A beautiful pattern Andrew with a nice combination of colors. Would make a nice march brown around here.

Great couple of flies and a great post. Every time I settle in here I learn something new. Love it!

I like it. But I had to chuckle a bit because this is a picture of a fly that I came up with a couple years ago that I have been growing fond of.

Old Hat-- Not to hijack Donald's thread, but would you care to elaborate on the "Spanish style" of hackling CdL? Are you folding the fibers back and wrapping the rachis, say, midway down the hookshank to get the right length, then "tidying up" (as Davey McPhail might say :) ) ba...

Andrew, I really like the colors in that pattern and the wire will surely get it down to the fish. I have been playing with some older steelhead patterns, particularly one called the Bird's Copper Stone, a pattern by Cal Bird. Anyway, the body is all wire. He wraps a small tag of single wire then us...

I rarely use the genetic hen for wets. I use them almost exclusively for dry flies. I do not like the ultra stiff dense dry fly hackle. I prefer the less dense, stiff but springy action of the hen. When I wrap the genetic hen on traditional style and size for a dry, the hackle fibers will give a bit...

Those are all wonderful. After looking at all of them a few times the Angus continually catches my eye along with the Green Peter. Thanks for sharing Hans (and Alice) and taking the time to download them.

Maybe the silk worms came in contact with some DDT. I just tossed a claret with the same problem. Very frustrating. Never had a problem with any other color.

I love them both, but the second one gets my vote for sizes #10-14 and the first one for #16 and smaller.

Thanks gentlemen, like I said it had been a while and I had a good time tying these up.