Beautiful fly, has a little tups feel to it.

Nice effect Ray. The colors in the fly are wonderfully chosen, complimentary and buggy. I have experimented with coatings as well. Some of my conclusions Bill. If using a thinner cement, you get the color change your after and the translucent effect with silk. A thinner cement seeps into the thread ...

Very creative tie Scott. Sometimes just the most subtle of changes or additions to flies can make a huge difference. Thanks for sharing.

Mark, the yellow seal Assassin is wonderful.

Roadkill, that's what I'm talking about!

Grand work gentlemen.

Very nice Roadkill. Should be a great color, and I agree with your comment of the copper. I prefer it over gold. The Copper/Blue mylar is what I use most often however you can find embossed copper tinsel around. I've had trouble finding very small copper wire. Not the stuff uni sells which is a brig...

Thank you William and thanks everyone for the interest.

Thanks guys for the kudos. I often tie some of these at shows. Like Mark said, it's easier on the eyes and I tie the flymphs as Leisenring would tie a flymph to describe the methodology.

Oh...Mark...now you're opening a whole can of #$&@'s. Each year I work on a couple more. Here are a couple classic soft hackle patterns from the the early 1940's era steelhead fishing heritage in PNW specifically Northern California Klamath River area. The Orleans Barber https://lh6.googleuserco...

Yes, I can see it fine. Nice pattern and love the artistic picture.