flytire 0 Report post Posted December 18, 2021 Blue Winged Olive Soft Hackle Hook - Mustad 3399 Thread - Olive Ribbing - Olive ultra wire Body - Dyed olive pheasant tail fibers Thorax - Olive dubbing Hackle - Starling Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SBPatt 0 Report post Posted December 18, 2021 Hollywood’s Golden Olive Mayfly (variation) Changed up the front end of the original, subbing brighter shoulder feathers, since I’m out of darker olive chukar and partridge and my dyes are currently 1900 miles away. hook - WFC Model 6 #10 thread - Danville 6/0 chartreuse tail - pheasant tail tag - Orvis saltwater thread fluoro orange/resin rib - small wire chartreuse body - dubbing dyed golden olive (2 Tsp Rit Golden Yellow, 1/4 Tsp Rit Camel/2 cups water) body hackle - dyed golden olive 1st shoulder - partridge dyed neon olive (2 Tsp Rit Lemon Yellow, 1/4 Tsp Rit Neon Green/2 cups water) 2nd shoulder - chukar dyed neon olive Regards, Scott Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted December 19, 2021 Doodlebug “Jack” Schweigert originator Hook - Mustad #94840, Sizes 8-10 Thread - Black Tail - Red hackle fibers Underbody - Yellow yarn Overbody - Peacock herl Ribbing - Oval silver or gold tinsel Wing - Woodchuck hair Hackle (crown) - Deer hair, shaped and trimmed into a top-knot Jack’s Doodlebug can be fished either dry or wet and works on rivers, streams and ponds. Fast water or still, this is a great fly. Jack originally designed this fly as an attractor pattern to be used when there are no insects on the water. Jack developed this fly while in his original shop in Luzerne, Michigan. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted December 19, 2021 Sunset Baetis Hook - Mustad CS49 or equivalent Thread - Brown Abdomen - Yellow floss overwound with copper tinsel – space winds so that the yellow shows as a rib Thorax - Peacock herl Hackle - One turn of plover wing covert (I used barred ginger hackle) From Soft Hackle Journal Website Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SBPatt 0 Report post Posted December 19, 2021 Flyfischer’s WF56 (variation) hook - WFC Model 6 #10 thread - Uni 8/0 black tail - yarn neon green rib - Glo Brite #11 body - Ice Dub black body hackle - black 1st shoulder - hen black 2nd shoulder - bleached pheasant rump dyed chartreuse (1Tbs Rit Neon Yellow/1 cup water) Regards, Scott Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
niveker 0 Report post Posted December 19, 2021 Mix of comparadun style sulfurs, 14-18. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RickZieger 0 Report post Posted December 19, 2021 pheasant tail fibers for tail, artificial peccary for body. Starburst for thorax and Pt for wing case. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
niveker 0 Report post Posted December 20, 2021 Golden Drake, #14 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DarrellP 0 Report post Posted December 20, 2021 You guys are killing it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DarrellP 0 Report post Posted December 20, 2021 On 12/18/2021 at 8:56 AM, flytire said: Blue Winged Olive Soft Hackle Hook - Mustad 3399 Thread - Olive Ribbing - Olive ultra wire Body - Dyed olive pheasant tail fibers Thorax - Olive dubbing Hackle - Starling What size are you tying your BWOs? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted December 20, 2021 MV Atlantic Salmon Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H Thread - Black Tag - Oval gold tinsel Butt - Fluorescent yellow wool Body - Fluorescent red chenille with a front of 4-5 turns of oval gold tinsel Wing - Black squirrel tail over 2 strands of orange floss Hair-Wing Atlantic Salmon Flies - Keith Fulsher & Charles Krom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted December 20, 2021 1 hour ago, DarrellP said: What size are you tying your BWOs? i tend to tie on the larger side (bad eyes) but you can tie on whatever size you want Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SBPatt 0 Report post Posted December 20, 2021 Neon Olive Crippler hook - Maruto 206BL #8 thread - Danville 6/0 chartreuse tag - medium tinsel opal rib - Glo Brite #11 body - angora dubbing dyed neon olive (2 Tsp Rit Lemon Yellow, 1/4 Tsp Rit Neon Green/2 cups water) body hackle - dyed neon olive 1st shoulder - bleached pheasant rump dyed neon olive 2nd shoulder - Mearns quail dyed Silver Doctor Blue (2 packs Koolaid Ice Blue Raspberry/1 cup water) Regards, Scott Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted December 20, 2021 Black Ghost Atlantic Salmon Version Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H Thread - Black Tag - Oval silver tinsel Tail - Yellow hackle fibers Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel Body - Black floss Throat - Yellow hackle fibers Wing - White calf tail, bucktail or any other white hair, marabou or white hackles Sometimes tied with Jungle Cock cheeks or painted black over white eyes History - Black Ghost - Rocky River Trout Unlimited (rockyrivertu.org) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SBPatt 0 Report post Posted December 20, 2021 Flyfischer’s WF54 (variation) Changed up the front end a bit due to availability of grouse; plus, with a nod to Rudolph, I was in a shiny nose mood. hook - WFC Model 6 #10 thread - Uni 8/0 fire orange tail - bleached pheasant tail dyed claret (1 Tbs Rit Wine/1 cup water) rib - small wire gold body - dubbing claret heather 1st shoulder - orange 2nd shoulder - hen black 3rd shoulder - sharptail grouse dyed burnt orange (3 Tsp Rit Golden Yellow, 1/8 Tsp Rit Cocoa Brown/1 cup water) Regards, Scott Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
