What's in your vise?

[Scottp]

Leggy Muddler

Experimenting with some different materials; as always, chukar has a mind of it’s own.

hook - WFC Model 6 #10
thread - Uni 8/0 fire orange
tag - Orvis Saltwater thread fluoro orange/resin
rib - small wire gold
body - Ice Dub hare’s ear
hackle - grizzly
legs - chukar partridge
shoulder - pheasant rump dyed orange (1 Tbs Rit Sunshine Orange/1 cup water)
collar/head - caribou

Regards,
Scott

 

[Brute]

 

[Brute]

 

[clarkman]

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really diggin' the oversized bead on these...

I'm still trying to figure out something that works really well, gets down quick and that I can hang an unweighted egg pattern off of. I have a few that work ok, but I really like this one with the black bead and hot spot collar!

 

[Brute]

really diggin' the oversized bead on these...

I'm still trying to figure out something that works really well, gets down quick and that I can hang an unweighted egg pattern off of. I have a few that work ok, but I really like this one with the black bead and hot spot collar!

Size 12 Hanak 450 BL, 4.5 mm tung bead, black Flashabou body, 0.2 Semperfli wire March brown, SLF prism dub. Just a slight coat of thin UV resin blotted with the fingers on the body…

I’m going to twist a few more up with different bead colors

 

[Brute]

 

[Norm Frechette]

Newcomb's Rock

Ron Newcomb

Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tag - Silver tinsel
Tail - Fluorescent red hackle or floss, doubled
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Rear half fluorescent green wool, tapered. Front half peacock herl
Wing - Black squirrel tail or black bear
Topping - 2 strands of green crystal hair/flash
Hackle - Black collar style

Fishing Atlantic Salmon - The Flies and the Patterns - Joseph D Bates Jr & Pamela Bates Richards

 

[Scottp]

Sunburst Muddler (variation)

Borrowed the color scheme from John Moore’s wet fly.

hook - WFC Model 6 #10
thread - SemperFli 8/0 fluoro green
tail - yarn chartreuse
rib - GloBrite #11 (doubled/twisted)
body - Ice Dub orange
hackle - sunburst (1 Tbs Rit Golden Yellow/1 cup water)
1st shoulder - claret
2nd shoulder - chukar partridge dyed chartreuse (1 Tbs Rit Neon Yellow/1 cup water)
collar/head - deer hair

Regards,
Scott

 

[Norm Frechette]

Mi Fli

Gayland Hachey

Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tag - Flat silver tinsel
Butt - Fluorescent orange floss
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Black wool
Wing - Peacock herls over black squirrel tail
Hackle - Hot orange and black mixed

Fishing Atlantic Salmon - The Flies and the Patterns - Joseph D Bates Jr & Pamela Bates Richards

 

[Brute]

 

[Tom Butler]

Same sz. 12 and 4.8mm bead as @Brute with 8 turns wire. I can see this grhe getting down in winter flows with an egg, maybe even find a whitefish or two. Thread is burnt orange, fur collar.

 

[RichS]

Mini-Sid
Andreas Andersson

 

[SpeyrodGB]

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Min-Sid
Andreas Andersson

That’s awesome. I think I need a few of those.

 

[Stonedfish]

 

[Norm Frechette]

Green Butt Skunk

Dan Callahan, circa 1975

Hook - Single Salmon
Thread - Black
Tag - Flat silver tinsel
Butt - Fluorescent green chenille
Ribbing - Silver flat or oval tinsel
Hackle - Black
Wing - White calf tail

Page 91 and 249 - Classic Steelhead Flies - John Shewey

 

[Norm Frechette]

Thunderhead

Ron Newcomb

Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tag - Oval silver tinsel and fluorescent green floss
Tail - Fluorescent orange floss, doubled
Butt - Black ostrich herl
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Black floss
Hackle - Bright orange palmered from the second turn of ribbing. End hackle with 2-3 turns and pull down
Wing - Black squirrel tail
Topping - 4 barbules of peacock sword over a few strands of yellow calf tail

Fishing Atlantic Salmon - The Flies and the Patterns - Joseph D Bates Jr & Pamela Bates Richards

 

[longputt]

Green Butt Skunk

Dan Callahan, circa 1975

Hook - Single Salmon
Thread - Black
Tag - Flat silver tinsel
Butt - Fluorescent green chenille
Ribbing - Silver flat or oval tinsel
Hackle - Black
Wing - White calf tail

Page 91 and 249 - Classic Steelhead Flies - John Shewey

I can't imagine how many steelhead have been caught on this fly...the first time I saw this fly it was on a hook with a down-turned eye.

 

[candr]

I've been watching Gunnar bend custom shanks and tie Beast flies on youtube. Mine need to be a little more sparse but having fun messing around with these.

 

[Buzzy]

I can't imagine how many steelhead have been caught on this fly...the first time I saw this fly it was on a hook with a down-turned eye.

When I saw Norm had posted the green butt skunk it got me thinking about my earlier days casting flies for steelhead, this pattern was no doubt one of the first I tied and fished. A real classic, at least to me. Your comment on the down turned eye got me thinking (again, thinking?) about a hook that Tiemco used to sell. It was one of my favorite hooks for steelhead flies, here's a very poorly tied skunk:

I caught quite a few steelhead using this hook with different ties. The most memorable fish was a big buck that plucked a popsicle tied on this hook while swinging through the Top of the Y.

 

[Scottp]

Pheasant T&R

Variation on Blue Ribbon Fly’s Full Dress Pheasant Tail.

hook - WFC Model 6 #8
thread - Uni 8/0 red
rib - small wire gold
abdomen - pheasant tail
thorax - Ice Dub pheasant tail
1st shoulder - golden pheasant body feather red
2nd shoulder - pheasant rump

Regards,
Scott