What's in your vise?

[Billy]

A chum fry and a euro style fly.

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sexy dude

 

[Billy]

No rubber and no flash. Going to look like a food item falling off a dock or the cattails...

 

[Bongoman]

 

[jasmillo]

I fish with @Kfish a decent amount. If he’s going to start adding seatrouty type patterns to his box, I have to as well. God forbid they start crushing and I’m empty handed. I can’t match his skill at the vise but this should do for our local SRC friends.

 

[Bongoman]

 

[Tom Butler]

Sz. 12 straggle caddis. Used a sharpie to color the head.

 

[Cowlitz Bottomfeeder]

Mikey’s October Caddis Pupae
hook: Gamukatsu B10S stinger size 4
abdomen: Scintilla #63
hackle 3 turns of medium orange Palmer chenille
hackle: dark brown hen
thorax: dark brown Wapsi squirrel
(I was looking for a pattern that could use Palmer chenille)

 

[QuickreleaseEN]

Sunny, cold, clear water... thinking about stuff like this. Small flies with contrast and lots of translucency. These two are about 2.5"



Between the flu and inclement weather, I haven't even cast a fly in 2024. Hoping to change that soon...

 

[jasmillo]

Some more shrimpy SRC stuff.

 

[Bongoman]

 

[James St. Clair]

Sz. 12 straggle caddis. Used a sharpie to color the head.
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I like that a lot Tom! Can't wait to hear how it works!!!

 

[skyriver]

Sunny, cold, clear water... thinking about stuff like this. Small flies with contrast and lots of translucency. These two are about 2.5"

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Between the flu and inclement weather, I haven't even cast a fly in 2024. Hoping to change that soon...

That bottom one is money.

 

[Tom Butler]

I like that a lot Tom! Can't wait to hear how it works!!!

Thanks James, that's encouraging.

Mikey’s October Caddis Pupae
hook: Gamukatsu B10S stinger size 4
abdomen: Scintilla #63
hackle 3 turns of medium orange Palmer chenille
hackle: dark brown hen
thorax: dark brown Wapsi squirrel
(I was looking for a pattern that could use Palmer chenille)


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And I'm likin' that one a lot. I had luck with similar flies last fall, but that one strikes me a really nice.

 

[Norm Frechette]

Coachman

Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tip - Embossed gold tinsel
Ribbing - Gold wire
Body - Peacock herl, with an underbody of dark olive yarn
Hackle - Brown tied on as a collar and tied back and down.
Wing - White calf tail tied over the body

Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson

 

[Cowlitz Bottomfeeder]

Thanks James, that's encouraging.

And I'm likin' that one a lot. I had luck with similar flies last fall, but that one strikes me a really nice.

I’ve been using that pattern for cutthroat and summer steelhead from the time the pupae emerge in September or October until late in the fall. Most of the time it’s a dense hatch. The Steelhead remember those bugs for a long time. Mike Sturza came up with that one. The Palmer chenille is a new addition.

 

[Dr. Magill]

Coachman

Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tip - Embossed gold tinsel
Ribbing - Gold wire
Body - Peacock herl, with an underbody of dark olive yarn
Hackle - Brown tied on as a collar and tied back and down.
Wing - White calf tail tied over the body

Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson

Something about a white wing
Fishes well in these parts

 

[Tom Butler]

Gettin' jiggy with maribou and simiseal. Sz. 10 w/ 5/32" bead.

 

[James St. Clair]

I’ve been using that pattern for cutthroat and summer steelhead from the time the pupae emerge in September or October until late in the fall. Most of the time it’s a dense hatch. The Steelhead remember those bugs for a long time. Mike Sturza came up with that one. The Palmer chenille is a new addition.

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I had really good luck imitating those with these:







I call them Moptober Caddis.

 

[Bongoman]

Good day to just stay in and tye Flies, snowing like a bas***d outside.
A easy one to start off the day.

 

[Cowlitz Bottomfeeder]

I had really good luck imitating those with these:
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I call them Moptober Caddis.

You’re definitely fishing a different part of the water column than I am. I’m near the top with an intermediate leader. It’s an opportunity for me to get a steelhead with a single hand 6 wt. and a floating line. I’m never quite happy with the shade of orange dubbing but the fish keep eating it.