>>>What Are You Tying Today? Part V

[dc410]

An olive version of Galloup’s Peanut Envy. Size 6 Gamakatsu B10S behind with a size 2 Gamakatsu up front. Tied for whatever wants to eat it!

 

[dc410]

I never tried to post fly pics, but with my retirement pending 12/31 I may have to get with the program!
Keep em coming everyone.

Congrats on your pending retirement, Darby. Posting photos is really simple with the new site format. Looking forward to seeing some of your creations at the vise!

 

[sandflyx]

 

[sandflyx]

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Steelhead swing flies for sale

 

[JimNovo]

An olive version of Galloup’s Peanut Envy. Size 6 Gamakatsu B10S behind with a size 2 Gamakatsu up front. Tied for whatever wants to eat it!

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Can you share the materials you used?
This is a great looking streamer!!

 

[dc410]

Can you share the materials you used?
This is a great looking streamer!!

Back hook (Gamakatsu B10S - size 6)
Tail - Olive/Chartreuse Marabou w/ two strands of black pearl krystal flash on each side of tail
Body - Ice Dub - Olive (tied in dubbing loop)
Hackle - Olive/variant saddle hackle (palmered)
Rib - Ultra wire - golden olive - Brassie (counter wrapped to reinforce hackle)
Wing - Olive Marabou
Legs - sili legs - perfectly barred Olive

Connection between hooks is AFW knottable nylon coated wire with one large glass bead in root beer color

Front hook (Gamakatsu B10S - size 2)
Tail - tuft of olive marabou to hide wire connection/bead
Body - Ice dub - olive (tied in dubbing loop)
Hackle - Olive/Variant saddle hackle (palmered)
Rib - ultra wire - golden olive - brassie (counter wrapped to reinforce hackle)
Wing - Olive Marabou
Legs - sili legs - perfectly barred Olive
Head - Large black nickel brass conehead (several wraps of .015 lead wire to seat the conehead)

Thread I used was UTC G.S.P. 100 in olive

As I mentioned in my original post this is a Kelly Galloup pattern and if you Google on “tying a peanut envy” and go to the videos you’ll find a YouTube video of Kelly tying this streamer. The video is fairly lengthy (44 minutes) but Kelly is very entertaining and is a detailed tyer. He incorporates a lot of commentary in with his tying videos and much of it is very informative. His videos are well worth the time to watch them. Kelly ties these streamers for the big meat eating trout that they target out west when floating the larger rivers. I’m also thinking that this streamer would be a very effective Smallmouth pattern here in the East. I would think they would also be great tied in black, brown, white and yellow.

BTW Jim, great ties from you in Kim’s last fly swap. Thanks for the BWO bonus fly. Very nicely done!

Here’s a pic of all materials to tie the Peanut Envy.

 

[JimNovo]

Thanks for the compliments and the details on the materials. I’ve watched a few of Kelly’s videos for his Sex Dungeon streamer. I tried to tie it but couldn’t get the spun deer head correct. I like the cone head fly you tied better. I’m inspired to give the Peanut a try.

 

[WWKimba]

Back hook (Gamakatsu B10S - size 6)
Tail - Olive/Chartreuse Marabou w/ two strands of black pearl krystal flash on each side of tail
Body - Ice Dub - Olive (tied in dubbing loop)
Hackle - Olive/variant saddle hackle (palmered)
Rib - Ultra wire - golden olive - Brassie (counter wrapped to reinforce hackle)
Wing - Olive Marabou
Legs - sili legs - perfectly barred Olive

Connection between hooks is AFW knottable nylon coated wire with one large glass bead in root beer color

Front hook (Gamakatsu B10S - size 2)
Tail - tuft of olive marabou to hide wire connection/bead
Body - Ice dub - olive (tied in dubbing loop)
Hackle - Olive/Variant saddle hackle (palmered)
Rib - ultra wire - golden olive - brassie (counter wrapped to reinforce hackle)
Wing - Olive Marabou
Legs - sili legs - perfectly barred Olive
Head - Large black nickel brass conehead (several wraps of .015 lead wire to seat the conehead)

Thread I used was UTC G.S.P. 100 in olive

As I mentioned in my original post this is a Kelly Galloup pattern and if you Google on “tying a peanut envy” and go to the videos you’ll find a YouTube video of Kelly tying this streamer. The video is fairly lengthy (44 minutes) but Kelly is very entertaining and is a detailed tyer. He incorporates a lot of commentary in with his tying videos and much of it is very informative. His videos are well worth the time to watch them. Kelly ties these streamers for the big meat eating trout that they target out west when floating the larger rivers. I’m also thinking that this streamer would be a very effective Smallmouth pattern here in the East. I would think they would also be great tied in black, brown, white and yellow.

BTW Jim, great ties from you in Kim’s last fly swap. Thanks for the BWO bonus fly. Very nicely done!

Here’s a pic of all materials to tie the Peanut Envy.

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Saying that any Kelly Galloup video "is a bit lengthy" is like saying that there is SOME water in the Atlantic! He does know his stuff and I loved his series on grading hackle (as well as many of his other videos) but he talks like I write!!

Kim

 

[Terry Murphy]

Getting ready for summer .
1 - Clouser Floating Minnow
2 - Clouser Madtom
3 - Something Austin Adduci ties .

 

[dudemanspecial]

Cranking out some blood dots for if I get to slide a steelhead trip in. Top row is unweighted bottom has a tungsten bead and a few wraps of lead.

 

[Terry Murphy]

Messing with popper bodies , streamer hair , and flash .

 

[JeremyW]

This is a soon to tie when I get home, I think I found a use for poor quality peacock herl, from bulk packs:

 

[nfrechet]

June

Hook - Standard wet fly style
Thread - White under body; black head
Body - Alternate scarlet and white floss
Hackle - Black
Wing - Light brown turkey

Trout - Ray Bergman

 

[nfrechet]

Shammy Bee

Steelhead or Bass

Hook - Single Salmon

Thread - Red

Tip - Flat silver tinsel

Tail - Narrow strip of natural chamois skin

Body - Yellow and red alternating bands of chenille

Hackle - Scarlet red and yellow tied on as a collar, mixed, and tied back

Wing - White bucktail tied over the body



Shammy Royal

Steelhead or Bass

Hook - Single Salmon

Thread - Black

Tip: Flat silver tinsel

Tail - Narrow strip of natural chamois skin

Body - Black chenille with a wide band of flat silver tinsel

Hackle - Furnace tied on as a collar and tied back

Wing - White bucktail tied long over the body

From the book - I discovered the two preceding patterns in Washington State where they were being used as bass flies. It was some years later before I learned they were originally intended for steelhead.

Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson

 

[acesedgley]

Can someone tell me the reasons for using UTC vs Uni-thread or vice versa?

 

[Terry Murphy]

Can someone tell me the reasons for using UTC vs Uni-thread or vice versa?

Google Charlie Craven tying thread .
Full of great info .

 

[nfrechet]

Emerald

Winged Wet Fly

Hook - Standard wet fly

Thread - Black

Tail - Light brown

Ribbing - Gold Tinsel

Body - Light green

Hackle - Light brown

Wing - Pale brown mottled

Trout - Ray Bergman

 

[Tigereye]

Congrats on your retirement (we met at the jam) . You will enjoy every minute if it.

 

[Tigereye]

Above @ Acesedgley.

 

[lars]

Some jiggly pat's rubber legs, tungsten bead wooly buggers and some cone head bugger/streamer.