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Slender Olive Soft Hackle
Hook - Daiichi Model 1710/Size 14
Thread - Pearsall's Gossamer Silk (light olive)
Hackle - Indian Hen Saddle Hackle(creamy brown/tan)
Abdomen - Pearsall's Gossamer Silk (light olive)
Thorax - Peacock Herl (four or five strands reinforced in a silk thread dubbing loop)

A sure-fire killer!

Yep!

Nice Fly! My soft hackle boxes always contain Partridge and Orange or P & Yellow variations, a basic necessity in my fishing.

Yup, I like the look of that one too. (cool) Very into getting a bit of something that moves into the thorax region at the moment!

Ray,
Again I enjoy your great sense of proportion and material selection keep firing em out.
Tight Wraps & Tight Lines
Rick Wallace

Thanks Gents. I've got a "thing" for these simple patterns. I find them very relaxing to tye.

Ray,
As always, I am left wondering how you tie so beautifully? My best tying still does not stack up against what I am seeing here. Also, how did you get the hook point stuck in the stone?
I have tried like the dickens to do that but all I get accomplished is scratching off those really beautiful hook points and a scratched up stone. Simply amazing!
All in fun of course,
Dougsden

(This pattern is exquisite by the way!)

Thanks Doug. It's not stone. It's cork. The fly is sticking into the well-weathered handle of a very old bamboo fly rod. This probably dates back to the 1930's. Unfortunately the rod is too beat up to fish (both tips are broken and warped), but I though it would make a nice base for my photo. I often get as much enjoyment out of photographing the flies, as I do tying them.