The challenge thread!

[niveker 0]

The humpy looks great.  

[upnorthtier 0]

well done on the humpy Sandan and great choice for the next challenge

[mvendon 0]

I'll take the muddler minnow..

[cphubert 0]

Just now, mvendon said:

I'll take the muddler minnow..

👍

[Sandan 0]

Thanks for the kind words everyone. I thought the muddler would be a good fly for a challenge at any level of someone's tying progression.

@cencafly : Moderation for sure. 

We were drinking a bourbon called Wiseman. Which I told my buddy was a misnomer for us.  My order of choice is Bookers, Basil Hayden's/Woodford Reserve and Baker's 7 year old. Cheers!

[cencalfly 0]

4 hours ago, Sandan said:

We were drinking a bourbon called Wiseman. Which I told my buddy was a misnomer for us.  My order of choice is Bookers, Basil Hayden's/Woodford Reserve and Baker's 7 year old. Cheers!

I'll have to give the Bookers and Baker's a shot so to speak    

[Sandan 0]

50 minutes ago, cencalfly said:

I'll have to give the Bookers and Baker's a shot so to speak    

Do. The Bookers is strong. I like one small cube in it. I know that can be considered heresy, but it tones it down a hair and opens the tastes up. Enjoy

[niveker 0]

2 hours ago, Sandan said:

I like one small cube in it. I know that can be considered heresy, but it tones it down a hair and opens the tastes up.

That's my philosophy also.  

[Sandan 0]

5 minutes ago, niveker said:

That's my philosophy also.  

Great minds and tastes my friend!

[mvendon 0]

Here's my attempt at a Muddler Minnow. I tried to make it as close to the original as possible. There's quite a few sparsely dressed original pics on the net here and there. I ended up going with the one that's in Bates Streamer Tying and Fishing book, since it was tied by Gapen and was more than likely tied for presentation.

Hook:  Mustad 38941 size 4

Tail: A pair of mottled turkey wing slips

Body: Weighted with 0.010 lead wire and old gold metal tinsel over that

Wing: Grey squirrel tail just beyond the fly's tail in length, with two mottled turkey slips tied in above that.

Shoulders: Fine deer hair tied in on either side of the wing so it reaches all the way back to the bend of the hook

Head: A couple of clumps of deer hair spun and packed loose, clipped tapering back above and below the hook shank

Thread: Red for weighted

For the next one, how about a Professor wet fly. It's almost a hundred years older than this one, and most folks should have just about all the materials for it.

Regards,

                        Mark

 

 

[Squeezy 0]

Beautiful fly Mark!

[dflanagan 0]

Nice work on that muddler. 

I’ll take the professor.

[cphubert 0]

Nice muddler exactly what I would think Gapen would have in his vise. Did you trim with razor or scissors?

[upnorthtier 0]

3 hours ago, mvendon said:

Muddler Minnow

👍 on the muddler

 

[cencalfly 0]

That's a good looking muddler. Those have always been hard for me to tie but they're very productive.