Honey Bee

[Fred H]

I 'll use this fly with a dropper . It floats like a cork.

[Ron Eagle Elk]

Okay, Fred. No fair taking a real bug and strappin to a hook. Bet that was hard to do without getting stung. Excellent tying. Would love to see a step by step of that one for a fly of the week.

REE

[ROR-EYE]

Fred, that is an amazingly realistic honey bee. It reminds me of my childhood years when I found out how allergic I am to bee stings! I'll second the motion for a step by step.

Rory

[Uncle Jesse]

Fred, that's just showing off, beautiful job of putting that critter together. Obviously, you are only junior in number of bulletin board postings.

Ror-Eye, it appears you and I have similar memories to Honey Bees, thankfully I am not allergic but used to get big puffy feet. Even as a country boy I was never a fan of going barefoot because of them. It seemed you could put one bee in an acre of clover and I would step on it.

[Fred H]

Thanks guys . I have allways been allergic to these little guys as well . So much so , I would be sent home from school for medication if stung. It was surprissing that my teacher or mom never caught on that I would get stung on the day I had a big test I had'nt studied for. Ha ha
Fred

[Fishing Jill]

Wow. What a beauty. It really shows of the art of fly tying.
I'll just wait for your (hopefully you'll do one) tutorial to find out what materials you used, but I'm curious - how long does it take you to tie one of those.

[Wes]

it's more like sculpting with fly tying material.

[Eight Thumbs]

Color me deeply impressed. Fred, that is one very nice fly. 8T

[pittendrigh]

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[gpatton]

Both of those flies are pretty nice ties, but I have a hard time believing the caddis was actually tied. Can't wait to see the step by step on the hoppper and the bee and might as well have Pittendrigh post his caddis as well if it involves more than finding a a caddis and glueing it on a hook.