fell off the wagon I see

you gonna swing that one on the Crooked? Really, really, beautiful fly.

Otto... I fish these on the swing most often. Around here, (except for Roadkill and Variant) I'm about the only person I see fishing and swinging soft hackles on a regular basis. Except in the dead of winter, the first thing I'm going to tie on is a pair of soft hackles on the Crooked, Metolius, or ...

They didn't look nearly as good as your patterns! They garnered no interest so I took them down. You are an amazing tyer! Well you know they caught my eye and interest...sorry I didn't comment sooner so they'd still be on the forum... I'm always looking for new caddis patterns and yours are always ...

Ray.. can I share your SBS with my old tying group back in Houston. I demoed that fly for them via Zoom a few months ago and my attempts at a tying sequence sucked compared to yours. Several of the guys actually tied and fished the fly with good results on the Guadalupe River.

I could have sworn that Dubbn posted a couple flies in the last week or so, caddis pupa that had hair collars or hackles... can't find them anywhere to comment on them...but I too have been using micro pine squirrel zonkers and dubbing loops to make collars and hackles... so with no where else to pu...

Ray.. I'm also a fan of Oholi's channel...pretty creative and good vids...

Is that a nymph or wingless wets?

And then there's the WT 101 Flymph

Version 2 by Ron Romeis, on Flickr

Inspired by you know who....

Doug.. those are classics... are you sure you don't supply flies to Whitlock for his videos...tying in the dark is true dedication. I'm starting to work on the goodies you sent me.... here's and early example... no pro photos from my end, however https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51868599648_500ea...