February Flies From the Vise

[retrocarp 0]

Parachute grip foam ant with loud sight post
#18 with slightly oversized hackle
Tightlines folks

[vicente 0]

I want you to try something. When I take pictures of flies, I almost always lay them on a surface. Rarely are they in the vise. If they are in the vise, there's a surface right behind it. I believe you're camera/phone is auto-focusing on something in the background. Try laying a fly on a surface, and taking the picture that way. See if the focus is better that way.

Or if it's an option use there manual focus mode on your camera, that's what I do.

[Kimo 0]

Micro Game Changer CDL



Kimo

[retrocarp 0]

Just having a play with predator flies #2 owner mosquito hook at the front and #4 at the back
Two lumo glass beads and 30lb mono for joint
Rest of fly I've utilised feathers from pheasant
Plenty of movement on this one
Tightlines folks

[flytire 0]

 

Juneau Special

[Kimo 0]

Micro Game Changer, Olive over Crawdad Orange



Kimo

[RexW 0]

Haven’t been tying much recently and it shows in the head, but I like the colors in this pattern.

“Night Rider” - a Scandinavian pattern by Jan Furuly

Tag: Silver oval tinsel and red silk
Tail: Yellow silk
Body: Black silk
Rib: Red oval tinsel
Throat: Green hackle
Wing: Underwing of purple synthetic hair & Black squirrel
Cheeks: Jungle cock

 

 

 

 

[caloosa bug 0]

Baitfish on a #1 owner ssw.

[Kimo 0]

Midge Emerger, Olive



Kimo

[chugbug27 0]

Hey Kimo, do you like that midge jaw? What sizes?

[Kimo 0]

Hey Kimo, do you like that midge jaw? What sizes?

Yes, I do. I got them because I was tying down to 26 - 28 for flies for the San Juan. I didn't have as much access to the back of the hook with the regular jaws.

Haven't gone above #2. I just make sure I go deeper into the jaw to clamp the hook.

 

Kimo

[chugbug27 0]

Thanks

[DarrellP 0]

Caloosa bug, what is the tail made from?

[centercut 0]

Kimo,

 

Have you had a chance to fish those micro game changers yet? They look fantastic!

[caloosa bug 0]

Caloosa bug, what is the tail made from?

Its a small zonker strip over some buck tail.

 

 

Your fun with foam swap prompted me to start refilling my panfish box.

These are on a #8 mustad dry hook.