What Are You Tying Today?

[Trails and trout]

What Are You Tying Today 2025?

Small Beatis nymph this morning and tons of pheasant tails, frenchies and and waltz worms and I’ve been working on a sort of guide choice waltz worm type thing

 

[HoboWithAFlyRod]

Bunny bullet sculpin, from a troutbitten youtube video. Needs some work.

 

[sandflyx]

small mouth flys

 

[mt_flyfisher]

I saw this pattern on Blue Ribbon Flies weekly newsletter. It’s a combination of several well known patterns, and is called the Delektable ‘Lil Spankler, with just enough flash to make it, I guess, Delektable.

 

[nfrechet]

Red Horse

Lew Oatman

Hook - 6xl, size 6-8
Thread - Black
Tail - The tips of 2 yellow hackles, on each side of which is an orange hackle, all the same length and very short
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - White wool, slightly tapered
Throat - Same as the tail
Wing - 2 olive green saddle hackles, on each side of which is a gray blue dun saddle hackle, all of the same length and extending well beyond the tail
Cheeks - Jungle c0ck

Streamer Fly Tying & Fishing - Joseph D Bates JR

 

[hooker-of-men]

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Red Horse

Lew Oatman

Hook - 6xl, size 6-8
Thread - Black
Tail - The tips of 2 yellow hackles, on each side of which is an orange hackle, all the same length and very short
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - White wool, slightly tapered
Throat - Same as the tail
Wing - 2 olive green saddle hackles, on each side of which is a gray blue dun saddle hackle, all of the same length and extending well beyond the tail
Cheeks - Jungle c0ck

Streamer Fly Tying & Fishing - Joseph D Bates JR

Cool looking wing.

 

[bdhoover77]

One of my goals/hopes for the year is to try to catch a carp. So with that in mind, I tried tying a few carp nymphs this afternoon.

 

[Mwo10mwo]

Zebra midges to fish tomorrow. The last one is my first attempt at a sexy Walt's worm.

 

[nfrechet]

Cool looking wing.

👍👍

 

[BruceC2C]

ThinMint
Hybrid-Craven & Galloup

 

[nfrechet]

Binns Streamer

Hook - Streamer
Thread - Black
Tail - Red over white duck or goose quills sections
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Flat silver tinsel (sometimes yellow wool is used)
Throat - Red and white hackle, mixed
Wing - Strip of white goose married between 2 sections of yellow goose
Shoulder - Guinea hen breast feathers

Created by Frier Guilline

Forgotten Flies - Schmookler and Sils

 

[lars]

Binns Streamer

Hook - Streamer
Thread - Black
Tail - Red over white duck or goose quills sections
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Flat silver tinsel (sometimes yellow wool is used)
Throat - Red and white hackle, mixed
Wing - Strip of white goose married between 2 sections of yellow goose
Shoulder - Guinea hen breast feathers

Created by Frier Guilline

Forgotten Flies - Schmookler and Sils

very nice!

a little off subject, i noticed the reference to Schmookler and Sils which reminded me that i met Paul and Ingrid many years ago and at that time i was doing engraving work. i created and engraved this salmon fly with his signature back then.

 

[Beweav]

I tied up a bunch of these today for the Streamer Swap. It's a perfect day to tie!

 

[Kms]

Had never tied a squirmy wormy and learned they’re notoriously fragile as the attaching them with either thread (which cuts them) or glue (which dissolves/weakens them) compromises the worm. As every tying guide I could find relied on one method, the other or both, I came up with my own twist based on the wacky worm rig that employs neither, using glass beads and (my new favorite!) #12 Mustad 33937 popper hooks.

I threaded the worm through the bead, tied a knot on each side to secure it, slid the bead into the hook without penetrating the worm, and locked the bead into the bend in the popper hook using cross wraps.

As the smooth glass beads won’t cut the worm, the worm material maintains its full (albeit meager) strength, and unless a fish bites off a knot at least one side of the worm should remain intact and securely attached. There’s also plenty of space to add a heavy bead to the front if desired.

Bonus: materials were ridiculously cheap.

 

[JimNovo]

Had never tied a squirmy wormy and learned they’re notoriously fragile as the attaching them with either thread (which cuts them) or glue (which dissolves/weakens them) compromises the worm. As every tying guide I could find relied on one method, the other or both, I came up with my own twist based on the wacky worm rig that employs neither, using glass beads and (my new favorite!) #12 Mustad 33937 popper hooks.

I threaded the worm through the bead, tied a knot on each side to secure it, slid the bead into the hook without penetrating the worm, and locked the bead into the bend in the popper hook using cross wraps.

As the smooth glass beads won’t cut the worm, the worm material maintains its full (albeit meager) strength, and unless a fish bites off a knot at least one side of the worm should remain intact and securely attached. There’s also plenty of space to add a heavy bead to the front if desired.

Bonus: materials were ridiculously cheap.

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I Gotta try your idea!!

 

[41FanForLife]

We tied a few of these at class last Thursday. . My first try on my own at home. I'm starting to see how tying is just as addictive as the fly fishing.

 

[Kms]

I Gotta try your idea!!

Thx, hope it works for you. I tried several methods but didn’t like any of them - this approach is easier and seems rock solid. Here’s a picture of the tying part on a blue worm that’s easier to see than the yellow one above. You don’t actually need to make nearly so many wraps, as the bead is firmly locked in place after the first two or three.

 

[GoldenRfly]

Since “worm postings” are popular today, I’ll add: these are my first attempts at tying Pink Worms.
I look forward to trying them.