Striking fly, although in the photo, on this particular monitor, the body looks more orange than scarlet. In fact, it looks a a perfect fly for October.

Hans Weilenmann wrote:
One piece. No trick. Simply wrap touching turns to bend, keep tension, and cord the ribbon - then spiral back towards eye.

Are you holding the crystal flash in you fingers when you cord it or in a hackle pliers?

Hans -

Am I correct in assuming that it's a single piece of crystal flash, tied in near the eye, wrapped back, and then twisted for the rib? If that's the case is there a trick for twisting it without the flat part coming loose? Or do you use two pieces?

Hans, Not sure at all if it would appear like a drowned dun or not. I do know, if immersed in moving water like a stream, that the hackle would be reduced to just nothing more than the stems that the fiber barbs are attached to. They in turn would stick up against the body dubbing. If a trout would...

A little over dressed for my taste .

flyfishwithme wrote: Now an interesting question goes begging here. Is it because we as anglers are comfortable with a 9' rod that the rod manufacturers innovation has slowed?

I find your question itself interesting, because I see no evidence at all that innovation has slowed. There's more choices now than ever.

I've had very good luck with biot bodied soft hackles, especially in olive or green. I suppose the fish take it for a caddis larva (when fished on bottom like a nymph) or a pharate adult caddis when fished near the top. In fact, I once took two good trout on consecutive casts -- one on bottom in fou...

I think the "standard" certainly around here, and I think in much of the US, is a 9' 5wgt for trout in streams. (Stillwater fishing for trout is not really an option here in the mid-Atlantic.) I once had Montana guide tell to bring any rod I wanted, as long as it was a 9' 5 wgt. In a way, ...

letumgo wrote:It is a technique that opens up a whole new range of hackle feather, as well as hair-hackle possibilities.

Not to mention hook size possibilities.

Nice fly, but is that really grizzly hackle?