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Thanks Ray, that doesn't look too involved. Picture looks great.

A few extra photos to document some minor modification. I started playing around with using hen saddle hackle, instead of hen neck feathers. The feathers are softer and more webby, which seems to suit this style a little better. The blunt shape of the feather (significant taper) creates a more pronounced taper of the body hackle). I really like the resulting profile (long hackles in front and tapering to shorter fibers down the length of the fly). The color of the hackle is also more muted (less of the honey colored highlights at the end of the feather - but still a bit of warm tan). The modified version is tyed on a Daiichi Model 1710/Size 14.


Photo showing a spool of Pearsall's Gossomer - Finished fly and hen saddle feather (nice blunt feather with a pronounced taper)

Close-up view of the region of the hen saddle I used for the modified version (feathers were taken from the region "south-east" of the spool)



Additional notes on the hackle:
In the end, I was happiest with flies that had two wraps of hackle at the eye of the hook and three spiraling wraps thru the thorax. This seemed to give the best balance of the amount of hackle, yet allow the thorax to show thru.

Ray, these pics are fantastic. That fly shot is actually much more descriptive than the original in my opinion. The hackle shots help as well. Great post.

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Ray,

Nice looking fly, description, and technique-as always!

Well done...

Tim