Bob Weinberger wrote:

Nicely done flies and nicely photographed. They should work very well for
opportunisticly feeding trout in the relatively sterile waters where you
intend to use them.
One minor suggestion: for selective trout in relatively fertile waters (e.g.
Penns or the Henry's Fork) you should consider tying them much more
sparsely, especially the tails. Even though many of those patterns are
considered "regional", tied appropriately, they will work well almost any
where trout are present.

even here, sparser ties seem to do better. except when they don't... g

jeff