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A few recent ties minus the bottom of the trio. Thank you for looking. Hope everyone is having a good Friday.
What's in your vise?
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A few recent ties minus the bottom of the trio. Thank you for looking. Hope everyone is having a good Friday.
so...is that wiggle coming from the flat front lip of the foam, similar to a Flatfish plug?...it has nice action...I might need the recipe.
Yes!
Look up Tullis Wiggle Bug on youtube - plenty of videos, and LOTS of ways to tie them. I've had a ton of fun experimenting with it!
Some tips:
>If you round the lip off a little, or narrow it, it tightens the wag to a shimmy
>You can vary the weight and placement of dumbell eyes to change how it dives
>If I'm aiming for the bottom, I tie it inverted like this one (Cut a slit in the foam to slide it over the hook point for the final tie down)
>Most often for trout in lakes, I tie it unweighted and fish it on a sinking line
>3mm foam seems to be the most useful for most sizes (This little one is 2mm, though)
>A small bead will help keep the foam from popping back over the eye (but bead & foam need to go on first this way, obviously)
>Too much body material will mess up the wiggle - keep it as hydrodynamic as possible
Scudley Do Right
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Silver Squirrel Tail
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Flat silver tinsel
Hackle - Blue dun hen hackle barbs tied in at the throat
Wing - Gray squirrel tail tied low over the body
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
A few chum fry for next week.
SF
SF
I tied this up early this morning prior to a session at a coastal river. 30 min in, I promptly put it into a tree and where it currently resides.
precision in the tying process is key. For the tail, 1-3 clumps of marabou. The flash on the tail contains exactly 2-11 strands cut to length & the body flash is exactly 2 to 8 wraps of some flash on a wire. For the marabou head, 1-3 different colors palmered exactly 2-5 times prior to finishing the head with only pink, red, chartreuse or purple thread.
precision in the tying process is key. For the tail, 1-3 clumps of marabou. The flash on the tail contains exactly 2-11 strands cut to length & the body flash is exactly 2 to 8 wraps of some flash on a wire. For the marabou head, 1-3 different colors palmered exactly 2-5 times prior to finishing the head with only pink, red, chartreuse or purple thread.
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Orange Foxy
André Belaïeff
Hook - Single or double salmon
Thread - Fluorescent orange
Tail - Orange krystal flash
Body - Orange krystal flash
Throat - Orange krystal flash
Wing - Grey fox guard hairs
Collar - Grizzly hen saddle
Fly Patterns of Canada - Paul C Marriner
Scudley Do Right
Legend
Good colors for a tree…I tied this up early this morning prior to a session at a coastal river. 30 min in, I promptly put it into a tree and where it currently resides.
precision in the tying process is key. For the tail, 1-3 clumps of marabou. The flash on the tail contains exactly 2-11 strands cut to length & the body flash is exactly 2 to 8 wraps of some flash on a wire. For the marabou head, 1-3 different colors palmered exactly 2-5 times prior to finishing the head with only pink, red, chartreuse or purple thread.
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That tree already has a couple of beads in it so I figured I needed a proper swingin' pattern.
After watching Randy on Friday I couldn't wait for the 55mm shanks I ordered to show up. Tied a little one with the 35mm jig shanks I picked up from Spawn last year. Maybe the bent shank will result in some interesting action. Should have put a couple more feathers in the tail?
