What's in your vise?

[Bongoman]

Didn't get the 4 separate wing segments perfect but it'll fish. 3 more to go for that one and then 4 each of 4 more patterns for a buddy this morning. My desk is going to be a disaster with 3 out of the 5 having Marabou wings

 

[Brute]

Those northerns you were thinking about earlier would like those, too!

Perhaps…but they are smaller than you think…especially next to a couple pike flies I had tied earlier…

 

[Brute]

Mink white
Flat diamond braid pearl
Red hen saddle
Collar mink gray
Tung cone med blk nickel

 

[FinLuver]

Didn't get the 4 separate wing segments perfect but it'll fish. 3 more to go for that one and then 4 each of 4 more patterns for a buddy this morning. My desk is going to be a disaster with 3 out of the 5 having Marabou wings

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I tried that one in my earlier days of tying…
Fun lil’ fly

 

[Bongoman]

I tried that one in my earlier days of tying…
Fun lil’ fly

Catches a lot of fish both steelhead and a great coho fly as well

 

[rudyc]

"Can you please share the materials for your ant patterns? Very interesting looking flies./Pat"

little plastic beads covered with UV resin, crystal flash for the legs
pretty easy really, even for someone with Tootsise Rolls for fingers like me.

 

[Matt B]

Upstream sinker, downstream swinger, in sz. 8 w/ 4.6
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Some small stuff for searuns.


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I'm struck by how similar these patterns are--at their core anyway--but intended for rather different fisheries. In the end, I guess trout are trout, and flies are flies.

^Feel free to begin or end your evocative novella with this line.

Great ties all around.

 

[FinLuver]

"Can you please share the materials for your ant patterns? Very interesting looking flies./Pat"

little plastic beads covered with UV resin, crystal flash for the legs
pretty easy really, even for someone with Tootsise Rolls for fingers like me.

Oh you just opened up a can of ingenuity worms.

I can see my thread bump egg patterns becoming a whole lot easier to tie.

WATCH OUT WHITEFISH EGG EATERS!!!

 

[Kfish]

I'm struck by how similar these patterns are--at their core anyway--but intended for rather different fisheries. In the end, I guess trout are trout, and flies are flies.

^Feel free to begin or end your evocative novella with this line.

Great ties all around.

Beneath the mirrored skies
We cast our fragile lies
For trout are trout
And flies are flies

 

[tkww]

Didn't get the 4 separate wing segments perfect but it'll fish. 3 more to go for that one and then 4 each of 4 more patterns for a buddy this morning. My desk is going to be a disaster with 3 out of the 5 having Marabou wings

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Funny you mention it. I remember have a very similar question when I tied mine up many years ago. Anyway, I was just thinking about this pattern again this fall--contemplating how to convert it into a more intruder-style.

 

[Brute]

March brown soft hackle
Fm 5025 grab gape 10
Tail teal flank brown
Body hares mask/Davey’s bug dub med brown
Rib oval gold tinsel sm
Partridge brown

 

[Zak]

Adams size 14.

 

[Zak]

Peccary parachute, size 12. I used the rest of the griz and brown feathers from a size 14 without thinking so the hackle is a bit undersized. Whoops.

 

[clarkman]

Upstream sinker, downstream swinger, in sz. 8 w/ 4.6
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that's what I love about that style to begin with....so versatile.

 

[clarkman]

Quick stripping swinger for winter steelhead for whenever certain waters drop enough. I've been fishing this for the last several years with good success with both swinging and stripping. There's a 4mm bead buried in there to help it get to the perfect depth.


In case you're wondering why I don't go with trailer hook instead, it's basically like this: a trailer hook for stripping sucks far more than a standard hook for swinging.

 

[Norm Frechette]

Goshawk Hairwing

 

[Scottp]

Bloody Kate Muddler

hook - WFC Model 6 #10
thread - SemperFli Nano Silk 30d black
tail - yarn sunburst
rib - small wire silver
body - Ice Dub Harder’s Bloody Black
hackle - furnace
shoulder - mottled hen back
collar/head - deer hair

Regards,
Scott

 

[Stonedfish]

A few searun buggers.
SF

 

[Brute]

Body muskrat-davey’s bug dub nat hare
Thorax davey’s bug dub blk
Copper wire sm
Male ringneck pheasant hackle for tail & collar (thanks @SpeyrodGB)

I got these mixed bag (12 bags to be exact) of hackles, some of which Im not sure what bird they are from…i’m sure someone here does

 

[SpeyrodGB]

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Body muskrat-davey’s bug dub nat hare
Thorax davey’s bug dub blk
Copper wire sm
Unknown hackle for tail & collar

I got these mixed bag (12 bags to be exact) of hackles, some of which Im not sure what bird they are from…i’m sure someone here does

The bag of feathers is from male ringneck pheasant.