dd,

Thanks for the information and that is good to know!

Thanks for sending me the site and I have looked on there before but cannot find the hooks I have on their site. They came in a small plastic cylinder and have a Paxipa sticker on the side.

The hook is a Paxipa hook and are made in Japan. A friend of mine got them for me a few years ago when he visited Japan. Unfortunately, I don't have many left and have not been able to find them.

The effect is more of a purple and black with the starling

Ray,

Those quills are dyed by a friend of mine and I believe he uses Rit dye. The photo I took is not the best photo but the quill is deep blue in color.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/LGnb6kYaYPtu_lGejifiSqKSwtfXC2Dm1_TYcRr3zagcjxI3nIIFyX1D1eGZSVOQ7RBQFJ1J6JTJ4hWo_qPZ0Ksxg5HNMZK3gPOPyQih63oL31ZEyXgeGVEcLgriSdRhB8Lnn6PNxAxiHKyOgDNfcElmUfbUNjsiAIYb_1h1iavEAsnVKboZahJ6CCS_vhQrtIkyn6T_hTwmuVaiRkAsGfjqz-i61S2QzTeY1a0mf-1oQ18x_hlgyGJkh3hoYsba2h0tu5pjb...

Redietz, thank you for posting the picture for me! I will try to post a picture of another fly later and hopefully it will work. dd, I have a damaseal vise and was fortunate that someone get me that vise.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_tmqCUHPwVHT8rLj-CBbt7Ff7RgZ8ymTqiMWv6o5zXt3qwCUHeU-0tNOC1u8YzXOnQ4a6dMbvr9kCjxmSnKgmLqJ85zDUFLv8bsfzAPc9l2M8mROZXADIhzbPxgbVqDkNqqnmwPiRH5JLeLNzpiLhPOSP7pgTa5WrZe1UQZdKi7sq9oLY9o_daQzpSpMT2pOolxBunU92AXCiaZXfrD6J7ZLIFfmF66vFfbemQaF1PBmCnzc1K1FDhMFqoTptz2Nut8DJny8F...

Ray,

I should have included the link to his site. This is actually his new site:
https://www.rbmeiserflyfishing.com

You may have to cut and past this link to make it work. It has a great section on lines as well.

Ray, Thanks for the reply and both rods were made by a friend of mine in Oregon (Bob Meiser) and they are great rods to use for swinging soft hackle flies and flymphs. They allow you to cover a lot of water very efficiently and effectively. If anyone is looking to build a light 2/3 wt switch rod, An...