September Flies from the Vise

[SalarMan 0]

23 hours ago, flytire said:

Hoagy's Little Orange Mayfly
 

I had the pleasure of knowing Hoagy and for many years fishing a 7'6" bamboo rod he built for me back in the mid to late 1970's. One of the good guys.
 

[RickZieger 0]

"jiggy" variations   out of cone heads so used non lead dumbbell eyes

various congo hair, or Halloween mask  with white craft fur.

[flytire 0]

Good Evening

Hook - Wet fly
Thread - White under floss body; black head
Tail - Golden pheasant tippet
Ribbing - Gold tinsel
Body: Scarlet floss or wool
Hackle - Brown
Wing - Dark blue – white tip (such as from mallard wing)

Don Bastian Note

The wing can also be tied using whole white duck quill sections underneath shorter dark blue mallard, because oftentimes the iridescent blue mallard feathers normally used for the wings are not long enough for larger sized flies.

Trout - Ray Bergman

[Trouttramp 0]

1 hour ago, flytire said:

Good Evening
 

Cool looking fly. The white tips on the wings, nice. 
You finish the fly heads as good or better than anyone on the planet. 

[RickZieger 0]

size 10 hook, bead head, peacock sword tail, peacock at tail, blue floss or red braid abdomen, different braids for thorax, biot eyes and bleached and died peacock for wings  put peacock on the last one.

[Sandan 0]

A couple of pike flies for my son. 

[Sandan 0]

On 9/22/2024 at 11:46 AM, SalarMan said:

I had the pleasure of knowing Hoagy and for many years fishing a 7'6" bamboo rod he built for me back in the mid to late 1970's. One of the good guys.
 

That's way too cool, George.

[SalarMan 0]

15 hours ago, Sandan said:

That's way too cool, George.

Just one of those things that comes from being at the right place at the right time.

[RickZieger 0]

size 10 hook, bead head,  biot tail, purple floss abdomen, red braid thorax and biot wing.

Glued the loose thread before taking it off the holder. 

[cphubert 0]

Lew Oatman's Brook Trout

We are our own worst critics after tying one for the challenge thread that I was not happy with (hot pink floss) I went and bought another spool of light pink floss and tied another also changed hook style.

hook- Mustad 3665A # 8, thread- white, tail- hackle fibers; orange over black over white to imitate a brook trout fin, body- cream/white floss 3/4 and light salmon pink 1/4 tied full with a gold tinsel rib, throat- hackle fibers; same as tail, wing-two grizzly hackles with two olive hackles covering; six painted alternating scarlet and yellow spots, cheeks- jungle cock nails, head- olive with bottom painted white.

[johnnyquahog 0]

2 hours ago, SalarMan said:

Just one of those things that comes from being at the right place at the right time.

That is something!  I’m sure there is a great back story here?  Given that the Garrison book was completed by Hoagy and published in 77,  he was still in his twenties.  Your rod would be one of his real early ones. Hope it is preserved and admired.

[johnnyquahog 0]

15 minutes ago, cphubert said:

Lew Oatman's Brook Trout

We are our own worst critics after tying one for the challenge thread that I was not happy with (hot pink floss) I went and bought another spool of light pink floss and tied another also changed hook style.

hook- Mustad 3665A # 8, thread- white, tail- hackle fibers; orange over black over white to imitate a brook trout fin, body- cream/white floss 3/4 and light salmon pink 1/4 tied full with a gold tinsel rib, throat- hackle fibers; same as tail, wing-two grizzly hackles with two olive hackles covering; six painted alternating scarlet and yellow spots, cheeks- jungle cock nails, head- olive with bottom painted white.

You hit this one out of the park!

[flytire 0]

cp

👍👍

[flytire 0]

Gold Squirrel Tail

Hooks - TMC7999 or DA12441, sizes 4-10
Thread - Black
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Body - Flat gold tinsel
Hackle - Blue dun hen hackle barbs tied in at the throat
Wing - Strands of gold Flashabou Accent tied over the body, with an overwing of gray squirrel tail

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

 

Half Stone

Hooks - TMC7999 or DA12441, sizes 4-10
Thread - Black
Tip - Oval silver or gold tinsel
Tail - Golden pheasant crest feather
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Body - Rear third, dubbed with yellow lamb's wool; the front two-thirds, dubbed with black lamb's wool
Hackle - Black tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - Fox squirrel tail tied low over the body. Select hair from the base of the tail

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

Lady Amherst

Hooks - TMC7999 or DA12441, sizes 4-10
Thread - Black
Tip - Lower half, oval silver tinsel; the upper half, yellow floss
Tail - Golden pheasant crest feather
Butt - Black ostrich herl
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Flat silver tinsel
Hackle - Grizzly tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - Gray squirrel tail tied low over the body
Cheeks - Dyed kingfisher blue hen hackle tip tied in at each side

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

[cencalfly 0]

Lemire’s Fall Caddis

Hook: #4 Mustad Salmon

Thread: 6/0 Uni Black

Tag/Rib: Small Copper Wire

Body: Burnt Orange SLF

Underwing: Black Bear (guard hairs)

Wing: Hen Saddle (tented)

Collar/Head: Natural Elk Hair (placed in thread dubbing loop, spin then wrap pulling hair fibers back.  Trim to shape)

 

I sub’d natural elk hair for the moose and back bear for the squirrel tail.

Pattern from an SBS by @SBPatt found here on the FTF: https://www.flytyingforum.com/index.php?/topic/82272-lemires-fall-caddis-sbs/