What's in your vise?

[Norm Frechette]

Marston's Fancy

Tail - Dark gray
Body - Peacock herl
Hackle - Brown
Wing - Dark gray

Trout - Ray Bergman

 

[SKYKO]

Goofing around with color combos on a size 10, sort of a riff on a Red Ass Redux as shown in Steven Birds book Art of the swing.

 

[jact55]

Another stone fly nymph

 

[Bongoman]

Hinkly Spey

 

[Norm Frechette]

Hawthorne

Body - Black floss
Hackle - Black mixed with light claret
Wing - Black
Trout - Ray Bergman

The "Just Fishing" (Ray Bergman) version of the Hawthorne has a gold tinsel tip and a body of black floss with the front 1/3 of black dubbing

 

[Bongoman]

Burnt Chicken

 

[Scottp]

Clacka Caddis (variation)

Folded back the butt ends of the wing to use as outriggers and provide a little flash.

hook - WFC Model 3 #10
thread - Semperfli 8/0 brown
tail - yarn chartreuse
abdomen - Aussie possum
wing - Congo Hair shiner tan
shoulder - sharptail grouse
thorax - Ice Dub hare’s ear grey
hackle - ginger

Regards,
Scott

 

[SKYKO]

Shakey Bealey on #10

 

[Kfish]

Foam frog pattern I saw on YouTube had to try.

 

[jact55]

Foam frog pattern I saw on YouTube had to try.

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Frog with lipstick

 

[Northern]

Medium popper, ~4" bluegill colors

 

[Norm Frechette]

The Balloue

Hook - Single or double salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Yellow hackle fibers
Body - Silver tinsel
Throat - Yellow hackle fibers
Wing - White marabou over red bucktail
Topping - Peacock herl

 

[Norm Frechette]

Stickleback

Roderick Haig-Brown

Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Claret hackle fibers
Rib - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Pale green or blue silk or wool
Throat - Claret hackle

Wing - Polar bear* (or substitute), sparse, blended orange, blue, green, yellow, olive
*Polar bear in white is hard to find these days let alone dyed colors. I substituted with bucktail

Fly Patterns of Canada - Paul C Marriner

 

[Scudley Do Right]

 

[SKYKO]

 

[Zak]

 

[Jack Devlin]

 

[Scottp]

Shrimp (variation)

Notional.

hook - WFC Model 6 #10
thread - Uni 8/0 rusty dun
tail - Mearns quail
rib - small wire gold
body - Ice Dub hare’s ear grey
hackle - ginger
1st shoulder - golden pheasant body feather yellow
2nd shoulder - sharptail grouse

Regards,
Scott

 

[Divad]

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Interesting, for such an old fly I’ve never seen one. Modern deviations we’ve all come across in shops while the original is probably just as effective.

Gives me the Carry Special vibes, aka an effective fly that for whatever reason I skip over too often in the box. Neat patterns.

 

[Northern]

Smaller bass cannot leave these alone