Great! They have my admiration.

A great looking fly! I have been out of commission for a while and did not realize there was a peacock tinsel. I will have to try it once I am off the DL.

Beautiful fly! I like the sparse hackle.

I have a custom wrapped Partridge 5 weight cane rod that I purchased about 30 years ago. It looks like a Leonard but fishes like a Partridge wet fly rod. I have used it only 3 times and rely on graphite for the rest of my rods since I can be tough on equipment, especially on the many small brook tro...

Great looking fly! I like the combination of black ice dub with the starting hackle.

Great looking flies and exceptional quill work.

Those flies look fine to me and are very attractive and well tied. I tend to tie my soft hackles sparse and have not felt the need to add any "bling" and I am pleased with the results I get. Nymphs are a different story and I do use tungsten beads, ice dub, and anything else that is not na...

That is a great looking pattern and I will be tying some this Winter! Is that hot orange thread?

Vince Marinaro had a big influence on the dry flies I tie and use for finicky brown trout on PA limestones and other freestone waters as well. Those soft hackle flies are a great find and it is too that we (I?) do not know of any of Vince's elaboration of the flies and fishing tactics on waters like...

Wow, what a great looking fly! I like the effect if the badger with the black head and the terrific job with the floss. What type of floss did you use?