August Flies From the Vise

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2 hours ago, Pbass said:

I got this idea from the mylar prince nymph by clark. Instead of mylar with a coper wire around it I tried coper john style. Just for practice more than anything else. Its hard to keep those coper coils touching. I also lost the body taper between breaking the thread and wire... Practice, practice, practice.

that'll catch a trout.

 

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34 minutes ago, TIER said:

that'll catch a trout.

 

Thanks TIER!

[Meeshka 0]

Nothing wrong with that TIER - will catch trout or grayling

[BillNye 0]

Just ordered a baitfish box from fly tyers dungeon to start tying some saltwater baitfish patterns.  I’m no where near the skill level of the tyers on this forum but I thought I’d post something.

[xterrabill 0]

2 minutes ago, BillNye said:

baitfish box from fly tyers dungeon

nice!

[Old Hat 0]

21 hours ago, chugbug27 said:

Great stuff this month from everybody, truly inspirational.

I decided to try out a flymph... It was fun, but let's just say, it's not as easy as it looks. (Hats off, @Old Hat.) I'm going to put them on hold while I fill out my box, and get back to learning them properly in a little bit.

BWO Emerger Flymph

Hook: Mustad 94843 #12 (4xs, 3xf)

Thread: Pearsall's Gossamer, amber

Hackle: Whiting hen hackle cape, barred dun

Rib: Small gold UTC wire

Tail / Shuck: Whiting Brahma hen saddle fibers, mottled grey, "wild"

Body: Dubbing loop of Australian possum underfur hand-dyed "bwo olive," mixed with bits of shiny yellow dubbing strands.

(and tying wax)

Materials:

First attempt:

Second attempt:

That is a great first go at it.  Try some longer shank hooks next go 'round.  A 1x long is appropriate and was often used.  

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C

[chugbug27 0]

26 minutes ago, Old Hat said:

Try some longer shank hooks next go 'round.  A 1x long is appropriate and was often used.

check. Next time I'll break out the 3906Bs.

[Bazzer69 0]

my version of a Spey Polar Shrimp

Barry

 

[xterrabill 0]

Griffiths Gnat Emergers

Daiichi 1130 16 and 18

Black and Light olive, Black ostrich, Peacock, Brown shuck yarn.

I think I am getting a little better at this, the white foam board on the desk does help me see better, tied up 4 of these this morning.

[Pbass 0]

4 hours ago, xterrabill said:

Griffiths Gnat Emergers

Daiichi 1130 16 and 18

Black and Light olive, Black ostrich, Peacock, Brown shuck yarn.

I think I am getting a little better at this, the white foam board on the desk does help me see better, tied up 4 of these this morning.

Nice work! I have a super hard time with that small stuff.  I might have to try that white foam board thing.

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On 8/13/2020 at 12:27 PM, Pbass said:

I got this idea from the mylar prince nymph by clark. Instead of mylar with a coper wire around it I tried coper john style. Just for practice more than anything else. Its hard to keep those coper coils touching. I also lost the body taper between breaking the thread and wire... Practice, practice, practice.

Nice fly, essentially a Hot Wire Prince.

A couple of tips on the wire body: Make sure the under-body is completely smooth. Any lumps or bumps will make it hard to keep the wire wraps together. Angle the wire back at a slight angle as you wrap, forcing the wraps together.

 

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41 minutes ago, Jaydub said:

Nice fly, essentially a Hot Wire Prince.

A couple of tips on the wire body: Make sure the under-body is completely smooth. Any lumps or bumps will make it hard to keep the wire wraps together. Angle the wire back at a slight angle as you wrap, forcing the wraps together.

 

Thank you! I will try to do just as you suggest. Thanks for the pointers.  I appreciate your help!

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Cleaning out an old flybox tonight I found this old night epoxy pattern of Glen Mikkelson’s (L.I. NY) Glen tied some great innovative patterns using epoxy early on and never got the credit he deserved. I tied this fly up probably over 20 years ago and look at that the shape of that epoxy. Not bad eh ?

[flymanaj 0]

One of my first airbrushed popper heads