Great looking fly! Bet it would look in a dark version as well.

Those are some great looking flies! I really like the sasaki kebari. Also really like those Akita hooks. The price, about $2.50 USD per 25, is also very nice. A large order would offset the $10 shipping. Hum.......

Old Hat, that looks great! Very elegant.

What size hook is that?

Thanks guys! I wasn't thinking spey when I tied these, but that's really what they came out as. These will be targeting large brookies and salmon on the Rapid Rive in Maine in a couple of weeks. This spring I fished a nature mallard hackle and black dubbed body raccoon that took MANY large salmon on...

Is the mallard spider just as sounds? Spider tied with mallard flank? Those two Ghost I posted really are just spider that have been scaled WAY up.

These two flies are the result of my mind wandering while I was tying some Raccoons for the upcoming fall season. Basically my stab at adapting the Grey and Black Ghost to the soft hackle format. They are both on #6 4x streamer hooks. Bodies are floss and tails/hackle are natural mallard flank. I'm ...

Just want to give the Raccoon a big thumbs up! I tied up couple in size six and couple in eight. No beads, 5-7 turn of lead under the body. Used black Hares ear plus for the body and partridge for both the tail and front hackle. This thing catches fish! A pile of brookies last night and a very nice ...

I've had good luck with the hen capes from these guys.

http://featheremporium.com/Fly-Tying-Fe ... e-hen.html

What I've found is that the "snapping" trick only works well with hen capes. Partridge, not so much. Doesn't work well with saddle feathers either. That's just my experience.

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