upnorthtier 0 Report post Posted December 2, 2022 8 hours ago, Poopdeck said: I’ll take the two bit hooker Dam, it looks better than the one Charlie tied on the vid. WELL DONE Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted December 2, 2022 i'll take the letort hopper Letort Hopper Hook - Curved style Thread - Yellow Body - Dubbing in your choice of color Wing - Mottled turkey and deer hair Head - Deer hair, trimmed the next challenge fly is a Czech Nymph Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
niveker 0 Report post Posted December 2, 2022 7 minutes ago, upnorthtier said: Dam, it looks better than the one Charlie tied on the vid. Agreed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
upnorthtier 0 Report post Posted December 2, 2022 42 minutes ago, flytire said: letort hopper Nice tie Norm and quick. ill do up a czech nymph. I did a search and there's tons of variations. Is it my choice? Oh yeah i accept the czech nymph challenge Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
niveker 0 Report post Posted December 2, 2022 30 minutes ago, flytire said: Letort Hopper Nice. Clean. I've been tying up a few different hopper patterns for next year, have not done this one yet, but will give it a go with a few different body colors. Looks simple compared to Gartside's pheasant hopper or Dave's hopper Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeezy 0 Report post Posted December 2, 2022 Awesome ties PD and FlyTire. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted December 2, 2022 1 hour ago, upnorthtier said: Nice tie Norm and quick. ill do up a czech nymph. I did a search and there's tons of variations. Is it my choice? Oh yeah i accept the czech nymph challenge any type of czech nymph you want to tie Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sandan 0 Report post Posted December 2, 2022 6 hours ago, niveker said: Nice. Clean. I've been tying up a few different hopper patterns for next year, have not done this one yet, but will give it a go with a few different body colors. Looks simple compared to Gartside's pheasant hopper or Dave's hopper I'd much rather tie Gartsides. Knotting those pheasant tail fibers for Dave's hopper drives me nuts. I use flexament on the pheasant feather wing Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
upnorthtier 0 Report post Posted December 2, 2022 hot spot Czech nymph I tied two of them, a size 8 and a size 10 size 8 size 10 I was going through my bins of hooks looking for tmc 2457 thinking it was the closest i had to czech nymph hooks. Look what i found, i have no idea why i have these, i never tied on these hooks before. At least i have the proper hooks. It even says authentic haha thread- uni 8/0 light olive lead wraps---- every vid i watched showed lead tape that i dont have so i alternated .10, .15, .20 and .25 lead wire and made a tapered body brassie golden olive wire thin skin light olive dubbin- senyo laser dub in light olive, chartreuse and hot orange legs- brahma hen light yellow and sharpie the head black A BOMBER will be the next challenge Don't need much for materials, some deer hair and hackle. Can be tied with or without a tail or wing, many color combination, bomber, salmon, nymph or streamer hooks it don't matter. WHO's going to take on the bomber challenge Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Poopdeck 0 Report post Posted December 2, 2022 I’ve fished a Letort hopper on the Letort before so I’m accepting my qualifications and qualifying myself as a Letort hopper expert. That is the finest looking Letort hopper I’ve ever seen which is what I thought I would see when flytire took the challenge. If I were a Czech nymph expert I would say the same about upnorths challenge. I’ve just never tied one before but I think I’m going to in the future. Nice job! thanks everybody for the nice words on the two bit hooker fly. I really liked tying that fly and will tie some more to fish it next year. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cphubert 0 Report post Posted December 2, 2022 1 hour ago, upnorthtier said: WHO's going to take on the bomber challenge I'll take it Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cphubert 0 Report post Posted December 2, 2022 Bomber it's been a while I started fishing the Carter Bug or surface stoneflies instead of bombers. had to tie two first one, I used a bugger hackle that was too webby. Hook- Saber 7060 size 10 Thread- olive monocord Body- Calf tail, tail and reversed wing, spun deer hair clipped with furnace hackle. Next up your choice of any traditional quill winged wet fly Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
upnorthtier 0 Report post Posted December 3, 2022 Well done, nice trim job cphubert Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted December 3, 2022 i'll take the traditional quill winged wet fly Hemlock Hook - Mustad 3399, 3906 or equivalent Thread - Black Body - Gray floss (or uni stretch) Throat - Brown hackle fibers Wing - Dark brown turkey Trout - Ray Bergman next challenge fly is a Whitlocks Red Fox Squirrel Tail Nymph Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cphubert 0 Report post Posted December 3, 2022 23 minutes ago, upnorthtier said: Well done Thank you got to get out the vacuum and clean the bench 20 minutes ago, flytire said: i'll take the traditional quill winged wet fly Beautifully tied as always Norm what's next. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites