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Scottp

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AFM II

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Experimented with a spun deer hair tail which didn’t really add anything.

hook - WFC Model 6 #10
thread - SemperFli 8/0 beige
tag - Orvis Saltwater thread fluoro orange/resin
tail - deer hair
abdomen - Starburst dubbing gold
body hackle - ginger
wing - Congo Hair shiner tan
shoulder - pheasant rump
collar/head - deer hair

Regards,
Scott
 

Norm Frechette

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The Grand Duke Special

Rear Hook – Mustad 9671 or equivalent, size 8
Thread - Black
Tail – Red hackle
Ribbing – Oval silver tinsel
Body - Burnt orange floss

Connecting wire – Beadalon .015, .018 or .024-inch diameter wire

Front hook – Mustad 9671 or equivalent, size 6
Thread – Black
Ribbing – Flat silver tinsel
Body - Burnt orange floss
Ribs – Oval silver tinsel
Throat - Red hackle
Wing – Lavender bucktail over mauve krystal flash over white bucktail
Topping – Peacock herl
Cheeks – Jungle cock
Eyes – Painted black over white (Optional)

Orientation of the rear hook may be pointed upward or downward as desired
 

Scottp

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Spruce Moth Dyret

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Probably should have used tan thread but I wasn’t planning on a spruce moth when I started tying this.

hook - WFC Model 3 #10
thread - SemperFli 8/0 brown
tail/head - deer hair
abdomen/thorax - Starburst dubbing tan
body hackle - ginger
wing - Congo Hair shiner tan
shoulder - pheasant rump

Regards,
Scott
 

RichS

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I love the Goddard Caddis in large sizes for traveling sedges, stuck in the shuck hex emergers and in this case October Caddis. In Minnesota I used this early in the AM to imitate hex that were stuck in the nymphal shuck and motoring around in circles on the lakes surfaces trying to get free.
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Goddard Caddis- October Caddis
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Body/wing: deer hair spun and clipped
Underbody: Poly yarn looped arond the back and under the body and tied off in front. Vary the color to match the insect (traveling sedge, Hex and October caddis are all about the same size).
Antennae (optional)- stripped ackle stems
Hackle: Brown and grizzly mixed
 

Buzzy

I prefer to call them strike indicators.
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I love the Goddard Caddis in large sizes for traveling sedges, stuck in the shuck hex emergers and in this case October Caddis. In Minnesota I used this early in the AM to imitate hex that were stuck in the nymphal shuck and motoring around in circles on the lakes surfaces trying to get free.
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Goddard Caddis- October Caddis
TMC 5212 #8
Body/wing: deer hair spun and clipped
Underbody: Poly yarn looped arond the back and under the body and tied off in front. Vary the color to match the insect (traveling sedge, Hex and October caddis are all about the same size).
Antennae (optional)- stripped ackle stems
Hackle: Brown and grizzly mixed
Rich - I've only been able to witness and fish a travelling sedge hatch once in all the years I've been fishing - what were the rises like to the big hexaginia stuck in their shuck motoring around?
 

RichS

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Much like traveling sedges- more like bass than typical trout rises. During the hex hatch big trout that were seldom or never caught otherwise would come out of hiding. The walleye fisherman generally hated the hex hatch as the walleye would be stuffed with nymphs and uninterested in the usual minnows and leeches.

I have only fished traveling sedges on Georgetown Lake it is quite predictable around Fourth of July, which is the same schedule as hex’s in N Minnesota.
 

Norm Frechette

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Blue Thunder

Steelhead

Ian James of Guelph, Ontario, Canada, originated this pattern

Hook - Single Salmon
Thread - Black
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Flat silver tinsel
Wing - White bucktail tied over the body, with an over wing of a small bunch of purple flashabou accent (krystal flash)

Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
 

Norm Frechette

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Chief

Steelhead

Originator unknown, but the fly popped up in northern California around 1950 and was popular for three or four seasons.

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Scarlet red hackle barbs

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Dubbed with brown-gray raccoon fur

Wing - Dyed black squirrel tail tied over the body and extending to the end of tail

Hackle - Natural black hen hackle tied on as a collar and tied back

Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
 

Tom Butler

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Feeling well enough to pick up tying where I left off. I like a standard march brown/ grhe softhackle for the middle or top dropper positions when I'm not using a beadhead on point. Sz. 12, sparse and fuller versions.
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Scottp

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Soldier Palmer Dyret

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hook - WFC Model 3 #10
thread - Uni 8/0 red
tag - Orvis Saltwater thread fluoro red/resin
tail/head - deer hair
body - Arizona Simi Seal red
hackle - grizzly dyed ginger
shoulder - golden pheasant body feather red

Regards,
Scott
 
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