SteeseRanley

Not to beat a dead horse but that's an exceptional tie on the sculpzilla, I also love your use of the feathers. The gills are also perfect. Really nice work!

It was definitely a bit tricky to get everything in there. I watched a video from tightlinevideo on it, which helped. If you watch the way he wraps the strip, he pulls the hair backwards down the shank with one hand, and then makes tight spirals that are borderline overlapping. This prevents the strip from bunching up, keeps the fibers all in-line with one another and it makes the collar flows backwards, instead of outwards. Which I think makes it looks more fishy. Though, ultimately that seems to be down to preference! Hope this helps, and thanks for the kind words. I really enjoyed the pattern, it was new to me!

@niveker Thanks, I it’s supposed to ride hook point down to the best of my knowledge. Though, I’ve never fished one either! @cphubert Much appreciated, glad my material choice was in-line with what was expected! I think it’ll have some nice motion to it.

Alright, here's my shot at it! I saw both rabbit and squirrel being used, I used rabbit personally. Fun tie, I cut down the collar on the underside a bit just to expose the ribbed body a bit more. Hopefully I did it justice. Next fly: Sculpzilla (trailing hook variety)

@Squeezy Nice ties, that's a really cool pattern. They'll catch some fish for sure. I'm very tempted to tie one but put googly eyes on it... I'll take you up on the Slumpbuster!

Golden Stonefly Hook - Size 8-12 Nymph Bead - 3.5mm-4.5mm Gold Slotted Tungsten Thread - Hopper Yellow 120 Denier Tail - Yellow/Tan Goose Biots Body - Orange Rib Material Thorax - Tan/Olive Dubbing, Black Thin Skin, Salt Water Flashabou, 2x Yellow/Tan Goose Biots Legs - Grey/White Rubber Legs

I'll give that a try, thanks!

Thanks! That's an interesting idea - what material would you consider for a fluffy tail here?

Thank you, I really appreciate it!

Black Mercer's Micro May Hook - Nymph Hook, Size 12 Bead - 3.2mm Gold Slotted Tungsten Thread - Black UTC 70 Denier Tail - 3-4 Pheasant Tail Fibers Body - Thread wraps to cover shank, stripped peacock quill (loose forward spiral), small silver wire, thin coat of black UV resin Throax - Salt water flashabou, pheasant tail (wingcase), black dubbing, black goose biots, thin coat of clear UV resin on wingcase/whip finish I might change out the tail for goose biots next time