The Artistic flies of Mark Romero

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Both of these last two were tyed on mustad M899 hooks..... 3/0 (hers), and 5/0 (his), if i remember right.
p.s. you'll have to excuse this pic.....for whatever damn reason, my wife slanted the fly back when she took the pic.....

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These next two are just to show what can be done using VERY inexpensive beads.....i think i got these beads at Walmart. They cost just pennies each.....

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Simple plastic bead.....

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i was very happy with this fly until the head sorta fell apart on me...........oh well........**** happens. Again, a very inexpensive bead..... if i remember right, (tyed bout 2 yrs. ago), i used at least 2 if not 3 feathers in the collar on this fly. Does a collar alone qualify a fly to be called a soft hackle..............hhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmm. ????? Tail is Kori Bustard. Hook is a Sprite XXL 5/0.

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another fly i did at Conclave in Colorado last yr.

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Now here's a KArazy example of what i might do on any given day..... i tyed this for a guy (great tyer), in Sweden. He was nice enough to send flies and fly earings for an auction that was being held at a benifit Tye-A-Thon i organized for a sick friend (back in Jan.), who needed tumor removal surgery, so i figured i'd better send him a thank you fly.
i did this fly on a very expensive Ron Reinhold Low Water Dee 5/0 hook.....

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This one's on a Ronn Lucas Sr. Noble D XXL 9/0 Orange hook. Ronn makes some of the most beautiful hooks in the world. Btw.....that's a gut eye.....occassionally i'll turn 'em up like that.

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Here's another on a Lucas hook.....

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just a combination Grub/soft hackle/whatever.....but a TON-O-FUN to tye. Bead came from Ronn Lucas Sr.
that's Emu right in front of the bead.....body is MoHair seriously picked out.....i LOVE picked out bodies

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Got the bead for this one from Ron Lucas Sr. as well.....