Thanks gentlemen for the gracious comments.

...and thanks Phillip for the information, I'm going to go take a look at marginal coverts.

I really like the pattern Andy and the materials compliment each other well. Sounds like it really performed for you the other day. Thanks for posting the picture and sharing your new found interest in the wingless with us.

Thanks everyone. I chose the pattern mainly just to complement the hook on this one. So I haven't fished with these hooks yet and to answer your question Andy, I don't know. Now I have fished the pattern many times before on other hooks and with partridge or grouse as well as the plover. Can't say I...

I have been playing with some new hooks I found. They are old Mustad- Crystal, 1827Y, Brass plated short shanked hooks. #15's. I found a lot of them but very few were good enough to photograph, most were fine for fishing, and many had to be trashed. A neat hook non the less. http://i907.photobucket....

I too fish in the #6-#10 range. But for the most part, I'm fishing, as others have said, in the #12-#16 range. On lakes I predominantly fish in the #10-#12 range.

I don't think you could have chosen a better flymph to "start" out with Andy. Sounds like you had a great time. I find the "swollen thorax" profile and palmered hackle to be a productive profile especially on the larger size flies. I also will darken the dubbing in thorax as well...

If you're after a cluster dry then I don't think you can beat a Griffith's Gnat. Clip the bottom short if you want it to ride lower. I use Whiting 100 packs for these. I was under the assumption you were after a wet fly.

I would have to agree with Pritt on that matter. I rarely tie on anything smaller than a #16, a select few #18. I often tie on #12 and #14 hooks but keep the pattern sizes #14 and #16 respectively. I went this route a number of years ago and haven't noticed any catch difference. Now there are those ...

I use starling or neck feathers from quail for small trico and midge patterns. Here is some starling on a #21 Tiemco hook midge pattern. http://i907.photobucket.com/albums/ac275/OldHat_photos/ReidsAssassinMidge-1.jpg Any smaller than that and you can use dubbing in a twisted thread. This is a smalle...

Yes, I agree. Very cool.