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.

Double hackles (wet, dry or mixed combinations) are quite common on steelhead flies, streamers, and a number of fly styles. It can be a contrasting collar of natural or dyed Guinea or a contrasting color. A second wound philo plume hackle gives the Gartside Sparrow its head. This simple tube fly is ...

Good looking fly!

Great fly and the whole idea of a little visible weight is worth noting in the book and can be valuable out on the stream .

I fish a 2 fly cast (2 dries, dry/dropper, or 2 wets) about 90% of the time with 1 or 3 flies about 5% each. It is how I usually test new flies against my old standards. My best Gordian knot came from fishing 4 flies in Idaho where they allow a 5 fly cast. ;) Double hookups are not unusual especiall...

Nice looking fly!

I don't think we should overlook the use of the standard Partridge and Yellow for the adult insect especially if there are those skinny little egg layers flitting about the stream. I have tied some P&Ys with an egg sac on the back and think they make a simple to tie excellent cripple or drowned ...

A killer fly and I think the fish will agree!