Gentlemen, I have been mining in my CD collection again, in answer to Hankaye's preference for diagrammatic instruction. There are quite a few articles on Spiders I have "saved" ;) over the years. Drop me a PM if you are interested. Would be great if you would let a newbie like me to have...

Donald, :D I could reach thru the screen and kiss you! :o :D :o :D :D That diagram of what the different parts of the wing is something I was getting ready to ask about. Everytime a Poster states that they have used a " first order gamma goofy delta feather " :? . It makes about that much...

Lovely body! Have to try that out. Bought some hen-hackle from Flytying boutique yesterday, furnace/Grenwell. Looking forward to get that.

Inspiring indeed!

Read 1/3 of it on a flight today. Great reading! Puts the history and development of soft hackle, wet and nymph flies in context (for a newbie like me at least).

/Martin

Seems I bought the right book! Got McGee's book a week ago together with two of Nemes books. Reading Hughes book now and have only flipped through the others. They all look great.