Great little pattern!!

I also look at bug sites like http://www.troutnut.com/ for the insects I want to mimic.

The great photos there of various stages and similar species give me something to ponder as well as the local bugs I run across.

This box started with the Rusty Grizz... https://www.flymphforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=11483 https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53480489586_52240887aa_z.jpg RIMG2933 by William Lovelace , on Flickr All are tied the same with floss tails, silk bodies. wire ribs (SM Silver on 6, Gold on the Cre...

I liked the Polish Grizzly pattern so much I have to tie some other colors the same way. ;) https://www.flymphforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&p=118668#p118668 https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53468989804_b1647d1ebf_z.jpg RIMG2915 by William Lovelace , on Flickr Hook-Mustad 3906B #16 Thread-UTC 70...

Can't miss fish magnets!!

My thanks to the Polish fly tyers that filled the fly shop supply boxes in Krakow!

I look forward to testing them on Oregon Streams...
RIMG2908 by William Lovelace, on Flickr

RAy, I used a second bobbin for the silk! I tied the black thread in at the head, then wrapped over the floss from the thorax to the tail. Next, I tied in the wire and silk from the thorax to the tail. Then I moved the black up to the thorax and completed the body. The dubbed thorax was added and th...

This is the last fly for my 2024 Polish Soft Hackles fly box... ;) https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53464161561_cf7f494c60_z.jpg RIMG2907 by William Lovelace , on Flickr Hook-Dai Riki 70 #16 Thread-UTC 70 Black Tail- Br. Yellow UNI_Floss Body- Kimono Castle Grey Silk Rib-SM Silver Ultra Wire Thor...

Beautiful pattern and tying!!

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53460383120_f07abae897_z.jpg RIMG2898 by William Lovelace , on Flickr Hook-Wholesale Fly Company Model 28 #14 Bead-7/64" Tungsten Hot Orange Thread- UTC 70 Black Tail & Hackle-Black Whiting Hen Saddle Body-Castle Grey Kimono Silk Ribs- Silver Twist follo...