Tie tie again

[Phish_On]

Good job! Like others have said. There is nothing better then catching fish on flies you tie. It's the true essence of our sport.

 

[Phish_On]

95% of the flies I fish, I tied myself. The only thing I havent gotten into tyin is dry flies. Everything else the I use I tie myself.

 

[Gone_Phishin]

Dont mean to hijack your thread. I Just started tying last week. Here's some of my buggers so far. Critique away.


http://i.imgur.com/is8OFtr.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Uk4YXRe.jpg

 

[djs12354]

Gone_Phishin wrote:
Dont mean to hijack your thread. I Just started tying last week. Here's some of my buggers so far. Critique away.


http://i.imgur.com/is8OFtr.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Uk4YXRe.jpg

They look great to me, but I defer to those with a better eye.

Am I correct in thinking the tails of some are different materials than the normal marabou?

 

[salmonoid]

Gone_Phishin wrote:
Dont mean to hijack your thread. I Just started tying last week. Here's some of my buggers so far. Critique away.


http://i.imgur.com/is8OFtr.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Uk4YXRe.jpg

Shorter tails and take your hackle down a size or two or three.

That being said, even if materials are out of proportion on a bugger, they will still catch fish. I'm not the greatest of tiers and my buggers still manage to fool fish.

I was going to make the same comment on Dave's bugger - that even though the proportions weren't perfect, they would still catch fish, but he proved that anyway with his brownie.

 

[Phish_On]

Dave- he is using squirrel tail. It's great for bugger tails. I prefer it over marabou.

 

[djs12354]

Phish_On wrote:
Dave- he is using squirrel tail. It's great for bugger tails. I prefer it over marabou.

Thanks, Phish

Seems like a good change up from the marabou. Although it seems both would give good action to a fly.

Hoping to pick up some supplies for my "homework" assignment I received. I'll work on that after I finish our taxes and get them e-filed today.

 

[RCFetter]

Way back in the 80s, when Orvis had a store in center city Phila, I attended a fly tying demo. When someone asked what do you do with the flies you mess up, the tyer said, "those are the ones I use, they still catch trout."

djs, we talked last year at a newbie jam follow up meeting. You sure have come a long way in 12 months. I'm still hunting for my first trout on a fly, but that only means I have something to look forward to.

 

[djs12354]

RCFetter wrote:
Way back in the 80s, when Orvis had a store in center city Phila, I attended a fly tying demo. When someone asked what do you do with the flies you mess up, the tyer said, "those are the ones I use, they still catch trout."

djs, we talked last year at a newbie jam follow up meeting. You sure have come a long way in 12 months. I'm still hunting for my first trout on a fly, but that only means I have something to look forward to.

I won't toss any in the trash, that's for sure!

If you are at this year's Newbie Jam, we have to make sure that we get you onto a fish! Might have to page Delta Dog and Volksnurse - If they can get Stagger Lee onto a fish, then it should be no problem to get you one!

(Only busting Andrew - I know how hard you have been working on your FF efforts!)

But RC, I have been lucky and there is a long way left for me to go on this journey to getting better!

 

[Heritage-Angler]

djs12354 wrote:
If you are at this year's Newbie Jam, we have to make sure that we get you onto a fish! Might have to page Delta Dog and Volksnurse - If they can get Stagger Lee onto a fish, then it should be no problem to get you one!

No worries - da Fox will fix this.

Don't you have a homework assignment to do? Get crackin'. ;-)

 

[djs12354]

Heritage-Angler wrote:

djs12354 wrote:
If you are at this year's Newbie Jam, we have to make sure that we get you onto a fish! Might have to page Delta Dog and Volksnurse - If they can get Stagger Lee onto a fish, then it should be no problem to get you one!

No worries - da Fox will fix this.

Don't you have a homework assignment to do? Get crackin'. ;-)

No where to get the dang CDC feather. I'll have to run to A&G after work tomorrow.

 

[CathyG]

A&G has CDC. I think they expanded their fly tying supplies when they remodeled.

Now if they would just get prices on everything.