Gorgeous pink hue breast fetahers though...

Nice. That purple looks a different purple than the last two spools remaining in by box, it looks glossy too... I especially like moorhen and the touch dubbed body would work well with the moorhen too i think....
Purple has seemingly worked well for me at autumn and also on dull days/overcast up in ...

A couple more "in hand" roughies added to the mix in the bottom of this pic
Tried to film doing such but it didnt work out :D

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y83/baetis/inhand.png

One of the left would probably do well during olive uprights/medium olives? , one on the right may do well amongst ...

flick, go to the Cabin Page and find the IBF Swap 17 thread.....HOT SPOT SOFTIES.....join up.....there's only two spots left. ;) GO!!!!!!!!!

Believe it or not I am out of hooks suitable for the job completely :shock: Had to sell most all my stock to cover "life"...

Next time maybe when i have ...

Jim, everything is perfect in its own right, not againt something else that looks similar but isnt the same , but as an individual entity...

Yheap, you got it, fine talk coming from another perfectionist :D But we have to have some excuse for the rough ones ..
What you say about gping back to the ...

That my friend is an absolutly gorgeous duo of flies... They no doubts would fish as equally well on their own or as a duo for sure...... very nice

Flick

Im inspired that some of you may add these to your boxes ;) In a pinch against your mainstay patterns they could well be the one that "saves the day" , funny how things go that way, those times when the black hole of the fly box can often bring out the fish catchers :lol: Thank you for you kind ...

oops.. the above purple flies should have been with the orange bedragglement post Not here.Oh well

After rummaging through a few boxes this is another one of the saved culprits i had fished on the same team as Orange bedragglement.. The olive ones i cannot find though i do have a pic of the winged variety i will put up shortly...

Purple silk
a rib of cock pheasant
starling hackle
and again i ...

Tied in hand on the stream or in a vise in one's home

Actually ,in hand on the side of a reservoir at 1800' with a harsh wind right on my neck, Hence why i mentioned prespun bodies are a god send in the mountains :D No fumbling around tring to get any fur to stay on the silk when wrapping :D ...