What's in your vise?
- Thread starter Billy
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I did the same recently with a flatwing type tail on a large bass fly - very nice undulating swimming action
How do you taper the foam? With heat? That looks like a killing fly (especially during a flying ant hatch)!
Pale Watery Quill
Pink Lady
Zoran
Life of the Party
Inspired by: Mountainfly
Variation of the fly recipe
Hook: Flow TH550
Thread: Kimono 351
Tail: Brown turkey biots
Body: Royal Sissi Hare's ear Plus Ice Dub
Rib: Red (transformer from house appliance) thin wire
Legs: Brown turkey biots
Case: Green pheasant barbs
Bead: Firehole countersunk 3mm speckled tungsten
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Yellow Canary
Grasshopper
Muddled March Brown
10 1xl
Yellow Silk
Partridge tail tail
Hare's Ear ribbed with yellow silk
Partridge hackle
Partridge tail wing
Speckled hen shoulder
Deer hair head
These fish well alone on a dry line or as a top dropper, but they really shine swung 2' behind a weighted nymph.
10 1xl
Yellow Silk
Partridge tail tail
Hare's Ear ribbed with yellow silk
Partridge hackle
Partridge tail wing
Speckled hen shoulder
Deer hair head
These fish well alone on a dry line or as a top dropper, but they really shine swung 2' behind a weighted nymph.
cascadian
Steelhead
I'm tying more in Gapen's style, too. The thinner and less dense head performs better for me. I was never a fan of the fly until I saw a photo of one that Gapen himself tied.
I'm a fan, now.
Nice work on this one, not that I'm any judge.
Zoran
Life of the Party
Mike’s Magic Beetle
■ Hook: #8-14 Gamakatsu 921
■ Bead: blue/green glass (3mm) glass beads
■ Thread: Black 6/0 UNI-Thread
■ Outer shell: 2 peacock herl
■ Shell: Black closed-cell foam (⅛ inch), cut to width of hook
gap
■ Body: 4–5 strands of peacock herl
■ Indicator: white parapost or orange or yellow closed-cell foam (1/16 inch)
Note:
Mike’s Magic Beetle (tied by Mike Adams). One of the most frustrating phenomena
in fly fishing, especially with terrestrials, is that 50 percent of the time the fly lands
upside down on the water. Mike’s Magic Beetle will land hook down on every cast,
greatly increasing an angler’s productivity.
■ Hook: #8-14 Gamakatsu 921
■ Bead: blue/green glass (3mm) glass beads
■ Thread: Black 6/0 UNI-Thread
■ Outer shell: 2 peacock herl
■ Shell: Black closed-cell foam (⅛ inch), cut to width of hook
gap
■ Body: 4–5 strands of peacock herl
■ Indicator: white parapost or orange or yellow closed-cell foam (1/16 inch)
Note:
Mike’s Magic Beetle (tied by Mike Adams). One of the most frustrating phenomena
in fly fishing, especially with terrestrials, is that 50 percent of the time the fly lands
upside down on the water. Mike’s Magic Beetle will land hook down on every cast,
greatly increasing an angler’s productivity.
It’s been months since I have sat down at the vise. Easing back in with a handful of rainbow warriors.
St Lawrence
This is a cool pattern for sure. Might have to tie some of these.Mike’s Magic Beetle
■ Hook: #8-14 Gamakatsu 921
■ Bead: blue/green glass (3mm) glass beads
■ Thread: Black 6/0 UNI-Thread
■ Outer shell: 2 peacock herl
■ Shell: Black closed-cell foam (⅛ inch), cut to width of hook
gap
■ Body: 4–5 strands of peacock herl
■ Indicator: white parapost or orange or yellow closed-cell foam (1/16 inch)
Note:
Mike’s Magic Beetle (tied by Mike Adams). One of the most frustrating phenomena
in fly fishing, especially with terrestrials, is that 50 percent of the time the fly lands
upside down on the water. Mike’s Magic Beetle will land hook down on every cast,
greatly increasing an angler’s productivity.
Sidenote....I learned a long time ago that "un-matching" the hatch with a beetle pattern can pay off nicely. I always keep a few foam beetles on me river, and lake