What's in your vise?

[Oliver1329]

Filling empty spots. Sz. 8 hares ear w 4.6mm bead.
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Still have trouble putting too much material on small flies. Sz. 14 w 3.3 mm.
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To help with smaller flies and not building up bulk, put as little dubbing as you can on your thread. You'll think that it is crazy the amount of dubbing put on the thread like it won't even dub but trust me it will.

 

[Tom Butler]

To help with smaller flies and not building up bulk, put as little dubbing as you can on your thread. You'll think that it is crazy the amount of dubbing put on the thread like it won't even dub but trust me it will.

I think your right. I still tried to loop dub it, and I think if I touched and spun a tiny bit on the waxed tying thread it would size better. A skill to work on. Like many said in the why tie thread, I just love all the aspects of this pastime. Always something to learn and work on.

 

[Eastside]

I find that most dubbing can be applied without wax. Don’t put a long “noodle“ to start with on the thread and add more as you need. That makes it easier to control the amount.

 

[mcswny]

I don't tie or fish much small stuff, my boxes are about 1/2 size 8 flies. I have some small stuff, like 16 and 18 PT's, GRHEs, Griffiths, and Zug bugs, but I have no fine motor control and shake a bit from work injuries in my neck. I usually just don't have much luck with them small either. I like those eggstacy eggs in 14 though, those are easy and catch lots of fish.
I guess in my confidence fly game they are foods that are likely to be available year round, and big enough to be worth the fishes while to move for, size 8 hares ears, 6 3xl Pat's, size 6 and 8 stimulators and muddlers.

I'm just jokin with ya. More so because Im jealous that a 14 is considered small

 

[Tom Butler]

Just a light touch of wax and touching the dubbing on and twisting it a bit gave me a better body, thx guys.

 

[Norm Frechette]

Fox Hole Special

Attractor Fly Pattern

Hook - Mustad 3665A or equivalent, size 6-8

Thread - Black

Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel

Body - Black floss

Throat - Yellow bucktail

Underwing - Orange bucktail

Wing - White marabou

Shoulder - Mallard or teal flank

Eyes (optional) - Painted black over white

The Fox Hole Special is one of the better landlocked salmon streamers, and brook trout will take it as well. It’s a so-called attractor pattern, and best described as a dressed-up Black Ghost Marabou, with yellow and orange bucktail and a shoulder added, the latter to imitate a gill plate. The fly is easy to see, has great action, and is just different enough that it will catch fish in pressured waters where the fish see pretty much everything else. The Fox Hole Special is one of the top ten landlocked salmon streamers in Maine.

Favorite Flies for Maine - Bob Mallard

 

[Kfish]

Flatwing shrimp thing.

 

[Pink Nighty]

Flashy salmon shit, hopefully will swing one day soon. Also love what happened to the dubbing when I set the UV res, just craft fur scraps but man does it pop!

 

[Scottp]

Bird’s Nest (variation)

Based on a video I found here; made the tail more shrimp-like.

hook - WFC Model 6 #6
thread - Uni 8/0 wine
tail - barred woodduck
rib - small wire gold
abdomen - dubbing Aussie possum
hackle - woodduck flank
thorax - Ice Dub hare’s ear

Regards,
Scott

 

[SpeyrodGB]

Bird’s Nest (variation)

Based on a video I found here; made the tail more shrimp-like.

hook - WFC Model 6 #6
thread - Uni 8/0 wine
tail - barred woodduck
rib - small wire gold
abdomen - dubbing Aussie possum
hackle - woodduck flank
thorax - Ice Dub hare’s ear

Regards,
Scott

That is creatively wild. Absolutely love it.

 

[EmergingFisher]

King of the Waters from Dressed Irons

 

[Wanative]

Fox Hole Special

Attractor Fly Pattern

Hook - Mustad 3665A or equivalent, size 6-8

Thread - Black

Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel

Body - Black floss

Throat - Yellow bucktail

Underwing - Orange bucktail

Wing - White marabou

Shoulder - Mallard or teal flank

Eyes (optional) - Painted black over white

The Fox Hole Special is one of the better landlocked salmon streamers, and brook trout will take it as well. It’s a so-called attractor pattern, and best described as a dressed-up Black Ghost Marabou, with yellow and orange bucktail and a shoulder added, the latter to imitate a gill plate. The fly is easy to see, has great action, and is just different enough that it will catch fish in pressured waters where the fish see pretty much everything else. The Fox Hole Special is one of the top ten landlocked salmon streamers in Maine.

Favorite Flies for Maine - Bob Mallard

Superb! Love it.

 

[RichS]

Another variation of floating dragonfly

 

[Buzzy]

Everything outside is coated with ice (fun drive home from Wenatchee yesterday) - I'd hoped to be fishing today. Ain't going to happen, maybe Friday.


Orange tungsten bead buried in the "KRAP Dubbing, Orange-ish" (FTD). I kinda like it.

 

[Norm Frechette]

Wringer

Atlantic Salmon

Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tip - Lower half, flat silver tinsel; the upper half, yellow floss
Tail - Golden pheasant crest feather
Butt - Black ostrich herl
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Dubbed with black lamb's wool
Hackle - Dark blue tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - Dyed red, gray squirrel tail tied low over the body, with an over wing of dyed yellow gray squirrel tail

Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson

 

[Scottp]

Golden Olive Shrimpy Muddler

hook - WFC Model 6 #10
thread - Uni 8/0 fire orange
tail - golden pheasant tippet
rib - small wire gold
abdomen - Ice Dub orange
hackle - dyed golden olive (2 Tsp Rit Golden Yellow, 1/4 Tsp Rit Camel/2 cups water) shoulder - grizzly dyed red
collar/head - deer hair

Regards,
Scott

 

[Zak]

Notional nymph. I wrapped the thorax with nonlead wire, covered the wire with thread, and squeezed it flat with pliers. So the nymph is very flat/broad.

 

[Jack Devlin]

An Alaska stillwater/slow current weighted nymph. Brown hen tail, Muskrat body, Red Fox thorax, Woodchuck wingcase, partridge legs.

 

[Zak]

An Alaska stilwater/slow current weighted nymph. Brown hen tail, Muskrat body, Red Fox thorax, Woodchuck wingcase, partridge "legs".View attachment 42322

I don't think that I've even seen a woodchuck wingcase!

 

[Jack Devlin]

I don't think that I've even seen a woodchuck wingcase!

I used Woodchuck tail. I think the original pattern calls for Woodchuck brown hair. The patches of Woodchuck hair I have are pretty used up.

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