flytire 0 Report post Posted January 1 Post them up Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
niveker 0 Report post Posted January 1 Snowshoe Emergers Hook: #16, 3@#18 Thread: 8/0, gray Rib: Small copper wire or thread tag Tail & body: Pheasant tail, dyed chartreuse Wing: Snowshoe foot, dyed medium gray Thorax: Snowshoe underfur Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johnnyquahog 0 Report post Posted January 1 Just another Muddler Monday Mummichog Muddler Hook is #4 saltwater streamer thread - 100d nano silk tail/wing - yellow dyed mallard flank Rib - medium wire body - scruffy dubbing loop head & collar - yellow olive deer hair Muddler hook - (4 to 16) this is an 8 thread = nano silk tail and wing - matched turkey center tail segments body - gold braid under wing - tan calf tail head & collar - spun deer hair (even tips in hair stacker) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DarrellP 0 Report post Posted January 1 Niveker, I love those. Johnny, I really like the Duck flank wings. Great Muddler. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
niveker 0 Report post Posted January 1 Thanks @DarrellP Doc Spratley variation Hook:#8, 2xl Weight: Lead wire Thread: 6/0 black Tail: Guinea hen Rib: Silver tinsel Body: Underfur from a snowshoe foot dyed orange Beard: Guinea hen Wing: Pheasant tail, dyed chartreuse Head: Peacock hurl Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LisaLou 0 Report post Posted January 2 (edited) Disco Unicorn, a Furled tail fly on heat shrink tube tube: 9/16 overall (brown 1mm heat shrink electrical tubing, heated and shrunk to aprox .75mm outer diameter, inner is smaller than most of my sewing needles. It’s kind of soft and flimsy is hard to shrink perfectly even. I was hoping it would get firmer as it shrunk, but did not. The ends did not roll over with heat, either, but is soft. I’m unsure how well it would hold up in real world use, if line would saw through it. But it is tiny! tan sewing thread Pale blue dubbing handmade from shredded yarn iridescent ribbon with one edge stripped to form a sort of hackle. The iridescent fibers are somewhat rigid like flash gold metallic braided thread, furled to form tail Loctite glue edited to add name. Edited January 2 by LisaLou Edited to add name Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DFoster 0 Report post Posted January 2 On 1/1/2024 at 8:42 AM, niveker said: Snowshoe Emergers Hook: #16, 3@#18 Thread: 8/0, gray Rib: Small copper wire or thread tag Tail & body: Pheasant tail, dyed chartreuse Wing: Snowshoe foot, dyed medium gray Thorax: Snowshoe underfur Buggy look'n- nice work! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DFoster 0 Report post Posted January 2 On 1/1/2024 at 9:24 AM, johnnyquahog said: Just another Muddler Mon Superb muddlers! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DFoster 0 Report post Posted January 2 Well the calendar says it's fly tying season but the temps still have me on the stream. Cold water temps have me fishing deep, snagging bottom is decimating my winter fly stocks. I got few moments at my vise over New Years and started to fill some holes in my fly boxes. HOT SPOT MIDGE HOOK: #16 HEAVY CRUVED THREAD: BLACK UNDER BODY: WIRE TAG: PEARL TINSEL SMALL ABDOMEN/BODY: 50/50 MIX OF RED AND BLACK DUBBING RIB: PEARL TINSEL SMALL THORAX: MARABOU SPUN ARROUND THE TYING THREAD GILLS: WHITE ANTRON YARN HEAD: S.H. HARD AS NAILS LIGHT TURKEY BIOT NYMPH (GENERIC) HOOK: #14 2XL NYMPH THREAD: #70 LIGHT CAHILL UNDER BODY: WIRE TAIL: TURKEY BIOT ABDOMEN/BODY: TURKEY BIOT WING CASE: TURKEY BIOT THORAX: 50/50 MIX OF HARE’S EAR AND UV PEARL LEGS: TURKEY BIOT HEAD: S.H. HARD AS NAILS Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DFoster 0 Report post Posted January 2 PEACOCK QUILL MIDGE EMERGER HOOK: #18 CURVED THREAD: 8/0 BLACK UNDER BODY: 50/50 MIX OF BLACK DUBBING AND THORAX DUBBING ABDOMEN/BODY: STRIPPED PEACOCK QUILL WITH UV RESIN THORAX: RED, OLIVE, OR DUN DUBBING GILLS: CREAM ANTRON YARN HEAD: S.H. HARD AS NAILS Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
niveker 0 Report post Posted January 2 Excellent tying, DF, save some of those yellow nymphs for the next time you're out on the lower Swift, I do well there with a similar pattern. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LisaLou 0 Report post Posted January 3 Just a buggy fly q tip ear swab (swishers brand: pretty decent) 3/4” overall Tan sewing thread feather hackle faux fur strip, cut 2mm wide across the grain and stretched thin for body, I thought it looked really buggy and good. Like dubbing with a thread built in, easy to work with. Loctite Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildwilly 0 Report post Posted January 3 22 hours ago, DFoster said: Well the calendar says it's fly tying season but the temps still have me on the stream. Cold water temps have me fishing deep, snagging bottom is decimating my winter fly stocks. I got few moments at my vise over New Years and started to fill some holes in my fly boxes. HOT SPOT MIDGE HOOK: #16 HEAVY CRUVED THREAD: BLACK UNDER BODY: WIRE TAG: PEARL TINSEL SMALL ABDOMEN/BODY: 50/50 MIX OF RED AND BLACK DUBBING RIB: PEARL TINSEL SMALL THORAX: MARABOU SPUN ARROUND THE TYING THREAD GILLS: WHITE ANTRON YARN HEAD: S.H. HARD AS NAILS LIGHT TURKEY BIOT NYMPH (GENERIC) HOOK: #14 2XL NYMPH THREAD: #70 LIGHT CAHILL UNDER BODY: WIRE TAIL: TURKEY BIOT ABDOMEN/BODY: TURKEY BIOT WING CASE: TURKEY BIOT THORAX: 50/50 MIX OF HARE’S EAR AND UV PEARL LEGS: TURKEY BIOT HEAD: S.H. HARD AS NAILS Really like those biot body nymphs. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted January 3 Brown Billy Hook - Single salmon Thread - Black Tail - Amherst pheasant tippets Ribbing - Embossed gold tinsel Body - Brown chenille Hackle - Brown Wing - Brown bucktail Fly-Tying Dictionary - J Duckett Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LisaLou 0 Report post Posted January 4 Red-legged Creeper grey sewing thread black heavy duty sewing thread red silicone skirting material for legs animal fiber tail SH hard as nails kantan bead embroidery tool to crochet the black overlay, with chain stitches on the bottom. Leg material was drawn through a chain stitch and secured with a larks head knot. No hackle to better see what it looks like for future experimentation. I consider it successful and will use the technique in the future. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
