What's in your vise?
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wanderingrichard
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Norm, ever think about donating the Ukraine themed ones to their embassy when the series is done ?
Not sure if it’s a musky fly or a tuna fly. I’ll let the fish decide.
Edit: it looks a hot mess in the photo, much better in real life.
Edit: Randy says it's "musky".
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1/0 up front, 2 in the back.
Bucktail, craft fur, some kreelex and flashabou. Large lead eyes and stacked and trimmed head. I went a little quick and didn’t trim the head as well as I’d like to have. It comes in at about 7” but still should be no problem on my 8wt
I’m enjoying this flies, here’s to hoping they fish just as well. I’m going to be needing some new bucktail. Curious about the squimpish hair as well.
Bucktail, craft fur, some kreelex and flashabou. Large lead eyes and stacked and trimmed head. I went a little quick and didn’t trim the head as well as I’d like to have. It comes in at about 7” but still should be no problem on my 8wt
I’m enjoying this flies, here’s to hoping they fish just as well. I’m going to be needing some new bucktail. Curious about the squimpish hair as well.
Size 18 Comparadun for the Green River in May.
Tulk Special
Atlantic Salmon Fly
Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent
Thread - White under body; Black head
Tail - Yellow hackle fibers
Body - White, yellow, white and yellow uni yarn
Throat - Yellow hackle fibers
Wing - Deer hair
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Scottp
Legend
Found Link Caddis (variation)
Tied here as a Mother’s Day version.
hook - WFC Model 3 #14
thread - Veevus 8/0 black
egg sac - Globrite #11/resin
rib - xsmall wire chartreuse
body - medium tinsel peacock
hackle - dun
underwing - Congo Hair Baitfish Grey
wing - deer hair dyed dun
Regards,
Scott
Tied here as a Mother’s Day version.
hook - WFC Model 3 #14
thread - Veevus 8/0 black
egg sac - Globrite #11/resin
rib - xsmall wire chartreuse
body - medium tinsel peacock
hackle - dun
underwing - Congo Hair Baitfish Grey
wing - deer hair dyed dun
Regards,
Scott
Bastian's Floating Caddis Emerger
Don Bastian Originator
Hook - Mustad 3906, 94840, C068 or equivalent
Thread - Tan/wood duck
Shuck - White hi-vis
Ribbing - Pearl krystal flash
Abdomen - Olive dubbing
Overbody - Tan foam
Sight indicator - Orange poly yarn
Legs - Partridge
Head - Brown dubbing
I just got red beads so I tied one olive willy for yesterday and after no boobie love this got fish after a few casts and kept working. 
I really need a new pheasant skin, and don't have one dyed yellow for sure, so not getting carried away yet. The brown simiseal leach was better so I thought I'd mix the two.
I really need a new pheasant skin, and don't have one dyed yellow for sure, so not getting carried away yet. The brown simiseal leach was better so I thought I'd mix the two.
I love the underwing on that. Antron?
EmergingFisher
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White bunny 
Dr. Magill
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That’s a producer
Both
My best pheasant skins are road kill those old roosters are hard to get but in the spring they get a little careless.
My son and his dog get a bunch, so I may clean some skins., or I may just order some. I saw some I liked on the fly fish food site.
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mtskibum16
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Working on some flash flies for AK coho.
mtskibum16
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I bet I know what you’re up to there…
Pazooka
Originator - Len Phillips
Wet fly for rainbow trout
Hook - Mustad 3399, 3906 size 6-8
Thread - Black
Tail - A few fibers from a golden pheasant's tippet feather
Rib - Orange floss
Body - Green wool
Collar - A ring-necked pheasant rump feather
Wing - A few fibers from a golden pheasant's tippet feather
Fly Patterns of British Columbia - Arthur James Lingren
Doctor Mummy
Originator - Wilbur Beaty, 1930s
Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent
Thread - Red
Tip - Flat gold tinsel
Tail - Golden pheasant tippet fibers
Butt - Peacock herl
Rib - Oval gold tinsel
Body - Black floss
Hackle - Orange hen
Underwing - Ringneck pheasant tail fibers
*Wing - Barred mallard flank feather
Cheeks - Jungle cock
Trout Country Flies - Bruce Staples
*The barred mallard flank feathers I have are extremely poor quality. I have 2 one gallon bags of teal feathers that I will never use up in my remaining yeas on Earth, so that is what I used.
I notice a very large difference in feather quality in pheasants, I can go many years between really high quality skins from hunting. A story: many years ago I shot a really nice pheasant and I was thinking about taxidermy. I had made a comment to my dad about it, while I was at work he stopped by and plucked all of the rump feathers for large spey flies. I guess it saved me some money!