December Flies From the Vise

[Poopdeck 0]

Pheasant tail nymph

Hook - 16 2XL long

Bead - 2mm tungsten, gold

Thread - Red UTC 70

Tail - Green Pheasant tail fibers

Ribbing - Sm Uni wire, silver

Body - Green Pheasant tail fibers

Wing case - Red Pheasant tail fibers, UV coated

Thorax -  UV Peacock herl

Legs - Red Pheasant tail fibers

[dflanagan 0]

Started off as a Miss Grant and turned into…something else. 

[dflanagan 0]

Lots of nice stuff this month, everybody.  
 

Poopdeck, I’m really liking those PT nymphs. I’m boring and always tie them in natural colors but think I need to brighten them up a bit. 

[Poopdeck 0]

9 hours ago, dflanagan said:

Lots of nice stuff this month, everybody.  
 

Poopdeck, I’m really liking those PT nymphs. I’m boring and always tie them in natural colors but think I need to brighten them up a bit. 

Same, I fish mostly brown, black and olive but I fish a lot of local WW creeks with colorful copper johns and do well with smallmouths on them. Since a  nymph is a nymph in any configuration why not keep a few colorful ones on hand. 

[niveker 0]

36 minutes ago, Poopdeck said:

I fish a lot of local WW creeks with colorful copper johns

Thats interesting.  I never thought to use that pattern in warm water, probably because I haven't had much luck with it for trout.  What size fly do you use for the smallmouths?  And do you fish it as part of a two or three fly rig?

[niveker 0]

10 hours ago, dflanagan said:

turned into…something else. 

Nice wing set.  

Looks like you just invented a pattern - better name it, quick.  

[niveker 0]

13 hours ago, dflanagan said:

A blue rat-ish variant

That's a beauty.  

[chugbug27 0]

Blae and Black, two ways

[flytire 0]

Teal & Blue

Winged Wet Fly

Hook - Standard wet fly, sizes 10-16
Thread - Black
Ribbing - Fine silver wire
Body - Blue floss
Hackle - Black tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - Barred teal barbs tied over the body
 

Teal & Red

Winged Wet Fly

Hook - Standard wet fly, sizes 10-16
Thread - Black
Tail - Golden pheasant tippet barbs
Ribbing - Fine gold wire
Body - Red floss
Hackle - Olive tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - Barred teal barbs tied over the body

Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson

[flytire 0]

Orange Crush

Hook - Jig style
Bead - Anodized orange brass/tungsten
Weight - Lead free wire
Thread - Olive
Tail - Any barred feather fibers
Body - Orange holographic tinsel
Thorax - Olive sybai fine spectra flash dubbing

Coat the body area with a small amount of crazy glue prior to wrapping the tinsel forward and then overcoat with uv resin

From an Instagram photo

[SalarMan 0]

You sure are putting that teal to good use...fine work.

[dflanagan 0]

Nice taper on that stream B&B, chugbug

[flytire 0]

Limeade

Hook - Jig style
Bead - Anodized green brass/tungsten
Weight - Lead free wire
Thread - Olive
Tail - Any barred feather fibers
Body - Green holographic tinsel
Thorax - Olive sybai fine spectra flash dubbing

Coat the body area with a small amount of crazy glue prior to wrapping the tinsel forward and then overcoat with uv resin.

[flytire 0]

Root Beer Float

Hook - Jig style
Bead - White brass/tungsten
Weight - Lead free wire
Thread - Brown
Tail - Any barred feather fibers
Body - Brown holographic tinsel
Thorax - Brown sybai fine spectra flash dubbing

Coat the body area with a small amount of crazy glue prior to wrapping the tinsel forward and then overcoat with uv resin.

[SteeseRanley 0]

Black Mercer's Micro May 

Hook - Nymph Hook, Size 12

Bead - 3.2mm Gold Slotted Tungsten 

Thread - Black UTC 70 Denier 

Tail - 3-4 Pheasant Tail Fibers

Body - Thread wraps to cover shank, stripped peacock quill (loose forward spiral), small silver wire, thin coat of black UV resin

Throax - Salt water flashabou,  pheasant tail (wingcase), black dubbing, black goose biots, thin coat of clear UV resin on wingcase/whip finish

I might change out the tail for goose biots next time