>>>What Are You Tying Today? Part IV

[Fly-Swatter]

Very nice, Trtnbux. What are the heads on the top group made of?

 

[nfrechet]

hot spot gammarus variation


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPTEi6_09HY

 

[Out4Trout]

Working on my spring stash of Woolly Buggers - Size 12 Body/Hackle listed below.

Yellow/Black
White/White
Black/Pheasant Marabou
Olive/Black
Peacock/Furnace
Black/Black
Black/Grizzly

 

[nfrechet]

Moose & Grizzly

Hook - Nymph/wet style
Thread - Black
Body - Moose mane
Thorax - Black beaver dubbing
Hackle - Grizzly hen

Apply a swipe of crazy glue to the thread wraps before wapping the moose mane or overcoat the body with uv resin

 

[TrtnBux]

Re: What Are You Tying Today?

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Very nice, Trtnbux. What are the heads on the top group made of?

Thank you, those are all deer hair heads.

 

[Steeltrap]

Working on my spring stash of Woolly Buggers - Size 12 Body/Hackle listed below. Yellow/Black White/White Black/Pheasant Marabou Olive/Black Peacock/Furnace Black/Black Black/Grizzly

What length hook are you using?

 

[nfrechet]

Moose and Squirrel

Hook - Nymph/wet style
Thread - Black
Body - Moose mane
Hackle - Squirrel guard hairs in a dubbing loop

Apply a swipe of crazy glue to the thread wraps before wapping the moose mane or overcoat the body with uv resin

 

[nfrechet]

Katoodle Bug

Hook – Standard wet fly, size 6-10
Thread – White and black
Tail – Grey mallard flank
Body – Blue floss or Uni-Stretch rear half, yellow wool front half, small band of orange
Hackle – Brown hackle- beard style
Wing – Mottled turkey

 

[nfrechet]

Caddis Nymph

Hook - Nymph/wet style
Thread - UTC Woodduck
Body and Thorax - Tying thread tapered to shape; thorax colored with brown marker
Legs - Guinea hen fibers
Antennae - Very fine peacock herl sword fibers

Substitute floss or uni stretch for the body and thorax

Substitute a stronger more durable material for the antennae

Reference

The American Fly Fisher Magazine - Summer 2013 Volume 39 Number 3

Fly-Fishing: Some New Arts and Mysteries - J C Mottram

 

[Fly-Swatter]

nfrechet: Ref. post #493.

Thank you! I am now inspired to tie this fly (seriously). I love the look of quill body subsurface flies. There are so many out there it can be hard to narrow a tying style down. Not only are the materials cheap and readily available, but MOOSE and SQUIRREL!

"Hey Rocky, watch me pull a trout out of that run. Nothin' up my sleeve....PRESTO!" :lol:

 

[nfrechet]

Big Three


Tag - Oval gold tinsel

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel (traditional 5 turns)

Body - Orange floss or uni-stretch

Throat - Deep fluorescent blue hackle fibers

Wing - Black bear hair

Head - Black or red


Reference - Hair-Wing Atlantic Salmo0n Flies - Keith Fulsher and Charles Krom

 

[Steeltrap]

Emerger easy tie.

Hook: Size 12 emerger
Tail: Wood Duck Flank
Wing: Wood Duck Flank
Legs: Brown grouse
Dubbing: Synthetic grey

 

[nfrechet]

Jerrams Fancy

Hair-Wing Atlantic Salmon Fly

Hook - Single or double salmon style
Thread - Black
Tip - Oval silver tinsel
Tail - Blue floss
Ribbing - 5 turns oval silver tinsel
Body - Rear 1/2 Red floss; front 1/2 black floss
Throat/Hackle - Medium blue hackle
Wing - Black squirrel

Reference - Internet photograph

Randy Candy

Tag – Oval silver tinsel
Ribbing – Oval silver tinsel
Body – Rear half black floss; front half blue holographic tinsel
Throat – Dyed blue hackle fibers
Wing – Dyed black calf tail

Reference - Internet photograph

May be tied on a double salmon hook

Abbey

Tag - Oval gold tinsel
Tail - Golden pheasant crest
Ribbing - Flat gold tinsel (traditional 5 turns)
Body - Red floss or uni-stretch
Throat - Dyed brown hackle fibers
Wing - Gray squirrel tail

Reference - Hair-Wing Atlantic Salmon Flies - Keith Fulsher and Charles Krom

 

[nfrechet]

Shad Dart

Tail - Marabou
Ribbing - Flat tinsel
Body - Floss, uni-stretch etc
Head - Chenille

Tie these in whatever colors to suit you

Reference - Orvis Fly Pattern Index - John R Harder

 

[nfrechet]

Roger's Fancy

Tag - Oval silver tinsel
Tip - Yellow or fluorescent green floss/uni-stretch
Tail - Peacock sword fibers
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Green Highlander floss
Throat - Dyed green over dyed yellow hackle fibers
Wing - Badger guard hairs or gray fox

 

[acesedgley]

flyswatter....my thoughts exactly!!

 

[drakeking412]

Started filling out a new tacky box with euro stuff over the past couple days when I'm not working 12 hour days... These are all tied on trutta hooks in 14/16 and tacticalflyfishing slotted tungsten in 2.3-3.3mm.

So far I've tied

Egan's sexy Walt's
Sexy Walt's
Squirrel Blowtorch
Tungsten Surveyor
Egan's Frenchie in two collar colors
Camissa's Stealth mode in two hotspots

Next on the list is

Hare's Ear Bomb
Red Fox Squirrel Jig
A slew of caddis

 

[nfrechet]

Dead Chicken

Steelhead Fly

Tail - Dyed red golden pheasant tippets
Ribbing - 5 turns of oval gold tinsel
Body - Yellow floss/uni-stretch
Collar - Grizzly hackle

 

[Steeltrap]

Started filling out a new tacky box with euro stuff over the past couple days when I'm not working 12 hour days... These are all tied on trutta hooks in 14/16 and tacticalflyfishing slotted tungsten in 2.3-3.3mm.

So far I've tied

Egan's sexy Walt's
Sexy Walt's
Squirrel Blowtorch
Tungsten Surveyor
Egan's Frenchie in two collar colors
Camissa's Stealth mode in two hotspots

Next on the list is

Hare's Ear Bomb
Red Fox Squirrel Jig
A slew of caddis

Nice work!!

Are all those tied on jig hooks? I see your using jig beads on 'em.

 

[drakeking412]

Thank you! So far ya they're all on jig hooks size 12-18 but I also have 'altoona curveys' in 14/16 which are common curved nymph hooks I'll be using for some patterns. I just use slotted beads for everything all from tactical to keep things simple and consistent.