June Flies From the Vise

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3 hours ago, Julius Riffle said:

Copper John on a jig

Thats a nice clean tie, Julius.  

 

3 hours ago, James said:

Tied these up for a hybrid

Those look good James, I like the color co-ordination/contrast between the eyes and top of the body.  

And as always, great ties from everyone else.  Seeing all the different flies posted here is a treat.  

11 hours ago, McFlyLures said:

I forgot the name of this

Again, nice clean tie McFly.  I'm not nearly as neat on my foam and hair flies.  

[Kimo 0]

1 hour ago, TSMcDougald said:

Great looking fly Kimo!

Thank You!

Kimo

[McFlyLures 0]

1 hour ago, niveker said:

 

Again, nice clean tie McFly.  I'm not nearly as neat on my foam and hair flies.  

Thank you

[Mark Knapp 0]

Adams

Grizzly, brown and musk rat

Cree Adams

Dark Barred Ginger Adams

[Kimo 0]

Micro Game Changer
Pheasant Tail Rump 24



Kimo

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Micro Game Changer
Hen Back - Natural



Kimo

[DarrellP 0]

Mark, I hate to say it, but I like the mixed brown and grizzly best.  

Kimo, you have that micro game changer dialed in.

[Julius Riffle 0]

7 hours ago, Mark Knapp said:

Adams

Grizzly, brown and musk rat

Cree Adams

Dark Barred Ginger Adams

Nice Adams collection! Do you use muskrat for all the bodies?

[Julius Riffle 0]

Z-wing Caddis

Body: Chartreuse Uni-Stretch

Rib: x-small red wire

Wing: Natural deer hair

Head: Peacock herl

[flytire 0]

i might be wrong but isn't there some z-lon/antron yarn in a z wing caddis? otherwise nice variation

https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Z-wing+Caddis&FORM=HDRSC2

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3 hours ago, DarrellP said:

Mark, I hate to say it, but I like the mixed brown and grizzly best.  

Kimo, you have that micro game changer dialed in.

Thank You! I had to go to one size larger hook(Kona BGH, #6).
The smallies thrash quite a bit and they were getting unbuttoned.
I have some grey and silver ones I can't wait to fish for wiper with.
They key in on the shad at times.

Kimo

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6 hours ago, DarrellP said:

Mark, I hate to say it, but I like the mixed brown and grizzly best.  

Kimo, you have that micro game changer dialed in.

You don't have to hate it. I'm not pushing a case either way. I like them all.

The differences, to me, are subtle but that's what fly tiers do, talk about subtle differences. I like to explore all possibilities.

I'll fish them all this summer and I am sure that other variables like bad casting, water conditions, delivery, time of day and other things will make a bigger difference than the feathers.

I think that confidence in a fly has more to do with it success than any other factor.

YMMV, I fish for stupid fish (that sounds very unkind to them) in very low pressure fisheries (they won't care what fly I use). Fishers in high pressure areas would probably have different results.

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6 hours ago, Julius Riffle said:

Nice Adams collection! Do you use muskrat for all the bodies?

Thanks Julius, yes, all musk rat on these. I sometimes use gray poly dubbing for Adams. I decided to go classic on these. I see just a little bit of green in one of them that must have been picked up from my FT desk. That one will probably be the killer fly.

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Micro Game Changer
Fire Tiger 61120



Kimo

[TSMcDougald 0]

I saw a video of Davie McPhail tying this Black Adult Midge (Duck Fly).  Mine has a few differences from his.

 

 

Edited June 12 by TSMcDougald
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