What's in your vise?

[SilverFly]

Hopefully improved (over my previous poppers), @Nick Clayton inspired tuna slider (?) to get me on the albacore popper board this year:


Foam head wrapped in craft ribbon, purty-ed up with markers, saltwater flashabou flecks, and 5mm eyes.

Bathroom sink test confirms intended nose-up attitude (surface puttering anchovy).

 

[Norm Frechette]

The Pimp

J L Mallette

Hook - Mustad 79580
Thread - Black
Tail - Golden pheasant tippet
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Body - Fluorescent green chenille
Throat - Red marabou
Wing - Polar bear or white bucktail over yellow krystal flash
Topping - Peacock herl

 

[Wayne Kohan]

Made this with a worn out slip indicator. Size 2 hook. First attempt. I can see lots of possibilities here.

 

[RichS]

These Brain Dead popper heads have proven to be effective, durable and easy to use. The five of these took just under an hour. Five deer hair bugs take me about four hours, so while I love the deer hair flies these are nice too. All have size 1/0 B10s and lots of rubber ( Silicone) legs. Some bird fur just to help separate the legs. Superglue the body a in place over a good base of thread or fine chennile.

 

[Pink Nighty]

These Brain Dead popper heads have proven to be effective, durable and easy to use. The five of these took just under an hour. Five deer hair bugs take me about four hours, so while I love the deer hair flies these are nice too. All have size 1/0 B10s and lots of rubber ( Silicone) legs. Some bird fur just to help separate the legs. Superglue the body a in place over a good base of thread or fine chennile.View attachment 76174View attachment 76175View attachment 76176View attachment 76177View attachment 76178

Are those heads reversible? The cut on the back would give a nice "nose up" orientation it looks like. Awesome ties!

 

[RichS]

Are those heads reversible? The cut on the back would give a nice "nose up" orientation it looks like. Awesome ties!

They are reversible with three ways to mount them. I have only tried this way.

 

[SKYKO]

 

[Scottp]

Moore’s Muddler (variation)

A few minor changes to John Moore’s fly.

hook - WFC Model 6 #10
thread - Uni 8/0 black
tail - golden pheasant crest
butt - yarn red
rib - small wire silver
body - Ice Dub Harder’s Bloody Black
hackle - red/black
shoulder - hen grizzly dyed Silver Doctor Blue (2 packs Koolaid Ice Blue Raspberry/1 cup water)
collar/head - deer hair dyed black (1 Tbs Rit Dark Brown/1 cup water overdyed with 1 Tbs Rit Black/1 cup water)

Regards,
Scott

 

[Norm Frechette]

Blue Tamara

Roger Goulet

Hook - Single or double salmon
Thread - Black
Tip - Silver wire
Tail - Barred wood duck
Ribbing - Silver wire
Body - Powder blue uni stretch or floss covered with pearl tinsel
Throat - Dyed blue guinea hen fibers over black hen
Wing - Kingfisher blue hackle fibers over black squirrel tail over blue krystal flash

 

[jact55]

Hoppers
Taking pheasant wings and sandwiching in packaging tape, cut to shape.

I butchered the flies in general. but I like the concept

 

[Zak]

Hoppers
Taking pheasant wings and sandwiching in packaging tape, cut to shape.

I butchered the flies in general. but I like the concept

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How easy are they to cast?

 

[RichS]

I bought some Ahrex 378 predator swim bait hooks in an attempt to make a fly that will fish as well as a deer hair swimming frog, but never land upside down. I think I like this one and it casts ok in the yard. Haven’t fished it yet though.


Hook Ahrex 378 #2/0
Back legs: barred olive silicone. Left the tabs attached to create somewhat of a paddle tail action and keep the legs separated
Lower Body: olive crystal chenille and grizzly saddle hackle wrapped in a complex twist and combed out.
Upper body: 3 mm olive foam spotted with black marker. This serves a a bit of a weed guard. Cut a notch at the rear of the body to minimize hook interference.
Front legs: olive silicone
Head: olive over chartreuse green over white deer.
Eyes: yellow doll eyes

 

[jact55]

How easy are they to cast?

No idea. I'll be giving them a go Saturday next week

 

[Zak]

Vermont Caddis, size 12. This scruffy "friendly, yet duplicitous" fly is rapidly becoming my favorite ammunition for small stream trout fishing. It's so easy and quick to tie and works great dry or wet.

Brown thread, brown dubbing, brown and grizzly dry fly hackle mixed.

 

[Norm Frechette]

The Tamagodi

Daniel Gadbout

Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Red
Body - White wooly nylon thread covered with yellow uni stretch. Coat the body with uv resin
Wing Dyed green squirrel tail
Hackle - Dyed green guinea fowl

 

[Scottp]

Muddled Black & Tan

hook - WFC Model 6 #10
thread - Uni 8/0 black
tag/rib - Krystal Flash root beer
body - dubbing tan
hackle - grizzly dyed March Brown (Collins)
shoulder - pheasant rump
collar/head - deer hair dyed black (1 Tbs Rit Dark Brown/1 cup water overdyed with 1 Tbs Rit Black/1 cup water)

Regards,
Scott

 

[Divad]

The Tamagodi

Daniel Gadbout

Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Red
Body - White wooly nylon thread covered with yellow uni stretch. Coat the body with uv resin
Wing Dyed green squirrel tail
Hackle - Dyed green guinea fowl

Norm I really like the body on this one, very different from the norm… Are you building the taper in the nylon/uni or with thick epoxy? It looks so dang even!

Seems like a great foundation for other styles.

 

[mcswny]

Vermont Caddis, size 12. This scruffy "friendly, yet duplicitous" fly is rapidly becoming my favorite ammunition for small stream trout fishing. It's so easy and quick to tie and works great dry or wet.

Brown thread, brown dubbing, brown and grizzly dry fly hackle mixed.

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So damn buggy.
Even with my young eyes (I’m 35), this summer I’ve realized I cant see caddis’ for shit and have fully adopted putting either a fluorescent orange or pink hot spot on the top of all of my caddis patterns. It’s so helpful especially in choppy water and at dusk. They don’t seem to affect my catch rate and it’s only one small extra step.

I’m shit, I think I’ve put hot spots on almost all my dries this year short of parachute flies. I’m sure it wouldn’t hurt but the white Congo hair is bright enough for me to see

 

[Zak]

So damn buggy.
Even with my young eyes (I’m 35), this summer I’ve realized I cant see caddis’ for shit and have fully adopted putting either a fluorescent orange or pink hot spot on the top of all of my caddis patterns. It’s so helpful especially in choppy water and at dusk. They don’t seem to affect my catch rate and it’s only one small extra step.

I’m shit, I think I’ve put hot spots on almost all my dries this year short of parachute flies. I’m sure it wouldn’t hurt but the white Congo hair is bright enough for me to see

I hear ya! I do a lot of "My fly is approximately there" and then striking at rises in that vicinity. This Vermont Caddis fly often ends up suspended by the hackle with the body submerged and hanging straight down (maybe mimicking an emerger). So the most effective hot spot might be a couple turns of white hackle behind the eye, like a bivisible fly (another great old school small stream fly).

 

[Norm Frechette]

Mediterranean

Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Red
Tip - Copper wire
Butt - Black ostrich herl
Body - Pearl tinsel
Ribbing - Copper wire
Wing - Black bear hair
Hackle - Black hen