What Are You Tying Today?

[JimNovo]

It’s so cold outside this morning that what started out as soft hackles soon turned into little stones.

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That’s beautiful. How do you tie the body?

 

[mt_flyfisher]

That’s beautiful. How do you tie the body?

Thanks. That’s a woven body with brown and yellow floss.

 

[JimNovo]

Thanks. That’s a woven body with brown and yellow floss.

That’s cool!

 

[nfrechet]

Lucas Special

Hook - Single Salmon
Thread - Black
Tip - Silver tinsel
Ribbing - Gold tinsel
Body - Chartreuse floss
Throat - Blue hackle
Under wing - Chartreuse floss
Wing - Gray squirrel
Collar - Chartreuse chenille

There are multiple versions of the recipe on the internet.

Some with krystal flash under wing, some with a tail and others with green hackle throat.

 

[lars]

some sort of flashy stonefly stimulator nymph kinda thing.

Daiichi 1270 #10
black thread
yellow goose biot tail
gold mylar w/gold oval tinsel body
partridge mid hackle
peacock thorax
yellow goose biot horns

 

[nfrechet]

Blue Jeans

Hook - Single salmon
Thread - White
Tip - Silver tinsel
Tag Aqua blue uni stretch
Tail - Blue hackle
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Royal blue floss
Throat - Blue hackle
Wing - Purple squirrel tail

From an Internet Photo

 

[lprudente]

Complex Twist Bugger
Tail- brown olive marabou w/root beer crystal flash
Body- polar chenille UV olive brown, brown grizzly and olive grizzly hackles twisted together
Bead- insta-jig/inverting tungsten gold

 

[wbranch]

Red Quill spinners

 

[wbranch]

Grannoms

 

[salmo]

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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Roast? Keep tying my friend!!

 

[JimNovo]

Gifts for streamer swap participants.
Baby brown trout, size 6.

 

[JimNovo]

Red Quill spinners

Materials in this please….

 

[MJMFlyfisher]

Sulphur Nymph

I use two basic sulphur nymph patterns. This style, with a UTC vinyl abdomen and medallion sheeting wing case...and the other Rothrock style with a dubbed color matched body and goose quill wing case.
(If I'm feeling lazy and want to knock out a bunch of useable flies I'll use the same medallion sheeting wing case with the full dubbed fly because its quicker and easier to work with.)
These are a little fancier but I've been leaning more on these vinyl ribbed abdomen style smaller nymphs because I think they just look more "alive" with the translucent and segmented bodies.

Hook - #16 2XL of your choice. That makes a finished body to the head of about 8.5- 9mm which puts it at the top end of the invaria and close enough to the slightly larger rotunda so it covers you close enough for both.
You can also alter this pattern for the later smaller dorothea by altering the hook (18 2xl) and the material slightly.
Thread - Brown 18/0 Semperfli Nano Silk
Abdomen - UTC vinyl in "Tan" and in the "nymph" size. (Use the "Midge" size for the #18's)
Sulphur nymphs are a very basic brownish/tanish dirt color with hints of olive and amber.
You can also make some darker versions using the same material but in UTC "Brown" color.
Underbody - "Dark brown" 8/0 Uni thread. (I whip the 18/0 thread off after tying in the tails and vinyl. Then use a second bobbin with the 8/0 uni to build a tapered darker underbody....and then swap back to the 18/0 to finish the fly after the underbody is built. I do this for three reasons.....the uni is darker, CHEAPER, and builds up the underbody quicker.....and the 18/0 just makes for a cleaner less bulky fly as the primary tying thread. It's worth the flip flop. If you haven't tied with 18/0 nano silk on your smaller flies......it can be a game changer.
Tails and legs - Wood duck flank. I look for the next level up in barring on the feathers from my baetis nymphs. About 12 fibers or so for each leg side and tail. I make the tails and the legs the same length as the visible abdomen.
Thorax - Ligas Ultra Translucent #35 "Medium Hares ear" which is really a dark brown with hints of amber and olive color. Give it a slight brush and trim any crazy hairs.
Wingcase - Dark dun "medallion sheeting". A thin layer of medium solarez UV to build up just a bit more bulk and sheen. Sulphur naturals are stocky little guys with squared shoulders so I try to square the thorax just shy of the head vs say a more tapered teardrop look of a baetis.

 

[JMP]

Woven brown stonefly nymphs
1. Lead free wire .015
2. Tails - goose biots
3. Abdomen two shades of brown embroidery thread
4. Legs - Lively Legs
5. Thorax - brown dubbing
6. Wing cases - burned pheasant feathers

 

[JMP]

With the cold weather, I tied a dozen each of peacock and purple blow torch flies, size 16. I have never fished these, but have recently read several articles regarding their success.

 

[hooker-of-men]

Frenchies and friends.