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Back in February 2016, while William and I were fooling around at our respective vises, I concocted a pattern that I only half laughingly called a "splymph" -- the body of a spider and the hackle/head of a flymph. After posting one of these, I learned that the concept was not totally new (what is that doesn't use a synthetic of some kind?), but I don't recall seeing anything just like it in recent times.

Anyhow, while going through some of my fly storage boxes looking for some that need to be refilled, I came across one labelled "Isosplymph" that had three interesting flies in it. I checked back on the forum to confirm that I hadn't posted this pattern previously and decided to share it. The color combination was chosen to suggest an Isonychia (slate drake) mayfly, hence the name.

Hook: Mustad 94842, Size #14
Thread: Pearsall's Gossamer #14, claret
Hackle: Badger hen saddle
Tail: Two very light dun hackle fibers
Body: Two "grey goose" flight feather barbs twisted with thread tag and wound forward in close palmer wraps

Bill , that is amazing tie. I love how all the materials complement one another. I can think of a few times , that fly would have cracked the code. Thank you for posting.

Dave

Bloody nice.

dd

Bill,
A very neat concept and an exceptional pattern! Dave is right! The materials and their unique colors do compliment each other well! This has become a hallmark of your tying and I think we all agree that this is a very wonderful thing! You are going to kick some trout butts when you give these a soak!
Great stuff Bill! What else have you discovered or should I say, invented?
D.

Good looking ISO, Bill. Realistic color blending when wet, I can imagine. Phonetically difficult for such a wee thing, but very nice nonetheless.

UC Steve

Bill - My first glimpse of this fly was immediately followed by a desire to fish this fly. It has the look of a "confidence pattern", one sure to catch fish.

What other patterns have you got hidden away? I'd love to see them...

(and pillage your patterns)

Great looking fly!!

Bill,
This is exquisite in every way, except maybe phonetically.
Lance

Thanks, all, for your positive comments.

I’ll tell you what Bill, the more I look at that fly the more I like it. It has a very vintage, fishy look to it.