Not just for winter anymore! Nice.
What's in your vise?
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Hard to beat heron.
Scudley Do Right
Legend
Fox Pupa
Originated by Tim Fox
Hook - TMC 2312, 2302 or equivalent, size 12-14-16.
Thread - Color to match body
Ribbing – Gold wire
Body – Flat tinsel
Over body - Vernille, ultra-chenille in olive, tan, orange, black etc
Legs – Partridge, grouse, brahma hen fibers
Thorax/head - Ostrich herl.
Antennae - Wood duck, mallard flank, teal etc
Smaller sz 14 versions of a hares ear softhackle with 3.3 mm bead and 10 turns .015 leadfree wire. No whitefish rules but I did note the small mouth.
FindingFly
Smolt
Heading down to Key West at the end of the month..... Mostly looking for permit, but I hate tying crab flies, so I'm working on a few tarpon flies. Hopefully get a couple shots at laid up tarpon in the backcountry.
mtskibum16
Life of the Party
Not in my vise yet, but I just got some new hooks so I thought I’d share a comparison. Hooks are Firehole Sticks 811 and 860. Really interesting hook bend on both and quite sharp. The hook gape is huge! It’s sometimes tough to know what size to get so hopefully this comparison is helpful for someone.
Bulldollyhuman
Smolt
Planned to make a small squid but it looks like a hermit crab
. Size 6 salt shrimp hook.
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What kind of eyes are those?
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Classic Sofa Pillow- I like old school flies
Brown Owl - Interesting east coast version of a stonefly/salmonfly adult. Supposed to be fished damp or low in the film then wet, dressed sparse, can also double as a streamer. I think it looks legit. Would be interesting to try it out west durring the salmonfly hatch when everyone is throwing big foam rubberlegged things.
Brown Owl - Interesting east coast version of a stonefly/salmonfly adult. Supposed to be fished damp or low in the film then wet, dressed sparse, can also double as a streamer. I think it looks legit. Would be interesting to try it out west durring the salmonfly hatch when everyone is throwing big foam rubberlegged things.
Mainville Special
Atlantic Salmon
Hook - Mustad 79580
Thread - Black
Tail - Grizzly hackle fibers
Ribbing - Silver tinsel
Body - Black chenille or wool
Wing - White bucktail
Collar - Grizzly hackle
Fly Patterns of Canada - Paul Marriner
Smith
Steelhead
Those are nice looking flies.
You, know, there are a lot of new, high zoot long floating foam stonefly dry patterns out there these days but I always caught the most trout with a stonefly dry pattern when that pattern was a Sofa Pillow. Just because anglers stop using a specific fly pattern does not mean it stopped working.
Ready for some heart pounding high intensity bobber watching on Saturday.