The challenge thread!

[flytire 0]

ill do the lil spanker

[flytire 0]

Delektable Lil' Spanker Pheasant Tail

Hook - Mustad Heritage
Thread - Tan
Bead - Brass or tungsten bead
Tail - Wood duck
Ribbing - Copper wire
Body - Pheasant Tail
Wing case and legs - Pearl krystal flash
Thorax - Peacock Herl
Wing - Natural CDC
Head - Brown/tan dubbing

[flytire 0]

next challenge fly is a....Walt Dette Coffin Fly

Coffin Fly (flytierspage.com)

[mvendon 0]

12 hours ago, flytire said:

next challenge fly is a....Walt Dette Coffin Fly

Coffin Fly (flytierspage.com)

I'll try this one ...

[mvendon 0]

Walt Dette version Coffin Fly

Size 12 long shank vintage Mustad hook

Thread:  Black

Tail:  Three peccary hairs, divided

Underbody:  White poly yarn

Body:  White saddle hackle with the barbs trimmed to a short stubble, wrapped over the white poly yarn. The wraps should not be touching one another

Rib:  White 210 denier flat waxed nylon, counterwrapped over the trimmed hackle

Wing:  Divided segments of well-marked teal flank curving out (I used two feathers) 

Hackle:  Golden badger

Next Up :  Ed Story's CRACKLEBACK

[flytire 0]

nice coffin fly

[mvendon 0]

👍 Thank you!

[niveker 0]

12 minutes ago, mvendon said:

Walt Dette version Coffin Fly

That is a pretty little bug. 

[Trouttramp 0]

 

I will take the Crackleback. 

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Ed Story's CRACKLEBACK

I had to substitute white synthetic fibers for the white turkey round fibers, as I do not have, and can not get anytime soon. 
 

Diachi sz12 #730

tan vevus thread

body white synthetic fibers

peacock hurl

furnace hackle 

Next fly:

Heneryville Special

[mvendon 0]

Trouttramp,

 A very nice job on the Crackleback! Getting on this forum seems to be a little hit or miss the last several days for some reason. I can't do anything but view it at work now since it's forbidden to be linked to any public internet place and I'm not supposed to be doing even that either. 

Regards,

                     Mark

[flytire 0]

i doubt its he forum. probably the isp provider

i get timed out from time to time and the forum doesnt load

[flytire 0]

i'll do the henryville special

[Trouttramp 0]

2 hours ago, flytire said:

i doubt its he forum. probably the isp provider

i get timed out from time to time and the forum doesnt load

This site is glitchy for me at times, it times out trying to open often, and switching pages is a little tricky.

I blame it on not wanting to play well with my IPhone and IPad.

Sometimes I will make post and it won’t show up for a few minutes or goes away and comes back later. 

But, I always find a way to make it works or it just starts working on its own. 
 

Looking forward to see your version of the Heneryville.
 

 

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On 8/14/2023 at 2:04 PM, Trouttramp said:

Ed Story's CRACKLEBACK

Looks good, nice pictures.  I sub-ed fibers from a gray goose secondary in place of the white turkey rounds.