Very interesting piece and nice video, thanks Robert. I was once gifted a few small owl feathers and used one to tie the brown owl. I was informed that it is illegal in the states to possess owl feathers. To my cohorts here on the forum, if we were to possess as has Robert in the UK, a collection of...

aha thank you Bill... it is opposite side of the feather from the biot.... though if the biot were long enough, it could be used the same way that I'm using the other side....On most of the feathers I have, the biot base is too wide and the rest too short to be wound on a size 14-16....when tied on ...

my biology may be incorrect.. but its from the turkey's wing... and is the barbule..

That's it, Roadkill... i wish I could translate the entire book...its a beautiful book, and there is no English edition...I may have to get Variant to read it to me...

While I'm at it, I tied up La Mosca Della Neve di Graziano Magrini.... one of a number of beautiful flies illustrated in Bertacchini's book... Hopefully, my translation from the Italian was close on the fly.

Roadkill that's a FM50 25 in size 14....

Ive decided to delay the surgery and see if I can manage until winter.. so might as well fish...

The folks on this forum have shared so much with me. This fly is the result of some of that sharing. NedZeppelen sent me a beautiful supply of tups dubbing. I used that as the thorax on this fly. Variant loaned me a beautiful book, 'Magie Immerse' by Pablo Bertacchini.(its all in Italian). In that b...

DUBBN, take a look at the Cortland 10'6" 3wt competition nymphing rod...I've fished that rod for about 3yrs now and use it for swinging, dries, and nymphing. It comes in for under $300... they make a more expensive version too, but Ive had no issues with the cheaper rod... I've landed fish up t...

Carl, do you finish off the fly with half hitches or a whip finish.... I find it can be tricky with a whip finish tool

Thanks, Ron. I used Ray's same process. Here's a handy cheat sheet for color mixing and measuring... https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.ritdye.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Rit-Dye-Color-Formulas-Guide.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwiK5N2Nk_DqAhVKhq0KHRnIAfMQFjAAegQIA...