Started tying a few of these over a month ago and just finished numbers 11 and 12 today. Just can't get too motivated to tie flies when it's this hot outside. That being said, it's also been too hot for this old guy to do any trout fishing this season, so they go into the Wheatleys with all the othe...

Here's a link to download in pdf format:

https://ia902205.us.archive.org/25/item ... keiala.pdf

If I ever get to Slovakia (my Dad's birthplace), I want to hire this gal to be my guide!

Wondering how many flymphers fish bamboo rods?

Bob

Very nice dressing. The Ruffed Grouse hackle looks great. I could swear that I had some of the RG hackles somewhere in my boxes but heaven knows what happened to them.

Bob

Another dressing I need to copy! THANKS.

Bob

very, nicely tied and presented. Thanks.

Bob

Nice fly. Are the peacock swords very durable?

Bob

I love dressings with a peacock herl body and various colors of hackle. I use a peacock body, red or black thread and a brown hackle to fish a "Red Palmer" that works quite well for the trout streams that I fish. One of favorites also is Rev. Edward Poweel's "Squashed Beetle." Po...

In Oliver Kite's book, "Nymph Fishing in Practice," he had a "Black Gnat" dressing as a dry fly also using peacock herl but with a black, dry fly palmered hackle. If I ever get out to a trout stream this summer, I need to try it again.