What's in your vise?

[Norm Frechette]

Pale Rat

 

[Scottp]

Hare’s Ear Octopus

Notional. May try dyeing the chukar a deeper dun (or black) to make it stand out.

hook - WFC Model 6 #10
thread - SemperFli 8/0 tan
tail - Ice Dub pearl
rib - small wire silver
body - dubbing hare’s ear
hackle - grizzly
wing - deer hair
1st shoulder - chukar rump
2nd shoulder - sharptail rump

Regards,
Scott

 

[jasmillo]

Some smallish shrimp type stuff for SRC. Something to throw at picky sippers when I come across them. Taking inspiration from some of the beautiful classic flies some of you are posting here.

 

[Scottp]

Bullethead Hare’s Ear

Started out as a Dyret, but decided to change the front end.

hook - WFC Model 3 #8
thread - SemperFli Nano Silk 30d black
tail - deer hair
body - Ice Dub hare’s ear
hackle - grizzly
shoulder - partridge
collar/head - deer hair
indicator - 1mm foam orange

Regards,
Scott

 

[Paul_]

Spawn Flyfish has some cool new Flash Polliwog Tails out.
The son of Spawn Minnow-

 

[CanoeGuy]

I just tied up a few sardinas w/ that reinforced spine (I remembered I've done this before but can't recall the results). No need to touch the resin at all. I used thin UV and used the nozzle to drip it along and spread it around the strands of Krystal Flash.

did you put resin on the body too? That is the part that I am wondering about - specifically the durability of it

 

[adamcu280]

did you put resin on the body too? That is the part that I am wondering about - specifically the durability of it

yeah, I put thin UV resin about halfway up the hook shank down to halfway down the Krystal flash. There's still a bit of flex; the KF is not totally rigid. We'll see what happens if/when these get clobbered by toothy critters. I've made some thick UV scud patterns that shattered once I smashed them against the rocks on my beach back-casts, but I don't think my sardina patterns are going to be subjected to the same sort of abuse.

 

[Norm Frechette]

R/O Trinity

W/O Trinity

 

[Pink Nighty]

 

[GLC]

Just completed tying these 40 Bucktail Jigs for my grandnephew, who competes in the west coast BAM Super 60 and BAM ProAm bass tournament trail. They will primarily be use in the “Float N Fly” method, suspended under a large indicator with conventional gear.

 

[Norm Frechette]

The Zebra

 

[Norm Frechette]

B.B.L

Hook - Single salmon
Thread - White
Body - Silver polyglitter tinsel (Bill's body braid)
Wing - Purple over red bucktail or substitute
Throat - Bright blue bucktail or substitute; tied body length

Author's Note

The pattern for this fly, came from the fine book by Bruce Ferguson, Les Johnson, and Pat Trotter, Fly Fishing For Pacific Salmon. They write that this fly is a Bristol Bay Lodge pattern. It is said to be a good pattern for freshwater Coho.

www.angelfire.com

 

[Norm Frechette]

Pheasant Tail Flymph

Hook - Standard heavy wet/nymph
Thread - Olive
Tail - Pheasant tail fibers
Ribbing - Fine copper wire
Body - Pheasant tail fibers
Thorax - Peacock ice dub
Hackle - Gray hungarian partridge

Pheasant Tail Simplicity - Yvon Chouinard

 

[Eastside]

Pheasant Tail Flymph

Hook - Standard heavy wet/nymph
Thread - Olive
Tail - Pheasant tail fibers
Ribbing - Fine copper wire
Body - Pheasant tail fibers
Thorax - Peacock ice dub
Hackle - Gray hungarian partridge

Pheasant Tail Simplicity - Yvon Chouinard

Nicely done. I bought that book recently and am tying some of the patterns. He authored it with Craig Mathews and Mauro Mazzo. Last summer, I fished around Dillon Montana where there is a Patagonia outlet store and Chouinard has provided a lot of support for the community.

 

[Scottp]

Pheasant Rump Muddler

Playing around with various pheasant parts; back end looks like a lit afterburner.

hook - WFC Model 21 #6
thread - SemperFli Nano Silk 30d black
butt - UV-X ET dubbing caddis orange
shroud - pheasant aftershaft
rib - small wire silver
body - pheasant rump fibers (twisted)
hackle - ginger
shoulder - pheasant rump
collar/head - deer hair

Regards,
Scott

 

[Zak]

Vermont Caddis, size 12. This fly fishes well dry, as a wet fly, and suspended vertically with the body underwater and the hackle resting in the film, like a struggling emerger.

 

[Zak]

Ausable bomber, size 12.

 

[Zak]

 

[Tom Butler]

Ausable bomber, size 12.

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I like that one, think it would fish well in these parts.

 

[Matt B]

Ausable bomber, size 12.

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Perhaps shares DNA with the old Smoky Mountain patterns Orange Palmer, female Palmers (had a lady Amherst tail) etc. Those old flies still work!

"Orange Palmer"/ "Yellow Palmer"

These are two simple patterns from Roger Lowe's Smoky Mountain Fly Pattern Guide. They are easy to tie and look like they would work well ...

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