Doug ties what's in my heart. Fantastic stuff!

Food and drink themed flies, I like this. I think Norm needs to tie a Margherita pizza fly to go with his beautiful Margarita!

I tie food based flies, too. My flies typically resemble oatmeal.

Beautiful stuff, Ray. We fish a pattern up here, after ice out, that is almost identical. Interestingly, it's a brookie magnet. Landlocks..., not so much. Thanks for incorporating the Stone River video (I believe Nate, maybe Dan, tied that fly). Stone River Outfitters, in Amherst, NH, started out li...

With all due respect to the Darbee's -I think like REE, this is, to me, is a winged Warden's Worry. But I will happily, gleefully, call it a 'Professor'. I'll call it anything you'd like me to; this fly is gorgeous.

So, I gotta' ask; Norm, do you eat your Wheaties at every meal? I mean, jeez...

Mike have you tested to see if you are the curse and not the purple by fishing a purple fly tied by someone else? I'd be happy to send you some. Purple has always been my secret juju. Lol, I know I'm the curse; it isn't the color purple's fault. Alan had sent me a handful of 'purple' before he died...

Bill, Wow! Delicious looking pattern for sure! Our friend Alan Petrucci used to live by the mantra of simple is better! Your pattern is wonderfully simple yet no less beautiful! You have a particular knack for making incredible looking flies! I admire this in you very much! Doug I miss Alan...

Absolutely gorgeous; very nicely done!

Ron Eagle Elk wrote: ↑Tue Dec 06, 2022 11:08 pm Really nice one, Norm. I can see some lunker Brookie slamming that fly being trolled behind a canoe.

When you tie in the Beadalon wire to the front hook, do you take it through the hook eye and return?

Oh, yeah. Orange is the color for St.Froid at ice-out. This fly is so stolen...

Soooo much nicer than my version. Well done, Norm.