Kid Cole

Really great! One of my favorite patterns. I tie a wet version and fish it here in Wisconsin and it seems to do the trick in July. Thanks for sharing these. Cole.

You should also check out Kenhook. They have a huge stock of Mustad hooks and their prices and service are great. Cole.

It seems that almost everyone was referring to "Dry fly hackle" when they were talking about the differences between saddle and neck hackles. The Neer Nuff crayfish is a streamer/ nymph (depending on how you use it) so I would say any webby hackle is fine. Dry fly hackles wouldn't be the best choice for this fly anyway. If you only have neck hackle you will be alright. For a pattern like this I (personally) like to use a saddle hackle for the palmered hackle over teh body and then a pair of webby hackles (either saddle or neck, sometimes even rooster body hackle) for the "claws". I like a saddle hackle for the body because it usually has more web down the center, is longer, and has softer bards. I have also seen people post pictures on here comparing different hackles. If if you can find one of those posts, it will be very helpful. Cole.

It's like a Thunder and Lightening Spey! Very well done! Cole.

I fish my wets down and across 95% of the time. If a fish rises above me I will fish it up stream and let it dead drift down. I have caught them both ways. I just like fishing them down and across more: You feel the strike and even a small fish seems like it could rip the rod out of your arm and I find it more relaxing and enjoyable fishing "with the river". WET FLIES ARE THE BEST! Cole.

I would think that you will be able to tie flies from 8-14 comfortably with maybe a few in the 16 range and plenty of webbed feathers left over for wets. Cole.

You should also try to find a fly shop that is fairly close to where you live. I talked to the owner at the shop by me and he set me up with only "what I needed" (a vice, beginners scissors, bobbin, and dubbing needle for applying head cement) then he got me a beginners book to work through and sold me the materials that I needed to tie one pattern at a time. I tied Wooly Bugger after Wooly Bugger and went back the next week for a critique. This saved me allot of hassle and money (I learned so very much and saved money because I wasn't wasting a bunch of materials). Hope some of this will help, Cole.

Very nice woolly buggers. Has any one ever tied streamers with arctic fox fur? It has great movement in the water and easily creates a large profile that willingly sinks.