What Are You Tying Today?

[hooker-of-men]

 

[nfrechet]

Winters

Hook- Wet fly
Thread - Black
Tail - Brown or light gray mallard
Body - Claret floss
Hackle - Brown furnace or dun
Wing - Brown mallard

Trout - Ray Bergman

 

[dc410]

So mt_flyfisher was very generous in passing on some Tiemco streamer hooks to me. He also asked me to tie a fly on a vintage Partridge hook that he gave to me and post it up here on PAFF. This was a very unique style of hook so I put together a couple of stonefly nymph patterns. I’m thinking the profile of these nymphs should wobble, duck and dive much like a natural stonefly nymph would do when dislodged in the current. Thanks John, let me know how many of each one of these patterns you would like to add to your nymph box, glad to hook you up with them. Thanks!

 

[nfrechet]

Cornell

Hook - Wet fly
Thread - Black
Tail - Black duck or goose quill
Ribbing - Gold tinsel
Hackle - Black hen
Wing - Black duck or goose quill

Trout - Ray Bergman

 

[nfrechet]

Black Prince

Hook - Wet fly
Thread - Black
Tip - Gold tinsel
Tail - Scarlet duck or goose quill fibers
Body - Black floss
Hackle - Black hen
Wing - Black duck or goose quill fibers

Trout - Ray Bergman

 

[nfrechet]

Shoemaker (Var)

Hook- Wet fly
Thread - White under floss body; Black head
Tail - Brown mandarin speckled*
Body - Gray ostrich with white floss center
Hackle - Brown
Wing - Brown mandarin speckled*

*I used bronze mallard

Trout - Ray Bergman

 

[albatross]

 

[hooker-of-men]

Was still having some good luck on VT wild brown streams yesterday with bigger Hendrickson colors. Tying some in size 12 as bobber flies.

Might do a couple with double hackle and little to no body as a searching pattern, too.

 

[nfrechet]

Stranger

Hook - Wet fly
Thread - Black
Tip - Gold tinsel
Tail - Brown
Ribbing - Gold tinsel
Body - Dark brown wool
Hackle - Brown
Wing - Brown turkey over golden pheasant tippet

Trout - Ray Bergman

 

[nfrechet]

Kingfisher

Hook - Wet fly
Thread - Black
Tip - Gold tinsel
Tail - Golden pheasant tippets
Ribbing - Gold tinsel
Body - Crimson floss
Hackle - Brown
Wing - Gray mallard

Trout - Ray Bergman

 

[nfrechet]

Park Fly

Hook - Wet fly
Thread - Black
Tip - Gold tinsel
Ribbing - Gold tinsel
Body - Crimson floss
Hackle - Black
Wing - Black

Trout - Ray Bergman

 

[nfrechet]

Shovel Island

Hook - Wet fly
Thread - White under floss body, Black head
Tail - Black
Tag - Black chenille
Ribbing - Gold tinsel
Body - Scarlet floss
Hackle - Black hen
Wings - Scarlet

Shovel Island (fabri-mouches.ca)

 

[nfrechet]

Calder (Var)

Hook - Wet fly
Thread - White under floss body; Black head
Tail - Barred Mandarin*
Butt - Peacock herl
Ribbing - Gold tinsel
Body - Orange floss
Hackle - Brown
Wing: Peacock sword over light brown mottled turkey

*I used barred wood duck

Trout - Ray Bergman

 

[nfrechet]

Marsters

Hook - Wet fly
Thread - White under floss body; Black head
Tag - Gold tinsel
Tail - Gray mallard
Body: White floss or wool
Hackle - Scarlet
Wing - Widgeon or gray mallard *

* Teal may also be used for the wing because of its similarity to widgeon.

Trout - Ray Bergman

 

[nfrechet]

Mark Lain

Hook - Wet fly
Thread - White under floss body; Black head
Tag - Gold tinsel
Tail - Scarlet over white – married
Body - Yellow floss or wool
Hackle - Scarlet
Wing - Cinnamon – white tip *

Don Bastian Note

* Any mottled brown turkey with light-colored cream or white tip may be used for the wing.

 

[Penns Woods]

I like the color combination of that Mark Lain. This is a new one for me, should be a good fish catcher.
I've always had good luck with flies with scarlet /yellow combined.

 

[mt_flyfisher]

So mt_flyfisher was very generous in passing on some Tiemco streamer hooks to me. He also asked me to tie a fly on a vintage Partridge hook that he gave to me and post it up here on PAFF. This was a very unique style of hook so I put together a couple of stonefly nymph patterns. I’m thinking the profile of these nymphs should wobble, duck and dive much like a natural stonefly nymph would do when dislodged in the current. Thanks John, let me know how many of each one of these patterns you would like to add to your nymph box, glad to hook you up with them. Thanks!

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I must have been sleeping all week because I just saw these flies. As usual, I really enjoy looking at your flies, John, and that’s a reward enough for me.

By the way does that Black Stone have crow that you shot in your back yard? (You might enjoy looking up Ed Zern’s article on How to Shoot Crows from years ago in Field and Stream.)

 

[dc410]

I must have been sleeping all week because I just saw these flies. As usual, I really enjoy looking at your flies, John, and that’s a reward enough for me.

By the way does that Black Stone have crow that you shot in your back yard? (You might enjoy looking up Ed Zern’s article on How to Shoot Crows from years ago in Field and Stream.)

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The wing case on the black stonefly is black thin skin, but that’s a great idea, John. A slip from the center tail feather of a crow would actually make a great wingcase on a black stonefly. I’ll have to keep that in mind on the next black stones. I do have lots of native crow feathers available. 😉

 

[nfrechet]

Light Blow

Hook - Wet fly
Thread - Black
Tail - Light brown mottled turkey quill sections
Body - Quill – pronounced stripe (stripped peacock quill)
Hackle - Crimson
Wing - Light brown mottled turkey

Trout - Ray Bergman

 

[Harry3]

Stopped at a small rest area by a stream on my way home from Lake Placid and saw a fisherman sitting at a picnic table tying some flies. Walked over and chatted a bit and he showed me some small Muddler minnows he was tying. I should have taken a photo but I thought I could remember the pattern. Mine turned out a little bigger from his though. I added a floss hot spot. Size 8, 2x long streamer hook, Pearl core braid Pearl white body, marabou, Elk hair head.