>>>What are you tying today ? Part I

[djs12354]

Size 18 RS2 from Charlie Craven's book. (Working my way through it, a few at a time)

Need to improve my consistency, but I think they will fish.

 

[djs12354]

Size 18 RS2 from Charlie Craven's book. (Working my way through it, a few at a time)

Need to improve my consistency, but I think they will fish.

 

[BrookieChaser]

Yuckbugs.

 

[jeremymcon]

Stocking up on tungsten bead olive wooly buggers in various sizes:

Also tied a few zuddler minnows inspired by the muddler thread in this section of the forum, as well as a write-up on global fly fisher:

 

[GenCon]

Nice stuff Jeremy.

GenCon

 

[djs12354]

BrookieChaser wrote:
Yuckbugs.

had to Google this one, interesting pattern. Can you post picks of your ties?

 

[djs12354]

Great looking ties!

 

[redrockgrizzly]

just for something to do, I tied up some basic stoneflies

 

[redrockgrizzly]

a few bead head ice caddis -- a killer!

 

[dc410]

I found this buggy looking caddis pattern on line the other day. It's called the Backstop Caddis and was tied in a YouTube video by Hans Weilenmann. He used the method to dub the thorax by flattening the thread, splitting the thread with a bodkin and inserting the spikey dubbing just like a dubbing loop and than spinning the bobbin. I always thought it looked like a neat technique but never took the time to actually try it. Well, I tried it on this pattern tonight and I was using 14/0 thread and it worked like a charm! It is a great way to spin a spikey body or thorax (I just used hare's ear with the guard hairs) without building up as much bulk as you get with a traditional dubbing loop. I tied a few of these up on a size 16 TMC 206BL in tan and I still want to tie a few in green for this Spring. Can't wait to give these guys a swim!

 

[GenCon]

Nice tie John. I really like Hans style. I use a number of his patterns.
Great simplicity.

GenCon

 

[J55tyger88]

John,
Nice tie! I like Hans' videos as well.
Splitting the thread for a dubbing loop is a great technique.

 

[BrookieChaser]

Here you go, djs.

 

[SBecker]

I just tied those as well. We call them Turd stones or Girdle bugs.

 

[BrookieChaser]

I've heard them called that too, Becker. I think we need scientific names for flies now. Haha!

 

[pro4mance]

Turd Girdlers exoflatulant scientific right there

 

[SBecker]

I like Turd Girdlers.

 

[sandfly]

few dozen of these;

 

[djs12354]

BrookieChaser wrote:
Here you go, djs.

Thanks,BC

Looks good!

Sandy, those look pretty darn good,as well!

 

[Fishidiot]

Some big ole Pteronarcys nymphs...