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Oh, I thought you meant Blob Fest!
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Fatal Attractor Hook: Dry Fly Hook, Fulling Mill 5050 or Riberfly 1252 size 8 to 14 Thread: 8/0 or 70 DN, Black or Red Tail: Crystal Flash, Red Body: Ice Dub, Caddis Green Wing: Elk Hair Wing 2: Poly Yarn Hackle: 2 Grizzly Hackles
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Sanchez Biot Bug Hook: Fulling Mill 5045 Jig Force Barbless Hook - 14 Thread: 8/0 UNI-Thread Waxed - yellow Bead: Slotted Tungsten Beads - Copper - 2.4 to 3.2mm Tail: Goose Biots - Brown or Tan Body: Spanflex/Flexi-Floss- yellow Body Alt.: Antron or floss, Yellow Thorax: Squirrel Dubbing - Tan Ribbing: UTC Ultra Wire - Fluorescent Chartreuse - Small Collar: Partridge Feather or CDL Hen Feather
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Caddis Larva Hook: Scud/ Pupa Hook, Firehole 317 Size 16 Thread: 70 DN, Chartreuse Bead: 2.4 Tungsten, Black Body: Life Flex, Chartreuse Rib: Sulky, Black Metallic Collar: SLF Black & Ice Dub blend Coating: UV Finish Thin
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Quill Body Mayfly Hook: Dry Fly Hook, 12 & 14 Thread: Tan 8/0 or 70 DN Tail: CDL Body: Brown Hackle stripped to the quill Hackle: Grizzly
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Henry’s Fork Yellow Sally Hook: Dry Fly Hook, 2XL, Size 14, 16 Thread: Yellow 70 DN Body: Yellow Dry Fly Dubbing Wing: Bleached Deer or Elk Hair Thorax: Yellow Dry Fly Dubbing Hackle: White Dry Fly Hackle Egg Sack (Opt.): Red Yarn
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Favorite non-traditional fly tying material
Fruitrollup replied to BioBlue's topic in Beginner's Corner
Let’s see, 17 yds x 36”/yd / (5”/fly} = 122 flys or so. A whole skein of yarn might make sense if you tie 100’s of flies at a time, share with others or have unlimited storage, but for a new tier, it might be overkill. -
Favorite non-traditional fly tying material
Fruitrollup replied to BioBlue's topic in Beginner's Corner
Keep in mind, unless you are tying a crap load of flies, a lot of the dubbing, skins, feathers, etc. will last a very long time. A 3” square patch of elk hair will tie over 200 elk hair Caddis flies, a packet of SLF squirrel dubbing will tie 300 size 18 to 14 nymphs, a clump of pheasant tail feathers will also tie a couple hundred PT nymphs, etc…hooks are probably the most expensive single consumable component followed by beads in tying trout or bass flies (not counting the exotics for salmon flies and the like.). Pick a fly pattern, buy those materials and become proficient at that fly. Then move to the next pattern. Pretty soon you will have a nice supply of materials you can use. -
Just received some nice jigs in the mail, thanks for the great ties!
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Jawbreaker Jig Hook: 90Deg Jig Hook, Size 2 (Ahrex PR374) Thread: 70 to 140 DN, color to match Tail 1: Marabou Blood Quills, 1x Shank Length Tail 2: Waspi Fly Tail Rib: Copper Wire, Small Body: Metallic Chenille, Gold, Silver, Copper, Black, Olive or White Hackle: Strung Saddle Hackle Legs: Barred Sili Legs Collar: Soft Hackle Head: Large (1/4”) Cone Bead
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Who’s your Foam Daddy Hook: Short Shank #8, Fulling Mill 5075 Thread: 70 DN or 8/0 tan Body: 4mm Tan Upavon HD Foam Cylinder Wing: Saddle Hackle Thorax: Dry Fly Hackle Legs: 6 Knotted Pheasant Legs.
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Mil-Spec Perdigon Hook: Fulling Mill 5027 size 16 - 18 Bead: 2.3 mm silver Thread: 8/0 Uni Thread, Gray/Tan Tail: CDL Rib: Black Sharpie Hot Spot: Thread, Fire Orange Wing Pad: Black Nail Pollish Cover/Finish: Superglue or Solar-Rez thin
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Some Spanish Bullets and Mil-Spec Perdigon will be in the mail tomorrow.
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Nicely tied.