FLYMPH FORUM

This was the first fly i ever did on a Jens Pilgarrd "Artistic" hook.....(after having first fell in love with, and used his Partridge model, the CS6JP first), so i called it Jens' Football. The bead is made of clay. The cheek feather(s) are Amhearst Phasent, and the wing is Grey Peacock. Tag is Japanese silk. The collar came from a beautiful Guinea skin i got from Christina at Chevron Hackle in England when i was there doing this show in '09, ( http://www.thespringflyfishingshow.com ) for Steve Thornton. What a great experience that was.....Thankx Steve. My table was right near where Jens was set up.....and there were 10K patrons come through that place over the course of the show............WOW! My wife and i had 25 people in front of us at all times................boy was that intense and WAY BIG FUN! ..... just realized i posted this fly twice.....

Fly i did at this year's (2010) Sowbug Roundup in Mt. Home, Arkansas. The Sowbug (3 days, WELL over 100 tyers) is the third Thurs./Fri./& Sat. in March.....the 17th, 18th & 19th for 2011. It IS undoubtedly, THE biggest fly tying show in the world now. One year we had 146 tyers. Misako and i went down to do our first "Bug" in 2004, and ended up moving there in.....well, we bought the house in May of '07 and we're still moving in. It's a work in progress.....that's my story and i'm stickin' to it. That pic is a bit fuzzy..... tag is some dark tinsel.....the tail is Orange PB.....couple colors of Ostrich herl in the butt.....palmered hackle.....2 or 3 feathers in the collar.

here we go.....this is actually a fishin' fly.....used for Pike. It's on a green Gamakatsu Octapus hook.

Another Pike fly.

a few of the 20 something Pike, etc. flies i tyed and sent to a friend in Sweden.....she took a bunch of pics. This is one.

Another from the Pike stash.

And another.....

Pretty simple fly.

That body hackle is Marabou.....

Mark - If I had to pick a favorite it would be the squiggly on on the forth page (the one tyed on the special Jens Pilgaard artistic hook). It looks like a Doctor Seuss character (sincere compliment). Pure art!