What's in your vise?

Tom Butler

Grandpa, Small Stream Fanatic
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Sz. 12 and 14 diving caddis
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sloppy ties but they should work. They yellows are in silk, forgot it takes a different touch.
 
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Travis Bille

I am El Asso Wipo!!!!!
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@Travis Bille, what's it called? And what's it for ?
I’m not sure it has a name, just some generic damselfly I whipped up.

I went backpacking in the Trinity alps a few weekends ago with a friend and we found an alpine lake with 18” browns and FAT 16” brook trout, and pretty much all they were eating were adult damselflies. And of course, I had exactly one adult damselfly pattern with me that I gave to my friend. Time to reload!
 

Matt B

RAMONES
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This book by Don Wilson is the "bible" of Smelt Patterns

Smelt Fly Patterns: Dressings Tying Fishing

It may be out of print, but am sure you could find it on-line

Thanks, doubt I’ll be tracking it down but if anyone out there has it and/or knows the story, I am curious. Maybe it’s just an abbreviation because “Memphramagog” is so darn long a word!
 
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Tallguy

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Thanks, doubt I’ll be tracking it down but if anyone out there has it and/or knows the story, I am curious. Maybe it’s just an abbreviation because “Memphramagog” is so darn long a word!
I vaguely recall they are different lakes in Maine. Often lakes had a pretty local pattern, named after the lake. My family had a summer camp on Winnepesaukee, we fished the Winnepesaukee Smelt pattern pretty hard. Pretty sure I fished Magog back in the day.
 

Matt B

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I vaguely recall they are different lakes in Maine. Often lakes had a pretty local pattern, named after the lake. My family had a summer camp on Winnepesaukee, we fished the Winnepesaukee Smelt pattern pretty hard. Pretty sure I fished Magog back in the day.
One day as I fished Lake Magog
I set into what felt like a log
I was asked by a guy
What I’d used for a fly
So I lied and said “Memphramagog”

Or

I once heard a voice from the fog
Say “watch out for the men from Magog”
Though I may have misheard
Such a curious word
As “watch out for the Memphramagog”
 

Scottp

Legend
Muddled March Brown (variation)

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hook - WFC Model 6 #10
thread - Uni 8/0 fire orange
butt - UV-X ET Dubbing bright orange
rib - Orvis Saltwater Thread fluoro orange (doubled/twisted)
body - Ice Dub Hare’s Ear tan
hackle - grizzly dyed march brown (Collins)
shoulder - golden pheasant body red
collar/head - deer hair

Regards,
Scott
 

Divad

Whitefish
Ooolala 😍 those are all stupid pretty! Really dig that green second to last. And whatever those blond feathers are on the last one have a wonderful curl to them.
 

Norm Frechette

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Orange & Partridge

Jin Woo Lee

Hook- Mustad 3399 or equivalent
Thread - Brown
Under body - Flat silver tinsel
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Body - Orange floss
Thorax - Orange seals fur or substitute
Hackle - Partridge
 

Norm Frechette

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This book by Don Wilson is the "bible" of Smelt Patterns

Smelt Fly Patterns: Dressings Tying Fishing

It may be out of print, but am sure you could find it on-line


yup

got one in my library
 
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