What's in your vise?

Why spend $6 on a little piece of foam from Hareline when you can spend 10 times more on a nifty set of plastic spring loaded clips that do the same thing.

Sheese, this IS fly tying after all.....c'mon guys ;)


go ahead...ask me how I know 😔
I got one of those too.😂
 
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Scottp

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Dom’s Super Simple Carp Fly

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He ain’t lying about the name; here’s the video if you’re interested. I don’t understand why he reverse wraps the body and head; it doesn’t seem to add anything beneficial to the fly and makes securing the materials more complicated. Am I missing something here?

hook - WFC Model 28 #8
thread - Uni 6/0 red
tail/body - ultra chenille red
eyes - medium bead chain silver
head - Arizona SimiSeal red

Regards,
Scott
 

jact55

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Dom’s Super Simple Carp Fly

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He ain’t lying about the name; here’s the video if you’re interested. I don’t understand why he reverse wraps the body and head; it doesn’t seem to add anything beneficial to the fly and makes securing the materials more complicated. Am I missing something here?

hook - WFC Model 28 #8
thread - Uni 6/0 red
tail/body - ultra chenille red
eyes - medium bead chain silver
head - Arizona SimiSeal red

Regards,
Scott
I vote we name these patterns either "red rocket" or "horndog"
 

chief

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@ffb found this video after our last sound outing where we suspected the fish were eating worms.



So this is my first attempt at a Hover Worm. Simple tie, but unbelievably messy lol. Really looking forward to seeing how this fishes with the foam incorporated.

Colors didn't turn out quite like I envisioned in my head but I'm confident this will catch fish. Also might be a bit over dressed. Gonna sparse it up a touch for the next one.

Gonna try some different colors next. I only mixed up enough marabou and flash to do about 27 dozen of this color lol


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This pattern got my mind working too. I tied up a couple with foam on the back two sections and a tungsten bead on the front. One is a straight shank and one is a jig shank. Made a mess, but I think these will swim well!

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ColinShots

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Tell me more. How many and what size shanks? How was it working with the finesse (I’ve only tied feather changers)
I kept it stupid simple. Four 10mm shanks (with a fifth attaching the hook). I used the minnow body wrap on this one and colored with markers. It's remarkably easy to work with. Wrap it, brush/pick it out, and do an initial trim. Once the fly was done I just kind of trimmed it like an EP minnow. I'd like to experiment with some brushes on the next one.
 

Merle

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My buddy Brett (Wedeking) designed this fly. I am fishing with him in 2 Fridays. Very much looking forward to that trip. Cool to see you tie one of his up!
I remember Brett from when he worked at Creekside Angler in Issaquah. I wondered if that was his pattern!
 
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