>>>What Are You Tying Today? Part IV

[nfrechet]

FA (Floating & Ascending) Nymph

Hook – Dry fly style
Thread – To match insect color
Tail – Pheasant tail fibers
Ribbing – Copper wire
Wing case – Black foam strip
Thorax – Dubbing to match insect color*


*Use dubbing colors to represent BWO, PMD, Sulphers etc

Reference - Satoshi Yamamoto

https://leftytyer.blogspot.com/search?q=fa+nymph

 

[nfrechet]

Arnold

Hook - Salmon/steelhead style
Thread - Black
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Flat silver tinsel
Inner Wing - Red and white bucktail, mixed
Outer Wing - Grizzly saddle, one on each side of bucktail wing

Reference - Steelhead Fly Tying Manual - Tom Light & Neal Humphrey

 

[nfrechet]

tellico nymph

 

[Dave_W]

Some generic nymphs.

I tie most of my subsurface flies to drift or swim with the hook upward, hence the "backward curve" on the mayfly nymphs.

 

[Dave_W]

Caddis larvae. . .

 

[nfrechet]

dark edson tiger tandem

light edson tiger tandem

reference - internet photos

 

[Steeltrap]

dark edson tiger tandem


Now that's an interesting way for a "trailer" fly to be attached!!

 

[nfrechet]

its been done that way for years. very commom. nothing new

 

[nfrechet]

The Mop

Hook - Streamer style
Thread - White
Body - Silver mylar tubing, tied down at the bend with white thread that then forms the butt
Throat - Yellow nylon fibers and red calf tail
Wing - Peacock herls, tips cut flat
Head - Silver with white eye and red pupil

Reference - Art of Angling Journal - Volume 2 Issue 1 Originator - Ora Smith

 

[nfrechet]

Poison

Hook - Streamer style
Thread - Black
Tail - Dyed red hackle fibers
Ribbing - Flat gold tinsel
Body - Syracuse orange Lion Brand #133 yarn
Wing - Brown bucktail
Cheek - Jungle ****
Painted eyes - Yellow iris, black pupil

Reference - Tying & Fishing Bucktails - Mike Valla

Tying note: I opted to tie the sparsely tied version identified in the book. I used orange antron yarn.

 

[nfrechet]

Royaled Crystal Gnat

Hook - Dry fly style
Thread - Red
Hackle - Grizzly
Body - Peacock micro crystal chenille - Red thread - Peacock micro crystal chenille

A variation of a Griffiths Gnat

 

[Tigereye]

That is a cool looking fly bet is fishes great. Love the GG. Need to tie a few of those.

 

[Steeltrap]

I think the most interesting part of looking at the great work on this thread, is to study the different types of materials that can be used to tie the same type of fly.

 

[nfrechet]

Silver Rider

Hook - Salmon style
Thread - Black
Tag - Oval silver tinsel
Tip - Black floss, uni-stretch etc
Tail - Black floss
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Flat silver tinsel
Throat - Mix of white bucktail & pearl Krystal flash
Wing - Mix of black bucktail & black krystal flash

Reference - Atlantic Salmon Flies - Jacques Heroux

 

[nfrechet]

Mercury Brassies

Black Mirage Zebra Midge

Utah Killer Bug

 

[nfrechet]

Periwinkle

 

[Dave_W]

Micro-sculpins.

I like 'em small and very heavy. These little fellas are loaded up with tungsten and ready to attack the bottom.

While big streamers have their place, with respect to sculpins, I think many FFers are using patterns that are too large. To be sure, sculpins can be big as I've noted in other threads, but based on my surveys, most sculpins I see in my local creeks, on average, are under 2" in length with many of them closer to 1 inch.

 

[TrtnBux]

Brown Trout Display Fly

 

[TrtnBux]

Mini Sex Dungeons

 

[TrtnBux]

Beer Belly Minnows