What's in your vise?

[Norm Frechette]

HC Foam Stone

Hook - Mustad 9672 or equivalent, size 6-8
Thread - Black
Body - Black and orange 2mm foam
Wing - Fox squirrel tail hairs over pearl krystal flash
Sighter - Orange 2mm foam
Legs - Barred black/orange rubber legs

 

[Norm Frechette]

Hatching Foam Pupa

Daniel Bergman

Hook - Mustad C068 or equivalent, size 12-16

Thread - Brown

Rear Body - 2mm tan foam strip, segmented with hemostat and colored with brown marker

Head cover - 2mm tan foam strip from the rear body and colored with brown marker

Thorax - Tan ice dubbing

Eyes - 50-pound mono burnt and coated with black uv resin or substitute

 

[Norm Frechette]

Church Window Hornberg

Hook - Mustad 9671, 9672 or equivalent, size 8-10-12
Thread - Brown or black
Body - Silver tinsel
Underwing - Pair of gray hackle tips
Wing - Pair of matched cock pheasant neck/shoulder church window feathers
Cheeks - Jungle cock (optional)
Collar - Grizzly, Cree or brown hackle (I used 2 Cree hackles)

 

[Norm Frechette]

Lady Hamilton

Ralph Wahl

Steelhead Fly

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent
Thread - Black
Tail - Red goose or duck quill segments
Ribbing - Silver tinsel
Body - Red floss (may be coated with 4 coats of model airplane dope)
Wing - Orange over white bucktail
Eyes - Painted black over white

Fly Tyer Pattern Bible - V.1 I.4

 

[Northern]

White/yellow/red popper for hunting my namesake Esox in Ontario next week

 

[SculpinSwinger]

I too dream of Esox

 

[clarkman]

you don't want to be a Sucker....

 

[Norm Frechette]

Spring Wiggler

Steelhead, trout etc.

Hook - Mustad 3906, 3906B, 3399 or equivalent, size - various, typically #8

Thread - Black

Weight - Optional

Tail - Squirrel tail

Body - Various colors of chenille (medium or ultra)

Wing case - Squirrel tail

Hackle - Various colors of saddle hackle palmered

 

[Norm Frechette]

Golden Bear Bucktail

Originated by Mike Martinek Jr

Hook - Partridge CS17 Ken Baker or equivalent, size 4

Thread - Black

Tail - Golden pheasant tippet

Body: Gold Axxel flash or equivalent (Bill's Body Braid)

Wing: Yellow over orange over yellow bucktail

Throat: Mallard flank fibers (sparse)

Cheeks - Jungle cock

Streamer Fly Patterns for Trolling and Casting Volume II, Mike Martinek Jr.

 

[Norm Frechette]

Charlie Boy Hopper

Charlie Craven

Hook - Mustad 94840or equivalent, size 8
Thread - Brown
Body - Tan/brown/olive/black 2mm foam
Legs - Brown rubber legs
Wing - Elk/deer hair
Eyes- Black marker

 

[wanderingrichard]

Hatching Foam Pupa

Daniel Bergman

Hook - Mustad C068 or equivalent, size 12-16

Thread - Brown

Rear Body - 2mm tan foam strip, segmented with hemostat and colored with brown marker

Head cover - 2mm tan foam strip from the rear body and colored with brown marker

Thorax - Tan ice dubbing

Eyes - 50-pound mono burnt and coated with black uv resin or substitute

No offense, Norm, but it could pass for a baby version of MothRa from the Godzilla movies. Still, thats an interesting fly.

 

[Kfish]

Light weight sandlance for the shallow beaches. Tied them on the Ahrex Bob Clouser Signature hooks, size 4.

 

[Scottp]

Flossy Muddler

Playing around with different body materials and a neat way to shape the head.

hook - WFC Model 3 #10
thread - Uni 6/0 black
tail - yarn chartreuse
rib - small wire silver
body - floss (Oral B used here but any tape-like brand works)
body hackle - grizzly
shoulder - hen badger
collar/head - deer hair

Regards,
Scott

 

[Norm Frechette]

Gullflugan (Icelandic)

The Gold Fly

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent
Thread - Black
Tag - Gold oval tinsel and yellow floss
Tail - Golden pheasant crest
Butt - Black ostrich herl
Rib - Oval gold tinsel
Body - Flat gold tinsel
Throat - Black schlappen or hen hackle fibers
Wing - Gray squirrel dyed yellow

 

[Norm Frechette]

Pest

Spent beetle, blowfly, deerfly & general attractor

Dennis Potter Originator

Hook - Mustad 94840 or equivalent
Thread - Black
Shellback - Yellow foam
Body - Peacock herl
Wings - Dun hi-viz wing material
Hackle - Grizzly

Trout Flies of the East - Schollmeyer & Leeson

 

[Norm Frechette]

Rubber Bug

Spent beetle, blowfly, deerfly & general attractor

Rusty Gates Originator

Hook - Mustad 94840 or equivalent
Thread - Black
Shellback - Black foam
Body - Peacock herl
Wings - Grizzly hen hackle tips
Hackle - Grizzly

Trout Flies of the East - Schollmeyer & Leeson

 

[Wayne Kohan]

Charlie Boy Hopper

Charlie Craven

Hook - Mustad 94840or equivalent, size 8
Thread - Brown
Body - Tan/brown/olive/black 2mm foam
Legs - Brown rubber legs
Wing - Elk/deer hair
Eyes- Black marker

I tied up some of these a few years ago, seems like a great hopper/dropper fly for small streams, but I had an issue with the hook gap getting obstructed by the foam as there is a layer of foam below the shank. I had a lot of strikes with few hook ups. Probably should have used a bigger hook or thinner foam.

 

[Norm Frechette]

La Cantine (The Canteen)

Atlantic Salmon

Hook – Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent

Thread - Black

Tag - Flat gold tinsel

Tip - Fluorescent red floss

Body - Black floss

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Wing - Black hairs of a Monga tail or substitute

Collar - Black hackle

 

[Buzzy]

La Cantine (The Canteen)

Atlantic Salmon

Hook – Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent

Thread - Black

Tag - Flat gold tinsel

Tip - Fluorescent red floss

Body - Black floss

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Wing - Black hairs of a Monga tail or substitute

Collar - Black hackle

I'm not sure what a Monga is, Norm. Regardless, a very nice salmon fly!

 

[FinLuver]

I'm not sure what a Monga is, Norm. Regardless, a very nice salmon fly!

Monga Ringtail