I know nothing about seal dubbing except what I read and watch on the internet. How does this McPhail pupa pattern's use of "adult" seal differ from the baby seal? Just asking for educational purposes--not looking for a debate or challenging anyone. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zfm_nrpE...

Performance Flies has a few in stock or you can get them from the UK

http://www.performanceflies.com/category-s/218.htm

http://www.theessentialfly.com/mole-skin-dyed.html

I think the North Country spiders look best on bronze hooks but I do like black hooks for dry flies. Scientific testing would help answer this question, but I have not seen anything published nor do I think it could ever be definitive.

WOW, that is a great looking fly and very well tied

All are very nice and well done, Cheers Hans.

Very nice fly

A very interesting variant. Purple can be very productive in the AZ mountain lakes.

A wee thing of beauty

I think this is a marketing term to help sell an item - something like the chinchilla rooster capes. The animal is a blue dun in colour and does not have feathers, but you know that. ;) The pictures that I see when googling that term just shows extra fluffy marabou. As you suggest the term may also ...