August Flies From the Bench

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i live in connectict where there are no salmon/steelhead streams available to fish these flies

 

i tie them because i enjoy tying them. i like expanding my tying abilities, trying new genres of fly tying and digging around in my books and the internet for older and intersting fly patterns. some people will think thats crazy but i dont pay much attention to negative naysayers

 

i have never given much thought of selling any flies i tie. this forum is a hard place to sell anything.

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Nymbeet (Stuart Napier)

 

Hook - Mustad 3906/3906B

Thread - Black.

Tail - Small bunch of black cock hackle equaling the hook length.

Back - A strip of black crow wing or substitute, doubled over lengthways and reaching almost halfway down the sides of the fly, tied in by the tip end.

Body - The original dressing has an underbody of black marabou silk, wrapped with a strip of clear plastic from a particular washing up pot cleaner. Clear Vinyl Rib or Nymph Rib can be substituted. They are three times thicker, so the underbody can be eliminated.

Hackle - Two turns of black cock, the fibers the same length as shank (leave full, not gathered underneath into a 'throat style).

 

Reference - Fly Anglers Online (FAOL) Archive

[retrocarp 0]

Just some nymph I grabbed from an old book
#12 B200
Tail is deer
Body is BF mottled dubbing just Caddis
Wings are olive rabbit
Head is black 6/0 thread with loon thin

[retrocarp 0]

Yes I know there’s no such thing as a purple caddis but hey .....
Hook B200 kamasan
Tail black deer
Body purple dubbing
Legs / beard black cdc
Wing is deer

[GC59 0]

#13 Dry hackle by FTD It floats

[retrocarp 0]

Caddis #12firehole 419
Tail deer
Body BF mottled dubbing just Caddis
Ribbing is holoflash
Thorax is three wraps of peacock herl
Wing is deer

Edited August 25, 2019 by retrocarp

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i gotta catalog these

[chugbug27 0]

Stunning ft.

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barnes special

 

i'm a little rusty at tying featherwing streamers. gotta practice more

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duesenberg

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"The White Wing" salmon fly - Kelson's pattern

 

Hook: Size 1.5

Tag: Silver tinsel

Tail: GP topping

Body: First half equally divided between yellow, orange, and claret (or as close as I had to claret), and followed by black (synthetic sub'ed for seal)

Ribs: Silver tinsel and silver flat tinsel

Hackle: Black from second turn of tinsel

Throat: Blue hackle

Wings: White Goose

 

Reference: Frodin's "Classic Salmon Flies"

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Yes I know there’s no such thing as a purple caddis but hey .....

Hook B200 kamasan

Tail black deer

Body purple dubbing

Legs / beard black cdc

Wing is deer

There might not be such a thing as a purple caddis, but that fly would definitely work here in the Smokies. Yellow has always been a standard productive color, but purple is really hot right now.

Joe

[retrocarp 0]

Wet fly#12
Thread underbody
0.6 mm stretch jelly with two peacock herl fibres pulled over the top of the body
Thorax is peacock
Wing is badger hen hackle
Three turns

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