Bruce Derington

Great flies coming out, can’t wait to get back into basement to tie some bugs

1 hour ago, DFoster said:

Bruce that is exceptional!

 

Nice work all!

Thank you

20 minutes ago, Squeezy said:

Bruce, those are absolutely gorgeous flies. I’d never be able to get one wet!  Way cool tie

Thank you

Diver

1/0 Stinger, tail is made up of buck tail,

hackle, flash and marabou followed by 3 colors of deer hair ( Stacked). Sili legs and epoxy eyes

12 hours ago, Fatman said:

Have tried many times to spin deer hair and could never get it!!  The guys who can are amazing!!

Deer hair is fun to work with, thread control is key

The Three Amigos

PR320 2/0 hook, constructed of bucktail, flash and marabou , followed by 3 colors of hair. The fly in the center is hot off the press 😎

Diver Variation 

2/0 PR320, Tail is Streamer /Deceiver pack

followed with bucktail, flash and marabou 

Skirt/Body is (3) colors “Stacked”deer hair 

Nice job on the crow, I’ve never made hooks but looks like you’ve got it figured out

8 minutes ago, MuskyFlyGuy said:

Bruce, 

Great flies. Beautiful job of packing and trimming. 

Thank you

1 hour ago, RickZieger said:

You do very nice deer hair work Bruce.

Rick 

Thank you

More Bugs

Size 1 PR320, Calf tail, flash, 3 stacked colors of belly hair, epoxy eyes and Sili legs

Bass Bug

1/0 PR320 hook, and same as b4, 4 colors stacked with 5 mm epoxy eyes and Sili legs

8 minutes ago, RickZieger said:

Bruce, if that is simple I await the complex or hard. 

You do hair work that I am envious of, my tries look like dog poop.

Rick 

Thanks Rick, as long as yours don’t smell like 💩, your good 😊 

Another Law vise on EBay, crazy price 

Simple Popper

2/0 stinger PR320

Tail: Orange calf tail followed by flash and yellow marabou 

Skirt: Yellow belly hair

Body: 5 colors Stacked

Eyes: Epoxy

Legs: Sili varigated 

Hook: BS10 size 1

Tail: calf tail, flash and marabou 

Skirt: 4 colors (Nature Spirit ) spinning deer hair 

Body: 4 colors/ Stacked

Eyes: Dragon 5 mm

Legs: Barred Sili Legs

A couple of poppers size 1 and 1/0

Tails: mixture of calf tail, flash, feathers and marabou 

Skirt: two colors of Nature Spirit deer hair

Body: 4 colors of belly hair , finished with single color front

Eyes: epoxy 6 mm

Legs: sili

I was just messing with DarrellP, my goal is to become more active, I’ve gained 20+ lbs since retiring  Beside that, try to keep a cleaner tying area, when I look at my bench I don’t get inspired to tie, can’t find what I’m looking for

On 12/2/2024 at 8:48 PM, DarrellP said:

I want to tie some spun Deer hair poppers and divers.

That’s what I’m talking about

That didn’t take long, sold

With additional 3 feet through Thrus 

Got back to Erie PA after a much needed rain. Shot a b4 and after  rain pic, and some results . Yesterday I put 14 on the bank in 3 hrs. Size 12 Double Trouble ( lively legs) was the top producer, along with squirmy worm and the safety pin minnow . Egg flys as well

Ditto

So sad, Mike was a big inspiration to my adventures in tying Classic’s. Love his books and videos, more importantly he was genuinely a great guy and mentor

I knew Mike Martinek and was happy to have taken a couple classes from him. I have a few of his Carrie fly’s, would either of you guys have any interest in them? I have a couple “matted” but the others are sitting in a box. I’d be glad to offer them to either , not looking for any money, them sitting in a drawer seems wrong