Fair enough!
I’ve definitely found myself losing an hour or so looking for a specific fly like 10 pages back.
What's in your vise?
- Thread starter Billy
- Start date
I’ve definitely found myself losing an hour or so looking for a specific fly like 10 pages back.
Mine are doing the same thing.
Upright in my gallery then sideways when I upload them here.
I even rotated them to compensate
But still come out side ways.
Bruce Ferguson's Green and Silver was my first saltwater fly: I LOVE these!!My second set of flies for the March Madness tourney that @Stonedfish is running on WFF: It's a variation on the classic Ferguson Green and Sliver which I was introduced to by Les J many years ago. Yeah, my deer hair spinning skills are mediocre, but the fish don't care. It shares the Muddler's versatility; fished deep on a sunken line the buoyancy keeps it off the bottom, works topwater on a floater, or (like yesterday) a fast retrieve may do the trick when they just don't seem to want all the normal offerings you've tried.
Denwor54
Life of the Party
Hey Mark, I don’t feel there is any disadvantage with this style. I’m not aware of any leverage issues with the flies I use. Keeping a good rod angle at all times and keeping a sharp hook is more important to keeping the fish on. Also I don’t tie Spey flies with stingers, I think your referring to intruder style ties. I think it’s also important to fish what you have had success with and are confident with.
I wouldn't consider the trailing hook flies I posted "spey" flies,. And certainly not Intruders. They have a degree of inspiration from speys, and a bit of McNeese. I like shanks because they sink like a heavy salmon iron, without the devastative effects that big irons can have on parr and trout. It is also possible to change the hook if it fouls on a rock, and I feel I get better hooks sets with a finer wire trailing hook than I do with a salmon iron.
It isn't the end all end all. I still tie most of my flies on traditional salmon irons.
You are on a roll without a functioning vice….
I'm using the little vice that came in the Orvis kit. It works, just real fiddly. Don't need much for softhackles. When I started playing with spinning deer hair the other vice failed quickly. Backs getting better so I could sit with the heating pad and get some flies I know I will use done.
My first of probably two dozen chum fry I’ll tie up for the spring. Of those, likely no more than two will be the same. With chum fry patterns generally being so sparse and easy easy to tie, I tend to experiment a lot.
And an articulated pattern I posted in the albacore thread too. Some more work needed on this one. Proportions are off a bit on at least one of the sections and not 100% sold on the materials used yet.
Dry
Wet
And an articulated pattern I posted in the albacore thread too. Some more work needed on this one. Proportions are off a bit on at least one of the sections and not 100% sold on the materials used yet.
Dry
Wet
Last edited:
Scottp
Legend
Hare’s Ear Muddler
Nothing groundbreaking with the muddler; just taking a break from tying a few dozen tailwater scuds.
hook - WFC Model 3 #8
thread - Uni 6/0 camel
tail - yarn chartreuse
rib - small wire gold
body - dubbing hare’s ear
hackle - brown
shoulder - golden pheasant red body feather
collar/head - deer hair
Regards,
Scott
Nothing groundbreaking with the muddler; just taking a break from tying a few dozen tailwater scuds.
hook - WFC Model 3 #8
thread - Uni 6/0 camel
tail - yarn chartreuse
rib - small wire gold
body - dubbing hare’s ear
hackle - brown
shoulder - golden pheasant red body feather
collar/head - deer hair
Regards,
Scott
Last edited:
Gray Nymph
Hook - Mustad 3906 or equivalent, size 6-12
Thread - Gray
Tail - Grizzly hackle fibers
Body - Dubbed Muskrat fur with the guard hairs left in.
Body should be picked out to give a shaggy appearance
Hackle - Grizzly hen
Created in 1935 by Dee Vissing of Rigby, Idaho
Popular Fly Patterns - Terry Hellekson
I use a similar pattern with great success during the MB hatches in the Willamette Valley ... as it is grey instead of any shade of brown, I assume they must take it for an emerger from the grey caddis hatch that usually occurs just before the MBs .... Orrrrr.... they just like the looks of it. Doesn't matter. It works.
Gray Nymph
Hook - Mustad 3906 or equivalent, size 6-12
Thread - Gray
Tail - Grizzly hackle fibers
Body - Dubbed Muskrat fur with the guard hairs left in.
Body should be picked out to give a shaggy appearance
Hackle - Grizzly hen
Created in 1935 by Dee Vissing of Rigby, Idaho
Popular Fly Patterns - Terry Hellekson
Ida May
A Charles Brooks Pattern
Hook - Mustad 38941 or equivalent
Thread - Black
Tail - Dyed green grizzly hackle fibers
Ribbing - Peacock herl and gold wire
Body - Black synthetic fur dubbing
Hackle - Dyed green grizzly hackle
Popular Fly Patterns - Terry Hellekson
mtskibum16
Life of the Party
Billy do these just have a hook connected directly to the shank or how are they tied?
These are great! I tie similar patterns but always overdress and never get them looking quite this sexy! What size hook and what's the overall length?WE GOT THIS MARCH MADNESS COMIN' IN!!!!
Dr. Magill
Life of the Party
Rainy day tying
Don’t know what the target species is. Bass ??? Haven’t done much of that
Don’t know what the target species is. Bass ??? Haven’t done much of that
God I love this thread
Baby black and yellow rockfish? Maybe a killer ling fly. If you can get it deep enough.
Dr. Magill
Life of the Party
These are nicewell shit, may not look like that much difference, but I cut waaaay back on materials (two of my four Optimus Swine's were a bit over-dressed--still swam well, but they're 11/12wt flies, not 8/10wt flies), so this is essentially the same. Although, Nayat for the tail (I absolutely loved how my Nayat fished today despite conditions), just one small cylinder of foam in the guts (the entire reverse popper can be a bit much---at least for the line I was throwing), several clumps of PrimoTail (I'm not sure if I've mentioned how much I fucking love this stuff!!! haha). All tied on a shank with a free flowing hook off the back. Came out right between 8"-9"...No rattle, sorry. Always tweaking...
I keep telling myself
“F-F-F.” Fur Feathers Flash
It’s a good mantra
Trashy, yet satisfying.tied up some basic euro-trash tool flies...a big old bead on little size 16 hooks.
