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I just did a doz humpys n a doz ausable wulffs. If I know I'm doing that many I lay out all the materials on a small towel first. The nesessary hackles and the wings/tails cut, cleaned n stacked all ready go 13x.

13 because the first one is guaranteed to get the razor every time. Then it's off to the races. With everything laid out and uniform it's hard not to get good results.

Great pics btw. Love how metallic they look...

This fly with an up eye and the hook turn would do the trick, no?

If it's in a pack you want to tease out small amounts. If your pulling clumps off the mask hold the clump in one hand and tease out what you need w/the other.

Watch davie tie the ammonite nymph. The amount of hare he teases out of a clump to use in a dubbing loop is what you want to have on your finger when dubbing directly to the thread.

First attempt at a Spey

Ohh nevermind, you gotta whole basement to work with....go big:)

I don't know why that's sideways but you get the idea.

2x4 double sided tucked in a corner.

Chop up some scrap for a frame n call it done.

WOW! I can't believe all of the GRHE comments.

I ran a GRHE under a holy grail ( basically a soft hackle GRHE ) on a drop shot rig 99% of the time this year and had my best year by far. I would, and practically did, give up everything else in the box for that fly.

Ill second the copper john though....useless for me.

I watched Pat tie a popper and picked up his vid at a show this year.

After each spin or stack he cuts through the hair with the thread coming immediately to the front of each clump. Throws 3 half hitches in and drives those 3 hh into the hair with his packer. He then seals that up with a dab of zap or crazy glue, I don't remember which but I think he used a brush.

Utyer, I'm guessing that can of pledge on your desk is pretty full. LOL

Fathers

I like the window casings

Oh, the desk is nice too

I do very well with small 20,22 PT's and zebras below an 18,20 SOS in the gorge this time of year.

Tctrout, I posted a holy grail last month and have tied up and gone through nearly 3 doz in the past weeks w/ the insane caddis hatches we've had here and in the Catskills.

Killer pattern for sure. The only change I needed to make was to replace the Mylar w/wire. It was just to fragile and seemed to tear or break and come off for no reason sometimes. Every color combo and bead choice worked! PT, turkey and peacock all did well as a wing case. If I had to pick a favorite it was black w/a silver wire, nickle bead and turkey over top. A prominent red head I think added a lot to the pattern also

Nice video.

It reads like spam.

I assumed it was too.

On smaller patters like midges or SOS I like to exaggerate the bead a little.

16's and up, proportionate to the rest of the fly.

Why? I have no idea.

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Hares masks are readily avilable everywhere.

Clip the different hair from mask, cheeks, n ears, place in a seperate baggies w/a few small holes in the bottom, stick the straw from a can of compressed air in the top, seal and shoot some short blasts into the Baggie.

The hair spins in the bags and your left with some QUALITY dubbing perfectly blended. Coffee grinder does the job too.

The very first time I dubbed a fly I read not to buy it packaged and to make ur own. That was sound advice.

The boys r 11 n 13