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Wow- lots going on there!! Waaay over my head- looks gnarly!

I like that!!!

Sweet tie!

☝️ looks quite fishy!!! Super cool fly!

Hopefully get out with my son tomorrow morning and harvest a couple squirrels for this tie. It’d be really neat to use one we took. Learning new things!

As 2022 comes to an end, I’m excited to see what 2023 has in store at the vise. It’s been a fun 6 months so far with this new endeavor. Happy New Year All!

I also just received an awfully nice package and neat box of flies from a Hank Belcher. Please come forward so I can say Thank You Sir. Greatly appreciated!

I’ll take a slot please. Pattern TBD.

Awesome!!! I have trouble with the collars- seems to get thick quick with the strip bunching up- this one looks mighty fishy to me!!!

Thank you both for the compliments. I’m excited to fish them this Spring. May need to get a few more colors and make a small box full- they may be great at my folks lake in Illinois for largemouth.

Boy does that sure sound like fun!!!

Well, I swung by Cabelas after work- closest place for material and grabbed 2 buck tails, some Loon Flow UV resin and some white thread. I wasn’t familiar with this pattern, but actually had saved a photo from Instagram and archived it into the “maybe someday” file. Well, challenge it is. I read some online about how Mr. Fulsher tied them and would use yellow eye with black dot. I thought I had some yellow airbrush paint, but I guessed wrong. anyway- here is my attempt(s). Hook- Spirit River BB089 #10 Thread- UTC 210 White Yellow/White/green Bucktail Next Fly: Slumpbuster

I'd like to give the Thunder Creek a go! Good excuse to buy some UV resin and another color of buck tail.

Welcome from down state - East China, MI. Looking forward to seeing your future posts!

Glad ya like them, sure hope they catch a fish for you!

Ditto- hopefully not lost in the Christmas “never found its mailbox” location!

Really neat! Wish I had an ounce of that talent! Do you have other paintings too? Always thought art was neat

This is awesome. Definitely one of my favorite flies I’ve seen. That green is just cool!

Kick him over to Michigan there Steve! I’m not good with patience this time of year 😂

Beautiful fly Mark!

Tying some jigs for the hard water. #14 Model 27 jig from Wholesale Fly Company with slotted 1/8” tungsten beads. Hope the perch and gills approve

Wow! For lack of venison in the timber this year, the package I just opened makes up for it! Awesome flies- thanks for sharing! I do have a question…. What’s the rope for? Apologies if I’m supposed to know! Body material when strands separated?

Great read and awesome tie! Thanks for the work put into the step by step! @niveker- I too enjoy the signature. Spent far too long searching for it in step 7 as well.

I’d say you can! Sweet tie

Thanks poopdeck. I’ve reached out to a liaison. Odds of them being an angler… we shall see