Thanks for all of the kind comments. As far as the books I'm looking for, they are still under copyright. One is The Guide to North Country Flies by Mike Harding, going for $2,269.75 and A Handbook of North Country Flies by W. S. Roger Fogg, going for $692.43 on Amazon. Both were listed at $99 for a...

Last year was my first year fishing soft hackles, thanks to John Shaner! He has come to the Midwest Fly Fishing Expo at Macomb Community College in Michigan the past two years. He sparked my interest two years ago, by after his presentation last March I decided I would fish nothing but soft hackles ...

Thank you, thank you, thank you. These flies are absolutely gorgeous! You are a real inspiration.

Thank you so much for posting these. I have bookmarked your site as well.I need to buy some materials so I can start tying. You are truly a master tier and photographer!

Thanks for posting and bumping this post. John is the reason I found this site. Cool stuff.

All I can say is WOW! Those are beautiful and need to be framed. I only hope that one day I will be able to tie that well. You are an inspiration.

Thank you so much for posting this!