DarrellP 0 Report post Posted November 14, 2018 Krzysztof Wet Fly (variation) Found this one on the Irishflyfishingpassion blog. Changed up a few of the materials but the effect is similar. hook – Sierra 3906BL #10 thread - Danville 6/0 black tail - Craft Fur orange rib - x-small wire gold body - Ice Dub Pheasant Tail body hackle - grizzly dyed olive front hackle - sharptail grouse dyed olive (1Tbs Rit Golden Yellow/1tsp Rit Dark Green, 1 cup water) collar - partridge Regards, Scott Thanks for posting this fly. Love the style. And thanks for the link. Do you know what other language he titles with? Wondered if it is Gaelic. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SBPatt 0 Report post Posted November 14, 2018 Thanks for posting this fly. Love the style. And thanks for the link. Do you know what other language he titles with? Wondered if it is Gaelic. Thanks. I'm not sure; think he's Polish so maybe that's it. Regards, Scott Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SBPatt 0 Report post Posted November 14, 2018 Denson's Pearly Dabbler hook Dai Riki 070 #10 thread - Danville 6/0 black rib - small wire silver tail - bronze mallard body - medium tinsel opal hackle - grizzly hen dyed golden olive (1 Tbs Rit golden yellow/1 cup water overdyed with 1 Tbs Rit Golden yellow, 1 tsp Rit dark green/1 cup water) cloak/wing - bronze mallard Regards, Scott Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SBPatt 0 Report post Posted November 15, 2018 Finney's Irish Invicta (variation) Original called for a wing of hen pheasant tail. I have a bunch of wings and decided to play around with a folded segment; seemed to work out okay. hook Dai Riki 070 #10 thread - Danville 6/0 red tag - Uni 8/0 fire orange tail - golden pheasant crest dyed fluoro yellow (1Tbs Rit Neon Yellow, 1 cup water - needed to leave it in the bath longer) rib - small oval tinsel gold body - squirrel dyed fluoro yellow throat - guinea dyed blue wing - hen pheasant wing Regards, Scott Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tom Cummings 0 Report post Posted November 15, 2018 I like the guinea dyed blue. Looks better than the blue jay to me but I dont eat the fly so my taste might be off compared to fish lol. Great looking invicta Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark Knapp 0 Report post Posted November 15, 2018 The flies in this thread are crazy good, but so is the photography. I'm going to post some stuff, here's where my beginner status becomes evident. I challenged myself to tie some #26s. Here's some moose hair mosquitoes, black gnats and some nymphs. #26 was the smallest I could get locally. Now I have some #30s, I'll try them some day. Up in the arctic, the rivers are really young and mostly sterile. There are not many aquatics for fish to feed on. We have mostly terrestrials and spiders make up the vast majority of those. So I tied up a few spiders and beetles for next summer. These are all 12s and 14s with yarn, peacock hurl and ostrich hurl. I tied some more what I call "Salmon Fork Smolt" This is what I caught my big laker on as well as some really big pike, shefish and a bunch of other species. It's got polar bear fur, some blue bucktail and jungle cock eyes, with a little flash thrown in. and some "Chichigof Herring". I fish these in the salt for halibut, ling cod and rock fish. Here's a slightly different version of the "Chichigof Herring", These are on size 6/0 hooks. I also tie them a little longer with a stinger hook. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikechell 0 Report post Posted November 15, 2018 I like the guinea dyed blue. Looks better than the blue jay to me ... Might be, the reason blue dyed feathers look better than Blue Jay feathers ... is that Blue Jay feathers aren't actually blue. I read this a long time ago ... still have a hard time believing it. "The pigment in Blue Jay feathers is melanin, which is brown. The blue color is caused by scattering light through modified cells on the surface of the feather barbs." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikechell 0 Report post Posted November 16, 2018 True ... There is no such thing as a "blue" bird. I never said the Blue Jay feathers weren't good tying material. Just an observation of why some might like dyed feathers (actually blue in color) to natural "blue" feathers. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DarrellP 0 Report post Posted November 16, 2018 Is color a wavelength or a perception? It is blue if you define color from a painter's point of view, that is as a "perception." But as a scientist, not blue? Too deep for morning coffee drinking. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mikechell 0 Report post Posted November 16, 2018 existential vs. scientific, Darrell ... good conversation, but not on this thread. Back to pictures of flies for this month! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SBPatt 0 Report post Posted November 16, 2018 WMD (variation) A U.K. seatrout pattern. Found it here; they provide links to the tying video. hook – Maruto 2312 #6 thread - Danville 6/0 black rib - medium tinsel opal body - dubbing black hackle - black collar - teal flank underwing - Flashabou pearl wing - Australian possum dyed black Regards, Scott Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kimo 0 Report post Posted November 16, 2018 Kimo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted November 16, 2018 Wood Special Hook - Streamer style Thread - Black Tail - Golden pheasant tippets Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel Body - Orange ultra chenille Wing - Wood duck Hackle - Grizzly Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DarrellP 0 Report post Posted November 17, 2018 existential vs. scientific, Darrell ... good conversation, but not on this thread. Back to pictures of flies for this month! Mike, For you I will tie and post a fly I am working on called the Existential Angst. It will be simple using cheap materials for the proletariate. I will post soon. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
