October Flies From The Vise

[niveker 0]

4 minutes ago, johnnyquahog said:

They didn’t give it a name or maybe I just missed it.

I believe they called it a baby brook trout.  Nice tie. 

[RickZieger 0]

wet fly hook, glass bead head. biot tail, PT barbs for full back on top fly and silver dubbing

[SteeseRanley 0]

#16 Parachute Ant

Really happy with how this one turned out, I ended up tying a bunch up.  I'm definitely getting a lot better at making parachutes, I think spending the extra time to reinforce the post makes it much easier/cleaner. 

Also, why are these typically tied with white posts?  I don't mind a white post but they can be very difficult to see in high glare situations.

#10 Chubby Chernobyl 

It's a classic for a reason, I love this pattern especially in smaller sizes.  I really like the rusty fulling mill dubbing, it just looks buggy.  I tied some with some finer dry fly dubbing and it looks good but... not quite as good as this.

Does anyone have small-ish (#12-16) beetle, or other terrestrial pattern recommendations?  I'm headed to do some small stream/creek fishing this weekend. 

Also, is using EP fibers for wing material a bad idea?  I've never really had any issues with using it before but, I'm curious.

[flytire 0]

High Priestess

Hook - Wet fly
Thread - Black
Tip - Orange floss
Tail - Orange over gray over blue duck or goose quill segments, married
Ribbing - Yellow floss, corded
Body - Black floss
Hackle - Yellow hackle fibers
Wing - Orange over blue over yellow duck or goose quill segments, married
Cheeks - Blue hackle tip

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[niveker 0]

Good Mother of everything that's holy that is a beautiful fly Norm

[flytire 0]

Gray Knight

Fred Kline

Hook - Wet
Thread - White under floss body; black head
Tip - Gold oval tinsel
Ribbing - Gold oval tinsel
Hackle - Guinea hen
Wing - Slate gray duck or goose quill segment

Instagram Photo

[cphubert 0]

Golden Jay

What I do with European Jay skins after the wing coverts are gone

hook- Mustad 3906, thread- gold silk, body gold silk with gold Kreinik rib, hackle- European jay back wound soft hackle style

[Heff2 0]

3 hours ago, cphubert said:

European Jay skins after the wing coverts are gone

nicely done 

[SteeseRanley 0]

#14 Royal PMX

I used Charlie Craven's video to tie this one, the link feature isn't working right now but it's easy to find on Youtube.  Shockingly, not as difficult of a tie as I thought it would be.  Though, I wish the hackle I used was slightly larger, and I think I'll bulk up the wing a bit more next time I tie this fly.

[flytire 0]

royal pmx

https://youtu.be/zEano5bVcD0?feature=shared

[SteeseRanley 0]

1 hour ago, flytire said:

royal pmx

https://youtu.be/zEano5bVcD0?feature=shared

Oh, thanks!  It's a great tutorial. 

I didn't realize you could just post links directly without it getting flagged for spam/promotion.

[RickZieger 0]

size 10 hook, bead head, biot tail brown dubbing and gold thread rib.

[flytire 0]

Spider

Hook - Wet fly
Thread - White under floss body, Black head
Tip - Gold tinsel
Body - Light blue floss
Hackle - Furnace
Hackle - Black
Wing - Brown turkey

Authors Note

Also made dark gray floss body, black hackle, dark gray turkey wing.
Also made yellow dubbing body, mallard hackle.

Amateur Tyer's Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth

[flytire 0]

Volunteer

Hook - Wet fly
Thread - White under floss body, Black head
Tip - Gold tinsel
Tail - Red duck or goose quill segments
Ribbing - Gold tinsel
Hackle - Green
Wing - Golden pheasant tippet

Trout - Ray Bergman

[BobHRAH 0]

Norm,

This latest batch of wet flies is truly amazing.  You're a real inspiration.

Thank you,

Bob H