What's in your vise?

[clarkman]

little 8" 5 segment bull trout pattern.

Even though I'm pretty good at cutting way back on materials, a lot went into the guts on this. 3 20mm segments in the back: tail, then 2 segments of 2 types of flash with fox, then a 2/0 Ahrex TP610 with bucktail, flash, & saddle hackle, then a 35mm shank up front with bucktail, flash, saddle, FTD big game dubbed head, fish skull.

Once I get her wet, she'll slim down nicely....if (when) I lose this, I might cry.

 

[Pink Nighty]

little 8" 5 segment bull trout pattern.

Even though I'm pretty good at cutting way back on materials, a lot went into the guts on this. 3 20mm segments in the back: tail, then 2 segments of 2 types of flash with fox, then a 2/0 Ahrex TP610 with bucktail, flash, & saddle hackle, then a 35mm shank up front with bucktail, flash, saddle, FTD big game dubbed head, fish skull.

Once I get her wet, she'll slim down nicely....if (when) I lose this, I might cry.

When I dream of a perfect bull fly, it doesn't even come close to this. Hold on tight man!

 

[clarkman]

When I dream of a perfect bull fly, it doesn't even come close to this. Hold on tight man!

Thanks! This is the reason I prefer to throw my 10wt for them....

 

[Stonedfish]

little 8" 5 segment bull trout pattern.

Even though I'm pretty good at cutting way back on materials, a lot went into the guts on this. 3 20mm segments in the back: tail, then 2 segments of 2 types of flash with fox, then a 2/0 Ahrex TP610 with bucktail, flash, & saddle hackle, then a 35mm shank up front with bucktail, flash, saddle, FTD big game dubbed head, fish skull.

Once I get her wet, she'll slim down nicely....if (when) I lose this, I might cry.

That should cast perfectly on 6X
SF

 

[clarkman]

That sound cast perfectly on 6X
SF

I'm pretty sure that it'll work perfectly on @jaredoconnor 's euro rod....

 

[mcswny]

Thanks! This is the reason I prefer to throw my 10wt for them....

If it didn’t have the fish skull, I bet it wouldn’t be that bad on an 8wt

 

[jaredoconnor]

That should cast perfectly on 6X
SF

6x would be a bit ambitious. It's probably more of a 5.5x deal.

FYI...

The benefits of streamer fishing.......on a Euro nymphing leader

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A stunning bull trout Gilbert Rowley caught while fishing a streamer on Euro nymphing leader in a pocket barely big enough to hide this fish.

 

[Stonedfish]

6x would be a bit ambitious. It's probably more of a 5.5x deal.

FYI...

The benefits of streamer fishing.......on a Euro nymphing leader

Before I get started with this post let me make a quick announcement since it’s official now. In June I am leaving my day job and taking on Tactical Fly Fisher as a full time commitment. We will be relocating to Utah and I will be starting an attached guide service and taking a few trips a...

www.tacticalflyfisher.com

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Thanks for the lesson…...I’ve never caught a bull trout.
SF

 

[clarkman]

If it didn’t have the fish skull, I bet it wouldn’t be that bad on an 8wt

true story...doesn't have a whole lot of actual weight besides that. At some point, I'll tie up something that's unweighted....because, you know, I don't have enough flies.

 

[Kfish]

Building chassis, my least favorite part. Now I can solely enjoy wrapping the soft parts.

 

[jasmillo]

Some stuff for the coho box. I’ve already tied but 4 dozen stinger clousers. A couple more here, plus some regular clousers, a couple of generic baitfish, a couple of hot head things and even two tube flies because…we’ll, why not. My vice has an attachment for it and until these two, I have never used it.

 

[clarkman]

6x would be a bit ambitious. It's probably more of a 5.5x deal.

FYI...

The benefits of streamer fishing.......on a Euro nymphing leader

Before I get started with this post let me make a quick announcement since it’s official now. In June I am leaving my day job and taking on Tactical Fly Fisher as a full time commitment. We will be relocating to Utah and I will be starting an attached guide service and taking a few trips a...

www.tacticalflyfisher.com

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soooo, sample size of one....cool.


oh, btw, the vast majority of his streamer fish are via non-euro methods. And the majority of his euro bulls are egg patterns....(hint, any time big bulls are caught on video where you can't see the fly, it's 99.9% an egg pattern).

 

[Stonedfish]

Building chassis, my least favorite part. Now I can solely enjoy wrapping the soft parts.

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Lou,
One thing I do to speed things up a bit when building a bunch of those is to go ahead and tie the flash on now, rather then tying it in under the wing since you’ll be cutting the front hook off eventually anyway.
It gives the finished fly pretty much the same appearance.
SF

 

[mcswny]

Thanks for the lesson…...I’ve never caught a bull trout.
SF

I’ll report back next week!
I’ll fish something big with 12lb maxima and I’ll have my kid fish a wooly bugger on 5.5x on her echo gecko. We’ll see how that pans out.

 

[Kfish]

Lou,
One thing I do to speed things up a bit when building a bunch of those is to go ahead and tie the flash on now, rather then tying it in under the wing since you’ll be cutting the front hook off eventually anyway.
It gives the finished fly pretty much the same appearance.
SF

Brian, you mean flash on the rear shank?

 

[Stonedfish]

Brian, you mean flash on the rear shank?

No, I just tie the flash in on top the shank of the front hook, starting from the back of the eyes.
I leave it long enough so it goes at least to the rear hook.
SF

 

[Kfish]

No, I just tie the flash in on top the shank of the front hook, starting from the back of the eyes.
I leave it long enough so it goes at least to the rear hook.
SF

Oh right, that's what I meant, rear of the shank. OK makes sense, will try it next time.

 

[rattlesnake]

Not good at spinning and trimming hair bugs so have been working on that some. Plus a few murdichs

 

[mcswny]

Not good at spinning and trimming hair bugs so have been working on that some. Plus a few murdichs

I beg to disagree, those look great.

 

[clarkman]

Not good at spinning and trimming hair bugs so have been working on that some. Plus a few murdichs

yeah, I disagree as well...looks like those things will fish really really well!