Ray,

The hook point and barb on the red-and-brown really looks aggressive. Stylish!
Harlee?

dd

Very nice, Mark.

Can we have it on TUE too, please, just for comparison? I am kind of getting hooked on TUE for aesthetics. Who could have believed that?

dd

Added: He also ties it with a bead head, and a bead head with rubber legs.

Shame on him! Not very cultivated. The illustration in your post is quite nice.

Variation on a theme can't be wrong if the theme is right.

Your memory serves you well, Mark. Congratulations.

dd

As tied by Dave Whitlock: http://www.flymartonline.com/modules.ph ... ws&sid=295

dd

Black pitch wax used to be available here in Sweden. I have a piece sourced from http://www.slojd-skinn.se/index.asp?id=106 . If you click "VISA BILD" on the first product "Vaxbeck, svart 100 g (UTGÅTT)" , you will see what it is like, except the only thing you see is the paper a...

Gary,

Beautiful rods indeed!

dd

It's almost better than nice!

And Dennis' remark is spot on.

dd

This one has the same busy look as a fly tied by Eric Peper. Both turn me into a firm believer. You can't fail with either of them. Suppose I have a dirty mind...

dd

daringduffer wrote:I believe you are on to something here, Hans...

dd

...but no fish with self-respect would eat such a tidy creature. I know by now that it is a tradition of yours to be untraditional. May we have the traditional version too, please...?

dd

I believe you are on to something here, Hans...

dd