What Are You Tying Today?

[nfrechet]

Maine Jungle

Tail - Brown mallard
Ribbing - Gold tinsel
Body - Claret dubbing
Hackle - Brown
Wing - Brown mallard

The Fisherman's Handbook of Trout Flies - Donald DuBois

 

[nfrechet]

Sir Sam Darling

Tip - Brown floss
Tail - Brown
Body - White chenille
Hackle - Brown
Wing - Gray

The Fisherman's Handbook of Trout Flies - Donald DuBois

 

[hooker-of-men]

The other thread got me thinking about how all my terrestrials are huge. Tied some herl body beetles in 18

 

[nfrechet]

The Flagger

Tail - Gray
Ribbing - Gold tinsel
Body - Yellow floss
Hackle - Grizzly
Wing - Gray

The Fisherman's Handbook of Trout Flies - Donald DuBois

 

[hooker-of-men]

Just practicing; not any precise recipe. Body disappeared somewhere along the line

 

[hooker-of-men]

Little league and such kept me off the water today. Trying to compensate. Oui, oui.

 

[nfrechet]

Lemon Fish Hawk

Tail - Badger
Ribbing - Gold
Body - Yellow floss
Hackle - Badger

Red Fish Hawk

Tail - Grizzly
Body - Red floss
Hackle - Grizzly

The Fisherman's Handbook of Trout Flies - Donald Bu Bois

 

[dc410]

A carp version of Clouser’s Swimming Nymph tied on a Daiichi 1530, size 6.

 

[dc410]

Size 14 Soft Hackle Hares Ear tied on a Mustad 3906-B. It’s getting to be that time of year that you can hardly go wrong by swinging one of these.

 

[nfrechet]

even mustad sends along an ugly duckling every now and then 😁
not enough to worry about.
it happens from time to time with all hook manufacturers

 

[hooker-of-men]

Weird picks tonight...

Golden Retriever-ish with all the wrong materials

One of Flagler's mops. Never tied or fished them before. They involved my first successful dubbing loops.

 

[hooker-of-men]

Didn't have the best day. Very happy to be drinking beers at the tying station.

 

[Steeltrap]

^^^^----You gotta ge better with the photo touchup software and blur out those legs.....or at least have your wife\GF do the pose for that photo!!----^^^^ 🙂

 

[hooker-of-men]

Who said that's not my wife?

 

[nfrechet]

Olive Biot Soft Hackle

Body - Olive turkey biot
Thorax - Gray dubbing
Hackle - Hungarian partridge

Brown Biot Soft Hackle

Body - Brown turkey biot
Thorax - Brown dubbing
Hackle - Hungarian partridge

Gray Biot Soft Hackle

Body - Gray turkey biot
Thorax - Gray dubbing
Hackle - Hungarian partridge

 

[6xAdams(Jones)]

even mustad sends along an ugly duckling every now and then 😁
not enough to worry about.
it happens from time to time with all hook manufacturers

Stick it in the drying patch and use it for busting head cement out of hook eyes.

 

[dc410]

Size 14 soft hackle sulphur tied on a Mustad 3906-B. It won’t be long now!

 

[hooker-of-men]

No one but myself and the brook trout will see the first attempt before this one, thank you very much.

 

[Kyle]

Who said that's not my wife?

lol. good one.

 

[nfrechet]

The Grizzly Bear

Atlantic Salmon

Jean-Claude Dupras

Hook - Mustad 3906, size 8
Thread - Black
Body - Gray wool
Wing - Guinea hen
Hackle - Grizzly