October Flies From The Vise

[Pbass 0]

My first two Micro Game changer buggers! These are a tough one for me but I am enjoying learning! 

 

I tied the yellow one last week and just tied the black and white one tonight.

[SBPatt 0]

Hairwing Raymond

Found a few 3906s left in a box; decided to burn them up on some pretty stuff.

hook - Mustad 3906 #8
thread - Danville 6/0 red 
tail - golden pheasant crest
rib - small wire gold
body - dubbing golden olive
body hackle - red/golden olive (4 Tsp Rit Golden Yellow, 1 Tsp Rit Camel)
collar - hen grizzly dyed Silver Doctor Blue (2 packs Koolaid Ice Blue Raspberry/1 cup water)
wing - deer hair

Regards,
Scott

[Pbass 0]

18 minutes ago, SBPatt said:

Hairwing Raymond

 

Thats Awesome! I like it!

[Moshup 0]

@Pbass  Nice duo !

[Pbass 0]

6 minutes ago, Mogup said:

@Pbass  Nice duo !

Thank you so much!!

[vicente 0]

2 hours ago, Pbass said:

My first two Micro Game changer buggers! These are a tough one for me but I am enjoying learning! 

 

I tied the yellow one last week and just tied the black and white one tonight.

Those look great pbass

[chugbug27 0]

1 hour ago, SBPatt said:

Silver Doctor Blue (2 packs Koolaid Ice Blue Raspberry/1 cup water)

Hey @SBPatt, looks good great as usual. Does the blue kool aid dye stay saturated on feathers or does it tend to wash out? And how much material can you dye with 2 packets? A whole hen neck?

[Mark Knapp 0]

Extended Body Wally-wing Mayfly

Hook  Mustad #14 caddis hook

Thread- Danvilles Olive 6/0 70 Denier

Tail - Micro-fibettes, superfine yellow crystal dubbing, brown peacock wing biot, cling wrap

Wing - Wood duck flank feather tied Wally-wing

Body - Olive CDC

All comments are welcomed

[SBPatt 0]

6 hours ago, chugbug27 said:

 Does the blue kool aid dye stay saturated on feathers or does it tend to wash out? And how much material can you dye with 2 packets? A whole hen neck?

Thanks. I use the same steps to dye with Koolaid as I do with Rit dyes; the vinegar allows the protein substrate (fancy talk for feathers, fur, hair) to absorb the dye and locks it in.  I haven’t had any issues with dye bleeding or washing out; I don’t fish saltwater with any of the flies I’ve used dyed feathers on, but don’t imagine that would cause a problem, either. 
I’ve dyed whole pheasant rumps with 2 packs of the Koolaid and had some left over in the dye bath so I think you could dye at least one hen neck, probably more than that at a time. Having said that, for larger, bulkier items, the soaking time should probably be increased to insure the dye gets into all the fibers; longer time in the microwave can get the bath too hot/too long and potentially damage the substrate - it might be better to do them on a stove/hot plate at a lower temp longer ‘til the dye is absorbed. I’ve definitely found that to be the case when dyeing deer hair; more time is needed to get the color to be soak in thoroughly.

Regards,
Scott

 

[Landon P 0]

8 inch articulated pike fly. 

Rear hook: (back to front) Tinsel, Uv Flashabou, Small strip of craft stuff, Black bucktail stacks, Olive Saddle hackle. 

Front hook: Black bucktail, More tinsel, More bucktail, Touch of red bucktail, and eyes i found at Fleet Farm. 

These swim really nice and ill be trying them out today. 

Criticism is welcome. 

[RickZieger 0]

Peacock sword tail nymph.

hook choice of size (8 to 14 for me)

Thread match body or contrast for rib

Body  emu or ostrich herl rope

Soft hackle at front if use ostrich 

[Moshup 0]

@RickZieger.  Nice

[Pbass 0]

11 hours ago, vicente said:

Those look great pbass

Thank you! I cant wait to try them out.

[Pbass 0]

11 hours ago, Mark Knapp said:

Extended Body Wally-wing Mayfly

Hook  Mustad #14 caddis hook

Tail - Micro-fibettes, superfine yellow crystal dubbing, brown peacock wing biot

Wing - Wood duck flank feather tied Wally-wing

Body - Olive CDC

All comments are welcomed

That looks so good! I bet the fish will go crazy on that one!

[Mark Knapp 0]

12 minutes ago, Pbass said:

That looks so good! I bet the fish will go crazy on that one!

Thanks P