Sandan

https://www.umpqua.com/creek-leech/

4 hours ago, chugbug27 said:

I've gotten myself neck deep in these online courses....

https://cs50.harvard.edu/x/2023/

https://cs50.harvard.edu/web/2020/

Classes with homework are a whole lot more time consuming than I remember from way back when... Once I get my bearings there I'll get back to the vise.

That will most definitely take your time. Both python and javascript are really cool languages. Much easier than Java. If you have a chance check out typescript. It's strongly typed Javascript. It really helps get rid of runtime errors and it transpiles into Javascript. Have fun!!!

On 5/12/2023 at 8:04 AM, chugbug27 said:

Fishfrnzy2 throwin down the no-hackle gauntlet! Nicely done 

You gonna take that challenge chug? 

A few from this weekend. 

Size 22 CDC dun

Size 22 Harrop's captive dun, BWO

Playing with that extended body tilt wing style. Size 22

14 hours ago, Poopdeck said:

BUGMEISTER
Size 14 curved shank hook

Thread - 6/0 olive Uni

Tail - natural elk

Body - med ginger rabbit dubbing 

Post - white poly yarn

Wing - White EP fiber/natural elk

Thorax - UV peacock herl

Hackle - lt dun

NEXT FLY - HOLY GRAIL CADDIS 

Nice tie @Poopdeck. The holy grail isa great pick. Fantastic caddis pattern.

I learned this "trick" from Charlie Craven. Instead of pulling straight down on the thread, pull it across the bottom of the hook directly towards you. Pulling down will pull the hair down and around the hook shank. Pulling it towards you will allow the thread tension to tighten around the hair and since you're pulling across the bottom of the shank not pull the hair down. The two loose wraps just gather the hair prior to pulling across. [edit] answered before I saw this was in reference to tying jigs. I'd still say isolate the thread tension from the hair.[/edit]

1 hour ago, niveker said:

Brooks' Rainbow Blond

Not sure if Brooks did a rainbow pattern in his blond series, but if he did it would look something like this, only better

 

Hook: #8, 2xl

Thread: White switch to black for head

Tail: White bucktail

Body: Coats & Clark Metallic Thread, silver (original used flat silver tinsel)

Wing: Olive over pink bucktail

 

Nice, very nice

Posted this in April flies from the vise.

1 hour ago, niveker said:

Maybe if I started drinking better bourbon I could tie like that. Worth a shot (or two) anyways

Def worth a shot or two. And then you again, you're too kind

@Niveker thanks. That extended body is a real PITA. I'm gonna figure out a way to make it easier. I was shown how to tie it by Phil Iwane he makes it look so easy. It's not

4 hours ago, DWSmith said:

4 hours ago, DWSmith said:

Is much of the stuff I see here for display and not for fishing?

If I tie it, I fish it. Except for the classic Atlantic salmon flies. 

Last night's B&B. Iwane extended body dun.

Hook:TMC 2488 size 20

Thread:Semperfli classic waxed mocha brown 18/0

Extended body:10#mono

Tail: dark dun micro fibers

Abdomen: thread

Post: dark dum McFlylon

Thorax: dark honey Trouthunter pro dry fly dubbing

Hackle: gray grizzly whiting pro.

@Troy Bishop very nice variations. The Gunny and the Taylor are 2 of my favorite fisheries. Hit the Gunny at the Neversink area. Cross the channel. Walk pout to the river 10-12 minutes. Head up stream, you'll have a great time. Hit the hog trough of the Taylor in the evening. Stand on the bridge and you'll see the footballs in the water. Go small in the trough. Oh yeah, welcome to the site

I tie a pretty simple furled yarn extended body for mayflies and midges. They work pretty well. Tomorrow I'll be tying some Iwane extended body duns

On 4/8/2023 at 2:57 PM, fshng84 said:

Fishing the local pond, caught a Bass that struck my fishing fly hard. Good to have forceps handy. Caught and released to get bigger!

#flyfishing #fishing #tips

 

 

Mitten clamps for the win!

25 minutes ago, chugbug27 said:

I'm familiar with that tune. At least it wasn't 6 for your buddy and a skunk for you, right?

 

That would have had me contemplating suicide. Or maybe murdering him.😉

On 1/15/2023 at 4:06 PM, upnorthtier said:

Well i might have done it, i showed the pelt to Melanie/wife/the boss and she loves it. Her response was you're not ****ing tying flies with that wolf.

The boss wants a hat too, eh?

1 hour ago, chugbug27 said:

It's their big bug, they can't seem to figure out how to program it to be truthful or reliable.... Like voters with their politicians 🙃

(They don't call it lying btw, believe it or not their term of art is that the program "hallucinates".)

Welcome back btw, how was your trip?

 

Hallucinates, I love it. Also love the voters line. Thanks for asking It was the worst we've ever seen the San Juan in 20 years. I hate to admit this but my buddy and I only caught 6 fish total in 3 days. 1/day/each of us. On the other hand we each had 2 hookups per day.  Usually down on the Juan you see fish stacked up at your feet (where the notorious San Juan shuffle was born), this time zilch. There was about a foot, foot and a half of visibility the further downstream of the dam you got.  The 6 we caught were pretty nice. But not what we call "guide fish". I hope you fare better in Connecticut if you get out.

On 4/10/2023 at 12:56 AM, DWSmith said:

Geez Louise!!!  I had no idea.

These commercially made systems I've seen now look like a waste of time to duplicate.  Thanks for enlightening (shocking?) me. 

Yep build your own. I started with 3 3"x1" drilled with 36 holes that I pegged w/ dowels to hold 2 spools/dowel. Now Those are all filled and more spools are on the bench. Plus filled bobbins too.

Well so much for my consulting business.  I did notice that you asked, "Use ingredients of your own selection to design a dozen newly created flies of your own invention to catch trout in a broad range of seasons and locations". The patterns suggested weren't "inventions" but rather tried and true patterns. Maybe that's just a small quibble. I can see chatGPT creating a lot more instant fly fishing experts.  Just what we need.

And of course enjoy your trip to Connecticut.

Our trip was postponed. We're heading down NM way tomorrow at the crack of dawn. 

On 4/4/2023 at 9:21 AM, niveker said:

Pretty sure that's the model number but it should be 4TMF. An old Trailmaster, probably a six or seven weight.

Very impressive

Rock on Mr. Knapp!!! have a great time.

Welcome. Feel free to post your work in the "<This Month>'s Flies From the Vise" when you get a chance.  Rule is no one get's their feelings hurt. 

2 hours ago, niveker said:

I never really see a big hatch of them on the rivers I fish here in MA, but starting sometime in June, I do see the occasional dun flying around, not on the water.  The nymphs seem to do well anyway.    They can get pretty big here.  

That's a mahogany alright. I think we tied em as 16s with some 14s too