flytire 0 Report post Posted April 5 Saranac Hook - Wet fly Thread - Black Tip - Gold tinsel Tail - Golden pheasant crest Ribbing - Gold tinsel Body - Claret floss Hackle - Claret Wing - Golden pheasant tippet Trout - Ray Bergman Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sandan 0 Report post Posted April 5 4 hours ago, Poopdeck said: Thanks Sandan. I didn’t know dyed peacock heels were out there. Thanks for the heads up. My pleasure. https://charliesflybox.com/products/bleached-dyed-peacock-eyes?variant=40538697203850 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sandan 0 Report post Posted April 5 23 hours ago, DFoster said: I finished tying some flies and had a few bits of stuff left on the desk. I also had one remaining size 16 scud hook. So why not throw them all together? WOLVERINE Nice bugs DFoster. Wolverine you say? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted April 5 Sassy Cat Hook - Wet Fly Thread - Black Tail - Scarlet Body - Peacock herl Hackle - Yellow Wing - Yellow duck/goose quill Cheek - Red hackle Trout - Ray Bergman Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DFoster 0 Report post Posted April 5 40 minutes ago, Sandan said: Nice bugs DFoster. Wolverine you say? As far as I know- A member of our church retired and was moving out of state. He told me that he tried his hand at fly tying back in the 1970s but it wasn't for him and he sold off most of his stuff. Prior to moving he handed me a shoebox full of materials (what remained of his materials). The contents were old and most were still in that wonderful old style packaging that I remember as a kid growing up. Anyway the items were fairly common but the box did include a very small patch of polar bear and a piece of fur hide that had the words "badger or wolverine" written on the leather. I can't really be sure but the color on the hide is a coffee brown that to my eye looks closer to wolverine than badger. My "expert" opinion being based on internet photos 🙄 Anyway, whatever it is, the undercoat makes wonderful dubbing. The fur itself is about 2" long and soft. I use it mostly for wings and tails. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sandan 0 Report post Posted April 5 1 hour ago, DFoster said: As far as I know- A member of our church retired and was moving out of state. He told me that he tried his hand at fly tying back in the 1970s but it wasn't for him and he sold off most of his stuff. Prior to moving he handed me a shoebox full of materials (what remained of his materials). The contents were old and most were still in that wonderful old style packaging that I remember as a kid growing up. Anyway the items were fairly common but the box did include a very small patch of polar bear and a piece of fur hide that had the words "badger or wolverine" written on the leather. I can't really be sure but the color on the hide is a coffee brown that to my eye looks closer to wolverine than badger. My "expert" opinion being based on internet photos 🙄 Anyway, whatever it is, the undercoat makes wonderful dubbing. The fur itself is about 2" long and soft. I use it mostly for wings and tails. Very cool. I was wondering because wolverine is surely not a common material. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fruitrollup 0 Report post Posted April 5 Opal Buzzer Hook: Scud / Pupa Hook, size 12-18. Fire Hole 320 shown Thread: Black, 12/0 or 70 DN. Rib: Small Wire Black Body: Mirage Opal Timsel, Medium Breathers: Uni-Floss, White Cheeks: Holographic Tinsel, Small, Orange. Veevus H14 shown Head: Thread & Resin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Poopdeck 0 Report post Posted April 6 After looking at the picture of my PMX in the challenge thread I noticed a lot of broken tips on the elk hair. I checked the elk hair and it looked fine. After further examination I learned I was breaking the tips in the hair stacker. Time for a new patch of Elk hair. PARACHUTE MADAAM X (PMX) Hook - size 8 3XL Thread - Flo orange 140 UTC/black 70 UTC Tail - Orange deer body hair Body - Flo orange UTC 140 Wing - Orange deer body hair Legs - Clear/orange barred Post - White poly Hackle - Brown dyed grizzly Thorax - UV peacock herl Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted April 6 you be smacking your stacker hard enough to break the hair tips? they looked cut to my eyes by whoever cut the patch of hair into a square Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Poopdeck 0 Report post Posted April 6 I not be smacking the stacker hard enough to break the hair tips, theoretically anyway. I will add that this is bleached elk hair that could be 25 years or older. It’s in a plastic bag marked “bleached elk hair” in my father’s handwriting. I am assuming some of the tips dried out more than the shaft or had more bleach on them and are more brittle than the others. Here is a before and after of the last tuft of hair from the patch. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bruce Derington 0 Report post Posted April 6 1 hour ago, Poopdeck said: I not be smacking the stacker hard enough to break the hair tips, theoretically anyway. I will add that this is bleached elk hair that could be 25 years or older. It’s in a plastic bag marked “bleached elk hair” in my father’s handwriting. I am assuming some of the tips dried out more than the shaft or had more bleach on them and are more brittle than the others. Here is a before and after of the last tuft of hair from the patch. Can be common, possibly being over bleached and old, get a new patch Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sandflyx 0 Report post Posted April 7 bass flies air brushed details. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted April 8 Dusty Black (Var) Hook - Single salmon Thread - Black Tip - Lower half, flat silver tinsel; the upper half, fluorescent red floss Tail - Dyed orange golden pheasant crest feather* Butt - Black yarn Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel Body - Rear two-thirds, embossed silver tinsel; the front third, orange floss Hackle - Guinea fowl barbs tied in at the throat, then orange hackle barbs tied in front Wing - Gray bucktail tied low over the body, with an overwing of black bucktail Cheeks - Jungle cock eyes or substitute *I used tippets 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 April 9 Gold Mongrel (Var) Hook - Single salmon Thread - Black Tip - Lower half, oval gold tinsel; the upper half, fluorescent orange floss Tail - Brown hackle barbs Butt - Peacock herl Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel Body - Flat gold tinsel Hackle - Brown tied on as a collar and tied back and down Wing - Dyed gold gray squirrel tied low over the body* Topping - Strands of gold Flashabou Accent *I used dyed yellow gray squirrel tail 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 April 10 Gray Beard Hook - Single salmon Thread - Black Tip - Flat silver tinsel Tail - Ginger hackle barbs mixed with strands of gold Flashabou Accent Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel Body - Dubbed with pale green lamb's wool Hackle - Light olive hen hackle barbs tied in at the throat Wing - Gray bucktail tied low over the body and extending to the end of tail Topping - Strands of yellow Flashabou Accent Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
