March Flies From the Vise

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Yellowstone

Winged Wet Fly

Glen L Evans, 1920's

Tail - Black hackle
Body - Yellow chenille
Hackle - Sparse yellow hackle
Wing - Gray duck/goose quill

Trout Country Flies - Bruce Staples
 

Yellowstone

Winged Wet Fly

Tip - Gold tinsel
Tail - Yellow hackle
Body - Yellow chenille
Hackle - Orange hackle
Wing - Black duck/goose quill

Perrault's Standard Dictionary of Fishing Flies - Keith Perrault

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Craft fur minnow size 4

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Eggs on the brain…

 

 

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Guess I could put this here? Mahi-mahi,
Dorado, locally Dolphin. Too purdy to fish and a Fopaux….glueing eyes on it!😳😏

2/0

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Sid Neff Caddis

Body - Dry fly dubbing, color to match the natural

Wing - Light or dark deer or elk hair

The Caddis and The Angler - Eric Leiser and Larry Solomon

AKA Hairwing Caddis

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Pink Petuti

Damsel/Dragonfly Imitation

Pat Barnes, 1950's

Body - Green wool yarn
Hackle - Greenish ringneck pheasant feather

Trout Country Flies - Bruce Stapleton

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Parking Lot

Damsel/Dragonfly Imitation

 

Randy Jones/Randy Stonebraker, 1990's

 

Bead - Gold brass or tungsten

Ribbing - Copper wire

Body - Peacock herl

Hackle - Black

 

Trout Country Flies - Bruce Staples

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Sparkle Damsel Nymph

Damsel Fly Nymph

Ross Anne, 1970's

Tail - Light olive marabou
Ribbing - Silver wire
Overbody - Pearl tinsel
Body and thorax - Light olive dubbing, picked out at thorax

Trout Country Flies - Bruce Staples

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Wanted to come up with something to throw when the bass are eating the damsels. 

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Craft fur minnow size 4

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Carrie Stevens Reverse tied bucktails- reverse tied bucktails developed by Carrie for saltwater a pattern that never it into her regular repertoire, later made famous by Keith Fulsher (Thunder Creek) she had two patterns saltwater and freshwater. I had previously never heard of her developing this style, as a tier without any training Carrie gave us glued wing assemblies and reverse bucktails. Unsure of original hooks used but she seemed to favor Allcock's, I have used a Mustad 9674.

References;  Carrie Stevens (Hilyard), Streamer Fly Tying and Fishing (Bates)

Hook- Mustad 9674 #2 for salt #6 for freshwater, thread- red, body- red thread lacquered, wing /head- Salt 2 saddle hackles (blue, red or green) tied on top/ buckktail tied in reverse and folded back to form bullet head with red collar. Head and collar well lacquered. Unsure of her color choices as she was well versed in color selections with her Rangeley style flies

 

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Looks good cphubert.

I just finished looking at the pictures of these flies in Keith Fulsher's book. The biggest difference between his work and us mere mortals is tyers use too much material which means the head will not have that slim sleek look the design calls for. It isn't easy to do, and it took me quite a while to finally get the appearance that makes the fly so special. Even after sitting with him back in the day I still had to control my urge for the amount of material to put on the hook.

You get  there the same way you get to Carnegie Hall...practice, practice, practice.

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Neat stuff chubert