What Are You Tying Today?

[rancid waders]

Last night leavings from Happy Hour.. for Steelhead.

 

[Facemelted]

Some of the freebies i got from Adirondack Fly Company at the last Fly Tying SymposiumView attachment 1641231293

I already see a sprung hook in that pack. Yikes! Also... what's the hashtag crap about? Silly.

 

[lars]

I already see a sprung hook in that pack. Yikes! Also... what's the hashtag crap about? Silly.

Actually pretty nice hooks. The price was nice too. Looks like there is one which is improperly formed, they might want to do better quality control.
Can't comment on the hash tags, i don't really get them, but then i am from a earlier era.

 

[Kyle]

Last night leavings from Happy Hour.. for Steelhead.View attachment 1641231485

love fishing steelhead in the winter. if it was up to me i would buy a house close to a great lake trib.

 

[CRB]

Only a month away.

 

[dc410]

Size 6 Carp Crawler. Looking for a simple, buggy pattern to throw as a bit of a change up to the local carp population as the summer wears on and the carp get even yet a bit smarter.

 

[Terry Murphy]

Tying some buggers today .

 

[lars]

Had to use up the eyes i made so i tied some more crayfish on jig hooks.

Tied on vintage Mustad 91753 #1's. One has leather carapace with mallard claws the others are furry foam with bunny strip claws.

 

[lars]

one last set of eyes...

 

[nfrechet]

Life on Mars

Hook- Size 8 double salmon
Thread- Fire orange
Tag and Rib- Silver wire or oval tinsel
Rear body- Silver holographic tinsel
Mid hackle - Orange hen
Wing at mid-point- Orange bucktail & silver/pearl krystal flash
Front body- Claret dubbing, wool or floss
Front hackle- Claret hen
Finish with Jungle Cock (always optional)

Tying & Fishing Bucktails & Other Hair Wings - Mike Valla

 

[hooker-of-men]

Does this silly stuff work in any meaningful way on the east coast? Will make a good bobber at least.

 

[Beweav]

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Does this silly stuff work in any meaningful way on the east coast? Will make a good bobber at least.

They work wonders on panfish! I also caught some nice sized Largemouth night fishing with them.

 

[hooker-of-men]

They work wonders on panfish! I also caught some nice sized Largemouth night fishing with them. View attachment 1641231576

Oh! I believe that!

My question was not in reference to foam patterns but rather the color. I love lots of foam for both bass and trout. Fat Alberts are a top tier fly for me. Love that little hopper you've got, too!

My skepticism is more about, foam or not, pink/purple colors. I know some people love a purple haze/Adams and purple chubbies, but I'm less certain I'm ever going to throw such flies on, let's say, the Battenkill to picky fish. Just my bias to think of this flashy stuff as Rocky Mountain patterns. Would love to be proven wrong!

 

[hooker-of-men]

Freestylin'. Marabou Deceiver-ish articulated bug. First articulated fly I've ever tied

Pretty terrible day at work. In the process of drinking beer and playing with feathers til I feel no feelings.

 

[Terry Murphy]

Gonna wade a lake this weekend and be a little kid again.

 

[Facemelted]

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Does this silly stuff work in any meaningful way on the east coast? Will make a good bobber at least.

I've never once caught a fish on a chubby out East. Nor have I ever heard of anyone else doing so. I think they're used as indicators more so than anything else... kind of true for out West too although, you do get fish eating them from time to time.

 

[hooker-of-men]

I've never once caught a fish on a chubby out East. Nor have I ever heard of anyone else doing so. I think they're used as indicators more so than anything else... kind of true for out West too although, you do get fish eating them from time to time.

I've caught brook trout on a chubby just last week, but it was not a purple/pink one. Brookies maybe don't count? I will say, though, I was alternating between chubbies and a stimulator, and even those indiscriminate fish preferred the stimmy.

 

[Facemelted]

I've caught brook trout on a chubby just last week, but it was not a purple/pink one. Brookies maybe don't count? I will say, though, I was alternating between chubbies and a stimulator, and even those indiscriminate fish preferred the stimmy.

I'd count that! I'm not into brookie fishing much these days.

 

[hooker-of-men]

18s. A couple really ugly ones, and then I think I kinda got it. No chance of going down to the sizes I know some folks tie them at.

I don't even have any use for these in the near future. Not sure why I got in the mood to torture myself with little stuff tonight.

 

[tomgamber]

Tie for the fish, not the fishermen. That will catch fish.