photos by Mårten Lindhé
what i’m noticing more and more are fly tiers focussing on imitating other fly tier’s imitations rather than the naturals. true, very effective fishing flies don’t necessarily have to have a lot of detail and many, many of these effective flies don’t really look at all like their model… but i kind of see this situation similar to when a story gets passed on from word of mouth: it always gets transformed at each telling and often to the point where the end has little to do with the beginning. anyhow, here’s not only some eye candy but hopefully a little food for thought.
Baetidae from above and below -

Rhyacophila larva from the top -

and from the side -

Hydropsyche-larva side view and from above -

Leptophlebia marginata -

Leptophlebia marginata spent -

be sure to visit Mårten’s site XtremeFlyFishing.se for more awesome images. enjoy !
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