What's in your vise?

getting in the Christmas spirit. a little denser than I would normally fish, but it would still fish quite well...just a touch more material than necessary. No hook....just a 55mm shank up front and a 25mm out the back. Could always add a split ring to the back of the front shank and throw on a short shank hook if I ever feel so inclined to actually fish it. I also blended my own dubbing out of nayat and a little bit of flash (shoutout to @MillCreekMinnow for the idea)
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clarkman said:
getting in the Christmas spirit. a little denser than I would normally fish, but it would still fish quite well...just a touch more material than necessary. No hook....just a 55mm shank up front and a 25mm out the back. Could always add a split ring to the back of the front shank and throw on a short shank hook if I ever feel so inclined to actually fish it. I also blended my own dubbing out of nayat and a little bit of flash (shoutout to @MillCreekMinnow for the idea)
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Ah shit, you’ve gone full Lee Spencer.
 
Paul_ said:
Furled tail jig leech. The tail is Straggle Chenille and saddle hackle furled.
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I like that a lot. I think that's the technique I need to copy to do a proper nightmare jig too. Thanks for prompting me to do some investigating.
 
A game changer slider for when bass want something different. Haven’t fished this but I picture using it on either a floating line or intermediate and a stealthy stop and go retrieve. Swam nicely on a floating line on a test in the cold Columbia.
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Hook: Kona XSS 1/0
Shanks from rear: 10mm, 20mm, 35 mm
Joint: Senko articulation wire.
Tail olive marabou
Body: white/clear Game changer chenille. Colored olive on top and red in the front with art markers.
Head: olive over white deer hair. Trim to a wide slider shape.
Eyes: 8 mm gold/black
5” total length
 
Scottp said:
Yes I do. I don’t think I’ve ever tied a Sparkledun that I’d even consider fishing for bluegills on a farm pond; never been able to get the wing to lay properly and covering the deer hair butts always left a lumpy body (Charlie Craven leaves them exposed which is a little easier and creates a neat little PFD on top). Spunduns are pretty much reverse muddlers and and since I tie a lot of muddlers (and bullet heads) I can usually get the effect I’m looking for without all the frustration, plus I can leave the butts exposed and get the PFD/thorax as a bonus.
I don’t tie them on anything smaller that a #14 but that’s more a function of my hair supply. I had a piece of pronghorn with very nice, shorter hair that spun like a dream and could tie #16s easily but I used it all up. For stuff like PMDs and Olives I’ll tie something like a Hairwing Dun, Viz-a-Dun, or Quigley Cripple.

Regards,
Scott
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2nd attempt and I'm finding getting a clean backend (the reverse muddler part). It's the transferring of hair after I trim it, they get a little out of line. And then either deciding to hold the short hairs with my left hand so I can wrap with my dominant hand, or holding the longer hairs (more secure) and wrapping with my non dominant hand. Whereas when I tie just straight sparkle duns I trim after I tie them in so I still have longer hairs to hold with my non dominant hand and can wrap with my dominant. Ironically, I think my #18 sparkle dun came out better than my #10 spundun came out. Although the #10 is super buggy and will still catch fish. I do just feel like I'm missing something.

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watched this video, and it's interesting, feels more like a traditional sparkle dun rather than a spun dun.
 
mcswny said:
2nd attempt and I'm finding getting a clean backend (the reverse muddler part). It's the transferring of hair after I trim it, they get a little out of line. And then either deciding to hold the short hairs with my left hand so I can wrap with my dominant hand, or holding the longer hairs (more secure) and wrapping with my non dominant hand. Whereas when I tie just straight sparkle duns I trim after I tie them in so I still have longer hairs to hold with my non dominant hand and can wrap with my dominant. Ironically, I think my #18 sparkle dun came out better than my #10 spundun came out. Although the #10 is super buggy and will still catch fish. I do just feel like I'm missing something.

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watched this video, and it's interesting, feels more like a traditional sparkle dun rather than a spun dun.
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Another attempt, but this time I did it using Dave McPhail's technique (which honestly feels more like a traditional sparkle dun), where you clip the buts after you tie them in and don't really spin it. I also locked some dubbing in the layers of the wing. Still super buggy (ie not necessarily clean), but will still catch fish. It did however feel much more intuitive for my hands.

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