This pattern, and Norm's BWO, have given me a great reason to start tying for next season. Thank you to Ray for the gift of the starling that will grace my hooks. Thanks to NRS and Norm for the inspiration; you guys rock, one and all.

Beautiful fly, Norm. I'm going to steal this one for next season; it will work very well up here.

Speaking of hot spots, be they buttered or not..., I tied a bunch of those after you first posted them earlier this year! I tied them beadless, and simply weighted the hook shank a tad. I fished them down and across and tried to finish it off with a bit of a Leisenring lift. They work wonderfully. T...

I read Wayne's last sentence two or three times, I knew something wasn't right; who hot butters their flies? Then I saw my mistake...

I saw REE's melanistic pheasant up close and personal a couple of weeks ago; spectacular. Subtle colorations, but at the same time, in-your-face. Truly a remarkable skin.

One of my grandfathers 'go-to' patterns when I was a kid. So many salmon fell to this pattern. Beautiful, Norm; gorgeous. Thanks for posting this one.

See, this is what happens when you let Ken Kesey and Timothy Leary sit down at your vise.

I love this pattern; nicely done.

I loved 'Blackadder'. It may have been a comedy, but the final scene of the very last episode was absolutely haunting. But yeah,... I have no idea where you're going with this.

I just used the word 'sublime' to describe one of Norms flies; I'm going to bestow the word 'ethereal' on yours. Your fly oozes light...