Category: Flies

My of my favorite patterns. This one on a Partridge 6/0.

Another wonderful (but treacherous) Traherne pattern. A lot of swearing accompanies the tying of his patterns. This one on a Partridge 6/0.

Tied on a Partridge 6/0.

I had some fun doing a variation on the “Black Dog” by adding a delta wing. Tied on a Partridge 6/0. (It was my first try at a delta wing.)

Gotta love that Silver Pheasant. On a Partridge 5/0.

Grey Peacock Pheasant on a Partridge 6/0.

Always a huge challenge to build a Delta-Wing.

A Freestyle variation of the Black Dog. This one on a Bartleet 5/0.

A lovely Scottish pattern. This one tied on a Partridge 6/0.

Jock Scott 5/0 on a Partridge iron;

I’ve tied about a hundred of these, and each one comes out a little differently. About half of them reside in my “reject” box – one of these years I’ll improve the percentage……..