What's in your vise?
- Thread starter Billy
- Start date
Dunkeld
Hook - Single salmon
Threat - Black
Tag - Fine oval gold tinsel
Tail - Golden pheasant crest feather topped by red hackle fibers half as long
Butt - Black ostrich herl
Body - Embossed gold tinsel
Hackle - Hot orange as a wet fly collar
Wing - A small mixed bunch of red, yellow, and blue bucktail topped by red fox squirrel tail fibers
Cheeks - Jungle cock eyes (or equivalent) (second eye showing)
The Book of Fly Patterns: Over 1,000 Patterns for the Construction of Artificial Flies - Eric Leiser
Scottp
Legend
Olive & Orange
hook - WFC Model 6 #10
thread - Uni 8/0 fire orange
tag - Orvis Saltwater thread fluoro orange/resin
rib - small wire copper
body - dubbing dyed olive orange (2 Tsp Rit Neon Green, 1/4 Tsp Rit Sunshine Orange/2 cups water)
hackle - dyed hot orange/olive
shoulder - pheasant neck dyed olive
Regards,
Scott
hook - WFC Model 6 #10
thread - Uni 8/0 fire orange
tag - Orvis Saltwater thread fluoro orange/resin
rib - small wire copper
body - dubbing dyed olive orange (2 Tsp Rit Neon Green, 1/4 Tsp Rit Sunshine Orange/2 cups water)
hackle - dyed hot orange/olive
shoulder - pheasant neck dyed olive
Regards,
Scott
Signal Light
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Purple hackle barbs tied short
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Rear quarter, dubbed with fluorescent fire orange lamb's wool; the second quarter, dubbed with fluorescent chartreuse lamb's wool; the front half, black chenille
Wing - Strands of blue, pearl, claret, and green Flashabou Accent (or substitutes) mixed and tied over the body, with an overwing of black marabou
Hackle - Purple tied on as a collar and tied back
Randall Kaufmann of Portland, Oregon, originated this pattern.
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Scottp
Legend
Muddled Soldier Variant
Used Lindsay Simpson’s Soldier Palmer as inspiration.
hook - WFC Model 6 #10
thread - Uni 8/0 black
tail - yarn red
rib - small wire silver
body - UV-X ET dubbing bright orange
hackle - grizzly dyed orange (1 Tbs Rit Sunshine Orange/1 cup water)
collar/head - deer hair dyed black (1 Tbs Rit Dark Brown/1 cup water overdyed with 1 Tbs Rit Black/1 cup water)
Regards,
Scott
Used Lindsay Simpson’s Soldier Palmer as inspiration.
hook - WFC Model 6 #10
thread - Uni 8/0 black
tail - yarn red
rib - small wire silver
body - UV-X ET dubbing bright orange
hackle - grizzly dyed orange (1 Tbs Rit Sunshine Orange/1 cup water)
collar/head - deer hair dyed black (1 Tbs Rit Dark Brown/1 cup water overdyed with 1 Tbs Rit Black/1 cup water)
Regards,
Scott
My order of jig hooks, pins, and tungsten beads arrived. Taking a stab at balanced flies.
Zak
Legend
NIce fly! Not the Yaller Hammer flicker feather fly:
The Yallerhammer, an Appalachian Classic - Orvis News
The old man called the fly the “skull crusher” because the brook trout would come after it so hard and fast that they’d bash their heads on boulders. He tied them with one arm, in the cool of the little store in the . . .
news.orvis.com
Scottp
Legend
Cephalopod Variant
hook - WFC Model 6 #10
thread - Danville 6/0 orange
tail - yarn chartreuse
rib - small wire copper
body - dubbing dyed olive orange (2 Tsp Rit Neon Green, 1/4 Tsp Rit Sunshine Orange/2 cups water)
hackle - dyed hot yellow (1 Tsp Rit Neon Yellow, 1 Tsp Rit Golden Yellow/2 cups water)/ dyed golden olive (2 Tsp Rit Golden Yellow, 1/4 Tsp Rit Camel/2 cups water)
1st shoulder - hen dyed olive orange
2nd shoulder - pheasant rump dyed neon peach (2 Tsp Rit Golden Yellow, 1/8 Tsp Rit Coral/2 cups water)
Regards,
Scott
hook - WFC Model 6 #10
thread - Danville 6/0 orange
tail - yarn chartreuse
rib - small wire copper
body - dubbing dyed olive orange (2 Tsp Rit Neon Green, 1/4 Tsp Rit Sunshine Orange/2 cups water)
hackle - dyed hot yellow (1 Tsp Rit Neon Yellow, 1 Tsp Rit Golden Yellow/2 cups water)/ dyed golden olive (2 Tsp Rit Golden Yellow, 1/4 Tsp Rit Camel/2 cups water)
1st shoulder - hen dyed olive orange
2nd shoulder - pheasant rump dyed neon peach (2 Tsp Rit Golden Yellow, 1/8 Tsp Rit Coral/2 cups water)
Regards,
Scott
Bongoman
Life of the Party
Thanks. Yep not the Yaller but the Yellow. A West Coast popular staple from 1914 through the late 60'sNIce fly! Not the Yaller Hammer flicker feather fly:
The Yallerhammer, an Appalachian Classic - Orvis News
The old man called the fly the “skull crusher” because the brook trout would come after it so hard and fast that they’d bash their heads on boulders. He tied them with one arm, in the cool of the little store in the . . .
Jack Devlin
Life of the Party
These are fun to make.
