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I went to the Fly Fishing Rendevous here in Denver on Saturday. I stopped by Phil Iwane's tying area and was extremely fortunate in that he spent about 30-45 minutes with me showing me how he ties his Iwan E-dun parachute. Also got some interesting leader tips. Suffice it to say mine are not even close to his. On the other hand I tested them the next day on the South Platte near Deckers and they were fish catching candy. Size 20

Love the clown shoe. one of my favorites

Continuing with Mr. Adams. This time with a quill body.

Mr. Adams dressed on a firehole 419 size 20. Split moose body tail. Tied parachute too.

The more I use biots the more I like 'em. Klinks are 18s, parachute is a 20. GP great looking parachutes Bimini I really like your foam on the hackle pliers. I'm going to do that mod to a pair of mine. As always great work all.

Couple of size 22 baetis nymphs. The one with the black wire ,a sniper baetis variation, got me to thinking a gray goose biot would look pretty good too. Anyhow....

Size 18 sniper baetis and BWO Mini_Merger.

Playing and trying

Working on peeping caddis

A few Holy Grail caddis. Size 16. Great work everyone!!!!

Cool. Does it play the piano too?

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Couple of Barr's Graphic Caddis. Size 16. One with some caddis green ice dub under the rib, the other one without.

Great month so far.

Holy sh!t, those are nice. I have to thank you for taking up intheRiffle for your tarcher style nymph too

I picked up a small pair of Kobalt needle nose pliers at Lowe's for 6 bucks. When I got home I took the dremel to 'em. Made the needle nose even more "needly" and made sure the jaws were flat so they mated to each other with no gaps. The tips will get into the gape of a 28. They work great.

Gotta keep the ladies happy

Great stonefly nymph GP

April is kicked off with some great stuff. A few parachute blue wings and a klink style to match my local hatch. And to replace a few from yesterday's outing on the South Platte.

Amazing ties going on. Excellent month. I've been playing/ working on different dry fly wings and splitting a triple fiber tail. The work continues.

Some from the less professional of us. Last night's Bourbon and Bugs. 24s and a 12.

This worked. Thank you! Cool, you're welcome

I've had the same thing happen w/ a Dr. Slick ceramic bobbin holder. I rotate the threader as I insert it into the tube, that works too.

Amazing ties and photos so far. Here's a few Bling midges and larva, a couple of DDTs and some hackle stackers.

Couple of bling midge variants and a San Juan Emerger. size 24s. Getting ready for the trip next week