What Are You Tying Today?

[just_jon]

Yes, that's why it's called Shenks white minnow. Also why asked about the rabbit because I was hoping he had something easier to work with. Haven't tied one in decades but remember the rabbit being a little difficult to spin as software it was. Dubbing loop is a good idea.

I tie this pattern with sculpin wool. Much easier to manage in a dubbing loop.

 

[hooker-of-men]

Baby browns

 

[dc410]

All the caddis patterns offered up on the favorite caddis pattern thread really jogged my memory. Here’s a pattern that I learned at a fly tying course that I took at Trout Run Sports in Ephrata about 30 years ago. I caught a lot of fish in the Tully on this pattern way back in the day. May be time to give it another shot.

 

[jifigz]

All the caddis patterns offered up on the favorite caddis pattern thread really jogged my memory. Here’s a pattern that I learned at a fly tying course that I took at Trout Run Sports in Ephrata about 30 years ago. I caught a lot of fish in the Tully on this pattern way back in the day. May be time to give it another shot.

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What's the body material of that? It looks like micro chenille or something?

 

[dc410]

What's the body material of that? It looks like micro chenille or something?

Correct, it is micro chenille. I lightly singe the end of it with a lighter to get the taper and darken the top of the chenille body with a marker.

 

[mt_flyfisher]

All the caddis patterns offered up on the favorite caddis pattern thread really jogged my memory. Here’s a pattern that I learned at a fly tying course that I took at Trout Run Sports in Ephrata about 30 years ago. I caught a lot of fish in the Tully on this pattern way back in the day. May be time to give it another shot.

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Nice looking flies.

Here’s a video on how to tie a slightly different version of those Palomino Caddis, all of which use microchenille, of various colors and widths.

At the end of the video you can also see a subtle use of a rotary vise in applying head cement to the underside of the finished fly, that relates to another ongoing thread here: https://www.paflyfish.com/threads/rotary-vise.83570/#post-955983n

 

[jifigz]

Correct, it is micro chenille. I lightly singe the end of it with a lighter to get the taper and darken the top of the chenille body with a marker.

Thanks, that is EXACTLY what I thought I saw going on there. I always singe the ends of my San Juan worms, so I thought that it looked familiar.

 

[JimNovo]

New Year…,new thread Dave?

 

[dc410]

Cranking out some classic Central PA cressbug patterns today. Different mixes of dubbing, different style hooks. From top to bottom:

Hump’s Cressbug

Shenk’s Cressbug

Variation of Hump’s Cressbug by George Daniel

 

[JimNovo]

Cranking out some classic Central PA cressbug patterns today. Different mixes of dubbing, different style hooks. From top to bottom:

Hump’s Cressbug

Shenk’s Cressbug

Variation of Hump’s Cressbug by George Daniel

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How many fly boxes do you have dc410?
You tie so many great patterns!

 

[JimNovo]

I was in coffin fly mode today.

 

[Terry Murphy]

Simple river shiner pattern.

 

[dc410]

How many fly boxes do you have dc410?
You tie so many great patterns!

Thanks. I do have a lot of fly boxes (too many actually) and organization of my flies has always been a bit of an issue for me. I’m starting to really minimize what I actually carry with me while I’m fishing. I am not a production tyer. I generally tie one or two of a pattern or some variations of a pattern and I’m on to the next one. Therefore, my tying area usually is a complete disaster area with materials. To be very honest, I just really enjoy tying flies and sharing some great patterns that I have learned and fished over many decades here with the folks on PAFF.

 

[JeffP]

All the caddis patterns offered up on the favorite caddis pattern thread really jogged my memory. Here’s a pattern that I learned at a fly tying course that I took at Trout Run Sports in Ephrata about 30 years ago. I caught a lot of fish in the Tully on this pattern way back in the day. May be time to give it another shot.

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DC,I remember the old Trout Run Days! I spent a lot of money in my time there. I can't remember if I actually tied there or not. Ken, the Colonial Angler, certainly bent my ear there a few times. My initial experience with a fly shop was Bob's Sportsman's Den near the Lincoln House and then it moved to the Cloister Shopping Center. I still remember conversations there and just trying to soak in technical knowledge and experiences on far-away waters. Thanks for bringing back some memories.

 

[dc410]

DC,I remember the old Trout Run Days! I spent a lot of money in my time there. I can't remember if I actually tied there or not. Ken, the Colonial Angler, certainly bent my ear there a few times. My initial experience with a fly shop was Bob's Sportsman's Den near the Lincoln House and then it moved to the Cloister Shopping Center. I still remember conversations there and just trying to soak in technical knowledge and experiences on far-away waters. Thanks for bringing back some memories.

Yep, it’s good to dig up some of those old memories. I too spent a lot of time chatting with Kenny at the counter in the back of Trout Run Sports. My first experience with a fly shop was the Angler Shop which was on Lincoln Highway near Bridgeport. That’s the shop where I bought my first vise and tying tools when I was in high school.

 

[poopdeck]

I’ve been wanting to try Some tequeely’s. I ran out of white maribou so I might run out and get some for an all white version.

 

[lars]

A muster of yellow maribou's.

 

[poopdeck]

Question…. How do you guys get full photos posted and mine come up as thumbnails?

 

[hooker-of-men]

This is how it looks for me. After I attach, I hit the button to insert. Then the two options come up.

 

[mt_flyfisher]

Question…. How do you guys get full photos posted and mine come up as thumbnails?

Here is how I do it. There may be other ways, but this works very easily.

Step 1 is click the Picture icon that appears at the top page where you post a reply.
Step 2 is click the Drop Image box.
Step 3 is click the Photo Library.

After clicking Photo Library, I get the file of the pictures that I’ve stored on my computer. I simply select the photo that I want, and click ”done”, and that’s it.