What's in your vise?
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Jack Devlin
Life of the Party
Found this Rainbow Tinsel Chenille and thought it would make for some great spiders in the Knudson style. Can't wait to try them out.
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Maybe Girdle Ant.
I could be happy just fishing muddlers and ants forever.
I am always interested in twists and tips on muddlers! Share with the whole class, please!
We’ve been in the class for awhile
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Since I grabbed a new full yellow grizzly saddle hackle, I figured I should probably use some. Plus glow in the dark eyes just for my favorite eye guy, @MillCreekMinnow
I don’t love fly thing by nature. I love creating something and catching a fish with it. Following a recipe or tying the same fly over and over bores me super quick.
That is one of the reasons I love our local SRC. I don’t think I’ve caught a species of fish on more fly patterns than SRC. They are aggressive and make a mediocre fly tyer like myself feel like they actually know what they are doing
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So, this time of year starts 3-4 months of truly fun experimental fly tying for me. Weird color combos, weird material combos, ugly flies, large flies, small flies and everything in between. I could certainly catch more fish…and maybe better fish sticking to the usual. But unlike coho where I tie 100+ stinger clousers a year to catch a fish I target for food, SRC are fished for fun. I am not going to tie 145 olive Woolley buggers and catch as many as possible. I am going to tie 1…maybe 2 of any given pattern that may be similar to something I’ve tied before, but probably not the same as any other flies I’ve tied for SRC.
Except for variations of that olive wooly bugger. I always tie some variation of those for outings when these fantastic little bastards decide to get picky and try to skunk me.
Some fun stuff. Not groundbreaking. Just a guy grabbing random materials from the closet and tying up something that will probably….. work.
Also, just want to call out Spawn Fly fish. Did not have a material I wanted. Refunded my money but also gave me something similar as a replacement. They did not need to do that. I’ll order an item or two from them next time around that I do not need to throw them some extra business. Small business owners….this is a simple yet effective way to build some loyal customers. So simple yet so many business don’t deliver on this front.
That is one of the reasons I love our local SRC. I don’t think I’ve caught a species of fish on more fly patterns than SRC. They are aggressive and make a mediocre fly tyer like myself feel like they actually know what they are doing
.So, this time of year starts 3-4 months of truly fun experimental fly tying for me. Weird color combos, weird material combos, ugly flies, large flies, small flies and everything in between. I could certainly catch more fish…and maybe better fish sticking to the usual. But unlike coho where I tie 100+ stinger clousers a year to catch a fish I target for food, SRC are fished for fun. I am not going to tie 145 olive Woolley buggers and catch as many as possible. I am going to tie 1…maybe 2 of any given pattern that may be similar to something I’ve tied before, but probably not the same as any other flies I’ve tied for SRC.
Except for variations of that olive wooly bugger. I always tie some variation of those for outings when these fantastic little bastards decide to get picky and try to skunk me
.Some fun stuff. Not groundbreaking. Just a guy grabbing random materials from the closet and tying up something that will probably….. work.
Also, just want to call out Spawn Fly fish. Did not have a material I wanted. Refunded my money but also gave me something similar as a replacement. They did not need to do that. I’ll order an item or two from them next time around that I do not need to throw them some extra business. Small business owners….this is a simple yet effective way to build some loyal customers. So simple yet so many business don’t deliver on this front.
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Those top 2!!!! man, I'd swing/strip those for winter steelhead all day, every day....hell yeah!I don’t love fly thing by nature. I love creating something and catching a fish with it. Following a recipe or tying the same fly over and over bores me super quick.
That is one of the reasons I love our local SRC. I don’t think I’ve caught a species of fish on more fly patterns than SRC. They are aggressive and make a mediocre fly tyer like myself feel like they actually know what they are doing
So, this time of year starts 3-4 months of truly fun experimental fly tying for me. Weird color combos, weird material combos, ugly flies, large flies, small flies and everything in between. I could certainly catch more fish…and maybe better fish sticking to the usual. But unlike coho where I tie 100+ stinger clousers a year to catch a fish I target for food, SRC are fished for fun. I am not going to tie 145 olive Woolley buggers and catch as many as possible. I am going to tie 1…maybe 2 of any given pattern that may be similar to something I’ve tied before, but probably not the same as any other flies I’ve tied for SRC.
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Except for variations of that olive wooly bugger. I always tie some variation of those for outings when these fantastic little bastards decide to get picky and try to skunk me
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Some fun stuff. Not groundbreaking. Just a guy grabbing random materials from the closet and tying up something that will probably….. work.
Also, just want to call out Spawn Fly fish. Did not have a material I wanted. Refunded my money but also gave me something similar as a replacement. They did not need to do that. I’ll order an item or two from them next time around that I do not need to throw them some extra business. Small business owners….this is a simple yet effective way to build some loyal customers. So simple yet so many business don’t deliver on this front.
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Killer
Salmon Fly
Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent
Thread - Black
Tail - Red hackle fibers
Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel
Body - Bright red wool
Hackle - Bright red as a wet fly collar
Wing - Natural black squirrel tail or black bear hair
The Book of Fly Patterns: Over 1,000 Patterns for the Construction of Artificial Flies - Eric Leiser
Scottp
Legend
Willie Gunn Octopus (variation)
Not enough variation between the sunburst and orange for a true W/G, although the overall effect is nice enough; more work at the dye bath required.
hook - WFC Model 6 #10
thread - Uni 8/0 black
tail - yarn flame
rib - small wire gold
body - Starburst dubbing gold
hackles - dyed sunburst (1 Tbs Rit Golden Yellow/1 cup water)
1st shoulder - golden pheasant body feather yellow dyed sunburst
2nd shoulder - pheasant rump dyed orange (1 Tbs Rit Sunshine Orange/1 cup water) collar - hen saddle dyed black
Regards,
Scott
Not enough variation between the sunburst and orange for a true W/G, although the overall effect is nice enough; more work at the dye bath required.
hook - WFC Model 6 #10
thread - Uni 8/0 black
tail - yarn flame
rib - small wire gold
body - Starburst dubbing gold
hackles - dyed sunburst (1 Tbs Rit Golden Yellow/1 cup water)
1st shoulder - golden pheasant body feather yellow dyed sunburst
2nd shoulder - pheasant rump dyed orange (1 Tbs Rit Sunshine Orange/1 cup water) collar - hen saddle dyed black
Regards,
Scott
Oliver1329
Life of the Party
The video kinda sucks but I'm planning on posting a new fly-tying video every Monday if you are interested in subscribing!
This is weird, I was just working some up for whitefish. I'll watch the video before I go on.
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Oliver1329
Life of the Party
That's funny! Nice fly. The fly i posted has caught me whitefish. I hope it does the same for you!
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Nice video. I subbed a coq de leon tail for durability, peacock simiseal collar.
Oliver1329
Life of the Party
Sweet!
