What Are You Tying Today?

[JimNovo]

A batch of size 18 Mercury Chocolate WD-40s….

 

[GHM]

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Pheasant Tail. Don’t laugh…..I’m new. lol.

Looks better than mine😭

 

[poopdeck]

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Pheasant Tail. Don’t laugh…..I’m new. lol.

Nice job! once again proving the only difficult part of tying flies is getting started. What a great start.

 

[globug15]

Dark Amber X-Caddis

Hook: TMC 100 size 16
Thread: 8/0 camel uni thread
Tail: brown z-Lon
Rib: fine silver wire
Body: dark amber antron
Wing: deer hair

 

[bigjohn358]

Lots of very nice looking really useful ties being posted lately! Love it!

 

[lars]

a herd of shenk's sculpins on #4 mustad #9672's.

 

[salmo]

Dark Amber X-Caddis

Hook: TMC 100 size 16
Thread: 8/0 camel uni thread
Tail: brown z-Lon
Rib: fine silver wire
Body: dark amber antron
Wing: deer hair

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Love that tie. Perhaps a little white poly for visibility?

 

[albatross]

Cinnamon Bionic Ant

 

[Terry Murphy]

Balanced leech and minnow .

 

[GHM]

They aren’t perfect, but I’ve finally started a PA hatch box. Waiting on more hooks in the mail so I can finish it.

 

[dc410]

Size 16 Tan Iris Caddis

 

[dc410]

Zonker pattern for Pacific Salmon, tied on a size 6 Partridge - Heavy Salmon hook.

 

[globug15]

BWO sparkle dun

Hook: TMC 100 size 18
Thread: 8/0 Uni olive dun
Wing: dyed dun elk
Body: olive beaver
Tail: brown z-lon

 

[dc410]

Size 14 Sulphur Comparadun

 

[JimNovo]

Size 14 Sulphur Comparadun

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What is the wing material?

 

[JimNovo]

BWO sparkle dun

Hook: TMC 100 size 18
Thread: 8/0 Uni olive dun
Wing: dyed dun elk
Body: olive beaver
Tail: brown z-lon

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Gorgeous!!

 

[jifigz]

What is the wing material?

I don't want to speak for DC410, but usually on this fly, and his appears to follow the basic recipe, the wing is deer hair. They actually sell deer hair labeled "comparadun hair," but coastal deer hair works, too.

 

[dc410]

What is the wing material?

Joe Ackourey’s Compara Dun deer hair - Light. It’s great quality deer hair for Comparaduns.

I think the wing on this fly was a bit too sparse - but it will still fish.

 

[falcon]

I bought some of Joe's Compara Dun hair at the Fly Tying Symposium. It is really good. His dubbings are good also. Good guy. Old school.

 

[poopdeck]

Another thread sent me into my first attempts at hackle stackers. It does take a little practice. This is my second one, well my second hook used anyway. The head is a little large and unkempt but overall I’m happy.

Hook - Size 12 emerger

Thread - 8/0 Olive Uni

Shuck - Light olive ice dubs

Body - PMD colored turkey biot

Hackle - Dun

Thorax - UV peacock herl