Tying and fishing out west

Dorian kind of worked in my favorite and turned a 1 week vacation to Utah/Wyoming into a 2 week vacation. Didn't get any pics of the fish but plenty of wildlife which hopefully i can post soon. Fishing was great though. Caught my first brook trout, and plenty of browns and rainbows. Mostly 16-20". Some smaller fish mixed in but no studs even know I tried working some big streamers super hard. Best area was the Hams Fork. Fish were everywhere and being stupid. Caught a bunch on nymphs and streamers and even managed some on dries but trying to see a #20 dry gets old so mainly stuck with my streamer. Fished 2 days in Yellowstone too. Caught a bunch of small 10-14" trout there. They loved the big hoppers just had troubling taking them down.
Now onto the tying. Dorian got be behind on my fly tying so been playing catch up since I got back. Tied more silverside surf candies than i can count and a bunch of redfish and mullet flies. Need a recommendation for the Brush mullet. Its currently between 4.5-5" but i have had a lot of request to make it about 9" long. I tired adding articulations but didn't like the result. Thinking some big saddles might be my best bet. Open to opinions.Maybe I should write a letter to EP and let them know I need a 6" Chromatic brush.


Now onto the tying. Dorian got be behind on my fly tying so been playing catch up since I got back. Tied more silverside surf candies than i can count and a bunch of redfish and mullet flies. Need a recommendation for the Brush mullet. Its currently between 4.5-5" but i have had a lot of request to make it about 9" long. I tired adding articulations but didn't like the result. Thinking some big saddles might be my best bet. Open to opinions.Maybe I should write a letter to EP and let them know I need a 6" Chromatic brush.


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Anything long I tie using Puglisi fibers tangles around the hook.
How do you prevent that? Do you wind that brush around the hook?
grace finds goodness in everything ...
If using long EP fibers to tie a EP peanut butter I add a mono loop off the back. It helps alot with those longer fibers fouling and most people never even notice it is there.
I stopped using any form of Puglisi fibers for my tarpon flies.
Maybe I can try them again.
grace finds goodness in everything ...
That thing could live in an aquarium!
grace finds goodness in everything ...
Working on some flexo crabs too. Just waiting on some chenille to come in for the legs. Sili legs don't look like they are going to cut it for me. This one drops like a stone.
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