a couple of swimmin' minnows

[SteveKowalski]

emerald shinner (again...)
marabou (small longer chunk as a tail/ palmered body reinforced w/silver wire), flash,
4 olive hackle tip wing,
j.c. eyes
with a strip of flash wrapped over the wet head (sally) and then re-sealed
sculpin
olive marabou top,
tan rabbit strip belly (up past the eyes),
olive deer body hair spun head (top only)
yellow lead eyes

[Nick Pionessa]

those are nice Steve, great combination of materials.

[jeffraz]

Nice flies, Steve. Can you please elaborate on j.c. eyes? I am not familiar with them. Is the "j.c." simply the company that makes them or do the intitials relate to something else?

[chris hershey]

j.c. stands for jungle cock. It is a particular type of feather that produces the spots seen that can be tied in to look like eyes.

[WylieSchroederHaggerty]

looking good Steve! I especially like the bottom fly I will have to tie some of those up for inland browns.

[SteveKowalski]

Thanks guys

jeffraz, Chris is right jungle cock.
You can tie them with out eyes, they still will work. TONS of wiggle with the marabou & tips for the wing.

One thing I forgot to add (and you can't see) is, I use a "litebright" like crinkly flash stuff for a dubbed body, under the palmered marabou. It keeps the bou standing out, adds some body bulk.
I've tied them with different color dubbing bodies (not just flash) and it will glow through the bou, - pretty cool

[jeffraz]

Thanks guys. How foolish of me. I know what jungle cock is, but I was looking for eyes on the fly such as bead chain, clouser style, etc. And I teach kids for a living...

[Justin Damude]

Nice flies man.

"I had jungle cock once, got a shot and it cleared right up!"-----NP

[jeffraz]

Hilarious, I almost choked on my morning coffee.