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the recipe's round here somewhere............actually if you aint seen it already.....you aint payin' attention..... ........i could think of a name to save my a$$...........so i just came up w/this corney one.........
i spose the missing tag isn't the end of the world........but i still hate that i screwed that up.........but once a bead is clued in place...........
click the pic.....

Bit of a long winded name mate
Lovely lookin fly, I like the elegant sweep in the wing, the well blended colours and then the contrasting green envy. Cookin mit Gas or is it envy in this case...

I sat here for a good ten minutes studying the details of this fly. Just so much to take in and enjoy. Mesmerizing, actually. Magnificent...

Ray, you mean the one on page 99 or the one on this page.........?????

Kars, pay attention.....the name has been changed.....look underneath the pic..... .....TKX. mate.

I meant the one on this page. I just checked out the other one. Very cool fly. Where the heck did you find that Rhea in such cool colors? That stuff make some extremely cool hackle on spey flies. There is a guy on the Fly Tying forum who does some amazing stripper flies with this stuff. I wish I could remember his name (I think it is Dave something, but will need to see if I can find his link). Anyway, he uses Rhea in a lot of his flies. Drool...drool...

Thankx Bro. i figured that............i always look forward to your personal brand of analysis and critique.....so far days i've been wondering "How" you see the one on page 99 is all.........no big deal. and hey, if it suckx in your eyes, NEVER worry bout bein' as brutally honest as you feel.........i can handle it.

Glad you like the fly.....
i know who you mean........nice cat. He gave me one of his Squid flies a couple years ago, at the Danbury, Conn. show. We've hung out.....he was bout to open a resturant at the time. Very gifted tyer.
Far as Rhea goes........it's hard to find for most folks, if they don't travel. You can get it off the internet.....but it's not the kinna thing you wanna buy sight unseen "in hand." It's usually bout $9.oo a feather, so you really need to look at it up close, live and in person before you spend. i buy it out west......but Montana is not far enough west.......you gotta get to at least western Idaho.........easy to find in Washington and Oregon.........Steelhead country. There's a guy who shows up (with a booth), at some of the western shows, who has a fly shop in Idaho called the Red Shed.....he always has it.
That trick for wraping it is a pain in the butt, but it works. You have to strip it off the rachis by peeling it.........not that hard but then it wants to curl.....hence the pain in the butt when wrapping. Personally i'd rather find my own ways of using materials, rather than just copying what others do.....if, and whenever possible. It's like a social event or whatever.............when most people are dressing up.....i'm dressin' down.

I found the link to the guy I was talking about. His name is David Nelson. That dude tyes a MEAN fly. I give him major points for style, design and use of color. You know exactly who I was talking about. His web site is (http://www.squimpishflies.com). Be sure to check out his philosophy, gallery and his materials section. Cool, huh?

Damn Willowhead you never cease to amaze me. After the new year I have a little something coming your way... well it actually several little somethings. Anticipation!!!!

Ray, yeah that's the cat........same dude. He's a real nice guy.....tye his a$$ off. i'm lookin' at the fly he gave me right now.....dang thing has to be at least 10 inches long. KILLER fly. i can just imagine what it would look like in the water bein' striped.......... Tkx. for the link.

Hey Ariel.....good to hear from you. Tkx. for the kindness.....
Your package is bout to go out.....i keep forgetting to bring yours and Kars' to the post office with me.............it's such a nice thing to be "able" to keep forgetting somethin' like that and not have to sweat it........... Easy.....