jamieofthenorth

49 minutes ago, SBPatt said:

Nice fly.  Charlie Craven’s Hi-Viz spinner has worked well for me for years; easy to tie, easy to see, floats well, catches fish.

 

Regards,

Scott

Thanks Scott!!! I may have to try that one. Much appreciated. 

Wally Wing Spinner

Hook: TMC 101, Size 12

Tail: Tan Microfibbits

Abdomen: Stripped Badger Quill

Thorax: Brown dubbing

Wings: Mallard flank

Notes: I am hoping to fish more evenings this season in hopes of catching of spinner falls, so I plan to tie a variety of other spinner patterns as well soon and experiment with what works best. 

Nice ones, folks!!! @zip, great looking bug. 

I have some of those plastic-y fake jungle cock feathers... they are pretty cheap looking and not really worth it, IMO. Tied a few flies with them and it immediately sparked a memory of when I was a little kid and my mom would buy some supermarket brand knockoff of my favorite cereal. 

Hillmap.com is also quite useful. It does a split screen and allows several different map options for each side. When you scroll or position on one side, it mirrors the motions on the other. Really handy for cross referencing satellite and topo. 

Alright, who else is getting it? With the days getting noticeably longer and the temperatures presently being somewhat mild, I can't help being antsy for opening day on April 1st! I've tied more flies this past winter than any other winter by far, looking forward to putting them to good use more regularly. 

1 hour ago, Upstate said:

My little corner of the basement 

 

Nice set-up! I'm a big fan of Darn Tough socks. 

Just your simple, run-of-the-mill Olive Woolly Bugger, size 6. 

Tail: Olive maribou, two strands of Krystalflash on each side. 

Body: Olive chenille, .20 pseudo lead underbody. 

Hackle: Olive grizzly 

Head: Brass conehead, 5mm

All this bourbon talk has me excited that it's the Friday before a week off... lot's of tying (and bourbon) in the days ahead! 

@SBPatt and @zip - Great looking flies, gentlemen! 

@Moshup @upstatetrout @Sandan On point with the Catskill style flies, nice work guys! 

13 minutes ago, Poopdeck said:

THREE!  Like a tootsie pop.

Ha ha ha! 😆

Glad to see this thread pop back up. It's one of my favorites on my site. Love seeing everyone else's set ups and I think many others do as well. Please post a pic if you haven't already!

Blue Wing Olive

Hook: TMC 100, size 18

Tail: Dun 

Body: Olive super fine dubbing

Hackle: Dun 

Notes: Simple pattern, yet with the batch I tied I kept making minor mistakes, but of the variety that the trout/salmon probably won't notice the difference, but we do. 

I think I'd accidentally snip off a fingertip if I tried that! Always nice to see the top dawgs having some fun. 

Awesome!!! Looks great. I would love to buy a copy. FWIW, I self-published a running book several years ago. I quickly discovered how much marketing work was needed to drive sales and I totally underestimated that. However, it was a great experience and pocketing a modest amount of coin in the process was a fun bonus. Best of luck! 

1 hour ago, flytire said:

 

Copper John

 

Hook - 2X heavy, 2X long nymph or streamer hook, sizes 10-20

Bead - Gold or copper

Weight - .015 lead/lead free wire

Thread - Black, brown, red or your choice

Tail - Brown goose or turkey biots

Abdomen - Copper wire

Wing case (top) - Pearl flashabou

Wing case (bottom) - Strip of black thin skin

Thorax - Peacock herl

Legs - Speckled brown hen hackle, Hungarian partridge etc

UV Resin

Very solid. I'm especially impressed with the finesse wrapping of the smaller gauge copper wire for the ab. I always go with a size up just because it's easier to get the touching wraps to behave, but the smaller like you did looks better, IMO. 

19 hours ago, Scarface Z said:

Trying to learn featherwing streamers. This latest attempt was supposed to be a young brook trout.

body - gold tinsel
throat - white schlappen
belly - orange and white bucktail
underwing - golden pheasant crest 
wing - red and olive saddle hackle
shoulder - ringneck pheasant body feather dyed olive
eye - ringneck pheasant flank feather dyed yellow

Nice one! 

G

Green Lightning Bug Nymph

Hook: Size 14, 2XL

Tail: Pheasant tail

Abdomen: Green flat tinsel

Ribbing: Silver wire

Thorax: Peacock over .15 pseudo lead

Wing casing: Flashabou

Wings: Pheasant tail

Head: Gold tungsten

Notes: Inspiration from Flagler's recent video. Went with green instead of his silver to better match what works in my local waters. 

Another Jamie! Sorry, I've got nothing else to add. Bourbon induced post. 🙂

@SBPatt Solid work! 

A variety of nymphs, all size #20. 

@Upstate Nice ones! 

Tungsten Soft Hackle Pheasant Tail Nymph

Hook: TMC 5262, size 16

Underbody: .15 pseudo lead

Tail: Pheasant tail

Abdomen: Pheasant tail

Ribbing: Copper wire

Thorax: Peacock hurl

Hackle: Hungarian Partridge

Bead: Tungsten

Notes: Pretty easy and fun tie; very effective to boot. Hermes, as usual, pretty much only likes to be nearby when I'm tying flies. Surprisingly, he's never showed interest in the feathers or any other materials. 

Looks great Cool set-up. I like the fold-down desk.