Pictures

$Yuck! - This is most likely one of the very first flies I ever tied. I have really tried to groom it, but honestly: the hackle is a mess and all too long, there\'s tying thread on the outside of the body and the head is varnished with silver flake nail varnish. Yuck!$

Yuck!

Black rafia baitfish

Brown refia baitfish

An early bullet muddler

A long, long tail

$A Big Hole Demon, really!? - A classic fly hopelessly executed. Too small a hackle, which should actually cover the front, which is much too thick and round. The tinsel body certainly leaves a bit to desire, and the tail? Don\'t mention the war!$

A Big Hole Demon, really!?

A marabou muddler

This is a muddler!

$What? - I had no real dubbing, so this body and tail is made from yarn from my wife\'s knitting stock. And collars on muddlers? Not on my shift!$

What?

Getting there

$Orange rafia thingy - Orange flash chenille, yellow rafia and some GP tippet. Could be an effort to tie a bright shrimp, but I don\'t remember where the idea came from$

Orange rafia thingy

Orange thingy

Red thingy

A small black muddler

Black and orange contraption

$Blue streamer - I was slowly getting th idea, and getting more materials. This is blue Arctic fox, mallard and yellow hackle. Apart from the head, it\'s not a bad fly at all$

Blue streamer

What?

Double what?

Squirrel streamer

Straw Thing 1

Straw Thing 2

A very early zonker

More controlled

Flies come out as you want them...

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