It has big red eyes!
What's in your vise?
- Thread starter Billy
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On big flies I kind of like craft store googly eyes- they even rattle a bit.
Brute
Legend
What size rod/line do you cast this with?…7wt or 8wt?
I’ve been using my 8wt
As the fish acclimate I would like to start to switch over to some of the flies that ScottP has introduced us to that I tied up this winter. Always looking for a good middle dropper fly I found the Scara Monger on Rob Denson's site. Subbed materials to what I had on hand.
Kinda like it on a 10 1xl too. Maybe a juvenile sunfish or just an attractor, not sure.
Kinda like it on a 10 1xl too. Maybe a juvenile sunfish or just an attractor, not sure.
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Another popper.
@master baiter posted a trip report in the saltwater section not too long ago. I loved the close up shot of a fly he was using so tried to tie something up similar (using my new Squimpish Hair that @Kfish tipped me off to).
It needs work, I think the wing could be fuller and not quite as long. But the orange gill hot spot came out well.
Tied on a #6 Mustad 34007 hook.
It needs work, I think the wing could be fuller and not quite as long. But the orange gill hot spot came out well.
Tied on a #6 Mustad 34007 hook.
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Knowle's Fancy
Ribbing - Silver tinsel
Body - Light brown wool
Hackle - Brown
Wing - From black cock’s tail feather (bluish black) *
* In absence of the iridescent black feather for the wing, black may be used.
Trout - Ray Bergman
Hudson
Tail - Green quill sections
Tail-tag - Orange floss
Ribbing - Gold tinsel
Body: Dark brown, almost black wool
Hackle - Orange
Wing - Light brown mottled turkey
From Don Bastian Notes
Examination of the Trout color plate painting reveals a tail-tag as a short orange stub of floss topping the quill section tail. J. Edson Leonard, author of the book, Flies, correctly designates this component application, usually of floss or wool, as a tail-tag. A tag is always at the end of the body, underneath the tail, and a tip is at the end of the body, encircling (in front of) the tail.
Trout - Ray Bergman
Artful Dodger
Tip - Gold tinsel
Ribbing - Gold tinsel
Body - Dark claret floss
Hackle - Light claret
Wing - Pheasant (or dark brown turkey) *
From Don Bastian Notes
* The recipe listing for the Artful Dodger calls for a pheasant wing. Dark brown turkey was substituted on this fly and others calling for a pheasant wing because turkey is more readily available.
Trout - Ray Bergman
greenriver
Smolt
Norm, your precision is to be admired
Ready for its first swim under the faucet.
Mostly buck tail, one station of snow runner, one of a half dozen strands of krystal flash, one of a half dozen strands of flashabou - on a Gama B10s 2/0
2 hollow tied stations on a 20mm shank in front.
For Northern Pike, Manitoba trip preparation.
Mostly buck tail, one station of snow runner, one of a half dozen strands of krystal flash, one of a half dozen strands of flashabou - on a Gama B10s 2/0
2 hollow tied stations on a 20mm shank in front.
For Northern Pike, Manitoba trip preparation.
I think Billy uses actual lure skirts. Mine above is tied with FTD bug legs ($1.35 per 200 strand pack) and that's actually less than a tenth of a pack for each color. They're kind of curly, so it looks bulky but is lightweight and the curly strands wiggle a lot in the water.
