What's in your vise?

[SilverFly]

Some 11th hour Mag Bay marlin stuff. Thought I was out of hooks bigger than 5/0. Then found these 6/0 Owner Siwash leftover from over-sized squid fly experiment.

 

[SKYKO]

Couple little winter swingers I've had luck with in the past.

 

[SKYKO]

Couple more.

 

[Tallguy]

Couple more.
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What color water do you like to see if you reach for both sets of these lighter flies?

 

[SKYKO]

I mostly fish on the west end these days in the winter, on the glacial or clay impacted streams if there's a couple feet of visibility or better I'll fish them with confidence if dirtier I usually go bigger profile. These I tied with cone heads but also tie them more traditional ESl with dumbell and chenille. I like these colorways plus white/pink or black/orange.

 

[Tom Butler]

Chocolate and Copper Stone

Sz. 10 1xl 3.3mm copper bead
MFC Copper Brown Barred Sexi-floss
Medium Copper wire
Chocolate Hare
Brahma hen, hare and a bit of grouse in a loop for thorax.

 

[Bongoman]

Salmon season over and back at the vise

My "Throwback Thursday" fly of the week The Freight Train a top producing steelhead fly pattern anywhere you find steelhead. The bright orange and red butt and purple tail and hackle are proven steelhead colors, and the dark body with white wing is a proven steelhead combination. Apparently Randall Kaufmann hadn't named this fly yet and was distracted watching a freight train rolling down beside the Deschutes River when a steelhead interrupted his sight-seeing. Thus the Freight Train was born

 

[Tom Butler]

Just a nymph. Not sure of the soft black fur. Sz. 12 1xl w/ 3.3mm. Hen and fur thorax.

 

[Scudley Do Right]

 

[Brute]

Decided to twist up a couple more Tullis Wiggle Bugs in trout size in black, olive and brown (thanks @Northern). While a size 4 B10S may seem large for trout, I wanted to make sure they did hook up as the hook gap is somewhat restricted by the slanted nose…and they look rather small next to the 2/0 I tied for pike. I mist be reverting to my youth when I fished Lazy Ikes & Flatfish

 

[Zak]

Heavily hackled orange (silk) and partridge wet fly, size 18.

 

[Merle]

Salmon season over and back at the vise

My "Throwback Thursday" fly of the week The Freight Train a top producing steelhead fly pattern anywhere you find steelhead. The bright orange and red butt and purple tail and hackle are proven steelhead colors, and the dark body with white wing is a proven steelhead combination. Apparently Randall Kaufmann hadn't named this fly yet and was distracted watching a freight train rolling down beside the Deschutes River when a steelhead interrupted his sight-seeing. Thus the Freight Train was born

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Nice... this one, the Signal Light and the Coal Car are my favorite of the Kauffman steelhead series.

 

[Norm Frechette]

Josephine

Hook - Standard wet fly
Thread - Black
Tip - Gold tinsel
Body - Peasock herl
Hackle - Brown
Wing - Scarlet duck or goose quill segments

Favorite Flies and Their Histories - Mary Orvis Marbury

Forgotten Flies - Schmookler and Sils

 

[Scottp]

Muddled Craven Caddis Emerger

Tied here as a spruce moth.

hook - WFC Model 11 #12
thread - SemperFli Nano Silk 30d yellow
rib - Mirage Flash opal
body - Aussie possum bleached
underwing - Congo Hair shiner tan/tan/brown/olive blend
wing - caribou hair shoulder - pheasant rump
collar/head - caribou hair

Regards,
Scott

 

[Kfish]