What's in your vise?

[Zak]

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You can't really see it to good but there is a vail of blue floss that extends over the back 1/2 of the fly 2/3's of the way up the tail.

Love the colors and proportions on this fly!

 

[clarkman]

more quick and easy Nayat Baja baitfish...adding a few with nearly no flash.

Tying the Nayat in reverse will help hold that perfect baitfish profile.

 

[Zak]

more quick and easy Nayat Baja baitfish...adding a few with nearly no flash.

Tying the Nayat in reverse will help hold that perfect baitfish profile.

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I like those tabbed eyes you're using.

 

[clarkman]

I like those tabbed eyes you're using.

Thx.

I really really hope they last, because I've tied a ton of flies with them now. Of course if they don't, it'll be easy enough to just glue on eyes.

 

[jact55]

Hotel evenings make for no distractions. My flies are slightly better than normal, but that's not saying much lol




Think my artic fox dub loop fibers are a bit too long. But scared to trim em down

 

[SpeyrodGB]

Jolly Green Giant.
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Very trout Spey and lake fly looking. Recipe please.

 

[Merle]

Jolly Green Giant.
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Oh man that’s a tasty looking lake fly!

 

[Billy]

Ice off stuff

 

[Zak]

Very trout Spey and lake fly looking. Recipe please.

Thanks! Everett Caryl of Spokane originated it.

Some nonlead wire wrapped over the front third of the hook, pheasant rump tail (mine is a little too long, I think), brown olive dubbed body (I used seal but the originator also used angora goat), pheasant rump hackle (mine is dyed yellow/green), pheasant rump after shaft head (I added that to the recipe).

 

[Norm Frechette]

Orange Shrimp

Unknown, late 1920s or early 1930s

Tail - Red hackle fibers
Body - Orange wool yarn
Rib - Gold flat or oval tinsel (optional)
Hackle - Orange
Wing - White bucktail with long jungle cock

Classic Steelhead Flies - John Shewey

 

[Scottp]

Hotspot Muddler (Michigan body)

Trimming out the collar underneath is optional (and why I always carry scissors on stream); if it doesn’t float properly it’ll get a haircut on the bottom.

hook - WFC Model 6 #8
thread - Uni 6/0 black
tail - yarn sunburst
rib - tying thread
body - deer hair
wing - Congo Hair shiner tan
shoulder - pheasant rump
collar/head - deer hair

Regards,
Scott

 

[Brute]

Jolly Green Giant.
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I’m digging this…I can see it in black and sculpin olive…

 

[Bongoman]

 

[Bongoman]

 

[Eastside]

Modified Gartside Sparrow in olive. Used peacock semi seal and red ice dub under the front hackle. As the fly is fished, the ice dub ”bleeds” into the body. Haven’t fished it on moving water yet but fish in several lakes that I fished last summer loved it on a stripped retrieve with a sink 5 line.

 

[Norm Frechette]

Orange Shrimp

Thread - Orange or black
Tip - Flat gold tinsel
Tail - Red hackle fibers
Body - Orange chenille
Hackle - Orange
Wing - White bucktail
Cheeks - Jungle cock (optional)

Steelhead Fly Tying Manual - Tom Light & Neal Humphrey

 

[Scottp]

Henry’s Fork Hopper (Carnage variation)

Years ago I had a good day fishing the original HF hopper for browns on a nice tributary to the Firehole; mine weren’t nearly as nice as Mr. Lawson’s but the fish didn’t care. With this version, it’s easier to get a more durable extended body using the mono core than letting the hair butts hang in the air off the back of the hook; subbed on the wing and legs for ease of tying and durability, again. Funny to mention durability twice since a bullethead is usually good for a fish or two before it looks like a blown dandelion.

hook - WFC Model 28 #8
thread - UTC 140 tan
core - 12lb mono
rib - tying thread
body - deer hair
wing - landscape fabric
head - deer hair
legs - medium rubber brown
indicator - 2mm foam orange

Regards,
Scott

 

[Bongoman]

 

[Bongoman]

 

[Zak]

Jolly Black Giant.
Same as above, but with black dyed pheasant rump and bleeding black seal dubbing.