"Simple is Best" - and these are perfect examples! Love that seal's fur...

very attractive fly...really nice color combination! I like everything about this fly!

Thank you Hans! Your detailed explanation and the close up video is extremely helpful. Even how you wind on the ribbing so that it lays on the underside of the hook can be seen. Looking forward to using this collar/hackle technique!

The tag is a nice touch!

superb! I don't think anyone has used that adjective yet!

I lived in Japan for 10 years during the 90's and would often see tenkara fishermen on the river fishing for Ayu. I was at first amazed with their long rods and how they telescoped. Pretty nifty! So simple and yet so efficient with the long reach. Then about a year ago I stumbled across TenkaraUSA a...

Willowhead,

After checking out the link in your post I can *really* appreciate what you are talking about. I'm digging it.....keep on trucking!

Very nice. I have to ask....how did you form the cloak? Fibers over the hook eye, then pulled back? Does mallard flank wrap well otherwise, like a hen hackle tied in over the hook eye? I have used it to make collars on Gartside soft hackle streamers and it is kind of stubborn to work with. Maybe I j...

terrific idea! do the hackles suffer at all as you pull the tube back off? I wouldn't think so....

Here is where I found the jackdaw. Pretty sure I just ordered the wings and not the full skin as I had (probably mistakenly) reported earlier.

http://greatfeathers.com/jackdaw-wing-p ... niard.aspx