October Flies From The Vise

[McFlyLures 0]

Some eggs for stocker trout...  nothin fancy, just stuff that works

[SBPatt 0]

Rainbow Warrior Softhackle

This one goes in the tailwater box.  Since the standard pheasant tail tail seems to disappear on all of mine as soon as I put them in the water, I decided to use something a bit more durable.  Weight is optional; either a few wraps of non-tox under the thorax or a bead.

hook - WFC Model 11 #14
thread - Uni 8/0 fire orange
tail - mottled hen 
abdomen - medium tinsel pearl 
thorax - Wapsi Sow-Scud rainbow
shoulder - hen dun

Regards,
Scott

[feathers5 0]

9 hours ago, McFlyLures said:

Some eggs for stocker trout...  nothin fancy, just stuff that works

How do you get them so full and round?

[McFlyLures 0]

6 minutes ago, feathers5 said:

How do you get them so full and round?

McFly foam...  it’s good stuff.  Maybe I’ll make a video making these soon.  But I think tightlines has a video on the exact ones.  

[TSMcDougald 0]

Pink Lady

 

This is not in Bergman's Trout. The dry fly version was made famous by La Branche. I have not been able to find out when the fly was first tied as a wet fly or who first tied it as a wet.

Edited October 31, 2020 by TSMcDougald
Correct spelling

[fshng2 0]

1 hour ago, TSMcDougald said:

Pink Lady

 

This is not in Bergman's Trout. The dry fly version was made famous by La Branche. I have not been able to find out when the fly was first tied as a wet fly or who first tied it as a wet.

Nice.

The Pink Lady was the favourite fly of the famous author George La Branche in the early 1900's. The story goes that La Branche stumbled upon the recipe more or less by accident as he bought some King of Waters, a fly with a deep red body, that lost most of their red body colour when fished and turned pink. The pattern was later tied by Rube Cross and the Dettes and many others. This is a striking fly with its pink body and double-slip mallard quill wings.

The recipe for the Pink Lady reads:
Wing: Double-slip mallard quill, divided
Tail: Medium ginger
Body: Pink floss ribbed with narrow flat gold tinsel
Hackle: Medium ginger
Hook: Mustad 94840 (or similar classically shaped hook) 

 

Interesting History of Two Pink Ladies:  The Pink Lady a Catskill Legend  

Two Vintage Recipes for Riparian Revelry

(Sistas from different Mistas)

https://dunmagazine.com/posts/the-pink-lady-a-catskill-legend 

 

[niveker 0]

That is a lovely tie, @TSMcDougald,   You  are really posting some great winged wets lately. I appreciate the history @fshng2 adds. 

[Moshup 0]

@TSMcDougald very nice.  

[TSMcDougald 0]

@niveker @Mogup Thanks!

[SBPatt 0]

Hedgehog Kate

hook - BVFT Dry #10
thread - Veevus 6/0 black
tail - deer dyed yellow (1 Tbs Rit Golden Yellow/1 cup water)
body - Ice Dub black 
wing(s) deer hair black
collar - hen furnace

Regards,
Scott

[Bimini15 0]

Shrimpy Gurgler or Gurgly Shrimp?

 

[Moshup 0]

Nice Bimini15 !

[Bimini15 0]

3 minutes ago, Mogup said:

Nice Bimini15 !

Thanks!

[Moshup 0]

Checking out a new Whiting olive grizzly cape.

 

[Mark Knapp 0]

On 10/30/2020 at 6:38 AM, Sandan said:

Brown drake CDC biot parachute

Hook:Umpqua U002 size 14

Thread:Uni 8/0 rusty brown

Post:Light dun CDC feathers (2) cut to length

Tail:CDL med. Pardo fibers

Body: rusty brown goose biot

Hackle: whiting bronze cape, unique grizzly variant. Sized appropriately 

Thorax: rusty brown superfine

Excellent month for the "Vise" everyone.

Very nice.