Had a great time playing amongst the Danica feeders in Assynt last Summer (i'm sure you guys spotted the pics in the main forum). Anyway my main two patterns were Bob Wyatts Veyatie Black (or my interpretation) and my simple Mayfly Emerger.
Playing about with this style on the vice recently has thrown up a few interesting variations, worth a swim next July, in fact i can hardly wait.
One thing that did strike me though was the fish's fondness for natural GP Crest on the tail, so just by way of an wee experiment, and the fact i think it looks cool, i coloured a few with olive or brown pantone pens and sealed with uv varnish.
Whatdayafink??
Original
Colouring the tail
Sealing
Curing
Wee variation 1
Different again (more like my original original as used in Assynt about, jesus is it more than 15 years already
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Palmered version
Big Water Muddler version
Wee detached body version (as per my Detached Daddy) just for the hell of it.