The challenge thread!

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Golden Olive Bumble / frankenfly version

hook - 3906B in #10

thread - 70D red

tail - two Golden Pheasant Crests

rib - silver oval tinsel

body - gold seal dubbing

wing - olive yellow grizzly (Metz magnum) wound with a Collins brown hen hackle

collar - blue grizzly saltwater saddle hackle

 

next up is a Vladi Worm

[Heff2 0]

On 12/11/2024 at 1:39 PM, johnnyquahog said:

Golden Olive Bumble / frankenfly version

Nice Bumble 

[flytire 0]

it was a majority vote to continue this challenge thread

the next challenge fly is brought over from 2024 and is a Vladi Worm

so get out those pink condoms and tie one up so we can move on with the challenge thread fo 2025

Challenge Fly Pattern List - 2025 - The Fly Tying Bench - Fly Tying

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Valdi Worm 

Hook: 3XL or 4XL streamer hook (#2-#6), bent
Weight: .030" lead wire
Thread: Red 
Rib: tippet 
Body: lengthwise section of pink* latex condom and flash 

note I subbed the Pink for clear, it was that or glow in the dark. 
 

Next up is the Jujubee midge.

[Trouttramp 0]

I’ll take the Jujubee midge. 

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Jubilee Midge

sz 16 scud hook

white 70 Vevus under, black  70 thorax

two strands chartreuse one strand black Polaris hair body

8 mystery uv strands for wing case and legs
 

 

Next fly : Grizzly Wulff

 

 

 

 

[flytire 0]

i'll do a grizzly wulff

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Grizzly Wulff

Hook - Mustad 94840 or equivalent
Thread - Black
Tail - Natural brown bucktail
Body - Yellow floss or uni stretch (depicted)
Wing - Natural brown bucktail
Hackle - Brown and grizzly

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next challenge fly is a.....Girdle Bug

original girdle bug and not a pats rubber leg

[niveker 0]

I'll take the old Girdle Bug, I think I might even have square rubber legs around somewheres.  

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3 hours ago, flytire said:

Grizzly Wulff

 

20 hours ago, Trouttramp said:

Jubilee Midge

 

On 1/9/2025 at 6:27 PM, Heff2 said:

Valdi Worm 

Very nice y'all

[Trouttramp 0]

Great Griz Wulff Norm. Your pics of the three angles, very nice, especially the front view of the hackle.

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Girdle Bug

Hook - #8, 3xl
Weight - Lead sub along the shank
Thread - Black
Tails and Legs - Rubber legs, white.  
Body - Black chenille

The original Girdle Bug, I believe, was not tied with antennae. I could be wrong.  

Developed in the 1930's by Frank McGinnis of Anaconda, MT to imitate stonefly nymphs or hellgrammites.  Originally called the "McGinnis Rubber Legs", the now more common "Girdle Bug" derives from the original source of the rubber legs: the rubber strands from a girdle.  

 

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next challenge fly is .....Al Troth's Yuk Bug

https://flylifemagazine.com/fly-tying-a-yuk-sure-looks-like-its-pennsylvania-father-to-me/

 

 

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I’ll give the Yuk Bug a shot.