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Various Styles - Picric and Purple Minimalist Style - Picric and Purple Glanrhos Style - Picric and Purple

Simple Wing Style - Picric and Purple Dubbed Body With Silk Rib Style - Picric and Purple

These are all tyed with the following materials:

Hook - Daiichi Model 1550
Thread - Pearsall's Gossamer Silk (Purple)
Hackle - Hen Pheasant (Picric Dyed - pale golden yellow)
Dubbing - Seal (Picric Dyed - Bright Yellow)

I recently went to watch VERN-O give a tying demonstration and he surprised me by giving me a few picric dyed materials to play around with. Thank you, VERN-O! I enjoyed tying with these feathers this morning. The photos don't really capture the color of the flies very well. I think the photos are a little over saturated. The color of the materials are more subtle than the photos suggest. I am really impressed with the hen pheasant feathers. It makes an an excellent substitute for golden plover.

Nice flies Ray!

Here in Oregon i could see myself getting the fishes preference on a 3 fly cast. In Idaho you could try the entire lineup on a 5 fly cast. I would especially like to compare the Glanrhos with the ribbbed dubbed body fly.

Dang, you went wild with that stuff. I tied some last night using the chartreuse silk and picric dyed partridge.

I like them all. The Glanrhos Style is

Great color scheme.

Nice work Ray....The picric tends to dry out the materials a bit. I was nervous when I started wrapping the hens (the first few times) thinking they would be brittle, but they are actually not bad to work with. I agree with the plover sunstitute for sure. I like the contrast with purple and picris....let me know how they fish for you!!!!

Fantastic tying Ray.....they really look like they'll be effective.

Howdy Ray,
You get ta playin' an then ya show us what ya been up to.
I likes the way ya play.
hank

Ray, you have been busy!

Well done too.

Hans W