I loved the story as well as the photos of the fly. What a great pattern.

His cat probably looked like this. That is why I named my cat "Dubbing". She's gotten used to it, but most of the good fur is gone...

6000 hooks?!!! That should be enough for this season, but you may want to put in another order just in case...

It's dramatic how much the color changes when the silk is wet. Great post.

Beautiful fly Murray! Sure to be a very successful pattern. Is that fly tyed with some of the materials you were hoping to get for Christmas?

Awesome fly Carl! Or should I say "fish magnet"...

Handsome fly Carl. I recently started using the CDL as a collar material and love the look. It has a nice springiness that should work well when fished.

The proportions, colors and hook are all perfect.

I hope it was just creativity, not a recent loss that inspired the name for this fly. I love the idea of using the marabou for the thorax. Makes for a beautiful thorax.

My son and I are both going thru it now. Not fun. Hope your all feeling better soon.

Nice fly, though.

Gorgeous fly, Hans.

Very nice VERN-O! I bet the steelhead will eat them up like candy.

If you dyed that stuff yourself, you may want to also dye up a hare's mask and part of a hungarian partridge skin as well...