Blue Doctor 3/0 Hale

[Heff2 0]

Blue Doctor 3/0 tied with a mixed wing per the recipe. The head could be smaller but I’m otherwise pleased with it. May do a married wing version before moving to the butcher but that’s a decision I’ll make when I find some vice time.  I did sub the bustard for nicely speckled grey and white turkey, found bustard in a mixed wing clumps things up is a big hurry.  

[RickZieger 0]

I see differences, but both are pretty.

Rick

[Heff2 0]

Here is a married wing version, not pleased with the head and a few other gremlins but on a whole I like the look of it

[cencalfly 0]

3 hours ago, Heff2 said:

Here is a married wing version, not pleased with the head and a few other gremlins but on a whole I like the look of it

Wow!.  Now I'm not a Gaudy Fly person but it looks good to me.  What I do see is the floss and ribbing.  The floss is smooth and the ribbing is evenly spaced and fluid.  That escapes so many tiers of great ability.  The throat seems a little short to me but i'm into those long flowing hackles and such.  

[Heff2 0]

9 hours ago, cencalfly said:

What I do see is the floss and ribbing.  The floss is smooth and the ribbing is evenly spaced and fluid. 

Thx JP, I tried to keep the body thin on that one, I do think I’ll stick with even ribbing.  Trying for spirals that open a little isn’t yielding a good result.  

[niveker 0]

14 hours ago, Heff2 said:

married wing version

very nice - I agree with cencalfly - the body and ribbing is near perfect - a nicely ribbed floss body is a work of art in itself.