Li'lDave

Another day and managed to get a nice little perch on a deer hair hopper from a swap many years ago 

Yeah cool. Still here...  have been locked out of facebook for a while now.  But still doing a bit.

Had a trip to Tasmania recently.... fished some beautiful country for wild browns and rainbows.   (Trout were introduced to Tasmanian creeks and rivers in the 1860s, and they have thrived).

I'm sure there were other flies from the forum that caught, but this one was fooled by a hopper from a swap many years ago now....

Thank you all for allowing me to be a part of this community.

Merry Christmas from Down under!

Thank you so much Rudy C. The trout flies will travel to Tasmania with me at end of Jan.

And Chris from LA, the salty box has some amazing flies. Thank you too!

I hope there are some happy people who received my offerings this year!

I'm sorry I don't participate much any more ....

And Vicrider. Thank you for your work year in and year out.  

Thank you again!

an unweighted prawn...

Shell pink flat waxed nylon

Marabou

Epoxy eyes

30lb hard mono for the weedguard.

Size 2 mustad c70sd

22 hours ago, SBPatt said:

Flywarrior’s October Caddis 

Basic stuff here, a minor Elk Hair Caddis variation, but he does tie some cool stuff. I did the underwing split, more Found Link style; seems to act as outriggers.

hook - Dai Riki 300 #8
thread - MFC 6/0 fire orange
rib - small wire gold
abdomen - dubbing rusty orange
body hackle - grizzly dyed orange (1 Tbs Rit Sunshine Orange/1 cup water)
underwing - Congo Hair golden stone
wing - deer hair

Regards,
Scott

Love those colours!

Wow @utyer

Thanks for playing. 

Looking forward to playing with this one!

Something for the mangroves. 

A few impressionistic crabs to complement a bunch of shrimps.

I've posted them before,  but just in case.  A couple of good mates were looking for a fly that would suit some of our local flats dwellers...  a few tweaks on Del's merkin and the VGDC was born (Voltzy's Goldy Destroyer Crab)...

This batch contains a couple of size 2's as well as 1/0s...  and a colour combination that suits both Golden trevally and permit.

Marabou

Rooster cape feathers 

Epoxy/mono eyes

Yellow round rubber legs

EP fibre or similar (e.g. congo hair)

Large dumbbell eyes

20 hours ago, cphubert said:

Sorry will try to post mine soon having a family issue to tie up my time at the moment.

 

No problem man.  Take your time.

More flats food.

Crazy Charlie (these aren't for bones...  probably way too overdressed)

Size 4 Mustad C70SD

D-rib

Crystal flash

Calf tail (pink is arctic fox)

5/32 or 3/16 dumbells

1/0 barra bunnies in the only 3 combinations you'll ever need.

Some smaller, lightly weighted shrimp for fishing amongst timber. 

Size 2 mustad C70SD 

Nice... 

Here's another....

Have had a bunch...

Started with the old indian clamp vises and a few other generic vises...  then eventually found a Stonfo flytec when I got tired of spending money on a new vise every 6 to 12 months, which has served well for a couple of years...

Earlier this year I picked up a Regal Medallion...  not rotary, but does well for many patterns....  I go back to the Stonfo for it's rotary capabilities at times.

@Chasing_Tails  ...   thanks for the step by step.  Here is my attempt at the Kwan as you described...  plus a weedguard because of where I might be able to fish it.

Awesome tie....

Candy

1/0 gamakatsu SL12S

Fuzzle shrimp

#2 gamakatsu sl12s

7/32 dumbells 

Marabou

Sili legs 

Epoxy eyes

"The Lost Fly" translucent sparkle dub

Arctic fox (mask)

Arctic snow

On 8/6/2021 at 6:17 AM, skeet3t said:

Met a fellow from Down Under many years ago. I believe the term is: Fair dinkum, mate. What exactly is a flathead in your country? Curious.

A flathead is a flat fish that lies on the sea floor in anything from 6 inches to more than 30ft (many different species)...  unlike the flathead catfish I think you know.

They are the perfect ambush predator,  and suckers for a clouser minnow...

My first ever fly caught fish was one of these.....  on a chartreusse clouser.

The flies pictured above will be used to target indo-pacific permit, golden trevally,  blackspot tusk fish, and blue bastards on northern Australian flats.

This week's evening work so far.

On 7/30/2021 at 10:15 PM, Woodenlegs said:

Dave, I don't tie these flies, so I'm not "in".  But It sounds pretty cool.

 

No worries mate.  I'll think of something that might get more takers after this.

Here we go.  Work is a real bummer but i got a chance last night

1.  Tie in your dumbells, marabou and mono eyes.

2.  5 diagonal wraps beneath each eye and then 2 under wraps to lock them in place.

3.  Double over a pair of sililegs and tie in.

4.  Creat a dubbing loop at the "head of the fly"

5.  Tease out your dubbing and align like so.

6.  Put the dubbing into your loop, spin, and then tease out some more.

7.  Wrap your dubbing loop back towards the dumbells and tie off. 

8. Tease out the dubbing.

9.  Add your choice of wing.  This time I used fox.

10.  Whip finish and finish off with either head cement or your choice of Thin uv resin.

Fuzzle shrimp

SL12S size 2 pictured,

Tan flatwaxed thread

5/32in dumbells

Mono eyes (burnt and coloured black

Sili legs

Fuzzled pseudo hair

Orange arctic snow

Red fox tail over wing....

nice @Chasing_Tails