Carl,

I might have to make some in a Carpenter Ant black variant!

I wouldn't worry about "improving" this fly until after you try getting a fish seal of approval. ;) I think this buggy looking fly will perform well as tied! Since it is wire you might try twisting the tag ends together and fold it back on itself before grabbing it with the English pliers....

I tried something new (to me anyways) this trip. I treated some of the soft hackle flies with a product called "Frogs Fanny". It is a dry desiccant powder, that causes a fly to float on the surface film. At the end of a drift, I would gently pull the fly under the surface film. The desicc...

Great looking tie Lance!!

William, I don't fish it as any particular insect but more as a general attractor pattern at any time of year or day. It makes an excellent searching pattern when nothing else seems to be working and no hatch is happening. To me it is a life cycle just before a Sparkle Dun or an X-Caddis. ;) If I di...

The hot head(mine in orange) is part of my WS variant tie as well, also taken off Westfly years ago. This #14 out of my flymph box had an obvious hook set on a rock.

Great tie!

Good looking fly! What size hook?

Love it, especially with a 3 fly cast during a multiple insect hatch.

Fishing these waters I take both 4 and 6 weight 9 foot rods. IMO selecting rods is kind of like a golfer deciding which club to use.