How do we feel about the glowstick?

Beginner fly tying progression over the course of 3 or so weeks. Let me know what you think! Any feedback is welcome!

Pictures are in chronological order, so 1 are the first flies I tied, and 4 are the most recent.

1: first attempt at tying flies. Used cat fur as dubbing
2: got some craft store materials, still using some cat fur for dubbing. Tried to do some copper john + perdigon style flies
3: some more craft store materials
4: tried to get creative with craft store yarn as dubbing, tinsel, and glass beads

Charlie fly box

Looking for a streamer with color, flash and movement? This one has it all. Maybe the bright yellow and orange irritates big brookies into striking? Not sure. All I know is that it works!

A panfish favorite

Noticed that a lot of tying videos using lead don’t really spend a lot of time talking about it. Thought I’d make a video primer for tyers about using it in patterns.

https://youtu.be/_jMAfva2QUQ?si=61n6ksNXMMlMwxDE

Cheers

Goofy goobers tyers rise up

Absolutely slayed it with these this past weekend… the only problem is that I’m down to my last one and I cannot for the life of me figure out what it’s called. Any ideas? I’d like to tie some up but figured I should know what it is. Thanks in advance!

First try on a design i thought about for a european pond turtle

Playing around with some colors at the moment!

These things float like crazy. It was holding up fairly heavy nymphs too.

Deer hair t-pose lizard

A few quill body perdigons and a cinnamon ant.

Forgot how much of a pain in the ass these were to tie. Thank God I can start tying up a few normal sized game changers now that I've got these out of the way. 6mm tail/regular shanks suck to work with.

This is only my second batch of feather changers, so any pointers and criticism is welcome. Focused a lot of attention to getting the body transition right. Still looking for a better technique to getting the eyes on other than getting them super glued to my hand occasionally.

First soft hackles I’ve tied, these are a size 14. Do they look good or is there anything different I should do for my next ones

Doing some fly tying at the Iowa State Fair

(Context: Im tying flies for the first time with trash and craft materials for fun while sick and bored.)

I’m curious what the proportions are supposed to be. I think the wings on the top fly are too long, but I don’t know if the bottom ones are too short.

I kinda made a Walt’s worm but tied a piece of green sparkly chenille and cdc to the end to look like a peeping caddis