But the fly is KILLIN" so far.........the veiling for the bead is Argus fibers from the lighter side of the tail feathers both top and bottom, but i painted the bottom fibers light blue, and the upper ones yellow. The support dubbing for the beads veilings is from those people at Troutsman and is a golden/amber/yellow typea color.........and then the body dubbing transitions into a grey/purple/all whatever else is in there. They make some KILLIN' dubbings. The rib is Lagartun silver flat braid. And the body has been seriously picked out. i've got three different colors of Rhea chosen to do the wing (two colors) and throat/Spey (one color) hackle with.........that's next. i just did the wing.........and it was one of those Light Bulb moments.............the first feather went on prefectly.....3rd or 4th try
but the second feather was bein' a real bastard......so i stumbled onto a whole other approach.........and bingo. It's way wacky, but i like it. Now for the throat.....and perhaps multipul collars.....we'll see. 
.....oh btw.....for the most part..........it is the bead that is the theme..........remember, "life in your face everytime you wake up." That is why i "spend" so much time, and put so much effort into finding these beads.........of course obviously, (just like the hooks) i cannot always afford to get the ones i'd like..........but that's ok, as it is a metaphor for life as well.......
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