JANUARY flies

[shoebop 0]

Those Soft Hackles look great, Piker.

Here's one from earlier this morning.

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I really like your dubbing on this one!

[shoebop 0]

A Stimulator variant. "The Sedginator" A very good Yellow Sally fly.

[Bugsy 0]

Nice flies from everyone.

 

flytire, those are some fine looking gnats. I've not yet tied with dyed p-cock herl. Can you (or anyone else that may have firsthand experience) comment on the durability of the dyed herl vs natural herl?

[ebfreeman_78 0]

Be easy I'm just a beginner. Trying to build some bass/pike flies.

[DryFlies4Life 0]

Got bored and tied these big size 10 hair bodied flys. Don't know how productive they'll be as they are really quite huge, coming from a persons who's staple fly is a size 8 stimulator

[Piker20 0]

Nice flies from everyone.

 

flytire, those are some fine looking gnats. I've not yet tied with dyed p-cock herl. Can you (or anyone else that may have firsthand experience) comment on the durability of the dyed herl vs natural herl?

I have found that the dyed herl is more brittle when tying in. Once tied I have not found it to be any less durable to my natural stuff. If I am tying on a size 14 or bigger I often use ostrich herl as they are bushier.

[Piker20 0]

Be easy I'm just a beginner. Trying to build some bass/pike flies.

They look great. I would just look to shorten the yellow on the last fly so it has a more tapered look. You can use tapering scissors to do the same after tying.

[Wavey1988 0]

Had my first foray into dry flies at the weekend. The hackle I had on hand wasn't the best quality. But, they floated, and my local Rudd liked them, a lot, this morning.

 

[Piker20 0]

My local Browns love that fly without the hackle in the spring. Any pics of a lovely golden Rudd? I used to love catching them on dead maggots drifted on top in my local gravel pit. (years before I found fly fishing)

[Piker20 0]

Playing with some new dubbing

[Wavey1988 0]

I didn't get any pics this time Piker. But when I'm out again, I shall take some

[Piker20 0]

It might be controversial but I have always thought catching the likes of Rudd and Roach on the fly to be much harder than trout as they are by nature far less predatory and skittish. Saying that your fly doesn't tick the imitative box but then who are we to say what the fish sees. When I found the fly, a dawl bach was great for tench and roach in the local canal.

[Wavey1988 0]

I've never properly fished for trout lol so I'm in no position to compare. Though when the sun gets on the water a bit I've found for rudd anything small and black does the trick, on the top I've found Diawl Bachs great for Roach too. Same as small GRHE and PT nymphs I've found bigger Roach are partial to Alexandras, same with Tench

[BassMouth87 0]

Foam Sally

 

[Piker20 0]

BM87 I like that.