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It's been a bloa kind of day anyhow, and since the waterhen skin was already out ...

Bill,

From the weather report it sounds like it is going to bloa some more! All the way to Thanksgiving. Nice sparsely tied pattern!

Tom

Immaculate dressing Bill. A capital killer!

Is it true that a gray (bloa) fly works on a gray day?

Bill,
You described the day to a "T" at least at my house too! You pattern is excellent as usual. I simply cannot get over the "less is more" beauty that pervades your tying! The body and the hackle come together flawlessly for a great looking fly that begs to be fished right away! If I were you, I'd wait a while. It's nasty out there!
Scardy Cat Doug

Capital indeed Bill, love it.

This fly is definitely on my "to do" list. It has been on there since my first major spider craze. This is a definite winner Bill.

Bill, the minimalist hackle, how did you get there?
Is it a single turn or did you strip one side and still give a single turn?
With the hook proportions and minimal hackle I see this as a deeper fished, more across and down, swung pattern. Is that your intentions in the design of this particular model?

Jeff ~ As is usually the case for me on spider patterns, the hackle was tied in by the tip and completed with one full turn. As for fishing it, I have never mastered the art of fishing upstream on a short line, which I know to be the most demanding technique. For the size and type of streams that I fish most often, I prefer to take the lazy man's way out, fishing across and down with a swing/lift at the bottom.

Bill, I do not consider fishing "blind" across & down to be lazy!
It can be very demanding mentally. If you let your attention lapse and miss that "gentle tap/tug" on the end of your line just once, you might go home empty handed. At least here you might!
To me, short line upstream to a rising trout is the easier option here....... the trout are just not consistently rising yet.