What's in your vise?

[Tom Butler]

I’ve yet to fish these foam hoppers and crickets but they are sure fun to make. They sort of “come alive” as your’e tying.


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Those look great. Learning to tie those that well is something I'm keen to work on for summer indicators and fish catchers.

 

[clarkman]

From tying night....did a quick and dirty Nayat baitfish pattern sans eyes, then a couple of tiger musky singles that'll cast easy on an 8wt, and will still move like nothing you've ever seen in your life....well maybe (about the seen part, not about the crazy movement part).

 

[Pink Nighty]

My take on a white doozer
-I wouldn't mind a little input:
Do you think my rabbit "tail" is too long?

Barred white rabbit zonker, some sea foam flash, little ice dub for collar instead of fox (don't have white), grizzled hackle and a little partridge for the gill plate

Overall I'm happy for a first attempt.
Staying up all night thinking of bull trout, figured I better get preparing.

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I "think" you're a little long on the tail without a stinger hook tucked into the rabbit.... its definitely getting eaten though, and bulls arent shy about sucking it in! Sweet tie

 

[James St. Clair]

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Those Morrish Hoppers work really well in Pink on the Yakima during the late summer. I'm sure they will do just as good in that color, and on other waterways.

 

[GOTY]

Orange hairwing on a 3/0 AJ

 

[Dr. Magill]

Orange hairwing on a 3/0 AJ

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Woah
Nice work

 

[Bongoman]

Orange hairwing on a 3/0 AJ

Wow just Wow

 

[Bongoman]

 

[Bongoman]

To get this pattern down deeper I used squirrel tail over the bucktail called for in the recipe thus I labeled it (Variant).

 

[jact55]

I "think" you're a little long on the tail without a stinger hook tucked into the rabbit.... its definitely getting eaten though, and bulls arent shy about sucking it in! Sweet tie

Thank you for the response.
I tied it a little long thinking I could trim down later once i saw more of the fly done, but then forgot to adjust before I tied in the feathers lol.

For a larger cutthroat or something, definetly worried about them pecking at the tail and missing the hook. Also hoping an aggressive bull will just crush it.

 

[SKYKO]

 

[candr]

Thunder Thighs Hoppers from the vise night session last night - great chatting w everyone that joined.

 

[Bongoman]

1st developed by Frank Headrick in 1965 for use in off color dirty water thus the Orange Wool Topping was not a option but interictal part of the pattern
Reference: Pacific Northwest Museum of Fly Fishing. https://www.pnwmff.org/history
Reference: Steelhead Fly Fishing and Flies by Trey Combs pg. 87
Plate #4 Tied in Frank's own hand.
Steelhead Fly Tying Manual by Tom Light and Neal Humphrey
pg. 85

 

[Bongoman]

Variation is I changed the wing materials looking for that Nordic style Look

 

[Steve Vaughn]

More fun with deer hair.

Wooly sculpin (Galloup variation)

Sculpin slider

 

[Billy]

Next time you see this fly it will be in the jaws of a big ol bass!

 

[Bongoman]

Next time you see this fly it will be in the jaws of a big ol bass!

Bet that'd work great for the Tiger Musky here in Mayfield Lake

 

[Bongoman]

Also known as Art's Steelhead Spratly

 

[Norm Frechette]

Last one i'm presenting here. sorry

 

[M_D]

@Norm Frechette Why?