The challenge thread!

[cencalfly 0]

3 hours ago, niveker said:

Ausable Wulff

Hook: #12  dry

Thread: Fire orange, 8/0

Tail: Woodchuck tail 

Wing: White calf tail

Body: Australian possum dyed burnt orange

Hackle: Brown and grizzly 

Notes: 

The original pattern,  created in the 60's by Ausable River legend and fly shop owner Francis Betters, calls for tailing of woodchuck guard hairs.  I prefer the hairs from the tail which are a tad thicker and much stiffer.  The tails are cheap and they make a great tailing material.  

I have read in several places that Mr. Betters' original body was undyed Australian possum, but he changed it to a dyed burn orange after noticing many of the bugs on the Ausable had an orange hue to their bodies, which he attributed to the minerals in the local waters.  That may also be the reason for his use of bright orange thread in many of his patterns.    

That's real nice.  It looks good and buoyant

[niveker 0]

44 minutes ago, cencalfly said:

I'll take the Mark Libertone Genesee Jewel

👍 Love your ties.  Can't wait to see it.  

[cencalfly 0]

Genesee Jewel 

Hook: Mustad 3906B (original calls for Mustad 3906.  Didn't have any so I used the longer version)

Thread: Cream

Tail: Cream Hackle

Rib: Pearl Tinsel

Body:

Cream to Apricot Rabbit Dubbing (I used a dubbing loop to make it a little bushier)

Wing: Lemon Wood Duck

Hackle: Cream or pale Ginger (I used light cream)

 

Next Up: Quill Wing March Brown wet fly
 

 

[Squeezy 0]

That’s puuuurdy Cencal!

[niveker 0]

3 hours ago, cencalfly said:

Genesee Jewel

Nice  

[flytire 0]

i'll take the quill wing march brown wet fly

[flytire 0]

March Brown
(English female)

Winged Wet Fly

Tail - Partridge
Ribbing - Gold tinsel
Body - Gray-brown dubbing
Hackle - Partridge
Wing - Pheasant (light)*

*Or substitute mottled turkey

Reference

Trout - Ray Bergman
Forgotten Flies - Schmookler and Sils

[flytire 0]

next challenge fly is.....

any version of a Thunder Creek fly pattern

[cphubert 0]

3 hours ago, flytire said:

Thunder Creek

I'll take it

[cencalfly 0]

5 hours ago, flytire said:

 

March Brown
(English female)

Winged Wet Fly
 

That looks good.  I can't tie those wings to save my life.  I can tie bronze mallard wing/shell for spey flies but wet fly wings elude me.  What type and size of hook did you use?

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5 hours ago, flytire said:

March Brown

Nicely tied, great colors.  

 

Martin Joergensen has a nice write up on the history of this fly and its variations at the Global Fly Fisher site:

https://globalflyfisher.com/patterns/the-march-brown-legacy

[cphubert 0]

Thunder Creek Swamp Darter

hook- mustad 9674(straight eye), thread- white body- embossed silver tinsel, wing/head white bucktail bottom/brown bucktail top/2 grizzly hackle tips center wing tied bullet style. red sharpie gills and painted eyes.

[cphubert 0]

next up a hellgrammite pattern of your choice

[flytire 0]

4 hours ago, cencalfly said:

That looks good.  I can't tie those wings to save my life.  I can tie bronze mallard wing/shell for spey flies but wet fly wings elude me.  What type and size of hook did you use?

Mustad Heritage 3906 size 8

[denduke 0]

I admit I tie stuff that is “consumable”, but those type flies look like you might need to glue the heads?