What Are You Tying Today?

[blitzinstripes]

Black death zonker with chartreuse hotspot. It's a killer.

 

[dudemanspecial]

Another simple one. Just a soft hackle that can be fished wet or dry. Gary Borger calls it the wet/dry fly. I use a covert feather from a duck wing with some superfine dubbing.

 

[Terry Murphy]

Nothing but Clouser Minnows until the big freeze up here.

 

[nfrechet]

Cosseboom Special

Hooks - TMC7999 or DA12441, sizes 4-10
Thread - Red
Tip - Embossed silver tinsel wrapped well down the bend of hook
Tail - Strand of light olive floss
Ribbing - Embossed silver tinsel
Body - Light olive floss
Wing - Gray squirrel tail tied low over the body and extending to the end of tail
Hackle - Yellow hen hackle tied on as a collar and tied back

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

 

[nfrechet]

Moose

Hook - Wet
Thread - Black
Tip - Gold tinsel
Tail - Yellow
Ribbing - Gold tinsel
Body - Yellow floss
Hackle - Guinea and yellow intermingled
Wing - Barred wood duck - Golden tippet eye

Trout - Ray Bergman

 

[nfrechet]

Assassin

Hooks - MUS80500BL, MUS80501 BL, TMC7999, or DA12441, sizes 8-10
Thread - Olive
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Body - Dubbed with a 50/50 blend of olive and brown lamb's wool
Hackle - Brown tied on as a collar and tied back
Wing - Small bunch of brown-olive Flashabou Accent tied over the body

Author's Note

Dale Lackey originated this pattern for late summer and fall runs.

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

 

[nfrechet]

Starling & Purple

Hook - Wet or dry
Thread - Purple
Body - Tying thread
Hackle - Starling

 

[hooker-of-men]

Chip's Northern Magic
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I certainly understand why a pike would eat this fly if it was in front of their face. I'm less certain how this fly would get there without fouling every cast. Guess we'll see...

I finally got out for a pike attempt tonight, and this cast and swam beautifully. Never fouled once. I just don't know nothing about nothing, I guess.

Skunked, but nice night.

 

[nfrechet]

Grouse & Yellow

Hook - Wet/dry fly

Thread - Yellow

Body - Tying thread

Hackle - Grouse

 

[nfrechet]

IOBO Humpy (It Oughta Be Outlawed)

Hook - Dry
Thread - Gray
Body, humpback and wing - CDC feather

 

[paulbrown145]

Tried using deer hair as a post material not but was harder for me than the poly yarn. Maybe a size 18 was a bad choice for a test.

 

[rancid waders]

 

[rancid waders]

Fulling Mill micro bunny

 

[nfrechet]

Fire Fly Nymph

Hooks - MUSR72, TMC5262, or DAI1710, sizes 8-14
Thread - Black
Tail - Amherst pheasant tipped barbs
Body - Black ostrich herl with a fluorescent green floss center band
Legs - Black hen hackle tied on as a collar and tied back
Wing case - White goose biots tied over the thorax in a V

Author's Note

Doug Prince of Monterey, California, originated this pattern.

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

 

[mt_flyfisher]

Been spending a few minutes at the vise the past couple days tying a variety of flies. Here’s several. Nothing in particular.

 

[Eagle204]

Quill bodied parachute on a light wire scud hook. The parachute on this one is a little out of control but I'm closer to being happy with it.

 

[JimNovo]

Quill bodied parachute on a light wire scud hook. The parachute on this one is a little out of control but I'm closer to being happy with it.

That will hunt!!

 

[hooker-of-men]

Well, I thought I was finally going to get to join the cool guy Clouser Crayfish club. I was in the nape of the woods, neck of the wape of a shop I quite like but don't make it to often, so I stopped in to browse. Found a couple dirt cheap packs of furry foam that may have been older than me:

I got home and started tying up the pattern, but, when I got to tying in the furry foam, I opened the packets only to have the material completely disintegrate in my hands. Both colors crumbled to a pile of dust.

I called an audible and tried to save the fly with some thin skin as a back.

I imagine it'll fish, but always a bridesmaid and never a bride.

 

[nfrechet]

Dark Moorgame

Hook - O
Wings - Hackled with a black and orange feather from the Red Grouse, the hen bird for preference
Body - Orange silk
Head - Either orange silk, or Peacock herl

Yorkshire Trout Flies - Pritt, TE.

 

[nfrechet]

Muskrat Nymph

Hooks - TMC3769 or DAI1190, sizes 6-16
Thread - Black
Tail - Badger guard hairs
Body - Dubbed with muskrat fur
Legs - Mottled gray Hungarian partridge tied on as a collar and tied back

Muskrat Nymph

Hooks - TMC3769 or DAII 190, sizes 8-14
Thread - Brown/black
Tail - Brown hen hackle barbs
Ribbing - Fine silver wire
Body - Dubbed with muskrat fur
Legs - Brown hen hackle tied on as a collar and tied back

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