William! Outstanding!! I really enjoyed watching you work your magic at the block! I always pick up and interesting tid bit when I watch you work. I really liked how you mounted the spun body onto the card by slipping it (the card) under the body securing one end first and then the other! It has nev...

Dearest Swellcat and Old Hat, Thanks guys for the info. I will pass on the Dove Taco's but it does sound kinda interesting! I will try and harvest some birds after Ohio deer season next week. My wife calls that time "The men's insanity". There is a grain of truth to what she has quipped! W...

That is one drop dead gorgeous fly! I think I'm in love! It just shouts, "Steelhead"! Wonderful pattern and so well tied!!
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My goodness Ray, This is one of the "buggiest" looking pupa patterns I have ever seen! Great job on a really boss looking pattern! The colors are fantastic! Swellcat, you bet your bippy (remember the comedy show Laugh in?) this would be effective on our non-cold water species like my littl...

Eric, This pattern looks excellent! Very "spidery" in the W.C. Stewart tradition. I find your comments on the use of dove very interesting esp. about the individual barbs and their characteristics. I have often wondered about this bird and it's usefulness as they scoot off the road ahead o...

Ray, Wow! That is one sassy looking pattern! Skues loved the color red and for good reason. It catches fish! So yes, we are very interested in seeing how this one does esp. on steelhead. Can you make it another three in a row? I was also very interested in your comments (and Carls too!) about contra...

Thanks Guys for the words of encouragement! Yes, I will post the recipes soon and perhaps just a small history of each (not the orig. but my own). Number two is one that I have created but I have this sneaky feeling that someone in the past has made this one before unbenounced (spelling?) to me! Tha...

Ruard, Wow! This is exciting! Dougslichtjesnimf really did the trick on the roach/rudd hybrid. Is this a good thing? The cross breeding of the two species? That is a really nice sized fish Ruard! 30 cm. Very nice! Speaking of weather and ice on the water....we are expected to have some below average...

Bill, An update....the pattern above, Gambel's Quail and Mole on Primrose, is just what the doctor would order on the ravenous bluegills that I have been banking lately. These fish have been crazy eating everything that comes over their heads. The hackle on this pattern is unreal! The contrasting li...

Ruard, This pattern is amazing! I am glad you like the hooks and squirrel dubbing! The fly looks alive! Your dubbing work is awesome! Swellcat, great picture of our friend, the fox squirrel! I have a truck load of them in the woods below my house (the squirrels not the pictures) but rarely hunt them...