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21 hours ago, haziz said:

Woolly Bugger.

 

Is the hackle on this fly a little too extravagant/oversized?

 

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When I tie Buggers I add a wire rib; the hackle gets tied in at the head, then reverse-palmered to the tail, capture the tip of the hackle with the rib, then continue forward to the head.  I had the hackle on too many un-ribbed versions of mine come undone after a fish or two.

Regards,
Scott

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Kings River Caddis (baker's dozen)

Hook: Standard dry fly #14 & 16 (here TMC 100 and MSTD 94840)

Thread: Brown to size (here Uni 8/0 camel & Flymaster 6/0 tobacco)

Body: Tan, thicker at bend (here dyed beaver, nat. australian possum & nat. mink)

Downwing: Mottled turkey protected with fixative (here cinnamon tail, coated with Aileen's Flexible Stretchable)

Hackle: Brown (here barred dark ginger)

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3 hours ago, chugbug27 said:

Kings River Caddis (baker's dozen)

Hook: Standard dry fly #14 & 16 (here TMC 100 and MSTD 94840)

Thread: Brown to size (here Uni 8/0 camel & Flymaster 6/0 tobacco)

Body: Tan, thicker at bend (here dyed beaver, nat. australian possum & nat. mink)

Downwing: Mottled turkey protected with fixative (here cinnamon tail, coated with Aileen's Flexible Stretchable)

Hackle: Brown (here barred dark ginger)

 

 

 

 

Pics cut for brevity. Nice work Mr. chugbug27

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Sparkle Dun. Here tied on a size 10 hook since I still struggle with spinning deer hair and with the proportions on this fly. I really hate spinning deer hair, meaning, so far, I stink at it! It does not show well on the pictures, but the deer hair "wings" on this fly are fairly asymmetrical.

I found the fly (commercially tied) to be quite productive this morning, so I had to try!

Any input or feedback is welcome.

 

 

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4 hours ago, haziz said:

Sparkle Dun. Here tied on a size 10 hook since I still struggle with spinning deer hair and with the proportions on this fly. I really hate spinning deer hair, meaning, so far, I stink at it! It does not show on the pictures well but the deer hair "wings" on this fly are fairly asymmetrical.

I found the fly (commercially tied) to be quite productive this morning, so I had to try!

Any input or feedback is welcome.

 

 

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Tail’s way too thick; kinda hard to tell about the wing shape.  Stacking the hair for Sparkle Dun wings takes a bit of practice. Check out Charlie Craven’s SBS. One of the best at stressing the importance of proportions.

Regards,
Scott

 

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5 hours ago, chugbug27 said:

Kings River Caddis (baker's dozen)

Hook: Standard dry fly #14 & 16 (here TMC 100 and MSTD 94840)

Thread: Brown to size (here Uni 8/0 camel & Flymaster 6/0 tobacco)

Body: Tan, thicker at bend (here dyed beaver, nat. australian possum & nat. mink)

Downwing: Mottled turkey protected with fixative (here cinnamon tail, coated with Aileen's Flexible Stretchable)

Hackle: Brown (here barred dark ginger)

She’s a beaut, Clark. 👍

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FlexMesh Schimps   Couple hook up with lead eyes underneath; others hook down....couple bait fish  Gonna have to see if there’s a mangle factor.

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6 hours ago, chugbug27 said:

Kings River Caddis (baker's dozen)

Very nice, Chug.  

 

2 hours ago, haziz said:

Sparkle Dun

Here's Charlie Craven again, tying a Comparadun.  Here he ties in the deer hair a little differently.    

Comparadun by Charlie Craven

 

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Last night's ending to Bugs and Bourbon.  Size 22 parachute pseudocleons. I'll tie some more today. Like chugbug27, hopefully they'll get destroyed on Sunday

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1 hour ago, Sandan said:

Last night's ending to Bugs and Bourbon.  .... , hopefully they'll get destroyed on Sunday

Knock em out

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