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Another great creation, Lance! It's this kind of original thinking and whimsical tying that makes us increasingly grateful you decided to join the forum.

Hook - Mustad 9672 Size 14 (I just have a bunch of them.)
Thread - UTC Fl. Pink 70 Den
Hackle - Pink Feather Boa Tied over the Eye
Tail - Pink Feather Boa Marabou
Body - Thread w/ overwrap of UTC Med Pearl Tinsel
Rib - Silver Wire
Collar - Wine Rabbit Body in Split Thread

Looking at the picture, I think I would leave the hackle a little bit longer next time. I've only tried it a couple of times, but it sure makes a difference with 1 inch long hackle.

I think I like what you did with Pink better, Lance.

Kirk

Kirk, I like that fly a lot. I bet the crappie around here would LOVE IT.

Hey Kirk,

Your post appeared at a time I wasn't paying attention to the forum, so I missed it until now. So sorry!
Your inventive use of materials and color really appeals to me. Instinctively I think that pink would be a good fish attractor, and I think that our cultural associations with pink have probably resulted in some undeserved neglect at the vise.

I wish I could sit down with you and have you show me your fly box — which was, for me, one of the most satisfying parts of the Roscoe gathering. Bill Shuck, Ray Tucker, Doug Duvall, and William Anderson all gave me a mind-blowing look at their fly boxes.

UTC pearl tinsel is new to me. I should check it out. And the wine rabbit fits in perfectly. Needless to say, your craft at assembling the parts is perfection.

Using color for the pure pleasure of color in fly tying is irresistible for me, since in my other life I am an illustrator who specializes in color. But I feel a little bit like a phony doing it, because I'm not paying enough attention to the colors of real insects. On the other hand, when I look at Mike Harding's cool little book of North Country Flies, those old dudes used a lot of color combinations that had little to do with matching a hatch, and just looked really fine to the human eye. How they look to the trout is an open question. My hunch is that there is a lot of room for experimenting with color. And I am going to do more of it.

Thanks again, and sorry for the delayed response!

Lance

Thanks, Lance.
A confession, after a fashion. I have fished for trout maybe a half dozed times in my life. All in the last 4-5 years. All stocked for put-and-take during the winter.
Our rivers and creeks are just too hot for them to survive the summer. My primary species are the myriad species of panfish. They will eat almost anything.
I tie many of my flies just to see if the color combinations look good together. Most of my flies are very bright, and very shiny. Bream react well to flashy.
As for my fly box. I'll try to get a pic up this weekend, after I turn all of the flies around the right way.
I received a couple of fly boxes for Father's Day with the slit foam to put the flies in. It wasn't until one of the guys posted his box that I realized that the hackle was supposed to go over the void, not the foam. oops.

As for the "delayed response", we're not on a schedule. Don't give it another thought.
Kirk

Lance, I sincerely hope that Pink Ostritch is not a joke. I use it for a couple specialty patterns. One a Ray Charles (scud/nymph). The second is a variation of the Ray Charles. I added a Hen hackle to it years ago for fishing the Bighorn River.

For me, Pink is either a blessing or a curse when I am fishing. My buddy and I have caught some very large fish using patterns with Pink in them. That being said, it is the one color that I believe can spook fish. I have seen it too many times when sight fishing. A pink fly comes floating by, and for no reason every fish in the hole will spook. It is the only color I have seen do this.

I have no proof or documentation to prove it. It is just my opinion.

Theses patterns can be tyed in a variety of colors.

Hook- Mustad 3906B, size 14
Thread - UTC 70 Fl. Pink
Body- Pink Ostritch
Shellback - Mylar Tinsel, Silver side up. Flashabou works very well as a substitute
Hackle - Brown or Dun hen hackle








Heres a plain Jane Flymph that works aswell.

Same hook, thread, and the body is Hareline dubbing in Pink

Wayne - Once again I feel compelled to copy your flies. Great stuff!

Dubbn,
No, it is not a joke. See my new thread on pink wool.
Very cool flies. Interesting observation about spooking the fish.

Lance