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Accomplishments aside, it sure looks cool!

I agree. It's always seemed to me like Cree is just one of those sneaky marketing ploys to charge extra. I'll just stick to my grizzly/brown mix and save the Cree for the birds.

Haha glad to be of assistance! Clinch knots are just such a pain not matter how nimble or eagle-eyed you are. I was beside myself when I learned that clinch knots weren't the only way to catch fish.

So much versatility, I love this pattern.

I'm a Davy Knot kinda guy. I fish mostly small backcountry streams with tiny caddis or terrestrials so it's nice having a compact knot. Its quick and easy to tie as well, just make sure to cinch the...

I love furled flies. Such a cool way to make an extended body.

Pretty cool to see this tied with the original dressing as opposed to chenille (I hate chenille). Nice tie Norm!

No condimnets, yet. Figured it'd be like introducing a new food to a toddler (I have a 1yo at home); start bland then work into bolder flavors.

It's just two little pieces of 2mm craft foam, about the length of the hook shank and just slightly narrower than the hook gap. I rounded the ends with my scissors and then used a lighter to singe...

I've been swamped at work for the past two months with no time to do much of anything let alone tie. I did have a few minutes a couple night ago and figured I might as well have some fun with it. I...

Excellent tie! Nailed Deep Purple, Now we need Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow variation ;)

Oh yeah, been noticing these little buggers start to pop up. Time to get to tying. Excellent pattern as always!

Ask and ye shall receive; it's now backed up on an Excel file.

Thanks for the heads up; I should be able to export this to an Excel spreadsheet. Ultimately, it would be nice to get an actual webpage for it but I suppose that is another project for another day.

Thank you! I greatly appreciate that!

Awesome Rick! Let me know what you think!

Over the course of the last year (or more; I don't honestly remember when I started this undertaking), I have been working to compile a sortable index of just about every fly pattern I could find. It...

Dude...I love the look of number II. That thing is buggy and I bet it would float like a cork. Solid ties my friend!

Eh, who needs eyesight anyway when you tie like that. Solid kebari my friend. Well done!

Thanks everyone! And Steve, very very carefully. Good thing those Firehole hooks are extra sticky and barbless ;)

Be the master of your own hatch.

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Hook: Firehole 317, size 16
Thread: Veevus 14/0, Olive
Extended Body: Olive Mallard Flank, tied...

Well Congo Hair is like a fine poly yarn so it's fairly buoyant. Hell, the original Iris Ant is still floating in its little shot glass in my tying room, mostly because I forgot about it until the...

It took me entirely too long to get around to tying this variation but I think it was worth the wait.

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Hook: Firehole 419, size 20...

I'm definitely going to have to try some of these. Awesome looking pattern.

Added a Congo Hair wing (kind of sparse but should improve visibility on the water), nixed the hackle as the wing should provide plenty of floatiness, threw in some body quill legs because they just...