>>>What Are You Tying Today? Part V

[Flyty_ryguy]

 

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[dennisl]

Going for squid here. I guess the eyes could be farther back and more prominent. Might need to attach them to a piece of stiff mono for the next one.

 

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[dennisl]

Can't have enough Clousers. I like tying them with ostrich herl.

 

[JimNovo]

Its flying ant season in the Catskills.....

Hook: Daiichi 1160
Thread: UTC70 Black
Abdomen: Thread coated with UV Cure Solarez
Wing: CDC Natural Dun
Legs: CDC Natural Dun - tied in split thread style
Thorax/Head: Black Foam

 

[WWKimba]

Spent Wing Caddis Hex - This is a pattern that was quite popular in the Traverse City, MI area back in the 1940's. Its originator's name has been lost to history. This is a pattern to imitate the Hexagenia limbata mayfly. This is a nice beginner pattern as it uses only 2 ingredients - the body fur and brown hackle!

Hook - Mustad 9672, 6-12 (Mustad 94840 or 94833 may be used as well)
Thread - brown
Tail - brown hackle tips, tied short
Rib - brown hackle, palmered
Body - yellow spun fur or floating yarn (may be tied using orange or green as well)
Wing - brown hackle tips, tied spent
Hackle - brown hackle

 

[WWKimba]

Streamside Mahogany - Designed by Mark Lord in 1996. Mark named this fly for the Streamside Orvis Shop in Traverse City, MI where he worked and tied flies for. Mark used Rit Wine dye for the deer hair in this fly. This fly was designed as an imitation for both of Michigan's Isonychia hatches.

Hook - Orvis 1523, 12 (Mustad 94840 used above)
Thread - grey
Tail - yearling elk hock
Post - dun colored calf body or tail hair or grey poly (poly used above)
Rib - crisscrossed tying thread
Body - claret or wine-colored deer hair, flared at the hook bend
Hackle - grizzly, tied parachute

 

[lars]

Shenk's black sculpin

Hook - Mustad 9672 #4 w/.040 lead (doubled back over front half)
Thread - Black Danville 3/0
Tail - Black maribou
Body - Black Rabbit in dubbing loop
Head - Black deer hair

 

[WWKimba]

Sturgeon Drake - Originated from Tom Gauthier when fishing the Sturgeon River in Michigan back in the 1970's. It is a brown drake pattern and he gave it the name of "Brown Drake in his book Fly Tying Illustrated: Flies You Can Count On To Catch Trout. The brown drake hatch occurs in Michigan in late May to early August.

Hook - standard dry, 8
Thread - brown
Wing - deer hair, unstacked and tied as a post
Rib - yellow thread or fine floss
Underbody - golden brown poly
Over body - natural deer hair tied parallel to the shank and extended into a tail
Hackle - brown

 

[WWKimba]

Wakeley's Yellow Bug - Created by Jim Wakeley in 1957. There was a bad infestation of moth larva that year, so he designed this simple 1 material pattern. Yellow was the original color for this pattern. Jim was an Au Sable River Guide. Pack the deer hair very tight and this pattern is especially effective in mid-July when the worms are falling from the trees into the water.

Hook - Mustad 94831 or 94840, 2-10
Thread - yellow
Body - most any shade of yellow deer hair, spun and packed then trimmed

 

[Flyty_ryguy]

 

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[lprudente]

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Fly rod swim jig? Looks great.

 

[dennisl]

Deceiver on an Ahrex SA280 #2 hook. I layered white, pink, yellow, chartreuse, and olive bucktail on top.

 

[Flyty_ryguy]

Fly rod swim jig? Looks great.

Stole the idea from a pattern called geezus lizard

 

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