What's in your vise?
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Thunder and Lightning, Polly's
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Golden pheasant tippet
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Body - Dubbed with black lamb's wool
Hackle - Fluorescent fire orange tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - Dyed dark brown bucktail tied over the body
Cheeks - Jungle cock eyes or substitute
E. H. "Polly" Rosborough of Chiloquin, Oregon, originated this variation of a popular Atlantic salmon fly pattern.
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Coq de leon, hares ear, two turns blue dun straggle string, silver wire and 3.3mm bead on sz. 12. Kinda looks like some of the other stuff in my recent samples. I'd go smaller but need smaller beads in this color.
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Scottp
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Muddled Rusty Bumble
hook - WFC Model 6 #10
thread - SemperFli 8/0 black
tail - yarn flame
rib - small wire gold
body - Ice Dub Rusty Orange
hackle - furnace
shoulder - hen grizzly dyed Silver Doctor Blue (2 packs Koolaid Ice Blue Raspberry/1 cup water)
collar/head - deer hair dyed rust (1 1/2 Tsp Rit Sunshine Orange, 1/4 Tsp Rit Coal, 1/8 Tsp Rit Cocoa Brown/1 cup water)
Regards,
Scott
hook - WFC Model 6 #10
thread - SemperFli 8/0 black
tail - yarn flame
rib - small wire gold
body - Ice Dub Rusty Orange
hackle - furnace
shoulder - hen grizzly dyed Silver Doctor Blue (2 packs Koolaid Ice Blue Raspberry/1 cup water)
collar/head - deer hair dyed rust (1 1/2 Tsp Rit Sunshine Orange, 1/4 Tsp Rit Coal, 1/8 Tsp Rit Cocoa Brown/1 cup water)
Regards,
Scott
You should try those at night.
Grumpy Frumpy
Hook - 2X-long dry-fly hook, size 12
Thread - Red
Tail - Brown polypropylene yarn
Body - Yellow floss
Back - Tan closed-cell foam
Legs - Rubber legs
Wing - White polypropylene yarn
Hackle - Light brown
Favorite Flies: A Comprehensive Guide to Tying and Fishing the Best Flies Available - David Klausmeyer
You get size 1 PMDs up in MT?!McGee’s PMD Emerger (variation)
Different hackle/thread choice from his version.
hook - WFC Model 3 #1
thread - Uni 8/0 light cahill
tail - pheasant tail
rib - small wire copper
abdomen - pheasant tail
thorax - dubbing dirty yellow
hackle - hen dun
Regards,
Scott
Sorry for the late reply!
A similar method I tried out this last spring - got a couple to eat one on an otherwise skunky day in the basin.
The Z-Man ned rig jig hook makes these pretty easy:
Post in thread 'What's in your vise?' https://pnwflyfishing.com/forum/index.php?threads/whats-in-your-vise.4/post-109651
A couple followups with more info were posts #4797 and 4805
Not sure what's in the vice, but I suspect olive simiseal and also white icedub leeches/nymphs with a bead. My dol said he's really been excited since our outing.
Scottp
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They eat salmonflies for breakfast (thanks for spotting that!!).
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That’s the tastiest-looking trout fly I’ve seen in quite awhile. Colour combo, contrast, profile …. I think it’s got it all, Bongoman! I haven’t tied in awhile, but this one is motivating me back to the vise. Thanks!
