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2013 Swap Club - May
What are you tying for this month?
1.Shoebop - USD Sulpher Dun
2.Natedubay -
3.Piker20 - Mayfly Bumble - Received
4.Jolly Red - Adams
5.Crackleback -
6.famill00 - Received
7.mybadhabit - #16 Amber S |
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My Flies are Floating Sideways
There are three possibilities.
One is an aerodynamically unbalanced fly. It most often happens to mayfly patterns that have two upright wings as in catskill patterns. These wings act as airfoil |
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Where to move on to .....
Like Old Hat, I also started with just a few patterns. In fact, I have them marked in several of my first tying books. I am not going to tell you all of them, since I don't use ANY of the |
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Sulphur patterns for spring creeks
I have just updated pictures of my Sulphur patterns. Do you think I'm missing any? Is there any more suggestions?
http://leftytyer.blogspot.com/2013/04/spring-creek-sulphur-selection.html
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Hen Capes
whiting makes a winger cape..
http://www.featheremporium.com/Fly-Tying-Feathers/mayfly-winger-capes.html
here try this link
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Three Favorite Flies Swap
I didn't realize I had so many favorites until I tried to get it down to three. Here are my three today: 1. Little Yellow Sally (female) 2. CDC and Elk 3. Nelson' |
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Practice Flies
One pattern is always good no matter where you live. Tie a..........
Griffins Ghat
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1.Dry fly hook size 8-12
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Custom Mayfly - A bit of trouble.
Yo, did customer give a sample fly, what mayfly are you tying? when I tied commercially (only for shops/guides) I was given a sample fly. tying custom orders can be challenging and is in part why I pa |
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Wind River Entomology Kit?
I have used this Mayfly Guide for years. I just make my own nets out of fine mesh screen, or a painter strainer. An aquarium net will work for surface seining. Rather than gathering bugs i |
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Parachute hackles?
Here's a current Whiting Bronze Cree Saddle and a Silver Cree Neck.
Here is the old saddle.
Close up of newer saddle:
Close up |
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PMD at this time of year?
I was fishing for the BEST hatches of midges and BWO at DePuy's Spring Creek (www.depuyspringcreek.com) this afternoon. But the weather was far from best (check up my blog). Anyway, one of stomach sam |
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What is your "Searching Pattern"?
If there is no specific hatch happening I will generally use a soft hackle along with a dropper nymph (usually a mayfly of some sort) in rivers going after trout of all species.This is a hard question |
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Dry Fly Wings......
May the guy that came up with the Para Post receive a medal,can't be bothered with flimsy winged creations when the trout are going off on caddis and mayfly as it goes dark, I haven't got time to |
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What bugs me about fly tying....
Tie what you enjoy and have fun tying. If you feel like more realistic looking patterns would be cool, do it! This is an art after all! have fun with it.
with that said, searc |
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2013 Swap Club - March
1.Shoebop - Rainbow Parachute Mayfly - Received
2.Ebrant10 - #14 Xcaddis in tan - Received
3.Piker20 - Received
4.Jolly Red - #12 Morgan's ear - Received
5.Crackleback - Received
6.f |
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lets talk extended bodies
alright guys, fill me in. i live in michigan and, with the exception of caddis, I'm using some sort of a mayfly representation. So as I think of the "match the hatch" philosophy, i'm looking at these |
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Most difficult fly?
The wings on the No hackle mayfly dun. To this day it gives me trouble.
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"Pocket Water" Sedge...(adult caddis)
bump...the goal here was to try an make up a caddis adult that was easy to tie...and effective too...thanks for all the visits to the SBS page & private comments...its only a few more months until |
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March Flies from the Vice
With March swap club being the dry fly month I went back in time to one of my dad's favorite flies and a fly I had to learn to tie before I was allowed to fish with him. I give you the mosquito mayfly |
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Hatch in da vise :-) .-)
Oh !!! I guess the picture isn't as zoomed in as I thought. Midge or mayfly ... It's mostly a matter of size, no?
Yepp :-) :-)
Terje |
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bodies... is thin always the goal?
If you are truly "matching the hatch" your bodies will usually be slim.
But trout are opportunists and will often try something that doesn't look like an anorexic mayfly spinner. Just like you |
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Adams dry fly question
I never thought about that Colin I just know if you look at a mayfly the wings are huge compared to anything else on them and I know sometimes exagerating a particular part of a bug makes it stand out |
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Coq de Leon Tailing fibers
I have never worked with this material and curious how it compares to Mayfly tails or fibbets? Better substitute?
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Fly Tying Bench - switch10
I built my tying station out of cherry and corian. Details can be found here http://mytroutfly.blogspot.com/2012/11/custom-fly-tying-bench.html
There are random "used often" material hanging from |
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Vulgata
Life like looking mayfly pattern.
Exquisite tying
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Green lacewing
Correct! Its wrapped tread, but over a thin bronze wire.
I gonna try a new techcnic on my next fly, a mayfly (Vulgata). I find quite hard to get the right dimension/proporsion on each part, and |
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If only one of each fly
Parachute Adams - can imitate a number of different Mayfly species
Elk Hair Caddis - Likewise for Caddis species
Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear - In various sizes it could imitate a Mayfly nymph, Stonefly nym |
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Dry Fly Madness
In preparation for this years trout outings I have been stocking my boxes and getting all my ducks in a row. I have been challenging myself to tie things I do not feel comfortable with to try and get |
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ReelWings
if your talking about Joseph Ludkin's product I love them the flat wings are great for horsefly and black fly patterns and the upright mayfly wings are awesome they cast as well as hackle tips or mall |
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Replacement for PARTRIDGE YH1A hook?
Hi everybody!
Guys, I need you help! I want to tye a special Mayfly-Pattern to mimik the largest Mayfly over there, the Ephemera Danica. It is a mayfly with a length of up to 30 mm (app. 1.25 inches) |
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CDC mayfly, with splitted wing.
Hello.
This is my first post in this forum :)
And i start with a video of a CDC mayfly.
Watch in 1080HD.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgSeI9JLn_g
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Peacock quill parachute mayfly :-)
Peacock quill parachute mayfly :-)
Hook: Hends 404 #12
Tail: Coq de leon
Body: Stripped Peacock Quill dyed golden olive
Thorax: cdc dubbing mixed with some ice dubbing
Hackle: Cree hackle
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Materials
Moose body hair is great for dry fly tails, especially traditional collar-hackled dries. It absorbs water much more slowly than hackle fibers, and is much stiffer. I find that 2-4 moose body hairs wil |
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Good Video for beginners
Mayfly video shows how nymphs behave under water. It shows a dead drifting nymph at about 2:35, and a swimming nymph at 3:30. At least one of my flies will be a non bead head nymph because they a |
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Biots and Dry Flies
On the South Holston R. there is a small sulpher mayfly that can best be duplicated with a biot body. I use a orange-ish yellow goose biot on a size 16 or 18, Fuzzy side out for the segmen |
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Hackle for Large Stimulator?
You need relatively long feathers for the palmered body hackle. If you are extremely lucky you will find a saddle with feathers ranging from #10 to #6. Then you could find feathers for the body a |
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I need some help
Don"t mean to be harsh but get a job kid. There's plenty of places online to find patterns for free including here.It also helps if you know some hunters that's the best way to get free material. With |
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JANUARY flies
Experimenting with detached bodys and deer hair wings. So far tying the body hasnt been to hard, and the deer hair splays perfectly for the shape of mayfly wing.
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#20 or smaller swap
Very nice everyone! These are some quality flies for sure. I plan on fishing each one of them! I really want to try out that emerging mayfly that nate tied, that thing looks awesome!
Special thanks t |
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Taking Part In Swaps
bm87
that swap you signed up for has the theme identified for each month and flies should be tied accordingly.
i am current in the "swap club 2013" swap and here was the tying requirementThe themes:
J |
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Antron/Z lon wings on dry flies?
I don't use those materials, but have some thoughts on the divide/not divide point. Historically there has been an argument that the divided wing can act as an airfoil and help the fly land corr |
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RBF: My new #4 sticks
Not much to say. I like it simple REC ABS hardware on wood I turned in my lathe.Snakes and tiptop REC recoilStripping guide Fuji.CTS MX 480Sage Z-Axis 490[b]Reply to topic here http://www.rodbuildin |
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Question on thread vs dubbed abdomens on dry flys.
This is not the standard sparkle dun. Craig Mathews substituted an Antron shuck for the tail fibers on the comparadun and called it a sparkle dun. Both these flies had a dubbed body. So a standard spa |
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Is It Wrong?
For me, the hardest part of fly tying was what many people have already mentioned; proportions. Even now, I will occasionally finish a fly and go *ugh* because I stopped paying careful attention at so |
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Woven cdc mayfly emerger
Woven cdc mayfly emerger
[img]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8501/8292654224_56b2738515_b.jpg[/img]
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utellme
Nice one, very similar to the Irish Mayfly patterns but they use French partridge hackle.
Cheers,
C. |
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Tying off hackle with wire on EHC
I use wire or a long tag end of thread, as the mood suits me. The original post was asking about wire. Down to size 16, the very fine wire I use has not had the slightest bit of effect on sinking t |
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SWAP CLUB 2013
Ok well with this year coming to an end I have been really debating on running another swap club but I enjoy seeing the quality of everyones ties so call me a glutten for punishment or a fool but I am |
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trying to attach pics...
Had not noticed, but yes, just tried to attach a pic, same error. So definately not you!
Amanda
EDIT: HUH. The picture DID attach.... cause there it is! My thumb and a mayfly...and somehow, |
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Mayflies. with colored dust broom fibered body.
Made a few mayflies where i used fiber from a dust broom for body.
The plan was to try and color the fibers with Veniard color but it did not work as i wanted. The fibers would simply not take the co |
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Hex duns
Tied up some hex duns for a mayfly swap. Thought I'd post them here.[attachment=37597:DSC01780.JPG][attachment=37598:DSC01776.JPG][attachment=37599:DSC01779.JPG] |
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My First Flies
If you're tying traditional, "Catskill sytle" dry flies where the hackle is wound around the hook shank, with the fly then balancing on the tips of the hackle fibers and the tips of the |
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