cphubert

Michael, I think that we are pushed into overload with the 24/7 news cycles, and it is taking a toll on our society. I strongly refrain from any political views on this forum, but the division is feeding on this country and the algorithms on social media are the worse, "news" media a close second. I hope this post does not open a can of political worms. Glad to hear your family members are safe and praying for the ones that were not so fortunate.

Chris

Birthday Pin

My Golden Girl (wife) is having her 70th Birthday, after flytire's challenge reply I decided that was the pattern for her- a winter fly for the winter solstice she shares with her birthday. 

As of late there has been more used bargain bin material in the shop I visit, the owner is fair when he buys estates but with that said if you are estate planning it is best to let someone know what you want done with your tying collection. 

I'm in with golden retriever.

Haig-Brown's General Fry Imitation

From Fly Anglers On-line.   For his all-purpose fry imitation Haig-Brown recommends a pale red or orange tail which both the Silver Lady and Silver Brown sport. All of his fry and baitfish patterns, except the stickleback, had silver bodies, his preference for the all-purpose fry fly. A red hackle for the throat because it added brightness and red seemed to attract fish. A hairwing rather than the conventional feather-strip wing, because hairwings had more movement; polar bear rather than bucktail because it was more translucent and flexible; and a variety of colors: orange, yellow, blue, green and white perhaps to cover the many different light conditions encountered in a day's fishing.

Hook- salmon/steelhead (low water preferred), thread- black, tail- Indian Crow sub (ringneck pheasant dyed), body, silver tinsel, throat- red hen hackle, wing- hair mixed not stacked; white, blue, green, orange, and yellow polar bear or sub (yak used) tied Ed Haas style.

Haig-Brown's Silver Brown

Hook - salmon/steelhead, thread- black, tail- Indian Crow sub (ringneck pheasant), body- silver tinsel, hackle red brown hackle from golden pheasant tail, wing- sparse orange polar bear underwing (or sub) with golden pheasant tail sections tied wet wing style.

Very nice tie John. I'm very happy you joined the forum please keep posting.

20 minutes ago, Heff2 said:

Steelhead flies, bring on the rain

🐟👍

12 hours ago, Heff2 said:

golden girl

2 hours ago, flytire said:

Golden Girl

Nice pair of Golden girls and thanks Norm for the great addition of the history, your additions are always informative and well presented..

6 hours ago, Heff2 said:

CP, that is a great tie

thank you I really like the Haas method with squirrel or bear wings any slippery hair that doesn't compress well is really locked in place. Norm thanks for finding that link a picture is truly worth a thousand words.

I'm an elf!🙂

Fall Favorite - Ed Hass style. 

hook- Mustad 36890, thread - black, body- silver tinsel, hackle - red, wing- orange bucktail

style of tying wings developed by Ed Hass that is believed to make them almost indestructible, the return eye is opened on the hook and the hair placed in the opening facing forward secured with thread then body and hackle are tied in thread brought ahead of wing then the wing is folded back and secured with thread and whip finished.

Next fly up Haig-Brown's Golden Girl

I''ll take it.

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1 hour ago, flytire said:

Silver Doctor

your work is consistently top shelf.

3 hours ago, flytire said:

its still wrong per the recipe

still a nice fly Norm. I'm waiting for another copy of Bergman's Trout (o/o must have given my old copy away) to keep more with his wet patterns. my silver doctor recipes start from flies for trout, page 19, Stewart & Allen, must be a reduced salmon dress pattern; hook-wet fly, thread- red, tag gold tinsel, tail-golden pheasant crest with blue kingfisher over, butt-red wool, body- silver tinsel with silver wire rib, hackle- pale blue followed by teal flank, wing- married strips of red/ blue / yellow duck with peacock or pheasant tail on top.

10 minutes ago, DWSmith said:

back to a dumb phone

Never had a smart phone, all I use it for is calls primarily outgoing not one for social media or being connected, my wife makes up for my lacking desire for technology, but she also is retired from an IT department. I freely admit I find most of these apps and tech amazing but fear I would walk out into traffic mesmerized by it all.

15 minutes ago, Northcaddis said:

Might not be an alevin.

The alevin is what you make it. I did not specify a particular pattern, but generally they have eyes part of the egg sack still being consumed and a body. You did well 👍

30 minutes ago, Fesko Sergei said:

Friends!

Thank you Fesco, and welcome to the forum. your work is top shelf and is very helpful. I look forward to more of your posts. Terviseks!

2 hours ago, flytire said:

hell if its a number not in my contacts i just let it ring. theyll hang up

X2 and that's the landline, the cell is a phone only for emergency use.

Soft day just what the doctor ordered need to work on my marriage (feathers) probably need new glasses once you take the picture I see the uneven tips, one extra yellow fiber, and one or two many turns of rib.

Silver Doctor wet- not all traditional materials.

hook- Mustad 3609b, thread- red, tag- gold holographic tinsel, tail -golden pheasant crest with blue ringneck topping, butt- red ostrich herl(I like it better than red wool), body- silver holographic tinsel with silver wire rib, throat- blue guinea hen, wing- turkey with blue, yellow and red married duck quill strips.

27 minutes ago, chugbug27 said:

I was an artist's model in college for a while

😲 Chug the mind's eye is a terrible thing to torment, lol. I personally am not a stripper of dry fly hackle but as Jaydub noted occasionally with schlappen.

On 10/4/2023 at 3:24 PM, flytire said:

you can always post what you've tied even if someone else has accepted the challege

Of course, it is beneficial to see other variations of the pattern, a good example is when I tied the Henshall original vs the Bergman wet pattern. Many tiers will use different techniques or materials it's good to see these, we all can get ideas out of it. 

I'm in