Roy - good to hear you got my flies OK. I'm looking forward to the results of the swap.

my pattern was a simple one, but effective - i've never used this particular body color before - but it should work. the hackle is from a small hen neck i bought at blue ribbon flies the last time i was in west yellowstone. too bad i left the neck on my tying desk and one of my dogs grabbed it at chewed it up pretty good - they've done this before - when will i learn? oh well. it just gives me a good reason to get back to west yellowstone. the body is copper colored japanese silk, the same stuff i use to wrap my bamboo rods. mikey's rod has this colored silk for the tipping on the guide wraps.

tight lines.

-matt