Bead Head Soft Hackle
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Couple of questions,
What size is that fly?
Did you get the partridge feather from a skin or a bag of feathers?
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Benched
Tie in a small clump for bulk and then palmer one (or two) to provide a flair for the hair to blend with. |
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First Flies..
Hello to all,
Im new to fly fishing, but after a few months of reading and research ive finally got an outfit and a setup for tying. Im a keep-it-simple kind of guy, so I just got me a good Griffin |
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Palmer chenille Streamer
materials:
I used a # 2 TMC 600 SP
White Ep
Ep Sparkle Pearl
Saltwater Flashbou (Lateral Line)
Kristal Flash Gold
Palmer Chenille Pearl MIDDLE
Wire Danville 6 / 0
eyes 6mm
Preparation:
Secure the hoo |
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shrimp and crab
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First fly recommendations
Check out the elk/deer hair caddis. This was my first fly. Wrap dubbing or opal tinsel for a body, then palmer(wrap hackle from the rear towards the front behind the eye leaving room for a wing of de |
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Marabou
Terry, I think it really depends on what type of fly you're tying. For example, many Spey flies are tied with marabou, palmered along the body. While flies such as Woolly Buggers, where the marabo |
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FTF Fly Challenge: Clouser Minnow
here is something I use to tie as a kid its a mix of a buggar and a clouser I tied this one today in Christmas colors but it has caught many fish for me and my friends we all called it the cloggar
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Purple Rain - Dirty Water Redfish Pattern
I developed this fly for dirty water redfishing in my area (NE FL) after having a lot of success on the black and purple ep minnow. I wanted something that had a good eye on it, was dark, and indestru |
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Trimming Hackle
The earlier statement that "You absolutely should not trim the hackle" is a myth. There are any number of dry fly patterns that call for the hackle to be trimmed. HOWEVER; in these cases, it |
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Getting ready for FL Largemouth Season
I live far enough south that things are almost opposite of the northern portions of the country. Most of the big bass that I've caught have all been in late Fall through Spring. Afetr that things |
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Popper question
A member of my fly fishing club has a Wapsi Hard Foam popper which consists of a hook glued in the head slot, a marabou tail and a bit of hackle palmer. There is no paint. The popper works. A parti |
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Schlappen for trou
kevin feenstra uses it to palmer his emulator which is a known big trout fly |
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Working with rhea or ostrich on Intruders
it also depends on how you tie your flies... in the round? or with a top and bottom (dumbell eyes)? do you tie a strong butt? what materials are you for support?
the style of fly with effect how you p |
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Slate Drake Nymph
Great video there Rich...i love them. Of all the flies i tie, yours and Mike Schmidt's are the most frequent patterns - you guys are running up my cc bill with all the materials i'm buying...w |
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My first popper...critiques please!
don't trim the tail just tie in shorter ones on the next batch bass rarely short strike anyways as for the hackles if you wiggle the hackle as you palmer it forward and be careful not to trap many |
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Glo Egg Minnow
I live in Louisiana and some how amassed a good amount of glo egg yarn. I fish alot of reds and bass. These work well.
Gamakatsu B10s? hook
Rabbit strip
trilobal chenille (got it from orvis)
Hackle
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Tarpon Flies
Great looking flies Capt Mel. For the body, did you just use one palmer wrap of a finn raccoon zonker strip? |
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EP Style flies for redfish
Kirk, you're an old pro and know most of the tricks, but I've been playing with something you might like to try. I've been wrapping a small pieces of palmer chenille (the stuff that has &l |
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pike fishing help
I tied a fly for a swap that resulted in 21 pike. It was a big orange cross between a nuddler and a widow angel streamer.
5/0 3407 hook; orange schlappen accented with grizzly; saltwater mylar flash |
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Hackle turning properly?
The Whiting 100's are great. I don't tie dry flies but I palmer a feather or two between my popper tail and body and always used cheap feathers, which work great for the larger poppers but I w |
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Do YOU use the bobbin holder and/or material
1) I use my bobbin holder a lot. Whenever I need to palmer hackle or wrap herl, wire, tubing, etc. around the hook, I through a quick one wrap whip knot, lay the bobbin on the holder, and use the rot |
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Taming rubber/silicone legs
Years ago while tying one of my Magnum Wooly Buggars and fighting having to hold the rubber legs out of the way while I wrapped the chenille and palmered the hackle up the hook shank, I decided to tap |
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materials list
Personally I use a lot of natural materials and the fly usually holds up to several trout before being mangled. Now if mackerel or bluefish are round then I agree, you will definitely want synthetics |
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Yummy Bunny Craw
Here is a bit of a larger sized bass craw I have been playing with, it's a bit of a guide type fly as it is very durable and super easy to tie. I love to look through all the boxes of a semi-pro b |
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Polar Pink
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Pink salmon flies tend to be fairly simple and sparse but folks often ask what to tie so here’s a proven pattern. I suspect it would even work fine with no hair wing at all, some |
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Red headed Bleeding Wooly Bugger
[size="4"]Red Headed Bleeding Wooly Bugger
Materials:
Hook: standard clouser or streamer hook size of choice
Lead wire
Tail: Olive Marabou
Body: Olive flash dubbing
Back stripe: Dyed squi |
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Surf and Grass Reds
Kirk, I'm in Jacksonville, FL. I normally fish from St. John's County (St. Augustine) south to Nassau county North (Amelia Island/Fernandina). I just happened to be north of town yesterday. In |
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Biscayne baby tarpon last night
All of my "traditional" (if there is such a thing) tarpon flies are done with neck hackles for the tail on each side of a generous calftail spreader (squirrel if I'm doing cockroaches), |
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The Copper and Black Bugger
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There are about as many ways to spell "Wooly Bugger" as |
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Squidward
Hey guys,
This is my first saltwater tie, so be easy on me Its my variation of an SEP Squid http://www.docsflies.com/sepsquid.htm
Materials:
2 5/0 Live Bait Hooks
7/16" Nickle Cone Head
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Kate Mclaren
Kate Mc LarenMaterialsHook Wet fly 8- 18Thread BlackTail Golden Pheasant CrestBody Traditional is black seals fur but I have used a mix of seals and antronHackle Black Cock palmered Rib Silver ovalHe |
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wickhams fancy
Wickhams Fancy Tied Wet Fly Style Step By StepMaterialsHook Wet fly, 8 - 16Thread BlackTail Brown Cock hackle fibresRib Gold wire/small ovalBody G |
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Consistent look of a wooly bugger?
Hi all,I'm trying to figure out how to get a consistent looking wooly bugger. The problem im having is the hackle used for the palmering of the body. I was wondering if there is size chart (hack |
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Glow in the Dark Eyes
Robert, as you should already know from the swap, I like eyes on my baitfish patterns. I don't really feel it matters on small flies, but I put them on them anyway, because I like how they look. O |
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name this fly!
If you are still looking for tying instructions, here is a brief rundown just from looking at that fly.Put hook in vise.Secure thread near eye.Figure 8 wrap lead eyes to secure.Move thread towards be |
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the wookie
its a thread from the local craft shop called eyelash thread. you wrap and palmer it. this thing swims and breaths it is a very enticing fly |
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Body: wool
Frank, thanks for the tips on using the yarn. I don't have any particular pattern in mind, I just started noticing it on all of you guys' fly pattern submissions. Aslo, I've been reading M |
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Peacock bass flies
Half and Half:Little andino deceivers:Clousers:Ep Minnow:Bucktail streamer:Seaducer made with palmer chenillePalmer chenille Gurgler:That's all folks |
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The Ray Bergman Collection – 82) Critchley Fancy
Tip: None Tail: None Hackle: Yellow tied palmer Ribbing: Gold tinsel Body: Yellow floss or wool Throat: Gray mallard Wing: Gray mallard with narrow strip of scarlet over Head: Peacock herlView the ful |
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The Ray Bergman Collection – 84) Cupsuptic
Tip: None Tail: Yellow hackle fibers Ribbing: None Hackle: Scarlet tied palmer Body: Silver tinsel Wing: Brown mottled turkey with narrow stripe of guinea fowl over Head: Peacock herl * * The peacock |
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The Ray Bergman Collection – 86) Deacon
Tip: None Tail: None Ribbing: None Hackle: Yellow tied palmer Body: Yellow floss, dubbing, or wool * Throat: Scarlet (soft-hackle collar) ** Wing: Gray mallard * The body component on the recipe listi |
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The Ray Bergman Collection – 88) Denison
Tip: Gold tinsel Tail: Barred Mandarin, crimson, yellow, and green married * Butt: Green floss Hackle: Yellow tied palmer Ribbing: None Body: Orange floss Wing: Crimson, yellow, and green topping barr |
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The Ray Bergman Collection – 90) Down Looker
Tip: Orange floss Tail: Brown mallard Ribbing: None Hackle: Brown tied palmer Body: Brown floss Wing: Brown mallard * The Downlooker was alphabetically corrected and realigned to the last fly on Plate |
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Bergman swap photos
Here are the flies from the Ray Bergman swap I hosted. The flies are going in the mail Monday. Thanks to everyone who participated, both for the wonderful flies you all submitted and the great extras |
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Andrè Bruns caddis - variant
This caddis is based on a caddis made by my good friend Andreè Brun.It´s specially made for a certain place at my river Rena, and for a certain trout that i hope will go for this variant This is made |
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Elk hair caddis ribbing
after a LOT of years of tying, I started using the CC method for palmered flies- tie hackle on at front then palmer back, rib forward through hackle to front. I seem to much prefer that method now. |
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removing bargicel fom between feather barbs
QUOTE (flytire @ Jan 21 2011, 02:26 PM) QUOTE (setxfisher @ Jan 20 2011, 11:02 PM) I am a newbie and this is my first post.I have access to some wild duck feathers and want to use so |
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EP Streamer Brush
Hello out there:Anyone outthere using Puglisi streamer brush??Cant get the brush tied right.Have been trying to Palmer it.Comes out realcrumby.Must be something simple that Im doing wrong.Any help?Tha |
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Attaching Rattles
Can you put thread wraps over it? I bet you could and it would look really nice if you could palmer a hackle over it. |
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Some of my Steelhead Experiments
Here are few new patterns I have been playing with.I have been playing around with Spey Hackle, Guinea Fowl, Teal Flank, Mallard, and in a few of these, Palmer Chenille. I finally found some Rea, Ostr |
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Traditional Catskill Dry Flies
OK warts and all here's my first attempt at a Catskill dry Couple of firsts for me here, Catskill dry, split wing, floss body and palmered abdomen. HELLLLP I don't have long enough tailing |
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Using Rea Feathers and the likes
As many of you know, I have been tying for many years, but have stuck to Trout flies, and some Salmon/Steelhead flies.I have started to tie intruders and a few other types of flies, but I am not likin |
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The Ray Bergman Collection – 64) Cassard
Tip: Gold tinsel Tail: Scarlet, yellow, insect green, barred Mandarin – married * Hackle: Yellow tied palmer Ribbing: Gold tinsel Body: Scarlet floss Wing: Scarlet, yellow, insect green, barred Mand |
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Ray Bergman swap
Swap is now full. I would like to host my second swap. This will be for a dozen tiers, plus myself. Each participant will choose a wet fly from Ray Bergman's book "Trout," either from t |
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