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Been awhile since I've been on but I figured this would be the best place to get an idea. 

I've been teaching a fly-tying class at my my school for the past couple months. Next week is the last day and the kids want to tie something with dumbell eyes.

Anyone have a pattern that uses small/medium dumbell eyes that they would be interested in sharing? Warmwater pattern for trout/bass would be great. 

here are some examples of the stuff we've done. 

 

 

 

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Nice jobs with the kids. 

Hard to beat a Clouser for any type of water.

Also: Dragonfly and damselfly nymphs, simple crayfish pattern (weighted in the tail), wooly buggers, Whitlock's Near Nuffs.  

Edited by niveker
lol - Just saw @scienceguy's & @flytire's posts, must be an echo in here.

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thanks for the reply's so far. A clouser would be a good one. I should have also said that I was looking to maybe incorporate some rabbit strips into the fly. we haven't used that for a material yet. 

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20 hours ago, Upstate said:

I like the looks of that! Thanks! 

My pleasure. 

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Went with the creek leech. Had everything I was looking for. Rabbit, dumbbell eyes and dubbing. Plus I thought it would be an awesome addition to my smallmouth flybox. 
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Used materials I had on hand

size 6 ahrex curved nymph hook

small dumbbell eyes

barred/clear silk legs

Krystal dub medium brown 

brown marabou

gold variant/black rabbit strip

I think the smallies will like it 

 

 

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5 hours ago, Upstate said:

Went with the creek leech.

That looks great. How'd the kids do?

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16 minutes ago, niveker said:

That looks great. How'd the kids do?

They liked this fly a lot. Maybe there favorite so far. Today was the last day. They really made some progress skill wise from day one. It was fun teaching it. It improved my skills to. 

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