flytire 0 Report post Posted June 1 Hawthorne Body - Black floss Hackle - Black mixed with light claret Wing - Black Trout - Ray Bergman The "Just Fishing" (Ray Bergman) version of the Hawthorne has a gold tinsel tip and a body of black floss with the front 1/3 of black dubbing Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DarrellP 0 Report post Posted June 1 This fly has a "look" that is convincing. Beautiful tying, Norm. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted June 1 thanks darrell Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MuskyFlyGuy 0 Report post Posted June 2 Norm, That Hawthorne is some kind of special. I keep coming back to look at it and it draws me in. Great work! Tom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted June 2 thanks tom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted June 2 The Balloue Hook - Single or double salmon Thread - Black Tail - Yellow hackle fibers Body - Silver tinsel Throat - Yellow hackle fibers Wing - White marabou over red bucktail Topping - Peacock herl Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flyflinger 0 Report post Posted June 2 Beautiful flies. The photography is stellar! Is it the camera or the artist/operator? . . . or perhaps both? Regards, Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted June 2 Stickleback Roderick Haig-Brown Hook - Single salmon Thread - Black Tail - Claret hackle fibers Rib - Oval silver tinsel Body - Pale green or blue silk or wool Throat - Claret hackle Wing - Polar bear* (or substitute), sparse, blended orange, blue, green, yellow, olive *Polar bear in white is hard to find these days let alone dyed colors. I substituted with bucktail Fly Patterns of Canada - Paul C Marriner Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RickZieger 0 Report post Posted June 2 Saw a video on extended body mayflies. Decided to do a few without tails and hackle to get some practice in. Did put wings on them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chasing_Tails 0 Report post Posted June 2 Balanced Damsel: Hook: Jig hook, #12 Thread: Uni-Thread 6/0, olive dun Eyes: Mono, black, X-small Head: Straight pin Bead: Brass, 3.2mm Tail: Krystal Flash, midge, tan Body: Ice Dub, olive brown Rib: Wire, 0.2mm, brown Legs: Veevus UV Body Fuzz, Large, olive Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted June 3 Chameleon Hook - Single salmon Tag - Oval silver tinsel Rib - Oval silver tinsel Body - Back wool or floss, on one side a strip of wide, flat silver tinsel Wing - Black quill segment on one side, yellow quill segment on the other side Throat - Black hen hackle on one side, yellow on the other The idea for this fly was hatched in Sweden by Zsigmond Kovacs as a way of showing the fish a light and dark colored fly at the same time. As the fly approaches the fish on the swing, he will see one color of the fly. When the fly passes the fish, it will see a different color of the fly. Hopefully one of the colors will trigger a strike. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted June 3 Besure This fly was invented by Robert Chaisson, a guide living in Cheticamp, NS. It is a simple pattern that works well on most of the rivers of Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia. Hook - Single salmon Thread - Red Tip - Oval silver tinsel Tag - Pink floss Body - Bright green wool Rib - Oval silver tinsel Wing - Gray Squirrel Hackle - Bright green hackle wound as a collar Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RickZieger 0 Report post Posted June 4 M.y first two wonder wing flies. feather barb tail, dubbing body wonder wings from pheasant body feather. hackle. The left one looks like a delta wing as I did not get them to stand upright. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark Knapp 0 Report post Posted June 4 Tied up some of these for an 11 day salt water trip for halibut,rock fish and ling cod. Probably some king salmon too. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
