October Flies From The Vise

[RickZieger 0]

experiments on size 14 hooks. glass  bead head, chenille body with crystal chenille back on left. small duck body feather on middle and chenille back on right

[Poopdeck 0]

19 hours ago, Mark Knapp said:

Nice tie Mr.

Thank you!

[Mark Knapp 0]

12 minutes ago, Poopdeck said:

Thank you!

Oh no, thank you.

[Chasing_Tails 0]

Foam mayfly (Green Drake variant):

Hook: Curved dry fly, #12

Thread: Uni-Thread, 6/0, Olive dun

Tails: FTD Mayfly tails, PMD

Abdomen: Craft foam, 2mm, olive (segmentation with thread)

Wing: Temu mayfly wing sheet, medium, gray

Thorax: FDT Bull Frawg Mottled Dubbing, Baetis

Hackle: Saddle hackle, olive grizzly

Eyes: Foam ant body cylinder, small

I picked up some wings from Temu and did a little experimenting with them. Figured I might as well go with a foam body and eyes to assist in flotation. 

[wildwilly 0]

Beautiful tie and photo!

[PhilErup 0]

6 hours ago, Chasing_Tails said:

I picked up some wings from Temu and did a little experimenting with them. Figured I might as well go with a foam body and eyes to assist in flotation. 

Are they good quality? I mean, I'm very skeptical about anything that comes from Temu. If they're good, I would like to get some too

[flytire 0]

Starling

Hook - Wet fly
Thread - Black
Tail - Dun hackle
Body - Stripped peacock quill
Hackle - Dun hackle
Wing - Light slate duck or goose quill segments

Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth

[Gene L 0]

What is the hook size, Flytier.  I ask because of the long body being a peacock quill.  I've been tying Quill Gordons and a typically stripped quill is stretching it to tie on a size 12 hook.  Are you into a source for stripped quills of extraordinary length?

[RickZieger 0]

barbless hook size 8, gold thread rib, chenille body,  beard black hackle barbs, goose quill wings and dubbing head

[flytire 0]

Muddler Minnow

Hook - 2X- or 3X-long, sizes 4 through 14
Thread - Black/brown
Tail - Mottled turkey quill sections
Rib - Fine, oval gold tinsel
Body - Medium flat silver tinsel
Underwing - Squirrel tail
Wing - Mottled turkey quill sections
Collar and head - Deer hair (no-trim head technique)

The Practical Fly Tier - Royce Dam

[Capt Bob LeMay 0]

So many many muddler variations -and they work well anywhere.

[flytire 0]

Deer Hair Emerger

Hook - Curved style
Thread - Brown or black
Ribbing - Pearl tinsel
Body - Your favorite-colored dubbing
Wing - Deer Hair
Thorax - Your favorite-colored dubbing

[flytire 0]

Dam’s Hairwing Caddisfly

Hook - Standard dry-fly hook, sizes 12 through 20
Thread - Black or brown
Body - Light brown wool dubbing
Wing - Deer or elk body hair
Hackle - Grizzly

The Practical Fly Tier - Royce Dam

[partsman 0]

All three are wonderful Norm, but the Muddler minnow just speaks to me.

[SteeseRanley 0]

#12 Caddis Dredger - https://youtu.be/bwi8FjDbIZg?si=9OjWrxX4tEl8ySM2

I'm a fan of this pattern as it seems to produce quite well here in NorCal.  I typically tie a few of these every year in both green and orange.  Though, I do think that this pattern is more complicated than it needs to be in order to catch fish.  I've gotten away with using just some vinyl ribbing and a dubbing collar (shockingly productive and easy to tie).  As with a lot of my flies, I prefer to make a buggy collar using a dubbing loop.  The peacock dubbing I used on this fly has quickly become one of my favorite materials to use as I think it contains the right amount of flash.

#16 Eagan's Thread Frenchie

Classic, good to have in abundance and an easy tie.