Tom - delightful fly. The hackle harmonizes beautifully with the body.

Tasty!

Thanks Tom. Nice description. I appreciate the help.

Tom - Could you give any advice for working with the moose mane. Does the hair need to be soaked before wrapping? Did you use two different color moose hairs to from the segmentation, or is that the underbody showing thru?

Lovely pattern, btw.

Lance - Great fly. I cracked up as I scrolled down and looked into the eyes of your "dubbing factory". He seems to be saying "Save me...my owner is a fly tyer".

My wife just came in and saw the photo and started laughing too. Then I showed her Wayne's photos. Hysterical...

Lance - I don't know if this qualifies as the most birds on one hook, but I posted a pattern quite some time ago called a "Four Bird Soft Hackle". The pattern was made from starling (hackle), ringneck pheasant (tail, back & wing case), turkey (abdomen) & peacock herl (thorax). Here...

* laughter *

Good thing it's only a fishing fly.

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-9pJaPVXMxVE/T1zmayCaeQI/AAAAAAAAD-s/tdKJJUKEms0/s800/008.JPG The Prairie Chicken Twist Hook - Mustad R50-94840 / Size 10 Thread - Gudebrod 10/0 (Brown) Hackle - Prairie Chicken Hackle - Stripped on one side and wrapped back thru the thorax flymph style Abdomen - T...

Stellar! As pretty as that fly is, I'd still fish that with confidence. Great design.