No name nymph

[Lkyboots]

What I like about being a self taught fly tier is you don't know of your making mistakes or not. I call my flies, no name nymphs because I'm not sure what to call them.lol

 

[Kevin82]

If you need a name, call them, "late for dinner"

 

[mike_richardson]

I don't name flies anymore. People get all fired up and feel the need to find either a fly that looks similar under a different name, find another fly with the same name, or just say that is s variant of some other pattern.

I just keep it general for those that have to make a big deal about it.

coyote nymph
pheasant and squirrel nymph
etc....

 

[sroach]

Boots Nymph. LOL

 

[Tigereye]

I use:
little green SOB's
big black mofo's
wee black little mofo's
greybrown fuzzy dojabbers

 

[Tigereye]

forgot the shiny bead headed "bass turd"

 

[Sylvaneous]

I distinctly remember being an emerging fly tyer. I used to just dream about what I could do with materials. Any anytime I start to tie something completely different from what I had been, I have a similar feeling. When I got into bass fly tying, I went NUTS!

So you have all these differently 'tweaked' flies; differently applied materials or different mixes than what you've seen. With modern synthetics, there are a BAJILLION things you can do. Now you have to fish them. Why fish one style over another? How to choose?

What you'll probably end up doing, if you're anything like most people, is that you'll fall into making your own version of a few different patterns with a tweak here or there. You'll find certain types that established fly tyers and fishermen tie and use. You'll make your own 'bargain' with things like body, techniques, hooks, ribbing, flash, colors and TIME. You'll possibly develop certain flies specific to certain bugs, like I do. Other fly tyers have just one style that they adapt in size and color; one fur nymph or only pheast tails. They follow what great flyfishermen like Left said. Almost any well presented nymph will work. (stick to a size similar to the bug.)

I have one stone fly pattern, 2 beatis (just dubbed and pheasant tail), 1 sulfur, 2 caddis (one's just a wet fly) and 1 march brown/ gray fox style. Then I have a version of a G. R. H.E. with a brass bead sz. 12-16 that's just kind of a 'whatever' nymph. Then there is a whole other world of attractors, egg/spawn, inchworms...whatever. For me, I need to have some reason to fish which nymph and I ties flies for those situations. There is a range of approaches. Maybe having whatever you made on a hook drifting in the water is OK. That's good because it clears your conscients of conflicts or discrepancies and you just fish.

Syl

 

[bugs4]

Mike's "DL special" (the DL standing (obviously) for dryer lint)

 

[mikec727]

i have the puppy fly tied with bichon/poodle mix hair with a bead head.

 

[Steeltrap]

Years ago I tied a fly and it was named "Fox fur nymph". Caught a ton of trout on it. I now tie it,.....but with a bit more pizazz.