What Are You Tying Today?

[goose54cdd]

They really look great!

It is a blend of approximately 60% trilobal Antron and 40% Nylon yarn.

Where do you buy it?

 

[6xAdams(Jones)]

It's been one of those nights. 😳

5-6 dozen or so flies and the train has officially gone off the tracks. 😂

This photo says you're more than a hobbyist. 🙂

 

[KELORGO]

My first and second attempts at Jim Finn’s Golden Retriever:

 

[mt_flyfisher]

Where do you buy it?

I’m not sure if that particular brand is sold in stores these days, but you can find it on EBay, Etsy and perhaps other places online. I also believe that Byron’s original pattern was tied in pink, rather than cream as earlier pictured.

Here’s a copy of an informative post about it that he made about it on another forum awhile back that you might also be interested in.

 

[goose54cdd]

I’m not sure if that particular brand is sold in stores these days, but you can find it on EBay, Etsy and perhaps other places online. I also believe that Byron’s original pattern was tied in pink, rather than cream as earlier pictured.

Here’s a copy of an informative post about it that he made about it on another forum awhile back that you might also be interested in.

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Thank You! I just looked on Ebay and you can buy skeins of Dazzelaire. The trouble is unless you know exactly what colors you want you'll be loaded with skeins of the yarn.

 

[mt_flyfisher]

Thank You! I just looked on Ebay and you can buy skeins of Dazzelaire. The trouble is unless you know exactly what colors you want you'll be loaded with skeins of the yarn.

True. Just buy some Antron dubbing then.

 

[hooker-of-men]

More headstands. #8

 

[nfrechet]

The Farmy

Hook - Gaelic Supreme Mike Martinek Rangeley Streamer hook 6x or substitute
Thread - Black
Tag - Silver flat tinsel
Body - Red floss
Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel
Belly - White bucktail
Wing - 2 light dun hackles flanked by grizzly hackle
Shoulder - Light mallard flank
Cheek - Jungle c0ck

Author's Note

The Farmy was created and named for the beloved Farmington River in Connecticut. The Farmington is located in northern Connecticut and is a tributary of the Connecticut River. The river is the only river to flow in all four cardinal directions in the Northern Hemisphere. A few notable pools on the Farmington include Boneyard, School Bus Pool and Satan’s Kingdom.

Originated by Alan Petrucci

Streamers365 - Vol 1 - Darren MacEachern

 

[Kms]

First attempt, early black fly larvae on partridge K4A #20. I think the 0.2mm wire is too thick.

 

[hooker-of-men]

Clouser Cray on a #6 Fulling Mill Streamer Stripper. Wide gap, but I'm trying to keep the actual fly profile small

 

[hooker-of-men]

Another headstand color as well.

 

[Ewanflyfish]

Another headstand color as well.
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those look real nice, especially like that dubbing around the head chain.

 

[hooker-of-men]

those look real nice, especially like that dubbing around the head chain.

Thanks, my dude!

 

[5footfenwick]

My first and second attempts at Jim Finn’s Golden Retriever:
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These look great! They will catch fish for sure. 👍

If I may add my two cents. If you feel up to it. Try a couple just a little less dressed, with a little more of the red popping through on the body. Not only does this give you two color variant options, but the original fly has a fairly red body. More than most I see tied. With seemingly fairly sparce tan. Kinda of the cool thing about it. Not a lot of guys really tie it right, so it always seems to work, even in pressured water, even if fishing right behind a guy throwing an all tan golden retriever.

~5footfenwick

 

[nfrechet]

Cut Lips

Hook - Gaelic Supreme Mike Martinek Rangeley Streamer 6xl or substitute
Thread - White under floss; black head
Tail - Blue dun hackle
Body - Lavender silk
Rib - Silver flat tinsel
Throat - Blue dun hackle fibers
Wing - 2 olive hackles flanked by dun hackles
Eye - Jungle ****

Originated by Lew Oatman

Author's Note

As much as it sounds like an unfortunate accident with a wayward back cast and an unsuspecting passerby, the Cut Lips streamer is named for one of the minnow species Mr. Oatman studied. His observations of the natural prey items of trout became the basis for a series of streamers he designed which included plump tapered bodies and colors that matched the natural minnows. The cut lips minnow is a dark colored fish and has a range that includes the renowned Battenkill in Vermont and New York state’s Ausable River. The streamer is most successful in the habitat of the minnow, that being rapid flows, white water and beneath waterfalls.

Streamers365 - Vol 2 - Darren MacEachern

 

[KELORGO]

These look great! They will catch fish for sure. 👍

If I may add my two cents. If you feel up to it. Try a couple just a little less dressed, with a little more of the red popping through on the body. Not only does this give you two color variant options, but the original fly has a fairly red body. More than most I see tied. With seemingly fairly sparce tan. Kinda of the cool thing about it. Not a lot of guys really tie it right, so it always seems to work, even in pressured water, even if fishing right behind a guy throwing an all tan golden retriever.

~5footfenwick

Ha, I’m ahead of you. I tied one today just as you describe. My son was rocking the stockies on one I tied the other day, and I had some that I purchased up in Maine that had more of the red under thread showing, so I tied one like them tonight! You are right, Jim’s original allows more of the red to show. It probably simulates the gills on a bait fish.

 

[Mwo10mwo]

Ha, I’m ahead of you. I tied one today just as you describe. My son was rocking the stockies on one I tied the other day, and I had some that I purchased up in Maine that had more of the red under thread showing, so I tied one like them tonight! You are right, Jim’s original allows more of the red to show. It probably simulates the gills on a bait fish.

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Really nice flies!

 

[Mwo10mwo]

Filling out a size 14 dry fly box for a gift and tying for the upcoming nymph swap! The dry fly box from top to bottom: Elk Hair Caddis, Coniver, Adams, Royal Wuff, Michigans, and this weekend I will be tying the bottom row with a TBD fly. I bought a ton of different hook brands including Gamakatsu, Saber, Tiemco, Mustad, and Daiichi to see which I liked best, and the Gamakatsu hooks are for sure the sharpest, but the vintage Mustad's are hard to beat!

Last fly is "Finn's Inch" meant to imitate an inchworm tied onto Fulling Mill sz 16 2x wide and 2x short.

 

[KELORGO]

Really nice flies!

Thanks, M. Very easy to tie and very effective!

 

[nfrechet]

Mickey Doodle

Hook - Partridge CS15 #4 or substitute
Thread - Black
Body - Silver flat tinsel
Belly - Yellow bucktail
Throat - Yellow hackle fibers
Wing - 2 red hackles flanked by yellow hackle
Shoulder - Red hen back
Eye - Jungle c0ck
Head - Black (with orange band) (optional)

Author's Note

Red and yellow was a popular color combination of Mrs. Stevens' day, and judging by the continued success of the Mickey Finn, it still remains popular in the modern age. Mickey’s Ghost (#156) is a pattern designed by Mike Martinek Jr. which also pays homage to the most famous of bucktails. Mrs. Stevens’ Mickey Doodle is quite similar to a Canadian version of the Mickey Finn which calls for a married wing of red and yellow goose.

Originated by Carrie Stevens

Streamers365 - Vol 2 - Darren MacEachern