rolsen 0 Report post Posted February 12, 2013 CTobias, nice hump on the wings! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CTobias 0 Report post Posted February 12, 2013 Thanks. The top two are AJ size one and the bottom two are AJ 3/0 Spey hooks. All of them are freestyle. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chefben4 0 Report post Posted February 12, 2013 Thanks. The top two are AJ size one and the bottom two are AJ 3/0 Spey hooks. All of them are freestyle. Thanks! Very nice! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlyFishin'Jam 0 Report post Posted February 12, 2013 The stuff I got from AO feathers is the best quality I have ever seen, still a little thick by the time I get to the head of the fly but it works. Gonna try tying an "Orange Heron" tonight with the BEP Ahh the crap i get usually is hanging on the shelf for many years and is quite brittle, i did come across the tube fly company and grabbed a few bags from them, yes much better stuff and smells really nice too... Well i just picked up a nice bag o' grey H****, i guess tonight i shall give a couple of them a shot too, oooo wish i had macaw (spelling) for the gold heron, hey anyone know a good sub for that? Orange goose slips? Hackle tips? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FishDragon 0 Report post Posted February 13, 2013 An egg laying mosquito. Nothing fancy like those awesome steelie flys Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chefben4 0 Report post Posted February 13, 2013 An egg laying mosquito. Nothing fancy like those awesome steelie flys Dude, thats a nice looking mosquito! Dont sell yourself short! (although I commonly do this and am actually about too lol). Now for my fly..My first go at a tented spey fly. This is sort of close to a Syd Glasso Gray Heron pattern. Changed out a couple small things, including of course the gray heron. You can see my ribbing slipped on the rear of this one. Didnt even notice it until i was uploading the photos. Oh well. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FishDragon 0 Report post Posted February 13, 2013 Have to say that is one sweet fly ChefBen. I love the look of spey flies and just ordered a book on how to tie them. I hope by next fall to have a few of those types of flies to share. One thing I often do is upload a fly than pick it to pieces but if you never learn from mistakes you will never learn. To me it looks like the tinsel belongs right where it is. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CTobias 0 Report post Posted February 13, 2013 <blockquote class='ipsBlockquote'data-author="FishDragon" data-cid="537456" data-time="1360726674"><p> Have to say that is one sweet fly ChefBen. I love the look of spey flies and just ordered a book on how to tie them. I hope by next fall to have a few of those types of flies to share.<br /> <br /> One thing I often do is upload a fly than pick it to pieces but if you never learn from mistakes you will never learn. To me it looks like the tinsel belongs right where it is. </p></blockquote> There is a lot of great information out there on tying Spey flies. I taught myself how to tie married wings after reading a step by step I found on Spey Pages. Needless to say it was a long and frustrating month at the vise. I went through a lot of turkey feathers trying to get wings to set right. Still learning as always. I can say though it has helped my tying tremendously since now I pay more attention to how much thread I put on a hook. My dries and trout flies look Bette (to me at least). I really enjoy tying the speys and fishing them as well. I stick to freestyle since I can be more creative and just use the materials I have. FeathersMC is a great source for classic materials when they have them in stock. I just can't see ponying up the money for some of the material called for on classic patterns for flies I am going to fish. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wavey1988 0 Report post Posted February 13, 2013 My first go at tube flies. Tied up a bunch of sandeels Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shoebop 0 Report post Posted February 13, 2013 Copper & Red Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FishDragon 0 Report post Posted February 13, 2013 My first attempt at a spey. Used a red feather from a golden pheasant skin, red tinsel, rust floss for ribbing and gadwall for the collar with a mallard tent wing. I blame everyone who has tied a nice spey fly for me attempting this lol . Kinda short on spey materials right now but just messing about. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlyFishin'Jam 0 Report post Posted February 13, 2013 Jams Grey Heron ... #3 Jams Black Heron ... #3 Both at the same time Then a massive pile o' herons. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chefben4 0 Report post Posted February 13, 2013 Thanks for the comments!Jam' as always..awesome! Careful with them so close together. It looks like they are spawning! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shoebop 0 Report post Posted February 13, 2013 Well done! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CTobias 0 Report post Posted February 13, 2013 Looking great gentleman!! Here are a couple speys from today. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
