Diane,

The single item I would pick up on for otherwise pretty good ties is, as others also mentioned, the ribbing issue.

Reduce the number of turns for sure. Convention on atlantic salmon flies suggests (dictates) five turns for a standard body.

Some patterns split the body in two parts, generally with an ostrich herl divider. In those cases, each of the body halves has the 5 turns.

Keep going, you are on a promising road.

Cheers,
Hans W


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