Mark, these are purely fishing flies. I made about 22 of these, and the Snipe and Purple. Glad you liked them.

I tied a few of these today, here are two of them.

Very nice work you have there.

Somebody gave me some horse tail fibers recently. I have not used them just yet. If I make a similar fly, I coat the fibers at least once, or twice with nail polish, or uv resin. That will keep the fly a bit longer from tearing apart on me.

pic 1 flies 3,4 pic 3 last fly Ray, these flies are all good, but the ones I posted above are my favorites. You hit these out of the ball park in my opinion. I should be tying some streamers, but these are making me get in the mood to tie some similar, wow. These flies are incredible. I have no doub...

Sheer beauty, absolutely stunning use of color too.

Killer pattern, lovely colors too.

Great creation you have there, and I love the colors too. The bead tops it off nicely!

Ray, the first 3 are my favorites. Superb flies, love them.

I believe there are a couple of people on Ebay who sell the YLI Silk. I have been wanting to try it, but have not ordered any yet.