Sunken Midge
Sunken MidgeHook: Grip Barbless Hook 14723BL #20.Thread: Black 10/0 Gudebrod.Shuck: Coq de Leon Spade Hackle Fibers.Body: Black Hare's Ear Fur (chopped).'Overwing': Clear Antron (sparse).H |
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Sniksoh's Simple Craw
This fly will sit on the bottom eye down tail up and the legs will wiggle and dance. Drag it slow. Or strip it and you will get a huge amount of pulse out of the legs. The Jig hook will help to keep |
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Woven Fly Swap
Fred,I think it is called the shuttle weave. Once you get hold of the two ends of the material you do not let go until you finish the weave. It is an over and under, back and forth motion. Keeping |
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Bead Head Caddis Pupa
Thank you. I putting a few of those in the box for sure. I don't have any antron, maybe a snowshoe foot wing would suffice? |
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Sniksoh's Damsel
I love the fly only thing I could suggest is using antron for the wings |
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Magic Caddis
Stroli: Looks like a great, easy fly to tie. I'm all for simple patterns that catch trout. What is Sparkle Emerger Yarn? Is it just regular antron? |
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Fly Tyer's Dungeon
I placed an order 2 weeks ago and got it in 10 days also. 25 dollars worth of dubbin from the dungeon has me set on dubbin for a bit! Between hairs web, antron, and peacock thoes are some of the b |
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A question related to tying
I do feel that tying enhances the tradition of the sport, but not only from the standpoint of sticking with the "right" materials or patterns. I think that the biggest tradtion in tying is |
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calf- tail substitute
Bucktail, deer, elk or in smaller sizes, snowshoe rabbit would be good floating hairs. Z lon antron or any synthetec fibers that you could find that float. You could even use clumps of cdc. |
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z-lon sub
Hi I'm a long time reader at this forum and I don't post much, but I thought I'd share this!Here's a couple of web pages that will help to understand the difference between the two |
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Hairy Mary
Here is one Hairy Mary tied on my way Receipt:Hook: Daiichi double size 6Tag:Gold tinselTail:Yellow antrongarnBody:Black silk,gold ribbingHackle:Blue cockWing:Brown hairHead:Black |
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Egg Box pic
Nice bunch of flies Brent!!! That nutcracker looks cool! Looks like just chenille wrapped with some antron brought over it??Nice flies!Mike |
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the norwegian cdc popper collection
Hi vtflyhackI looked into the details on "tying" these things and there is not mutch to learn from the writing. For the kayak and the bodies he uses modified hard cell foam popperheads witch |
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tell your neighbor where to go swap
Hi Guys, I got my parachute emergers finished yesterday and willl send them out in the mail to RRSS this morning.This was fun and I can't wait to get flies back from everyone and to get into ano |
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I've got an itch...
QUOTE(Sal Velinus @ Feb 3 2008, 02:07 AM) [snapback]291924[/snapback]So I was skeptical when I saw that fly tied on utube and thought no way, then they showed it wet and I thought wow, that l |
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A FAT THUNDER & LIGHTNING
QUOTE(tompa @ Jan 29 2008, 12:41 AM) [snapback]290904[/snapback] HiHere's a fat thunder&lightning that I'm going to use now in april for seatrout in river Ljungan. When i tie flie |
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How do you tie off your parachutes?
I Like this Question . What I do is start tying all the back of the Fly in first then when I get up to the Front I Ty in My material whether it is antron, CDC, Sparkle Organza, Deer, Moose or what ev |
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Bubble Hot-wire Caddis
Dale,Nice fly design, thanks for posting the photos.The Gary LaFontaine antron touch dubbing is seldom used today, great fly design.Regards,FK |
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MARCH BROWN ZONKER ATLANTIC SALMON
MARCH BROWN ZONKER a great high water atlantic salmon fly here on the Quebec north Shore got 3 12 to 15 pound hens with this fly in 2007MaterialHook - SALMON single or doubleThread - blackWing- Brow |
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Bluegill Swap #3. FLOATERS!
Those look awesome, flygirl!!And 20 (plus some extra) size 14 Pass Lakes are winging their way to breambuster.I used a synthic nylon wing for durability.The tail is mallard dyed yellow. I trie |
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parachute adams
Great info here. Parachutes have become my favorite dry fly method. There's just so many ways to get the fly done that it's really amazing. I like using synthetics for the posts (poly, antr |
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dry fly tails
Once I went to the drugstore with some of my flies to prove that I was not a perv. I have purchase fake eyelashes for tails because like the real ones they are curved. Also there I have purchase a v |
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Chads Summer Super Bug
Chads Summer Super BugHook 200r size 12-16Olive Thread 8/0 UniUnderbody: Lateral Scale Olive dyed pearlOverbody: Clear Magic Stretch, w/black marking down the back. Black Edding MarkerUnderwing: Oliv |
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Fly Tying Dungeon Christmas Gift Boxes
As a public service, here are my tips on identifying the FTD dubbings (hope this helps) If anyone else has some advice, it would be welcome-Remember that there are 4 samples of skeeter fuzz, monster d |
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SYNTHETICS
Well - I myself likely lean more towards the "tree hugger" crowd than many here and even I say the use of synthetics in fishing flies is insignificant to nearly the extreme.Perhaps this is a |
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fly of Global Fli fisher
At the Global Fly Fisher web page. But it's only a small dry fly hook with a single antron yarn wing and CDC tied loop style.Bruno. |
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wow, just how hard are dry flies?
Bobs right,Natural furs are a lot easier to dub on the thread. Antron is a pain. I have some antrons that dub the same way (wraps like a piece of yarn with out touching the thread).Find the right du |
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SHWAPF
ya I am gonna make alot of variations. what else do you guys think will work for a collar? its not like a regular wet fly. with this you tie in hackle as a tail then basically grab it and pull over t |
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Favorite midge patterns?
Thanks guys!There are a few flies in there that I'd like to have some pics of, but I get the general idea. Been mostly tying antron winged midges with a grizzly hackle in tan and black in # |
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Dry flies
Very nice, i have fished these flies before, and i have noticed a size five with white cow tail going out the front, with antron tail, silver tinsel tapered body, half way up, and hackle half way up. |
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Couple of Czech Nymphs
Hi Pheasantail,I've used a dubbing brush on the last, Olive Czech Nymph -- just the abdomen, not the hotspot/thorax. I spin Hareline's Krystal Dub (olive rabbit hare & pearl flashabou) wit |
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