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Both of these last two were tyed on mustad M899 hooks..... 3/0 (hers), and 5/0 (his), if i remember right.
p.s. you'll have to excuse this pic.....for whatever damn reason, my wife slanted the fly back when she took the pic.....

These next two are just to show what can be done using VERY inexpensive beads.....i think i got these beads at Walmart. They cost just pennies each.....

Simple plastic bead.....

i was very happy with this fly until the head sorta fell apart on me...........oh well........**** happens. Again, a very inexpensive bead..... if i remember right, (tyed bout 2 yrs. ago), i used at least 2 if not 3 feathers in the collar on this fly. Does a collar alone qualify a fly to be called a soft hackle..............hhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmm. ????? Tail is Kori Bustard. Hook is a Sprite XXL 5/0.

another fly i did at Conclave in Colorado last yr.

Now here's a KArazy example of what i might do on any given day..... i tyed this for a guy (great tyer), in Sweden. He was nice enough to send flies and fly earings for an auction that was being held at a benifit Tye-A-Thon i organized for a sick friend (back in Jan.), who needed tumor removal surgery, so i figured i'd better send him a thank you fly.
i did this fly on a very expensive Ron Reinhold Low Water Dee 5/0 hook.....

This one's on a Ronn Lucas Sr. Noble D XXL 9/0 Orange hook. Ronn makes some of the most beautiful hooks in the world. Btw.....that's a gut eye.....occassionally i'll turn 'em up like that.

Here's another on a Lucas hook.....

just a combination Grub/soft hackle/whatever.....but a TON-O-FUN to tye. Bead came from Ronn Lucas Sr.
that's Emu right in front of the bead.....body is MoHair seriously picked out.....i LOVE picked out bodies

Got the bead for this one from Ron Lucas Sr. as well.....