My first thought was Highland Gold sounds like a blended whisky . . . maybe one that could sell for $9 in Blue Mound, Texas.

Highland Gold images

Any chance this is going to be a fly for salmon?
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[Dun:] Perhaps one of the most confusing words to have the pleasure of gracing fly-tying circles!

Agreed. Thanks for saying it.

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They can eat crackers in my box anytime.
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Hackle-Shortening SBS (Tutorial) - tie2fish

The Cheater Soft Hackle video – Tim Rolston


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. . . tie over-length barbs cut from the stem . . .

The Charlie Craven/Craig Matthews on-the-stem, V-notch method is somewhat different from what Nemes describes, isn't it?

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In support of Ruard's and Hans's concept, here is an onion-bag effort in blue. http://i57.tinypic.com/2wdvkwi.jpg Hook : Tiemco 206BL - 12 Thread : Danville 6/0 Flymaster Tag/Underbody : Christmas tinsel (25¢ a hank, come January at the Evans Drug store in Enid, Oklahoma) Abdomen : Blue plastic stra...

I really like the theme: using what's there and would be waste, otherwise. Purple? How exotic. Blue is the raciest I've encountered, lately encasing a bag of white onions. Oranges tend to come in red enclosures; grapefruit, in yellow, so I'm overrun with those colours. The bags make functional holde...

Glad I posted it, then. Here, should you like, is a link to a bit higher resolution: http://oi62.tinypic.com/2yxpzf9.jpg.

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_____ Thanks for the kind replies. Longears (much like Jimmy Dickens) tend to be little, but they're loud. The fly was carefully selected . . . because it happened to be stuck on the outside of the tackle bag. Hook : Mustad 9671 – 12 Tail : "Phezabou" – the über-billowy ringneck rump feath...

Were I to have an aquarium, longear sunfish could provide plenty of colour.

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