July Flies From the Vise

[DarrellP 0]

1 minute ago, Squeezy said:

I was actually worried about that same thing... Believe it or not, picked up a "kit" from Orvis while I was over car shopping the other day.  Came with these hooks and pre formed/slotted bodies.  I'll maybe shave down the underside of the foam to add a little more clearance. 

One thing that helps is to ignore the hole and cut a shallow groove along the bottom of the foam to put the hook in.  Wrap the hook with thread in a spiral pattern to give glue something to grab.  This gives a better hook gap.  Learned that from "Essential Saltwater Flies" by Jawarowski.  Lots of crossover between salt and freshwater flies.

[Squeezy 0]

Just now, DarrellP said:

One thing that helps is to ignore the hole and cut a shallow groove along the bottom of the foam to put the hook in.  Wrap the hook with thread in a spiral pattern to give glue something to grab.  This gives a better hook gap.  Learned that from "Essential Saltwater Flies" by Jawarowski.  Lots of crossover between salt and freshwater flies.

Great tip.  The body is already slotted 1/2 way up though.  I could/need to bulk up the hook shank so it doesn't go half way into the body.  Could wrap some chenille before hand too I suppose. 

[WWKimba 0]

55 minutes ago, Squeezy said:

Great tip.  The body is already slotted 1/2 way up though.  I could/need to bulk up the hook shank so it doesn't go half way into the body.  Could wrap some chenille before hand too I suppose. 

A carefully placed bead of glue?  Or maybe glue the whole thing shut a cut in your own slot to your liking?  Just a couple ideas and i won't even charge you 2 cents!

Kim

[flytire 0]

Dewan

Ron Taylor

Winged Wet Fly

Hook - Mustad 3399, 3906, 98480 or equivalent, size 12-14

Thread - Black

Tail - Golden pheasant tippets

Body - Black floss

Wing - Gray squirrel tail

Collar - Grizzly hen hackle

Fly Tyer Pattern Bible (Volume 3, Issue 4)

[flytire 0]

DH Hopper - Black/Orange

Carl Pennington

Hook - Mustad 9671 or equivalent, size 8

Thread - Orange

Over body -Black 2mm foam

Underbody - Orange 1mm foam

Thorax - Orange Ice Dub

Underwing - Rainbow krystal flash

Wing - Elk Hair

Legs – Rubber legs (black, brown, barred)

[flytire 0]

Apricot Haze

Stephan Banakas

Hook - Mustad 3399, 3906, 3906B 9671 or equivalent size 8-10-12

Weight - Lead free wire

Thread - Brown

Tail - Brown marabou

Hackle - Brown

Body - Worm brown ultra-chenille

This is just another of the hundreds of variations of a wooly bugger/worm

Original recipe did not call for a wire rib but if you need it then add it to your fly. I just embedded the hackle in the valley between the chenille wraps.

ApricotHaze.jpg (640×840) (ngatu692.com)

[RickZieger 0]

7 hours ago, DarrellP said:

One thing that helps is to ignore the hole and cut a shallow groove along the bottom of the foam to put the hook in.  Wrap the hook with thread in a spiral pattern to give glue something to grab.  This gives a better hook gap.  Learned that from "Essential Saltwater Flies" by Jawarowski.  Lots of crossover between salt and freshwater flies.

I have some 1/64' drill bits that I use in a dremel  tool to drill holes in the foam. wrap the hook with thread. Start the foam and put a drop of superglue on the thread right by the foam,

then slide the foam over the thread.  Have gasket punches thaat I drill the bodies out with.

Rick  

[Squeezy 0]

[flytire 0]

HC Foam Stone

Hook - Mustad 9672 or equivalent, size 6-8

Thread - Black

Body - Black and orange 2mm foam

Wing - Fox squirrel tail hairs over pearl krystal flash

Sighter - Orange 2mm foam

Legs - Barred black/orange rubber legs

[flytire 0]

 

Hatching Foam Pupa

 

Daniel Bergman

 

Hook - Mustad C068 or equivalent, size 12-16

 

Thread - Brown

 

Rear Body - 2mm tan foam strip, segmented with hemostat and colored with brown marker

 

Head cover - 2mm tan foam strip from the rear body and colored with brown marker

 

Thorax - Tan ice dubbing

 

Eyes - 50-pound mono burnt and coated with black uv resin or substitute

[niveker 0]

51 minutes ago, flytire said:

Hatching Foam Pupa

Nice tie.

Geat idea. 

I think I would switch to a hen hackle for the thorax/legs, maybe both. 

Thanks for posting the pattern.   

 

8 hours ago, Squeezy said:

 

Creative.  

What is that dubbing?  I like that mix of colors.  

 

 

[RickZieger 0]

White Dr. Mike   white Artric Fire in a dubbing brush., Soft hackle from duck feather. peacock for abdomen    Lots of gills on this the past few weeks.

[Sandan 0]

Andrew Grillos pattern, Spin Doctor. Male trico. More for practice than for accurate coloring.

Hook: TMC 206BL, Size 22

Thread: UTV 70 Fl. Chartreuse

Tails: White micro fibbets

Abdomen: Caddis green ultra fine

Over-abdomen: olive .5 mm foam

Wing: White McFlylon

Indicator: .5mm Yellow foam

[Sandan 0]

Flashback Biot PT nymph.

Hook: Umpqua 101, size 20 1x long

Thread: Uni 8/0 Dk. Brown

Tail: 3 cock pheasant tail fibers

Abdomen: Dk. Brown goose biot

Rib: UTC x-small gold wire

Flash : med. opal tinsel

Wingcase: 6 cock pheasant tail fibers. Tied in to leave the tips for legs.

Thorax: Peacock herl

[RickZieger 0]

Mark Knapp. Here is the fly from the nice feathers I got

Bead Body Minnow  6 copper beads on a size 8 Aberdeen hook.  black marabou tail,  White antron underwing, Gadwell feather for wing.

I have also tied with white and yellow beads for crappie.