The challenge thread!

[cphubert 0]

Hornberg (New England dry)

after rereading the challenge I discovered I tied the wrong fly this is the Hornberg

hook- Mustad 94831 #12, thread- black, body- silver holographic tinsel, underwing-yellow hackle fibers, wing- mallard flank tied flat tent style, hackles- grizzly and brown.

 

[cphubert 0]

Up next a Lime Trude

[niveker 0]

9 hours ago, cphubert said:

after rereading the challenge I discovered I tied the wrong fly

Hornberg vs Hornberg Special - is that what you mean? 

 

Both look  great.  

[cphubert 0]

22 minutes ago, niveker said:

Hornberg vs Hornberg Special -

yes my file listed the special first and the Hornberg card was stuck to it, my wife is making a spreadsheet so I can keep the patterns on a thumb drive or the pc (she's the brains of the operation 😉)

[flytire 0]

i'll do the lime trude

[flytire 0]

Lime Trude

 

Tail - Golden pheasant tippet

Body - Lime green dubbing

Wing - White calf tail

Hackle - Brown and grizzly, mixed

[flytire 0]

next challenge fly is.......Heather Lafontaines "Mohawk"

Reference

(69) Flyfishing legend Gary Lafontaine fishes his Mohawk dry fly and is tied by his daughter Heather. - YouTube

she ties it starting at the 10 minute mark

[niveker 0]

Nice Trude, dude.  

39 minutes ago, flytire said:

Heather Lafontaines "Mohawk"

Interesting - never heard of it before that I recall.  Some of his patterns really seem off the wall to me, this one not so much.

[flytire 0]

23 hours ago, flytire said:

next challenge fly is.......Heather Lafontaines "Mohawk"

Reference

(69) Flyfishing legend Gary Lafontaine fishes his Mohawk dry fly and is tied by his daughter Heather. - YouTube

she ties it starting at the 10 minute mark

either interest is running out or too obscure of a pattern

next challenge fly is.......your favorite confidence fly pattern

[niveker 0]

1 hour ago, flytire said:

either interest is running out or too obscure of a pattern

Just a busy time of year I think, with fishing weather starting, yard work to do, spring turkey hunts, spring break, high school and college graduations and weddings to plan for, blah - blah - blah. 

I would expect interest to wane over the next few months and pick up again later. 

[Guest]

H L ‘s Mohawk,  Mohawk Stone,  Mohawk Caddis.

 

If my choice I’ll go easy just tie sumthin purple and or pink.

 

 

 

 

[niveker 0]

 

17 hours ago, denduke said:

I’ll go easy just tie sumthin purple and or pink.

I like easy, I'll take that

[niveker 0]

Quail & Purple

 

 

Hook: GCO #14, 1xsh, 2xst

Thread: Kimono 100, purple (# 329)

Tail/Shellback: Pheasant tail

Rib: Fine silver wire

Body: Kimono 100, purple (# 329)

Thorax: FTD UV-X Rainbow dubbing, purple in a split thread

Hackle: California quail  

 

EDIT:

And a pink one for good measure - the pink doesn't really show up in the photos. 

 

Hendrickson Snowshoe Emerger

 

 

Hook: #14 caddis

Thread: Olive, 70d

Shuck: Aunt Lydia's, brown

Body: Great Pyrenees, dyed pink

Wing: Snowshoe foot, dun

Head: Great Pyrenees, dyed pink

 

[niveker 0]

Next challenge: Zug Bug

[Jaydub 0]

I'll take the Zug Bug.