What's in your vise?

[wanderingrichard]

Man, this small shit is HARD!!!!

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Hah! You know that's not small.. let the trout guys show you what a size 20 or smaller looks like.

 

[Stonedfish]

Getting the plucky bite box ready for later next month.
SF

 

[IHFISH]

Those look great - what size stingers are those?

 

[Stonedfish]

Those look great - what size stingers are those?

Size 1
The No Escape hooks tend to run a bit small in my opinion, so closer to a size 2 in other brands.
SF

 

[Kfish]

Family going to Vancouver this weekend, going to try for those estuary coho bastards again

 

[Norm Frechette]

Skip's Dad

Skip Morris

Crawdad Fly

Hook - Mustad 9671, 4 - 10
Weight/Eyes - Unpainted lead dumbbell eyes, medium
Thread - Brown
Claws - Ringneck pheasant tail
Body - Whitlock SLF Dubbing, Red Fox Squirrel
Shellback - Ringneck pheasant tail
Rib - Copper wire,
Large Tail - Ringneck pheasant tail

 

[Zak]

Skip's Dad

Skip Morris

Crawdad Fly

Hook - Mustad 9671, 4 - 10
Weight/Eyes - Unpainted lead dumbbell eyes, medium
Thread - Brown
Claws - Ringneck pheasant tail
Body - Whitlock SLF Dubbing, Red Fox Squirrel
Shellback - Ringneck pheasant tail
Rib - Copper wire,
Large Tail - Ringneck pheasant tail

Thanks for this pattern! I've been looking for a good but simple crawdad fly and this looks like it.

 

[Kfish]

 

[Norm Frechette]

Parker

Hook - Mustad Heritage S82AP
Thread - Black
Tail - Guinea hen
Body - Red or scarlet wool, not too fat
Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel
Wing - Guinea hen
Hackle - Brown

 

[Norm Frechette]

Toodle Bug

Hook - Mustad Heritage S80AP
Thread - Black
Tip - Gold tinsel
Tail - Gray mallard
Body - 1/2 yellow wool, 1/2 blue silk floss
Hackle - Brown
Wing - Brown turkey

Trout - Ray Bergman

 

[Buzzy]

Getting the plucky bite box ready for later next month.
SF

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top fly: your alma mater!

 

[SKYKO]

Gonna try these tomorrow morning, clear fish head over 1/8th pink bead for a little front loaded jiggy action on the strip with eyes.

 

[Dr. Magill]

Gonna try these tomorrow morning, clear fish head over 1/8th pink bead for a little front loaded jiggy action on the stripView attachment 80343 with eyes.

Nice
How did you get the fish head over the bead ?
Cool idea

 

[NRC]

Gonna try these tomorrow morning, clear fish head over 1/8th pink bead for a little front loaded jiggy action on the stripView attachment 80343 with eyes.

I like it! Is that some kind of chenille or just a nice clean dubbing job?

 

[SKYKO]

I secured the bead in place like normal but a bit farther back from the eye, once done building the fly I slid the fish head over the eye and back over the bead which I had dabbed with super glue then did a final thread wrap at front of head behind eye, whip finish and a touch of UV Flow.

We'll see how they fish tomorrow!

 

[SKYKO]

I like it! Is that some kind of chenille or just a nice clean dubbing job?

Thanks - it's a synthetic hackle by hares ear if I recall, it's thin and not to bulky or thick and lays down nicely, I'm now out of the white/pearl so need to find some more if these fish well. Hackle length was about 3/8th and I trimmed off one side to get it to lay down the way I wanted.

 

[Zak]

Culton Drowned Ant, size 16.

Three strands peacock herl twisted with black thread wrapped over a thread underbody abdomen coated with SHHAN for durability, starling hackle/legs.

 

[EmergingFisher]

 

[Scudley Do Right]

 

[Matt B]

@Scudley Do Right A neither nice clean tie from you. I’m curious what you see as the advantages of tying in the dumbbell eyes on the bottom of the shank.