November Flies From The Vise

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368 years old?       "The Soldier Palmer dates back to very early fly fishing times. Possibly as old as the early 17th century, it was well known and noted by Izaac Walton in his Compleat Angler 1653".  

SOLDIER PALMER 

HOOK: #12 1XL 1XS STANDARD NYMPH

THREAD: #70 RED

TAIL: 8 STRANDS RED FLOSS

ABDOMEN/BODY: RED FLOSS

RIB: OVAL TINSEL -GOLD

HACKLE: BROWN COCK DRY FLY- USE THE LONG BARBED SOFT END OF THE FEATHER

HEAD: S.N. HARD AS NAILS   

[niveker 0]

20 minutes ago, DFoster said:

SOLDIER PALMER 

The great great great great grand-daddy of the wooly worm?  Nice tie.  

[RickZieger 0]

 

niveker  it is some sort of harder tubing that I have had for a while.

 

Rick 

 

 

[niveker 0]

@RickZieger - thanks Rick.  I think I know what you're talking about, and I may have some in green and some in gold I picked up at the dollar store a while back.  I'll have to put those on the list.  

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3 hours ago, flytire said:

Truly Deadly

Nice, reminds me of an Eighty-Eight in nymph form.  

[flytire 0]

kinda....

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Olsen's Blowtorch

Hook – Any brand jig style hook

Bead - 3mm slotted copper tungsten

Weight – Lead/lead free wire

Thread - Hot orange

Tail: Glo-Brite Floss, Fire Orange #5

Ribbing - Mirage Flashabou

Counter rib - 5X tippet material

Body - Black peacock Ice Dub

Collar - Natural Dun CDC feather

[terp 0]

22 hours ago, flytire said:

Olsen's Blowtorch

 

My top-producing fly, along with his CDC Carrot Fly (which is best in the evening when hatch activity picks up).

However, I do the version that's in his book, Tactical Fly Fishing, which has pink ice dub collar and red wire as the rib (and I think red thread on the front(?) - I'm at work, writing about fly-tying).  And I use Baetis colored CDC.  I have no idea if these things matter, but for me, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.  Will try to leave a photo when I get home.

Edited November 18, 2021 by terp
Added "old style" blow torch pic

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Jackson’s Octopus Variant

Here’s his video if you’re interested; love his colors.

hook - WFC Model 6 #8
thread - Uni 6/0 fire orange 
tag - tinsel gold 
butt - Depth Ray fluoro red 
tail - yarn chartreuse 
rib - Mirage Flashabou opal
body - dubbing dyed golden olive (4 Tsp Rit Golden Yellow, 1/2 Tsp Rit Camel/1 cup water) 
body hackle - dyed golden olive/yellow 
wing- deer hair dyed fluoro yellow (2 Tsp Rit Lemon Yellow, 1/4 Tsp Rit Neon Green/2 cups water)
shoulder - golden pheasant body feather red

Regards,
Scott

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WOOD DUCK HERON

HOOK: #10 2XL NYMPH WET FLY

THREAD: BLACK #70

UNDER BODY: BLACK THREAD

BODY: WOOD DUCK FLANK

HACKLE: INDIA HEN -BROWN

HEAD: S.H. HARD AS NAILS

[WWKimba 0]

Very nice 2X2!

Kim

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3 hours ago, DFoster said:

WOOD DUCK HERON

really nice

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5 hours ago, DFoster said:

WOOD DUCK HERON

Very nice Mr. DF, great blend of colors

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On 11/17/2021 at 5:25 PM, terp said:

Added "old style" blow torch pic

👍 Nice

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