>>>What Are You Tying Today? Part IV

[Dave_W]

Good stuff.

 

[Tigereye]

EGG BEADERS

 

[nfrechet]

Scott Special

Hook - Mustad L87-3665A
Thread - Black
Tail - Red hackle fibers
Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel
Body - Beige/cream uni yarn
Throat - Yellow hackl fibers
Wing - Yellow bucktail

Reference - The Classic Streamer Fly Box - Mike Valla

 

[nfrechet]

Red Dog Bucktail

Hook - Mustad L87-3665A
Thread - Black
Tail - Red hackle fibers
Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel
Body - Red Chenille
Wing - Brown bucktail
Cheeks - Jungle Cock

Reference - The Classic Streamer Fly Box - Mike Valla

 

[nfrechet]

Nonpareil (Not the Same - French Translation)

Hook - Wet/nymph style
Thread - Black
Tag - Flat gold tinsel
Body - Black chenille
Hackle - Black

Reference - Forgotten Flies - Schmookler & Sils

 

[nfrechet]

Red and Yellow Bucktail

Hook - Mustad L87-3665A
Thread - Black
Tail - Yellow hackle fibers
Body - Red chenille
Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel
Wing - Red and yellow bucktail, mixed
Cheeks - Jungle cock

Reference - The Classic Streamer Fly Box - Mike Valla

 

[marcq]

Barely legal

 

[nfrechet]

Ghost Shiner

Category - Trout/landlocked salmon streamer

Hook - Mustad L87-3665A
Thread - Black
Tail - Green hackle fibers
Ribbing – Flat silver tinsel
Body - White floss
Throat - White hackle fibers
Wing - Sable tail hair or equivalent very light brown/tan bucktail
Cheeks - Jungle cock

Pink Lady Bucktail

Category - Trout/landlocked salmon streamer

Hook - Mustad L87-3665A
Thread - Red
Tail - Golden pheasant tippets
Ribbing – Flat gold tinsel
Body - Pink yarn
Wing - Brown bucktail over white bucktail

Reference - The Classic Streamer Fly – Mike Valla

 

[nfrechet]

Comely Shiner (Variation)

Category - Streamer

Hook - Mustad 3665A
Thread - Black
Body - Silver holographic piping (silver mylar piping on original
Underbelly - White bucktail (polar bear on original)
Wing - Green bucktail over black bucktail
Cheeks - Jungle cock eyes

Reference - The Classic Streamer Fly – Mike Valla

 

[bigjohn58]

Tigereye wrote:
EGG BEADERS

Any tips on tying these? I want to have some for when I go to NY this fall

 

[nfrechet]

Gravel Gertie

Category – Trout Streamer

Hook – Mustad L87-3665A
Thread – Black
Tail – Red or orange wool or antron yarn (depicted here)
Body – Black and white chenille, alternating
Throat – Pink wool or hair or floss (depicted here)
Wing – White calf tail, under red fox squirrel tail

Reference - Maine Fly Fishing Blog & Puckerbrush Flies

 

[Tigereye]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJtk1Bxl1Wk

Mr. Clark explains it much better than I can.

Only difference is I place a bead on prior to tying, and build a small thread dam behind bead to hold it in place. I used size 12 hook with 3 mm (1/8" bead) and UTC 140 thread. SUPER TIGHT wraps are important. Almost to point of breaking thread. At the end, he uses a lighter to trim his fly. I am not that steady, I use scissors.

 

[bigjohn58]

Tigereye wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJtk1Bxl1Wk

Mr. Clark explains it much better than I can.

Only difference is I place a bead on prior to tying, and build a small thread dam behind bead to hold it in place. I used size 12 hook with 3 mm (1/8" bead) and UTC 140 thread. SUPER TIGHT wraps are important. Almost to point of breaking thread. At the end, he uses a lighter to trim his fly. I am not that steady, I use scissors.

Oh I didn't think they were glow bugs. I thought they were those egstacy or however you spell it flies.

 

[LongLineRelease]

nfrechete

Is the bottom scud woven? Done with a Potts Weave?

 

[nfrechet]

it is woven but its not a "potts" weave

 

[Tigereye]

https://youtu.be/gl0Mq2Q_iWs

Big John. Here is Holsingers tying one with eggstacy. I heard of the stuff but never saw it our used it. I had to check and see how it was used. This video came up. Pretty simple.

 

[Steeltrap]

I have tied up several eggs using eggstacy. Easy to tie and work well.

 

[nfrechet]

13A

Category - Stonefly Nymph

Hook -Mustad R74-9672
Thread - Brown
Tail - 2 brown hackle tips (original) or brown biots (depicted)
Shell back – Mallard fibers
Ribbing – 1 strand of peacock herl
Body – Brown uni stretch
Antenna - 2 moose body hairs
Collar - Hungarian partridge

 

[Dave_W]

Soft hackles...

 

[jeffroey]

#14 Tan Caddis with Hemmingway's Caddis Wings.