What's in your vise?
- Thread starter Billy
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Nice
Is that body tubing? Looks like 1/2”
Not sure how you guys get such nice photos, but here's a little caddis I tied inspired by James Lund's work.
The wings could have been better symmetry-wise, and I'm not sure how well it'll cast, but it was a fun tie.
The wings could have been better symmetry-wise, and I'm not sure how well it'll cast, but it was a fun tie.
G_Smolt
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Chocklett's body tube, 1/4"
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My favorite bass fly. Swimming Frog. It pops, it swims, it dives, the back legs kick. Lasts forever. Catches bass.
Hook: TMC 8089 #2
Tail: 1 each olive, olive grizzly and yellow grizzly rooster hackle on each side
Collar 1: olive grizzly soft hackle
Collar 2: 4 olive silcone legs on each side
Collar 3: deer hair
Body/head: olive over Chartreuse over yellow deer
Eyes: 7 mm
front legs: olive silicone pulled through body
Weed guard: 20# Mason hard mono
Hook: TMC 8089 #2
Tail: 1 each olive, olive grizzly and yellow grizzly rooster hackle on each side
Collar 1: olive grizzly soft hackle
Collar 2: 4 olive silcone legs on each side
Collar 3: deer hair
Body/head: olive over Chartreuse over yellow deer
Eyes: 7 mm
front legs: olive silicone pulled through body
Weed guard: 20# Mason hard mono
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I love that!
And thank you for that link - Lund's ties are amazing
Scottp
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Peach Muddler (Michigan body)
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The ribbed deer hair body doesn’t show up very well in the photos.
hook - WFC Model 6 #10
thread - Uni 6/0 fire orange
tail - yarn fluoro orange
rib - tying thread
body - deer hair dyed neon peach (2 Tsp Rit Golden Yellow, 1/8 Tsp Rit Coral/2 cups water)
wing - Congo Hair shiner tan
shoulder - mottled hen saddle
collar/head - deer hair dyed neon peach
Regards,
Scott
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The ribbed deer hair body doesn’t show up very well in the photos.
hook - WFC Model 6 #10
thread - Uni 6/0 fire orange
tail - yarn fluoro orange
rib - tying thread
body - deer hair dyed neon peach (2 Tsp Rit Golden Yellow, 1/8 Tsp Rit Coral/2 cups water)
wing - Congo Hair shiner tan
shoulder - mottled hen saddle
collar/head - deer hair dyed neon peach
Regards,
Scott
Dave Boyle
Life of the Party
Back onto mayflies, a bad haircut cripple
Dave
Dave
Magical - I really dig the bead and dubbing color compliments.
Scudley Do Right
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EmergingFisher
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Owner
Hook - Straight eye bass
Thread - Black
Tag - Flat silver tinsel
Tail - Red goose
Body - Yellow silk floss
Rib - Yellow silk chenille
Hackle - Orange
Wing - Guinea hen dyed red
Head - Black chenille and black thread
Favorite Flies and Their Histories - Mary Orvis Marbury
Gaudy Wet Flies of the Golden Era | Fly Tyer
To round out my selection of favorite wet flies, my fly box contains rows of cased-caddis larva and chironomid imitations. And if I had to pick only one dry fly, it would be an Elk-Hair Caddis tied with a high-floating CDC puff tucked neatly under the wing. It’s not an Earth-shattering...
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Puffer
Hook - Straight eye bass
Thread - Black
Tag - Flat gold tinsel.
Tail - Red goose
Ribbing - Light green floss behind oval gold tinsel
Body - Blue mohair
Hackle - Ring-necked pheasant breast or neck feather
Wing - Black rooster or crow
Head - Red wool
Favorite Flies and Their Histories - Mary Orvis Marbury
Gaudy Wet Flies of the Golden Era | Fly Tyer
Light Polka
Winged Wet Fly
Hook - Mustad Heritage S80AP
Thread - Black
Body - White chenille
Throat - White hen hackle
Wing - Guinea fowl
Trout - Ray Bergman
EmergingFisher
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Scottp
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Extended Body Muddler
Prototype; not sure about the shoulder on this one.
hook - WFC Model 6 #10
thread - Uni 6/0 black
core - 8lb mono
underbody - moose body hair (sparse)
abdomen - deer hair
rib - tying thread
thorax - Ice Dub hare’s ear
hackle - Cree
shoulder - mottled hen saddle
collar/head - deer hair
Regards,
Scott
Prototype; not sure about the shoulder on this one.
hook - WFC Model 6 #10
thread - Uni 6/0 black
core - 8lb mono
underbody - moose body hair (sparse)
abdomen - deer hair
rib - tying thread
thorax - Ice Dub hare’s ear
hackle - Cree
shoulder - mottled hen saddle
collar/head - deer hair
Regards,
Scott
Light Fox
Winged Wet Fly
Hook – Mustad Heritage S80AP
Thread - Black
Tag – Flat gold tinsel
Tail - Yellow wool *
Ribbing – Flat gold tinsel
Body - White wool
Hackle - Yellow
Wing - Slate
* A tail-tag is generally cut off even with the hook bend.
Trout – Ray Bergman
DARK FLAGON
Winged Wet Fly
Hook - Mustad Heritage S80AP
Thread - Black
Body - First half brown floss, second half peacock herl
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Hackle - Black
Wing - Brown hen
1861 FLIES by KEN SAWADA
