[davidstrout]

Some super simple bugs tied on shanks

All are done the same... 1/2 the shank with a rear hot spot... the other 1/2 filled in with a custom brush and finished with JC and a guinea collar
I played with adding weight in the form of a hidden dumbell in some and the one tied with ostrich in the brush has some amherst accents just because

The composite brushes are composed of synthetic fibers (specifically squimpish hair), flash , accent materials and are 15" long ..I have been cranking out giant predator brushes (15" wide by 15" long ) for our business and was like why dont I fuss with some ones that would make tying 5-8 steelhead flies a snap....basically a composite loop on wire , repeated with the intention of cutting 5-8 sections from the brush and having that be the bulk of the fly ...flies took about 5 minutes to compose ..brushes are headed as a gift to a buddy in alsaka (Rich these are for you if you are lurking here haha) I just had to sample the goods before I sent

Thanks for looking and as always am so inspired by all the great tyers who post and share here

David Nelson

 

[davidstrout]

SOme more pics to round out the post

 

[jimlucey]

very cool dave , i make smaller brushes for swinging here at home for trout and smb . yours are superior !

 

[Singlehandjay]

YES!

 

[Yooper-Fly]

Awesome Dave! I need to get ahold of some of those for testing! I enjoyed the batch of squimpish hair I tried a couple years back