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On 4/9/2024 at 2:21 PM, Heff2 said:

Gotcha Bonefish fly

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hook: 1/0 salt 

Eyes: lg silver bead chain

thread: 6/0 pink un

body: diamond braid*
legs: root beer and orange sililegs

wing: tan craft fur 
 

*I didn’t have diamond braid so I twisted 8-10 strands of crystal flash together

next challenge fly is:  the Hood Rat or Lil’ Hood Rat from James Spicer 

Looks great! As others have mentioned, nice and sparse. It is easy to overdress a bonefish fly. 

Also, I use the twisted Krystal Flash body technique a lot. I find the benefit is you can mix several colors of Krystal Flash to get a mottled body look that isn't possible with straight Diamond Braid. And since the body is flatter I usually give it a coat of thin UV Resin like Bone Dry to make it more durable. 

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19 hours ago, Chasing_Tails said:

I find the benefit is you can mix several colors of Krystal Flash

What a great idea.    Thx all for the feed back on this one.  I've not fly fished salt water but I do fish carp and they seem to like things sparse but leggy.  

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I’ll spin up a clown shoe caddis at lunch.  Looks like I have the stuff.  

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Clown Shoe Caddis 

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hook: TMC 2457 #12

thread: semperfli 30d olive

body: small clear d-rib* 

wing: Elk**

sighter: orange mcfly foam 

Hackle:  grizzly

thorax: black superfine 

* subbed larva lace tubing for d-rib, my d-rib has gotten kinda brittle

** time for new elk, i was getting busted tips like poopdeck had issues with 

next up is   Charlie Craven’s Lucky B 

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Lucky B

yellow vevus thread

yellow foam body

brown zelon (sp?) wings

mono connecting body to thorax

black hemminways dubbing

amber/ brown crazy legsIMG_0122.thumb.jpeg.a5a29dc89a149f10693ab9a5ae51d184.jpeg

 

Next fly up 

The Papa Roach, 

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8 minutes ago, Trouttramp said:

Lucky B

Nice tie,  it's a fun one 

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any takers on the next challenge fly?

Papa Roach

should we call it quits on this thread?

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???

sure there are videos, but is somebody here going to tie one and keep this thread moving or just let it die?

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4 minutes ago, flytire said:

???

sure there are videos, but is somebody here going to tie one and keep this thread moving or just let it die?

Was just noting you called it a “ para roach” . It’s papa.

Give it a day or two, this site has been hard to get into for the last week or two, at least for me it has been.

 

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OK, let keep this going.

Papa Roach (Variation)

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Hook: Wet fly

Thread: Danville 6/0, Olive brown

Eyes: Bead chain, black

Abdomen: Zonker strip, two-tone olive

Underbody: Wapsi Life Cycle Nymph Dubbing, Olive

Wings: Pheasant rump, dyed olive

Legs: FTD Bug Legs, olive

Head: Wapsi Life Cycle Nymph Dubbing, Olive

 

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