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I tyed this fly on a hook that was given to me by Misako (Mark Ramero's wife). This is an enormous circle hook made by Gamakatsu. Misako gave me this hook and said that Mark would have liked me to tye something on it. I decided to tye the biggest soft hackle fly I could with it.

I decide to tye the entire fly without a vice (tyed in hand). This turned out to be a lot of fun! I was amazed how much peacock herl it took to complete the thorax of this fly (five separate batches to get a proportionally sized thorax). The hackle fibers are burnt turkey tail fibers (poor mans heron).

I participated in a children's fly fest yesterday and this fly served as a good conversation starter. I am confident that Mark would have liked this fly. Thanks Misako.




Here is the fly next to one of the trout sized version:

My word! Your skill is amazing. The mention of Mark always brings a smile to my face. Thank you Ray for sharing that.

Zounds! What would you use that for? The Giant Behemoth?

Mark

That's awesome! Mark would have loved this very much. This makes me smile too.

Ray, Howdy;

I'll agree with DUBBIN, The mention of Mark's name brought a smile to my face
and a quick reminder of his wild & crazy yet beautiful creations. You have honored him
very well with that Shark sized Softhackle...

hank

Ray, my brother lost his anchor on the Manistee River - could he borrow that?? What size would that be?

I think Mark is smiling at that right now. Me, too.

Whoa! That is a show stopper for sure, Ray. Mark would simply go nuts over that. Thank you for honoring his memory.

Supreme fly on such a very special hook indeed. You blew me away.

Ray,

You considering this pattern for the swap?

Very nice way to remember Mark.

Lance