flytire 0 Report post Posted February 28 Fahie Hooks - Single salmon Thread - Black Tip - Fine gold wire Tail - Golden pheasant crest feather Butt - Black ostrich herl Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel Body - Dark green floss Hackle - Yellow hen hackle barbs tied in at the throat Wing - Yellow hen hackle barbs tied low over the body, with an overwing of dyed black squirrel tail Cheeks - Jungle cock eyes or substitute Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted February 28 Gold Fever Hook - Single salmon Thread - Black Tip - Lower half, flat gold tinsel; the upper half, yellow floss Tail - Black hackle barbs Butt - Black yarn Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel Body - Flat gold tinsel Hackle - Guinea fowl barbs tied in at the throat Wing - Gray squirrel tail over dyed yellow squirrel tail Charles Krom of New York City originated this pattern in the mid-1970s. Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fruitrollup 0 Report post Posted February 28 I love the Gold Fever, baby. The only answer is more cow bell! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
phluffhead 0 Report post Posted February 28 1st attempt at a clouser, and any streamer other than a WB. A little bulky in the head, and from this angle atleast, the green looks a bit shorter than the yellow, but I'm pretty happy with this. Tied on a Gamakatsu SC15 Size 4. Issues I ran into: Sizing the bucktail- maybe due to tying on a size 4, cutting a clump off and then sizing it to be 2x the length of the shank, it felt like I was mostly going to get just the longest tips and a lose a lot of the hair when pulling out the shorter ones. Maybe just something to get adjusted to. When sizing bucktail should you measure from the longest hair more or less? Tying in the gold flash- when inverting the hook and wrapping the flash around the thread to try to tie under the shank I felt like I really didn't have room due to the vise to get the flash seated properly. It's not really noticeable in this pic but it's a bit messy..though I'm sure the fish won't mind. I'm tying on a Peak Rotary Vise, for what it's worth Looks like the eye could be further back a tad too. This was a lot of fun to tie and I'm pretty pumped about it. Imitating a fish really speaks to my plug throwing, surf fishing side lol a nice break from the traditional trout flies Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Poopdeck 0 Report post Posted February 29 Hacklestacker - this may be my favorite color combo. Hook - 14 Thread - 8/0 Uni gray Tail - mixed grizzly brown and medium ginger hackle fibers Body - Hareline Adams gray dubbing Post - Black span flex Hackle - grizzly brown and a medium ginger Thorax - Hareline Adams gray dubbing Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fruitrollup 0 Report post Posted February 29 12 hours ago, Poopdeck said: Hacklestacker - this may be my favorite color combo. Very nice Tie! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
niveker 0 Report post Posted February 29 12 hours ago, Poopdeck said: my favorite color combo I agree. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted February 29 Nuit Blanche - Sleepless Night (Google Translation) Hook - Single salmon Thread - Black Tip - Lower half, oval gold tinsel; the upper half, fluorescent orange floss Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel Body - Black chenille Hackle - Guinea fowl barbs tied in at the throat Wing - White calf tail tied low over the body Cheeks - Jungle cock eyes or substitute Raymond Dussault originated this pattern in 1984. Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Poopdeck 0 Report post Posted March 1 11 hours ago, Fruitrollup said: Very nice Tie! 11 hours ago, niveker said: I agree. Thanks, I just hope the fish like grizzly brown and medium dun as much as I do. I’m really liking the hackle stackers because I feel I can get away with a lot larger hackle sizes which I have plenty of. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
