The challenge thread!

[gadabout 0]

Thanks Chasing_Tails.  That’s the video I had been looking at.

[gadabout 0]

I think I went a little too heavy on the body fibers, but here’s my Ultra Shrimp:

Mustad 34007 #4

Veevus mono thread .1 mm

Pearl Krystal Flash

Burnt mono eyes

Shrimpy Crabby Legs - Shrimp

Grizzly saddle colored tan (rib)

EP fibers (polar bear) mixed with Supreme Hair (olive)

UV resin

 

 

[gadabout 0]

The next challenge fly is Slaymaker’s “Little Brown Trout” streamer.

[flytire 0]

i'll take the little brown trout

[flytire 0]

 

Little Brown Trout Bucktail

 

As per Bates, with a slight alteration*

 

Hook -Size: 2-12, 6x long

Head - Black

Tail - A very small breast feather, with the dark center removed, from a ring neck pheasant.  The feather is as long as the gap of the hook and curves upward.

Body - Wound with white spun wool

Ribbing - Copper wire (narrow flat gold tinsel may be substituted, *I used medium oval copper tinsel)

Throat - None

Wing - Of four very small, separated bunches of hair, extending slightly beyond the tail.  A very small bunch of yellow bucktail over which is a very small bunch of reddish-orange bucktail, slightly blended.  Over this is a very small bunch of medium dark squirrel tail, topped and slightly blended with a very small bunch of dark brown squirrel tail. (I used bucktail)

Cheeks - Jungle Cock

 

[flytire 0]

For the next challenge flies lets finish off the Slaymaker series fly patterns

1 each of the "Little Brook Trout"

1 each of the "Little Rainbow Trout"

2 flies total

Exploring Classic Streamer Patterns: The Little Trout of Samuel R. Slaymaker II

[Heff2 0]

I'll take the 2 trout patterns 

[niveker 0]

On 2/11/2025 at 8:18 PM, gadabout said:

Ultra Shrimp

I like that, I think with a change of colors it would make a good crawdad bug.  

[gadabout 0]

1 hour ago, niveker said:

I like that, I think with a change of colors it would make a good crawdad bug.  

Interesting. What colors would you pick?

[niveker 0]

Dark orange and brown, I'll play around next time I get to my tying desk.  

[Heff2 0]

I ended up tying the set of 3 but the bottom 2 are for the challenge.  
middle: little Brook Trout 

Hook: size: 2-12, 6x long
Head: Black
Tail: A very small bunch of bright green bucktail, under or over which is a section cut from bright red floss, both slightly longer then the gap of the hook. 
Body: Wound with cream coloured spun fur
Ribbing: Narrow flat silver tinsel
Throat: A small bunch of bright orange bucktail, the same length as the tail.  
Wing: Of four very small separated bunches of hair, extending slightly beyond the tail.  A very small bunch of white bucktail over which is a very small bunch of bright orange bucktail, slightly blended.  Over this is a very small bunch of bright green bucktail, topped with a very small bunch of barred badger hair
Cheeks: Jungle Cock

 Bottom: little Rainbow Trout 

Hook: size: 2-12, 6x long
Head: Black
Tail: A very small bunch of bright green bucktail, slightly longer then the gap of the hook. 
Body: Wound with pinkish-white fur
Ribbing: Narrow flat silver tinsel
Throat: A small bunch of pink bucktail, the same length as the tail.  
Wing: Of four very small separated bunches of hair, extending slightly beyond the tail.  A very small bunch of white bucktail over which is a very small bunch of pink bucktail, slightly blended.  Over this is a very small bunch of bright green bucktail, topped with a very small bunch of natural badger hair
Cheeks: Jungle Cock

I think it’s the first time I used my chunk of badger hair. Love these patterns.  
 

 

Next Up is the Cow Bell Cray I saw over on Charlie’s fly box 

 

 

 

 

[Old Hat 0]

That's a lot of Cowbell.

[Heff2 0]

45 minutes ago, Old Hat said:

That's a lot of Cowbell.

[niveker 0]

On 2/14/2025 at 12:18 PM, Heff2 said:

Next Up is the Cow Bell Cray I saw over on Charlie’s fly box 

Nice streamers, Heff2

 

Way too involved for a crawdad pattern, but I'll take it. 

[MuskyFlyGuy 0]

Heff2,

really nice job on that series of trout streamers!