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:




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):


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: