October Fly Tying Contest ~ 4" Minimum! G_Smolt gets the win!!

[Brute]

...So I should post *more* pics of gigantic rainbows with the Doug E. Flesh in their faceholes to win?

Okay.
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Are you fishing D E Flesh only during the Sockeye spawn/post spawn, or do you fish it anytime of the year?...

 

[clarkman]

I'll bet that @mcswny could clean up on those bulls he always seems to get into with @G_Smolt 's Doug E. Flesh

 

[G_Smolt]

Are you fishing D E Flesh only during the Sockeye spawn/post spawn, or do you fish it anytime of the year?...

I fish it mid-September into October

 

[mcswny]

I'll bet that @mcswny could clean up on those bulls he always seems to get into with @G_Smolt 's Doug E. Flesh

It’s been saved on my desktop since he posted it last year for that very reason

 

[clarkman]

It’s been saved on my desktop since he posted it last year for that very reason

I'm not surprised!

 

[mcswny]

I'm not surprised!

It’s be great right now during the Kokanee spawn

 

[Bambooflyguy]

4” - 6”
What’s the difference?

Uh…2”? Kidding, nice flies guys!

 

[MillCreekMinnow]

Looks like it's @G_Smolt for the win with Doug E. Flesh! Thanks to everyone that submitted and or voted! That was a fun one.

 

[Divad]

Good contest, congrats G_Smolt!

 

[mcswny]

I mean, I got 4 votes when I should have been disqualified so I count that as a win.

 

[Ron McNeal]

4” - 6”
What’s the difference?

Isn't this question acknowledged as being one of the most frequently asked questions of all time?

 

[Brute]

Congrats G_Smolt...I'll try to tie a few before next fall...

 

[G_Smolt]

Thank you, thank you all.
I'd like to thank the academy, our amazing hosts and hostesses this evening, and all the oversized rainbows long on appetite and short on sense that have eaten the Doug E. Flesh over the years...

 

[Matt B]

Thank you, thank you all.
I'd like to thank the academy, our amazing hosts and hostesses this evening, and all the oversized rainbows long on appetite and short on sense that have eaten the Doug E. Flesh over the years...

Would you mind sharing some deets on its construction? That looks like a sort of longish shank hook? And how are you attaching it, and is that Dacron backing? Etc

 

[G_Smolt]

@Matt B - The hook is an Umpqua XS415 BN5X, sz1, and the trailer material is doubled 65# spectra. I pass one end through the eye, take 3-4 wraps around the shank, then pass that end through the eye on the opposite side of the original strand - the end result has no "pull bias", as it would if I passed both ends through the "top" or "bottom" of the hookeye.
The body is a magnum rabbit strip, tied into the trailer hook and threaded thru with the spectra in front of the beads. Speaking of beads, they're 8mm.
Front shank is a 35mm Flymen shank with the return loop cut off. The magnum strip is tied in at the end, and a zonker strip is wrapped forward to the eye.

Order of operations would be:
Hook in vise
Attach spectra
Tie in magnum strip
Thread beads on spectra
Thread spectra thru strip
Shank in vise
Attach spectra
Attach magnum strip (vise end of shank)
Tie in and wrap zonker strip
Whip finish
Awesomeness achieved