What Are You Tying Today?

[nfrechet]

Warwick

Winged Wet Fly

Hook - Standard wet fly style
Thread - Black
Tail - Orange duck/goose quill segments
Ribbing - Gold tinsel
Body - Peacock herl
Hackle - Orange
Wing - Black duck/goose quill segments, peacock herl over

Trout - Ray Bergman

Forgotten Flies - Schmookler and Sils

 

[Schaefer406]

Perdigons were on the vise yesterday. Love em or hate em, they catch fish. Stupid simple to tie - Sz 18 jig hook, 2.5 mm tungsten bead, CDL tail, then a "sulphur" colored perdigon body material was used over top of the black thread which creates this rainbow effect when you stretch & thin out sections of the perdigon body material.

 

[nfrechet]

Herman Fly

Tag - Gold tinsel
Body - Crimson floss
Hackle - Brown
Wing - Slate

Trout - Ray Bergman

 

[Rarejul]

Working on yellow sulfur.

 

[Steeltrap]

Black Ant

Hook - Jig style
Bead - Black/black nickel brass or tungsten
Ribbing - Silver wire
Body - Black tying thread built up to a taper
Legs - Hungarian partridge or any other soft hackle

From an internet video

Interesting tie. I admit I've never thought of using a black bead for the head.....but it makes perfect sense. Add's some weight to get it down the water column.

 

[hooker-of-men]

New sizes and adding weed guards. I'm heading out on a trip south tomorrow to catch some notorious, hated invasives.

I'll make sure to bring a few back north to drop in the upper Delaware.

 

[hooker-of-men]

 

[nfrechet]

Knowle's Fancy

Ribbing - Silver tinsel
Body - Light brown wool
Hackle - Brown
Wing - From black cock’s tail feather (bluish black) *

* In absence of the iridescent black feather for the wing, black may be used.

Trout - Ray Bergman

 

[nfrechet]

Hudson

Tail - Green quill sections
Tail-tag - Orange floss
Ribbing - Gold tinsel
Body: Dark brown, almost black wool
Hackle - Orange
Wing - Light brown mottled turkey

From Don Bastian Notes

Examination of the Trout color plate painting reveals a tail-tag as a short orange stub of floss topping the quill section tail. J. Edson Leonard, author of the book, Flies, correctly designates this component application, usually of floss or wool, as a tail-tag. A tag is always at the end of the body, underneath the tail, and a tip is at the end of the body, encircling (in front of) the tail.

Trout - Ray Bergman

 

[nfrechet]

Artful Dodger

Tip - Gold tinsel
Ribbing - Gold tinsel
Body - Dark claret floss
Hackle - Light claret
Wing - Pheasant (or dark brown turkey) *

From Don Bastian Notes

* The recipe listing for the Artful Dodger calls for a pheasant wing. Dark brown turkey was substituted on this fly and others calling for a pheasant wing because turkey is more readily available.

Trout - Ray Bergman

 

[nfrechet]

Cardinal

Body - White chenille
Hackle - White
Wing - Cardinal was original; substitute with claret or red duck quill

Trout - Ray Bergman

 

[nfrechet]

Kamaloff

Tail - Brown mallard
Tail-tag - Red floss
Ribbing - Gold tinsel
Body - Yellow wool
Hackle - Grizzly “barred rock”
Wing - Light brown mottled turkey or Bittern

Trout - Ray Bergman

 

[nfrechet]

Claret Gnat

Body - Dark claret wool or chenille
Hackle - Dark claret
Wing - Slate

Trout - Ray Bergman

 

[nfrechet]

Bootes Black

Tip - Gold tinsel
Tail - Black duck/goose quill
Ribbing - Gold tinsel
Body - Maroon wool or fur
Hackle - Black
Wing - Dark slate duck/goose quill

Trout - Ray Bergman

 

[nfrechet]

Gosling

Tail - Gray hackle*
Body - Green floss
Hackle - Gray
Wing - Slate duck/goose quill
Trout - Ray Bergman

*The written recipe listing for a gray tail is clearly missing in the color plate fly painting.
The Gosling in the photo above is tied according to the written recipe.

 

[nfrechet]

Lake George

Tag - Gold tinsel
Tail - Scarlet quill sections
Ribbing - Gold tinsel
Body - Scarlet floss
Hackle - White
Wing - White with scarlet stripe - married

Trout - Ray Bergman

 

[nfrechet]

Green Drake Nymph

Hook - Mustad 9672, size 8-12
Thread - Olive
Tail - Pheasant tail fibers, light shade (three to five fibers 1½ gap widths in length)
Ribbing - Olive cotton thread or olive single strand floss
Body - Olive tan dubbing fur
Wing case - Dark mottled turkey wing quill section
Thorax - Olive tan dubbing fur
Legs - Lemon wood duck flank fibers, beard style

The Book of Fly Patterns: Over 1,000 Patterns for the Construction of Artificial Flies - Eric Leiser

 

[hooker-of-men]

Lake George

Tag - Gold tinsel
Tail - Scarlet quill sections
Ribbing - Gold tinsel
Body - Scarlet floss
Hackle - White
Wing - White with scarlet stripe - married

Trout - Ray Bergman

Know any further history on this? Assuming LG NY. For lakers??

 

[nfrechet]

Know any further history on this? Assuming LG NY. For lakers??

no

 

[Jay_H]

LaFontaine Emergent Sparkle Pupa
Size 16
Sparkle Yarn
Golden Olive Antron Dubbing
Yearling Elk Hair
Dark Hares Mask