Tied up some traditional wet flies tonight.
What's in your vise?
- Thread starter Billy
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I've had good luck with the stones I posted the other day, and the similar ones I tied for skwallas last winter, but I really like the look of John Newbury's knuckle dragger jig. I subbed hares ear plus, partridge and simi seal 'cause that's what I have. I just snipped some hare's mask and laid it on the parchment paper and layered brown partridge on top then transferred it to the loop to dub. Pretty easy and neat technique. 
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The Bord'elle
Hook - Mustad 94720 or equivalent
Thread - Yellow (under floss body); Black (head area)
Tag - Flat silver tinsel
Body - Yellow floss or yellow wool
Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel
Underwing - Yellow bucktail
Main wings - Purple bucktail
Outer wings - Peacock herls
Throat - White bucktail
Shoulder - Teal
Head - Black (quite large)
Eyes - Painted black over white
Scottp
Legend
Freestyle Muddled Soldier
hook - WFC Model 6 #10
thread - Uni 8/0 fire orange
tail - golden pheasant body feather red
rib - small wire gold
body - ginger/red/fiery brown
hackle - ginger/brown
shoulder - pheasant rump dyed orange (1 Tbs Rit Sunshine Orange/1 cup water)
collar/head - deer hair
Regards,
Scott
hook - WFC Model 6 #10
thread - Uni 8/0 fire orange
tail - golden pheasant body feather red
rib - small wire gold
body - ginger/red/fiery brown
hackle - ginger/brown
shoulder - pheasant rump dyed orange (1 Tbs Rit Sunshine Orange/1 cup water)
collar/head - deer hair
Regards,
Scott
EmergingFisher
Life of the Party
Bucktail jerk changer. I have no clue how Blane ties his as I've never paid all that close attention...but credit must be given where credit is due on this style of fly. This is basically the body of my standard method with the game changer segments off the back. I thought about going longer, but with this coming in at ~8.5" 9", it ended up being the perfect length I was after.
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About out of white bucktail…
George's Fly
Atlantic Salmon
J. M. Charette
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tip - Flat silver tinsel and neon green floss
Tail - Black hackle fibers
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Black floss
Throat - Black hackle fibers
Wings - 2 strands each of green and pale blue floss; a pinch of black squirrel tail
FinLuver
Native Oregonian…1846
I do that technique with ostrich herls and hackle feather for a shrimp look to my steelhead flies.
Scottp
Legend
Muddled Invicta (variation)
Using some flies from Scottish tyer Arthur Macdonald as inspiration, especially in terms of head design; a bit blockier than his.
hook - WFC Model 6 #10
thread - Uni 8/0 red
tag- small tinsel gold
tail - yarn golden yellow
rib - small wire gold
body - Starburst dubbing gold
hackle - brown
wing - deer hair dyed Silver Doctor Blue (2 packs Koolaid Ice Blue Raspberry/1 cup water)
collar/head - deer hair
Regards,
Scott
Using some flies from Scottish tyer Arthur Macdonald as inspiration, especially in terms of head design; a bit blockier than his.
hook - WFC Model 6 #10
thread - Uni 8/0 red
tag- small tinsel gold
tail - yarn golden yellow
rib - small wire gold
body - Starburst dubbing gold
hackle - brown
wing - deer hair dyed Silver Doctor Blue (2 packs Koolaid Ice Blue Raspberry/1 cup water)
collar/head - deer hair
Regards,
Scott
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I will restock after my trip, I will try to eak out another one or two flies. Down to stems and seeds.
Don't toss it. Use the back for forming heads. I use it for several clumps tied in a little tighter then reverse tie titan dubbing over it. Works very very well cause there's so much air in those fibers and you can get it to flare super easy.
Another jerk changer. While it doesn't look like it, it's at least as sparse as the black one I posted up. Only difference is 10" length and the fibers were a touch longer to get them to flare appropriately. I'm not sure if you can tell, but I really enjoy tying big shit like this....
it's not the length, it's how sparse it is and how much water it holds (dependent more on materials plus how sparse it is).....but that on the water test is really where it's at.
