Flies I've Tied for this Spring

[alra195]

I've got a long way to go in regards to my fly tying skills but here's a few of the flies I've been working on for this spring. Still hoping to get to use them in May over in PA.

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March Brown Dry

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March Brown Emerger I

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March Brown Emerger II

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Sulphur Emerger

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Sulphur Comparadun

This was a great chance to work on my photography skills as well as my tying skills. With the exception of the March Brown Emerger I, I have used these and all have been good, productive patterns that I've both enjoyed tying and fishing. Please feel free to provide any constructive criticism! I can always get better both as a tier and photographer. Thanks to all of the rest of you who post your exquisite flies (ScottP and nfrechette in particular)!

Thanks in advance

[tedshuck]

Very nice looking flies. I hope you get to use them soon.
Thanks for posting them,
Ted

[ScottP]

Joe,

More light for the photos would help but those flies look good; very nicely tied.

Regards,
Scott

[gqualls]

Nice flies! I especially liked your Sulphur Comparadun. I recently boght some comparadun deer hair and have been tying with it. Seems you have mastered the deer hair wing, along with the remaining part of the fly.

[jcampbell]

Yea Joe, those are terrible flies. If only mine looked half as good. Hope to see you later in the year in MI. Best regards.

[oldster]

nice flies, nice pix, thanks for posting Joe.

[lastchance]

Nice job on the flies. They'll work for me.

[alra195]

Thanks Everyone for the kind words!

Scott - I hear you on the light. Was using natural light supplemented with a couple of inexpensive IKEA LED lights. Was going to add my OTT light but after setting up everything I couldn't remember where I stashed mine. Have since located it. Will try with more and better quality lights for next go round. I was more surprised that my cheepo camera actual did a half decent job of taking macro photos!

Greg - Comparaduns aren't as hard as the look. Once you get a handle on how big a clump of hair to use they're really not that tough. The real key is using good quality hair suitable for comparaduns. https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q...tail&FORM=VIRE This is my go to tutorial on how to tie this style fly.

John - You're too kind and way too critical of your own skills. Still have that great HEX you gave out at your place a couple of years ago. You're way better than you give yourself credit for! Given the current situation Michigan is still up in the air for me. I'll let you know when the madness settles down on my plan for the Fish-In!

Everyone else, thanks again. When I get some new stuff tied up for later this season (if there is a chance to travel again this year!) I'll post some more.

[smij]

They look good!