TheCream
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Why?
I mean, they look good!
Are you asking me why? Because sometimes, in some places, fish key on tiny stuff.
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I've been tying some small stuff lately.
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I've always had really good luck with the DaiRiki 125 (considered an emerger hook) on midge patterns like zebras and similar patterns. I've got them down to I think 22 or 24, but fish the 20's most often. It seems to hook and hold fish really well for a small hook, but I think DaiRiki's have gone away. Correct me if I'm wrong. I'd still look at the curved shank emerger hooks other companies offer in the size range you need.
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I have an offering, but I fall into your handful.
Just a heads up, I did a quick SBS of this pattern and wrote it up on my blog. Here's the link. It's been crushing fish lately.
https://bobcathollow.blogspot.com/2019/10/tying-tutorial-balanced-vfs-minnow.html
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I have an offering, but I fall into your handful.
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Lovechild of a Frenchie, egg, and a soft hackle. Something to live animal test on Lake Erie steelhead.
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Busy with deer hair
Very nice, Bruce.
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Little trout bugs (size 14)
Bigger steelhead bugs (size 8)
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Minimizing exposed thread goes a long ways towards making flies more durable. And that exposed thread (hopefully just at the hook eye) can be coated with cement to help. Nothing can make a fly 100% bulletproof but things can be done to reinforce otherwise delicate flies. A good hack for the pheasant tail nymph (or any other nymph using pheasant for the abdomen) is to apply a little CA glue to the hook before wrapping, then counter wrap with wire. It makes them substantially more durable.
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Good vise. Mine has served me well for many years.
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Nice trick on those red gills, Cream. Magician's secret?
Just a red schlappen feather wrapped before the deer hair was stacked in.
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Love these little poppers / sliders you're making Jeff
Thanks! The panfish love this little bug.
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Size 10 bluegill slider.
Excellent as usual Jeff!
Kimo
Thanks!
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Size 10 bluegill slider.
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Before.
After.
These flies worked overtime in Utah last week.
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Would stacked wool work for what you need? You could do like a Popovic's style Siliclone head, stacked and trimmed wool coated in silicone.
October Flies From The Vise
in The Fly Tying Bench
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Ice Dub. I was going for a Thread Frenchie style zebra midge. I used UV Brown Ice Dub on those.