4-14 through 4-19 opinions please

[DUBBN]

Really like that last one. Guess I'm a just a heavy hackle type of guy. But If needed, I also strip one side for that "sparsey" look. Sometimes, instead of stripping one side, I will trim that side as close to the shaft as I can. When you strip the hackle, sometimes (well, a lot) of times it takes some of the shaft with it, weakening the shaft. If you trim the barbs, you're left with a stronger intact shaft. This works pretty good with delicate hackle. It takes a steady hand to trim the barbs real close to the shaft. Just stripping one side is faster and easier.
All these ties are definitely fish getters.

X2 except I like number 7. You nailed it on the taper and the head!

[Kelly L.]

Thanks for the comments Dubbn. I am gonna go whip up a couple more flies. Oh, on the last photo, the shank has glow in the dark yellow tinsel...not really old timey, but I like it.

[letumgo]

Oh MY!!! Kelly, you are amazing. My jaw was hanging open as I looked thru these flies I am so glad you found this site.

[Kelly L.]

Ray, thank you for the very generous comment! I am very tickled that you liked the flies. I tried some with just one side of the hackle, but I didn't like the look as much. So I guess I like the heavy hackle for this particular style of flies. I do like sparse though, on a lot of flies, especially spider patterns. Oh, as far as finding this site, I didn't. Mark Romero asked me to join it. I never dreamed I'd like it as much as I do. I love the flies here, and especially the talented people here. There is not another site like this out there. I am so glad Mark got me to try it out. I had never heard of this site before. So I am very happy that I joined. I have always liked these types of flies, but had not spent as much time on them, as I would of liked. Since I've seen the flies here, I am quite addicted!!!

[JohnP]

I like them all, but I am particularly taken by the fourth one and the last one. Awesome work!

[cicvara]

O very nice done Kelly, beautiful fly.

[tie2fish]

As others have pointed out, all of these are nicely done and would grace anyone's fly box. Your skill at executing wingless wets continues to climb, Kelly.

[Kelly L.]

Thanks guys for the comments. They have helped me.

JohnP, we have the same favorites I believe. A couple of these look better in person, under the light. The photos did not do them justice. These flymphs can be obsessive for me...lol.

tie2fish your comments were an honor.

[CreationBear]

I like the body work on all of these--great, sparse combination of silk and dubbing. As for hackling, I think it's one of those things the fish will tell you if you care to listen--for myself, I'd fish the more heavily hackled flies as an emerger (or even ovipositing caddis) in the film, especially in a slackwater situation (kind of like the Irish lough flies or bumbles).

[Kelly L.]

So, what I think you are saying...is that you would tie these on a lighter wire hook, such as a dry fly hook? Higher in the water column? (surface film) I am having to look some of this up, because I am not sure what you are talking about. I have seen the bumble, and Irish Lough...you mean like a Dabbler? Slower water...not fast water? I fish mostly still water, or my favorite place to fish...a dam...but the dam is sometimes roaring by,or it might be no flow from a drought...so no water is going by. I will continue to look up what you said. Remember, I'm mostly a warm water angler...lol. I've been tying and fly fishing now for 4 years. I've learned a lot, but still have a lot more to learn.