SBPatt 0 Report post Posted January 22, 2022 Brooks’ Ida May (variation) A vintage pattern; found this version on John Kreft’s site. Haven’t pulled the Furry Foam out in a while; can’t say whether it’s any more effective than a dubbed body. hook - Dai Riki 300 #10 thread - Uni 8/0 black tail - hen grizzly dyed olive rib - peacock herl counterrib - small wire gold body - Furry Foam tan/colored with olive & black marker shoulder - hen grizzly dyed olive Regards, Scott Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Philly 0 Report post Posted January 22, 2022 Time to interrupt the flow of really good looking trout flies. Last night at my SW club's zoom tying meeting we tied a couple shad flies following a couple of you tube videos. Shad Dart Recipe: Hook: #6 Mustad 3366A Thread: 6/0 Fire Orange Uni-Thread Eyes: 5/32 Hourglass Eyes Tail: White Kip (Calf) Tail Body: Orange Flash Head: Orange Ultra Chenille I had to improvise since I didn't have any calf tail. Used pearl flash for the tail and tied them on gold Eagle Claw Aberdeen Crappie hook, size 6 Kip Tailed Clouser Recipe: Thread: Pink Danville's 210 Denier Hook: Mustad 3366 Size 6 Eyes: Hour Glass Brass Eyes X-small 5/32 (Copper Color) Tail: White Kip (Calf) tail, Pink Flash Accent (Flashabou) Throat: Pink Flashabou Wing: Pink Kip Tail Again no calf tail, so I used the traditional buck tail and the Eagle Claw hooks. I've been fishing a floating woolly bugger for several years. Sort of based it on the "booby fly" but I used dumbbell eyes made from foam cylinders to float them. I was cleaning up my dark side tackle box and came across some large round nightcrawler floats I used at some point to fish for walleyes. When I'm finished tying them, I'll have a half dozen "booby buggers" for my warm water box. Booby Bugger hook - Mustad 3777BN size 1/0 thread - color to match fly colors tail - marabou with 3 pieces of crystal flash tied on each side body - crystal chenille and two saddle hackles twisted together and wrapped on the hook shank head - large worm round worm floats on either heavy mono or light lure wire eyes - black UV resin Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Capt Bob LeMay 0 Report post Posted January 23, 2022 Any of those should work on pompano with the appropriate hook and an Intermediate or sinking line… Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted January 23, 2022 Dark Caddis Steelhead Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent Thread - Black Tail - Golden pheasant tippets Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel Body - Orange wool Throat - Coch-y-Bondhu or brown hackle fibers Wing - Red fox squirrel tail The Complete Illustrated Directory of Salmon Flies - Chris Mann Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SBPatt 0 Report post Posted January 23, 2022 Galloup’s Sunken Rusty Spinner (variation) Swapped out the biot abdomen for a quill body. Here’s his video if you’re interested (the actual fly ties a lot quicker than 22:44). hook - BVFT Dry #12 thread - MFC 8/0 rusty brown tail - partridge dyed rusty brown (2 Tsp Rit Sunshine Orange, 1/4 Tsp Rit Tan, 1/4 Tsp Rit Purple/4 cups water) abdomen - stripped quill brown thorax - dubbing rusty brown wing - Congo Hair Shiner Tan shoulder - partridge dyed rusty brown Regards, Scott Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DarrellP 0 Report post Posted January 23, 2022 You guys are knocking it out of the park. Love the Ida May, Scott. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
danthebugman 0 Report post Posted January 24, 2022 My wife is out of town so the kitchen table has become a fly tying table for the next several days. Sex Dungeons and Hippie Stompers have been the result so far. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SBPatt 0 Report post Posted January 24, 2022 Hendrickson Crippler Notional hook - WFC Model 6 #10 thread - Uni 8/0 black tag - medium tinsel opal rib - small wire silver body - dubbing muskrat/hare’s ear body hackle - dun 1st shoulder - chukar partridge rump 2nd shoulder - woodduck flank Regards, Scott Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted January 24, 2022 Kispiox Special Steelhead Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H Thread - Black Tag - Oval silver tinsel (Optional) Tail - Red polar bear* Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel Body - Hot orange chenille Hackle - Red Wing - White bucktail Classic Steelhead Flies - John Shewey * I used red bucktail Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SBPatt 0 Report post Posted January 24, 2022 Hendrickson Cripple II Traded the woodduck flank shoulder for pheasant rump; less accurate in terms of materials used on the traditional fly, but didn’t have to resort to a hair dryer and steam to get it to behave. hook - WFC Model 6 #10 thread - Uni 8/0 black tag - medium tinsel opal rib - small wire silver body - dubbing muskrat/hare’s ear body hackle - dun 1st shoulder - chukar partridge rump 2nd shoulder - bleached pheasant rump Regards, Scott Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris_in_Louisiana 0 Report post Posted January 24, 2022 Spent some time this weekend tying up a few larger deceivers for my trip to the northeast in May. Really liked the one below, so I decided to give it a test run out back. Caught a ~4 lbs largemouth on the fourth cast. Not bad for a chilly January morning. Hook: Kona BGC (4/0) Tail: Whiting Streamer Hackle (Olive/Highlander Green/Orange) Body: Bucktail (Olive/Yellow/White) Body Flash: Hareline Ice Wing (Minnow Back) Throat Flash: FTD Northern Lights (Red/Red) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted January 24, 2022 Missouri River Caddis Hook - Mustad C49S or equivalent Thread - Black or brown Back bubble - White antron, pulled loosely over the top of the body Body - Burnt orange yarn Antennae - Wood duck flank fibers Head - Peacock herl Federation of Fly Fishers Fly Pattern Encyclopedia Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WWKimba 0 Report post Posted January 25, 2022 My first (and WAY overdue!) contribution to this page. I still do not have a camera BUT I do have a swap buddy (from another site) who does have one and he lives about 20 minutes from me! I tie and give him the flies to take pictures of and he gives me the pictures and he keeps the flies. It's quite the deal - he takes lovely pictures and he gets my ugly ties!! 😄 This is a tie of my doing BUT, as you can see, HEAVILY influenced by Harry Murray's James Wood Bucktail. I call the series my Martini series: The Midnight Martini - a nice low light pattern and the one that started this series Hook - Mustad 9674, 2-10 Thread - black or olive Body - black chenille Bucktail Halo - black bucktail with black flash (flash-a-bou used here) 2 strands each mid-line Gill - red chenille Head - dark olive chenille wrapped ~twice the diameter of the body The Dirty Martini - an all-around silver/grey minnow/baitfish pattern Hook - Mustad 9674, 2-10 Thread - black or olive Body - grey chenille Bucktail Halo - black bucktail with silver flash (Krystalflash used here) 2 strands each mid-line Gill - red chenille Head - (medium) olive chenille wrapped ~twice the diameter of the body Who knows this answer? - Just how did the James Wood Bucktail get its name? (answer to follow in a couple days) More to follow. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Poopdeck 0 Report post Posted January 25, 2022 Maybe it’s just me but I’m not seeing any pictures kimba. Or maybe they are actual size 52 flies. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted January 25, 2022 👎 no photos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites