These are just fun. I hope the fish, I’ve barely fished any, will like them as much as I like tying, casting and fishing them. Have on order more colors of marabou and some dyed mallard flanks to make even more color combinations.

Anyhow, it’s fun to have something new, new to me, to work on. I could just toss something like a clouser every time I fished, but some variety and options makes it more stimulating for me.

Gartside soft hackle streamers work in freshwater, too.

Look like the fish definitely like em. Mallard and pintail flank dyes pretty well with koolaid as does wood duck and teal if you don't want to order it. I did some in pink and purple for traditional catskill flies when I was stationed at Ft. Knox. I'm kinda far sighted so I needed something that stood out on the narrow confines of tiny streams in the Smokies when I ventured that way. Pink for sunny days and dark purple for cloudy days.

Do they still make cool-aid? I grew up on cherry and grape cool-aid. I haven’t tried using any dye like that, but it’s worth a shot. What the recipe, x amount of time in the solution gets it done?

Pretty sure they still make it. I never used exact recipes. Just use heavier amount for deeper colors. You get it all dissolved in the water bring it up to boil and then drop the feathers in and then take it off the heat. The longer you leave em in the more color they will absorb. Tea and coffee are also good that's how I got "wood duck" flank from mallards when the woodies wouldn't play in the decoys.

Trying some more color combinations.

Man those look good. Bet you could even build the head up a bit and slap some decal eyes on them.

True.

Got the gartside soft hackle streamer into action yesterday. It’s the only thing I could get an eat on from on the redfish.

Getting a little low on chartreuse through attrition and wanted to try a couple in pink. Size one Mustad Stingers.