December Flies From the Vise

[Jaydub 0]

Some Royals

Royal Trude

 

Wright's Royal

 

Royal Wulff

[Squeezy 0]

Articulated hodge podge…

saddle hackle, palmer chenille, buck tail. Glass beads using beadalon. 

[johnnyquahog 0]

Dave Whitlock tribute fly

hook - Mustad heritage c70s #1, tail - sparse bucktail & splayed chartreuse hackles, rainbow crystal flash,  body - chartreuse, olive, yellow, violet, orange & red deer hair, oversized googly eyes and rubber silicone legs.

R.I.P. Dave

 

[flytire 0]

Local Silver Doctor

Tag - Oval silver tinsel
Tail - Golden pheasant tippets
Butt - Polar bear underfur or seal's fur dyed red (or substitute)
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Silver tinsel
Throat - Silver doctor blue hackle
Wing - Underwing of red swan (goose or duck quill fibers) with mallard or teal breast over

Fly Patterns of British Columbia - James Lingren

[niveker 0]

On 12/9/2023 at 10:44 PM, johnnyquahog said:

Dave Whitlock

That's great.   

[niveker 0]

On 12/9/2023 at 7:39 PM, Jaydub said:

Some Royals

Excellent job on those.  I love the Royal family of flies.  My brother refuses to tie one on because he doesn't think the fish recognize it as food.  He's always dumbfounded when I catch fish with them.  (so am I for that matter)

[niveker 0]

On 12/9/2023 at 3:52 PM, Mark Knapp said:

What do these mean, sandflyx ?

Not that he can't answer for himself, but if I had to guess, and I do, that is a screenshot of the program he uses to keep track of patterns/recipes.  

[flytire 0]

 

On 12/9/2023 at 3:52 PM, Mark Knapp said:

 

What do these mean, sandflyx ?

they are screen shots from the long gone away "Fly-2000" app

 

[flytire 0]

Secret Weapon

Tail - Golden pheasant tippets
Body - Peacock herl
Wing - White biots
Hackle - Brown

SecretWeapon.jpg (640×840) (ngatu692.com)

[chugbug27 0]

Wow ft fantastic

[flytire 0]

Hot Wire Caddis

Ken Morrish

Bead - Black/black nickel
Abdomen - Red & Copper wire
Under wing - White goose biots
Over wing - Partridge feather fibers
Flash - 4 strands of krystal flash
Thorax - Peacock herl or dubbing

HotWireCaddis.jpg (640×840) (ngatu692.com)

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Wind River

Tip - Oval silver tinsel
Tail - Golden pheasant crest feather
Body - Oval silver tinsel
Hackle - Brown tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - Dyed orange natural brown bucktail tied over the body

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

[DFoster 0]

I stopped into a tackle shop while I was out in Nappa Valley last year.  The staff told me they we're closing down their fly fishing section and that there wasn't much left.  After some digging I found a black hare's mask  discounted for $1.50.  I've been catching trout on flies from it ever since-

BLACK HARE’S EAR

HOOK: #14 2XL

THREAD: BLACK #70

TAIL:  HARE’S MASK GUARD HAIRS- DYED BLACK

ABDOMEN:  HARE’S MASK FINE UNDER COAT – DYED BLACK

RIB: SMALL COPPER WIRE

WING CASE: PHEASANT TAIL FIBERS – DYED ORANGE WITH LOON UV THIN RESIN

THORAX: MIX OF HARE’S MASK FINE UNDER COAT AND GUARD HAIRS -DYED BLACK

LEGS: PHEASANT TAIL FIBERS – DYED ORANGE

HEAD: BLACK BEAD

 

 

[DFoster 0]

On 12/11/2023 at 9:09 AM, niveker said:

Excellent job on those.  I love the Royal family of flies.  My brother refuses to tie one on because he doesn't think the fish recognize it as food.  He's always dumbfounded when I catch fish with them.  (so am I for that matter)

Agreed- I tie and fish all of them, they just work.   I read somewhere that when asked what  the Royal Wulff imitated Lee Wulff said "Strawberry shortcake". 😉
 

[MuskyFlyGuy 0]

DFoster - nice creative use of the hare’s mask. Looks like they would be great to fish. 
 

JQ- beautiful deer hair work