SBPatt 0 Report post Posted July 1, 2022 Peachy R/A Peterpus hook - WFC Model 6 #10 thread - Uni 8/0 fire orange tag - medium tinsel holo red rib - small wire gold body - Starburst Dubbing olive body hackle - brown 1st shoulder - golden pheasant body feather red 2nd shoulder - sharptail grouse dyed neon peach (2 Tsp Rit Golden Yellow, 1/8 Tsp Rit Coral/ 2 cups water) Regards, Scott Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillNye 0 Report post Posted July 1, 2022 I don't post here too often but I thought I'd add this fly that I've been having a lot of success with so far this season. Striper can't get enough of the Big Eelie in the surf over sandy beaches. Hook - EC 254 3/0 Thread - Uni 6/0 in white Tail - Sparse white bucktail, under 1 white hackle, under 4 strands of pearl flash, under a thin yellow hackle, under a thin blue hackle, under an olive hackle. All hackle tied in flat. Body - Bills Bodi-braid in pearl Neck - white marabou folded in half.... 2ish turns. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Moshup 0 Report post Posted July 1, 2022 BillNye nice fly. I’ll have to tie up a few. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeezy 0 Report post Posted July 1, 2022 BillNye- that just looks dangerous…. “Salty Dangerous “. Nicely done Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
niveker 0 Report post Posted July 1, 2022 6 hours ago, BillNye said: the Big Eelie Very nice. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted July 1, 2022 Robert Special Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WWKimba 0 Report post Posted July 1, 2022 Squirrel Back - Boyd Senter from Mio, MI designed this fly. Boyd was a professional musician who played with the bands of Jimmy Dorcey, Glenn Miller and Freddie Fisher. He could play 33 different instruments! Boyd was approached in 1959 by the Ford Motor Company to design 4 patterns for each of Ford's car models at that time - the Fairlane, Galaxy, Thunderbird and Falcon (posted earlier in this series). The Squirrel Back was designed as a generalized attractor pattern. Hook - Mustad 94840 or 94833, 12-14 Thread - black Body - peacock herl Wing - grey squirrel body hair, tied down over body Hackle - brown and grizzly, mixed (when he first tied the fly, Boyd used brown and grey, mixed) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SBPatt 0 Report post Posted July 2, 2022 McPhail’s Hill Loch Muddler (variation) Spinning the hair as shown in his video I was able to pack a good bit into a small space for a denser head. Skipped the wing because my hen pheasant quills seem to have flown the coop, figuratively; doubtful the gullible cutthroats I fish for will care. hook - WFC Model 6 #10 thread - UTC 140 woodduck body - Ice Dub hare’s ear shoulder - hackle ginger collar/head - deer hair Regards, Scott Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DarrellP 0 Report post Posted July 2, 2022 11 hours ago, WWKimba said: Squirrel Back - Boyd Senter from Mio, MI designed this fly. Boyd was a professional musician who played with the bands of Jimmy Dorcey, Glenn Miller and Freddie Fisher. He could play 33 different instruments! Boyd was approached in 1959 by the Ford Motor Company to design 4 patterns for each of Ford's car models at that time - the Fairlane, Galaxy, Thunderbird and Falcon (posted earlier in this series). The Squirrel Back was designed as a generalized attractor pattern. Hook - Mustad 94840 or 94833, 12-14 Thread - black Body - peacock herl Wing - grey squirrel body hair, tied down over body Hackle - brown and grizzly, mixed (when he first tied the fly, Boyd used brown and grey, mixed) Your historical information for these Michigan flies is very interesting. Thanks for posting it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted July 2, 2022 The Dancer Created by Andy Barr Rainbow, brown and speckled trout Hook - Mustad 3906B or equivalent, size 10 & 12 Thread - Red Tail - Golden pheasant tippets and red floss Body - Red floss or uni stretch Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel Hackle - Black hen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted July 2, 2022 Al French Created by Tec Morphy Al French was created to fish for brook trout (speckled trout) in the lakes that are now part of the ZEC Saint-Patrice, in the Outaouais. Hook - Mustad 79580or equivalent, size 2, 4 or 6 Thread - Black Tail - Golden pheasant tippets Body – Yellow chenille Throat - Orange hackle fibers Wing – Mixed brown and orange deer hair or bucktail Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted July 2, 2022 Olive Soft Hackle Hook - Mustad 3399, 3906 or equivalent Thread - Black Body - Turkey body herl Thorax - Peacock herl Collar - Hungarian partridge Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WWKimba 0 Report post Posted July 2, 2022 11 hours ago, DarrellP said: Your historical information for these Michigan flies is very interesting. Thanks for posting it. Just passing on information collected by Tom Deschaine. I love the stories behind the flies, he worked the stories behind the flies! Kim Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WWKimba 0 Report post Posted July 2, 2022 SRB (Secret Rubber Bug) - Designed by well-known Michigan tyer, Rusty Gates back in the late 1980'3 early 1990's to imitate a deer fly. To tie, first cut the foam to shape (think a double capital "P" shape with one of the P's backwards), tie the foam handle on the shank, wrap thread and peacock then wrap body, then pull foam over as a shellback and tie down, lastly add wings and hackle. Hook - standard dry, 12-16 Thread - black Shellback - 2 MM black foam Body - peacock herl Wings - grizzly hackle trips, tied spent and swept back Hackle - grizzly Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SBPatt 0 Report post Posted July 2, 2022 Hare’s Ear Muddler (variation II) Should have stopped the body a wrap or two sooner (next time) so I didn’t crowd the front end but the eye is clear enough to pass 4x tippet through. hook - WFC Model 6 #6 thread - UTC 140 woodduck tail - yarn red rib - small wire gold body - Ice Dub hare’s ear body hackle - badger shoulder - golden pheasant body feather red collar/head - deer hair Regards, Scott Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
