What Are You Tying Today?
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Terry Murphy
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Listening to some Led Zeppelin and spinning up some jigs and Clouser patterns.
dc410
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A yellow stimulator, size 10. I think i enjoy fishing these more than I do tying them, but they honestly are really fun to tie as well.
BruceC2C
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I would eat that bug, and come back for a second helping!!
JimNovo
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A bunch of BWO spinners…
dc410
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Combination of a couple of patterns on this tie. It’s definitely a Picket Pin style fly with some major components of the Light Edson Tiger incorporated into the pattern. Tied on an old style Mustad 79580 size 12 hook. I think Central PA native brookies will be all over this fly. Hoping to give it a shot this winter to knock the edges off of the cabin fever. Merry Christmas!
jifigz
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You guys always get better pictures than me, and maybe that is why I've never posted here. But let's try it.
Simple marabou scud
Simple marabou scud
jifigz
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Golden Retriever.
jifigz
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How about a simple oldie. I am trying to fish more and more of these simple and outdated flies as the years go by. The black nose dace.
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dc410
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Size 14, CDC & Elk. This one is tied with deer hair for the wing - I generally use deer hair for the wing on these flies. Wing is just a bit long on this one, but it’ll fish.
tomgamber
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hooker-of-men
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I was supposed to leave for some Catskills winter fishing in about... 5 hours. Alternator (I think) blew while I was making the grocery run this afternoon.
I'm doing some heavy.. er.... tying... as consolation.
dc410
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Sorry to hear about your vehicle problems, but that’s one great looking Striper fly!
lprudente
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Is that wrapped foam on the body? Real nice.
dc410
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No, the body is dubbed with Joe Ackourey’s Natural Fur Blends dubbing in the color he calls Sulphur Dun. I absolutely love the properties of this dubbing. Joe sells some really great quality materials - especially dubbing and deer hair.
mt_flyfisher
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The top 12 compartments shown below are some of his dubbings, in different furs and colors. Several of these are hairs ear in natural and dyed colors, and the others may be dyed rabbit fur, although I see he calls the black one beaver.
The bottom 6 compartments contain Hare-tron dubbing in various colors.
falcon
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I was at the Fly Tying Symposium and bought several packs of dubbing and deer from Joe. I agree his stuff is excellent. Good fine hair for comparaduns is hard to find.
KeviR
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I tried a wrapped foam body for a stimulator once. Cutting a thin strip of foam was difficult. But once I made a foam strip, it tied nicely and I carefully spaced the turns so that the hackle could slot in between the turns of foam. The finished fly looked great, but didn't fish well at all. Couldn't keep it floating for the life of me. I don't know if I did something wrong, but it didn't fish as well as a commercial tie I had in my box. My fly was more sparse than the commercial one, maybe that is the important difference.
