What's in your vise?

mcswny · Jan 31, 2023

A couple D&Ds from virtual vise night. My phone/lighting is awful, these are actually yellow and gold.

clarkman · Jan 31, 2023

couple of tiger flies from virtual vise night. The white is pretty stock.....typical fur, feathers, flash but with some foam in there to create some unbalance, but on an Ahrex TP long. The black one is mostly black snowrunner (nayat) reverse tied on several 25mm shanks off the back of a 4/0 Ahrex TP605.

Vandelay Industries · Jan 31, 2023

I tied the white and some of the pink flies during the virtual vise night.

These are Half a Rabbit flies, pattern from a video with Steve Probasco, for lingcod and rockfish.

Norm Frechette · Feb 1, 2023

Bloody Mary

Soft Hackle

Hook - Mustad Heritage S80AP
Thread - Black
Tag - Gold tinsel
Tail - Golden pheasant tippets
Body - Peacock herl, reinforced
Hackle - Red hen

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Carter Harrison

Winged Wet Fly

Hook - Mustad Heritage S80AP
Thread - Black
Tail - Red hen
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Seal's fur dyed purple
Hackle -Ginger cock hackle
Wing -Teal

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Cheney

Winged Wet Fly

Cheney Albert Nelson

Hook - Mustad S80AP
Thread - Black
Tail - Black hen
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Body - Yellow and red floss
Hackle - Yellow
Wing - Jungle cock

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Black Spring

Soft Hackle

Hook - Mustad Heritage S80AP
Thread - Black or red
Ribbing - Red thread or uni stretch
Body - Black quill from crow or black pheasant tail
Hackle - Starling

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Scottp · Feb 1, 2023

Muddled Hare’s Ear Crippler

Not breaking any new ground here but any time golden pheasant behaves this well, it’s a cause for celebration.

hook - WFC Model 6 #10
thread - Uni 8/0 fire orange
tag - Orvis Saltwater thread/resin
rib - small wire gold
body - Ice Dub hare’s ear
hackle - Cree
shoulder - golden pheasant body feather red
collar/head - deer hair

Regards,
Scott

Buzzy · Feb 1, 2023

Balanced damselfly nymph
3.2 mm tungsten bead, it should sink.

Divad · Feb 1, 2023

Buzzy said:
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Balanced damselfly nymph
3.2 mm tungsten bead, it should sink.

*strip strip strip* Attempt to reset cast, nope.

*strip strip strip* Attempt to reset cast…and repeat until all but 5ft of line is out.

I have a strong love hate relationship with balanced leeches. Great looking fly!

Buzzy · Feb 1, 2023

Divad said:
*strip strip strip* Attempt to reset cast, nope.

*strip strip strip* Attempt to reset cast…and repeat until all but 5ft of line is out.

I have a strong love hate relationship with balanced leeches. Great looking fly!

Thanks, David -
This particular fly you'd think should be fished very slowly, a twitch or two and pause, right? I had some success with it fishing a marl shoal dropoff by stripping it quickly several feet and pausing. ... go figure.

Tom Butler · Feb 1, 2023

Divad said:
*strip strip strip* Attempt to reset cast, nope.

*strip strip strip* Attempt to reset cast…and repeat until all but 5ft of line is out.

I have a strong love hate relationship with balanced leeches. Great looking fly!

I get this. I was fishing them deep under the float in the reservoir last year. That 10' 6wt stillwater rod helps hoist them and get a cast going though. But yeah, unless the wind is working the float right I've gone smaller leeches (~8) on a jig hook under the float. When I wanted to fish a big one (10 3xl+) I went to the sinking line. I certainly can't fish a balanced leech with another fly without making big tangled messes, that's for sure. Well, maybe with more experience.

Norm Frechette · Feb 1, 2023

Tauche Tom

Winged Wet Fly

Hook - Mustad Heritage S80AP
Thread - Black
Ribbing - Copper wire
Body - Peacock herl
Throat - Teal
Wing - 1 jungle cock feather tied flat over the body

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