What's in your vise?
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Protein Tinsel Variation
Protein Tinsel Variation II
Steelhead Flies of Edward L Hass - Art of Angling Journal - Spring 2002
Leprechaun
Scottp
Legend
Chartreuse Muddler
hook - WFC Model 6 #6
thread - SemperFli Nano Silk 30d black
tail - yarn chartreuse/deer hair (spun)
rib - small wire hot yellow
body - Ice Dub insect green
hackle - chartreuse
shoulder - dyed Silver Doctor Blue (1 packs koolaid Ice Blue Raspberry/1 cup water)
collar/head - deer hair
Regards,
Scott
hook - WFC Model 6 #6
thread - SemperFli Nano Silk 30d black
tail - yarn chartreuse/deer hair (spun)
rib - small wire hot yellow
body - Ice Dub insect green
hackle - chartreuse
shoulder - dyed Silver Doctor Blue (1 packs koolaid Ice Blue Raspberry/1 cup water)
collar/head - deer hair
Regards,
Scott
Bongoman
Legend
My Throw Back Thursday fly.
Ally's Shrimp
In the August 1988 issue of Trout and Salmon Alastair Gowans revealed his latest creation — the Ally’s Shrimp — to the salmon fishing world. Little did he realize, then, what an impact it would have.
In his article Alastair wrote: “It is worth a try any time from late spring to late autumn, and fish have been taken on it from the Dee, Tay, Tummel, Tweed and Esks.” Since then the Ally’s Shrimp has probably taken fish from every salmon producing river in the world.
Alastair Gowans’s intention was to produce an illusion of something “shrimpy” and semi translucent, like the creatures he had caught while on board a trawler fishing the Minch.
As with any fly (particularly a salmon fly) it is a fact that the more people who fish a particular pattern, the greater the number of fish that will be caught on it, but the Ally’s Shrimp does seem to be something special, and few fishers would admit to never having fished the fly at one time or another.
The original shown here has spawned a host of color variants, perhaps the most successful among them the Yellow, Purple and White Ally’s Shrimp.
Ally's Shrimp
In the August 1988 issue of Trout and Salmon Alastair Gowans revealed his latest creation — the Ally’s Shrimp — to the salmon fishing world. Little did he realize, then, what an impact it would have.
In his article Alastair wrote: “It is worth a try any time from late spring to late autumn, and fish have been taken on it from the Dee, Tay, Tummel, Tweed and Esks.” Since then the Ally’s Shrimp has probably taken fish from every salmon producing river in the world.
Alastair Gowans’s intention was to produce an illusion of something “shrimpy” and semi translucent, like the creatures he had caught while on board a trawler fishing the Minch.
As with any fly (particularly a salmon fly) it is a fact that the more people who fish a particular pattern, the greater the number of fish that will be caught on it, but the Ally’s Shrimp does seem to be something special, and few fishers would admit to never having fished the fly at one time or another.
The original shown here has spawned a host of color variants, perhaps the most successful among them the Yellow, Purple and White Ally’s Shrimp.
Fly refurbishment. This hard wet ant has caught more than a few trout over the last 10-12 years. I should have taken a "before" photo, but all the legs were broken off, the hard coating (SHHAN) was broken apart, and the thread body was starting to unravel. I put it back in the vise, laid another layer of black thread over the body, added new starling legs, and reapplied a few coats of SHHAN.
New life for an old fly!
New life for an old fly!
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Hook- Firehole Sticks 633, size 10
Thread- Danvile waxed 6/0, red
Boobies- small white
Body- some mystery estaz-type stuff that I unfortunately lost the bag for, pictures below (maybe FNF?), fibers stroked back every turn
Collar- tip of chartreuse marabou feather left over making a tail on another fly.
I know mine do
Even mine do dat.
