What's in your vise?
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Trying some mods to the jiggy craw after watching some videos, knotted pinchers, moved the grouse aft, imitation wood duck palmer and scud back. Probably more effort than it's worth.
Noticed I was so fixated on getting the wire through the palmer I didn't wrap the scud back. Oh well, next one, maybe.
Noticed I was so fixated on getting the wire through the palmer I didn't wrap the scud back. Oh well, next one, maybe.
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Tying some soft hackles for my best friend. He was with me when I shot the grouse I’m using to tie them
It’s like the same thing, but different
Anybody else tie soft hackles like this?
I've done a few of these articles now for American Fly Fishing Magazine. Never have shared them here, but thought I might as well start.
I understand perdigons (and many other sparsely tied jig nymphs) work unbelievably well. I like the CDC "soft hackle" ones as well. But, I really like throwing an actual soft hackle feather on many of my jigs. I came up with this one last summer, after a CDC one stopped producing for me on my local in early July. This fly, especially as a dropper under that last fly I posted has been extremely succesful for me. It has caught many fish in Washington, Canada, and Wyoming now.
Anyways, always cool for me to see a fly I created on the cover of a magazine!
I understand perdigons (and many other sparsely tied jig nymphs) work unbelievably well. I like the CDC "soft hackle" ones as well. But, I really like throwing an actual soft hackle feather on many of my jigs. I came up with this one last summer, after a CDC one stopped producing for me on my local in early July. This fly, especially as a dropper under that last fly I posted has been extremely succesful for me. It has caught many fish in Washington, Canada, and Wyoming now.
Anyways, always cool for me to see a fly I created on the cover of a magazine!
I like the bead behind the hackle; I don't see this style of "beadhead" as often as a bead in front of the hackle (or maybe I'm just unobservant?). Sometimes I don't want a bead.
Squirrel tail nymph
Grayone
Steelhead
Bet that wakes very well!!!Thunderthighs Muddler
hook - WFC Model 16 #6
thread - Uni 6/0 camel
body - Starburst dubbing tan
legs - 2mm foam tan
indicator - 1mm foam orange
collar/head -deer hair
Regards,
Scott
A little bluegill popper that’s simple on paper but really clumsy to tie, at least for me
I super glue the foam together on Triangle flies like that.
They make a bunch of commotion on the water surface and the pan fish can't swallow the whole fly. They worked ok for a pond fly for me. @Northern has a gurgler-type fly that I like better.
Scottp
Legend
Muddled Stimi Skater
Playing around with ways to use up the scraps from all the Plows I’ve been tying.
hook - WFC Model 6 #6
thread/rib - Uni 6/0 camel
tail - elk hair
rib - x-small wire gold
body - Ice Dub pheasant tail
hackle - Cree
shoulder - pheasant rump
collar/head - deer hair
lip - 2mm foam tan
Regards,
Scott
Playing around with ways to use up the scraps from all the Plows I’ve been tying.
hook - WFC Model 6 #6
thread/rib - Uni 6/0 camel
tail - elk hair
rib - x-small wire gold
body - Ice Dub pheasant tail
hackle - Cree
shoulder - pheasant rump
collar/head - deer hair
lip - 2mm foam tan
Regards,
Scott
Not good mods. The knotted rubber just fouled the pine squirrel, and really just killed the movement. Palmer didn't work right, should have stripped one side and worked harder to make it flow back like a spey fly. My regular version worked fine.
The fish are most likely ambivalent regarding the lack of consistency.
In fact, they are consistently ambivalent...