January Flies From the Vise

[cphubert 0]

more trollers for ice out

Black Ghost hook-Mustad 94720, thread black, tail yellow hackle fibers, body black wool with silver tinsel rib, wing- 4 white saddle hackles, throat yellow hackle fibers, cheeks jungle cock.

 

[cphubert 0]

Mickey Finn long shank troller

hook Mustad 94720, thread back, body silver mylar piping tied long for short tail with red hot spot, wing- yellow over red and yellow bucktail.

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Almost Jim's Smelt (my variant)

hook- Mustad 94720, thread- red and black, body- silver tinsel with pearl mylar piping left long for short tail and red hot spot, throat- white bucktail full length tied with red thread for gill hot spot, wing- sparse bucktail purple over lavender/ blue/ red/ yellow topped with peacock herl, eyes 3d UV secured (or painted)

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Golden Smelt variant

hook- Mustad 94720, thread black, tail- orange marabou torn short, body- golden mylar piping with orange hot spot rear, throat- sparse orange bucktail full length, wing- natural brown bucktail with black sharpie bars

[Trouttramp 0]

Your on a nice roll CP.

keep up the good work!

[cphubert 0]

1 minute ago, Trouttramp said:

keep up the good work!

Thanks

[flytire 0]

Clacka Caddis

Hook - Dry fly, size 12
Tail/Shuck - Dirty Bug Yarn, Caddis Brown or substitute
Body - Peacock herl
Wing - White, cream, tan or light dun hi-viz or substitute
Hackle - Coachman brown (may be trimmed flush at the bottom)
Thorax - Brown ice dub or peacock herl

[Sandan 0]

6 hours ago, Trouttramp said:

Your on a nice roll CP.

keep up the good work!

Ditto!

[Mark Knapp 0]

20 hours ago, Poopdeck said:

Hey Mark, I use super glue all the time on squirmy wormies with no ill effects. I use it on the actual stuff sold as squirmy wormy material as well as  similar stuff clipped from toy balls and whatnot. Not sure if brand makes a difference but I use Gorilla glue superglue. For tails and such I heat up my bodkin and melt a channel in the worm that I place over a thread base with super glue. I like this way because the worm lays in line with the hook. The super glue holds it firmly in place with only a few loose wraps of thread for piece of mind. You can see me stretching the worm. The worm would break before peeling off the hook even with no thread wraps. 

Wow, it's good to know theses things. Gorilla is about the only brand I haven't tried. I'll pick up a bottle next time I'm at another store. Of course, I have gallons of a different brand that we stock at our store. Now I'll have to buy some.

Thanks for letting us know, looks like a great technique. Maybe Silver can tell us why they differ.

[LisaLou 0]

Fly

size 14 Firehole 718 hook

feather

2 animal fibers, deer

Veevus thread 8/0

first time using actual fly tying thread and a fly hook.

tip of feather for hackle.  Split the thread and dubbed feather fluff for the body.  

 

 

 

[gadabout 0]

My first attempt at Sharon Wright’s “Black Pearl”, her tribute to Carrie Stevens.  Needs work, but it was a fun tie and I learned a few things from it.

[cphubert 0]

2 hours ago, LisaLou said:

Fly

LL that will catch fish!

 

39 minutes ago, gadabout said:

Sharon Wright’s “Black Pearl”,

Nice tie did you preassemble the wings?

[Poopdeck 0]

2 hours ago, Mark Knapp said:

Wow, it's good to know theses things. Gorilla is about the only brand I haven't tried. I'll pick up a bottle next time I'm at another store. Of course, I have gallons of a different brand that we stock at our store. Now I'll have to buy some.

Thanks for letting us know, looks like a great technique. Maybe Silver can tell us why they differ.

I think the gorilla glue is less volatile because it’s not as instant as other super glue I have used. I don’t seem to stick my fingers together as much with gorilla glue super glue. Either that or your squirmy material is different. The red worm on the hook is curl squirmy worm material. The pink worm is from a child’s toy and neither melt with the Gorilla glue. This is what I use. Let me know how it works for you.

[gadabout 0]

Yes I did.  Normally don’t like to, but seemed like the right thing to do in this case.

[niveker 0]

10 hours ago, LisaLou said:

Fly

That's a good one!

Excellent streamers CP and gadabout. 

CP's a rockin' and a trollin'!