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Thanks

I'm not going to quit my day job anytime soon.  There's no money in selling flies not for me anyways, I rarely see cash, usually barter for materials , gear , etc.  I guess a few of those flies will go towards glue.

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7 hours ago, Squeezy said:

Purple and black streamer. Daughter picked out materials

Purple Nurple 👍

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Gartside Shrimp

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Sparrow derivative; notional.

hook - WFC Model 6 #6
thread - Uni 8/0 brown 
tail - pheasant rump
body - Ice Dub hare’s ear tan
body hackle - ginger (undersize by 2) 
shoulder - pheasant rump
collar - pheasant aftershaft (loop dubbed)

Regards,
Scott 

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Dean River Lantern, Green

Steelhead, Sockeye, Silver, and King Salmon

Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Fluorescent green
Tail - Dyed black squirrel tail
Body - Dyed chartreuse monofilament over an underbody of fluorescent green floss*
Hackle - Black tied on as a collar and tied back
Head - Fluorescent green
 

 
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Dean River Lantern, Orange

Steelhead, Sockeye, Silver, and King Salmon

Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Fluorescent fire orange
Tail - Dyed black squirrel tail
Body - Dyed orange monofilament over an underbody of fluorescent orange floss*
Hackle - Dyed fluorescent fire orange grizzly tied on as a collar and tied back**
 

 
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Dean River Lantern, Purple

Steelhead, Sockeye, Silver, and King Salmon

Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Dyed black squirrel tail
Body - Dyed purple monofilament over underbody of fluorescent blue floss*
Hackle - Dyed purple grizzly tied on as a collar and tied back**
 

 
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Dean River Lantern, Red

Steelhead, Sockeye, Silver, and King Salmon

Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Fluorescent red
Tail - Dyed black squirrel tail
Body - Dyed red monofilament over an underbody of fluorescent red floss*
Hackle - Fluorescent red tied on as a collar and tied back
 

 
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Dean River Lantern, Yellow

Steelhead, Sockeye, Silver, and King Salmon

Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Yellow
Tail - Dyed yellow gray squirrel tail
Body - Dyed yellow monofilament over an underbody of fluorescent yellow floss*
Hackle - Dyed fluorescent yellow grizzly tied on as a collar and tied back**

*I used Magic Stretch beading cord as a substitute for the dyed monofilament

**I do not have any dyed grizzly, so I used a solid color hackle

Dr. Arthur Cohen of San Francisco, California, created the Dean River Lanterns. Since that time there have been a number of variations developed. There was also an orange pattern that used orange bowstring for the body.

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

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ROYAL CHARLIE

HOOK: #14 DRY

THREAD: BLACK #70

ABDOMEN/BODY: RED SILK

RIB: GOLD WIRE -SMALL

HACKLE: PARTRIDGE

COLLAR: PEACOCK

HEAD:  BLACK THREAD  

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Bullethead Michigan Body Mayfly

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hook - WFC Model 3 #8
thread - Uni 6/0 brown 
tail - moose body hair
rib - tying thread
body - deer hair 
underwing - Congo Hair shiner tan 
wing/head - deer hair

Regards,
Scott 
 

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Organza grass shrimp

Mustad 37160 - mono thread

silicon legs, glass bead eye's

red dubbed hotspot white dubbed body with organza ribbon "hackle"

covered with silicone tape body shell ribbed with mono

 

 

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12 minutes ago, cphubert said:

Organza grass shrimp

Mustad 37160 - mono thread

silicon legs, glass bead eye's

red dubbed hotspot white dubbed body with organza ribbon "hackle"

covered with silicone tape body shell ribbed with mono

 

 

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THAT is one cool fly!!!

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55 minutes ago, SalarMan said:

THAT is one cool fly!!!

Thanks George I'll have to wait a little to see how it fishes working on a sub for polar bear

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1 hour ago, cphubert said:

Thanks George I'll have to wait a little to see how it fishes working on a sub for polar bear

Be sure to give us a report on the fishing qualities when you finally give it a go.

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Bucktails? a few for the estuaries when the white perch and salters start.

Mustad 36680   white flat nylon

silver holographic mylar body

polar bear (1) white/green/peacock herl  (2) white/blue (3) white/yellow/red  -  3-d eye's with UV finish

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Michigan

Hook - Mustad 3399 or equivalent

Thread - Black

Tail - Mallard

Body - Stripped grizzly hackle stem

Crown/wing case - Orange floss

Thorax -Gray rabbit dubbing

Legs - Brown hackle

Fly-Tying - William Bayard Sturgis

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