I thought that one of the objectives to using silk was the opaqueness of the material when wet. When I've tried to put hard as nails, crazy glue or epoxy on the body of the fly it the color was fixed, darker than I had planned and not worth the expense of the silk. Just the reverse, when you wet th...

Great looking fly!

So what did you use for the shell back? Rick, Instead of tying the tail fibers in and wrapping the orange body silk thread forward over them, I left the yellow silk at the hook bend & finished the orange body forward. Next, I added the tail fibers with 2 wraps of the yellow ribbing at the back ...

I am also tying this as a shell back pattern to test along with the SH tied in the round. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52258627391_3c13fb8b8e_z.jpg RIMG7298 by William Lovelace , on Flickr I am simply adding the tail after the orange body and tying the barbs down on the back with the yellow r...

Hook-Wholesale Fly Company Model 21 #12
Thread- Orange Kimono Silk for the body and Yellow for the rib (coated with Hard as Nails)
Hackle & Tail-Woodcock

RIMG7294 by William Lovelace, on Flickr

Great looking flies!!

Some diversions from working at Roadkill Bunkhouse in eastern Oregon, BBF worked some more in Powder River... https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52243420430_13d7cac9b8_z.jpg RIMG7271 by William Lovelace , on Flickr And counted coup on one more about 3,000' higher in a lake at 7,100 feet... https://...

Half at Tetherow and half at 2 Bridges.

Really nice fly!!

The Baltic Bobwhite was tested today on the Middle Deschutes today and made the cut with 6 out of 8 fish landed. I knew it was a keeper when I tied into fish on the 3rd and 5th casts. ;) https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52232612184_7157b20631_z.jpg RIMG7262 by William Lovelace , on Flickr https:/...