As you are aware by now, I have jumped fron the frying pan into the fire. I know I do not have the skills or talent to be tying a really good fly, but it is really relaxing and fun to try. Classic Full Dressed Salmon flies require skills that obviously I don't have and more than likely, due to my age won't ever acquire. You really need good eyes and steady hands, something that is beginning to fail on me.

Any way, this is a pattern that my friend Childers invented and is a signature fly of his. He did a SBS at my request. I can name about ten faults with it but feel free to critique. Tied as Childers ties it, it is one of the most stunning flies I have seen.