William - No, I did not do anything to the denim thread. It is just drawn tight and wound over itself in two layers (down and back). It may look glossy because I used my flash, when taking the photo.

Thanks Hank.

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-l9q8_EPCjmU/T91ID349xJI/AAAAAAAAFDI/Y0WDwvJ1wNQ/s800/014.JPG Denim Utah Tups Soft Hackle Hook - Lightning Strike TUE Scud/Emerger Hook (Model SE5 / Size 12) Thread - 8/0 UNI-Thread (Wine) Abdomen - Denim Stitching Thread (thanks William) Thorax - psuedo tups dubbi...

Thanks William. The partridge hackle was given to me by Carl Sanders (Old hat). The bird is from Eastern Oregon and has lovely barring. Chris - The more I look at this Utah yarn, the more it reminds me of a very pale tups mix. The pink fibers seem to show up more in the photo, than at first glance a...

Oooo, I love the long hook! Beautiful fly & great photo.

Thanks Rodger. I made up a few other versions of this fly with some other colors of the TenkaraBum yarn. https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-NhVLVXi9xho/T90Uo9DEAiI/AAAAAAAAFC0/tXvAnz1G6Ow/s800/009.JPG The one on the left is tyed with a Nymph Yarn abdomen (mixture of browns and grey fibers) with a Br...

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-egPi1p9iwHE/T9zQmuBoDpI/AAAAAAAAFCo/QjTA6j5Z52Q/s800/IMG_3353.JPG Wool Scud Bug Soft Hackle Hook - Lightning Strike Scud Emerger Hook (Model SE3 / Size 10) Thread - 8/0 UNI-Thread (Wine) Abdomen - TenkaraBum Utah Killer Bug Yarn Thorax - TenkaraBum Nymph Yarn (cho...

Gosh,those are all terrific! Great stuff Mr. Anderson...

Lovely!

Lance - You may want to give Jim Slattery a call (phone 406-646-7258) to see if he has any hidden away. Sometimes he has stuff that is not listed on his website ( http://www.jimsflyco.com ). I was talking with Mike Hogue last week and he mentioned that he had recently received a shipment of skins fr...

Bob - What hook do you recommend for this pattern? That looks like a wide gap hook. Is that important to the way the fly fishes?

Great fly, by the way. Thanks for sharing your secret.