That was awesome Al. You're the first person I've seen tie that marvel of a fly. I tied it when I got my first cock neck. I followed the instructions in the Orvis Fly Pattern Index. Took me a while but it came out pretty good. I only tied one and never fished it, lol. A while back Fly Tyer had an article by Al Ritt on the magazines 40th anniversary, the Water Walker was featured. The second fly you tied was great, explosion of hackle barbs. Thanks to you and Gretchen for all your work.
Interesting as I have used this pattern since 1980 or so . I learned to tie the hackles in facing forward between the wings as illustrated in the 1978 Orvis Index Of Fly Patterns.
