What's in your vise?

[jact55]

Freestyle guess as i go Pheasant baitfish pattern. Pretty happy how it turned out.

 

[Zak]

Freestyle guess as i go Pheasant baitfish pattern. Pretty happy how it turned out.

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Looks killer!

 

[jact55]

Looks killer!

Thank you.

 

[CDone]

Thanks, I welcome the suggestions! The first iterations I tied up and fished I looped using a coated wire, can't remember which brand and I had some skinning or delaminating of coating, probably hitting beach on backcast when tired, as well as what seemed to me some bending/memory on underlying wire. Issues to be concerned about or not so much? Since I'm still in the learning exploration phase of these patterns I thought I'd goof around with some scrap Lazar line (40lb running line) I had laying around and liked the color.

What material do you like (and the group) for looping stingers, in saltwater?

I have been using Beadalon wire for years.( 30ft .018in. 19 strand coated stainless steel). Stiff enough to prevent fouling, flexible enough to easily change out a hook if needed. And cheap compared to Senyo's

 

[Stonedfish]

A few for this weekend.
SF

 

[Buzzy]

Freestyle guess as i go Pheasant baitfish pattern. Pretty happy how it turned out.

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This fly reminds me of an old New Zeland pattern: Hamill's Killer. One of my first Dry Falls trout ate a Hamill's Killer in the now dry bay west and south of the vault.

 

[wmelton]

Bull trout snack, smallmouth snack, cutthroat snack

 

[Zak]

This fly reminds me of an old New Zeland pattern: Hamill's Killer. One of my first Dry Falls trout ate a Hamill's Killer in the now dry bay west and south of the vault.

Thus my too subtle pun.

 

[jact55]

Thus my too subtle pun.

Haha, and there I thought you just really liked my fly lol.

 

[clarkman]

Freestyle guess as i go Pheasant baitfish pattern. Pretty happy how it turned out.

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Fun fact, Labs LOVE pheasant skins....

 

[Zak]

Haha, and there I thought you just really liked my fly lol.

That, too!

 

[Tuna Ball]

I'm embarrassed to show this along side these works of art. I can't cast this 1.25oz "tube fly" with any of my fly rods so it will be trolled. Hopefully Charlie will approve. I will try a black and purple next.

 

[Jake Watrous]

I'm embarrassed to show this along side these works of art. I can't cast this 1.25oz "tube fly" with any of my fly rods so it will be trolled. Hopefully Charlie will approve. I will try a black and purple next.

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Nah, go to a crowded beach and start Belgian casting. Not only will you find you can get it out there a good ways, but you’ll also find the crowd dies down.

 

[Zak]

I'm embarrassed to show this along side these works of art. I can't cast this 1.25oz "tube fly" with any of my fly rods so it will be trolled. Hopefully Charlie will approve. I will try a black and purple next.

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I would for sure cast that on my spinning rod!

 

[jact55]

Fun fact, Labs LOVE pheasant skins....

I'm always terrified of that. My table is in the "dog room" which is the only space I'm alloted in the house. If they wanted to, they could do some chomping.

 

[SpeyrodGB]

Fun fact, Labs LOVE pheasant skins....

That could get expensive.

 

[clarkman]

That could get expensive.

I left the door open a crack, went to the bathroom, came back to a murder scene..... Fortunately most of it is still usable. Also fortunate that all of my primo tail bucktails were in their plastic bins because labs love them too.

 

[KFCDAVE]

 

[Zak]

Cricket.

 

[Scottp]

Pheasant Bits Quigley Cripple

hook - WFC Model 3 #10
thread - Uni 8/0 camel
shuck - Ice Dub pheasant tail
tail - pheasant rump
abdomen- H2O Twist tan (doubled/twisted)
thorax - Ice Dub pheasant tail
hackle - dark ginger/grizzly
wing pad/wing - deer hair

Regards,
Scott