Holiday Fly Tying Contest ~ Stay Salty!

[onefish]

Free-styling at the vise with polar chenille, mallard and jig hooks… Calling this one a “Candy Cane Minnow”:
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What hook are you using here?

 

[Merle]

What hook are you using here?

It's a Firehole Sticks Model 523 #4. I've been using this hook a lot lately, provided I can get the box open.

-andy

 

[Scudley Do Right]

Another cutthroat spider.

 

[Buzzy]

 

[Scudley Do Right]

 

[BN2FSH]

A chartreuse kinky muddler.

 

[Merle]

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Wow, love this one. Is there a bead hiding behind the eyes?

 

[Scudley Do Right]

Wow, love this one. Is there a bead hiding behind the eyes?

Nope just epoxy

 

[the_grube]

Another cutthroat spider.View attachment 92596

Nice fly! What's the inner pearl white material

 

[Scudley Do Right]

Nice fly! What's the inner pearl white material

Fly tyers dungeon pearl starburst dubbing

 

[Jacob Watrous]

 

[Scudley Do Right]

 

[MillCreekMinnow]

Going to let this go until the end of this week before we narrow it down for voting. Post a pic if you have one to share. Happy New Year!

 

[clarkman]

Rabbit might go with Baja species...

 

[BriGuy]

Little Kwan for spooky florida redfish with hidden flattened lead eyes.
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Cool! I didn't know those flattened eyes were a thing. I do that to all my Clousers by backcasting them into the rocks behind me. Now I can fish my flat-eyed Clousers with pride.

 

[Bongoman]

 

[Bongoman]

 

[Otter]

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I sure like this one! The bands of light and dark tinsel suggest parr marks to me.

 

[Otter]

I appreciate people sharing their creativity in this thread (and in many others in this forum), which gives me inspiration and motivation. Thank you, merci, arigato, gracias, efharisto!