What's in your vise?
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Cains River Roaring Rapids
Hook - Mustad L87AP (3665A )
Thread - Black
Tail - Barred wood duck flank
Body - Flat silver tinsel
Throat - Blue hackle fibers
Wing - Red saddle hackles flanked by yellow saddle hackles
Cheeks - Jungle fowl
The Classic Streamer Fly Box - Mike Valla
FinLuver
Native Oregonian…1846
Scottp
Legend
Giancarlo’s Fatal Fly (variation)
A simple design, like an Elk Hair Caddis with a tail. Should be fun to skate through pocket water. Here’s the original if you’re interested.
hook - WFC Model 3 #10
thread - SemperFli Nano Silk 50d orange
tail - deer hair orange/natural
body - tying thread
hackle - ginger (tip tyed, palmered back to front)
wing/head - deer hair
Regards,
Scott
A simple design, like an Elk Hair Caddis with a tail. Should be fun to skate through pocket water. Here’s the original if you’re interested.
hook - WFC Model 3 #10
thread - SemperFli Nano Silk 50d orange
tail - deer hair orange/natural
body - tying thread
hackle - ginger (tip tyed, palmered back to front)
wing/head - deer hair
Regards,
Scott
I like this one a lot!Giancarlo’s Fatal Fly (variation)
A simple design, like an Elk Hair Caddis with a tail. Should be fun to skate through pocket water. Here’s the original if you’re interested.
hook - WFC Model 3 #10
thread - SemperFli Nano Silk 50d orange
tail - deer hair orange/natural
body - tying thread
hackle - ginger (tip tyed, palmered back to front)
wing/head - deer hair
Regards,
Scott
Conger's Lassie
Hook - Mustad L87AP
Thread - Black
Tail - Golden pheasant crest
Body - Flat silver tinsel
Throat - Black hackle barbs
Wing - Orange saddle hackles (two) in center; grizzly saddle hackles (two) outside
Forgotten Flies - Schmookler and Sils
Do you ever put rattles in your flies (i think i saw that you do)…do you have a favorite way to attach them to the hook? I bought some rattles to incorporate into some pike fliesa'ight, a couple of very minor tweaks on this Halloween Faux Musky fly. I added a touch of Nayat in the tail to give it a little more movement when creeped along. I did also add a slightly heavier counterbalance weight so that it naturally rights it's self slightly faster. Other than that, same platform and tweaked the color blend for the head too.....just for aesthetics.
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Chris Bellows
Steelhead
Back at the vise after a long absence. Got a trip in a couple weeks throwing baitfish patterns locally so of course I’m gonna be tying Clousers and variations.
And just to make sure I could tie more than Clousers, here’s an Albie Escort.
And just to make sure I could tie more than Clousers, here’s an Albie Escort.
I used to, but honestly I've come to believe they're more trouble than they're worth. I had been putting them in a collar off the back, but if you put them on the shank, the sound will amplify more (but you lose real estate on the shank for materials). The more I got into counterbalancing my flies to swim a certain way, the less I tried to incorporate rattles simply due to the fact that it just complicates the balance at times.
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I did a side by side comparison with two chartreuse & white clousers casting to cuda’s recently…one had a rattle (I did not tie either one)…which elicited strikes and follows more than twice as many as the one without a rattle…
Scottp
Legend
Black & Orange Muddler
hook - WFC Model 6 #10
thread - SemperFli Nano Silk 50d orange
tail - yarn fluoro orange
rib - small wire hot orange
body - Starburst dubbing black
hackle - orange/black
shoulder - pheasant rump dyed orange (1 Tbs Rit Sunshine Orange/1 cup water)
collar/head - deer hair dyed black (1 Tbs Rit Dark Brown/1 cup water overdyed with 1 Tbs Rit Black/1 cup water)
Regards,
Scott
hook - WFC Model 6 #10
thread - SemperFli Nano Silk 50d orange
tail - yarn fluoro orange
rib - small wire hot orange
body - Starburst dubbing black
hackle - orange/black
shoulder - pheasant rump dyed orange (1 Tbs Rit Sunshine Orange/1 cup water)
collar/head - deer hair dyed black (1 Tbs Rit Dark Brown/1 cup water overdyed with 1 Tbs Rit Black/1 cup water)
Regards,
Scott
Scudley Do Right
Legend
Bongoman
Legend
My "Throw Back Thursday" fly this week the Max Canyon
Doug Stewart created the Max Canyon in the early 1970’s for the Deschutes River and the canyon of the same name. Stewart combined black from the Skunk and orange from Brad’s Brat, two popular steelhead flies, to come up with the Max Canyon. It became an instant hit on the Deschutes and soon became a popular fly on other steelhead rivers and still in use today. It's been said that the word Max was used instead of the real name of Mack's Canyon to throw people off and keep them away.
Doug Stewart created the Max Canyon in the early 1970’s for the Deschutes River and the canyon of the same name. Stewart combined black from the Skunk and orange from Brad’s Brat, two popular steelhead flies, to come up with the Max Canyon. It became an instant hit on the Deschutes and soon became a popular fly on other steelhead rivers and still in use today. It's been said that the word Max was used instead of the real name of Mack's Canyon to throw people off and keep them away.
