October Flies From The Vise

[danthebugman 0]

Taking a break from grading papers to knock out some swap flies.

[Alc609 0]

1 hour ago, niveker said:

Thanks, @Alc609.  From where on the crow?  It has a nice dark slate color from the photo.  I've been thinking of putting a crow or two out of my misery.  Not something you typically see in a fly tying store.  

That’s my bad, didn’t notice till you asked but that fly I used starling, I use secondary crow flight or the ones where wing attaches. Both starling and crow give the same look, but starling has the dun look more than crow

[Alc609 0]

1 hour ago, niveker said:

Thanks, @Alc609.  From where on the crow?  It has a nice dark slate color from the photo.  I've been thinking of putting a crow or two out of my misery.  Not something you typically see in a fly tying store.  

Dove feathers also work well

[flytire 0]

Iceberg

Steelhead

Hook - Allen SS001 or equivalent

Thread - Black

Tag - Silver tinsel

Tail - Red hackle fibers

Ribbing - Silver tinsel

Body - White chenille

Wing - Dyed blue squirrel tail

Hackle - Dyed blue

[niveker 0]

9 hours ago, Alc609 said:

Dove feathers also work well

👍

[terp 0]

On 10/12/2021 at 7:53 PM, Alc609 said:

 

Alc do these flies just kill the brookies?

[flytire 0]

Blackjack

Hook - Mustad C47S or equivalent

Bead - Black brass or tungsten

Weight - Lead/lead free wire

Thread - Black

Tail - Black goose biots

Ribbing - Fluorescent pink globrite thread

Body - Tying thread

Wing - White goose biots

Collar - Fluorescent pink globrite thread

[flytire 0]

Mackie Bug

Panfish Fly

Hook - Mustad 3906, 3906B, size 10

Weight - Lead/lead free wire

Thread - Black

Tail - Rubber legs

Ribbing - Copper, gold or silver wire

Body - Black dubbing or uni yarn

Wing - Rubber legs

Thorax - Chartreuse, yellow, red, orange dubbing or uni yarn

[flytire 0]

Nation's Black

 

Originator - Bill Nation

 

Chironomid

 

Hook - Mustad 3399

 

Thread - Black

 

Body - Tying thread

 

Throat - Six natural brown hairs from a white bucktail

 

Wing - Six natural brown hairs from a white bucktail

 

[DarrellP 0]

Those are sparse!

[Alc609 0]

2 hours ago, terp said:

Alc do these flies just kill the brookies?

I’ve had good luck with all them, I have used the other two for local smallmouth I tie a grey version for a hellgrammite imitation that works fair. 

[Alc609 0]

On 10/12/2021 at 10:53 PM, Alc609 said:

Wanted to say thanks, first time I’ve posted my flies on here. You guys gave me a vote of confidence that my tying is going in right direction 

[SBPatt 0]

Mr. Rapidan Mayfly

hook - WFC Model 6 #8
thread - Veevus 8/0 tan
tag - medium tinsel gold
tail - pheasant tail
rib - small wire gold
body - Fly-Rite #34 brown/yellow
body hackle - grizzly/brown
shoulder - chukar dyed yellow (1Tbs Rit Golden Yellow/1 cup water)

Regards,
Scott

[niveker 0]

They look great, keep posting.  

[DFoster 0]

The word on the street is that as of late this classic has been hitting the trout hard -  So....

PHEASANT TAIL SOFT HACKLE

HOOK: #14 1XL NYMPH

THREAD: BLACK 6/0

TAIL: PHEASANT TAIL FIBERS

ABDOMEN/BODY: PHEASANT TAIL FIBERS

RIB: COPPER WIRE

THORAX: PEACOCK HERL -2 STRANDS

HACKLE: PARTRIDGE

HEAD:  THREAD