Lieber Martin,

How I've missed your many endearing qualities
Your brutal honesty and your brutal honesty and... I guess brutal honesty

I'd drop my computer but I use my smart phone, sorry to disappoint M8

K

Really interesting thread and beautifully tied flies. I think the colour of the body is pretty spot on and like the hackle. My question would be are U intending to fish these as duns and how do you intend to fish them? Might seem like a stupid question but I'd be interested to hear how others would ...

Martin your Rusty ties look pretty damn good M8 ;) I especially like the last two. Embarrassed to admit although I love the look of your Tups and others I've seen, it's a pattern I've never tied nor fished :P Might have to remedy that! I've got some beautiful Tups dub generously sent to me by Ray ab...

Thanks Bill, you're too kind...
I've missed your exquisite ties, always inspirational...
K

Yup, summer is well and truly here my friend. Haven't been doing much fishing due to a bathroom renovation, that's behind us now so I'll hopefully her to harass some trout shortly.
Btw I'm serious this would make an amazing article in a fly fishing/fly tying mag, you should seriously consider it...

Thanks Ray, been a long absence...

Would you care to share you photo lighting setup with us? Thanks B Bazzer69 My lighting setup for these shots is simple. One cheap office desk lamp with a daylight balanced bulb (my tying light) The reflective surface the flies sit on is an old now dead cellphone. Some crinkled up aluminium foil to...

Thanks Martin, The last fly is a work in progress/experiment that hasn't been for a swim yet! Thought was to use the aftershaft feather in a dubbing loop as a kind of attractor hot spot that looks natural rather than a bright colour, maximum contrast. Also thought the human masses like soft serve ic...

Thought I'd share some soft hackles and flymphs I've been tying... https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-hM7F4s2/0/415cba89/X3/i-hM7F4s2-X3.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-vqt9Qhw/0/eec22fb1/X3/i-vqt9Qhw-X3.jpg https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-cb7C3LN/0/fa1f9d80/X3/i-cb7C3LN-X3.jpg https://...

Stunning tie Bill, stunning...