November Flies from the Vise

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Gray Ghost

Carrie G Stevens

Hook - Partridge CS15, #4
Thread - White and black
Tag - Flat silver tinsel
Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel
Body - Orange floss
Under belly - 4-6 strands of peacock herl, then white bucktail
Throat - Golden pheasant crest
Wing - Golden pheasant crest, then 4 gray hackles. Crest and hackles are of equal length
Shoulders - Silver pheasant body feather
Cheeks - Jungle Cock
Head - Black with an orange band

Carrie G Stevens - Maker of Rangely Favorite Trout & Salmon Flies - G R Hilyard & L K Hilyard

[SalarMan 0]

Lovely job on a true classic Norm!!

[Trouttramp 0]

That’s true wall art Norm. Eye candy.
 

[flytire 0]

thanks all

[niveker 0]

1 hour ago, flytire said:

Gray Ghost

👍👍

[Mark Knapp 0]

58 minutes ago, niveker said:

👍👍

Me too.

[Heff2 0]

7 hours ago, flytire said:

Gray Ghost

Wow, what a perfect example.  Do you preassemble the wings before tying them in? 

[flytire 0]

10 hours ago, Heff2 said:

Wow, what a perfect example.  Do you preassemble the wings before tying them in? 

no 

i tied on the wings first, pre-assembled the shoulder and cheek and then tied that on

[Heff2 0]

1 hour ago, flytire said:

no 

i tied on the wings first, pre-assembled the shoulder and cheek and then tied that on

I would do the same, I read that book this week and I found the tying instruction to be the least detailed chapter, lol.  The pre assembly makes sense to me for production tying as I’m sure it would speed things up but for one offs I see it limiting your ability to adjust things when tying in.  I was also surprised they indicated to use l lacquer in place of a rubber cement to allow for more movement but I’m definitely no expert 

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Beastmaster
Hook - 3/0 Mustad 34007
Thread - White UTC 140
Tail - white saddle hackle, silver saltwater flashabou
Tail hackle - white marabou  
Body - silver sparkle braid
Front hackle - Orange/yellow marabou
Collar - White deer hair
Head - White deer hair

[Mark Knapp 0]

6 hours ago, Poopdeck said:

 

Beastmaster
Hook - 3/0 Mustad 34007
Thread - White UTC 140
Tail - white saddle hackle, silver saltwater flashabou
Tail hackle - white marabou  
Body - silver sparkle braid
Front hackle - Orange/yellow marabou
Collar - White deer hair
Head - White deer hair

 

I love this fly.

[Gene L 0]

2 hours ago, Mark Knapp said:

I love this fly.

 

Edited November 10, 2024 by Gene L
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[Mark Knapp 0]

2 minutes ago, Gene L said:

So do I.  Looks like a bass getter.

 

I like this one too.

[flytire 0]

On 11/9/2024 at 6:18 AM, Heff2 said:

 I was also surprised they indicated to use l lacquer in place of a rubber cement to allow for more movement but I’m definitely no expert 

i just used a spot of gorilla super glue to hold the jungle cock feather to the silver pheasant feather. probably not what a purist would use and i'm not one of those

no expert here either

[Poopdeck 0]

Thanks guys.