To avoid "hijacking" someone's thread, I thought better to start another.
AlanB
I am intrigued with the badger flies you posted. Wonder if you would put them in the category of "Fore and Aft" flies ?
I have had a lot of success with such flies. I believe they may be taken as mating midges?
Seems they are quite popular in the Sieras on this side of the pond. I have had good luck with them nearly everywhere. Walt Powell's grandson was in my fly tying club in the Miidwest. I got some flies tied by Walt himself and he really liked that style of fly and used them often.
Your flies:
An old pattern of mine. I tie it with a slightly shorter hackle at the rear.
My midge cluster with a not-so-smoothe body.....
I apologize for the poor clarity of this photo, but these are the flies I got from Walton Powell. The names are in his handwriting.........
The thing I found interesting about his flies is that he canted the tail fibers down. May have been done due to the size of hackle he used fore and aft?