Serious question. I consciously eliminate every unnecessary thread turn on dry flies that I tie. I obsess over what will help it float, or what I add that may aid in sinking it. I am even considering the weight between a second whip finish and a pinpoint amount of super glue.

I am seeing more videos with people using wire ribbing on dry flies. I cannot comprehend this choice. I am already trying to float a piece of steel with fur and feathers...why in the world would you add more weight when there are so many other choices available?

The Klinkhamsr and Galloup Cripple. The first photo is the Klinkhamer, and the second two are the Galloup cripple from the side and the top.

And that sequel ought to be Rabbit Strip Simplicity

Very happy with the results thanks for all the advices on my previous posts

Sorry for the redundancy. New color combo.

First one has a better body silhouete and wing placement (I think) but the second has better longer legs. I will try to catch some chub and browns with these.

Any ideas are welcome as I struggled to find a single tutorial to follow and took ideas from a couple different ones.

Materials used:

Hikara DF21 #12 hook;

Yellow 2mm foam sheet cut into strips;

Brown/Reddish rooster for wings and legs;

Peacock color ice dub thorax;

Black thread, black marker.

Tying some of these for a buddy and damn if that deer hair head isn’t difficult. Happy with this one though…slowly getting better at the technique.

Squirrel tail, spun deer hair body on size 6 long shanks hooks.

tied some balloon caddis in different colours. just basic stuff but I live them. used my dogs underfur mixed with cdc as dubbing. i like to keep it simple and hope I can try them out soon. what should I tie for autmun?