Heff2 0 Report post Posted February 1 Mike Schmidt’s Viking "Midge" hooks: 6 and 8 straight eye attached with 20lb wire and a plastic bead tail: hen saddle hackle body: white and brown ice dub brush wing: marabou metes: lead barbell head: wool mixed with white ice dub thread: white next challenge fly: Comparadun, dealers choice Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fruitrollup 0 Report post Posted February 1 1 hour ago, Heff2 said: Mike Schmidt’s Viking "Midge" hooks: 6 and 8 straight eye attached with 20lb wire and a plastic bead tail: hen saddle hackle body: white and brown ice dub brush wing: marabou metes: lead barbell head: wool mixed with white ice dub thread: white next challenge fly: Comparadun, dealers choice Nice tie, that fly will fish! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Heff2 0 Report post Posted February 1 8 hours ago, Fruitrollup said: that fly will fish! The Fruitrollup, I’ll definitely give it some swings for steelhead this spring. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
niveker 0 Report post Posted February 1 16 hours ago, Heff2 said: Viking "Midge" Nice job on that 'midge' Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
niveker 0 Report post Posted February 4 On 1/31/2024 at 11:20 PM, Fruitrollup said: next challenge fly: Comparadun, dealers choice I'll do that later today. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
niveker 0 Report post Posted February 4 Comparadun Hook: From the recycle bin, #12? Thread: 8/0 Brown Body: Peccary quill Wing/Thorax: Deer hair Thorax/Head: Hare's mask Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
niveker 0 Report post Posted February 4 Next Challenge: Shaggy Wire Caddis Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted February 4 please note: the challenge lists have been updated and have been separated into 2023 and 2024 Challenge Thread Fly Pattern List - 2023 - The Fly Tying Bench - Fly Tying (flytyingforum.com) Challenge Thread Fly Pattern List - 2024 - The Fly Tying Bench - Fly Tying (flytyingforum.com) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sandan 0 Report post Posted February 5 20 hours ago, niveker said: Comparadun Hook: From the recycle bin, #12? Thread: 8/0 Brown Body: Peccary quill Wing/Thorax: Deer hair Thorax/Head: Hare's mask Haven't seen anything tied w/ peccary in a while. Very nice tie @niveker. Plus 2 for the moose hair tails. I'll take that shaggy wire caddis Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
niveker 0 Report post Posted February 5 27 minutes ago, Sandan said: peccary Thanks Sandan. Just picked a few patches up the other day. Pretty cool stuff. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sandan 0 Report post Posted February 5 28 minutes ago, niveker said: Thanks Sandan. Just picked a few patches up the other day. Pretty cool stuff. Pleasure. I agree it is cool stuff. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Heff2 0 Report post Posted February 5 22 hours ago, niveker said: Body: Peccary quill That does make for a nice clean body. Great tie Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sandan 0 Report post Posted February 10 Two renditions on a size 16 U202. One with mottled peacock wing fibers and the other with ostrich herl, stripped on one side. Next up one of my favorites. A Gartside Hopper. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johnnyquahog 0 Report post Posted February 12 Gartside pheasant hopper (Galloup’s variant) size 10 next challenge is the … give me a few minutes the one I picked was recently done. next fly is the Quack 35 or so years ago l called up the Dette’s shop and ordered a couple dozen+ flies from Winnie. She helped select them and included the Quack. Mary passed away a couple weeks age at 93. There is a good chance she tied the coffin flys I got. Perhaps she tied some of the others. RIP Mary Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fruitrollup 0 Report post Posted February 13 4 hours ago, johnnyquahog said: Gartside pheasant hopper (Galloup’s variant) size 10 very nice tie. Well done Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
