The challenge thread!

[niveker 0]

Nice Midnight Special. 

Nice challenge. 

[cphubert 0]

4 hours ago, Chasing_Tails said:

Chicone's Midnight Special:

Nice tie, I like using it in the salt ponds when the bait is working the surface, I also tie a smaller freshwater version to fish boat ramps under the streetlights.

[Chasing_Tails 0]

2 hours ago, cphubert said:

Nice tie, I like using it in the salt ponds when the bait is working the surface, I also tie a smaller freshwater version to fish boat ramps under the streetlights.

It is one that I have never actually tied before, so thank you for the mention of it. As soon as I saw the design I knew it would be a killer for throwing into the shallow water mangroves for snook, redfish, and trout. Plus in open water I can see tarpon absolutely destroying it. I ended up making a half dozen in grey and in white. I'm planning on heading out tomorrow morning to target snook so it will get a try out. 

[flytire 0]

On 8/5/2023 at 3:28 PM, Chasing_Tails said:

Genre: Nymph (stonefly, mayfly or caddis)

Hook

Thread

Marabou

Zip lock bag

Flashabou (or equivalent) 

Monofilament line

Deer body hair

Head cement, super glue or UV resin

i'll take this one

[niveker 0]

1 minute ago, flytire said:

i'll take this one

Looking forward to seeing what you come up with.  

[flytire 0]

Criteria 

Genre: Nymph (stonefly, mayfly or caddis)

Hook

Thread

Marabou

Zip lock bag

Flashabou (or equivalent) 

Monofilament line

Deer body hair

Head cement, super glue or UV resin

AP Nymph Variant

Hook – Nymph/wet style

Thread - Olive

Tail – Olive marabou

Ribbing - Monofilament

Body – Tying thread and zip lock bag

Thorax – Built up tying thread

Wingcase - Deer body hair and Flashabou (or equivalent)

Legs – Deer body hair

Head cement, super glue or UV resin

[flytire 0]

next challenge fly is....Hexagenia Limbata

any style is acceptable - nymph, emerger, adult

[flytire 0]

updated list

The challenge thread! - Page 60 - The Fly Tying Bench - Fly Tying (flytyingforum.com)

[Trouttramp 0]

Well done on the AP nymph variant with the called out materials. 

I will take the hex. 
A nymph, haven’t picked a specific pattern yet.  
Might be a day or two , a lot of stuff going on today. 

[Trouttramp 0]

He has a great video on YouTube.

”From the cabin in Frog hollow” got to love that. 
 

Ray Schmidt’s hex nymph

#8.  2x long

yellow vevus thread

pheasant tail fibers :

 tail, back top stripe,  and wing case

Legs hen hackle 

body dubbing STS golden stone 

black metal eyes 

next fly:

Parasol emerger of any flavor. If it isn’t on the list. 
 

I can no longer see the list of flys already tied. The link above dosn’t  work for me. 

[flytire 0]

can you see the list now?

 

updated list

1. Rubber Legs Nymph

2. Wooley Bugger

3. Reverse Spider Soft Hackle

4. John Storey

5. Grizzly Hackle Yellow

6. Charlie Boy Hopper

7. Mop Fly

8. Royal Coachman Hairwing Streamer

9. Copper John

10. Elk Hair Caddis

11. Rock Worm

12. Haystack

13. Madam X

14. Two Bit Hooker

15. Letort Hopper

16. Czech Nymph

17. Bomber

18. Hemlock (quill winged wet)

19. Whitlock’s Red Fox Squirrel Nymph

20. Don Martinez Black Nymph

21. Stonefly

22. Flat Wing Gurgler

23. March Brown Dry

24. Sparkle Pupa

25. Royal Wulff Dry

26. Humpy

27. Muddler Minnow

28. Professor Wet

29. Blae and Black

30. Brooks Sprout

31. Cains River Streamer (Highlander)

32. General Practitioner

33. Woven Salmonfly Nymph

34. Light Cahill (Catskill style)

35. Thunder Creek Streamer

36. Slumpbuster

37. Sculpzilla

38. Galloup’s Zoo Cougar

39. Front End Loader Caddis

40. Hula Damsel Nymph

41. Yellow Perch Deceiver

42. Hornberg Special

43. Batman Nymph

44. Clark's Stonefly

45. Clouser Swimming Nymph

46. Ballou Special Streamer

47. Calcasieu Pig Boat

48. Blue Gill Belly Scratcher

49. Darbee Two Feather

50. The Missing Link

51. Snowshoe Rabbit's Foot Emerger

52. Parachute Adams

53. Royal Trude

54. Joe's Hopper

55. Spruce streamer, Light

56. Gartside's Sparrow

57. Carrie Stevens Style Streamer (Blue Devil)

58. Red Quill

59. Renegade

60. Juju Baetis

61. Norm Wood Special

62. LaFontaine Sparkle Pupa

63. Econo Game Changer

64. Nancy P articulated streamer

65. Hippie stomper

66. King River Caddis

67. Madsen’s Skunk

68. Pink Pookie

69. Ausable Wulff

70. Genesee Jewel

71. March Brown Winged Wet

72. Thunder Creek Swamp Darter

73. Hellgrammite

74. Dahlberg Diver

75. Hendrickson Winged Wet

76. Matuka

77. Mouse rat

78. Mahogany or Sulphur

79. McGinty

80. Marabou Muddler

81. Your Favorite Popper

82. Galloup's Peanut Envy

83. Mickey Finn

84. Hornberg

85. Lime trude

86. Mohawk

87. sumthin purple and or pink

88. Zug Bug

89. Bugmeister

90. Holy Grail Caddis

91. Turks Tarantula 

92. X-caddis

93. White Wulff

94. Surface stonefly or Del Mazza's parachute stonefly

95. Quigley Cripple

96. Klinkhammer

97. Fat Albert

98. Bow River Bugger

99. Grasshopper

100. Amy's Ant

101. Brown's Crayfish 

102. Al Troth's "American Pheasant Tail Nymph"

103. Dunnigan's P.D. Nymph

104. Yellow Sally

105. Bob Popovics Surf Candy

106. Del Brown's Merkin Crab

107. Glass Minnow

108. Seaducer

109. Samuel Slaymaker Little Rainbow Trout Bucktail

110. Crowe Beetle 

111. Flying Ant

112. Quill Gordon

113. Frog

114. John Barr's Graphic Caddis

115.  "Hopper" Juan's Sniper Baetis or his Slim Shady Baetis. 

116. Rusty Spinner

117. Stealth Bomber

118. Cypert's Minnow

119. Cased Caddis

120. Prince Nymph

121. Green Drake Adult

122. Dyret

123. Mr Rapidan

124. Nelson's Caddis

125. Smokey Mountain Blackbird

126. Black Ghost

127. Bumblepuppy

128. Rat Faced McDougall

129. Tellico Nymph

130. Bitch Creek Nymph

131. A single material fly. Thread and/or bead do not count

132. Gartside Soft Hackle

133. Paul Lasha's Raccoon

134. Brown Owl or Improved Brown Owl Stone Fly

135. Tandem hook bucktail pattern of your choice

136. Strawman Nymph

137. Taboo Caddis Emerger

138. Casual Dress

139. Posse Bugger

140. CDC Honey Ant

141. Drew Chicone's Midnight Special 

142. Genre: Nymph (stonefly, mayfly or caddis) recipe here  The challenge thread! - Page 61 - The Fly Tying Bench - Fly Tying (flytyingforum.com)

143. Hexagenia Limbata

144. Parasol Emerger

145. Delektable Lil' Spanker Pheasant Tail version

146. Walt Dette Coffin Fly

147. Ed Story's Crackleback

148. Henryville Special

149. Goddard Caddis

150. Rusty Rat

151. Light or Dark Edson Tiger

152. Ho Bo Spey

153. October Caddis

154. Pink Lady

155. Shaky Bealy

156. Bullet Head Hopper

157. White Death Zonker

158. Mrs Simpson

159. Kispiox Bright

160. Spuddler

[TSMcDougald 0]

1 hour ago, Trouttramp said:

He has a great video on YouTube.

”From the cabin in Frog hollow” got to love that. 
 

Ray Schmidt’s hex nymph

#8.  2x long

yellow vevus thread

pheasant tail fibers :

 tail, back top stripe,  and wing case

Legs hen hackle 

body dubbing STS golden stone 

black metal eyes 

next fly:

Parasol emerger of any flavor. If it isn’t on the list. 
 

I can no longer see the list of flys already tied. The link above dosn’t  work for me. 

Nice fly! I will take the parasol. This thread is a few pages behind for me - haven't figured out why so I just subtract a few pages to get to the list.

[niveker 0]

2 hours ago, Trouttramp said:

Ray Schmidt’s hex nymph

NIcely tied and photographed.  

[Trouttramp 0]

38 minutes ago, flytire said:

can you see the list now?

Yes, thank you.  not sure why I couldn’t before   

updated

 

 

[TSMcDougald 0]

Piggyback Nymph - From Fran Betters via Tying Emergers by Schollmeyer and Leeson

Hook: #14 Nymph

Thread: Tan

Tail: Australian Opossum Guard Hairs

Body: Australian Opossum Underfur

Rib: Small Copper Wire

Parasol: Mule Deer Hair

Parasol Post: Tying Thread

Wing Case: Turkey

Thorax: Australian Opossum Underfur

 

Next Fly: Delektable Lil' Spanker Pheasant Tail version

Edited August 10, 2023 by TSMcDougald
Add material used for parasol post