Fred H.

I saw a video where a bass took in a crankbait with front and back treble hooks and released it clean . the fisherman never felt a thing. If you are seeing them do this to your fly , you should try to keep it from them . Speed up your retrieve when they approach the fly. Fred

Nice flies . I bet our redfish down here would eat those up. Fred

Congrats, I wish you great health so that you can enjoy your retirement to the fullest. P.S. like your new avatar.Great fly. Fred

Absolutley beautiful. Man you tied up some mean big fish flies. Great tie, Fred

Those are nice Floyd , great use of material. Fred

KIrk you need to start signing and dating these flys.I certain they will become collectable when you retire them from service . Or send them to a friend. hint ,hint.lol Very nice job on the body and the paint job. Fred

or bilingual Biingual ? Is'nt that where those skinny girls lose weight by throwing up ?

I wrap equaly well with either hand , I'm anorexic .

Nice ties . Those will work. Fred

I would like to work on a pattern of a sea robin. Do you have a pic of the size and color that would work? Fred

Great pattern Floyd. I still catch fish on the Hairy Toms I got from you in a swap. Thanks for sharring. Fred

I like organza ribbon strands. The wings are not wind resistant and cast easily and give off a nice profile on the surface.Works great on damsels and spent patterns, Fred

Two pieces of white ostich herl would make some nice gills comming out of the top of the head.The head to body ratio needs to be , more body and less head.

Thanks Utyer Ilike your gnats as well , the nymph in the first photo is killer. Chase Creek your soft hackles very nice also. Fred

I've been on a shrimp kick lately.

Have a great one Chris ,and many more. Fred

or even WORSE, you could use power-bait gulp... I do that too on occasion so I guess I'm the lowest form of bottom dweller. J that was'nt dirrected at you. Buying and using parts like those are akin to doing a paint by numbers portrait of Elvis. Sure it will look like Elvis but did it help you to become a better painter.

If the truth be told you could fish with live bait . Nobody has a gun to your head forcing you to fly fish. Or fly tie for that matter.

Sorry to hear of your back/neck . But your flies look great and with any luck you'll have plenty tied by the time you take to the water again.With this down time from fishing maybe you could try a new genre of tying , say.....realistics Feel better soon, Fred

Nice shrimp Drone those should catch really well. Fred

welcome Tee . There are alot of good bass ,bream and redfish patterns in the database here. And ask questions on the forum , there are alot of knowledge people here. Also check out Kirk's you tube videos . He has some great flies that work well in your area. Fred Lake Charles , La

Thanks for the kind words. If I can be of any help please don't hesitate to ask. Fred

By substituting your tail material you can tie this pattern in many color combinations.This is a great pattern for crappies. I have noticed that traditional crappie fishermen that fish with tube jigs keep an array of colors and switch colors if the bite tails off on the color they are using. Why should we as fly fishermen do any less.

Very cool bro . Who knew you were so versatile. Fred

Thanks guys . Murray I've got an idea for a broken back shrimp (cue the sound of hamster on exercise wheel)in the back of my mind . If it can get it to work properly I'll post some pics. . Fred