flytire 0 Report post Posted March 1 Wharry Caddis Tail - Light tan elk hair fibers (gap width past bend) Body - Dark brown/black thread Wing - Light tan elk hair (to end of tail fibers) Hackle - Badger The Book of Fly Patterns: Over 1,000 Patterns for the Construction of Artificial Flies - Eric Leiser Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted March 1 California Coachman Winged Wet Fly Tail - Golden pheasant tippets Body - Peacock herl, yellow floss, peacock herl Hackle - Yellow Wing - White Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted March 1 Fontinalis Winged Wet Fly Tail - Married strips of orange, black and white, repeated twice* Body - Alternating bands of orange and gray wool Hackle - Dun Wing - Orange with 2 fibers of black and white married over the top *I did not repeat the tailing sequence Reference - Forgotten Flies - Schmookler and Sils Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DFoster 0 Report post Posted March 1 Really nice work Norm- I haven't attempted married wings yet. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted March 1 thanks if i can do it and i'm half blind, you can do it Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
niveker 0 Report post Posted March 1 3 hours ago, DFoster said: I haven't attempted married wings yet. I've done a few, only one was good enough to post here. Setting the paired wings properly, married or not, was (and is) more difficult than the marriage part, for me at least. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeezy 0 Report post Posted March 2 Smokey Mountain Candy (varied) Size 10 Whole Sale Fly Company Model 1 Semperfli 6/0 Rust Tan microfiber dubbing Ewing and Hareline Hackle calf tail post/indicator moose mane tail Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
partsman 0 Report post Posted March 2 Your coming along very well Squeezy, keep it up. Mike. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bruce deringon 0 Report post Posted March 2 Another deer hair hair off the vice Dalhberg Diver Hook: 4/0 Ahrex Tail: buck tail, flash, marabou Body: Blue, Black, Orange ‘stacked’ deer hair Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeezy 0 Report post Posted March 2 52 minutes ago, partsman said: Your coming along very well Squeezy, keep it up. Mike. Thank you for the kind words Mike. Thoroughly enjoying it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted March 2 Pot O' Gold Caddis Imitation Wet or Dry (I tied as wet fly) Tip - Tie chenille egg sack at the tip point on hook (yellow, black, red (claret) or green) Body - Scarlet, purple, green, brown or gold floss - thin Wing - Woodchuck, badger or gray squirrel - tied down wing - length of hook Hackle - Red (brown) or grizzly or both mixed Reference - Trout Fishing and Trout Flies - Jim Quick Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
niveker 0 Report post Posted March 2 18 minutes ago, flytire said: Pot O' Gold Wow that looks great Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted March 2 Piker Winged Wet Fly Tag - Gold Tinsel Body - Orange wool Hackle - Brown Wing - White Reference Trout - Ray Bergman Forgotten Flies - Schmookler and Sils Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
niveker 0 Report post Posted March 2 11 hours ago, bruce deringon said: Another deer hair hair off the vice Always impressive. 12 hours ago, Squeezy said: Smokey Mountain Candy Nice fly, funny name. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
