DEAREST FRIENDS, I RECENTLY WENT SEARCHING FOR A HEN NECK IN THE HARD TO FIND COLOR OF "TAN". NO, CREAM IS TOO LIGHT. GINGER WOULD DO BUT IT'S EQUALLY HARD TO FIND. I DON'T HAVE THE BENEFIT OF DECENT FLYSHOP IN MY AREA BUT I DID COMB ALL THE SHOPS THAT EITHER POST A CATALOG OR HAVE A WEB-S...

I LIKE THIS ONE! GREAT COMBINATIONS OF MATERIALS AND THE HACKLE CHOICE IS EXCELLENT. ONE THING....WHERE'S THE RECEIPE?
FROM THE DEN....DOUGSDEN

DEAR PAT, THAT IS ONE GREAT LOOKING PATTERN! I NOTICED THE PHRASE AT THE END OF THE RECEIPE ABOUT TYING OFF BEHIND THE HACKLE. THE LATE, GREAT G.E.M. SKUES CLAIMED THAT MANUEVER GAVE HIS FLIES "KICK". WAS THAT YOUR INTENT? THE OSTRICH PLUME DOES A PRETTY GOOD JOB AT THAT TOO! I AM VERY INT...

MARK,
VERY NICE PATTERN! I LOVE THE USE OF THE PEARSALLS GOSSAMER AS BOTH BODY AND RIBBING. THE RED OF THE SILK AND THE DARK GREEN OF THE PEACOCK HAS CHRISTMAS IMPLICATIONS! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!
DOUGSDEN....

TO MARK AND ALL OTHERS ON THIS FORUM, HELLO AND THANKS FOR LETTING ME IN ON A VERY UNIQUE FORUM ABOUT OUR FAVORITE SUBJECT.....FLYMPHS! THEIR HISTORY IS FASCINATING AND THE PATTERN IS DEFINATELY "KILLING" AS OUR FRIENDS ACROSS THE POND LIKE TO SAY. I AM GLAD TO SEE THIS FORUM UP AND RUNNIN...