What Are You Tying Today?

[dudemanspecial]

I don't like beadhead nymphs. I think they are ugly. Pretty rare that I tie one. After resisting the urge for a few years, I decided to tie up some of these new fangled perdigons to see what all the fuss is about.......

Don't worry, I'll make sure no one is looking when I tie one on. 😉

 

[sandflyx]

rag sculpins

 

[sandflyx]

night mare night crawler

 

[nfrechet]

Secret Pool No. 1

Tail - Golden pheasant tippet
Body - Peacock herl butt and shoulder with gold tinsel center
Hackle - Claret
Wing - Slate with jungle ****

Trout - Ray Bergman

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[derkoberko]

My fly on top, inspiration on the bottom. "Daily fly" from Fly Fish Food.

 

[hooker-of-men]

night mare night crawler

I have no idea what's going on here, and I like that.

 

[hooker-of-men]

 

[nfrechet]

Iron Blue Quill

Tail - Dark iron blue hackle
Body - Dark iron blue quill
Hackle - Dark iron blue hackle
Wing - Dark slate

Trout - Ray Bergman

 

[Mashbill]

#12 March Brown. I’ve found the MBs on the East Branch of the Delaware to be Smokey tan, with very distinct ribbing & mottled wing. I wonder if the Trouts do ….

 

[nfrechet]

White Water

Tail - Golden pheasant tippets
Body - White ostrich herl - green silk center
Hackle - Light blue gray
Wing - Grouse*

* I used hen pheasant

Trout - Ray Bergman

 

[Mashbill]

#12 Peacock herl Grannom soft hackle

 

[nfrechet]

Wanderer

Tip - Gold or silver tinsel
Tail - Barred mandarin
Ribbibg - Gold or silver tinsel
Body - Amber wool
Hackle - Badger gray
Wing - Black or brown feather - white tip

Trout - Ray Bergman

 

[wbranch]

Size 14 cdc caddis emerger

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Lovely fly - very similar to a LaFontaine Sparkle Pupa - but nicer.

 

[mr7183]

Partridge and Yellow

 

[wbranch]

Size 14 cdc caddis emerger

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I floated with a guy last year and he did very well with this fly. He called it a ""Double Bubble". It was during Hendrickson time. Maybe it was taken as an emerging dun. Or maybe as a caddis. I tied a bunch with two CDC bubbles and an equal number with a single bubble. With the single it might be more aptly called a Loop Wing emerger. I tied them on Tiemco 100 in #14 & #16.

 

[nfrechet]

Willow

Tip - Gold tinsel
Body - Olive gray silk floss
Hackle - Brown
Wing - Dark slate

Trout - Ray Bergman

 

[JimNovo]

I floated with a guy last year and he did very well with this fly. He called it a ""Double Bubble". It was during Hendrickson time. Maybe it was taken as an emerging dun. Or maybe as a caddis. I tied a bunch with two CDC bubbles and an equal number with a single bubble. With the single it might be more aptly called a Loop Wing emerger. I tied them on Tiemco 100 in #14 & #16.

Is one bubble on top of the other bubble?

 

[wbranch]

Is one bubble on top of the other bubble?

No, one bubble is tied in at the bend and tied off at mid point on the fly. Then another CDC feather is attached, dub the rest of the abdomen, then pull it over. If some cdc fibers are wild just leave them. It makes the fly buggier. The body is natural rough rabbit. Enlarged like this makes it look kinda ugly. But in a #16 it looks like something a trout will jump all over.

 

[wbranch]

Willow

Tip - Gold tinsel
Body - Olive gray silk floss
Hackle - Brown
Wing - Dark slate

Trout - Ray Bergman

Perfect head. Is it multiple lacquer coatings or UV?

 

[Ewanflyfish]

Smoke Wagon