>>>What Are You Tying Today? Part IV

[Steeltrap]

Ha Ha Ha Ha!!!

 

[nfrechet]

Pregnant Scud

Hook - Curved
Thread - Olive gray
Bead - Orange
Ribbing - Silver/gold wire
Shell - Olive scud back
Body - Rainbow sow/scud bubbing
Overcoat the scud back with uv resin if desired

 

[nfrechet]

Northern Girl

Hook - Curved
Thread - Wine
Rib - Copper wire
Body - Hares Ear
Back/Tail - Section of pink yarn, tied in ahead of the body, then pulled back & held in place over the top of the hook shank while the rib is wound forward over it – trim to a short ‘tail’
Hackle - Furnace hen

 

[Steeltrap]

They Multiply

 

[nfrechet]

Iris Caddis

Hook - Dry fly style
Thread - Tan
Shuck - Zelon
Abdomen - Dubbing, natural or dyed
Wing - Amber, white or dun Zelon
Thorax - Dubbing, natural or dyed

Opal Caddis

Hook - Dry fly style
Thread - Tan
Tail/shuck - Z-lon
Body - Flat pearl tinsel
Wing - Deer or elk hair

Puterbaugh Caddis (Variation)

Hook - Dry fly style
Thread - Tan
Body - 2mm foam strip
Under body - Dubbing
Wing - Elk hair, cow or yearling
Hackle - Grizzly

X-Caddis

Hook - Dry fly style
Thread - Tan
Shuck - Zelon
Body - Dubbing
Wing - Deer hai

Royal Cubbage

Hook - Dry fly style
Thread - Black
Tails - 2 peccary fibers or moose body hair tied in long a widespread at each side
Body - Royal Coachman style but with a twist. The rear peacock herl is tied in at the
rear BEFORE the tails. Then the tails are tied in on each side. Red floss is then tied in
and wrapped to the wing position
Hackle - Brown tied palmer over the red floss only. There should br 6-7 turns of hackle
to give the fly good floating qualities
Wing - White calf tail tied over the body and extending to about the middle of the tail
Head - Peacock herl

Wright's Royal

Hook - Dry fly style
Thread - Black
Body: Peacock herl and red floss
Wing - Deer or elk hair
Thorax - Peacock herl
Hackle - Coachman brown

 

[drakeking412]

So I saw you Elk Hair Caddis over on reddit Norm and I'm currently wrestling with them myself. I seem to have issues getting the deer hair not to spin when I start tightening the wraps down and for some reason my hackle likes to turn on me when I tie it in. I also despise using wire to counter rib the hackle as I somehow always screw it up.

I'm super anal about wing length too, what's the proper length?

Any general tips? Thank you!

 

[larkmark]

Wow! Digging those chartreuse Adams!
I tie my elk hair caddis super sparse. 6-8 hairs at most. rarely bother with hackle. Fish like them.

 

[nfrechet]

drakeking412 wrote:
So I saw you Elk Hair Caddis over on reddit Norm and I'm currently wrestling with them myself. I seem to have issues getting the deer hair not to spin when I start tightening the wraps down and for some reason my hackle likes to turn on me when I tie it in. I also despise using wire to counter rib the hackle as I somehow always screw it up.

I'm super anal about wing length too, what's the proper length?

Any general tips? Thank you!

heres what i posted on reddit

to prevent the wing from turning at tie in, i simply hold the hairs tightly while i wrap the hairs down. then i'll wrap between the hairs and then in front of the butt ends of the hair

i just use the bend of the hook or slightly beyond the bend as far as wing length goes

i guess if we looked at the caddis adult from underneath, we'd notice a short body and a long wing. most of the flies ive seen are not tied that way

wire helps the hackle wraps from coming undone (eventually it will come undone), however its you choice to not use the wire. ive tied them both ways, with and without the wire

 

[marcq]

Baby brown. See if it work in some higher water tomorrow

 

[Pwigglez]

Sucker for muskie

Single articulation and a 4/0 Owner Aki. Not sure if its enough hook, but these Aki's are pretty heavy gauge.

 

[JMP]

To keep the hackle in place, I take a single thread wrap around the bundle before placing it on the hook shank. I follow this with two loose wraps before the tight securing wraps.

 

[nfrechet]

Luzerne

Hook - Wet/Nymph style
Thread - Black
Body - Claret/Wine floss or uni-stretch
Wing - Mallard flank
Hackle - Dyed black hen

 

[drakeking412]

Thanks for the detailed response Norm. I'll post how my next round goes sometime this week.

 

[nfrechet]

Riley

Hook - Nymph/wet fly style
Thread - Black
Tag - Flat gold tinsel and black uni stretch
Body - White uni yarn
Throat - Dyed brown hackle fibers
Wing - Barred teal

Reference - Forgotten Flies - Schmookler and Sils

 

[nfrechet]

52 Buick

a lot of different recipes on the internet but this is what I used

Hook - 2xlnymph style
Thread - Olive
Tail - Dyed olive pheasant rump fibers
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Body - Olive chenille
Legs - Same as tail
Thorax - Peacock herl

 

[nfrechet]

Fox Hole Special

Hook - Mustad 3665A #4
Thread - Black
Body - Black uni stretch, down and back
Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel
Throat - Yellow bucktail, length of hook and sparse
Underwing - Orange bucktail, length of hook and sparse
Wing - White marabou plume
Shoulder - Teal or Mallard flank, tented over front 1/4-1/3 of wing

 

[nfrechet]

White Hackle

Hook - Nymph/wet style
Thread - White underbody; black head
Ribbing - Black silk, optional
Body - White floss
Hackle - White


White Hackle Variation

Hook - Nymph/wet style
Thread - White underbody; black head
Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel
Body - White floss
Hackle - White

Reference - Forgotten Flies - Schmookler & Sils

Pestilence

Hook – Streamer style
Thread – Black
Tail – Dyed red hackle fibers
Ribbing – Flat silver tinsel
Body – Yellow uni yarn or chenille (depicted here)
Wing – Dyed yellow bucktail
Cheeks – Jungle cock
Painted eyes – Black over yellow

Black Ghost Special

AKA Bleeding Black Ghost

Hook - Mustad L87-3665A
Thread - Black
Tail - Dyed red hackle fibers or marabou (depicted here)
Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel
Body - Black floss or uni stretch (depicted here)
Throat - Dyed red hackle fibers or marabou (depicted here)
Wing - White marabou*
Eyes - Painted black over yellow

*Wing can be marabou, bucktail, calf tail or feathers

Jungle cock feathers can be used as shoulders in lieu of painted eyes

Reference - Fly Tyer Pattern Bible (Spring 1978 issue of Fly Tyer Magazine)

St Patrick's Ghost

Hook - Mustad L87-3665A
Thread - White
Tail - Dyed emerald green marabou
Ribbing - Flat gold tinsel
Body - Emerald green uni floss
Throat - Dyed emerald green marabou
Wing - White marabou
Head - White thread colored with emerald green marker

 

[nfrechet]

Howdie Doodie

Hook - Mustad L87-3665A
Thread - Red
Tail - Dyed Yellow hackle fibers
Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel
Body - Red uni yarn
Throat - Dyed yellow hackle fibers
Wing - White marabou

 

[nfrechet]

scuds

 

[Steeltrap]

That orange scud looks like he's a "throwback" to a 1969 rock concert!!