Very nice! Love the proportions and the color/textural effects. This looks very fishy and worthy of pattern theft!

I will definitely copy that one! Thanks.

Sparse starling hackles are a joy to see and a blast to fish. Well done.

Beautiful ties. Thanks for listing the recipes of these fish delicacies.

Great fly. I like how the black list of the furnace delineates a "thorax". Well done.

I really like the color, it reminds me of antique carnival glass. Mike62, now that you pointed that out, I see what you mean. You've inspired a name for this; I'll call it the Fenton's Indispensable, after the first company to produce carnival glass. Fenton's Indispensable Hook: Hanak H260BL or Kam...

Thanks joaniebo!!

Great job, NightWatchman! I bet that slays the fish.

Trying to simulate Tup's dubbing: Shetland spindrift paprika, separated from a single strand, pulled into dubbing consistency then mixed with a bit of standard SLF #40 ginger. Mixture dubbed onto Veevus 12/0 pale yellow thread. What do you think? (Tried but failed to rotate image) IMG_20200523_01432...

That's a great description of how well-fished flymphs can be the ticket to success. It is good to say it, and say it often, so that those who succeed us learn to succeed on the water with wet flies.