prairiedrifter

Love the plueger 1492

Traditional Grey Ghost

This fish was 40"

A recent "Catch and release" mount I finished for a client

Another that just went home

Flatwings

My furnace went out last week. Had to install a new one. No fun on the wallet......

I did strip one side. I can reduce the number of turns and thin out the throat hackle also.

First one with materials I had on hand

I currently use Uni 8/0 but was looking for something smaller. What are some smaller threads you use?

I have whiting, brahma, Herbert/miner and coq de Leon hen. Whiting has the smallest feathers with the Herbert/miner not far behind. My CDL and Brahma necks are shorter but can tie small flies also.

Whiting hen necks. I really like the CDL speckled ones.

So is it just a loop wing emerger? Not seeing why it wouldn't be an easy tie. Maybe I'm missing something? It is a very nice looking fly though.

You can wash and dry the feathers before you pin. I would only wash if the feathers are very dirty. Yes, skin facing out. I have used borax as a bird skin preservative for 35 years.

Remove ALL meat and fat, including all wing bones/meat. Rub with borax and pin it open skin side up on cardboard to dry.

One more

New one

Glad I could help, lol!

Speckled silver badger, dun grizzly, honey dun, rusty dun and cream.

I've used just a dab of contact cement.

On these I tied in place. I have pre assembled wings before w/ contact cement, but didn't have any this time. I will next time as it is ALOT easier LOL!

Just playing around.

Mike's BTK

My experience has been more feathers and slightly longer feathers in the higher grades

It was a nice fish, just under 25". General attractor patterns work too, parachute Adams in a 14 is a good searching fly. My daughter took her first cutt on one in Soda Butte creek when she was 12.