February Flies From the Vise

[flytire 0]

Bully’s Bluegill Spider Originated by Terry  Wilson

Hook - Mustad S80-3906, S82-3906B or equivalent, size 8-12

Thread - Black or color to match the body.

Underbody - .020 lead/non lead wire

Body - Medium chenille

[SBPatt 0]

Bloody Alder

Variation on the vintage Alder Fly; the original Alder was included in Dame Julianna Berner’s A Treatyse of Fysshynge Wyth an Angle, published in 1496 (Gutenberg?), so it’s got some good roots. Here’s the video if you’re interested.

hook - Dai Riki 075 #10
thread - Danville 6/0 red 
tag - tying thread/resin
rib - small wire red
body - peacock herl
hackle - hen furnace
wing/pad - pheasant tail

Regards,
Scott

[Sandan 0]

37 minutes ago, chugbug27 said:

🤞

Mine are too

[SBPatt 0]

Stanley’s Grizzly (variation)

Another Appalachian pattern, this one from N.C. tier Stanley Tuttle.  Original called for a tail of grizzly bear hair, or mix of tan/black calftail; subbed woodchuck in honor of Phil, this being his day.  Here’s the video if you’re interested.

hook - Dai Riki 730 #8
thread - Danville 6/0 black
tail - woodchuck
rib - small wire copper
body - dubbing cream
wing/pad - grizzly hackle tips (2, tied flat, concave-to-concave)
hackle - hen black

Regards,
Scott

[petelangevin 0]

4 hours ago, flytire said:

Bully’s Bluegill Spider Originated by Terry  Wilson

Hook - Mustad S80-3906, S82-3906B or equivalent, size 8-12

Thread - Black or color to match the body.

Underbody - .020 lead/non lead wire

Body - Medium chenille

Yours look better than my attempts   Nice work

[Bimini15 0]

Here some of today’s efforts.

[Upstate 0]

A batch of bead head woolly buggers waiting for spring. 
all size 4. Mustad r73-9671 2xh/3xl

 

[Brian Myers 0]

8 hours ago, flytire said:

Bully’s Bluegill Spider Originated by Terry  Wilson

Hook - Mustad S80-3906, S82-3906B or equivalent, size 8-12

Thread - Black or color to match the body.

Underbody - .020 lead/non lead wire

Body - Medium chenille

Try black with orange legs 

[Brian Myers 0]

6 hours ago, SBPatt said:

Stanley’s Grizzly (variation)

Another Appalachian pattern, this one from N.C. tier Stanley Tuttle.  Original called for a tail of grizzly bear hair, or mix of tan/black calftail; subbed woodchuck in honor of Phil, this being his day.  Here’s the video if you’re interested.

hook - Dai Riki 730 #8
thread - Danville 6/0 black
tail - woodchuck
rib - small wire copper
body - dubbing cream
wing/pad - grizzly hackle tips (2, tied flat, concave-to-concave)
hackle - hen black

Regards,
Scott

I will need to steal this to try on smallies , maybe add a little orange into the cream dubbing.

[Toothy 0]

Rene Harrop's Short Wing Emerger in Hendrickson 

 

Materials:

Hook: TMC 100 SP-BL

Thread: UNI thread 8/0 in Camel

Tail: Lemon wood duck

Abdomen: Harrop's Professional Dry Fly Dubbing in Hendrickson

Ribbing: Gold wire

Wing: Mallard quill

Legs: Partridge

Thorax: Harrop's Professional Dry Fly Dubbing in Hendrickson

[flytire 0]

6 hours ago, Brian Myers said:

Try black with orange legs 

any color combination will work

[flytire 0]

 

Foam Spiders

 

Hook - Dry fly

Thread - Any color

Tail & Legs - Rubber legs

Body - Foam strip

 

Tie these in your favorite color combination. Panfish dont care

[feathers5 0]

1 hour ago, flytire said:

 

Foam Spiders

 

Hook - Dry fly

Thread - Any color

Tail & Legs - Rubber legs

Body - Foam strip

 

Tie these in your favorite color combination. Panfish dont care

Flytyer, what kind of foam did you use for the orange, yellow, and white spiders/ Just curious. They're really nice.

[flytire 0]

the spiders on the left is craft store foam

the other 3 are either open or closed cell fly shop bought foam. i dont remember

use what you have

[Chris_in_Louisiana 0]

Lefty's Deceiver

Gamakatsu B20S Stinger (1/0), 140 Denier thread, Hackle & Flashabou tail, Chartreuse over White Bucktail body with red flash throat.