What's in your vise?

[Cowlitz Bottomfeeder]

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!

try this on a heavy scud hook..

 

[Buzzy]

try this on a heavy scud hook..

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What product is the fly tied from?

 

[Norm Frechette]

sheweys book doesnt give a specific hook for the green butt skunk but the photo shows an up eye salmon hook

i would like to find those tiemco 700 but theyre as rare as a pink unicorn

 

[Buzzy]

 

[Scottp]

Flash Wulff

hook - WFC Model 3 #10
thread - Uni 8/0 tan
tail - elk hair
abdomen - Krystal Flash root beer
thorax - Ice Dub pheasant tail
hackle - ginger
wing - elk hair

Regards,
Scott

 

[Northern]

Whooof! A few days ago my sister wanted to see what I might fish topwater-wise for pike up in Ontario next week, and I sent a pic of one of my poppers. Suddenly all 3 sisters wanted ones in custom colors...and if I'm making them for the ladies, I can't leave out the guys! They needed to be sparser than I'd normally do, to lower the wind resistance to weight ratio, so they can toss them with spinning rods. Just finished, flying out to MN with 'em in the morning:

 

[Cowlitz Bottomfeeder]

What product is the fly tied from?

FNF Jelly. A blob fly tied as an egg. Works at a certain spring creek you might know

 

[SKYKO]

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:
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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.

The very first steelhead I caught on a swung fly was on a green butt skunk like yours just down stream from Machias on the Pilchuck, a nice memory.

 

[FinLuver]

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.

Some say they were a better “catching” fly with the downturned eye.

 

[wanderingrichard]

try this on a heavy scud hook..

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Is that called the pink tutu or the ballerina?

 

[Norm Frechette]

Merry Widow

Eric Baylis

Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Fluorescent green
Tag - Flat gold tinsel
Body - Rear third, golden yellow floss; remainder is peacock herl
Ribbing - Fine flat gold tinsel
Throat - Yellow macaw breast feather (I used yellow hen)
Wing - Black squirrel tail
Sides - Jungle cock
Head - Fluorescent green with red band at rear

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

 

[singlehandjay]

My contribution to a Dave McNeese swap I'm doing with some folks.

 

[Scottp]

Moose Wulff

More of a flush-floater; hackle tip-tied/swept back.

hook - WFC Model 3 #10
thread - Uni 8/0 tan
tail - moose body hair bleached
rib - Orvis Saltwater thread fluoro orange (doubled/twisted)
abdomen - dubbing March Brown
thorax - Ice Dub tan
hackle - grizzly dyed march brown (Collins)
wing - moose body hair bleached

Regards,
Scott

 

[SpeyrodGB]

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My contribution to a Dave McNeese swap I'm doing with some folks.

Just curious on what hackle cape/saddle you are using for the hackle in wings. Gorgeous flies.

 

[Norm Frechette]

Deschutes Demon

Don McClain, 1960's

Hook - Single Salmon
Thread - Black
Tag - Embossed gold tinsel
Tail - Hot orange hackle
Ribbing - Embossed gold tinsel
Body - Antique gold wool yarn
Hackle - Hot orange
Wing - White Bucktail over brown bucktail

Classic Steelhead Flies - John Shewey

 

[Norm Frechette]

Shellback Midge Pupa

Hook - Dry fly
Thread - Black
Shuck & shellback - Gray poly yarn
Body - Tying thread
Thorax - Peacock herl

Tying Emergers - Schollmeyer & Leeson

 

[Pink Nighty]

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My contribution to a Dave McNeese swap I'm doing with some folks.

Those are stunning Jay!

 

[SKYKO]

A few flashy ones and a couple more drab and natural.

 

[Zak]

A few flashy ones and a couple more drab and natural.
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Is that glow in the dark material on the flashy flies?

 

[Norm Frechette]

Whitlock Emerging Pupa

Dave Whitlock

Hook - Dry fly
Thread - Black
Shuck - Gray ostrich herls
Ribbing - Black thread
Body - Deer hair
Thorax - White/gray ostrich herl

Tying Emergers - Schollmeyer & Leeson