Wonderbread Squidsicle

[Mark Gustavson 0]

A new addition to the fly pattern database has been submitted by Mark Gustavson:

 

Wonderbread Squidsicle

 

[letumgo 0]

Lovely pattern, Mark! I bet this fly looks amazing in the water. Tons of motion & great color combination. Definitely a winner. Thanks for sharing.

[JJD 0]

Mark,

 

It is a very nice looking pattern and I really like the subtle colors. The saddles look fairly thin. Are these similar to the type of saddles that you might use for a flatwing?

 

John

[Mark Gustavson 0]

Actually, I use a med. wide saddle for this pattern to give it a little more body. But there are uses for wider saddles on flatwings especially for saddles that are on top.

 

Here is an image of the saddles used in this fly from a step-by step:

 

 

[JJD 0]

Thanks for the detail.

 

John

[Frank G. Swarner III 0]

Awesome Mark......I have to check this journal more often.......Why do you always post steelhead flies here? Just joking...teehee hee

 

I was just tying some smaller flatwings for steelhead in colors very similar.

 

Great minds think alike.....they just fish for differnet species :rockon:

 

Frank

[Mark Gustavson 0]

Thanks. Here's some more steelhead flies from lately.

 

 

 

 

 

Steelhead have seven stripes, right?

[Joe Hard 0]

7 stripes, LOL!! Great looking flies, I am going to put a few in my box, thanks for sharring.

 

I heard that if the lines have a break or are distorted the fish are hybrids. Think there is any truth to this, or its just that every fish is differnt?