Great looking fly! Ray...
Well done.
Are you using Jamiesons wool?

lou

Carl
This pattern will really please the trout!
Great mix of materials and colors,well done.

WOW! Very well done Carl.

Lou

The earliest diagram And text that I have found on this method of stripping quills is on pages 15 thru 18 in ROGER WOOLLEYS book Titled MODERN TROUT FLY DRESSING first published 1932.
Woolley mentions using Goose,Swan and Condor.
Also it seems this method was around much earlier.

Lou

Hi John, I tie up a pattern called the LaFonte Wobble-Rite Caddis Pupa. I am not set up to post pictures as of yet but if you look on pages 84-89 of THE CADDIS AND THE ANGLER there is a step by step to weave the pattern. Once you get the technique down you can change the colors of the floss for diff...

Dana,
Thanks for the outstanding video!
Much better than Roger Woolleys description from MODERN TROUT FLY DRESSING.
Thanks again, Lou

Dubbin,
I like the translucent body on the hackled pattern,did you apply UV resin to the body?
Dana hit the nail on the head(latex Caddis larva)
from the book THE CADDIS AND THE ANGLER.
Good luck with the rehab.
Lou

Hi Carl,
Great looking fly. I am going to tie some up and try using mohair for the dubbing.
Thanks for the inspiration,Lou

Boarmountain

Try Competitiveangler.com

Link: https://competitiveangler.com/shop/body ... ling-skin/
Bleached is one of the color choices in the drop down box.

variant

Hi Ken and Carl, Thanks Ken for finding the information on the Jupiter Fly and Carl for posting the pictures. The angler in question I met on the Gallatin was not Allen,he was much older and taller.When I asked what fly he was using he said,Jupiter Mayfly a wingless wet,flymph pattern.I did not see ...