What's in your vise?

[Vandelay Industries]

Lingcod box is now full.

 

[Brute]

 

[EmergingFisher]

 

[Brute]

Heading on a 10 day road fishing trip, starting at the Green, then a mix of the Strawberry, Provo, Fremont before heading home…spinning up my usual confidence nymphs…

 

[SKYKO]

Batch of small beach buggers.

 

[M_D]

I was supposed to be hanging out with my 89 year old dad in Vermont for the next couple weeks but my wife destroyed her back so I had to cancel.

Also unfortunately, I shipped out much of my tying gear before the injury and won't get it back until the end of the month...but Jack Devlin's panfish ties looked like fun so I searched around for a cheap or makeshift vise and found this nifty idea...



an X-acto knife holder/scalpel like tool stuck in a chunk of wood. How simple is that??

It's slow and problematic....but better than nuthin'

 

[Zoran]

 

[Norm Frechette]

Cahill

 

[Scottp]

NZ Cicada (variation)

Spent the past 3 weeks in the California desert hiking, birding and picking grapefruit off my mother-in-law’s tree (brought back about 400; some destined for friends, most going to the local food bank) so it’s gonna take a bit to get the hands to do what the brain requests. A few changes to the original - tied a full spun muddler head and lengthened it a bit; cross between a Streaking Caddis and a Snatcher.


hook - WFC Model 16 #6
thread - SemperFli 8/0 brown
rib - small wire golden olive
body - Ice Dub olive brown
hackle - Cree
collar/head - deer hair

Regards,
Scott

 

[Buzzy]

An interesting pattern I came across in a book published in 1987 in Great Britain called "Bob Church's Guide to Trout Flies". It is meant to imitate ailing or dying yearling Perch and Roach in reservoirs. It is called "Injured/Ailing Fry".

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One of my favorite Basin lakes now has perch in it - I have a couple patterns I tie to sort of imitate perch fry or small perch; thanks for sharing this. The lake has some large trout that I'm sure do key into small perch from time to time. As always, very nice!/Pat

 

[M_D]

NZ Cicada (variation)

Spent the past 3 weeks in the California desert hiking, birding and picking grapefruit off my mother-in-law’s tree (brought back about 400; some destined for friends, most going to the local food bank) so it’s gonna take a bit to get the hands to do what the brain requests. A few changes to the original - tied a full spun muddler head and lengthened it a bit; cross between a Streaking Caddis and a Snatcher.


hook - WFC Model 16 #6
thread - SemperFli 8/0 brown
rib - small wire golden olive
body - Ice Dub olive brown
hackle - Cree
collar/head - deer hair

Regards,
Scott

400??!! That’s a LOT of grapefruit! The locals up there in Flathead county are gonna love it

 

[Bongoman]

 

[Bongoman]

 

[Brute]

 

[Jack Devlin]

I was supposed to be hanging out with my 89 year old dad in Vermont for the next couple weeks but my wife destroyed her back so I had to cancel.

Also unfortunately, I shipped out much of my tying gear before the injury and won't get it back until the end of the month...but Jack Devlin's panfish ties looked like fun so I searched around for a cheap or makeshift vise and found this nifty idea...

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an X-acto knife holder/scalpel like tool stuck in a chunk of wood. How simple is that??

It's slow and problematic....but better than nuthin'

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Love the Xacto vise. Better than a pair of vise grips. Triangle bugs are neat. I tied up a bunch and looking forward to fishing them for Bluegills in another week or so.

 

[Jack Devlin]

One of my favorite Basin lakes now has perch in it - I have a couple patterns I tie to sort of imitate perch fry or small perch; thanks for sharing this. The lake has some large trout that I'm sure do key into small perch from time to time. As always, very nice!/Pat

 

[Jack Devlin]

More Panfish bugs.

 

[Brute]

 

[Brute]

 

[Hoofer]

Mariachi Boatman, golden brown.