What's in your vise?

[singlehandjay]

Quick tie tonight on an AJ 1.5 Heavy wire hook for dry line fishing. Hopefully everyone is enjoying this sunshine.

 

[Buzzy]

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Quick tie tonight on an AJ 1.5 Heavy wire hook for dry line fishing. Hopefully everyone is enjoying this sunshine.

Very nice! Is that peacock breast feather in the tail?

 

[singlehandjay]

Very nice! Is that peacock breast feather in the tail?

Thank you, it certainly is. I stripped one side for some other flies and saved the stripped half and used it. I love peacock.

 

[MillCreekMinnow]

Cold Room Tying Wax:
The room where I tie is over my garage. It is heated, but is at the far end of the vents of the HVAC. It often gets fairly cold in the room as I live in NH and winters are still cold, but not as cold as even 20 years ago. I don't often use wax, but for some material it is difficult to lay on dubbing without it. Normal tie wax does not work well in the cold, so I use ChapStick. It stays flexible and is sticky enough to get the job done
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Yup. My grandparents owned a mortuary. I use to visit them when I was a kid. The cold chap stick was preferred by all!

 

[MillCreekMinnow]

Spinning some brushes for a bugger & craw daddy project. 1/2 - .625" (just to annoy someone) fibers on these.
.006 DBW

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[Scottp]

Iris Caddis (variation)

Swapped out the dubbed thorax for one with an aftershaft.

hook - WFC Model 3 #14
thread - SemperFli 8/0 tan
shuck - Congo Hair shiner tan
rib - H2O Flash tan
abdomen - hare’s ear dubbing
wing pad - Congo Hair white
thorax - aftershaft (loop dubbed)

Regards,
Scott

 

[Otter]

Muddled CdC & Elk Spruce Moth

hook - WFC Model 3 #12
thread - SemperFli 8/0 tan
body - CdC tan
shoulder - sharptail grouse
collar/head - elk hair bleached

Regards,
Scott

Really nice! I love grouse feathers.

 

[clarkman]

Buggy, jiggy, moppy, crawdaddy type of things...one for anadromous and one not...

 

[clarkman]

All right one more buggy, jiggy, nymphy, swingy, strippy thing....


I've never used NMF Titan dubbing for anything other than dubbed heads, but it should move nicely for the tail, but tbd.

 

[Kfish]

 

[RichS]

Some balanced leeches in the three colors I like. Size 8 and 12 FM 6050 hooks

 

[Zak]

Some balanced leeches in the three colors I like. Size 8 and 12 FM 6050 hooks
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What are the brightly completed flattish rings?

 

[RichS]

What are the brightly completed flattish rings?

They are called bug collars. I bought them years ago, but I think that Firehole sells them now. They are brass- a little weight and a hotspot.

 

[SilverFly]

Buggy, jiggy, moppy, crawdaddy type of things...one for anadromous and one not...
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Um, I can see them both working interchangeably. The one on the right has summer run potential.

 

[clarkman]

Um, I can see them both working interchangeably. The one on the right has summer run potential.

yeah, but I'm trying to piss off the purists a little less than normal...

 

[Tom Butler]

Buggy, jiggy, moppy, crawdaddy type of things...one for anadromous and one not...
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I'm likin' the one on the right. Thinkin' about throwing crawdad stuff a lot more this year. Mind sharing the recipe?

 

[clarkman]

I'm likin' the one on the right. Thinkin' about throwing crawdad stuff a lot more this year. Mind sharing the recipe?

I'm more of a BBQ guy, not a baker....I literally don't have a recipe!

Buuut, I'll try to get you the general stuff that's in it. ping me if ya don't hear from me in a couple of weeks (I'm dead serious about that!)

 

[Scudley Do Right]

 

[Scudley Do Right]

 

[Zak]

They are called bug collars. I bought them years ago, but I think that Firehole sells them now. They are brass- a little weight and a hotspot.

Thanks, they look great!