What's in your vise?

[FinLuver]

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.

Use Krystal Flash instead of crimped mono…

 

[Billy]

They're just 1/15 oz standard mushroom head/ned rig jigs. I think from a Sportsmans Warehouse?
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Moses should have them @Buzzy

 

[Zak]

Bream bug.

 

[Brute]

My yearning for bass combined with some ned rig heads I came across, and I took a break from tying trout lake stuff to get jiggy
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Are those foam discs to make the tail float?

 

[Northern]

Are those foam discs to make the tail float?

Yup! Small hole made with a hot bodkin, then the Squishenille pulled through with a bobbin threader.
I also did a version using synthetic bunny strip:

 

[Tom Butler]

Bream bug.
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Nice, I fished that pattern in the reservoir last year and it worked.

 

[Zak]

Nice, I fished that pattern in the reservoir last year and it worked.

For bluegills?

 

[Tom Butler]

For bluegills?

Yes, panfish, including microbass.

 

[Zak]

 

[Pink Nighty]

 

[jasmillo]

Some random stuff.

Braided marabou damsel.



Lots of these….




I hear bass might like red in spring?

 

[Gary Knowels]

A couple chum fry patterns for tomorrow.
Chum baby tied fuller due to previous reports on size.


Playing around on this one. I got some practice to do.
Tail: grizzly hen feathers
Body: pearl diamond braid and sharpie
Topping: black pearl flashabou and peacock herl
Stick on eyes and coated in UV cure

For those that have tied something similar, what order do you tie in the components? I'm having a hard time with the tail-body transition.

 

[Zak]

A couple chum fry patterns for tomorrow.
Chum baby tied fuller due to previous reports on size.
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Playing around on this one. I got some practice to do.
Tail: grizzly hen feathers
Body: pearl diamond braid and sharpie
Topping: black pearl flashabou and peacock herl
Stick on eyes and coated in UV cure
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For those that have tied something similar, what order do you tie in the components? I'm having a hard time with the tail-body transition.

Are you using flat braid? That might help. Love that chum baby!

 

[Gary Knowels]

Are you using flat braid? That might help. Love that chum baby!

Yeah flat. On the next one, I tied the diamond braid near the head, wrapped back then forward to create a double layer, which seemed to help some.

 

[Norm Frechette]

Bream bug.
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nice james woods bucktail

 

[Norm Frechette]

Orange Coachman

Winged Wet Fly

Body - Peacock herl, Orange floss, Peacock herl
Hackle - Ginger
Wing - White

The Fisherman's Handbook of Trout Flies - Donald DuBois

 

[Scottp]

SEL Muddler

Spent, egg-layer; variation of a couple recent ties.

hook - WFC Model 3 #8
thread - Uni 8/0 camel
egg sac- Ice Dub black
rib - small wire gold
tail - deer hair
body - Ice Dub brown
wing - Congo Hair shiner tan
shoulder - pheasant body feather dyed brown
collar/head - deer hair

Regards,
Scott

 

[Norm Frechette]

Gilt Coachman

Winger Wet Fly

Tip - Green
Tail - Golden pheasant tippets
Body - Gold tinsel
Hackle - Brown
Wing - White

The Fisherman's Handbook of Trout Flies - Donald DuBois

 

[Scottp]

Pink Pearl Muddler

Inspired by a trip down the school supplies aisle at the grocery store.

hook - WFC Model #10
thread - SemperFli 8/0 fluoro pink
tail - yarn fuchsia
rib - small wire silver
body - Ice Dub pearl
hackle - fuchsia
shoulder - guinea dyed fuchsia
collar/head - deer hair

Regards,
Scott

 

[SKYKO]