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Fly a friend requested to copy
After seeing the bottom and side images, I have to agree with Flytire and RRSS. I didn't notice the different color hackle in the first image. Yes it is "similar" to a Birds Stonefly, but |
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What should I tie?
Where will he be fishing? For a general box I'd add a hare's ear nymph, soft hackle, zebra midge, stonefly and/or czech style nymph for something big and heavy, perhaps prince. Others woul |
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Estaz Sculpin
Thanks Bill. A jig hook is a good idea. Might try that. I have caught a lot of fish on the stonefly pattern during on a swing presentation though as well as drifting.
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Eastern Sierra Pattersn
Some friends are headed Bishop creek in the Sierra Nevadas in early June and I thought I'd tie up some flies for their trip. I'm sorting through hatch charts compiling a list of likely patterns |
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May 2013 Flies from the vice
In March someone broke the window out of my truck and took my pack with basically all of my flies in it, so I've been hard at work restocking! A few of my favorites from the last couple weeks:
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questions about progress and practice
I learned a lot by doing what Silvercreek mentioned. I moved to western N.C. and had no internet but was lucky enough to be living less than a mile from a little place that had a good fly |
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what is this
Kaufmanns black stonefly blend. http://www.flyfishusa.com/fly-tying/kaufmann-nymph-blends.htm |
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Sealex Dubbing?
Seal-Ex was a coarse synthetic marketed under Poul Jorgensen's name. It came out many years ago, and I wasn't aware that it may still be available. Rather coarse texture, which I find more |
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Spring nymphs
Spring? Not yet, as far as the bugs are concerned. This time of year midge pupa (green,black, red), small black stoneflies, bead head pheasant tails in brown and black are good choices. I've hear |
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Early Season Trout "Go-To" Fly
With opening day of trout season for must of us being a few weeks away, I was just curious about what everyone seems to like the best for the early season. Where is your general locati |
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A few HEAVY anchor flies
Why waste your time tying such complicated stonefly patterns for euro nymphing ? A rubber legs pattern with a tungsten bead and wrapped with lead is much easier to tie. I just adjust the amount and |
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2013 Swap Club - April
My flies were mailed today at 2:00 est let me know when you get them. I tied my version of a black stonefly on a size 10 hook don't know if the pattern is named or not, it maybe something I |
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pa fishing
I have been out a lot since new years but my tying picked up so much with the season approaching. Not a lot of surface activity but I have been slamming trout on my larger stonefly patterns.
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a few simple stonefly nymphs
here are a few variations of black, brown & golden stonefly nymphs...
this is a black getting ready to "emerge"...just picked out the turkey fan wing case a bit to simulate growing |
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Strugglin' Stonefly Nymph
A Stonefly pattern to imitate the nymphs struggling to make their way out of the current and towards the bank. On my local central NY Lake Ontario tributary the stonefly nymph is a very important patt |
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Stonefly nymph sizes
I am in Michigan and ply the waters of the Au Sable and the Manistee mostly. I want to tie some stonefly nymphs for this spring. What size should I be tying? Black or yellow or both?
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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
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soft hackle flies
Any suggestions for a soft-hackle imitation of a little black stonefly?
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my first Mickey Finn
Not a bad fly. What species are you going after with it?
Right now I'm just trying to tie whatever I can.
I need to get back to tying the Little Black Stonefly so I'm ready for season but I'm low on s |
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Most difficult fly?
Stonefly, Stonefly, Stonefly...... I know the steps, I understand the steps I even have all the right material but having them turn out right is another story, so I buy them.
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"Pocket Water" Sedge...(adult caddis)
Thanks all...OH...the wings are a pair of matched feathers...taking the natural curve and in them and facing them towards one another, so they keep some tension, and maintain the profile well...I used |
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Condor Quills
condor quills make a great stonefly nymph the grey color gives you that just molted look trout love
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Anyone got a semi-realistic stonefly pattern?
This is what I've come up with so far:
Size 16 Grip Nymph hook
3x 1.5mm tungsten beads
Badger tails/antennae
stripped hen hackle body
Raffia thorax cover/wing buds
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bodies... is thin always the goal?
While always and never (as has been stated already,) are tricky terms in most endeavors, I do prefer much thinner bodies on many of my patterns. My favorite X Caddis pattern uses pearl flas |
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Stonefly
Man that is a very nice imitation of a stonefly
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What do fish see?
Recently I've been spending more time online looking at fly patterns and I've noticed something that's been catching my attention. This all started when looking at stonefly nymphs. For one species of |
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Albino Golden stone nymph!?
My bug collection goes on. It's been fun.
Today I found this unique color Stonefly nymph. As in my last topic, there are abundunt of Golden Stone nymphs in Livingston's spring creeks. [atta |
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Foxee Clouser With A Dash of Kool-Aid
Looks good! I just recently did something similar with some Hares masks I had. Cut them in half up the middle and got an ear and half a face of several colors of "flavors". The lemon |
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Do intruder style flies work in warmwater?
How about this bad boy, tied on a 2/0 worm hook! A very large adult stonefly about 4 inches long. The big western style trout flies tied with foam, work great for bass.
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How Many of You Sell Your Flies?
tidewater is right a pretty fly may not be needed to catch fish but remember the fish don't carry the walet when I first started tying for shops I tied the same flies I had in my box without making an |
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Plastic Wings vs Feathers/Hair
Even natural materials can twist flies. It is called the air foil effect.
One prime example are the Swisher and Richards no hackle dry fly. The duck quill wings have to be absolutely symmetrica |
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Little winter snowflies (stone fly)
HERE is the same stonefly as in the link above, Capniidae (Snowflies) Stonefly, as an adult. You will see it is black, whereas the nymph is yellow. I use pheasant tail died yellow and basi |
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Livingston's Spring Creeks Trout foods
what do you mean "brave enough to fish with it?"
I would imagine he means that most throw relatively diminutive flies when fishing spring creeks. A golden stonefly nymph is definitely not |
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If only one of each fly
If by one type of fly, which includes size and color variations, then these would be my choices. These patterns (types,) can be modified quite easily to match a good assortment of fish foods. &# |
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Has anyone ever heard of a Double Renegade?
The Double Renegade was and IS a very popular pattern in Utah (especially in the high lakes like Strawberry reservoir,) It was usually brown hackle fore and aft, and white or cream center hackle. |
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Swimming Nymph Hooks
When I posted my Stonefly nymph patterns, the question arose about one of the hook styles I use. It's the swimming nymph hook, and it has been a humbling hook type, because just when I thought it was |
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Stonefly nymphs galore
I really like tying Stonefly nymphs. They can be tied large and so open the door for more detail for me, the fish love them so it's worth having lots of them, and the basic idea is very simple; tails, |
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Is this fly good for anything?
It certainly is good. You could fish it as a wet fly or a streamer for brookies and browns. Also, if you beef it up a little and make it more floatable, it would make a good salmonfly/stonefly imitati |
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I hate Fibbet's!
The dubbing ball method described earlier is the one I use most often. It makes a fan tail which I think gives more support than a split tail.
If you do want to split the tail, Al Beatie has de |
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Stone Flies
NICE renditions of Charles Brooks' "tied-in-the-round" style stonefly nymphs!
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Are Intruders really worth the effort?
Ok I'm going to chime in on this one I only fish great lakes steelhead in the late spring early summer I wont fish anything but intruders for chrome but early spring and winter just pitch stonefly nym |
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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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Hackle for Large Stimulator?
Hi, new tier here, and new to the forum. I'm putting together an order for some supplies, and could use some advice. I do a lot of trout fishing out West, and would like to learn to tie a |
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Flies/Tackle for the Madison River, MT
Hares ear nymphs, with and without bead heads. Size 12 and 14.
Pheasant tail nymphs with and without bead heads. Same sizes.
Elk hair caddis size 14 and 16.
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Tandem Nymph Swap
I would like to get in on this one. I'll probably do a size 6 jimmy legs stonefly and a size 16 black S&M nymph. That's been a successful combo for me on the rogue, pit, and lower sacramento river |
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JANUARY flies
Just thought i would try and tent some mallard flank onto the blue charmish things and up the size to a #7, still has arctic fox under, should hold the roof nicely.
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Latex Dragonfly Nymph
Some Pelian ( golden Mahseer ) caught using Latex Dragons, Damsel and stonefly nymph
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Learning a pattern
Interesting. I tie primarily on TMC and Gamakatsu hooks. TMC for my small trout stuff, Gamakatsu for warm and salt. The only exception really is the Gamakatsu drop shot hooks for certain stonefly n |
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stonefly nymph wing cases
Hello---have to replenish my stock of stonefly nymphs due to uncontrollable
stream conditions. I have used a turkey wing slip folded, dubbed then folded
again to make wing cases. Is there a template o |
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Beginners Swap
sounds great BB I'm sure any instruction is well appreciated. I think I am in a pickle though. I was thinking about doing a woven stonefly nymph. BUT!!! I got looking through some of m |
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December Bluegill Swap Club
BB, I'd totally be up for another go 'round. This was fun! And providing a phone number...no problem. There oughta be a quick way for you to reach us if needed.
This month I think I |
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Dinocras Cephalotes with rubber legs
Dinocras Cephalotes Stonefly with wings from a grey and white dust broom
I added some rubber legs as an extra trigger
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Which pattern for which trout?
I've never broken it down to particular patterns for particular species, but if I was restricted to only three flies that I could carry which have caught all the species of trout in the streams and la |
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Stonefly nymph
SM -benmz Jumbo John -complete
1)riffleriversteelheadslayer woven stonefly brown -RECIEVED
2)zachxbass TBD- RECIEVED
3)Jimboha TBD -RECIEVED
4)Travis Bille Jimmy legs -RECIEVED
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