What's in your vise?

[Tom Butler]

I can't rotate my pictures either. Let me know if you find a solution!

@Crazywednesday . This problem has popped up before, for a work around for now, if you open it in your phone or whatever, then resize or otherwise edit, then save, it will load how stored.

 

[Buzzy]

The chimney broke off my shop in a windstorm so I havnt tied much as of late but here is some older pics i had laying aroundView attachment 1505View attachment 1506View attachment 1507

The red bead head chironomids you've shown (and did years ago) were very effective at that big lake halfway between our homes. Thanks for that tip years ago.

 

[sal_the_salmon]

The red bead head chironomids you've shown (and did years ago) were very effective at that big lake halfway between our homes. Thanks for that tip years ago.

always been a good bet for me in EWA spring. i really like the purple/red holographic flash body on them

 

[Buzzy]

always been a good bet for me in EWA spring. i really like the purple/red holographic flash body on them

Four or five years ago I was fishing a lake near Kamloops with two friends. Day one at the lake was lights out midge fishing with a simple chromie and a blue bead head chromie. Day two: I must have changed flies a dozen times (two rods) without so much as even a subtle indication. Keith was anchored behind me, and I could hear him - fish jumping, him cussing when he'd lose one, his net banging on the side of his pram. Finally I asked him "what are you using"? His response was "a purple people eater" (a big purple midge). Purple can be very effective.

 

[Norm Frechette]

Evil Weevil - Pheasant Tail Version

Hook - Mustad C068 or equivalent

Bead - Copper brass or tungsten

Weight - Lead/lead free wire

Thread - Olive

Tail - Pheasant tail fibers

Ribbing - Copper wire

Back - Scud back

Body - Pheasant tail fibers

Wing case - Scud back

Thorax - Sybai peacock dubbing

Legs - Brown goose biots

 

[Wanative]

@Crazywednesday . This problem has popped up before, for a work around for now, if you open it in your phone or whatever, then resize or otherwise edit, then save, it will load how stored.

That's what I did and it worked.

 

[Cowlitz Bottomfeeder]

I hope that people that tie ordinary flies for everyday fishing won't be too intimidated by the Art Flies that have become so predominant on the fly tying pages. As beautiful as the flies are they don't represent what is needed for daily fishing where you might lose a dozen flies a day under normal circumstances. I for one have been intimidated by page after page of complex brilliantly colored flies that are museum quality but lack practicality. I would like to see more fishable flies that would be at home in area lakes and streams and particularly flies that those of us with modest skills can readily tie. I admire the skill it takes to tie the Art Flies but in the end get more out of watching a guy on YouTube tie a Perdigon nymph or a caddis pupa that I can use locally.

And yes-I realize that my remarks will generate some criticism......

They ain’t gonna like this but it catches fish.

 

[mcswny]

They ain’t gonna like this but it catches fish. View attachment 1815

Im pretty sure 90% of the flys that are tied in this section are intended to be fished?

 

[Long_Rod_Silvers]

Im pretty sure 90% of the flys that are tied in this section are intended to be fished?

Those flies Denwor, Paige and Buddha are tying I'd feel guilty fishing, but I'd still fish them.

 

[Cowlitz Bottomfeeder]

That feller with the big head from the other forum told me he hardly ever used attractors so I started using this one. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t.

 

[GAT]

They ain’t gonna like this but it catches fish. View attachment 1815

Around these parts and this time of year, that is one of the most effective patterns you can use fished closed to the bank. Especially on the McKenzie and Willamette ...

 

[Canuck from Kansas]

Jeebus, turn your back for 10 minutes and there's 5 new pages up - you guys are way too productive, but oh my, some really nice ties.

cheers

 

[Dr. Magill]

That dubbing from Nightmare is insane. Thanks for the tip @clarkman

Blondie
The length of the dubbing is a game changer

 

[Long_Rod_Silvers]

That dubbing from Nightmare is insane. Thanks for the tip @clarkman
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Blondie
The length of the dubbing is a game changer

Holy smokes, that's dubbing?

 

[Dr. Magill]

Holy smokes, that's dubbing?

The head is
It’s so long that- for a dubbed head- it kinda incorporates into the body.
Looks good wet but of course we need to cast it, swim it, and fish it.
That’s where the $$$ is

 

[Denwor54]

Those flies Denwor, Paige and Buddha are tying I'd feel guilty fishing, but I'd still fish them.

My flies are intended to be fished and they do work, I can’t speak for Paige or Buddha

 

[Long_Rod_Silvers]

The head is
It’s so long that- for a dubbed head- it kinda incorporates into the body.
Looks good wet but of course we need to cast it, swim it, and fish it.
That’s where the $$$ is

Mind sharing the name of it? I tried looking for "nightmare dubbing" on google and got a lot of bizarre results about what I'm assuming is some sort of techno underground culture type music.

 

[clarkman]

That dubbing from Nightmare is insane. Thanks for the tip @clarkman
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Blondie
The length of the dubbing is a game changer

That fly looks sweet!!!

 

[cole_p]

March madness.

What’s March madness? Or is this one of those “if you have to ask...” things

 

[Stonedfish]

That dubbing from Nightmare is insane. Thanks for the tip @clarkman
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Blondie
The length of the dubbing is a game changer

I like how long that dubbing is.
Does it repel water well?
Do you have a link where to buy it?
SF