July Flies from the vise

[flytire 0]

 

 

[SBPatt 0]

Carnage Cripple

 

 

 

 

 

Loosely based on Craig Mathews' Guide Cripple (another fly inspired by Bob Quigley's original); just because it's a cripple doesn't mean you can't use foam to make it float. Tied here in Adams colors; change to suit your needs.

 

 

hook -Dai Riki 135 #12

thread - UTC 140 grey brown

core - 8lb mono

Shuck - Congo Hair brown

abdomen - 1mm foam grey

wing - Congo Hair white

hackle - grizzly/brown

 

Regards,

Scott

[FlaFly 0]

Troutah... I really liked those Balloon Caddises. I looked up a video for how it's tied.... It looks to me just like a mini-hopper, minus the legs. Am I right? Ever use them bluegills?

[troutah 0]

I only know it as a caddis pattern, but can imagine it would make a good small hopper and wouldn't be surprised if there is a similar pattern. I've only ever used them for trout. Bet bluegills would love them though.

[FlaFly 0]

Here's a pic of some mini-hoppers (I didn't tie these). You can see how much they resemble the balloon caddis, except for the legs

[Bugsy 0]

Clean ties, Norm. What thread did you use on the KF emerger?

[carpflyguy 0]

Shopvac is kne of my all time favorites flytire. First nymph I ever used, and still have a lot of confidence in it to this day. Nice simple tie too.

[retrocarp 0]

Yes flytire I much prefer your zebra midge and emergers to the ones a certain person , whom shall not be named ties.....thank you for sharing.

I particularly like the shop Vac.

regards

Retro

[flytire 0]

thanks for all of the comments

 

these days 95% of my tying is with veevus threads, size 14/0. on flies that require a little thread build up, i still use danville 6/0

 

retrocarp, i gotcha.

[FIN-ITE 34 0]

Petty

[Papa Baske 0]

Another try. Having difficulty with colouring in details. Scrapped a couple. Any advice will be welcome

 

 

[flytire 0]

 

just use different colors of whatever flash material you have on hand

[TheCream 0]

 

 

 

 

 

Love this.

[Adam Saarinen 0]

A new idea for the salmon & seatrout run, kind of halfcast saltfly meets freshwater fly #6 Turrell saltwater hook!

[flyguy613 0]

Papa -

 

My suggestions are to trim it further, give the fly a more significant taper (largest at the head, smallest near the tail) also, when you trim it further it will expose the hook more giving you better hook up percentage!