Waterhen Olive and Straw

Post by **William Anderson** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 6:36 pm

Silk: #2 Straw Pearsall's Gossamer Silk
Hackle: Waterhen (thanks Bill)
Body: Olive turkey tail twisted with #2 Straw silk. Wraps become closer approaching the thorax.
Thorax: Waterhen fluff
Tail: Woodduck (

)

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Post by **hankaye** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 6:44 pm

Dub-ya, Howdy;

LOOOKING GOOOD!

hank

Post by **letumgo** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 6:50 pm

William - this fly boarders on magical! Superb blend of materials, colors and textures.

Post by **willowhead** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 9:23 pm

OH YEAH............thass STUPID!...........and it don't get no better than that. That sucker KILLLLLSSSSS!!!!! That's frickin' superlative..........WOW!

Post by **kacbo** » Fri Jul 22, 2011 4:04 am

What a beautiful fly!!!

Post by **tie2fish** » Fri Jul 22, 2011 8:10 am

You've really done justice to the waterhen, willliam! That is an outstanding pattern.

Post by **William Anderson** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 3:17 pm

Again, sorry I'm just getting to this. The way this overall composition, color shifts and body texture turned out is one of my favorite flies that i've tied in a long time. Since the Black Gnat pattern. The worked closely on the others, but not quite that same density change from bend to thorax. So thanks for the kind works, I wish they had all turned out so clean. My goal in tying focuses on this type of skill gained, rather than creativity or making a splash. But it's those patterns that inspire me to expand my subtle little path. Anyway, Thanks again.

w

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