It's the color scheme in my case.
What's in your vise?
- Thread starter Billy
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Definately good police (cop)car color: black and white. The fellow that chatted me up on Leighton picked out one of his "patrol car" patterns to show me. This is sort of what I thought he'd tied:
at any rate; the fly above sometimes works well on a local large river. Sometimes.
Another famous "Cop Car" pattern was a fly that Dennis Dickson used for guiding steelhead up on the Skagit / Stilly. He created a bit of mystique about it as he never published photos or descriptions of it, you had to book a guided trip to get to see the killer pattern. I think I finally figured out it was a wrapped white marabou fly with a streak of blue flashabou on top and I think a red flashabou throat below. It does sound like it would be a pretty good pattern for a lot of fisheries.
Dr. Magill
Life of the Party
That’s correct
Blue Flashabou and red crystal flash
The marabou is tied in but first to get the proper profile
Cops drive black & whites and all white
A snail- sorta. Trout in central and eastern Washington lakes are sometimes found to have eaten a bunch of snails. My thought with this one is a sinking line with a short leader right on the bottom fished very slowly.
Not sure this will work at all, but I have hope. Testing tomorrow.
Hook: Daiichi 1550 #12
Underbody: Peacock
Body: 1/8” olive foam cylinder
Foot/head: body material colored dark brown with marker.
Not sure this will work at all, but I have hope. Testing tomorrow.
Hook: Daiichi 1550 #12
Underbody: Peacock
Body: 1/8” olive foam cylinder
Foot/head: body material colored dark brown with marker.
Neat idea! Please share the testing results.
Scottp
Legend
FAM
Foam was half of a 1/4” cylinder cut with a hollow punch drill bit (came in a set from Harbor Freight; much cheaper than the Upavon ones).
hook - WFC Model 6 #10
thread - Uni 8/0 light olive
butt - foam chartreuse
rib - small wire hot yellow
body - Starburst dubbing olive
hackle(s) - hot orange/neon green
shoulder - chukar dyed chartreuse (1 Tbs Rit Neon Yellow/1 cup water)
collar/head - deer hair
Regards,
Scott
Foam was half of a 1/4” cylinder cut with a hollow punch drill bit (came in a set from Harbor Freight; much cheaper than the Upavon ones).
hook - WFC Model 6 #10
thread - Uni 8/0 light olive
butt - foam chartreuse
rib - small wire hot yellow
body - Starburst dubbing olive
hackle(s) - hot orange/neon green
shoulder - chukar dyed chartreuse (1 Tbs Rit Neon Yellow/1 cup water)
collar/head - deer hair
Regards,
Scott
I’m digging these…
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Creatch’r
Potential Spam
Those are extremely fishy
speedbird
Life of the Party
Nick Clayton style beadchain clouser. Looks darn close to a chum fry to me! Thanks to @Stonedfish for some great new tying tools, materials, and some pretty files. The whip finish was way nicer to use than the one that came with my vice
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@Stonedfish is an inspiration to all salty fisher folk on this forum and beyond. I know I’ve learned a lot from him and he has taught me a bunch and has inspired me a ton over the years.
Scottp
Legend
Bloody Mango Muddler
hook - WFC Model 6 #10
thread - SemperFli 8/0 black
butt - Orvis Saltwater thread fluoro orange/resin
rib - small wire hot orange
body - Ice Dub Harder’s Bloody Black
hackle - grizzly dyed mango
shoulder - golden pheasant body feather red
collar/head - deer hair
Regards,
Scott
hook - WFC Model 6 #10
thread - SemperFli 8/0 black
butt - Orvis Saltwater thread fluoro orange/resin
rib - small wire hot orange
body - Ice Dub Harder’s Bloody Black
hackle - grizzly dyed mango
shoulder - golden pheasant body feather red
collar/head - deer hair
Regards,
Scott
This fly was gifted to me by @Stonedfish 14 years ago, on a windy evening at a west side beach of note. Cheers to the legend!
Edit: So realistic it even poops deer hair apparently.
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Thanks for the kind words fellas.
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