I'd vote for the crimson body, but the hackle on the dark dun.

What an impressive set of flies! Great work everyone.

Now to find some polypro mason's line. REE Good luck with that. All the mason's line I've been able to find is nylon. I did a fairly extensive search about a year and a half ago and came up with nothing on this side of the pond that is even close to the right diameter. I found two possible substitu...

It's a close -in game with a long rod and a short line -- not for everyone, but great fun. I wholeheartedly agree with you that a long rod and short line are great fun, and well suited to upstream wets. Rather than greenheart, though, I went another route and fish with a tenkara rod. Tenkara is the...