Wow, two fast and very useful replies .... this UseNet thing might
have potential G

Tom wrote
Now, for those, as you might be, who dislike flies that don't look 'neat'
and precise, these two designs might not be your cup of tea.

I am very much of the shaggy is usually better school. Your
comment brought a fun morning from last August to mind, I share it as
a kind of belated TR G

In the area between what's called the Islands and the area called
Bonefish Flat on my beloved HFork I was working a sparse morning that
included callibaetis, midges, and some PMD spinners.

I fished a very shaggy fly that I have dubbed a Trusty Musky ... think
Muskrat and Partridge soft hackle fished IN the film. It, imho,
does a very good job for both midges and callibaetis, but for very
different reasons.

I caught a fair number of fish including the only large one taken that
morning in this popular section. One of the other anglers was Bob,
who, literally, fishes the Ranch virtually every day of the season and
has for many years .... he is a FAR better "ranch hand" than I am,
most days. When we passed as he worked down and me up, he
commented on how I was beating him and the others this particular
morning, and asked what pattern the big fish had eaten.

I told him ( I know him well and he is an excellent and very 'neat'
tier) that I'd show him, but, that he should brace himself first
G I handed him the end of the tippet and his look was priceless,
and mainly he just stammered, "What the hell is that supposed to
be?"