What's in your vise?

[Brute]

Casual Dress variant
Ahrex Fw530 size 10
Tail muskrat
Rib midge sparkle braid pearl gray
Collar muskrat
Collar slf Davey Wotton black

 

[Brute]

 

[Little Fork]

 

[Scottp]

CinnaBumble

hook - WFC Model 6 #10
thread - Uni 8/0 fire orange
tail - yarn flame
rib - small wire silver
body - Ice Dub cinnamon
hackle - pink/hot orange
1st shoulder - pheasant rump dyed orange (1 Tbs Rit Sunshine Orange/1 cup water)
2nd shoulder - hen saddle grizzly dyed Silver Doctor Blue (1 packs Koolaid Ice Blue Raspberry/1 cup water)

Regards,
Scott

 

[Buzzy]

Here’s a sequence from a fly I tied a while back. For thread, I’d use something like Danville 6/0 or Semperfli 8/0; Uni 8/0 is a bitch to split and I hate UTC 70 - way too flossy (only exception is in Woodduck; absolutely love that color).

split thread, insert aftershaft feather, spin, moisten, stroke it back and wrap

Doing it in a thread loop works, too, but there’s much less buildup with the split-thread.

Hope this helps,
Scott

Thanks very much!!

 

[Scottp]

Muddled CinnaBumble

hook - WFC Model 6 #10
thread - Uni 8/0 fire orange
tail - yarn flame
rib - small wire silver
body - Ice Dub cinnamon
hackle - pink/hot orange
shoulder - pheasant rump dyed orange (1 Tbs Rit Sunshine Orange/1 cup water) collar/head - caribou dyed Silver Doctor Blue (1 packs Koolaid Ice Blue Raspberry/1 cup water)

Regards,
Scott

 

[Brute]

Ahrex fw530 size 10
Tail hen saddle brn
Rib copper brown wire sm
Body fox squirrel/slf davey’s bug dub med brn
Grizzly hen saddle brn

 

[SculpinSwinger]

Jiggy junk for trout

 

[Brute]

 

[Brute]

Finished the soft hackle box…

 

[Buzzy]

I'm inserting this used (well chomped) and tied last year fly - been away from the vise (and trout) since November of last year. I'm anxious to turn that around. (Soon.)



Size 15 Alec Jackson
Peacock herl
X small green Ultrawire
tungsten bead

 

[IHFISH]

 

[Buzzy]

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Casual Dress variant
Ahrex Fw530 size 10
Tail muskrat
Rib midge sparkle braid pearl gray
Collar muskrat
Collar slf Davey Wotton black

I really like this fly @Brute, it brings back memories. I met the originator of the pattern on a bridge looking down into the Chiloquin River (1977-ish). I bought a couple of his flies from a storefront that day. I didn't have a fly rod, poor college kid, but I did have a vise, some hooks and a few materials. I used a spinning rod, clear plastic bubble and "fly fished" some of the local rivers that way. Thanks, nicely done!

 

[Pink Nighty]

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Love that!!!

 

[IHFISH]

Thank you!

 

[SKYKO]

 

[jeradjames]

I pretty much have only tied Delia Squids and Sqiumps at this point sadly after a few years of fly fishing but going to start committing to tying classic steelhead flies so some super basic ones to start.

Bob Arnold Spade


Bob Arnold Deer Creek Variation

 

[Scottp]

Muddled Blue Zulu

hook - WFC Model 6 #10
thread - SemperFli 8/0 black
tail - yarn red
rib - small wire silver
body - Starburst dubbing black/hare’s ear black
hackle - black
shoulder - pheasant rump dyed black (1 Tbs Rit Dark Brown/1 cup water overdyed with 1 Tbs Rit Black/1 cup water)
collar/head - caribou dyed Silver Doctor Blue (1 packs Koolaid Ice Blue Raspberry/1 cup water)

Regards,
Scott

 

[M_D]

Muddled Blue Zulu

hook - WFC Model 6 #10
thread - SemperFli 8/0 black
tail - yarn red
rib - small wire silver
body - Starburst dubbing black/hare’s ear black
hackle - black
shoulder - pheasant rump dyed black (1 Tbs Rit Dark Brown/1 cup water overdyed with 1 Tbs Rit Black/1 cup water)
collar/head - caribou dyed Silver Doctor Blue (1 packs Koolaid Ice Blue Raspberry/1 cup water)

Regards,
Scott

Scott, how big of a piece of caribou do you dye with one Koolaid packet & one cup of water?

Also, am I correct in guessing you’re using the microwave ?

thanx in advance,

Mike d

 

[Scottp]

Mike, it was about a 2”x2” piece; could do something bigger but this was a test to see how well it dyed. Here’s an SBS on my dyeing process; for substrate like deer/elk/caribou/etc, I would also consider using a hotplate and coffee carafe instead of a microwave to maintain a lower but more consistent temperature over a longer period of time so as not to damage the hair.

Regards,
Scott