>>>What Are You Tying Today? Part II

[J55tyger88]

Some dry fly stuff...

 

[RCFetter]

They look great tyger. What is the second one?

 

[GenCon]

Nice job Tyger. John, real nice streamer. I bet that would be killer in olive as well.

GenCon

 

[jay348]

Random stuff these past few weeks...the only common theme is warmer water than right now.

1. carp swap flies
2. deceivers for the river
3. mini d&d's for the maybe two times i'll toss a sink tip all season

 

[NickR]

Jay, those are some awesome ties man.

 

[GenCon]

Nice stuff Jay,

GenCon

 

[J55tyger88]

Jay, real nice ties!

RC, its an attempt at a caddis or stone...or probably just streamside tree ornament

 

[NickR]

Tyger they look real nice.

 

[whheff]

tyger, those flies are really nice. They should fool a lot of fish.

 

[J55tyger88]

Thanks!

Just read Flicks Streamside Guide and was messing around with quill bodies.

 

[dc410]

Hey, just catching up with you guys.

Tyger- those are some great looking dries. What is that fancy looking piece of equipment you are using? It must be working well if you're cranking out flies like those.

Jay- awesome looking ties. Love those d&ds.

Mike- thanks. Galloups's streamers are fun to tie. He sells the Butt Monkey in white, black, gray, olive, tan and rust. I agree that the olive would be cool. I have an idea for that one. Just need some time at the vise. I'll post up a pic of it when I get it tied. Galloup's streamers have caught a lot of big fish over time.

 

[mario66pens]

Just messing around

 

[lv2nymph]

Bill, thank you I hope the trout agree with you.
Nice creatures Bob
Really nice looking streamer John
Jim, those ties rock! Really look good.
Jay, those ties are looking good
Brian, that's a fine looking tie.
I'm glad that so many tiers are posting up their time at the bench, I enjoy seeing the ties!

 

[stevespag]

Hey guys I love seeing what everyone is tying it motivated me to post one of my own. I'm just getting back into tying after taking a few years off.

 

[dc410]

stevespag,

That's a good buggy looking nymph. Thanks for posting one up. It doesn't look like you have been away from it too long or else it's just like riding a bike. Nice job! Keep em' coming.

 

[detrapold]

My son and I just started a few days ago learning to tie flies. Here are some of what I have did this evening. My supplies are limited for the time being but so far I am enjoying it.

 

[dc410]

Here is a good looking wet fly that I found on line the other day. It is the Leisering Black Gnat. I am always looking for some new soft hackle patterns to try out.

Hook: Daiichi 1550 size 14
Thread: Pearsall's silk - red
Body: 3 black fibers from a natural turkey tail feather wrapped like herl.
Rib: small chartruese ultra wire
Hackle: original called for cock starling (I substituted with a small crow covert feather)

The black fibers on a natural turkey tail feather located near the tip of the feather just below the buff colored tips really make a nice dark herl body for small wet flies, this was the first that I ever used that portion of a turkey tail feather in tying.

For any of you guys that are lucky enough to hit some Grannom hatches this fly may produce well when they are active.

 

[Tigereye]

A small herd of March Browns and a few of olive/pearl zonkers

 

[GenCon]

John, nice tie. I really like you used the crow. Makes a great looking hackle.

GenCon

 

[Tiogadog]

Yet another snow day in central VA yesterday... so in between taking my 5 year old sled riding and other household chores I tied up a dozen or so biot nymphs on jig hooks.

The jig hooks were Dohiku. I have been unimpressed with my results with jig hook nymphs in the past but I have endeavored to try them again.

I used Jan Siman peacock dubbing for the thorax...that stuff is awesome...easy to dub and really picks out nicely.

Sorry for no pics but as it was a snow day my daughter conscripted the ipad for Netflix.