Bill,
This is such an excellent pattern! As always, your tying is so....right on! Every turn, every aspect of your creative process is wonderful! Please keep coming at us with even more good patterns!
Jaw dropping gorgeous, (not me, the pattern!)
Doug

To John and Ray, This thread continues to be fascinating to me not only from the pictorial stand point but also from the historical! I simply cannot get enough of this! And, we have another great book to look forward to (along with Lances!) from Rob Smith! Excellent fellows. This kinda news is what ...

Bob and Eric, Wow! I couldn't have said it better! I have to admit that I am simply responding and tying and following a recipe from one of the greats, Walt Dette. One thing I have noticed is that the finished product, the nymph pattern itself, is extremely soft to the touch! All of the ingredients,...

Thanks Everyone and especially Ray and Bill, Ray and Bill, I copied your tutorials and followed them to the "T" except for the .jpg file thing. I understand what happened so the only thing to do is try it again! I need to go photograph some others and then experiment! Wayne, thanks again f...

Wayne,
How did you do that? I feel like a nut!
Thanks!
D.

Dang Wayne, these are beautiful! And, in size 16! Yowee they are sweeeet!
Dougsden

I feel like Clark Griswold in the movie Christmas Vacation when he plugs the extension cords in for the first time....
Drum roll please!!!!
Help!
D.

evensmallersizeimages.zip Good evening folks! Enclosed is my second attempt at uploading pictures to the forum. I made a promise many moons ago that I would learn how to do this and with the help of Ray and Bill, I think it's going to work this time! Maybe I will get so good at it that I will post ...

Hello again Friends, After a weekend of Christmas partying with my family, I suddenly realized that I did not give you a recipe for #1 pattern that Bill posted for me! So, here she be! This is one of those throw together from the stuff on your desk type of patterns. It has been a while ago and it ha...

Paul, It's gorgeous! This pattern is new to me! I did not know that Mark had invented it! It is very buggy looking to say the least! Is the head (thread)color the bothersome part? I know Mark may not like me suggesting this to you but if the color is the matter, try olive colored silk or tying threa...