Lady Joan

Although simplistic I find this fly carries a bit of weight in the visual department, not sure why I like it so much, hope you all enjoy

http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/a...adyJoan004.jpg

Beautiful! I think anytime you can combine yellow and red in one fly, you've got a winner!! Thank you!

Very nice. Similar to a Cosseboom, which would just have a green body and red head. Sometimes the simplest of patterns have an elegance all their own.

- Jeff

Very nice.

Well done! The head is perfect and, nice and shiny!:D

Thanks for the kind words, I am a newbie to this tying thing( Feb 2010)and have been very fortunate to be mentored by some very talented tyers in Alantic Canada. Each ty I see improvement. Hope you do not mind my sharing I like to ty one pattern a day if possible. Costructive critisism is always welcome.

Welcome to the party Stage 1,
Very nice lookin Fly there.

Great job, Stage1. Your tying is impressive for someone that's only been at it six months.

I've not seen the collared version of this pattern before now. I've always liked full collars; the RAT series was among my early favorites to tie. Here are a few Joans I tied with the traditional yellow beard.
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m...LadyJoan-1.jpg

Very nice add a golden pheasant crest tail and you have a very popular Atlantic Salmon Fly on the Magaree River called the Ross Special

Again thanks for the encouragement, I will whip up a Ross tonight and post later

Pretty fly, and you are doing great for just starting out, wow!