Goodness sakes, that is a pretty pattern. Excellent job, Izaak.

Sublime beauty...elegant design...

If this were a concert, I'd be waving my lighter in the air...

Rock On!

Great fly, William.

Fantastic flies and photos. All three patterns look like they would be fish magnets.

Holy smokes, that bottom photo is sharp as a tack. Great job Wayne.

Stefan - I came back and reread your post again. Based on the description in the text, I worked up the following diagram to help me understand the leader design. I figured I would share it here, in case anyone else would find it helpful. If you click on the image, you can see it in a larger size. ht...

Flawless...

William - This is breathtaking...crazy good!

(you should do a version with moose and squirrel dubbing thorax - a "Rocky & Bullwinkle 1550")

This is the exact same fly I chose for to tye for the IBF swap. Terrific version, buddy! Love it.

Thanks Lance. One of the things that always strikes me with the older flies, it how far they used to tye into the bend of the hook. The tags were often well into the bend of the hook. This was also true of many older bucktail patterns. I seldom see this feature in modern versions of patterns. I love...

Your spools also say "Made in UK" on them, which seems to support them being Griffith's Sheer thread. This link has the Griffith's thread on a yellow spool. http://www.edgeangling.com/Gordon-Gs-Sheer-Ultrafine-Thread-14_0-Dun-106.html As does this one: http://www.justfish.co.uk/fishing-gif...