Lovely wee fly. May have to attempt a few of those to tempt brookies once we get moved.

Ray, I've been using Hebert Minor hen necks for years. They were suggested by our mutual friend, Jim Slattery way back when. The colors are superb and quite varied. I can always find just the right feather with my supply of Hebert Minor hen necks. Your's, by the way is gorgeous.

Bill, that is just a lovely dressing. I'd love to fish that over some local cutthroat.

Both are very nice. I think the original looks good, but the second version probably fishes better.

I like that a lot. We have prolific BWO hatches here. It will come in handy.

Dana, Would love to see some of the "local" patterns that have local names. They may translate well to our local streams. My favorite fly of all time is Baillie's Black Spider (Stewart's) in size 14. I've had West Slope Cutthroat take that wee fly when there was an active October Caddis hatch going ...

Lovely wee fly. Well executed, imitative of so many bugs in our local waters. Going to have to get Vickie tying a few of these. Well done.

Very nice, Scott. It's a great sea run cutthroat fly. I've had a few incidental hook ups on winter run steel head as well, using the Fish Hawk.

Bill, That is a great show. Always enjoyed tying there. I don't think I ever wore a tie though. Lots of good info from both sides of the table. I used to tie hundred of flies at the shows and when I was done, they were all gone. Kids got a lot of them, but folks new to soft hackle flies got a bunch ...

That's a beautiful fly. The body is so smooth I was thinking it was a woven body. Fantastic work.