thank you
What's in your vise?
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Fontinalis
Winged Wet Fly
Tail - Married strips of orange, black and white, repeated twice*
Body - Alternating bands of orange and gray wool
Hackle - Dun
Wing - Orange with 2 fibers of black and white married over the top
*I did not repeat the tailing sequence
Reference - Forgotten Flies - Schmookler and Sils
Black Plague Clousers
SF
SF
Pot O' Gold
Caddis Imitation
Wet or Dry (I tied as wet fly)
Tip - Tie chenille egg sack at the tip point on hook (yellow, black, red (claret) or green)
Body - Scarlet, purple, green, brown or gold floss - thin
Wing - Woodchuck, badger or gray squirrel - tied down wing - length of hook
Hackle - Red (brown) or grizzly or both mixed
Reference - Trout Fishing and Trout Flies - Jim Quick
I have to admit that when it comes to innovating flies I don’t have an original thought in my pea brain. When @G_Smolt posted a fly that seemed simple enough he mentioned that it was more like a platform than a specific fly pattern. So of course I copied it. Thank you G!!
Looks terrific in the water.
I tied up a mixed school:
Looks terrific in the water.
I tied up a mixed school:
You should try some blue material in that fly.
I think you are picking on me.You should try some blue material in that fly.
Not at all. I don't pick on anyone.
I try to make people laugh or smile if possible.
Mission accomplished sir.Not at all. I don't pick on anyone.
I try to make people laugh or smile if possible.
The last 4 posts are so wholesome.
Indian Yellow
Winged Wet Fly
Tail - Very pale ginger or dark honey
Ribbing - Pale yellow silk
Body - Very light brown floss
Hackle - Very pale ginger or dark honey
Wing - Turkey
Reference
Trout - Ray Bergman
Forgotten Flies - Schmookler and Sils
Piker
Winged Wet Fly
Tag - Gold Tinsel
Body - Orange wool
Hackle - Brown
Wing - White
Reference
Trout - Ray Bergman
Forgotten Flies - Schmookler and Sils
Cowlitz Bottomfeeder
Life of the Party
Olive mini-leech
Hook: Daiichi 4640 size 12
Bead: 1/8 gold or red
Dubbing: simi seal Bronze Peacock #19
Tail: brownish olive Maribou with pearlescent flash
Comment - the end of an unhealthy obsession with leeches, I hope
Hook: Daiichi 4640 size 12
Bead: 1/8 gold or red
Dubbing: simi seal Bronze Peacock #19
Tail: brownish olive Maribou with pearlescent flash
Comment - the end of an unhealthy obsession with leeches, I hope
Liberty
Winged Wet Fly
Tail - Dark blue/blue
Ribbing - Gold tinsel
Body - Pale blue floss
Hackle - White
Wing - Scarlet
Reference
Trout - Ray Bergman
Forgotten Flies Schmookler and Sils
Lister's Gold
Winged Wet Fly
Tail - Yellow
Ribbing - Gold tinsel
Body - Rear, gold tinsel, dark claret wool at shoulder
Hackle - Orange
Wing - Guinea
Reference
Tout - Ray Bergman
Forgotten Flies - Schmookler and Sils
Dang! I don't have this colour Simiseal - NICE!
Cowlitz Bottomfeeder
Life of the Party
Someone mentioned peacock and bronze peacock in a recent post here on tying leeches so I decided to give it a try. You’ll need a different color maribou but that might work in one of the darker lakes with muddy bottoms and brownish vegetation.
