>>>What Are You Tying Today? Part IV

[nfrechet]

yellow closed cell foam

 

[djs12354]

Thanks.

And thanks for sharing the photos of your flies!

Dave

 

[nfrechet]

bean special

Hook: Mustad S70-3399 #6 Front; Mustad S70-3399 #8 Front
Thread: Red
Tail: Yellow hackle fibers
Ribbing: Flat silver tinsel
Body: Black floss
Throat: Yellow hackle fibers
Wing: Pair of white saddle hackles
Connector wire: .024 diameter beadalon wire

 

[nfrechet]

shop vac

 

[laurelrun]

Feels almost sacrilegious to post these after those works of art. But consider it an exercise in contrast. I recently tied up some mop flys and could not believe how aggressively the fish took them. Thought I'd restock and also experiment with some other colors using some very fluffy white chenille I already had colored with various colors of sharpie.

I experimented with a few techniques to try to imitate the tassel from a mop as seen on the chartreuse ones. Tied in wooly bugger style, twisted up and then melting the end seemed to work best.

 

[nfrechet]

renegade

 

[nfrechet]

sofa pillow

 

[nfrechet]

gierach special

 

[JackM]

The renegade: for undecided trout.

 

[nfrechet]

gray ugly

 

[gulfgreyhound]

Really nice ties. Your vise is your easel. GG

 

[GenCon]

On Saturday, I leave for the Florida Keys for a week. I have 5-days tarpon fishing to look forward to. I have been tarpon fishing for a very long time. Over the years tarpon flys have changed a lot. From somewhat large brightly colored flys to flys that are much smaller with mostly subdued colors. For many years now I depend on my own creations. Here is an couple examples of the flys I will be using.
They were successful last year. So I imagine they will be this year as well.

GenCon

 

[nomad_archer]

Very nice ties GenCon.

 

[dc410]

Great looking ties, Mike! I hope you have a great trip and lots of good luck in the Keys.

 

[acesedgley]

Good luck....quite jealous!!

 

[Fredrick]

Nice ties int:

 

[elonDO]

Here are some bonefish flies that I tied up recently for a trip to the Bahamas last week. These were the flies that got it done last week - 48 bonefish to hand.

Hamilton Sili Legs - most productive fly of the trip for me and the guys I was fishing with

This fly brought 10 fish to hand the first day of the trip

Lead-eyed bonefish twitchy - worked great from the boat for the deep pools

Accounted for 8 fish on the last day of the trip

Maya Shrimp pattern (pattern from one of our guides) - was my go to for skinny water flats

Ververka's Mantis Shrimp

Ascension Bay Mantis

 

[nomad_archer]

Its been awhile since I posted but I have been doing a bit of tying.

Experimental grubs and some rainbow warriors

Frenchie variant with CDL tail and pa hen turkey tail body

Squirmies tied a little different then the usual

Tan Bird of Prey Caddis

 

[nfrechet]

nomad

still not seeing your photos. what method do you use to post them?

anyway

 

[nomad_archer]

Those are from a shared album within google photos. I am logged out of google and am able to see them. My photos are auto backed up to google photos so I try the share from there. I wish there was a way to directly share from my phone to this site. I would probably share more photos.