Pictures

Step 2: tail

Step 3: flash

Step 4: more feathers

Step 5: bucktail

Step 6: more bucktail

Step 7: and a bit more

Step 8: jungle cock

Step 9: flatwing

Step 10: herl

Step 11: the finished fly

Sinister Phly at work

Sinister

Not-so-sinister

Step 1: thread base

Step 2: dubbing

Step 3: LiteBrite and herl

Step 4: hackle

Step 5: eyes and line

Step 6: epoxy

Step 7: front hook

Step 8: connect

Step 9: secured

Step 10: dubbing loop

Step 11: dubbing

Since you got this far …

A money box
The GFF money box

… I have a small favor to ask.

Long story short

Support the Global FlyFisher through several different channels, including PayPal.

Long story longer

The Global FlyFisher has been online since the mid-90's and has been free to access for everybody since day one – and will stay free for as long as I run it.
But that doesn't mean that it's free to run.
It costs money to drive a large site like this.
See more details about what you can do to help in this blog post.