http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5283/5234980409_dfb0a44067_z.jpg Starling and Yellow by GlassJet , on Flickr Hook: Kamasan B981 #14. Silk: Pearsall's yellow, waxed. Hackle: Starling, part palmered. Rib: fine gold wire. Thinking behind this no more that nicking the body of the Greenwell's Spider, whi...

Andrew, And then there is Charlie Craven, one of the finest all-round tiers today, who is right-handed in the normal sense of the word yet chooses to tie like a lefty... :roll: Cheers, Hans W Now that *is* weird. Usually, bit of a generalisation, but left handed people are usually better with their...

They are absolutely beautiful.....i just thought you might like to know why the flies in the pics were facing left. Willowhead, I am left-handed myself. I turn my flies round to be photographed so they are facing right - which can be a bit scary because it is not the side facing me when I am tying ...

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5163/5232420502_25314b3b2e_z.jpg Jackdaw and Purple by GlassJet , on Flickr Hook: Kamasan B981. #14 Silk: Pearsall's purple, waxed. Hackle: Jackdaw neck. Thorax: mole, twisted into split thread. Anticipating next trout season, and iron blue. This is tied in hackle fir...

Of course, to get some of the beads on, I am being really thick. :roll: I was thinking fishing wise, with your gut hook, you were turning back the clock a couple of hundred years! :lol: Fascinating stuff, and it is growing on me - but I suspect as a spectator, not a participant. I'm not visually cre...

They are beautiful. And nothing wrong with being left handed....

Hi Willowhead - as directed

they are amazing creations. Do you - or does anybody - ever fish them? I could imagine salmon taking some of them, given the flies I know they do take - not that I have ever done any salmon fishing.

What's this about cutting off the eyes?

Andrew.

I enjoy being in my body, have few problems with my shortcomings and am clever enough choosing an interest where progress is almost guaranteed. I very rarely get frustrated when fishing. It's just that I like to think about things. I am my brain, my intellect, my mind. That doesn't catch me all the...

It's been said that, "Once an idea goes forth, it no longer belongs to those who brought forth the idea. It belongs to the world.....to utilize." ..........you dig? ;) :lol: Oh I do dig... I think. ;) I am just not convinced the bare hook is my best 'canvas'... you dig? ;) :lol: But I WIL...

Blimey Willowhead, thanks for that - this is a completely different world for me - I just wanna catch fish! :lol: But this is a brilliant insight into how you creative tyers go about your art, and learning these techniques can only be good, so thanks very much for sharing your knowledge. :) My main ...