What Are You Tying Today?
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JimNovo
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Whatever you call it…that looks like it will catch fish!
hooker-of-men
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Some smaller cdc caddis in pink and green
hooker-of-men
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Playing all the angles on these materials.
Coastal deer, CDC, z lon klink
Coastal deer, CDC, z lon klink
MJMFlyfisher
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March Brown
This is a pretty basic perky dry pattern that is intended for a little more riffly / run broken type water but will also work on the flat.
Seriously nothing special, just a pretty cool combo of materials to get there and it's what I was tying last night trying to fill some holes. I'll post a "cripple" version another day when I'm tying a few.
Hook - #10 std or 2xl dry fly of your choice. (Finished body should be between 14-16mm) This one as shown is almost 16mm to the front of the finished head on a 2xl
Hackle - Its a golden brown / olivey sort of dyed grizzly. Just makes a perfect tone and speckling on the finished fly vs the standard mix of brown/ grizzly. I like it. LOL
Body - Fred Reese's Poly Silk dubbing #7 "March Brown" , Naturals are pretty golden when viewed from below so this might look lighter than some other March Brown dries you've seen.
Wings - EP Trigger Point fibers "March Brown" color
Tails - Brown Micro-fibbets - 5 to a side tied split
Thread - UTC 70 / Tan
Tied split wing , brushed out and trimmed to shape. The Puglisi trigger point stuff is a pretty nifty material. Doesn't absorb water and is super light. The "March Brown" color I think is intended to be used for the body but is darker than I like when wrapped and makes a better wing color. Some of the other colors he has are great for wrapped bodies though....particularly the sulphur colors.
2 hackles - leaning on a size #8 to stabilize the wings. Approx 4 wraps per hackle behind and front of the wings. Don't wrap through the wings. Finally trimmed underneath to within about 1/8 of the body to let it sit a little flatter and more level.
This is a pretty basic perky dry pattern that is intended for a little more riffly / run broken type water but will also work on the flat.
Seriously nothing special, just a pretty cool combo of materials to get there and it's what I was tying last night trying to fill some holes. I'll post a "cripple" version another day when I'm tying a few.
Hook - #10 std or 2xl dry fly of your choice. (Finished body should be between 14-16mm) This one as shown is almost 16mm to the front of the finished head on a 2xl
Hackle - Its a golden brown / olivey sort of dyed grizzly. Just makes a perfect tone and speckling on the finished fly vs the standard mix of brown/ grizzly. I like it. LOL
Body - Fred Reese's Poly Silk dubbing #7 "March Brown" , Naturals are pretty golden when viewed from below so this might look lighter than some other March Brown dries you've seen.
Wings - EP Trigger Point fibers "March Brown" color
Tails - Brown Micro-fibbets - 5 to a side tied split
Thread - UTC 70 / Tan
Tied split wing , brushed out and trimmed to shape. The Puglisi trigger point stuff is a pretty nifty material. Doesn't absorb water and is super light. The "March Brown" color I think is intended to be used for the body but is darker than I like when wrapped and makes a better wing color. Some of the other colors he has are great for wrapped bodies though....particularly the sulphur colors.
2 hackles - leaning on a size #8 to stabilize the wings. Approx 4 wraps per hackle behind and front of the wings. Don't wrap through the wings. Finally trimmed underneath to within about 1/8 of the body to let it sit a little flatter and more level.
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Kms
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Very cool
Beweav
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I saw someone tie a “soft hackle” bugger and thought it looked fun.
Size 6 streamer hook
I used India Hen back for everything except the front which is a bit larger saddle hackle.
Did anyone ever have success with a pattern like this?
Size 6 streamer hook
I used India Hen back for everything except the front which is a bit larger saddle hackle.
Did anyone ever have success with a pattern like this?
JimNovo
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What is your split wing made of? EP fibers??
MJMFlyfisher
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Yes. Its a little on the pricey side but a nice and easy to work with material that doesn't get bogged down. I have a bunch of the colors and really like it. Lt Dun for Sulphur wings, Dark for Hendricksons etc.
I just saw I missed "Wings" in my post LOL ...went back and edited!
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Silver Butcher
Hook - Single Salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Red duck or goose quill segments
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Flat silver tinsel
Hackle - Blue
Wings - Black duck or goose quill segments
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Bastian Emerger sz 14
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Female Hendrickson Spinner - egg layer
This is about as boring as it gets. 😂
Just another one of my simple getting ready for spring box fillers.
You can actually tie a version of these with a more upright split wing and some hackle and bounce em around in the riffles and pocket water. This one will do a little of both because it's still pretty floaty, but better on the downside of riffles where things smooth out a bit.
Technically that egg sac should be long gone on the natural before they get to this dead stage but I think it still works as a trigger. I swear I heard back in the day of people fishing just yellow tied balls on #24-26 hooks and catching fish? 🤷♂️
Hook - #12 standard or preferably 1x fine light wire dry. This one might be tied on a Tiemco 100.
Tail - medium or dark dun spade hackle. About a dozen or so fibers.
Egg sac - tied separately first. Yellow vevus 8/0 with a bit of dubbed yellow glo bug yarn.
Thread - body is on 12/0 Semperfli nano / brown
Wing - EP Trigger point fibers / light dun
Body - Fred Reese's poly silk #15 cinnamon spinner
Tie the egg sac in first just where the bend of the hook starts down. The front edge of it should be right where you want to start the abdomen.
That little bit of a peek above the hook shank will allow the spade hackle tail to splay out nicely with just a bit of upward kick.
Wings should be just a touch longer than the total body length.
Body length to hook eye is 12mm
The wings are set and flattened and then just a little tiny bit of zap a gap at the butts to hold the wing shape for trimming and fishing. Otherwise they get a little bed head looking.
Finally pick some fibers out of the thorax to give it some dangly legs.
And for giggles I knocked out one of the fast water hackled versions.....same materials except tie the wings 45 upright and add 2 dun colored hackles. Trim underneath a bit in a V so she lands and sits level.
This is about as boring as it gets. 😂
Just another one of my simple getting ready for spring box fillers.
You can actually tie a version of these with a more upright split wing and some hackle and bounce em around in the riffles and pocket water. This one will do a little of both because it's still pretty floaty, but better on the downside of riffles where things smooth out a bit.
Technically that egg sac should be long gone on the natural before they get to this dead stage but I think it still works as a trigger. I swear I heard back in the day of people fishing just yellow tied balls on #24-26 hooks and catching fish? 🤷♂️
Hook - #12 standard or preferably 1x fine light wire dry. This one might be tied on a Tiemco 100.
Tail - medium or dark dun spade hackle. About a dozen or so fibers.
Egg sac - tied separately first. Yellow vevus 8/0 with a bit of dubbed yellow glo bug yarn.
Thread - body is on 12/0 Semperfli nano / brown
Wing - EP Trigger point fibers / light dun
Body - Fred Reese's poly silk #15 cinnamon spinner
Tie the egg sac in first just where the bend of the hook starts down. The front edge of it should be right where you want to start the abdomen.
That little bit of a peek above the hook shank will allow the spade hackle tail to splay out nicely with just a bit of upward kick.
Wings should be just a touch longer than the total body length.
Body length to hook eye is 12mm
The wings are set and flattened and then just a little tiny bit of zap a gap at the butts to hold the wing shape for trimming and fishing. Otherwise they get a little bed head looking.
Finally pick some fibers out of the thorax to give it some dangly legs.
And for giggles I knocked out one of the fast water hackled versions.....same materials except tie the wings 45 upright and add 2 dun colored hackles. Trim underneath a bit in a V so she lands and sits level.
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Terry Murphy
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Conehead Murray’s .
salmo
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What is the wing/post material
