Nice tie Alan.

After the very informative talk last night I wanted to try my hand at one of Leisenring’s favorite flies. Hook. ........ Mustad 94842. Sz 14 Thread. ........ Pearsall’s gossamer Crimson Tail. ........ 2 Honey dun hen hackle fibres Ribbing. ........ Extra fine gold wire Dubbing......... Mole First 2 ...

Beautiful hen cape and flies Bob.

Ronr

That’s a Polish quill dyed yellow on that fly.

Though a late reply thanks gentlemen.

Thanks Dougsden. It’s a pattern that always intrigued me but my tying
attempts in the past have not been pretty. I like to tie dries and again
my dry fly attempts of the Tup’s have been wanting. Lou was kind enough
to send along some Tup’s samples and I think things have improved.

Thanks Fishnkilts. I don’t know if it’ll be a productive pattern either. I
was just curious about how the blackbird covert feather would look on
hook. So I thought of something black and something blue. We’ll see.

Very nice Bob. I have yet to try those.

Very very nice !

Okay so I added a second fly which is now on top and the dressing is exactly the same except the Tup’s blend consists of dyed seal and less hackle.