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[dave08]

i started to notice i have too much material so i figured i'd tie a freestyle on a 9/0 hook to help use it up.

seriously,i had the urge to do a large gaudy freestyle,plus i got a good deal on a bunch of macaw feathers a while back and have been wanting to put them to use.
the body was inspired by bud's fly in "tying on a married wing".


thanks for looking,
Dave

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[arkle]

A real gem of a fly Dave.

[geraldsherbrook]

Dear DAVE,

FREESTYLE FLIES can be soooooooooo nice !!!

pstttttttttt didn't YOU 'overdone' Yourself with this one DAVE !!! ??? (hahahahaha !)...

YOU realy did marvellous things with the 'feathers' YOU have to many - wink !...and and and my EYES must work 'hard' to travel with from start to finish of Your "HELLION"

psttttttttttt also that 'point' of Your hook is something specail so to see ! (hahahaha)

BRAVO DAVE for this wonderful freestyle fly !...and the immense amount of work YOU 'clearly visible' putted in !!!

CONTINUE !

Geert

[yoke]

Cool Dave!

[BSH]

Monster hook and you nailed to dress it very very nice! Congrats!

[lucaseabass]

Very, very good Dave, you have done a real nice work with this fly.
Ciao
Luca

[Ronn Lucas]

VERY COOL!!!!!!!!! That hook though! {8^)

[Nice One]

Very cool fly. Love the body.

Sven

[steely34]

Dave,
Very nicely done my friend.

[dave08]

thanks everyone for all the nice comments

[angler andrew]

Hi Dave I understand this probelem and its a great one to have(having a good choice of materials that is)Ive often thought of trying it myself but never actually gat there for fear of dissapointment,Reason being?well its because most of my favourite flies be the y vintage or not are usually well balanced and quite sparse,(reason why I totally cant get on with Delta wings) Im sorry for being the Killjoy and as all the other posts are very positive you can always disregard this but IMO this fly as well as its tied?? looks kinda of forced,ie the JC neck. On the plus side you had the balls to to try this and some of my fav tyiers can balance these flies so well and seconds later turn out a clASSIC so as Geert would say just continue. Andrew.

PS To my eye a well placed toppingt would have lifted this totally.

[sky-pilot]

This hook has to little gap comparing to shank lenght, allmost impossible to get good flow and proportions as i see it. You did a great job on the body.