Hi Bill,

I had heard that the P-Belle was tied as a bucktail (but using hackle fibres) and tied a few up back in New Zealand (I couldn't find any red quills - dyed quills are still nigh on impossible to find in NZ). They were very small (size 10 and 12). Anyway, they sat in my fly box for quite awhile, unfished for some reason. While out fishing on the Waihou, a stream I normally have a lot of luck on (it's filled with lots of small fiesty rainbows), I was just not feeling any love. Finally, I picked one of these "mini-streamers" out and started getting hits and skipped being skunked!

- Jeff