>>>What Are You Tying Today? Part III

[dc410]

Tack-L-Tyer wrote:
The Purple Crow bears a close resemblance to the Usk Naylor. (Or vice-versa). English pattern used to imitate Baetis, I believe. Nice tie.

You are correct. The purple crow is a spin off of the Usk Naylor. The Usk Naylor is a great soft hackle pattern that I've caught a lot of fish on.

Nomad,

You won't have any problem finding a starling skin for sale but not sure about finding crow feathers. Crows are pretty smart critters but my property was inundated with a flock of them last winter. I snuck out the back door and knocked one down with the 20 gauge (haven't seen one on the property since). I skinned out and boraxed both wings. Lots of great primary, secondary and covert feathers on those two wings. If I'm fortunate enough to harvest a ruffed grouse this fall I plan on skinning out the entire bird for tying.

 

[nomad_archer]

DC I realized after I posted that, that I would need to source the crow through other means. Which isn't a big deal. Just means I will have a reason to put the archery gear down.

I would love to do the same with a Pa grouse but I rarely hunt for them anymore because everyone I hunt with at camp wants to archery hunt in the fall.

 

[sandfly]

Thanks here is a few more from this morning

 

[nomad_archer]

sandfly those look great. What are you using for the eye just behind the head on the fly. Sorry if that is the wrong term.

 

[Dave_W]

nomad_archer wrote:
sandfly those look great. What are you using for the eye just behind the head on the fly.

That's a Jungle Cock feather, usually called a "jungle cock eye."

Jungle cock feathers are used in many traditional streamer and salmon fly patterns developed in the past, mainly the 1800s and early 1900s. This bird became scarce and legal access to the feathers was difficult for many years so jungle cock eyes eventually disappeared from fly patterns.

Today, you can get these feathers again and they make for a very nice, old school, appearance to streamer flies.

 

[nfrechet]

 

[GenCon]

Great flys everyone.
We wee on a soft hackle kick a bit ago. here is a style I really like.
This is a partridge and orange.

Hook is a 3906 Mustad.
Thread is 12/0 brown Euro thread
Body orange scud dubbing on split thread.
Hackle, Gray partridge.


GenCon

 

[dc410]

Good looking soft hackle, Mike.

 

[GenCon]

Thanks John

 

[nfrechet]

Adams' Salmon Shack

 

[acesedgley]

strange that I CAN see image on post 309 but CANNOT see image on post 313.
There is an x in a box like a "close window" icon and a note stating "resized image"

 

[MathFish]

I just finished up a few soft hackles that I tie with a turkey biot body. The biot is reinforced with an size small olive wire. Feathers from a Brama hen were used for the tail and the hackle. I also dubbed on both sides of the hackle with olive dubbing.

 

[GenCon]

Mathfish, nicely done.

Bravo

GenCon

 

[MathFish]

Thanks GenCon! I really appreciate your comments - all the ties you have posted here are superb - so thank you!

 

[Dave_W]

A bass fly tied with rubber worm hook, dumbell weight toward the rear of the shank, and mono loop weed guard.

This fly design will swim hook upward and allow you to fish through snags and leaves in the water column.

 

[J55tyger88]

Nice flies everyone!

Dave W, I like that fly, cool design

 

[NewSal]

My olive nymph/soft hackle variation

 

[dc410]

My carp box is a complete mess from this past carpin' season. I started to restock it this week. Here is my top producing carp fly from 2016. I caught 60% of my carp this year on this pattern, the bead chain eyed Sparrow Nymph.

 

[GenCon]

Nice tie John

GenCon

 

[nomad_archer]

Tried my first buck tail:
#6 6xl hook,
cooper tinsel with red wire ribbing and red butt hot spot
brown over white wing.

Looking for some constructive criticism or tips on technique. Tying with hair is just a little different than what I have been doing. I made one heck of a mess, I think I will blame it on the dogs.

I think I have too much brown hair. Plus the white under wing is a bit long maybe?

This is the first time I have tried any of the UV cures and it is some pretty cool stuff. To bad it is so expensive.