What Are You Tying Today?

[JimNovo]

Very slick. Recipe/pattern/instructions?

-Size 14 dry fly hook
-UTC70 Rusty Brown thread
-Tie in 4 fibbets and split using a short bit of tying thread.
-Tie in two stands of Coats and Clark polyester thread (two colors 280 and 545) leaving the tag ends free by the tail.
-Grasp the thread with hackle pliers and spin to make a single striped thread, then wrap forward to make a segmented body and tie off.
-Tie in a thin piece of 1mm foam leaving the tag facing the tail.
-Tie in wing material. I use a mix of EP Trigger fibers and some stripped Organza for strength.
-Dub in a thorax using Rusty brown superfine dubbing.
-Pull the foam strip over the thorax and whip finish making sure to keep the eye clear.

Yes this fly is heavily influenced by materials from the Walmart sewing, I mean fly tying section. The thread will sink it a bit, but the foam will keep it in the film.

 

[lars]

learning to tie Barry Ord Clarke's ragworm streamer. fly has incredible action/motion as the body of the streamer is 4 ply 200 dernier gelspun thread - no hook shank. quite a lot of dubbing loop work for this pattern.

 

[Jmac]

Antron Pupa

 

[Broodstock]

Thread body Rusty Spinner.
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that looks like a super duper dry. i'd love to tie some of these up, would do well in 18/20 for olives, and 12/14/16 for slate drakes

 

[JimNovo]

that looks like a super duper dry. i'd love to tie some of these up, would do well in 18/20 for olives, and 12/14/16 for slate drakes

I use this “style” for small olive and Sulphur parachutes….as well as bigger ISOs and Hendricksons. Walmart has a great selection of Coats and Clark thread. Polyester if you want it to sink, nylon if you want it to float.

I think I’m spot burning Walmart!

 

[HoboWithAFlyRod]

My attempt at a pheasant rump muddler. This is like the second fly with a deer hair head I’ve ever tied. It’s hard.

 

[TheFarBankIsAlwaysBetter]

Making a streamer box for smallmouth tonight. Full pint and meat whistle variations.

 

[Jmac]

My first ever fly, did my own take on a wooly bugger.. not even sure if I used the right material. The head is a mess, but we will see if it catches fish. You can roast me all you want.
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Looks like a slate drake wiggle nymph. Thats actually not bad and pretty appetizing for your first tie

 

[Jmac]

Antron black ice dub bubble pupa

 

[Hackle]

Of topic but does anyone know anything about the court case to determine access along spruce creek and rothrock state forest by colerain park. Author Mark nale apparently did an article about it in outdoor life, but I don't have a subscription to read it.

 

[Jmac]

size 18 black antron caddis pupa

 

[lars]

a school of black nose dace. thunder creek style

Mustad #6 36620
Black thread
Embossed silver tinsel body
Brown/white bucktail with black bear wing
Fire Orange thread Collar
FTD fisch eyes

 

[JimNovo]

a school of black nose dace. thunder creek style

Mustad #6 36620
Black thread
Embossed silver tinsel body
Brown/white bucktail with black bear wing
Fire Orange thread Collar
FTD fisch eyes


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Beautiful!!

 

[bdhoover77]

Size 20 and 22 midges. I’ve been tying up a lot of unweighted midges and small beatis flies this winter. I am itching to get out on the water.

 

[JimNovo]

Size 20 and 22 midges. I’ve been tying up a lot of unweighted midges and small beatis flies this winter. I am itching to get out on the water.

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Those have a great look…what type of thread do you use?

 

[bdhoover77]

Those have a great look…what type of thread do you use?

I was using Veevus 8/0 thread in olive brown for the body, brown micro stretch tubing for the rib, and black 8/0 Uni thread for the head.