What Are You Tying Today?

For those baitfish chasers .
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I'm hiding in the AC and trying to get more comfortable with deer hair. First attempt at a monster 4/0 Dahlberg Diver.

Feel like it went ok, but it seems like it would be really hard to get good / exact
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Too me it’s fine, will fish great. There’s always two kinds of flies, flies that catch fish, and flies that catch fishermen, this does both
 
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F. G. Simpson

Tip - Gold tinsel
Tail - Red and yellow mallard quill
Ribbing - Gold tinsel
Body - Yellow floss
Wing - Red mallard quill
Hackle - Red and yellow

Favorite Flies and Their Histories - Mary Orvis Marbury
Flies - J. Edson Leonard
 
X-caddis. Feel free to comment on designs. I think I used z-Lon for the trailing shucks. Is that ok to use? I used an olive-brown with olive trailing shuck. Other colors particularly for summer caddis?
 

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Gogebic

Tag - Scarlet floss
Tail - White over scarlet duck or goose quill segments
Ribbing - Gold tinsel
Body - Yellow floss
Hackle - Scarlet
Wing - White duck or goose quill segments with scarlet strips up sides (may be married)

Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth
 
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Gogebic

Tag - Scarlet floss
Tail - White over scarlet duck or goose quill segments
Ribbing - Gold tinsel
Body - Yellow floss
Hackle - Scarlet
Wing - White duck or goose quill segments with scarlet strips up sides (may be married)

Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth
Beautiful as always!!
 
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Allerton

Tip - Gold tinsel
Tail - Teal or barred wood duck
Hackle - Dark blue tied palmer
Ribbing - Gold tinsel
Body - Yellow floss
Wing - Scarlet

Trout - Ray Bergman
 
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Blue Blow

Tag - Gold tinsel
Hackle - Black tied palmor
Body - Light blue floss
Wing - Slate duck or goose quill segments

Trout - Ray Bergman
 
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