What Are You Tying Today?

[Kms]

First ever attempt. They seem... kinda hard..
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Looks buggy to me. What pattern is that?

 

[hooker-of-men]

Deleted previous post because I'm cleaning up the first attempt a bit

@Kms this is an attempt at a Humpy

 

[Kms]

A few more whatevers, size 16 and 18. I’ve discovered that I hate the whip stitch tools and that using my fingers is much easier.

 

[Kms]

Deleted previous post because I'm cleaning up the first attempt a bit
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@Kms this is an attempt at a Humpy

Thx. I’ll have to give that a try.

 

[nfrechet]

Ches's Black Fly

Hooks - TMC7999 or DA12441 or equivalent
Thread - Black
Tip - Flat silver tinsel
Tail - Golden pheasant crest feather
Body - Black floss
Hackle - Cream hackle barbs tied in at the throat
Wing - Black moose hair tied thick and flared over the body

Ches Traverse of Corner Brook, Newfoundland, originated this pattern in 1970.

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

 

[nfrechet]

Yorkshire Spider

Hook - Mustad 3399 or equivalent
Thread - Black
Abdomen - Purple floss
Thorax - Dubbed with hare's mask fur
Hackle - Natural black hen hackle tied on as collar. Hackle should reach hook bend

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

 

[nfrechet]

Sand Fly

Hooks - MUSR70, TMC3769, or DIA1550, sizes 10-14
Thread - Brown
Tail - Blue dun hackle barbs
Body - Dubbed with muskrat fur
Hackle - Brown tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wings - Mottled brown turkey quill sections tied on edge over the body

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

 

[Kms]

The Bat Nymph, lol.

 

[nfrechet]

Sulfur Dun

Hooks - MUSR70, TMC3769, or DIA1550, sizes 10-14
Thread - Yellow
Tail - Pale yellow hackle barbs
Body - Dubbed with pale yellow rabbit fur
Hackle - Pale yellow tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wings - Natural light gray duck quill sections tied on edge over the body

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

 

[HopBack]

Loop Wing Emerger

Hook - Curved

Bead - Silver lined glass bead

Thread - Olive

Shuck - Olive antron

Ribbing - Gold wire

Body - Tying thread

Wing - White antron

Thorax & Collar - Peacock herl

I really like this pattern. I tie a variant myself but I will give yours a try.

 

[paulbrown145]

Some orange and partridge with a bead gonna do 6 of each size 10 thru 16 for a giveaway (size 10 shown )

 

[nfrechet]

King Water

Hook - Wet fly
Thread - White under floss body; Black head
Tail - Mallard
Ribbing - Gold tinsel
Body - Red floss
Hackle - Brown
Wing - Mallard

Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth

 

[Harry3]

I got the urge to try a mouse pattern. The first one is with Elk hair the second a darker hair, maybe deer hair, not sure. Had a bunch a binch of hair a friend gave me a while back, some were not labeled.

 

[dc410]

Pine Squirrel Zonker tied on a size 2 Gamakatsu B10S hook

 

[nfrechet]

Fern

Hook - Wet fly
Thread - White under floss body; Black head
Tip - Gold tinsel
Body - Pink floss
Hackle - Brown
Wing - Light slate

Trout - Ray Bergman

 

[nfrechet]

Yellow Sally

Hook - Wet fly
Thread - White under the body; black head
Tag - Gold tinsel
Tail - Yellow duck/goose quill fibers
Ribbing - Gold tinsel
Body - Yellow floss
Hackle - Yellow
Wing - Yellow duck/goose quill fibers

Trout - Ray Bergman

 

[nfrechet]

Manchester

Hook - Wet fly
Thread - Black
Tag - Gold tinsel
Tip - Yellow floss
Tail - Peacock sword
Body - Peacock herl
Hackle - Yellow
Wing - Yellow goose, peacock sword topping

Favorite Flies and their Histories - Mary Orvis Marbury
"The Manchester - Fly Angler's OnLine Volumn 10 week 5 (flyanglersonline.com)

Manchester

Hook - Wet fly
Thread - Black
Tail - Peacock sword
Ribbing - Gold tinsel
Body - Brown chenille
Hackle - Yellow
Wing - Peacock sword

Flies by J. Edson Leonard
The Fisherman's Handbook of Trout Flies - Donald Du Bois

 

[GoldFinch]

An attempt at tying a glass bead bugger I've seen and bought regularly at Poor Richards but was unable to find a tying video on.

Size 10 Daiichi 1720, medium killer caddis glass beads.

Changes to make in the future: To truly replicate what Poor Richard's calls a glass bugger, I probably need the large glass beads instead. If anyone has a smarter suggestion for tying in the tail and flash other than dropping a bead off of the full shaft and ending up with a strange looking bare spot in the middle, feel free to chime in.

 

[falcon]

Fly looks good. Shorten up the Marabou tail. Tie more and they will get nicer.

 

[hooker-of-men]

An attempt at tying a glass bead bugger I've seen and bought regularly at Poor Richards but was unable to find a tying video on.

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Size 10 Daiichi 1720, medium killer caddis glass beads.

Changes to make in the future: To truly replicate what Poor Richard's calls a glass bugger, I probably need the large glass beads instead. If anyone has a smarter suggestion for tying in the tail and flash other than dropping a bead off of the full shaft and ending up with a strange looking bare spot in the middle, feel free to chime in.

That's an interesting pattern!

If you're really worried about the thin body section (I'm not sure it matters), you could put in a dubbing loop to fill out the space before the beads / hackle.