No wonder you catch those big browns, flies like that. Very nice John D Thanks everyone for the kind words. John I'm headed out again this weekend so we'll see if they produce on that 23"er by chance! Wish me luck! :D Good Luck! Post pics of the pigs you catch. I am headed to the Green one las...

Hans Weilenmann wrote:Neat stuff, Pat

Cheers,
Hans W

What he said.

Welcome back!

I love the blue one. Great looking pattern.. as are the rest.

That second one really catches my eye. I love it!

Soft-hackle wrote:WOW! I'd love to see this one in the water.

Mark

Me too. This would be a killer stillwater pattern! You should add red thread for a head. Thanks for sharing liam.

I got one of those from a fly swap once apon a time, but with grizzly hackle. I like yours better, the body is really sleek, which I love.

Very nice! I am going to have to tie some of these up. I love using red on flies and this is a classic.

Xavier,

Welcome! I gotta ask. The eye of your hook looks rather odd to me, please expand on it.

Beautiful fly!

I like the first one, it just looks better to me ascetically (more balanced). But, I will say it matters not to the fish. Once it gets wet, it all looks and lies the same.

You could tie it forward and it would still lie back in the water on a swing. Just depends on what you are trying to achieve.

In general you won't be able to tie much smaller than size 16 with the saddles, there are some feathers on the hen capes that can go smaller, but like was mentioned, you won't have too many of them. I use a technique that does allow you to tie smaller flies with those larger saddle feathers. I made ...