As a tangent to this topic, I noticed many of you use a sinking line or leader when fishing flymphs and soft hackles. I've never used a sinking leader. I'm relatively new to fishing subsurface. Are there any guidelines on which sink rate or length to use? Most of the places I fish are fairly small s...

Has anyone tried Morus Silk Superfine Gossamer thread from Gunpowder Custom Tackle? Reading the description on the webpage you get the impression that Morus Silks of Liversedge UK has acquired the rights to Pearall's gossamer silk and is manufacturing and selling it under the Morus name. The colors ...

Thanks to all for the suggestions on a partridge skin.

Beautiful flies, clearly real killers. I need to get a new partridge skin as well. None of the local shops have any quality skins. Any suggestions where to get good partridge skins online? Thanks

Beautiful flies. Never used a mixture of three types of dubbing. Looks great.

Great looking fly.

Very interesting technique and the fly looks great. Can't wait to try it. Thanks for sharing.

Roadkill, beautiful nymphs, ought to catch a lot of fish.

Beautiful fly. I have been trying to learn how to tie wings like this. In regard to Dougsden's comment concerning make sure to take the slips from the exact spot on the feathers. This has been an issue because even though I have purchased feathers that are "matched pairs" it doesn't appear...

Great looking fly.