Finally got a chance to off load some pics from the camera. I've been fiddling with this pattern for almost two weeks now (which is a long time for me to spend on anything with my ADD). I think I finally have it where I want it and am going to fish the hell out of it this weekend. I'm usually not a huge fan of intruders but decided to mess around with them for the second time in as many years. The originals are beautiful. I like Ed Ward's but really fell for Scott Howell's Signature series. So I took Scott's design and tried to marry it with Scandinavian stacked hair wings. Hope I don't offend Scott or any Scandinavians.
The black/purple/chartreuse one was the first one I did. Love that color combo.
A bait fish color combo - boring but usually work when nothing else does
The one I finished last night was a green highlander
They are all awesome, but # 2 is sick! That really looks fishy! That is olive right? Are you spinning the fox? Sorry for all the questions.
Great ties.
I like the flexibility of the basic intruder/segregated body style, and the fit with tubes is perfect for my fishing.
I haven't tied with arctic fox yet, but your tubes look great and I especially like the black/purple color combo with a shot of chartreuse, I think I'll try something similar at the vise this afternoon.
These all would get time on my tippet. Even though I've never tied or fished a tube...the designs cross-translate so easliy. Although #2 would be my "go to" fly...the other two (with their hot spots) are a necessary inventory
# 2 is really sweet,the others are great but really like the olive one its a great looking pattern will tie some for bull trout for shure thanks for sharing.
One more from last night. Kind of a dark day pattern. I'm curious to see how they cast tomorrow. They're pretty decent sized coming in around 4 to 4.5 inches. Sorry for the photo - used my phone.
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