flytire

was pretty cool to see today

was about 90% here in connecticut

next one in about 20 years and i'll probably be in the underside of the grass

https://gazette.com/premium/best-fly-fishing-career/article_c8734360-eab8-11ee-b896-d78065556dc5.amp.html

Dusty Black (Var)

Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tip - Lower half, flat silver tinsel; the upper half, fluorescent red floss
Tail - Dyed orange golden pheasant crest feather*
Butt - Black yarn
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Rear two-thirds, embossed silver tinsel; the front third, orange floss
Hackle - Guinea fowl barbs tied in at the throat, then orange hackle barbs tied in front
Wing - Gray bucktail tied low over the body, with an overwing of black bucktail
Cheeks - Jungle cock eyes or substitute

*I used tippets

Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson

you be smacking your stacker hard enough to break the hair tips?

they looked cut to my eyes by whoever cut the patch of hair into a square

posted twice here

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@Heff2

Thanks

I owe it all to charlie craven 😁😁👍👍

I cant see your notification page to see what buttons you have set to get notifications

it could be a newly added glitch when the forum was down awhile back

maybe steve the administrator can help you out

i havent been given the administrator dashboard 

i have email notifications turned off. i get too many emails as it is

etsy is also a good place for feathers

and moonlight feathers

Campbell's Fancy

Hook - Wet fly
Thread - Black
Tail - Light ginger hackle barbs
Body - Flat gold tinsel
Hackle - Light ginger tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wings - Barred teal barbs tied over the body

Charles Campbell of Wall Street, New York, a lifelong member of the Beaverkill Trout Club, is the person from whom this fly got its name. Campbell was an old friend and customer of Reuben Cross. The Campbell's Fancy at one time was rated high on the Beaverkill for about two weeks around the first part of May, and curiously enough, nothing else would take its place.

Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson

Matt Green

Jeff Weltz

Hook - Single Salmon
Thread - Green
Tail - Dark green hackle fluff
Tag - Tying thread
Body - Green metallic Bill's Body Braid
Beard - Green hackle
Wing - Green bucktail under dark green krystal flash

next challenge fly is a.....PMX

Pigsticker

Hook - Mustad 37160 (English Bait Hook) or any large curved scud style hook

Thread - Globrite #3 Fluorescent red/crimson or equivalent

Ribbing - Silver wire 

May leave plain (Uncoated) or Coated (Head cement, Sally Hansens or UV Resin)

i'll try a pigsticker. cant be that hard 😁😁

luckily theyre staying out of connectict for awhile

i use the following. never have a problem with either one of them

i wont pay "manufacturer only" light prices to find out they are the same light from asia at an overly inflated price

$7.95 on amazon (cheaper if you look hard enough)

Amazon.com: LEDwholesalers 395nm UV Ultra-Violet 21-LED Blacklight Flashlight, 7305UV395 : Everything Else

the sun works great and its free

cure the flies with your existing light and then put them out in the sunshine for an hour or so

whitetail is okay but their bucktails are mostly "sold out"

their dyed black deer hair leaves a lot to the imagination  👎👎

and chris helm used to be the king of deer hair when he was alive