Well this thread has me thinking. What a wonderful gift; funny how the world works sometimes. I have enough whitetail antler kicking around, it's -10 below zero outside, the shop is heated... it's worth a try. Unfortunately, I think the bobbin is above my pay grade, but a few other bone handled impl...

Wow. So much history and tradition packed into such a beautifully tied fly. Gorgeous.

There was a discussion about Quill Gordon ( Epeorus pleuralis ) on another forum, which is an early season Eastern US mayfly hatch. That got me tying another Epeorus mayfly - Epeorus vitreus , which I have witnessed and fished in the Upper Midwest. Epeorus mayflies are the perfect example of a wing...

Beautiful tie, thanks for posting it.

Love the name of the fly, and the fly! But if we're going to have a 'Mustang Sally', shouldn't we also have a Wilson Pickett Pin? ...just sayin'.

Nicely done, I like it.

Yup, I like it.

Fantastic, Alan. You know my feelings on purple, but that hackle color is perfect.

Hey, don't be dissin' broccoli...

Very nice pattern.

The leaders are nice, but I think you should frame that diagram and hang it on the wall over your bench. I love the little rod down in the lower left-hand corner! Upstream v. downstream; I don't seem to have a lot of emotional investment in either discipline. I practice both on a regular basis, happ...