chugbug27 0 Report post Posted December 11, 2020 I like that a lot @Moshup & wings look great Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Moshup 0 Report post Posted December 11, 2020 Thanks chugbug27 . Yes the wings were a bear. Need to spend more time on quilled wings. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted December 11, 2020 West Coast Hornet Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sandan 0 Report post Posted December 11, 2020 Last night's Bugs and Bourbon. Darth Baetis variation. A Greg Garcia pattern. Hook: U202(tmc 2487 equivalent) size 22 Thread: Uni 8/0 purple Tail: 3 rooster pheasant tail fibers Rib: X-Small UTC red wire Wingcase: black magnum flashabou Legs: Veevus Iris, purple Thorax: Purple ice dub To list individually each of you that are rocking this month's thread would take pages to do. That said you're all really killing it. Keep up that stellar work! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
niveker 0 Report post Posted December 11, 2020 11 minutes ago, Sandan said: To list individually each of you that are rocking this month's thread would take pages to do. That said you're all really killing it. Keep up that stellar work! x1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
niveker 0 Report post Posted December 11, 2020 (edited) Golden Quail pretty obscure pattern, I think, I came across in Trout, by Ray Bergman, 1952 ed. Setting those wings is a bit above my pay grade, but I muddled through. Hackle should be thicker and maybe shorter, butt should be neater, tinsel body should be smoother. Bergman's recipe and the illustration in his book: Body: Rear half flat gold tinsel. Front half light orange chenille Tail: Golden Pheasant Crest Hackle: Plymouth or Barred Rock (grizzly) Wing: Fan Wings from Necks of Cock California Valley Quail (copied from Trout, by Ray Bergman, 1952 ed., plate 17) I also came across a recipe in Mike Valla's book, 'The Founding Flies: 43 American Masters, Their Patterns and Influences' p.285 My subs in () Hook: #12-14 (12) Thread: Beige (Tan) Tail: Golden Pheasant Crest (random yellow fiber from the trash bin on my desk, too soft for a dry tail) Wing: Grayish white quail breast feather or equivalent (bobwhite breast feather) Body: Rear - Gold tinsel. Front - one wrap orange chenille (orange yarn fibers, dubbed) Hackle: Grizzly Edited December 14, 2020 by niveker Edited for accuracy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Julius Riffle 0 Report post Posted December 11, 2020 @niveker Nice looking fly, those wings look great! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Moshup 0 Report post Posted December 11, 2020 @Sandan I really like that guy ^^^! I can tie the small stuff but I don’t like to fish the small stuff. Can’t see the tippet much anymore and when tying a knot I feel like I’m wrestling with cobwebs. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sandan 0 Report post Posted December 12, 2020 @Moshup. Thanks, you're doi9ng some great work this month also, as always. I know what you mean about the small stuff, and around here 22 isn't all that small especially in the winter and early spring. I have 2.75+ bifocal lenses in the bottom of my shades. Without that I'd be hard pressed to get 1X through a size 2 hook eye. It's really fun when it's cold out and your hands are shaking. 😉 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Moshup 0 Report post Posted December 12, 2020 17 minutes ago, Sandan said: @Moshup. Thanks, you're doi9ng some great work this month also, as always. I know what you mean about the small stuff, and around here 22 isn't all that small especially in the winter and early spring. I have 2.75+ bifocal lenses in the bottom of my shades. Without that I'd be hard pressed to get 1X through a size 2 hook eye. It's really fun when it's cold out and your hands are shaking. 😉 Happiness is threading a 16lb tippet through a 1/0 eyehook on a shortsleeved afternoon. Then again you could also be a drowning victim or lunch for a Great White that now seems to call Massachusetts home. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Moshup 0 Report post Posted December 12, 2020 Growing up and learning to tie I was pretty much influenced by the Catskill fisheries. When I entered my 40’s I had a friend introduce to the saltwater side and I fell in love with it. This is a juvy mackerel imitation that I’ve used with a lot of success on Cape Cod in the spring. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Moshup 0 Report post Posted December 12, 2020 @Pbass “Western Green Drake” Hook. ......... Tiemco100. Sz 14. ***. Should use Daichi 300 sz 14 Thread ........ Utc 70. Olive Tail. ........ Golden cdc,6 pheasant tail fbrs Body. ....... Turkey Biot. Olive Thorax. ....... Olive dubbing your choice Wing ....... Snowshoe hare Hackle. ...... Whiting Rooster cape. Grizzly dyed olive Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted December 12, 2020 Little White Streamer Hook - Straight eye streamer hook, size 8 Thread - White Tail - Red hackle fibers Body - Pearl flat braid Wing - White polar bear, bucktail, calf tail or goat hair under a small amount of gold and green flash Throat - Red hackle fibers Head - White with a small black dot to represent an eye Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
niveker 0 Report post Posted December 12, 2020 Thanks Julius. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted December 12, 2020 Willy's Dragonfly Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites