I have gotten on a little Killer Style fly kick again. These are all in the Killer Style. As far as I know of, nobody has used these feathers in the Killer Style. Black Francolin is not easy to come by. But the feathers are so beautiful, I just had to try it to see what they looked like in this style of tying. 
Those double ey franklins look goodā¦
Interesting fly, structurally similar to the Weasel (below) which in the Ennis Montana area was once a popular bank twitching fly.
Nice clean ties! Those feathers are beautiful! I really like the last one with the J.C.
OK ā¦ Iāll ask. Whatās a black franklin? I found black grouse ā¦ didnāt look a thing like itād have feathers like these. I found black gulls ā¦ uhhhh, no. But no mention of a black franklin. Help?
Put a grizzly hackle up front and add a jungle cock shoulder, and you would have a Hornberg Special, very popular New England pattern.
Black Francolin is a gamebird in the pheasant family. Pretty Rare bird when it comes to finding a lot of feathers and skins. Kelly, VERY NICE JOB
Thanks Bugman. 
Glad yāall liked the flies.
Dave, thank you!! Iāve seen beautiful pheasants, but, wow!, this one is incredible!!
Beautiful tye, Kelly!!!
Thank you Betty. I am glad you liked the fly. I have a thing about Killer Style flies, I just cannot help myself.
RE> āPut a grizzly hackle up front and add a jungle cock shoulder, and you would have a Hornberg Special, very popular New England pattern.ā
Yes, the venerable Hornberg Specialā¦but then (with hackle) itās not so easy to sink. And not so easy to use as a bank twitcher.
http://www.troutrods.com/morgantwitch.html
Other good twitcher flies (Iāve been told) include the Girdle Bug and Thunder Creek Minnows.
The Big Island of Hawaii has Francolins as well as many other upland birds in the grouse and pheasant family.
Very nice ties! Killer style flies are a New Zealand lure, developed back in the 20s or 30s I think? Will have to see if I can find some reference as to their development. Anyway, these two patterns youāve put together are very well tied. Iām sure they will catch fish too. Well done.
Francolins?! Never knew such things existed. Pretty cool looking. Learn something new all the time!! Thanks for posting them.
Beautiful flies! Iām curious if the francolin feathers (tying-wise) are comparable to gadwall or teal? It looks to have far darker and closer-spaced barring, but I thought Iād ask.
-ZugbugPete
Thanks Jeff. Actually it was 4 patterns. Two are Mrs. Simpson variations though. Two are not, they use a single feather per side, for the wing. We had a great thread on these flies back in January I think it was. I just love the Killer Style of tying. It is awesome to me. I great valued your input on that previous thread.
I am glad yāall liked the flies. ZugbugPeteā¦these are a type of partridge, so they arenāt really comparable. (to me anyway) It is similar to a pheasant skin or partridge, or grouse, although the Black Francolin is a very small skin in size comparison to a Ring Neck Pheasant.
Hi,
Two of the images arenāt showing for me. I just get the āsafariā (side and top view) and the ākellyās killerā. Those two are great looking. Mrs. Simpsonās are very good during damsel fly nymph tme. Anyway, youāve done a great job on the sides. They are sitting really well on the two I can see. Iāve seen a web-reference suggesting the first Killer was Lordās Killer which was developed in the early 30ās, so theyāre over 80 years old as a construction style.
Betty,
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Thank you Jeff. I think I fixed the two photos that werenāt showing for you. Let me know if they still arenāt working.