What's in your vise?

[Stonedfish]

On kind of a marine worm kick after this weekends success.
This one is all marabou. I’m trying to get them thin with good movement.
I added up flex to the base of the tail to eliminate fouling. 2.5” long.
SF

 

[jact55]

Big fat fly. Not perfect, but feel it's above my skill level and it turned out decent.

Elk hair post
Moose hair tail
Squirrel body
Grizzly hackle

Half the fly was stolen from Charlie craven video, but changed up the body tp dubbing as I couldn't hack his moose hair body

 

[Norm Frechette]

Bloody Mary

 

[Norm Frechette]

Downeaster

 

[Norm Frechette]

Doc Spratley Nymph

 

[GOTY]

Fireball. 3/0 AJ

 

[Dr. Magill]

What are some good clouser colors for smallies? Never used but I want to try some
Thanks in advance

 

[Stonedfish]

What are some good clouser colors for smallies? Never used but I want to try some
Thanks in advance

Olive or brown over yellow, brown over orange or solid burnt orange.
Olive or chartreuse over white or solid white or black are always worth having in your box as well.
SF

 

[Dr. Magill]

Olive or brown over yellow, brown over orange or solid burnt orange.
Olive or chartreuse over white or solid white or black are always worth having in your box as well.
SF

Awesome
Thank you

 

[Kfish]

Fry/baitfish pattern with simiseal for body over metallic dubbing base.

 

[jact55]

Messing around with squirrel zonkers and a new hen cape. Not sure I'm a huge fan of hen compared to other birds for soft hackle. Fibers clump together.

 

[Jake Watrous]

Messing around with squirrel zonkers and a new hen cape. Not sure I'm a huge fan of hen compared to other birds for soft hackle. Fibers clump together.

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If you put a bead behind the hackle, or make a dubbing dam, it can help keep them splayed and not clumping.

 

[mcswny]

Messing around with squirrel zonkers and a new hen cape. Not sure I'm a huge fan of hen compared to other birds for soft hackle. Fibers clump together.

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Preen and separate them as you wrap. You can also comb it out after.

 

[Tom Butler]

Preen and separate them as you wrap. You can also comb it out after.

Or before. I separate them by stroking, maybe even combing, while preparing the tip or thick end for tying in, depending on how I want it to end up.

 

[mcswny]

Or before. I separate them by stroking, maybe even combing, while preparing the tip or thick end for tying in, depending on how I want it to end up.

Yea! This as well. Preen before and while wrapping

 

[jact55]

Thank you all. I think one issue is these feathers were too large for what I needed. They over power the squirrel wrap i already had.
Had a small dubbing bump behind, but not enough.
I pull the feathers downward from the tip before tying in, and try to preen. Obviously I still need practice.
I'll try to comb, something I never do really.

Appreciate all your insight. Very kind.

 

[jact55]

Scud.
Built up thread, multiple stands of flash wrapped. Then scud back and yellow ribbing. Slathered in uv resin. Dun hen fibers for throat/legs.
need to work on tapering my butt better

 

[Zak]

Thank you all. I think one issue is these feathers were too large for what I needed. They over power the squirrel wrap i already had.
Had a small dubbing bump behind, but not enough.
I pull the feathers downward from the tip before tying in, and try to preen. Obviously I still need practice.
I'll try to comb, something I never do really.

Appreciate all your insight. Very kind.

I like a piece of hook-side Velcro on a stick. If you attack that hen hackle with Velcro after it is tied, I bet it stops clumping together.

 

[Norm Frechette]

Trueblood's Blue Gray Nymph

 

[jasmillo]

Another Puget Sound shrimp variation.