What's in your vise?

[clarkman]

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But if you lose…

we already beat you guys, what are we talking about?

Besides, that fly right there was incredibly carefully crafted for a friend....I wouldn't want to desecrate it by having it filled with tooth marks.

Honestly, now that I'm thinking about this....it would be kinda fun to try to tie one of these for every NFL team.

 

[Brute]

That fly may never get fished!

The Mark Davis most likely will never see water…

 

[Brute]

Fm5025 grab gape 14
Tail partridge olive
Utc 70 watery olive
Rib .2mm wire chartreuse
Thorax slf Whitlock sculpin olive
Hackle partridge olive

 

[jasmillo]

Some more for the SRC box…

 

[Scottp]

Bumbled Thunder & Lightning Muddler

Notional.

hook - WFC Model 6 #10
thread - SemperFli NanoSilk 30d black
tag - small tinsel copper
tail - golden pheasant crest dyed sunburst (1 Tps Rit Golden Yellow/1 cup water)
rib - small wire copper
body - medium tinsel holo black
hackle - hot orange
shoulder - partridge dyed Silver Doctor Blue (1 packs Koolaid Ice Blue Raspberry/1 cup water)
collar/head - deer hair

Regards,
Scott

 

[Tom Butler]

Bumbled Thunder & Lightning Muddler

Notional.

hook - WFC Model 6 #10
thread - SemperFli NanoSilk 30d black
tag - small tinsel copper
tail - golden pheasant crest dyed sunburst (1 Tps Rit Golden Yellow/1 cup water)
rib - small wire copper
body - medium tinsel holo black
hackle - hot orange
shoulder - partridge dyed Silver Doctor Blue (1 packs Koolaid Ice Blue Raspberry/1 cup water)
collar/head - deer hair

Regards,
Scott

That's really sharp, but maybe a bit too much Broncoish in coloration right now?

 

[Scottp]

That's really sharp, but maybe a bit too much Broncoish in coloration right now?

Oooh, gotcha. Certainly don’t want to ruffle any feathers.

Regards,
Scott

 

[bobduck]

we already beat you guys, what are we talking about?

Besides, that fly right there was incredibly carefully crafted for a friend....I wouldn't want to desecrate it by having it filled with tooth marks.

Honestly, now that I'm thinking about this....it would be kinda fun to try to tie one of these for every NFL team.

Funny you should mention a tie for every team. I own Larry Nicholas's Pac 10 ten pack, a framed collection of ten flies with those school colors. Last time I saw him in Albany he said he was going to do a Pac 12 twelve pack. Don't know if he ever did. The flies in the collection are beautifully done and adorn the wall in my fly tying room

 

[wanderingrichard]

Oooh, gotcha. Certainly don’t want to ruffle any feathers.

Regards,
Scott

I saw Miamish in those colors..

 

[Scottp]

Sunburst Muddler

hook - WFC Model 6 #10
thread - SemperFli 8/0 black
tail - yarn flame
rib - small wire hot yellow
body - Ice Dub orange
hackle - sunburst (1 Tbs Rit Golden Yellow/ cup water)/orange
shoulder - chukar dyed sunbust
collar/head - deer hair dyed golden olive (2 Tsp Rit Golden Yellow, 1/4 Tsp Rit Camel/2 cups water)

Regards,
Scott

 

[Brute]

Fm5130 size 8
4.6 tung bead
Tail blk, brn & cream marabou
Holo flashabou copper
Body ice dub tan
Throat red hen saddle
Collar pheasant back

I just saw this jig streamer from Garrison Doctor called the Gamebird

 

[Zak]

Haystack, size 14.

 

[Scottp]

Mrs Pheasant Tail

Besides the hackle which, honestly, I could have skipped, it’s a one-bird fly.

hook - WFC Model 6 #10
thread - SemperFli 8/0 brown
tail - hen pheasant tail
rib - small wire copper
body - hen pheasant tail
hackle - ginger (thorax only)
shoulder - hen pheasant body
collar - hen pheasant aftershaft (split-thread dubbed)

Regards,
Scott

 

[Buzzy]

Mrs Pheasant Tail

Besides the hackle which, honestly, I could have skipped, it’s a one-bird fly.

hook - WFC Model 6 #10
thread - SemperFli 8/0 brown
tail - hen pheasant tail
rib - small wire copper
body - hen pheasant tail
hackle - ginger (thorax only)
shoulder - hen pheasant body
collar - hen pheasant aftershaft (split-thread dubbed)

Regards,
Scott

I have to figure out (and try to master) your aftershaft split-thread dubbed collar treatment; it looks so good and I have to believe is magic in the water.

 

[CanoeGuy]

 

[Wetswinger]

Just a Bunny Leech w/ Booby Head

 

[Brute]

Fm5130 size 8
Tung bead silver 4.6mm
Tail dark olive, fl damsel olive, cream marabou
Uv krystal flash pink
Olive ice dub
Throat red hen saddle
Collar pheasant back

 

[Scottp]

I have to figure out (and try to master) your aftershaft split-thread dubbed collar treatment; it looks so good and I have to believe is magic in the water.

Here’s a sequence from a fly I tied a while back. For thread, I’d use something like Danville 6/0 or Semperfli 8/0; Uni 8/0 is a bitch to split and I hate UTC 70 - way too flossy (only exception is in Woodduck; absolutely love that color).

split thread, insert aftershaft feather, spin, moisten, stroke it back and wrap

Doing it in a thread loop works, too, but there’s much less buildup with the split-thread.

Hope this helps,
Scott

 

[Zak]

Another haystack. I really enjoy tying and fishing Fran Betters' flies.

 

[Bongoman]

Here's my "Throw Back Thursday" fly this week. This pattern was developed by Al Prichard for the Kalama River. For many years Al owned a store on the Kalama, selling lunches, flies, lures, freely giving advice and a hot cup of coffee. Back in the day when I'd visit I never knew who might be there. Some of the legends Al knudson, Jim Teeny, Mike Kennedy Ralph Wahl and Harry Lemire would often stop in hang out warming their bones and be telling stories, good times. The store closed a few years back and looks kinda sad sitting there lost in time.