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I have shown this fly to a few people and they really seem to like it. It started out as a Trude style fly tied by a man who lives in Montana. Unfortunately he won't be with us long because he was exposed to Agent Orange during Vietnam.
This is the original Evil Betty.




I was first introduced to Evil Betty by my neighbor who goes to Montana once a year and he was given these flies by this man. From what I hear, Evil Betty is a great fly. So I thought I'd tie a wet fly version in honor of this Vietnam Veteran, and the onlookers at the tying expo really liked it.

I showed it to Mike62 here on the forum and he said I needed to post this fly for you all to see.

I wanna take the Evil Betty Twins for a swim!

Beautiful flies!

Great flies. I like the history .
Well done.

Lou

I'm with Ray. Both look great and deserve a swim.

Great looking fly, I have to make some Trudes and a SH Version.

I don't know which fly came first the Evil Betty or the Evil Betsy but thanks for the inspiration!

Here is my Steelhead variation the Bad Lizzy...
RIMG3687 by William Lovelace, on Flickr

...which begs the question; can you fish the Bad Lizzy while listening to Thin Lizzy?

I like this Evil Betty setup.

I am going to copy it, and try it in the next few months.

Winged and wingless.

Well done!!

Roadkill wrote: ↑Sun Mar 17, 2024 5:28 pm I don't know which fly came first the Evil Betty or the Evil Betsy but thanks for the inspiration!

Here is my Steelhead variation the Bad Lizzy...
RIMG3687 by William Lovelace, on Flickr

WOW!!! I love the look of it. I will have to show this photo to my neighbor who introduced me to Evil Betty.
Then I'm going to tie a few dozen of this soft hackled version.

Great job and two thumbs up.