As has been pointed out above, that is a fine looking soft hackle, Ken. I particularly like the length and density of your hackle and it is apparent that you have seen (and practiced) split-thread dubbing previously. Hans Weilenman perhaps?

Top shelf tying, Ray. Glad you decided to do that one.

letumgo wrote: ↑Thu Jan 31, 2019 11:07 am Gorgeous fly Carl...

Just like all his others!

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Lovely piece of writing, Steve, and a wonderful example of "just right" tying. I've not seen better.

Saw this on your blog site this morning Alan, and thought then how nice it would look here. Great looking spiders, with some straight forward thinking about material substitutions. Life would be peachy if everyone could have a prime plover skin, but that's not going to happen. Your excellent tying i...

That's a beauty, Martin! I especially like the dubbing application.

That clears up a couple of points. Thanks, Dana -- great job.

BTW, you don't have to start a whole new post to add photos ... click on the "edit" icon (little pencil) and tack them on below the existing ones before re-submitting.

Dana ~ Do you use only thread tension to distribute the hackle barbs equally around the hook?

Great job, Steve! Following that, even a cave man could do it .