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Another experiment, this time using up a scrap section of Guinea hen feather. This'll probably never see the water; just a bit of diversion. I'm trying to figure out ways to use hen neck and breast feathers, since
A. I have a lot of them.
B. They are commonly found among non-fly sources, like Dollar Store and craft outlets.

Hook: #10 dry fly
Thread: Black 6/0 uni thread
Body: Gray acrylic yarn
Bead: Silver glass 6/0
Thorax: Dubbed red marabou
Tail: Black marabou
Wing: Guinea neck feather
Wing case: built up glitter nail polish

More "free styling" at the vise, I guess you'd say. The glitter polish button on the back gives a neat bit of sparkle.

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Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on November 28, 2013 at 5:25pm
Thanks, Dick. I know it don't seem like much, and it looks kinds kooky even to me. But I learn with each fly I tie.
Comment by dick tabbert on November 28, 2013 at 10:07am

Your coming right along buddy nice fly

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on November 28, 2013 at 9:44am
Great story, Tooty!
Thank you James. It just kinda took shape as I went along.
Comment by james bluto gillette on November 28, 2013 at 9:29am

very nice fly mc scruff a lot of detail

Comment by DAVID L EITUTIS on November 28, 2013 at 9:24am

HEY DAVID, VERY INNOVATIVE USE OF MATERIALS: THIS FLY IS ACTUALLY THE RESULT OF EXPERIMENTING AND THE TRUE BEAUTY OF FLY TYING IN THE FIRST PLACE..." WE ARE ONLY LIMITED BY OUR IMAGINATIONS".......
  SEEMS TO ME that now that you have become an ADDICTED yarn and dubbing spinner that you will go on to great things buddy.
   Now let me tell ya something buddy: MANY YEARS AND THOUSANDS OF BUGS AGO , I CAME UP FROM THE BASEMENT WORKSHOP tired and had been down there most of the day. When I got upstairs my wife said to me , IF I KNEW YOU WERE GOING TO SPEND SO MUCH TIME DOWN THERE I'D HAVE BOUGHT YOU THAT VICE YYYYYYYYYYYYEARS AGO......

   SEE when ya really get in the swing of things , so to speak , with this tying addiction , you too will spend wwwwwwwwwway to much time in the shop and this frees up your wife to do the things she wants to do and not be pestered or nagged at by the old man !!!!! GOOD FOR HER , GOOD FOR YOU , BBBBBBBAD FOR THE FISHES .......NICE FLY BUDDY.....

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on November 28, 2013 at 9:24am
Thank you, Vince. I see so many patterns, so many known and tested designs, that I often feel I'm wasting my time with my "silly" experiments.
Its nice to know I'm not the only one.
Too, I suppose every fly had to start somewhere, and was nothing more than a flight of fancy in the beginning.
Comment by Vince Fusco on November 28, 2013 at 9:08am

Good looking fly,David. A lot of the tying I do is free styling. I tie them according to the mood I am in, and the materials I have on hand at the time. Some of them have been very productive, and most are unnamed. 

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