What's in your vise?

[clarkman]

Practicing hollow fly tying with craft fur. Only tore this apart twice and still don't like how the belly turned out. Would probably be easier using a single color and use a marker to shade the top. Trick with two colors is getting the last tie down wraps on top of each other before pulling material back and tying the dam wraps.
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I'll bet you'll change your mind when you swim it.

I always have a tough time with the look of craft fur hollow flies.....until I see them in the water.

 

[Tom Butler]

The way I have always done those seems to make it quite easy and perhaps you have already figured it out but allow me to mention. After the tails and body materials are tied in bring the thread to the front and tie off. Rotate the vice until the hook eye is pointing directly at you. Grasp one strand of body material in each hand and weave the body without letting go of either or switching hands. One over, cross materials, one under, cross materials and so on until the desired body length is achieved. Reattach thread and tie them both off. Also I have always found the results most pleasant when using materials that have a little fuzz to them like yarns or chenille rather than floss or such.

Thank you. I have found cutting the thread to be the best so far. For now I found the knots better because I was having trouble holding tension, but I think if I sat more in front of the fly the method you mentioned may work out better for me. And using the rotation will help me get the wire done better. Thanks, much appreciated. I'm gonna keep at it, the stone worked.

 

[SKYKO]

Another one with a little more pop.

 

[albula]

Hope the quest is as much fun as the getting ready. One that I think will work and one just for the fun of it.

 

[TicTokCroc]

Thank you. I have found cutting the thread to be the best so far. For now I found the knots better because I was having trouble holding tension, but I think if I sat more in front of the fly the method you mentioned may work out better for me. And using the rotation will help me get the wire done better. Thanks, much appreciated. I'm gonna keep at it, the stone worked.

Best tutorial I have found for a woven fly.

 

[Zak]

Stewart's Black Spider, size 18 2Xshort, starling twisted on Pearsall's black/brown.

 

[SKYKO]

Took a stab at a Ray Bergman pattern, "Sawtooth" on a size 6 as seen in Steven Bird's book Trout Spey page 208.
The tinsel I used is to wide, a bit wonky.

 

[Bongoman]

 

[Bongoman]

 

[Bongoman]

 

[Tom Butler]

Took a stab at a Ray Bergman pattern, "Sawtooth" on a size 6 as seen in Steven Bird's book Trout Spey page 208.
The tinsel I used is to wide, a bit wonky.
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I think you're right, but I like it. Couple months ago I'd probably of copied it to try as an october caddis.

 

[Bongoman]

 

[Steve Vaughn]

After 40 years tying, my first articulated streamer. The Rusty Trombone. Umpqua U104 #4 not exactly the right hook as the cone was a challenge to get around the bend.

 

[RichS]

Micro Madison Mayfly - Blue ribbon Flies


Hook dai-riki 075 #18
Tail: Hungarion Patridge tail feather fibers
Abdomen: 8/0 tan uni-thread
Rib: small brown uni-wire
Thorax: olive zelon dubbing
Wingcase: pearl flash
Bead: 2 mm gold

 

[Norm Frechette]

Smoke On the Water

Bead – Black/black nickel
Gills - White
Ribbing – Black wire
Body – Purple holographic tinsel
Thorax – Peacock herl

Central Alberta Fly Tying Club: January 2014 (rdflytying.blogspot.com)

 

[Scottp]

Golden Olive Cephalopod

hook - WFC Model 6 #10
thread - MFC 8/0 light brown
butt - yarn sunburst
rib - small wire gold
body - grey mohair rabbit dyed golden olive (1 TBS Rit Golden Yellow/1 cup water)
hackle - dun dyed golden olive
1st shoulder - dun chukar partridge dyed golden olive
2nd shoulder - pheasant neck dyed olive

Dyeing shades of grey substrates yield interesting results.

Regards,
Scott

 

[Brute]

Smoke On the Water

Bead – Black/black nickel
Gills - White
Ribbing – Black wire
Body – Purple holographic tinsel
Thorax – Peacock herl

Central Alberta Fly Tying Club: January 2014 (rdflytying.blogspot.com)

I can hear Deep Purple in the background…

 

[SKYKO]

Some simple winter spey buggers.

 

[James St. Clair]

Some recent stuff off the vice

Smaller brown stonefly (lots of these on my home water)


March Brown, Quill body


March Brown, Biot Body


March Brown, Quill Body Turkey Slip Wing


Fugly October Caddis (this thing had fish jumping out of the water crazy chasing it all fall)


Golden Stonefly Nymph (lots of these on my home waters too)

 

[mcswny]

Some recent stuff off the vice

Smaller brown stonefly (lots of these on my home water)
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March Brown, Quill body
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March Brown, Biot Body
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March Brown, Quill Body Turkey Slip Wing
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Fugly October Caddis (this thing had fish jumping out of the water crazy chasing it all fall)
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Golden Stonefly Nymph (lots of these on my home waters too)
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Bravo!