New flybox loaded from 12s to 18s for testing!

[Roadkill]

Here are Doug's Cream Flymphs and my Light Olive Soft Hackles from size 12s to 18s ready for the waters this year.

RIMG2882 by William Lovelace, on Flickr

In the size 14 Light Olives I tied some with silver wire as well as gold to test the two under different light and water conditions.

The last row of 18s is divided between DCFs and LOSHs.

[Variant]

Well done Bill !
Very consistent tying.

Lou

[letumgo]

Keep practicing. Eventually you’ll get the hang of it.

Kidding aside, those look fantastic! That is an amazing set of flies Bill. Wow!

[Theroe]

Very nice, Bill, per your usual.
I am curious: do you guys have cornutas out in your neck of the woods? We have a highly prolific hatch specifically on the Lackawaxen river in Northeast Pennsylvania, and the “big” beaverkill between Roscoe and Cook Falls. On both rivers, these insects start hatching at about 8:30 in the morning and go until about 1130 when the sun gets high and hits the water. Interestingly enough they only hatch in certain pools on each river and if you don’t know where to go and what time to be there, you’ll never see them. At any rate, I mentioning this because the flies in your box are perfect imitations. On both rivers, the fish, love and emerge type fly just sunk into the surface film. We also used to have a fly called the black quill, which was a size 14. The body was a very dark green, and merger…… (I think it was a leptophlebia). Tied your style with a darker body, it worked a charm. This insect hatched the week before the cornutas and used to be a blast to catch fish on. Sadly, that insect is no more.

If it’s not too much to ask, I’d like to see a couple of close-ups of your patterns! Thanks, Dana

[Roadkill]

Dana,

You can see these two patterns closer here...

Doug's Cream Flymph viewtopic.php?f=6&t=11449

my Light Olive Soft Hackle viewtopic.php?f=6&t=11452