Kraken for the WIN... and a couple of bobber droppers from today
What's in your vise?
- Thread starter Billy
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The bottom one kinda looks like a Black Martinez Nymph. Good stream and lake nymph. Works with Partridge, or Guinea, as well as grizzly hen.
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Nice! What size?
Yes sir. It was kinda of based on those sort of patterns I have seen in the past.
I used mallard, which I won't do again. Weird curves, just not the right fibers. Definetly go with partridge/hen or similar next time.
#12-18, these were 14's
Deschutes Special
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Scarlet red hackle barbs
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Dubbed with chartreuse lamb's wool
Hackle - Blue dun tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - Gray squirrel tail tied over the body
Mike Kennedy of Lake Oswego, Oregon, originated this pattern.
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Very nice. I’ve seen and tied it with purple hackle. Been sitting in my box for a long time. I’ll give it another try next summer.
Deschutes Special
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Scarlet red hackle barbs
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Dubbed with chartreuse lamb's wool
Hackle - Blue dun tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - Gray squirrel tail tied over the body
Mike Kennedy of Lake Oswego, Oregon, originated this pattern.
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
What? No green?
Deschutes Skunk
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Scarlet red hackle barbs
Ribbing - Embossed silver tinsel
Body - Dubbed with black lamb's wool
Hackle - Black tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - Natural deer hair tied over the body, with a sparse overwing of white bucktail
Don and Lola McClain of Portland, Oregon, originated this pattern.
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Very clean. What hook is that?
Scottp
Legend
Pheasant Softhackle
Variation on the Six Pack.
hook - WFC Model 6 #10
thread - Danville 6/0 orange
tail - pheasant neck feather
rib - small wire hot orange
abdomen - pheasant tail
thorax - Ice Dub pheasant tail
shoulder - pheasant rump
collar - pheasant aftershaft
Regards,
Scott
Variation on the Six Pack.
hook - WFC Model 6 #10
thread - Danville 6/0 orange
tail - pheasant neck feather
rib - small wire hot orange
abdomen - pheasant tail
thorax - Ice Dub pheasant tail
shoulder - pheasant rump
collar - pheasant aftershaft
Regards,
Scott
QuickreleaseEN
Steelhead
I've never hooked a steelhead on a fly with dumbell eyes and rarely fish/tie them. They cast worse, look far less sexy to my discerning eyes, snag way more... but, I felt inspired thinking of a few runs that might fish well with either some profile or some suck-egg action, and I bet there's gonna be one or two times this year where I'm going to be happy that there's a few in the box and I won't want to fish anything else.
A beefy 3.5" for the dirty dirty...
A 3" for the clear... standard size, might sink a little faster than my normal stuff
A beefy 3.5" for the dirty dirty...
A 3" for the clear... standard size, might sink a little faster than my normal stuff
