I got a couple wing years ago from Ellis Slater. They were dyed black starling wings.

Tied these quite awhile back after seeing a YouTube video and think it's one of the prettiest soft hackles I've ever tied. Unfortunately, I've given most of them away and will have to tie a few moe in the near future.

I was going through some old pics and found this one of what I thought were a dressing called "Broughton Point". But I sure don't remember tying them and I can't find them in my fly boxes. Isn't an old man's memory something else?

Drop me a PM. I think I can probably spare a small bag of Tup's for you to try.

Bob

Nature's Spirits "Premium Partridge" skins are very nice and have lots of the smaller hackles with good coloring.

Bob

If I had any purple Gossamer silk, I'd probably call this dressing a "Winged Starling & Purple." But since I no longer have any purple Gossamer silk, thus the name change. If you look closely, I tie in the starling hackle by the tip on top of the hook, do a couple thread wraps of YLI10...

When I first read the name, I thought someone named a fly after me. Then I realized that the word "Little" couldn't be me!

Oliver Edwards did a video quite awhile back where he ties Sawyer's Killer Bug exactly as Sawyer specified in Sawyer's book "Nymph & the Trout". It's my understanding that Lee Wulff actually named it.

Thanks for jogging my memory of the artcile that I copied many moons ago and haven't looked at for quite awhile.

Bob

PhilA wrote: ↑Fri Feb 12, 2021 5:49 pm Bob,
Wow! I'm not sure there are that many trout in cheese country!
PhilA

But there’s plenty of trees and weeds!