Woodcock is on my to get list. Well done.

I just noticed you are from Boulder Mt. My wife has a lot of family that lives there. I miss vacationing there and fishing the Boulder River, Basin Creek and the many small creeks in the area.

Size 20 Soft Hackle. Tail and collar are both from an over size CDL hen feather. Body of thread. Thorax of Mole. Dai-Riki 270 hook, so it is a long shanked size 20.

letumgo wrote: ↑Mon Dec 24, 2018 1:08 am Trifly- what size are your flies? They look like 18 or maybe even smaller. Very impressive.

Size 24. Dai-riki 310 hook. Not too bright here. Tried to edit the post and messed it up. I too like the spiders JCwillow posted. Well done.

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Size 18s tyed with 4B hen.
I think I used every barbule on the quil!

The bodies are thread with different resins that I am playing with.

Perhaps with enough searching, I will find that Collins cape the suits my style of tying as well.

I hope you take this post with the humor that was intended.

I have bought and used a few of the Collins hen capes. I was always disappointed in the and lack of uniformity from one cape to the next. That, and I was disappointed with the lack of feathers in the necks to tie down to 18. Hen-Hackle.jpg Feathers, hooks and thread. We are indeed lucky that we can ...

47364931_955954097943727_5163089974475620352_n.jpg The 4Bs are a great resource for flies over size 14. On a couple of my capes I can tie 20's. On the rest of the capes maybe a few 18's. I find I must pay close attention when tying the small patterns as the stems on the 4Bs are much shorter than th...

What I like to do is submerge the flies in a jar water to see how the flies respond. In the warmer months I actually do testing in the river with real current to see how the flies act. At times I have used a GoPro or underwater point & click camera along a friend to assist so I can see how the ...