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Beautiful. The colors are awesome. I just love Carrie Stevens patterns and just acquired a book on the Rangely Patterns. I look forward to tying some of these myself.

Thank you Jim,

This fly was selected for this project for a couple of reasons.

I found the color stunning and very simplistic.

I also selected this because Louis Melanson and I both take pleasure in tying flies for others and our own personal use. Thank you for your comment it is greatly appreciated.

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Alan, excellent tying and beautiful flies. Congrats! Real works of art just like your others.
Cheers, Joel

Jay,

The silicone tubing and the braided tube that makes up the loops can fail. I have had it happen to me too. The diameter of the silicone tubing that slips over the braid has to be exactly large enough to be able to hold the braid and the fly line very firmly.
Glue isn't usually necessary, but can of course secure the connection - but on the other hand also make them inseparable, which is kind of contradictionary to the whole concept.
Make sure you have a silicone tube that can't slip and make sure it and the braid reaches far enough over the fly line to ensure a tight connection.

Martin

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