What Are You Tying Today?

[poopdeck]

MADAAM X
Hook - Mustad C53S STD/3X size 14
Thread - UTC 70, watery olive
Tail/body - Olive dyed deer hair
Rib - UTC 210 flo green
Head/wing - Bleached elk hair
Legs - Round white rubber

 

[nfrechet]

Trout Fin

Robert Cavanagh

Hook - 3xl nymph
Thread - Black
Tag - Yellow floss
Tail - Golden pheasant crest
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Flat silver tinsel
Hackle - Guinea fiber beard
Wing - White over black (equal parts) over red larger section duck or goose quill sections

Perrault's Standard Dictionary of Fishing Flies - Keith Perrault

Trout Fin Streamer

Attributed to Keith Fulsher

Hook - 3xl nymph
Thread - Black
Tail - Red goose or swan
Ribbing - Fine silver wire or oval silver (Optional)
Body - Flat silver tinsel
Hackle - Cream badger hackle
Wing - Married goose or swan (from the bottom) red, black and white
Cheek - Jungle cock (Optional)

Tied per the photo in the following book

Forgotten Flies - Schmookler and Sils

 

[nfrechet]

Frank R. Smith Special

Hook - Mustad L87AP, sizes 2-6
Thread - Black
Body - Flat silver tinsel
Throat - White bucktail tied in at the throat and extending just past hook bend, followed by white hackle barbs tied on top
Wing - Orange bucktail tied over the body with an overwing of natural brown bucktail
Head - Black with a red center band

Carrie G. Stevens originated this pattern

Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Forgotten Flies - Schmookler & Sils

Note - In some collections, this fly was called FRS Fancy. Frank Smith was a local client from Rangely, Maine.

 

[poopdeck]

 

[paulbrown145]

#14 spent blue wing olive

 

[JimNovo]

#14 spent blue wing olive

I love using foam on the thorax of spinners!
Great job!

 

[KELORGO]

“Dracula” nymph did well for me on Pine this past week 👍

 

[KELORGO]

I caught most of my trout on a Blow Torch last week:

 

[nfrechet]

Blue Screamer

Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Smolt blue krystal flask
Butt - Chartreuse ultra chenille, micro
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Black uni stretch
Wing - Moose
Hackle - Blue hen

From a YouTube video

 

[dc410]

A carp variation of the Holschlag hackle fly tied on a size 4 Owner Mosquito hook. I may do some berry scouting at daybreak tomorrow to check to see how they’re coming along, if I happen to spot any feeders I might give this one a swim.

 

[nfrechet]

White Wing Blundertaker

Attributed to Deon Hedderson

Variation of the original White Wing Blue Charm salmon fly tied with an Undertaker Body.

Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tag - Flat silver tinsel, green and chinese red uni-stretch
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Peacock Herl
Wing - White Calf Tail (Optional - Add 4 strands Pearl Crystal Flash)
Throat - Blue hackle

From a Mark Molloy video

 

[hooker-of-men]

Couple quick ones to try and convince myself that I will one day fish again after this godforsaken little league season ends...

 

[bdhoover77]

Couple quick ones to try and convince myself that I will one day fish again after this godforsaken little league season ends...
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I’ve had the same spring…virtually no fishing because of kids baseball. But my youngest son starts practice for his fall soccer league in July and my wife wants my oldest to play fall baseball. I’ll keep tying flies that I’ll probably not get to use.

 

[hooker-of-men]

I’ve had the same spring…virtually no fishing because of kids baseball. But my youngest son starts practice for his fall soccer league in July and my wife wants my oldest to play fall baseball. I’ll keep tying flies that I’ll probably not get to use.

I've got one kid playing softball and one playing baseball. Some weeks we're at the fields 6 days, but I mostly enjoy it. I've never been at all an organized sports person, so it's kinda fun to be a fan for the first time. However, tonight we spent two hours plus listening to redneck dads heckle and get aggro with the (all volunteer) coaching staff.

Oooh, right, that's why I've always hated this.

Luckily, I have had a couple trips on the calendar throughout the spring, and I graciously allow myself to miss games in those situations.

 

[nfrechet]

Quick Silver

Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tip - Oval silver tinsel
Tail - Golden pheasant crest feather
Butt - Yellow yarn
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Embossed silver tinsel
Hackle - Medium blue tied on as a collar
Wing - Woodchuck guard hair tied low over the body

Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson

Dark n Dirty

Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tip - Oval gold tinsel
Tag - Hot green floss
Tail - Golden pheasant crest
Butt - Black ostrich herl
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Body - Rear- Holographic chartreuse tinsel; Front - peacock herl
Under wing at mid body - Gold krystal flash
Wing - Black squirrel tail
Hackle - Black
Head - Black ostrich herl

From a YouTube video

 

[blitzinstripes]

Quick Silver

Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tip - Oval silver tinsel
Tail - Golden pheasant crest feather
Butt - Yellow yarn
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Embossed silver tinsel
Hackle - Medium blue tied on as a collar
Wing - Woodchuck guard hair tied low over the body

Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson

Dark n Dirty

Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tip - Oval gold tinsel
Tag - Hot green floss
Tail - Golden pheasant crest
Butt - Black ostrich herl
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Body - Rear- Holographic chartreuse tinsel; Front - peacock herl
Under wing at mid body - Gold krystal flash
Wing - Black squirrel tail
Hackle - Black
Head - Black ostrich herl

From a YouTube video

Man, I really like something about that dark n dirty! Might have to tie a few of those for Erie steelhead this fall! 🐟 🐟 🐟

 

[KELORGO]

Perdigons tonight

 

[nfrechet]

Orange Demon

Hook - Eagle Claw 1197B, Mustad 7957BX (2-8)
Thread - Orange
Tail - Hot orange hackle fibers
Body - Fluorescent yellow wool
Hackle - Hot orange as a wet fly collar
Wing - Black bear hair

Originated by Lloyd Silvius. Sometimes the body is tied with fluorescent green wool.

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

 

[nfrechet]

Scarlet Woman

Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Red
Body - Oval silver tinsel in connecting spirals
Wing - Two large jungle cock eyes glued back to back and extending slightly past bend
Shoulder - Two red goose quill sections half the width of jungle cock, extending rearward not quite as far as jungle cock
Hackle - Hot orange as throat, beard style

Originated by Martin Tolley.

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

 

[hooker-of-men]

Pic looks dark, but it's a sulfur