The challenge thread!

[cphubert 0]

1 hour ago, flytire said:

i'll do the tandem

👍

[flytire 0]

⚛️ Nuclear Waste ⚛️

Rear

Hook – Mustad R73XAP, size 8

Thread – Red

Body – Gold mylar piping, body braid or embossed tinsel

Connecting wire

Beadalon .018 diameter and red beads

Front

Hook - Mustad R75AP, size 6

Thread - Black

Body - Gold mylar piping, body braid or embossed tinsel

Throat - Fluorescent orange calf tail

Wing - Sparse white bucktail over which is small bunch of Glo in Dark chartreuse flashabou over which is sparse peacock flashabou or krystal flash

Tying note: Orientation of the rear hook may be pointed upward or downward (depicted) if desired

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[flytire 0]

next challenge fly is a.....Strawman Nymph (Paul Young)

StrawmanNymph.pdf - Google Drive

[niveker 0]

2 hours ago, flytire said:

Nuclear Waste 

👍

[TSMcDougald 0]

I will take the strawman - but I won't be able to get to it until this evening.

[cphubert 0]

1 hour ago, TSMcDougald said:

I will take the strawman - but I won't be able to get to it until this evening

👍

[TSMcDougald 0]

Straqman

Hook: Size 10 Nymph

Thread: Yellow 6/0

Tail: Mallard Flank

Body: Mule Deer Hair

Rib: Yellow Floss

Next challenge... I was tempted to do the classic Pike Fly

But instead I am going with the Holy Grail

[niveker 0]

1 hour ago, TSMcDougald said:

Strawman

Nice one, TS.    

 

[flytire 0]

@TSMcDonald

we have already tied a Holy Grail caddis (#90)

The challenge thread! - Page 53 - The Fly Tying Bench - Fly Tying (flytyingforum.com)

if there is a different fly please specify what it is

 

[TSMcDougald 0]

How about the Taboo Caddis Emerger?

[flytire 0]

@TSMcDonald

that would be a good choice!

[niveker 0]

1 hour ago, TSMcDougald said:

How about the Taboo Caddis Emerger?

👍  How about I do it. 

[flytire 0]

👍👍

[Sandan 0]

7 hours ago, TSMcDougald said:

How about the Taboo Caddis Emerger?

Excellent fly

[niveker 0]

Tabou Caddis Emerger

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Original recipe in ()

Hook: #14 1xst, 2xl (curved nymph)

Thread: Brown 6/0

Rib: Gold craft wire 32g (clear 0.5mm Stretch Magic)

Body: Small marabou-like feather from olive pheasant.  (Brahma Hen Chick-a-bou feather, dyed pale yellow)

Wing: Olive pheasant.  (Brahma Hen Soft-Hackle, dyed tan)

Head: excess trim from soft-hackle feather

 

Good SBS by the originator, Steve Schweitzer, in the Global Fly Fisher site: https://globalflyfisher.com/patterns-tie-better/the-tabou-caddis-emerger