Medium.

You can "dress" a fly or you can list the "dressing". Just as you can "tie" a fly or you can list the "materials used". Just depends if you eat crumpets or English muffins.

Thanks for introduction and welcome! Can't wait to see what you have to share.

Carl

He is talking about Polypropylene yarn. It predates Zelon and Antron in fly tying materials but is not much different. Finer fibers than Antron and straighter than Zelon. Although either of those would be a fine substitute. It was popular as trailing shuck material and many people make strike indica...

Haha, no, but I don't need any. Thanks though. I have been looking for a nice honey dun hen cape though if you come across one.

Perfect little wingless wet fly Barry. That would be solid on just about any stream at certain times of the year. Good to see you posting photos.

Ray might move it the Wingless Wets section.

Then he'll ask you to add the materials list.

I've got a silly (and yet serious) question. Do you think there would be any noticeable difference in effectiveness between gold beads, versus silver beads? I tend to use gold beads most often, but have wondered if the choice of a silver bead would be a better representation of an air bubble surrou...

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.