August Flies From the Vise

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Winters

Hook - Mustad Heritage S80AP
Thread - Black
Tail - Brown or light gray mallard
Body - Claret floss
Hackle - Brown furnace or dun
Wing - Brown mallard

Winters (fabri-mouches.ca)

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Yarn Caddis Larva

Hook: #12 Scud

Bead: Gold 7/64"

Thread: 8/0 Brown Veevus

Body: Top Fly Brown Sparkle Emerger Yarn Bottom Fly Olive Sparkle Emerger Yarn

Thorax: Hare's Mask

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On 8/22/2023 at 5:40 PM, TSMcDougald said:

Variations on a theme

Nice set.

What we call October Caddis in my neck of woods are significantly smaller, @ #14, but I bet those would fish well anyway. 

I like #2 with the longer legs,  very similar to Gartside's Sparrow 

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Bob Lawrence

Hook – Mustad Heritage S82AP
Thread - Black
Tip - Silver tinsel
Tail - Scarlet
Rib - Silver tinsel
Body - Cinnamon dubbing
Hackle - Guinea fowl
Wing – Scarlet and jungle cock

Trout - Ray Bergman

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58 minutes ago, niveker said:

Nice set.

What we call October Caddis in my neck of woods are significantly smaller, @ #14, but I bet those would fish well anyway. 

I like #2 with the longer legs,  very similar to Gartside's Sparrow 

The recipe I based these on actually calls for a 12 but I absent mindedly tied them on a 10.

I think I like #2 as well.

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I didn't mean to imply you tied it in the wrong size, just that out West yours are much bigger.  

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1 hour ago, niveker said:

I didn't mean to imply you tied it in the wrong size, just that out West yours are much bigger.  

I figured that was the case.

This is the pattern I loosely based them on:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNUQptRm06E

Edited August 24, 2023 by TSMcDougald
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Thanks TS

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Pink Lady

Hook- Mustad S82AP
Thread - White and black
Tip - Gold tinsel
Tail - Ginger hackle
Ribbing - Gold tinsel
Body - Pink floss
Hackle - Ginger
Wings - Slate

Pink Lady (fabri-mouches.ca)

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Rope dubbed 7 color PTN nymph.   Ido like the longer tail, Worked in Colorado &Iowa

 

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Union

Hook - Mustad Heritage S82AP
Thread - Black
Tail - Teal
Body - Unstripped brown condor*
Hackle - Grizzly
Wing - Teal

*Condor is illegal to possess. I used brown turkey

Trout - Ray Bergman

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8 hours ago, TSMcDougald said:

The recipe I based these on actually calls for a 12 but I absent mindedly tied them on a 10.

I think I like #2 as well.

 

9 hours ago, niveker said:

Nice set.

What we call October Caddis in my neck of woods are significantly smaller, @ #14, but I bet those would fish well anyway. 

I like #2 with the longer legs,  very similar to Gartside's Sparrow 

Western October Caddis (Dicosmoecus) are quite large. Troutnut.com says 30mm long for adults. http://www.troutnut.com/hatch/2594/Caddisfly-Dicosmoecus-October-Caddisflies

A standard size 10 hook might even be a little small.  

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Size 12 green drake cripple. Quigley style.

Hook: U001 standard dry fly

Thread: UTC 70 olive

Tail/abdomen: lt. olive marabou. Twisted to form the Abdomen.

Thorax: olive rabbit dubbing

Wing: premium select cow elk.

Hackle: whiting bronze grizzly variant. Next time I'll hit it with an olive marker.

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19 hours ago, Jaydub said:

Western October Caddis (Dicosmoecus) are quite large.

Thanks, just took the time to check out that link.  

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49 minutes ago, Sandan said:

Size 12

You still in Colorado?

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