I hope the other versions of the PT I sent trick some fish too. The PT you used is my spin on the original Frank Sawyer PT;...

Ken (FlyFisherMann1955), I finally got an opportunity to go fishing since you sent me your gorgeous patterns. Midge fishing is still king here in Western Colorado. It is a tad early for baetis but with the warm, wet, overcast days, I threw one of your PT nymphs on as an attractor. I picked the small...

Has anyone checked out this site: https://magpiematerials.com/ This site belongs to Stephen Hankins. You may know him on the Flymph Forum as "Hankinsfly". Participated in several fly swaps, but hasn't been active lately. Of course, he is busy with his day job, is working on his master's d...