An intermediate line always works well for me. Barrio has a good one.

Pretty sure I got some spools from the same guy. Bought a few but the elusive #4 Yellow was my great score on the lot. I prefer the wooden spools as I feel the colors are more vibrant than the plastic spooled ones. As for color variations I have four #18 Highlander Green and they are all a different...

Is anyone familiar with the Langley Superfine Silk? Is it Pearsall’s under a different name or different altogether?

I have a spool with the color code LT1423. Looks like Primrose to me.

Thanks

Ray,

Great looking flies. I like how you managed the tapered body. Mine tend to be of the straight variety. Going to give your method a go to get that same ‘cigar’ affect.

By first glance of the picture that Lance provided my guess is that the tail is furnace hen.

Mine smells like an old wet blanket. Maybe it was the paper they used. However it is a prized book and one of my favorites.

Hi. The glass bead Is interesting. Does it mimic an air bubble or does it serve some other purpose?

Or you could just get gossamer in green from Jim Slattery.

Just received a Metz honey dun from Jim. Also a #3 rooster in Cree. Both are Very Nice. Can’t wait to try them out. I just need a pattern suggestion or two. Shipped West Yellowstone on the 26th, arrived NE Pennsylvania on the 5th. I really wasn’t expecting it any sooner since the postal service is h...