FLYMPH FORUM

I will start with a regret that I have not posted anything new in some time, but honestly, I haven't really been tying anything new, but rather fine-tuning or stocking up on patterns that i have found invaluable, proven on the water. I'll post a range of flies that I just uploaded for posting, but I hope you don't have the WTF reaction opening the post just to see patterns I've been posting for a decade.

I'm sure I've shared this years ago but this pattern first came to my attention when I saw David Whiltshire tying this fly in 2008, about the same time I saw Hans posting flies with this wire body where the wire is wrapped in touching turns from the thorax and then ribbed back to the thorax. Then I recalled seeing Martin Westbeek tying this pattern in a variety of shades in 2006. I adapted/adopted the pattern around 2009. It's the same construction technique we can see from Nemes silk bodies on his spiders from the 80's.

And with that, the Starling and Copper with a natural mole thorax. This is my most productive version. I use Uni-wire in Amber and in this Copper Brown. Here's another post including this fly type. http://www.flymphforum.com/viewtopic.ph ... +and+amber

Starling and Copper










w

It's a real pleasure to see some of your work here again, w -- both the tying and the photography. Thank you.

Nice. Tied up a few similar with some old Hareline muskrat and Antron for the thorax.. may be a good option down here late season....

Beautiful flies William!

Thanks, fellas. I'm very happy to be posting again. I sat down to tie a bakers dozen flymphs today and I'm kind of obsessed with a moment on spring creek last summer fishing #14 tan caddis to risers. One day I ran out, completely out of flymphs that matched. That night I made it right and did very well with them again the next day. That was about eight months ago and i did very well with that fly all season. I bet I've tied 150 woodcock and red fox flymphs since. I won't have a lot of variety to post but I'm happy to post five or six different patterns on various hooks. Over and over.

Always leave 'em wanting more William, that's why I'm always looking for your posts

William,

Very nice flies.

Regards,
Scott