O.k., I see the reddish ting to the hackle now. And everyone's explanation makes sense, so I thank you all for sharing your info on that.

You all are posting flies so often I can't keep up. Which really is a good thing for me so I can learn new flies.

I have an obviously dumb question. I know Stewarts Red Spider is a popular fly, but what in the photo derives it to be called a Red Spider? Looks more beige to me.

I'd leave it alone. It's not worth catching a new disease, and there's not enough toilet paper in the stores to stock up on.

That is a gorgeous looking fly. Heck, I'd bite it because it looks so good. I even have the materials to tie it, so I must tie some this weekend.
Thanks for sharing this fly, and welcome to the forum!

All of you have built my confidence, and I thank you all. Reading water I can do, and I do stay away from areas that don't hold much cover. When fishing dries or nymphs, I can see what's happening with dries, or have some sort of idea what's near the bottom. It's what's in between the two I can't se...

Those are beautiful flies Dubbin.

Do you find a difference in the number of hook ups with the flies with the red next to the eye? I have found with some of my flies if I tie a red hot spot around the collar, it seems I get more takes than I do with the flies that don't have a red collar.

DUBBN wrote: ↑Wed Mar 04, 2020 3:27 pm This is the method I prefer for over sized feathers.
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Thanks Dubbin! I now know what I'm going to be practicing this week.

This is hard for me to ask because of all the variables that go with it, but what's the best type of river water to fish flymps in? What's the best depth? I hear water from 2 to 4 feet is good to fish. Fast, moderate or slow moving areas of a river, or can all be fished? I ask because I generally fi...

Bonjour Jean-luc... Here in Central Oregon, I fish soft hackles in 16-18's almost exclusively on the Crooked River. It is a challenge to find feathers in those sizes, but there are good posts on the forum about how to use larger feathers on small hooks. At times, I will use a larger fly as an attra...

What a beauty of a fly. I like the body colors on it.