Poopdeck 0 Report post Posted April 9, 2022 A dry fly Hook - Mustad size 14 Thread - 70 ultra, burnt orange Tail - Wood duck Body - Red stripped peacock herl Wing - Pearl red Krystal flash Hackle - Grizzly Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WWKimba 0 Report post Posted April 9, 2022 Doodlebug -This is an attractor tie from Jack Schweigert in 1940. It can be fished wet or dry and on moving or still water situations and is designed to be fished when there are no other flies on the water. Hook - Mustad 94840, 8-10 (can use Mustad 94833 as well) Thread - black Tail - red hackle fibers (can sub red calf tail or red bucktail) Rib - fine flat gold tinsel Underbody -yellow wool yarn (some tyers find success using yellow poly for its added buoyancy) Over Body - peacock herl Wing - woodchuck guard hairs Head - deer hair, tied tight to flair then trimmed to a top-knot Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sessions 0 Report post Posted April 9, 2022 Some pike/musky flys top 2 are tied on 3/0 hooks, bottom 2 5/0 hooks, lol random fly is the 1st fly I ever tied Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chugbug27 0 Report post Posted April 9, 2022 Prince Nymph Hook: #14 nymph hook Thread: Uni 8/0 black Tail: brown goose biots Body: Peacock herl Rib: small gold tinsel Hackle: Rust brown India hen back Wings: White goose biots Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sessions 0 Report post Posted April 9, 2022 Just now, chugbug27 said: Prince Nymph Hook: #14 nymph hook Thread: Uni 8/0 black Tail: brown goose biots Body: Peacock herl Rib: small gold tinsel Hackle: Rust brown India hen back Wings: White goose biots That's awesome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SalarMan 0 Report post Posted April 10, 2022 I am a believer in simplicity...and this fly fills the bill. However...the Mustad 94842 is NOT an up eye hook, only available as a down eye. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chugbug27 0 Report post Posted April 10, 2022 3 hours ago, Sessions said: That's awesome Yours, too. Thanks 22 minutes ago, SalarMan said: I am a believer in simplicity...and this fly fills the bill. However...the Mustad 94842 is NOT an up eye hook, only available as a down eye Thanks Salar, appreciated. Re the hook..., I'm guessing you're thinking of the 94840. 🕺no biggie. I did have a typo by leaving off the hackle, though. It's a cool feather, too, the starling undercovert. Dun with buff yellow tips. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SalarMan 0 Report post Posted April 10, 2022 10 hours ago, chugbug27 said: Yours, too. Thanks Thanks Salar, appreciated. Re the hook..., I'm guessing you're thinking of the 94840. 🕺no biggie. I did have a typo by leaving off the hackle, though. It's a cool feather, too, the starling undercovert. Dun with buff yellow tips. Actually chugbug27 the 94840 is also a down eye hook. The 94842 is the up eye version of Mustad's standard dry fly hook...based on the old numbers of course. George Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SBPatt 0 Report post Posted April 10, 2022 Foam-Backed Sedgehog Tied in this size to use as a short-wing stonefly so this should actually be called a Stonehog. Again, added a strip of foam on the top of the body for a bit more buoyancy because I plan to fish this in pretty rough water. hook - WFC Model 6 #8 thread - Uni 6/0 tan body - Starburst dubbing tan overbody/head - 2mm foam tan wing(s) - deer hair hackle - pheasant rump Regards, Scott Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted April 10, 2022 Blue Max Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
niveker 0 Report post Posted April 10, 2022 Lil' Dorothy a Mark Libertone pattern Hook: #16, wet fly/nymph Thread: Lt Cahill, 8/0 Body: DMC embroidery thread, #722. Two strands, tied in at thorax, wrapped flat to bend, twisted tight for return wraps Thorax: #1 Light hare's ear blend, #2 blend of Great Pyrenees/yellow egg yarn/brown floss Hackle: #1-India hen, pale ginger. #2, hen pheasant neck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WWKimba 0 Report post Posted April 10, 2022 53 minutes ago, niveker said: Lil' Dorothy a Mark Libertone pattern Hook: #16, wet fly/nymph Thread: Lt Cahill, 8/0 Body: DMC embroidery thread, #722. Two strands, tied in at thorax, wrapped flat to bend, twisted tight for return wraps Thorax: #1 Light hare's ear blend, #2 blend of Great Pyrenees/yellow egg yarn/brown floss Hackle: #1-India hen, pale ginger. #2, hen pheasant neck Nice tie. Mark and I were neighbors for about 12 years before his death. I lived in Fairmount (still do) and he lived in Solvay. A great guy and fantastic family man. Kim Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
niveker 0 Report post Posted April 10, 2022 Thanks WW. I never had the pleasure, but a highly regarded man by all accounts. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WWKimba 0 Report post Posted April 10, 2022 Gimp - A pattern from Lacey Gee. The story goes that he was packaging an order of Amherst pheasant neck feathers and saw the little feathered extensions at the base of the feathers and thought that they looked fishy. His first attempt was a tail and collar of dun hackle feather/fibers (just 2 turns for the collar, dun-colored wool yarn and 2 of the "Gimp" feathers tied on the back. He tried them out and they worked! Oh, and he was packaging those Amherst feathers for the Waspi Fly company - the company he founded in 1948 on the Wapsipinicon River. One last thing, next time you tie a Wooly Bugger you can thank Mr. Gee. He found that marabou - from the Marabou Stork at that time and getting harder to find - is almost identical to marabou from the common turkey! Hook - Mustad 3906B, 10-16 (I have seen this pattern tied on up-eye and ring-eyed equivalent hooks as well) Thread - black Tail - dun hackle fibers, rolled Body -grey or dun colored dubbing or wool yarn (grey wool yarn used here Wing - 1 or 2 feathers extensions from the base of an Amherst neck feather (a single feather used here Hackle - 2 turns of dun hackle, swept back Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
