Love the snow shot! ... and the pattern John. When I look at a pattern, I don't necessarily look at every little detail. I don't think the fish do either. Does it look lively, does it have that kick, do the colors, material and shape meld together to look natural? These are a resounding yes in all t...

Haha, thanks gentlemen but I hope we never have competitions on this forum. There is enough of that in the world already.

Thank you Utyer.

Welcome to the forum. Good to see you here, I have enjoyed your tying and information on other sites over the years. I think you will find this place one of the final vestiges of online forum activity on fly tying. Says a lot about the great family we have built here.

I too have begun to tie more with YLI since I found a local supply, a certain member of the forum persuaded one of the local quilting shops to carry a large number of the YLI colors, Carl.. do you know, or do you care, what is the difference in diameter of the YLI vs.Kimono? and can the Kimono be s...

Just an FYI.. I have been tying size #20 spiders with YLI silk, starling feather and Bailey's wax with no issues and body is not bulky at all. Oh, I don't think there is a problem doing it with YLI, Pearsall's or any of the others just I have grown to prefer the Kimono for it. This was not a post t...

Excellent. That would fit nicely in the March Brown Swap. I learned both of Skues methods for nymphs when I took an antique angler course with Darrel Martin. I have tied my nymphs that way ever since. I prefer the method where you tie the tips of the of the legs over the eye and pull the shell case ...

Plus when using a block to make dubbing ropes any slight color difference is really negated since most of it is covered by dubbing. This has to be very true. Also, when subsurface, that small difference should be minor too. At least to a human eye. Good work, Carl. How big is the difference between...

Carl, thanks! Some of the Kimono colors appear to be very close to YLI colors. For example, Kimono #330 looks to be on my PC display an exact match to YLI #244. John, I have some of the YLI 330. Its very close. The YLI might be just a bit darker but it is hard to tell even with the naked eye on the...

Thanks Carl. Here’s a source for large thread bobbins if you need them. https://www.mudhole.com/Extra-Large-Thread-Bobbin Thanks Bill, I use a Norvise mostly for tying at home so I'm respooling it onto those bobbins anyway. I have made a lot of dubbing strands with it on a block. No difference at a...

Just some numbers I've worked out for Kimono and Pearsall's. There are also some other colors of Kimono that I really like that are not available in Pearsall's. I started tying with the Kimono when Pearsall's fell. I really like it. It is smaller in diameter to Pearsall's which is great for those #1...