What's in your vise?

[clarkman]

BRF Partridge & Ice (variation)

A few minor substitutions to the original from Blue Ribbon Flies; another one to swing in front of fall run-ups on the Madison River from Hebgen.

hook - Maruto 206bl #8
thread - GloBrite #6 hot orange
abdomen - tying thread
thorax - Ice Dub u/v tan
shoulder - partridge

Regards,
Scott

So simple, yet so damn clean! And so damn effective! I'm envious of your fine detail work Scott.

 

[Scottp]

Came back from the pet store and just realized that I have all that I need for my next trip up to Alaska to fish for those big rainbows

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Chewy.com for all your mousing needs.

Regards,
Scott

 

[clarkman]

 

[Norm Frechette]

Passadunk

Hook - Mustad Heritage S80AP
Thread - Black
Tip - Green silk floss
Tail - Peacock sword
Ribbing - Green silk floss
Body - Black floss
Hackle - Olive yellow hen
Wings - Teal

Trout - Ray Bergman

 

[EmergingFisher]

 

[Norm Frechette]

King of the Waters*

Hook - Mustad Heritage S80AP
Thread - Black
Tag - Gold tinsel **
Tail - Gray mallard
Ribbing - Gold tinsel
Body - Crimson floss
Hackle - Brown
Wing - Gray mallard

* This fly is listed as King of the Waters on the title page opposite the color plate, and King of Waters on the recipe list.

** The tag on the King of the Waters is not listed in the recipe but it is visible on the color plate painting.

http://hatchesmagazine.com/blogs/Hatches/2012/03/29/ray-bergman-collection-192-king-of-the-waters/

Trout - Ray Bergman

 

[Scottp]

Cinnamon Stimulator

A nod to Arthur Macdonald’s Orange Lough Stimmy.

hook - WFC Model 3 #10
thread - Uni 8/0 black
tail - deer hair
rib - small wire gold
abdomen - UV-X ET dubbing cinnamon
body hackle - ginger
shoulder - sharptail grouse
wing - deer hair
overwing - deer hair white
thorax - Ice Dub Harder’s Bloody Black
hackle - furnace

Regards,
Scott

 

[Wanative]

Fooling around. I hope this will swim point up.
UVflex at base of tail and wing.
Tail position and beads will help achieve goal.
It drives me crazy breaking the eyes on clousers.

 

[Stonedfish]

Fooling around. I hope this will swim point up.
UVflex at base of tail and wing.
Tail position and beads will help achieve goal.
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Fred,
It will be interesting to see how that fishes.
Are you losing the whole eye or are they breaking in half on your clousers? There are cures for both.
SF

 

[Merle]

Fred,
It will be interesting to see how that fishes.
Are you losing the whole eye or are they breaking in half on your clousers? There are cures for both.
SF

I found that when I used lead eyes that tagging the beach on a back cast would fracture the eyes, breaking one eye off so then the remaining eye and “stem” would back out the other side. When my casting suddenly improved (due to the now unweighted clouser) I knew it was time to change flies

I now use brass plated eyes as they are so much stronger and don’t break.

 

[Wanative]

Fred,
It will be interesting to see how that fishes.
Are you losing the whole eye or are they breaking in half on your clousers? There are cures for both.
SF

The eyeballs popout when I hit the beach
on the backcast.

 

[Divad]

For tomorrows hiatus and picky late summer fish.

 

[clarkman]

Man, this small shit is HARD!!!!

 

[Norm Frechette]

Caldwell

Hook - Mustad Heritage S82AP
Thread - Black
Tail - Brown mallard
Ribbing - Yellow floss
Body - Brown floss
Hackle - Brown hen
Wing - Light brown turkey

Trout - Ray Bergman

The Ray Bergman Collection – 58) Caldwell | | Hatches Fly Tying Magazine (archive.org)

 

[Tom Butler]

Bird of Prey, October Caddis version

I like the look of this version with an extra hen hackle up front.

 

[FinLuver]

Man, this small shit is HARD!!!!

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Are ya feelin’ OK…

 

[Jake Watrous]

Man, this small shit is HARD!!!!

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Me at Randy's tying desk:

 

[Dillon]

Anderson’s Euphoria

 

[Buzzy]

Bird of Prey, October Caddis version
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I like the look of this version with an extra hen hackle up front.
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Very nice, fishy, but I prefer the one with the herl - cool!

 

[SculpinSwinger]