What Are You Tying Today?

[albatross]

Vinyl D-rib weenies. Playing around with a pattern idea...

 

[nfrechet]

Prichard's Comet

Hooks - MUS80500BL, MUS80501 BL, TMC7999, or DA12441, sizes 2-8
Thread - Red
Tail - Fluorescent fire orange bucktail
Body - Oval silver tinsel
Hackle - Yellow and scarlet red tied on as a collar mixed and tied back

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

 

[nfrechet]

Pink Rat

Hooks - MUS80500BL, MUS80501 BL, TMC7999, or DA1244I, sizes 4-6
Thread - Red
Tip - Oval silver tinsel
Tail - Amherst pheasant crest feather
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Dubbed with fluorescent hot pink lamb's wool
Hackle - Grizzly tied on as a collar and tied back
Wing - Gray squirrel tail tied over the body

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

 

[dc410]

My first attempt at a Swimmy Jimmy. Rear hook is a size 6 Gamakatsu B10S and the front hook is a size 2 Daiichi 2460.

 

[hooker-of-men]

Maine preparation.

 

[hooker-of-men]

Kreelex, but tied entirely with Fairy Hair Tinsel pillaged from my daughter 😂

 

[mt_flyfisher]

Kreelex, but tied entirely with Fairy Hair Tinsel pillaged from my daughter 😂

Nice looking fly, and hard to distinguish from one that I tied from Kreinik, the material used in the original Kreelex. In fact your Fairly Hair may actually be the better of the 2. It would be nice to have them both in hand to compare.

 

[hooker-of-men]

Nice looking fly, and hard to distinguish from one that I tied from Kreinik, the material used in the original Kreelex. In fact your Fairly Hair may actually be the better of the 2. It would be nice to have them both in hand to compare.

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My guess is they will fish similar, but, having never worked with the real material, my suspicion is that the Kreinik's krinkle and the thinner fibers that appear to be mixed through would be helpful for adding bulk while using less material. The Fairy Hair version felt very material intensive.

I'll probably just buy some of the real stuff before I tear through all of my daughter's stash and end up in real trouble.

 

[nfrechet]

Tied Down Minnow

Hook - Nymph/streamer
Thread - Olive
Weight - Lead free wire - optional
Tail - Mallard flank fibers
Back - Mallard flank fibers
Body Bill's body brail silver
Throat - Red hackle fibers
Eyes - Painted black over yellow

From an internet photo

 

[nfrechet]

Coleman Lake

Hook - 1X-long wet-fly hook, such as a Daiichi 1560, Tiemco 3761, Mustad 3906B, or Dai Riki 060
Thread - Black 12/0 (or black 6/0 or 8/0)
Tail - Grizzly hackle fibers
Body - Gray wool dubbing (or heather-colored wool dubbing)
Wing - White calf tail
Hackle - Grizzly

Coleman Lake Special

Hook - 1X-long wet-fly hook, such as a Daiichi 1560, Tiemco 3761, Mustad 3906B, or Dai Riki 060
Thread - Black
Tail - Grizzly hackle fibers
Body - Gray wool dubbing (or heather-colored wool dubbing).
Wing - Hair from a fox squirrel’s tail (or from the tail of a pine squirrel)
Hackle - Grizzly

The Practical Fly Tier: No-nonsense Patterns and Techniques for Wet and Dry Flies, Nymphs and Streamers - Royce Dam

 

[Terry Murphy]

Something to throw on Red Lake River tomorrow .

 

[nfrechet]

Hoagy's Little Orange Mayfly

Attributed to Hoagy Carmichael

Hook - 2xl or 3xl nymph/ wet, size 10
Weight - Copper wire or lead-free wire for heavy water
Thread - Yellow
Body hackle - Cream, trimmed
Body - Orange floss or yarn
Wing - Wood duck flank
Legs - Wood duck flank

Pennsylvania Angler - February 1978

 

[goose54cdd]

Here's what works the best for me on top. Smallmouth bass love Ol' Mr. Wiggly.

 

[nfrechet]

The New American

Hook - 2xl nymph/wet
Bead - Black nickel/black
Thread - Brown
Tail - Pheasant tail fibers
Abdomen - Brown span flex or similar
Flash back - Pearl tinsel
Thorax - Peacock herl
Wing bud - Antron yarn
Collar - Hare's wiggle dubbing, brown or substitute

Catskill Fly Tyers Guild Gazette - March 2022

 

[paulbrown145]

From the book “Keystone fly fishing”, the picture is just labels Turd. #10 jig hook with tungsten beed. Looked like it was worth a try.

 

[nfrechet]

Good Evening

Hook - Wet fly
Thread - White under floss body; black head
Tail - Golden pheasant tippet
Ribbing - Gold tinsel
Body: Scarlet floss or wool
Hackle - Brown
Wing - Dark blue – white tip (such as from mallard wing)

Don Bastian Note

The wing can also be tied using whole white duck quill sections underneath shorter dark blue mallard, because oftentimes the iridescent blue mallard feathers normally used for the wings are not long enough for larger sized flies.

Trout - Ray Bergman

 

[lprudente]

Rabbit Strip for the J this weekend

 

[nfrechet]

Gold Squirrel Tail

Hooks - TMC7999 or DA12441, sizes 4-10
Thread - Black
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Body - Flat gold tinsel
Hackle - Blue dun hen hackle barbs tied in at the throat
Wing - Strands of gold Flashabou Accent tied over the body, with an overwing of gray squirrel tail

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

Half Stone

Hooks - TMC7999 or DA12441, sizes 4-10
Thread - Black
Tip - Oval silver or gold tinsel
Tail - Golden pheasant crest feather
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Body - Rear third, dubbed with yellow lamb's wool; the front two-thirds, dubbed with black lamb's wool
Hackle - Black tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - Fox squirrel tail tied low over the body. Select hair from the base of the tail

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

Lady Amherst

Hooks - TMC7999 or DA12441, sizes 4-10
Thread - Black
Tip - Lower half, oval silver tinsel; the upper half, yellow floss
Tail - Golden pheasant crest feather
Butt - Black ostrich herl
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Flat silver tinsel
Hackle - Grizzly tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - Gray squirrel tail tied low over the body
Cheeks - Dyed kingfisher blue hen hackle tip tied in at each side

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

 

[dudemanspecial]

Sow bug. I just wrap and flatten lead wire and cover it with Wapsi Sow/Scud dubbing. About as easy as it gets.

 

[blitzinstripes]

A few experimental patterns I was messing with this week. First is a twist on the classic white death zonker. (I have steelhead on the brain). Added some Krystal flash and holographic eyes.
The second is a twist on a junk attractor pattern I tied this spring that is essentially just a ton of various Krystal flash strands tied in a 'jig' fashion, inspired by my Asian friends who like to fish Walnut creek and put on a steelhead clinic every year using flashy tinsel jigs. I tied my original very small(#12) and it ended up being a HAMMER on stocked trout this spring. My son named it the Roman Candle although I believe a pattern by that name already exists. My latest version sports holographic eyes and a silver mylar body. Hoping to test both of these patterns this fall in Erie.