Ron,
I've only been using the wire on spiders since I saw William Anderson's flies a couple of months back, but I think it makes good sinking flies, DaveS idea for salmon and steel-head flies is an excellent one. The idea of weighting the flies
this way is more appealing to me than beads.
They do look good and the fluo colours would be good on sea-trout salmon flies on this side of the pond.
The 'Coq-au-vin' was my own contribution and I am quite proud of it.