SBPatt 0 Report post Posted March 19, 2018 Started out tying Ryan Houston's Myles Peter and ended up in a different place. Gonna try this for skwalas in darker olive tones. hook - Dai Riki 280 #10 thread - Danville 6/0 light olive rib - small wire gold body hackle - olive grizzly body - dubbing olive wing - pheasant rump olive front hackle - pheasant church window olive collar - aftershaft olive mash barb, start thread at 3/4 mark; tie in rib, wrap to bend tie in (folded) hackle by tip dub thread/dub body to 3/4 mark palmer hackle forward, sweeping fibers back; tie off/trim wrap rib thru hackle, helicopter end, cover with thread trim out tip of rump feather measure (tips past hackle), tie in/trim tie in church window feather by tip; wrap, tie off/trim create loop, wax, insert aftershaft, spin, stroke fibers back with moistened fingers wrap, tie off/trim, whip finish, SHHAN Regards, Scott Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
j8000 0 Report post Posted March 20, 2018 Looks good. Keep posted on how effective it is. Jeff Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fshng2 0 Report post Posted March 20, 2018 This definitely looks like a keeper. I see lots of movement going on. Useful on all type water. Just subbed on Ryans site, don't know how I missed this one. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wolf 0 Report post Posted March 20, 2018 cool:) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
feathers5 0 Report post Posted March 20, 2018 That would make a great muddler minnow, too. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
-smc- 0 Report post Posted July 10, 2018 Started out tying Ryan Houston's Myles Peter and ended up in a different place. Wow, I wish my flies would end up in a place like that every once in awhile Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DarrellP 0 Report post Posted August 8, 2018 If you chopped up some of the fuzz for dubbing, you could tie it all from one feather. Great fly Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZWoolybugger 0 Report post Posted August 12, 2018 Nice fly Scott. That olive came out very nice, kinda like a light sooty olive. I like it!. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites