These are just wickedly beautiful patterns! Please give us more of what you do!
Impressed by your skills,
Dougsden

Tom,
If this is any indication of "bad weather tying", I hope it rains and snows all winter long in your neck of the woods! These patterns are awesome! I know they would be readily absorbed by my locals...the fish that is!
Dougsden

Dave,
These are gorgeous patterns and I love the variations you have imparted! They are very well photographed too! This is something that has alluded me for quite some time! You did (and hopefully continue to do) well!
Photo-bomber Doug

Bob, These patterns are exquisite! Very well tied indeed! I have a variation of this pattern on my "corks" on the den wall and differs in that I have no tail but the back one third of the dubbing is a bright red and the whole thing is ribbed with very fine braid (oval tinsel) in silver! Yours look m...

Guys, This thread is amazing and I really enjoy reading the different responses to questions posed! Thank you for sharing all this info. as it helps me greatly in better understanding our sport in general and especially the earlier works as you have mentioned above! Fascinated with every sentence, D...

Joaniebo,
These are terrific! You are continuing that very soft, soft-hackled look and feel that I like so very much! It's no wonder these patterns take so well in all four seasons! You do a great job and I like your style of tying a lot!
Doug in the den

Mike,
These are delicious looking....from a fishes point of view of course!
Dougsden

This is just how I like my hackles! Very soft and "collapsible" around those beautiful bronze peacock herls! Wonderfully created and crafted patterns! Keep them coming!
Dougsden

Wow Guys! Thank you for the heads up on these interesting films! I will check these out soon and as soon as "Chasing the Taper" makes a showing, I will watch it also! John, glad to hear that you have had a small part in this one! These are exciting times with lots of things to take in and enjoy! Hap...

Meow Bill! This pattern is awesome! Wait until these webs quiver in the micro currents and this pattern will sing, "I am alive so come and get me!" Ray is right (as all of us think alike)! You never stop creating and renewing and inspiring all of us to reach out and respond to the given materials ar...