Yes and it would be very worth your while to do so!
Tom

If you know Davy and spent some time with him you would realize just how knowledgeable he truly is. He's also a banjo player!!!
Tom

This is what I use occasionally. The Leisenring Iron Blue Nymph. Claret silk with mole and jackdaw Hackle.

Very nice Ray!!
Tom

Lou you are 100% correct!
Tom

The fly is tied on what appears to me to be a Allcocks Model Perfect size 12. When Hewitt came out with the Bi visible he tied them this way and with tails. Some times the tail was Hackle tips. My own opinion is that a head on a fly a useless waste of space other than binding down materials .Also, i...

Another Rube Cross tied fly the Bi -visible that shows his talent. Notice that this fly is correctly tied with no head. Tied front to back and whip finished at the bend. More difficult to tie this way but it is correct in its dressing. I judge this fly to be about 90 to 100 years old! Rube is consid...

This fly a White Spider was given to me by a great friend and fishing historian Dr.Freid of Livingston Manor N.Y. Many years ago.
Tom

A Spider tied by Rube Cross himself!
and Rube at his tying desk.

The Tups is a rabbit hole I fell into before,got out, but have fallen in again. Originally it was a dry fly but Skues turned it into a wingless wet. This version tied Jingler style is a cross between the two. It has a thorax of Tups blend dubbing fronted by a hen ginger soft hackle fronted by a pink...