Sandan

28 minutes ago, niveker said:

Thanks Sandan.  Just picked a few patches up the other day.  Pretty cool stuff.  

Pleasure. I agree it is cool stuff. 

20 hours ago, niveker said:

Comparadun

Hook: From the recycle bin, #12?

Thread: 8/0 Brown

Body: Peccary quill

Wing/Thorax: Deer hair

Thorax/Head: Hare's mask

 

 

Haven't seen anything tied w/ peccary in a while.  Very nice tie @niveker.  Plus 2 for the moose hair tails.

I'll take that shaggy wire caddis

3 hours ago, flytire said:

i think if we see a photo once, we dont have to see two more times

if youre gonna just quote, delete the photos or i will start doing it

👍 (except when I post something I've tied 😉)

On 1/29/2024 at 3:28 PM, flytire said:

oh i did a lot of four letter words

f$%k f$%k f$%k

Sometimes clarity is better than creativity.

Welcome from Colorado. Let's see some of the flies you twisted up. Hope you enjoy the comment here. It's s great crew. 

6 hours ago, Trouttramp said:

Your on a nice roll CP.

keep up the good work!

Ditto!

20 hours ago, Fruitrollup said:

I go where the fish bite.  Mostly Stillwater in the late spring to fall, I love chasing cutthroats and brookies in the summer on higher elevation creeks. Late fall to early spring I chase trouts on the Ark, Blue and the Colorado.  Love the bass bite on Chatfield (near home).  We would love to have you at a High Plains Drifters meeting or fish along.  Let me know if you are interested.  Also belong to a tie-along group that meets at Minturn Anglers if you are interested.  Cheers.

I go where I hope the fish will bite. Hahaha. I'm interested. What's the scoop with the tie-along? I'm hoping you mean Minturn Anglers over by Park Meadows.  You ever fish the South Platte between Waterton and Chatfield?

On 1/23/2024 at 7:13 AM, flyflinger said:

Welcome to the forum from (another) Coloradan;  I'm about an hour south of Denver.  I assume from your club affiliation, you live in the Denver "area".  (If) you are new to the area, there are several front-range-knowledgeable resources on this forum, Sandan being an excellent example.  There are also lots of terrific fly shops in Denver and nearby (Arvada, Evergreen) - my personal bias is toward Charlies Fly Box in Arvada, but there may also be a good one closer to you, depending on where you live.  I'm an "any water" fly fisher, fresh or salt, but mostly South Platte River.      

Here's a website for flow data - very important!  

https://dwr.state.co.us/Tools/Stations?Stations=Current&submitButton=Submit&SelectedGeoValue=waterDivisionDiv&SelectedWaterDivisionId=1&SelectedDataCategory=Surface Water 

Regards,

                 

Thank you flyflinger. Charlie's and Anglers All are my go to shops for "stuff".  AvidMax every once in a while. Blue Quill is cool, but too far from me for regular visits. Good catch with the DWR site. My buddy and I use that as one of our most important tools for where to go.

14 hours ago, Fruitrollup said:

Thank you!  Are you a river, Stillwater, or any water fisher?

Mostly river, like 98%. How about you? I'm in the Denver area. Thinking about coming to one of your FFI meetings.

Welcome fellow Coloradan.

Welcome Harry3, post 'em up

Welcome. Nice start to the journey.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  "I'm on here to soak in information, get some questions answered if any pop up, and hopefully help some others out along the way!"  This would be that place.

looks good to me.

Looks like a beauty set up Steve.

On 1/18/2024 at 8:07 AM, Steeldrifter said:

Nope, nope, and .....nope.

Ditto

Can't remember from who one box was.  I will say they were really nice.  Got a bunch from Norm and they were superb. Thanks to everyone especially Nick for ramrodding this swap

Thanks

2 hours ago, Poopdeck said:

My first foray into hackle stackers. The head is a little large and unkempt but overall I’m happy. I have to go get a new bottle of SHHAN. My current bottle is a little thick and caused me to really mess up a head on the 1st one I tied. 

Hook - Size 12 emerger

Thread - 8/0 Olive Uni

Shuck - Light olive ice dubs

Body - PMD colored turkey biot

Hackle - Dun

Thorax - UV peacock herl

Very nice tie. I know it's a bit of a pain but it's an incredibly effective pattern and worth the effort

"i do not tie inside an igloo", Mark does

4 hours ago, Slate_Drake_9 said:

Thanks Sandan, that’s helpful.  Is that the standard jaw or their midge jaw?  Doesn’t look any different or better than what I’m working with currently on my vises. I too, can tie small on them, but I’m looking for more clearance than I have. 
 

I’ve seen a lot of praise for the TRV, but I’ve not seen any pictures of one holding a small hook like I’m looking for. 

That picture was with standard jaws. Midge jaws will give you more clearance. Here's a 22, I believe, in midge jaws. Granted the hook is shoved back in the jaws for the picture.  When I tie the hook bend would be flush with the front edge of the jaws.

I tire 24s and smaller on my dyna king pro. I think this one is a 24. Maybe a 22 but I think 24.

Since you tie in hand in thought you were going to show us some blingy nails. (All in good fun) the vise looks cool,  nice job!

Love my Nautilus XM for the 4 and 5 wt. and my Galvan rush for a dedicated 4 wt.  Large arbors with an excellent drag on both of them

As long as the water isn't hard and the temps won't have my guides freezing up every other cast, I'll go

45 minutes ago, cphubert said:

Trolling tube

Quabbin Smelt, my variant of Tom Fawcett's pattern.

pink tube, white thread, body- silver mylar piping under opal mylar piping with red hot spot and opal piping left long and frayed for tail, throat- white bucktail, wing- sparse lavender bucktail,  peacock herl under feather wing (hot pink center with gray outer) silver pheasant cheeks with uv secured 3d eyes. I like a double hook and junction tube to keel the fly.

Beauty