The wood duck wing has to be the trigger; you've given me ideas...

The second fly pictured reminds me of a Green Tail pattern I used to tie. Nicely done, they're beautiful.

So, I went to the local department store before Christmas and I sat on Santa's lap. He said, "What would you like for Christmas, young man?"

And I said, "I want Norm's sense of proportion, please."

Santa just laughed and told me to get the hell off his lap...

As always, I am in awe of your process. In my next life I can only hope my boxes resemble yours.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54947115579_c158097ea4_z.jpg RIMG9842 by William Lovelace , on Flickr Hook-Wholesale Fly Company M3 #10 Thread-UTC 70 FL Shell Pink Body-Thread ribbed by MD Mirage Tinsel and coated with Sally Hansen's Hard As Nails Thorax-Hare's Ear + Dubbing Natural Tail & ...

Your boxes are immaculate; a shinning city on a distant hill; something to aspire to. My boxes, by comparison, look like a rusted, worm encrusted Hills Brothers coffee can full of #12 hairballs, ralphed up by one of the barn cats.

There's something very cathartic and soothing when you stare into Roadkill's fly boxes... very zen-ish.

Maybe this is the first reply that gets through in months...

Love the October Caddis, Bill. I don't fish multiple fly rigs, ever. I admire the crap out of anybody who can do it successfully. I just can't seem to multi-task well enough (as my wife constantly reminds me).

Mike

I like it; consider it stolen.

In my next life I want fly boxes that look that good. In this life my boxes look like something that would be at home in Fred Sanford's yard.