>>>What Are You Tying Today? Part IV

[STONEMAN]

Dave, love those soft hackles. Everything’s better with a partridge collar!

 

[nfrechet]

Ice Cream-Sno Cone Chironomid

Hook - Curved style
Bead - White
Thread - Your choice of color
Ribbing - Tinsel and wire
Body - Tying thread or substitute

 

[nfrechet]

Harold Thompson Special

Tail - Red hackle fibers
Body - Gold embossed tinsel
Throat - Red hackle fibers
Wing - Badger

An Ora Smith Pattern

 

[nfrechet]

Diane

Body - Silver embossed tinsel
Throat - Red hackle fibers
Wing - Purple over white nylon (unknown material), I used bucktail
Topping - Peacock herl

An Ora Smith Pattern

Art of Angling Journal Volume 2 Issue 1

 

[dennisl]

Just started tying a couple weeks ago. First time tying with biots. The fish liked it! (and so did a tree at the end of the day...)

 

[Dave_W]

That nymph looks great Dennis.

 

[Dave_W]

Some stoneflies for the springtime nymphing season. This is one of my go-to patterns this time of year, especially in pocket water and riffles.

The curved shank hook is weighted at mid-shank which enables the fly to drift hook upward reducing snags.

 

[bigjohn58]

Tigereye wrote:
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.

Thanks for the video link. I hear they are very easy to tie and very effective. I know a lot use them up in NY and I've snagged a few on the bottom and found a few in the trees while up there.

 

[BradFromPotter]

nfrechet wrote:

Diane

Body - Silver embossed tinsel
Throat - Red hackle fibers
Wing - Purple over white nylon (unknown material), I used bucktail
Topping - Peacock herl

An Ora Smith Pattern

Art of Angling Journal Volume 2 Issue 1

Nice streamer! Thanks for reminding me about these journals! I have almost all of them. I dug this issue out last night & forgot about Ora Smith. What a collection of streamers!

 

[Dave_W]

More nymphs...

 

[nfrechet]

Fishy’s Hopper Popper

Hook - Any standard nymph hook, size 10 or 8
Body - 1/4 - 3/8 inch diameter balsa wood dowel
Thread - Any color
Paint - Clear and your choice of colored craft paint
Eyes - Small sewing/map pins
Legs - Rubber legs or your choice of materials

Fly Tyer Magazine - Summer 2011 - Jay "Fishy" Fullum

 

[nfrechet]

Black Widow

Thorax - Red glass or plastic bead
Body - Black chenille
Hackle - Black hen hackle

 

[nfrechet]

Blueback Smelt

Front hook - Nymph/wet size 6
Rear hook - Nymph/wet size 8
Connector – Wire
Thread – Rear – white, Front - black
Body – Flat Silver Tinsel
Wing – Blue over yellow over white bucktail
Topping - Peacock Herl
Painted eyes - Black over white

Tying note: Orientation of the rear hook may be pointed upward (depicted) or downward if desired

 

[dennisl]

My first elk hair caddis. Wing too long?

 

[salvelinus]

Maybe a tad, but I'd fish it.

 

[nfrechet]

dennisl wrote:
Wing too long?

no

not if you look at a real adult caddis

 

[Steeltrap]

dennisl Posted on: 4/22 10:29
Just started tying a couple weeks ago. First time tying with biots. The fish liked it! (and so did a tree at the end of the day...)

Your tie inspired me to take some bench time and tie up a dozen or so in different color biots!

 

[nfrechet]

The Belle Watling

Hook - Mustad S80-3906/S82-3906B
Thread - Orange, yellow or other color
Tag - Flat gold tinsel
Ribbing - Gold wire wrapped in an open spiral
Body - Floss or uni stretch - flourescent orange, orange, yellow or other color, tapered so that it is narrower at both ends and fatter in the middle
Collar - Rainbow Krystal Flash tied in just behind head and distributed around the hook

 

[Fly-Swatter]

dennisl wrote:
Wing too long?


nfrechet wrote:
no

not if you look at a real adult caddis

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Thanks, N. Now I have to go retie all my EHCs. :lol:

 

[Dave_W]

More extended body nymphs...