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Yes indeed.

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Every fly of yours that I see impresses me, each one is better than the one before. Magnificent work, please continue.

Arachnophobe's exit stage left, & make it fast as that little creature's got a very sharp point to it.

Brilliant tying.

I've just found it through Fabrizio Gajaradoni's (Mrbeetle on here) newly updated & very impressive www.gajaflies.it on his links list. It's the very last site, & wow talk about saving the best till last. When you check out Fabrizio's site, a lot of the page lists only go up as far as 5 however many of them carry on past that & are well worth checking out.

It's www.laesenciadelatado.com get yourself well settled, you'll be there for quite a while !

Hi, as a "rule of thumb" para hackles are usually dressed one or two sizes larger than one would normally use for a standard dry fly i.e. a #14 would use a 10 or 12 hackle.

I'm in the throe's of dressing some para Grey Wullf's for a friend of mine, now he has asked me to add spent wings as well, in 40+years of tying all sorts of freshwater flies both commercially & for normal use this pattern is perhaps one of the most challenging I've ever done. Material choice for the wing, is perhaps the biggest bug-bear & after trying all sorts of hair etc the best option so far; is cut/burnt silver mallard breast feathers. As they are less likely to collapse when wet. They tie in reasonably well & securely esp. when the quills are reverse & double tied & they don't bulk up to much.

Thanks.

Wonderful tieing, your flies are superb. I'd hate to be a fish near you.

I love the way you set the "legs" on these patterns, I'm sure others would be interested to see an s.b.s. if you get a chance. By the way, your English is excellent.

Very nice indeed. If I were a fish, the word succulent would come to mind before I went for it. By the way, a warm welcome to the forum.

I've seen it on several sites including Orvis, it may even be a Wapsi item so it should be generally available from most mail order stockists.

If you wanted to try a bit of d.i.y. then get a steel ruler, permanent black felt tip pen & some normal blood plumes.

Hi Paul, I had the op on the Monday after the bffi & stayed in for just over a week after. Am now back home, still in wheelchair as I can't put ANY weight on my leg for another 4/5 weeks. They're re-plastering it Weds. so will be able to see how they've done & how it's healing etc. Am unable to go anywhere other than trips back & forth to hospital at present so will miss the 30th anniversary dinner of the fly dressing club I formed, but if it means I get to keep my remaining leg, then it's a small price to pay.

Great to see both Paul, & that fly.

If you guys think that photo's good, until you see it in the flesh - "You ain't seen nuthin'"

A true world class fly from a top class tier.

If you try googling "diawl bach" you'll find many dozens of variations of it.

Another stunner Terje, & has lots of potential for other similar patterns.

It's not cheap, but Leeson & Schollemyer's "Fly Tier's Benchside Reference Book" has to be near the top of the tree, $63 on amazon a saving of £37 on list.

Brilliant as always Paul, will try & see you at this years BFFI, I'll be there on the Saturday - most likely still in a wheelchair though this time around.

Here Here Whatfly !

If I see an item for sale in the U.S. for sale & they take paypal, simply do a "dry run" & then you'll get the price for that day

Flytire, as far as I know; Deer Creek are a. the only source of this product in the U.K. & b. they have applied for sole agency rights in the U.K. for "Supa-Suede" & some other products from their supplier.

Thanks Fred. "Supa-Suede" comes in 6 colours at the moment, & there's more on the way I gather. The cards have 2.3mts on them & work out at £2.19 each with worldwide P & P at £2.50. F.F.I. go to www,deercreek.co.uk

He takes paypal & credit cards. If you go to the site and do a "trial run" the paypal system should give you the $ value.

By the way, the Swiss c.d.c. I used was a natural colour called "Kharki Campbell" & that came from www.flytyingboutique.com

That is from £5.50 with £2.00 P & P.

I've just had some new material arrive called "Supa-Sude" from www.deercreek.co.uk It's a fine flat suede chenille that has many potential uses. The sedge attached was my second attempt with the material & I must admit to being keen to try out some other techniques with it.

I've used a wide gape curved l/s sedge hook, a Partridge K12st with yellow 8/0 Unithread, a poly-yarn underbody that's reinforced with a drop of superglue, this promotes the segmentation as it prevents it from bunching. After tying in the material very securely at the tail end, I "daub" it along the leading edge with an old Pantone marker. Then after tying off & trimming I secure a bronze mallard fibre on either side before winding a c.d.c. hackle (by the tip) & finish with a dubbed head.

I think you'll find that the reason a lot of us tie them "backwards" is because the natural eclodes downstream from the current, so it would fish downstream from your leader tippet.

Hi Mike, it's pretty unlikely for most man-made materials dependant on how much u.v. is present. Pure silk is another matter though, as you say. I've always found yellow to be the worst offender for rotting, it may be the acidic dyes, or just the lack of resistance to u.v.