Well there; that explains a lot. I've had raffia lying around for like, a thousand years, and I couldn't make it work. It never even dawned on me that I should have soaked the stuff (insert Homer Simpson moment here: D'oh!).
That might be one of the prettiest flies you've tied, Carl.
Leisenring's Pale Watery Dun Wingless
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