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On 8/23/2021 at 6:49 AM, Rocco said:

Philly,

Your ties hit on an approach I've only been thinking about.  The size 4s is larger than I was planning and the hackles a little more generous but they look lethal.

Do you fish them on on a single hander or two hander?   In slow or fast flows -- I'm assuming they are for river smallies.

They might even work for steelhead --although the temptation would be to add JC eyes and a little flash. 

Pls let us know how they do for you on your trip and best of luck.

Rocco

I had some luck back in May with ones I tied on size 6 Klinkhammer hooks.  Picked a couple small largemouth and chain pickerel on them.  These are for lake smallies.  I tend to wrap a bit of extra hackle on the larger ones.   Mainly I'll be fishing them with my 6 wgt.  I do have an extended fighting butt about 10 inches long that I can screw in.  I'll probably give the two-handed approach a try at some point.  I do have three white ones with pearlescent bodies and three with silver bodies for minnow imitations.   Hopefully, I'll have some pictures.  My goal is to catch one or two over 20 inches.

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Pompero October Caddis

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Finnish tyer Heikki Anttonen’s Bomber variation.  As with the OC Muddler, I added a shoulder for general bugginess.

hook - Maruto 7989 #10
thread - Uni 8/0 fire orange
tail - calftail orange
rib - xsmall wire gold
abdomen - dubbing rusty orange
body hackle - brown saddle dyed fiery brown (1 Tbs Rit Sunshine Orange/1 cup water)
shoulder - grizzly dyed orange
wing - calftail orange

Regards,
Scott

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an unweighted prawn...

Shell pink flat waxed nylon

Marabou

Epoxy eyes

30lb hard mono for the weedguard.

Size 2 mustad c70sd

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On 8/21/2021 at 8:43 AM, flytire said:


Dave's Shrimp

Dave Whitlock Fly Pattern

Nice Norm. Looks like a great, versatile pattern with that bent hook.

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Viherpuna

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Another Finnish fly (translation “green/red”); found this version here.  Didn’t have the exact color yarn for the tail so if the fly doesn’t work I’ll blame that.

hook - Maruto 7989 #10
thread - Depth Ray flame
tag - tinsel gold 
butt - tying thread 
tail - Indicator Yarn Fire orange 
rib - small wire gold 
body - peacock herl
shoulder - golden pheasant red body feather

Regards,
Scott

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Quill Gordon Winged Wet Fly

Hook – Mustad 3906, 3906B, size 10

Thread - Black

Tail - Lemon wood duck flank (or medium dun)

Body - Stripped peacock herl, counter wound with extra fine wire (or cemented) 

Hackle - Dun hen hackle collar 

Wing - Lemon wood duck flank

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Quill Gordon Winged Wet Fly

Hook – Mustad 3906, 3906B, size 10

Thread - Olive/olive dun

Tail - Dun hen hackle fibers

Body - Stripped peacock herl, counter wound with extra fine wire (or cemented)

Hackle - Dun hen hackle collar

Wing - Lemon wood duck flank

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Streaking Caddis

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I used Davie McPhail’s  version as reference.

hook - WFC Model 28 #12
thread - Uni 6/0 tan
body - Ice Dub hare’s ear
wing/head - deer hair

Regards,
Scott

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Midas Dry

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A few variations out there; I used this one as reference.

hook - WFC Model 3 #12
thread - Danville 6/0 black 
rib - small wire gold
body - Dubbing claret 
hackle - brown
head - FTD Starburst gold

Regards,
Scott

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Super X

Hook - Heavy nymph/streamer style

Thread - Black

Tail - Antron yarn or whatever you like

Body - Any color chenille

Legs - Round rubber or silicon legs

Thorax - Any color chenille

Hackle - Any color hackle

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Timberline Emerger

Hook - Mustad 3906B, sizes 6 – 12

Thread - Color to match body

Tail - Marabou (or the fluff at the base of a hackle), in olive, brown, black or gray 

Body - Shaggy dubbing such as Angora or seal substitute, color to match tail

Ribbing - Copper wire

Collar - Hen neck hackle, color to match body

Wings - Two grizzly hen hackles

The Timberline Emerger was developed by Randall Kaufman in the mid 1960s

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October Caddis Softhackle

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Found this one here; subbed dyed pheasant rump for guinea.

hook - Dai Riki 280 #8
thread - Uni8/0 fire orange  
abdomen - Ice Dub hot orange 
thorax - Ice Dub orange
shoulder - grizzly dyed brown 
wing - bronze mallard
collar - pheasant rump dyed orange (1 Tbs Rit Sunshine Orange/ 1 cup water)

Regards,
Scott

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Marabou Nymph - Black

Hook - Mustad 3906B or equivalent, size 6-14

Thread - Black

Tail - Black marabou

Ribbing - 3 turns of fine oval silver tinsel

Body - Blackish brown dubbing

Wing Case - Short bunch of black marabou extending over half of body. 

Dyed black raffia or swiss straw over the thorax

Thorax - Dark gray dubbing

Throat/legs - Guinea hen fibers

 

Marabou Nymph - Brown

Hook - Mustad 3906B or equivalent, size 6-14

Thread - Brown

Tail - Dark brown marabou

Ribbing - 3 turns of fine oval gold tinsel

Body - Brown dubbing

Wing Case - Short bunch of brown marabou extending over half of body. 

Dyed dark brown raffia or swiss straw over the thorax

Thorax - Dark brown and yellow mixed dubbing

Throat/legs - Dyed brown guinea hen fibers

 

Marabou Nymph - Cream

Hook - Mustad 3906B or equivalent, size 6-14

Thread - Light yellow

Tail - Pale yellow marabou

Ribbing - 3 turns of fine oval gold tinsel

Body - Cream dubbing

Wing Case - Short bunch of pale yellow marabou extending over half of body. 

Dyed yellow raffia or swiss straw over the thorax

Thorax - White dubbing

Throat/legs - Dyed yellow guinea hen fibers

 

Marabou Nymph - Gray

Hook - Mustad 3906B or equivalent, size 6-14

Thread - Gray

Tail - Gray marabou

Ribbing - 3 turns of fine oval silver tinsel

Body - Gray dubbing

Wing Case - Short bunch of gray marabou extending over half of body. 

Dyed gray raffia or swiss straw over the thorax

Thorax - Light gray dubbing

Throat/legs - Guinea hen fibers

 

Marabou Nymph - Olive

Hook - Mustad 3906B or equivalent, size 6-14

Thread - Olive

Tail - Olive Marabou

Ribbing - 3 turns of fine oval gold tinsel

Body - Olive dubbing

Wing Case - Short bunch of olive marabou extending over half of body. 

Dyed olive raffia or swiss straw over the thorax

Thorax - Yellowish olive dubbing

Throat/legs - Dyed olive guinea hen fibers

 

Marabou Nymph - Tan

Hook - Mustad 3906B or equivalent, size 6-14

Thread - Tan

Tail - Tan marabou

Ribbing - 3 turns of fine oval gold tinsel

Body - Tan dubbing

Wing Case - Short bunch of tan marabou extending over half of body. 

Dyed tan raffia or swiss straw over the thorax

Thorax - Tan and white dubbing mixed in equal parts

Throat/legs - Dyed tan guinea hen fibers

 

Popular Fly Patterns - Terry Hellekson

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Pheasant Rump Phlatwing

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Saw a neat fly over on the Spey Forum; just put the wing in a horizontal  orientation. Since I had all those juicy aftershafts sitting right in front of me, I put them to work.

hook - Dai Riki 899 #8
thread - Danville 6/0 brown
tail - pheasant rump tips 
body - aftershafts (4); loop dubbed
shoulder - pheasant rump
wing - pheasant rump

Regards,
Scott

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Vice time therapy from a busy week:

 

'88' - Nymph variant

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Hook: #12, 2xl

Thread: brown

Abdomen: small red wire

Thorax: vivid green wool (Thanks Kimba!)

Wing: mallard, dyed yellow

Hackle: grizzly hen

 

Olive Flymph - fat head version

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Hook: #16

Thread: Sulky sewing thread, olive

Body: underfur from snowshoe foot dyed medium dun, split thread dubbed

Hackle: Ringneck pheasant neck feather

 

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