October Flies From The Vise

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Patriot Caddis (Trude style)

Hook - Standard dry fly

Thread - Black

Body - Blue, red, blue tinsel

Wing - White calf tail

Hackle - Brown rooster

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Squirrelly Hairhog

Winging came from some zonker strip remnants. Waste not...

hook - BVFT Dry #10
thread - Danville 6/0 brown 
wing(s) - pine squirrel dyed rust
body - Ice Dub rust 
1st shoulder - pheasant rump dyed orange (1 Tbs Rit Sunshine Orange/1 cup water)
2nd shoulder - pheasant rump dyed brown

Regards,
Scott 

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Citrange

 

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Here’s my first submission. I’ve been practicing my royal Wulffs. Size 12. Probably my favorite fly. I’m looking for some advice. When transitioning the hackle wraps from behind the wings to the front. It always seems to slide down the tapered thread dam. Any suggestions?  I use moose for the tail and calf tail for the wings. Thanks John 

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Foreman’s Favorite Deerhair Sedge

hook - BVFT Dry #10
thread - Veevus 8/0 tan 
tag- Depth Ray fire orange/resin 
rib - medium tinsel pearl
body - dubbing hare’s ear 
wing - deer hair 
hackle - hare’s mask

Regards,
Scott

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24 minutes ago, Upstate said:

When transitioning the hackle wraps from behind the wings to the front. It always seems to slide down the tapered thread dam. Any suggestions? 

yes

instead of tapered thread wraps in front of the wing, the wraps should be level.

this will stop the hackle from wrapping down a slope. then wrap your hackle from behind the wind to in front of the wing on nice level wraps of thread

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26 minutes ago, Upstate said:

I’m looking for some advice. When transitioning the hackle wraps from behind the wings to the front. It always seems to slide down the tapered thread dam. Any suggestions?  

First, welcome to the site. You've found the best part.

Re your question... Reduce your thread dam to a minimum and instead, after you wrap around each wing post, pull each wing backward toward the bend with your tying thread and lock / wrap the thread in behind the wing posts.

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1 hour ago, Upstate said:

Here’s my first submission. I’ve been practicing my royal Wulffs. Size 12. Probably my favorite fly. I’m looking for some advice. When transitioning the hackle wraps from behind the wings to the front. It always seems to slide down the tapered thread dam. Any suggestions?  I use moose for the tail and calf tail for the wings. Thanks John

Here are a couple of tricks courtesy of Al and Gretchen Beatty (scroll down to the bottom of the page. "Up the hill" and "Down the hill".):

https://www.btsflyfishing.com/Tips_Tricks/TT.htm

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Bend back on long saltwater hook

 

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Thanks guys for all the tips. I’ll try them out soon. 
 

john 

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4 hours ago, flytire said:

Citrange

 

What is the 1st body material? 

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Flash Monkey.

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Nice pic there @Mogup