He had to take the pics down before Mama saw them in his photobucket.....
It's good to see that you're back among the (allegedly) fishing.

Kirk

You're welcome, Hank. I tried a magnifying glass first, and just had a close-up view of the pixels. :oops: Thanks, Kirk. It's a pretty clean shot. When I was reading this earlier I thought about taking additional pics for inquiring minds, but as I've recently made some changes to my tying room, I pu...

I took the liberty of zooming in on the knot in Williams image and screen capturing it. http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg176/07sgt2442/The%20Knot_1.jpg It looks to me like what we are seeing is trash in the hook eye, rather than a second turn of tippet. Whatever it is, it appears to have a feath...

Where? :lol: When I was a kid, I remember seeing the nymphs swimming and crawling on the retaining wall at a lake. I also remember evacuating the area cause they were scary looking, lol. Beauty of a fly, Scott. That ought to look a lot like the Fuzzle Bugger when it gets wet. That wonderful teardrop...

<insert mental picture of Ray in a house dress and apron, standing in front of a knick-knack shelf with his featherduster.> :shock: :o :? Too much detail? :oops: :mrgreen: Great looking fly. I'll have to try it with an orange abdomen. This is a couple of flies lately with pheasant over the top of th...

voolay voo.......Oh, wait. That ain't the right one.
I've had good luck with these Squirrelly little rascals. Thanks for reminding me.

Kirk

Wow. Wonderfully creative. Each possible problem address with a simple, clean solution. I love the light springs and the rubber washers. Elegant. Instead of adding an idler pulley, you might find a 1/16" cross-section o-ring of the appropriate length to use as a belt. The nitrile rubber will al...

There are (probably) more bugs that look like the original, but that variant is a thing of amazement and beauty.
I will be coming back to look at this one a few times.

Kirk

I one of my former lives, I was working for an engineer, and we were designing a new generation of fire fighting nozzles. Not the hand-held ones, but the big, high-flow trailer- and truck-mounted ones. That was a fun job. We spent all day playing with really big squirt guns, lol. I miss it sometimes...

See? There you go with that Guinea fowl again.
A good looking fly.
I remember Mike C's thoughts regarding the color orange on a fly, and tend to add it wherever I can. Between the squirrel wing and the chenille, this one really appeals to me.

Kirk