Wow, what a beautiful trout! I can tell from her smile that she’s hooked on fly fishing!

My niece also gets tattoos to capture happy memories.

Wow! That is a gorgeous fly. Great job and beautiful photo.

Love it!

I’m really digging your posts. Very effective looking flies.

Cool & frosty!

Marvelous set of variations. Every one of them looks highly effective! Kudos…I’d borrow flies from you both, any day…

I'd be very tempted to fish this as a micro leech pattern (tiny streamer). There is a crystal clear spring creek that has weedbeds that can be difficult to fish. I bet this pattern would pull some nice trout out of their ambush holes. The trick with these type flies is to dunk them under and squeeze...

Looks like a workhorse pattern. Love the subdued color scheme.

Okay. Thanks. I will try some this way too.

Do you lengthen the tail fibers as well? I've had really good luck with longer pheasant tail fibers for the tail, and a hackle wrapped at the back. (variation of the CS pattern)