Thanks guys.

This may be my new favorite Mark. The head and bead look brilliant together. The JC nails take it up a to "eleven".

*chuckle* Good answer!

William - I would invite you to Buffalo, but the weather forecast calls for heavy rain this weekend. The creeks are running very high, and any additional rain will guarantee they will be unfishable. Someday I would like to go fishing with you...

The hook is a Mustad C49S/Size 10. The medium wire should be finer in diameter for this size hook. I've got centerpin rig, but have tended to fish for steelhead with a fly rod the past couple years. I have no doubt that this fly would work nicely, swung deeply under a float. The added weight would m...

Thanks for the encouragement Mark. William - There is no extra weight in the first version. I just tyed a tapered under body using the tying thread and then wrapped the antron yarn over the tying thread. The fly has a fairly slender profile, so it should still sink fairly well. The wire bodied versi...

I am stealing a page from William's book and converting my recent caddis pattern over to a wire bodied nymph. It's a bit rough, but I think it will work on some of the local steelhead.

The woodcock hackle goes very nicely with the Jasper silk. Quit similar colors and mottling. Beautiful fly.

I keep coming back to look at this pattern again and again and again. Enchanting pattern...