What's in your vise?
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This past weekend, I fished a lake with @Kfish where there were tons of swirls as fish chased emergers. He quickly found that a slow striped combo that included a small, very sparse, translucent bodied damsel emerger was pretty effective. Since he bought them, had very few left and the fact that I promptly broke off the one he gave me to try off on a fish, I am in the process of trying to emulate to the best of my very modest fly tying abilities 
. The other fly in the second pick is a very simple pattern that should be effective as well.
. The other fly in the second pick is a very simple pattern that should be effective as well.
Scottp
Legend
Skwaloctopus
Was hoping to get out during the Skwala hatch and throw some of these but warm weather the past few days is going to bump flows and put some color in the rivers in western MT; by the time I go next week it’ll probably a nymphing game which isn’t what I was looking for.
hook - WFC Model 6 #10
thread - Uni 8/0 black
egg sac- Ice Dub black
rib - small wire gold
body - Ice Dub hare’s ear brown
hackle - brown
1st shoulder - hen black
2nd shoulder - pheasant body feather dyed brown
Regards,
Scott
Was hoping to get out during the Skwala hatch and throw some of these but warm weather the past few days is going to bump flows and put some color in the rivers in western MT; by the time I go next week it’ll probably a nymphing game which isn’t what I was looking for.
hook - WFC Model 6 #10
thread - Uni 8/0 black
egg sac- Ice Dub black
rib - small wire gold
body - Ice Dub hare’s ear brown
hackle - brown
1st shoulder - hen black
2nd shoulder - pheasant body feather dyed brown
Regards,
Scott
Been working on spinning deer hair, nowhere near as precise as I think would be nice to be able to do but I'm okay with the big dots for a pattern like this.
Also If anyone has any favorite tutorials for getting better at spinning hair, especially putting in more complex patterns I would love a link
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Also If anyone has any favorite tutorials for getting better at spinning hair, especially putting in more complex patterns I would love a link
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cedarslug
Steelhead
No doubt in my mind that this is gonna catch so many fish
That is so cool! Where did you find those heads?
Randy Taylor
Steelhead
Sunrise/Sunset
I tied this one the other night
Calling it
Sunrise/Sunset
I tied this one the other night
Calling it
Sunrise/Sunset
I think a carp might literally dig it out of the mud, interesting!!
I'm guessing that the shine is cured UV? I've always thought of damsel nymph and adults as "soft" - this is intriguing.This past weekend, I fished a lake with @Kfish where there were tons of swirls as fish chased emergers. He quickly found that a slow striped combo that included a small, very sparse, translucent bodied damsel emerger was pretty effective. Since he bought them, had very few left and the fact that I promptly broke off the one he gave me to try off on a fish, I am in the process of trying to emulate to the best of my very modest fly tying abilities
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Looks great! Used to be able to buy the tails for the ultra damsel, they were clear plastic with a small tuft of marbou that ran thru it and stuck out the end (just like stalcup's ultra damsel you see commercially tied), very much simplified tying the ultra damsel being able to get the tails pre-made.This past weekend, I fished a lake with @Kfish where there were tons of swirls as fish chased emergers. He quickly found that a slow striped combo that included a small, very sparse, translucent bodied damsel emerger was pretty effective. Since he bought them, had very few left and the fact that I promptly broke off the one he gave me to try off on a fish, I am in the process of trying to emulate to the best of my very modest fly tying abilities
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However, I haven't seen them in a while. Wish they still made them, it's an awesome lake pattern.
Yeah, it’s 30lb mono crimped with pliers, colored with a light green marker and then covered in UV cure.
The patterns Lou had seemed to be tied with those tails or something similar. I don’t think you can find them anymore. He thought crimping mono with pliers might get you something similar and it works well. The marabou tuft is the hardest part but I think it is worth it. You’re not going to get a lot of movement out of a piece of mono. I just put the crimped tail in my vice, did an overhand knot on a small piece of fly tying mono over it. Put the marabou on, position the loop over the mono and cinched the knot. It’s a bit of finger gymnastics but not bad. Added another knot, then a dab of super glue and it holds well. The uv cure extends back to cover the knot/glue too which adds another anchor on the marabou. I’m sure if it gets eaten a lot the marabou will be the first thing to go still though.
@clarkman,
I think you can find those heads for @Northern's worm, at Bimart.
@Emily27 nice Goddard. Tightlines Productions, Tim Flaglers You Tube site, is full of incredible Tying Info/Tips/Tricks. Search his site under Goddard Caddis. His superglue trick for tying hair has made my life much easier.
Bob
I think you can find those heads for @Northern's worm, at Bimart.
@Emily27 nice Goddard. Tightlines Productions, Tim Flaglers You Tube site, is full of incredible Tying Info/Tips/Tricks. Search his site under Goddard Caddis. His superglue trick for tying hair has made my life much easier.
Bob
They're just 1/15 oz standard mushroom head/ned rig jigs. I think from a Sportsmans Warehouse?
EmergingFisher
Life of the Party
Coachman Silver
Winged Wet Fly
Tail - Golden pheasant tippets
Body - Peacock herl, silver tinsel, peacock herl
Throat - Black hen hackle
Wing - Blue goose quill
The Fisherman's Handbook of Trout Flies - Donald DuBois
