I've been busy the last few days but keep going back to Waynes "ugly". I found a crane larva pattern hanging in a tree along a limestone stream in central Pa. several years ago. It didn't look like much but I stuck it in my box and forgot about it. While on another trip the river was blown...
Those are amazing and your spinners are something I will attempt to copy.
I've been chasing Drakes as they progress up a tail water system for a week and those flies would crush.
REE, Otto, I'm well aware that possession of certain feathers are prohibited and that's why I said found, not have. Theres a large dead elm tree along the river behind my house that is a favorite spot for a few eagles. They will preen while waiting for a fish to show and as a result, I find quite a ...
Otto, That definitely looks like a secondary wing feather and with that blue iridescent hue I would guess crow. And yes, there are crows in Japan and from pictures, they look more like our ravens here than our crows. I found a large primary from a Bald Eagle last Thursday while fishing the Beaverkil...
Those are outstanding, Otto!
I can see the makings of an Isonychia Bicolor nymph with a feather barb to mimic
the pronounced gill tufts and satae on the naturals.
Well done.