Filling a fly box

So, I have three weeks off work to help with the newborn. I've been taking first night shift with the baby, which pretty much means sitting with him and just waiting for him to wake up to do a diaper and a bottle. There's a whole lot of waiting in between feedings.

I came across an empty fly box today and decided that I'm going to try and fill it with 200-300 flies in the next few weeks, tying while the baby sleeps.

I brought the bare essentials upstairs and set up at the kitchen table.

Up first, the rubber rat midge. I'll post clearer pictures of this pattern later because it works amazingly well but as for now, I'm posting from my iPhone with a baby on my lap. I knocked out a dozen tonight.