A variety of Fades

[Old Hat 0]

Here is a series of flies I call Fades. Simple in design. They are very good searching patterns. The orange pattern has replaced the hares ear spider as my go to searching pattern especially on new water. I consider them part attractor and part mimicry as each has some similarity to food stuff. The orange makes a nice Fall caddis as well, the red is a good for stoneflies about and the green is useful for some free living caddis flies. I also tie in cream, but it seems to be the least effective. I use them for trout and steelhead both. Generally #14-#16 for trout and #6-#10 for steelhead. These are tied with seal but Davy's Bug Dub SLF works great as well.

 

 

 

[mikechell 0]

Nice ... blending of colors looks good. I'd have been concerned about not having that contrasting edge of two colors, but I think those are truly fish catchers.

[Horseshoes 0]

These are my type of flies, great!

[Piker20 0]

Like those.

[shoebop 0]

Think I'll tie some up for myself ! like them alot.

[Davy 0]

those are killer looking !

[Harold Ray 0]

I have always enjoyed your flies.

 

Ray

[feathers5 0]

Those a real nice. Do you use a darker shade of each body color for the thorax area?

[Old Hat 0]

Thanks all for the comments.

 

I don't use a darker color of the same for the thorax. I usually use a black or brown dubbing for the thorax area. The dubbing technique creates a blending of the two body colors at the point where they meet.

[feathers5 0]

Just curious, what hook are you using and what kind of hackle? The hackle looks like teal, but I'm not sure.

[Old Hat 0]

These particular flies were for steelhead. They are tied on Sawada Old Limerick wet #8. For trout I like a 2x long nymph hook. The hackle is partridge dyed Dun.

[utyer 0]

Very nice as always.