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Something tied today for the New Year to go fish with the recent ties of BWO soft hackles.

Hook-Wholesale Fly Company Model 28 #16
Thread-UTC 70 Rust Brown
Bead-Silver Lined Root Beer Glass
Tail-CDL fibers
Rib-SM Gold Ultra Wire
Legs-3 Rust Brown Krystal Flash strands on each side
Wing Pad- Black Magic Marker on top of the leg thread wraps and bead, coated with Hard as Nails.

RIMG2401 by William Lovelace, on Flickr

Looking forward to some 3 fly BWO test casts next year!!

Very nice!

I've added this to my 'need to try' list.

Another stuck in the shuck variation today...

Hook-Wholesale Fly Company Model 05 #18
Thread-UTC 70 rear half Rust Brown and Olive in front
Bead- 10/0 clear Green Glass
Shuck-Rust Dazzleaire
Rib-SM Gold Ultra Wire
Legs-3 Peacock Krystal Flash strands on each side
Wing Pad- Black Magic Marker on top of the olive thread wraps and bead, coated with Hard as Nails.

RIMG2411 by William Lovelace, on Flickr

dang it... midge season will be over before we really get to try these guys... I'm out of commission for the next month... cataract surgery and recovery time will keep me off the water until early Feb... maybe we can still hit it in Feb...

Here is a #20 PCB nymph...

PCB #20 by William Lovelace, on Flickr

It is tied with UTC 70 Olive thread, ribbed with .4mm Brown Power Cord, and has Grey Ghost KF tail and legs.

Roadkill, Howdy;

Out of curiosity I googled " .4mm Brown Power Cord " and it just showed ... power cords
So, I feel obliged to ask; Did you strip some 'power cords' to get the thin strands of copper wire,
or is there some place you acquired this item? Great looking fly by-the-way.

hank

Hank, just put down the power tools and think along the man sewing lines of fly tying.
(Warning- this opens up a whole new list of flies and supplies you may need to try!)

You can haunt craft stores for jewelry making supplies! I used to get Stretch Magic from J0ANN stores for making my friend Bob Wolfe's Trout Candy.
http://www.cascadefamilyflyfishers.com/ ... -Wolfe.pdf

I get my stretch cord now from https://www.firemountaingems.com , along with most of my glass beads I use at the tying table.

willowhead would approve of tying these little jewels for fish !!!

And I have stripped power cords for copper ribbing many times!

Hank,
Here is today's #16 clear .4mm Power Cord Baetis, the last row to fill this BWO wetfly box.

RIMG2424 by William Lovelace, on Flickr

Roadkill, Howdy;

When I think of " man sewing ", as you say, I think along these lines;
https://www.sailmakerssupply.com/prod_d ... g-supplies

Something I learned in the Coast Guard/Navy. Although there are a lot of
female Bosun's nowadays. I still have my palms (like the 2 in the second row).

hank