One of my many purposes in life is to make all you folks feel better about how well YOU tie flies! ;)
So...below is my junk.
I got my first issue of Fly Tyer magazine last week, and amongst the many patterns shown in the mag, a few caught my eye.
One was the Epoxy Bead Minnow. I had tied these up before, but I think my previous ones were smaller. I made 3 over the weekend, all on a #6 Streamer hook. I thought these turned out well, and look like they'll catch some fish:
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...eadMinnowB.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...eadMinnowA.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...eadMinnowC.jpg
I also made this streamer pattern (I apologize for not remembering the name given in the magazine...maybe somebody here can help me out with that?). I modified it a bit by adding epoxy over the eyes and head thread wraps (which makes it less attractive, probably...but only to us):
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...ZStreamerB.jpg
And, although I didn't have any "opal tinsel", I cut a strip from some bright flashy Christmas bow material, and used it for the body on this soft hackle:
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c2...le_brightA.jpg