shedder flies

[sandfly]

here are a few of my shedder flies,
tied to imitate the instar shed of flies. Early spring you see a lot of these as the nymphs really begin to grow after the winter in preparation for hatching.

 

[tracker12]

Very nice. I really like the one on the very bottom of the firsat pic. Have a close up of that one?

 

[sandfly]

This one;
A generic fly, but it works

 

[MKern]

I tie something very similar, well kinda:
It's a bleached PT.

 

[fly_flinger]

Sandfly,
What hook is this tied on?

sandfly wrote:
This one;
A generic fly, but it works

 

[sandfly]

It's a mustad 244D sz.10

 

[BrookieBuster101]

MKern wrote:
I tie something very similar, well kinda:
It's a bleached PT.

By bleached, do you mean white materials or do you actually bleach the fly after the fact?

 

[MKern]

I buy a pheasant tail that is bleached.

Sometimes they are cheaper than dyed because they are typically bleached before the dying process; thus saving a step.

I'm sure you can do it at home though. However, I don't know how.

 

[sandfly]

fly tying fred and I do some bleaching, there's some smelly chemicals involved. its the same as bleaching hair at a salon. the biots on my flies were turkey feathers, bleached till just a slight bit of tan showed.

 

[Troutking]

They look nice

 

[franklin]

What are the wing cases made of?

 

[sandfly]

bleached turkey biots Steve.