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Thx Rick, this one certainly took a little more time. It’s a little long all the way around but I still like it.

Next up in Hale is the Evening Star. This follows the Kelson Recipe and I think it’s only P-T who offers a different recipe for this one. came out well but I’d tie it smaller should I do it again.

Awesome job Poopdeck. Great tying.

Thx @niveker

That is very interesting.

Thx Rick, I haven’t. The gut eye on these will soften in the water eventually. These ones are just for show but I’m gonna start putting mixed wings on an eyed hook for fishing purposes. Arthur

Tied a pair of Dusty Millers. Both are on 2/0 reworked mustad 3366. One is done with a mixed wing per the recipe the other tied with a married wing per my style preference. Gotta take a little more time marrying my wings but pleased with both of them overall.

@niveker I like those beaded buggers. That is a fine array of flies. Best of luck with them. Thx Bruce That’s a fun one. I think it would be fun to strip on a sinking line.

Is that a hook 0? Haven’t seen one of those yet lol. Been loving the One Feather One Thread series on Reddit. @Gene L and @RickZieger those flies look like fish catchers for sure Gotta get me some of these, do they tie in as an assembly or do you go one by one?

Here is another version of the Blue Boyne. Better but still sitting a touch high, I’ll revisit this next time I get a kingfisher pelt. Gonna keep the one I have for cheeks now.

This pattern is my first go at a Dee Wing. I did do one on a AJ #3 heavy but it didn’t have the flow I hoped for. This is on a 3/0 with an extra long shank the Dee wing may be a little wider than it should be but I’m pretty happy with it.

the cheeks went a little wonky but pretty happy with this one. Has the flow I was trying for but it may be a tad long

thx @rickzieger @salarman and @michaelintaos

Nicely done, My only notes would be to try and get the tail and topping to meet at the middle line of wing feather to improve the flow and maybe shorten the tag, I think it would have looked better if you tied the tail in where there is a dip in the underside of the tag. That said, this is tied better than most of my offering of late, great job.

Thx @gadabout , @Gene L and @Niveker I'll have to spin up a few more

@gadabout and @cphubert I enjoyed the Oatman streamers. Good tying. Here is a Grizzly Wulff per the recipe in the book of fly patterns by Eric Leiser. I did use Cree in place of grizzly as I have a much better saddle of that. next one up is the Muddler Mayfly

I was away for work last week and was missing my vise. This led me to doodling flies during meetings in an attempt to maintain my sanity. I got home and decided I would bring my doodles to life. Ended up taking a few sessions at the vise but they came out pretty good. personally I think I’m a slightly better fly dresser than artist but I spent more time with a bobbin in hand than a pen these days.

I’ll take the Grizzly Wulff

Wonder bread popper Had some fun with this. The collar is cock hackles and the tail is hen and macaw body heathers.

I have a mini van and you guessed it ... and SUV. I prefer the van and have a new plug-in hybrid on the way to me next week.

amazing, when I was a kid my folks got me this Amazon.com: Rocket Fishing Rod - Ready to Fish Kids Fishing Pole - Shoots a Bobber Instead of Casting : Sports & Outdoors but it broke very quickly. I like this better

Tied this in a mixed being before as per the recipe in Hale. Couple little gremlins with the toppings but I’m pretty pleased with it.

Thx @RickZieger

Brent also asked me for some Parsons. He had a pattern reference so I was game to try. Might be a touch long but it came out alright. I would like some Amgold Tippet for these full feather wings to fill out the frame better but I might need to breed them myself to pull that off. I dyed a hen feather for a Cock of the Rock sub. Brent also gave me this example of a less popular version of the fly. gave that one a try too but I wish I had tied the tipet in flatter.

Flies named after the technique. Brent Jones at Flyvault.Net asked me to tie these for an episode of Where the River Bends. I’ve enjoyed the show for a long time and I enjoyed helping with the tying. It’s told in a Paul Harvey: Rest of the Story fashion which I enjoy. All of them tied on a sz6 low water salmon single for fishing purposes. I subbed the pig for seal but otherwise tied per the recipes in The Erne, it’s legends and it’s fly fishing.