What Are You Tying Today?

[poopdeck]

MUDDLER MAYFLY, Feather bender style

Hook - Mustad size 10 3XL
Thread - Olive 6/0 Uni
Tail - Moose body hair
Wing - Mallard flank
Body - Moose mane, 1 black 2 brown/cream
Hackle - Grizzly
Wing - Deer body hair

 

[JLB]

MUDDLER MAYFLY, Feather bender style

Hook - Mustad size 10 3XL
Thread - Olive 6/0 Uni
Tail - Moose body hair
Wing - Mallard flank
Body - Moose mane, 1 black 2 brown/cream
Hackle - Grizzly
Wing - Deer body hairView attachment 1641238073View attachment 1641238074

Haven’t seen this pattern before. Very nice.

 

[nfrechet]

D-Rib Wally Wing Caddis Pupa

Hook - Curved
Bead - Tungsten or brass
Additional weight - Lead Free Wire .015
Thread - Tan
Under body - Orange holographic tinsel
Over body - Orange d-rib/v-rib/magic stretch etc
Thorax - Brown dubbing
Wally Wings - Brown hen hackle
Collar - Brown dubbing

Fly Tying Tutorial: D-Rib Wally Wing Caddis Pupa - YouTube

 

[nfrechet]

Rock Candy Caddis

Hook - Curved
Head - Black bead
Thread - Black
Ribbing - Black wire
Back - Green thin skin or substitute
Abdomen - Green braid
Thorax - Synthetic peacock dubbing

101 Favorite Nymphs and Wet Flies: History, Tying Tips, and Fishing Strategies - David Klausmeyer

 

[Ftyer]

One for a friend who's off chasing marlin with the fly rod.

 

[poopdeck]

Haven’t seen this pattern before. Very nice.

Thank you.

 

[hooker-of-men]

 

[nfrechet]

High Priestess

Hook - Wet fly
Thread - Black
Tip - Orange floss
Tail - Orange over gray over blue duck or goose quill segments, married
Ribbing - Yellow floss, corded
Body - Black floss
Hackle - Yellow hackle fibers
Wing - Orange over blue over yellow duck or goose quill segments, married
Cheeks - Blue hackle tip

Instagram Photo

 

[nfrechet]

Gray Knight

Fred Kline

Hook - Wet
Thread - White under floss body; black head
Tip - Gold oval tinsel
Ribbing - Gold oval tinsel
Hackle - Guinea hen
Wing - Slate gray duck or goose quill segment

Instagram Photo

 

[nfrechet]

Spider

Hook - Wet fly
Thread - White under floss body, Black head
Tip - Gold tinsel
Body - Light blue floss
Hackle - Furnace
Hackle - Black
Wing - Brown turkey

Authors Note

Also made dark gray floss body, black hackle, dark gray turkey wing.

Also made yellow dubbing body, mallard hackle.

Amateur Tyer's Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth

 

[goose54cdd]

Spider

Hook - Wet fly
Thread - White under floss body, Black head
Tip - Gold tinsel
Body - Light blue floss
Hackle - Furnace
Hackle - Black
Wing - Brown turkey

Authors Note

Also made dark gray floss body, black hackle, dark gray turkey wing.

Also made yellow dubbing body, mallard hackle.

Amateur Tyer's Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth

Norm, do you fish these classics or just tie them for the sake of art? Just wondering. I tied a few and then I didn't want to fish them, hahaha!

 

[nfrechet]

i just tie them for my pleasure and for all tyers to view them

 

[nfrechet]

Volunteer

Hook - Wet fly
Thread - White under floss body, Black head
Tip - Gold tinsel
Tail - Red duck or goose quill segments
Ribbing - Gold tinsel
Hackle - Green
Wing - Golden pheasant tippet

Trout - Ray Bergman

 

[hooker-of-men]

Half and half-ish

Maybe it's a juvenile mackerel? Maybe it's a juvenile herring? Maybe you shouldn't ask so many damned questions.

 

[salmo]

MUDDLER MAYFLY, Feather bender style

Hook - Mustad size 10 3XL
Thread - Olive 6/0 Uni
Tail - Moose body hair
Wing - Mallard flank
Body - Moose mane, 1 black 2 brown/cream
Hackle - Grizzly
Wing - Deer body hairView attachment 1641238073View attachment 1641238074

I love quill body flies.

 

[nfrechet]

Plath

Hook - Wet fly
Thread - Black
Tip - Silver tinsel
Tail - Scarlet
Body - Green dubbing
Hackle - Scarlet
Wing - Gray turkey

Amateurs Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth

 

[Mashbill]

Jeff Blood’s “blood dot“
#12 heavy wire scud

Maybe some rain next week…. Hoping.

 

[poopdeck]

I love quill body flies.

Same here but those are moose mane bodies.

 

[nfrechet]

Yankee

Hook - Wet fly
Thread - Black
Tail - White
Ribbing - Silver tinsel
Body - Blue dubbing or floss
Hackle - Scarlet
Wing - White duck or goose quill segments

Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth

 

[KELORGO]

Blow Torches