What's in your vise?

[Norm Frechette]

Gogebic

 

[jasmillo]

Some more PS salmon flies.

 

[Bongoman]

 

[Norm Frechette]

Allerton

 

[Zoran]

 

[Zoran]

This is size 18 Tiemco 226BL and it is pretty small. I am going to tie few on 2488 H even smaller for our waters here, but not sure if makes sense to go that small for PNW.

Looks like fly is 4.95$ USD. I know Tiemco is expensive hook but 5$ is a lot.

Barrick's Bubble

 

[adamcu280]

Extreme ADD vise session. Stripers, SRC, salmon, albacore, dorado, roosters?

 

[Norm Frechette]

Blue Blow

 

[Scottp]

Extended Body Spinner

Maybe a Grey Drake? Tail/underbody could be a tiny bit longer and didn’t compress as much as I like when spiral wrapping the body (I’ll use elk on next one).

hook - WFC Model 28 #10
thread - Uni 6/0 black core - 12lb mono
tail/underbody - moose body hair
body - deer hair
wing - Congo Hair white
hackle - grizzly
shoulder - pheasant rump

Regards,
Scott

 

[Zoran]

 

[albula]

Perhaps the most iconic of Scandinavian salmon flies, various iterations of the Sunray Shadow.

 

[Pink Nighty]

I keep my Hohs Dirty, not Skinny.

 

[tkww]

This is size 18 Tiemco 226BL and it is pretty small. I am going to tie few on 2488 H even smaller for our waters here, but not sure if makes sense to go that small for PNW.

Looks like fly is 4.95$ USD. I know Tiemco is expensive hook but 5$ is a lot.

Barrick's Bubble

Curious about the link, as their photo seems to show an up eye, which the TMC2488 doesn't have.

 

[Zoran]

This is TMC 226BL but I will tie few on 2488H (for sure my favourite). I wish it is more affordable.

Here is the link to TMC 226BL
Tmc 226bl

 

[Buzzy]

Vampires...........


Had one balanced leech that I didn't like so I cut the materials off and vampired (new word?) it blue bead and all.

 

[RichS]

My usual frog. These are landing right side up every time and floating with the hook and back legs down. It seems as if having the deer hair body start right at the hook point makes it all work best. At least for the Kona XSSs I have been using.

 

[Tom Butler]

Vampires...........
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Had one balanced leech that I didn't like so I cut the materials off and vampired (new word?) it blue bead and all.

Just plain money right there! Good stuff.

 

[Buzzy]

Just plain money right there! Good stuff.

Thanks, Tom!

 

[Zoran]

TMC 2488H in size 14 (large fly)

 

[tkww]

This is TMC 226BL but I will tie few on 2488H (for sure my favourite). I wish it is more affordable.

Here is the link to TMC 226BL
Tmc 226bl

Have you fished (caught fish) on the 226? If so, has it held up? At one point I tied up a bunch of flies on that general style--not sure if it was the 2487 or the non-h 2488, and those things would open up even on very modest fish (like 10" or 12"). Really frustrating. I think it was the 2487, as I remember speculating that the down eye was making the leverage angle worse.

But the 2488h is a great hook. Makes it a little tougher to keep flies svelte, but it doesn't bend out at all.