December Flies From the Vise

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18 hours ago, SBPatt said:

Yellow Owl Muddler

13 hours ago, Pbass said:

Learning the Adams fly today. This look fishable? 

Dry fly hook

Grizzly hackle

Brown hackle 

Tail-Grizzly and brown hackle fibers

Wing- Grizzly hackle tips

grey dubbing

 

Looks good sir!

 

[DFoster 0]

18 hours ago, SBPatt said:

Yellow Owl Muddler

Scott that fly is awesome.  Around here anything orange works well in the autumn but I think that one would my first choice!

 

 

 

[flytire 0]

Jungle-berg

A play on a Hornberg

Hook - Mustad R74-9672, size 8-14

Thread - Black

Body - Flat gold or silver tinsel

Wing - Matched Jungle cock side feathers

Cheeks - Jungle cock nails

Hackle - Brown and grizzly hackle

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59 minutes ago, flytire said:

Jungle-berg

Pretty nifty, @flytire  I'll have to try that one.  

[flytire 0]

yes give it a try

i can never get good mallard flank and what i have never lies flat

i could use woodduck but those feathers are $$

[Sandan 0]

13 hours ago, Moshup said:

@Pbass   Nice.  Good job on the wings.  It’s not an easy dry fly with the hackle point wings and the pairing of 

two hackles.  Do you have a small hair stacker ?   You’ll find that your tailing will be much more even using one.

With the dubbing less is more .  Easier to add bulk than to take it away.  I’m running low on my regurgitated muskrat

or I’d send you some.

@Pbass, I agree with just about everything @Moshupsaid.  When you pull your dubbing, divide it in half, then in half again. Now apply it to the thread.

Here's my point of divergence w/ Moshup, his idea regarding a stacker is a good one. I picked this up from Charlie Craven.

"Even the tips of a half dozen brown spade hackle fibers and tie them in curve up at the bend with a single wrap of thread. Even a like-sized clump of grizzly spade fibers and lay them in on top of the brown so they match up in length and curvature. Hold onto the tips of both the brown and grizzly fibers with your material hand and unwrap the single turn of thread holding the brown ones in place. That first turn of thread is merely used to hold the brown fibers in place while you prep and measure the grizzly. Measure the stacked bunch to one shank length long and bind it firmly atop the shank at the bend...." Biot Parachute Adams

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@Sandan     Yes Craven’s tip is a good one.  My nephew lives in the same town as his shop. Little did I know.

[Sandan 0]

A few from last night. An eclectic group. 

So far December is a great month, some really nice work everyone. 

 

RAT style

Hook: Dai Riki 270, size 6. Hook eye bent up w/ pliers

Thread: Uni 8/0 red

Tail: Peacock sword

Tag/rib: Oval silver tinsel

Body: back: Orange Uni Floss - burnished

           front: Peacock herl

Veiling: Orange Uni-Floss

Wing: Gray fox guard hairs

Hackle: Scaled quail back feather.

Pink Lady Comparadun

Hook: Fulling Mill 5050 size 16

Thread: Uni 8/0 Lt. Olive

Rib: UTC 140 den. Wood duck (hard to see)

Tail: Lt. Dun micro fibbets (tied some w/ moose hock and some w/bleached cow elk

Wing: Bleached comparadun deer

Thorax: Caddis Cinnamon Superfine

Swisher-Richards No Hackle dun (Flav)

Hook: Fulling Mill 5050 size 16

Thread: Uni 8/0 Lt. Olive

Tail: Med pardo CDL

Wing: Mallard primary wing slips

Thorax: Lt. Olive antron

[Sandan 0]

11 minutes ago, Moshup said:

@Sandan     Yes Craven’s tip is a good one.  My nephew lives in the same town as his shop. Little did I know.

@Moshup, I live about 20 minutes from Charlie's Fly Box. That place is like Costco, you go in for 3 things and come out w/ 50. Does your nephew share our passion for tying and fishing?

 

[Moshup 0]

@Sandan  He does flyfish but is not a tyer.

[SBPatt 0]

Sunburst Bunny Cormorant

Found these on the Fariofly site.  Easy enough to sub rabbit fur for the wing (just about as messy, too) and I have lots of hides and zonker strips to choose from.

hook - BVFT Dry #10
thread - MFC 6/0 fire orange
rib - medium tinsel opal
body - peacock herl 
cheeks - biots dyed sunburst (1 Tbs Rit Golden Yellow/1 cup water) 
wing - rabbit fur dyed black

Regards,
Scott

[Moshup 0]

@Sandan      Nice flies Mike.

[Sandan 0]

38 minutes ago, Moshup said:

@Sandan      Nice flies Mike.

@Moshup Thank you sir

[chugbug27 0]

+1 @Sandan I'm slacking off here...

[Sandan 0]

3 minutes ago, chugbug27 said:

+1 @Sandan I'm slacking off here...

@chugbug27. Thanks. You have that book to think about, that's hardly slacking😉