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Dabbling Putting some non-traditional materials to use. hook - WFC Model 6 #10 thread - Uni 8/0 red tail - mallard flank rib - small wire silver body - medium tinsel opal hackle - grizzly wing - mallard flank stacked/folded 1st shoulder - pheasant rump 2nd shoulder - sharptail grouse...

D&P Muddled Michigan Mayfly hook - WFC Model 6 #8 thread - Uni 6/0 black tail - pheasant tail rib - tying thread body - deer hair hackle - grizzly shoulder - pheasant rump collar/head - deer hair Regards, Scott

Mcphail’s Gosling (variation) A few minor changes to his version. May have to tie some on a jig hook with an orange bead for ice-out rainbows on Front Range reservoirs next spring. hook - WFC Model 6 #8 thread - SemperFli 8/0 hot orange tail - pheasant tail rib - small wire gold body -...

Rolled Muddler (variation II) Technically a rolled Muddler since the mallard flank tail and shoulder were rolled around the shank; head/collar are a lot fuller since I plan to fish this as a dry. hook - WFC Model 6 #8 thread - SemperFli 8/0 hot orange butt - UV-X ET dubbing bright...

Rolled Muddler (variation) hook - WFC Model 6 #8 thread - SemperFli 8/0 hot orange tag - tying thread tail - mallard flank rib - small wire black body - medium tinsel opal underwing - mallard flank wing/head - deer hair Regards, Scott

Westie Peacock Muddler hook - WFC Model 6 #10 thread - SemperFli 8/0 black tail - grizzly rib - small wire gold body - peacock herl hackle - brown shoulder - pheasant body feather collar/head - pronghorn white Regards, Scott

Adams Muddler (variation) hook - WFC Model 6 #10 thread - SemperFli 8/0 brown tag - medium tinsel opal tail - grizzly rib - small wire gold body - Zelon dubbing hydropsyche hackle - grizzly/brown shoulder - pheasant body feather collar/head - deer hair Regards, Scott

Spundun Shrimp May or may not work; hopefully, test drive next week. hook - WFC Model 3 #10 thread - SemperFli 8/0 hot orange butt - UV-X ET dubbing bright orange tail - pheasant body feather rib - small wire golden olive body - Starburst dubbing olive hackle - hot orange/olive wing -...

Spundun (variation) The collar is definitely oversized, but I like the effect. Unknown how the fish feel about it. hook - WFC Model 3 #10 thread - SemperFli 8/0 hot orange tag - Orvis saltwater thread fluoro orange/resin tail - deer hair rib - small wire golden olive body - Starburst...

Spundun Humpy Added a shoulder behind the wing, unlike previous ones where I wrapped hackle in front of as a collar. hook - WFC Model 3 #10 thread - SemperFli 8/0 brown tail/hump - deer hair body - Ice Dub hare’s ear shoulder - pheasant rump wing - deer hair Regards, Scott

Holographic Muddler hook - WFC Model 6 #10 thread - SemperFli 8/0 black tag - small tinsel holo silver rib - small wire black body - Starburst fibers holo silver hackle - black shoulder - pheasant body feather collar/head - deer hair Regards, Scott

Muddled Michigan Mayfly Hackled thorax meant to keep the pheasant shoulder from collapsing around the body. hook - WFC Model 3 #10 thread - SemperFli 8/0 hot orange tail - moose body hair rib - Uni 6/0 black body - deer hair dyed orange hackle - hot orange shoulder - golden pheasant...

Shades of Orange Octopus hook - WFC Model 6 #10 thread - SemperFli 8/0 hot orange tail - indicator yarn hot orange rib - small wire gold body - Ice Dub orange hackle - grizzly dyed golden olive (2 Tsp Rit Golden Yellow, 1/4 Tsp Rit Camel/2 cups water) 1st shoulder - golden pheasant body...

Olive & Orange Muddulator Based on Scott Jackson’s Stimulator; changed things up once I tied in the wing. hook - WFC Model 6 #10 thread - SemperFli 8/0 hot orange tail - deer hair dyed orange rib - Mirage Flash opal/small wire golden olive body - Starburst dubbing olive hackle - dyed...

Muddled Furnace Bibio Very loosely based on a couple of Ryan Houston’s flies. hook - WFC Model 3 #10 thread - SemperFli 8/0 black tag/rib - Mirage Flash opal body - Starburst dubbing black/red/black hackle - furnace shoulder - pheasant rump collar/head - deer hair Regards, Scott

Houston’s Unstacked Stimulator Sedge A few minor changes to the original - deer hair was sitting on the bench and I was too lazy to go get elk; don’t have seal dubbing and prefer Ice Dub (or similar) anyway (the orange Ice Dub is more of an amber color I was looking for). hook - WFC...

Olive & Orange Muddlepus hook - WFC Model 6 #10 thread - SemperFli 8/0 hot orange tag/rib - Orvis saltwater thread fluoro orange/resin (tag only) body - Starburst dubbing olive hackle - olive/orange shoulder - golden pheasant body feather red collar/head - deer hair Regards, Scott

Bit of a drive from the campground; short walk to the water. Regards, Scott

Strictly dry, upstream. Regards, Scott

Using these The foam fly was actually first fly/first hole/first day because it was something new I was playing with, but after that the rest of the week was dedicated to mostly Irish lough flies. With all the sun, glare, shadows, crummy eyesight and questionable casting...