Thanks Ray!!

size 16.

I hope I get to swing them in the next day or two. If not I will nymph them later down the line.

upstatetrout wrote: ↑Wed May 06, 2020 11:43 am You can also if you feel you need a bead put it on the tippet above the fly. That's what I do and it works just as well and makes the fly more versatile!!!


Tom

Thank you Tom.

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letumgo wrote: ↑Wed May 06, 2020 9:15 am What type of herl did you use on the last one? It that pheasant tail, or peacock herl? Love it!

Ray, the abdomen is Purple Pheasant a friend of mine dyed.



The thorax is is Purple dyed Peacock herl.

letumgo wrote: ↑Wed May 06, 2020 8:42 am Yes, you've still got it! Beadless brilliance!

I especially like the orange body version. Is the hackle french partridge? Whatever it is, I love the markings. Very sharp dressing.

Ray, it is Partridge. This skin has a few feathers on each side that are colored this way.

I had to see if I could still tie a beadless soft hackle! The rivers are getting high and dirty. I have a hunch these will still take trout fishing soft water on the inside bends . :lol: :lol: https://i.postimg.cc/wMXnjS8S/20200505-155550.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/W3JQQd9p/20200505-151141.jpg https:/...

Olive was preferred by the trout today.

RickA wrote: ↑Mon May 04, 2020 8:17 am ...and me too.
They have a Picket Pin look to them.
Is that black head seal?

No Rick, it is some Black synthetic dubbing I have.

Now that you mention it, it does have a Picket Pin look about it.

Variant wrote: ↑Sun May 03, 2020 3:29 pm Hey Dubbin,
Great looking flies.
There is a company called D’s Flyes that sells the melon colored quills. They are located in Denver. Web site www.dsflyes.com. They also have a color called Frying Pan PMD.

Lou

Yes sir, I know of them. Now if they just had thread that color.

Frying Pan PMDs a new trick this September! I swear, there are times when I believe I am the only person in the entire state of Colorado that has heard of a Tups. There are times that I mention it by name and I get the weirdest looks from other fly fishermen. The first photo is my standard Tups var...