Thanks for the compliments, fellows.
I think the cutthroats, brookies, and other trout in the streams should go for them...those are the speckled trout I fish for ( though I did look up a picture, those spotted sea trout look very interesting). I'm a Montanan.
Stay in good health!

I was looking over my starling skin for feathers to use on a #12 hook, and found a few near the tail and on the coverts that had a distinct golden-white edge along the entire feather. I thought it would make an interesting effect on a wet fly, kind of like the feathers of the golden plover. Here is ...