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Jcb68, very nice, is that mahogany?

Thanks for the good words. Yes It is mahogany. I plan on adding some more black accents.

When it is finished i will post more pics.

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Some more bugs from the Orvis index.

 

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Black Ant

 

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Cinnamon Ant

 

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Letort Cricket

 

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Letort Hopper

 

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Red Flying Ant

 

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Deer Hopper

 

I tried a trick suggested by Sandan and now I really like the the way my hackles are looking. Will the fish notice? I doubt it. Will the flies act better on the water? Float longer? Maybe. The real difference is that, I think they look better and that's the reason I'm doing this exercise. Thanks again Sandan.

I noticed. The hackling looks much better. Like night and day. Way to go Mark

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ccwnsc, and what species? They look like they would be especially good for pan fish to me.

 

Flicted, I guess it's no big trick. I started stripping one side of the quill before wrapping the hackle and that made a big difference. Then Sandan suggested stripping both sides of the quill for a small section after the tie-in, so that the quill gets a chance to lay flat before the hackle starts. It sure makes a nice looking hackle. I just love it when I learn a tiny trick that makes a big difference.

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More from the index.

 

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Large Red Fluttering Caddis. There was a time I could post a picture and not know what was wrong with the fly. Now I'm beginning to be able to self-critique, sometimes not while I'm tying the fly but only when I see it in a picture. On this one, the hackle is too far back.

 

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Large Ginger Fluttering Caddis. On this one I tried more, tighter wraps of the wire ribbing, don't like it, and the head is too small.

 

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Gray Tent Wing Caddis

 

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Brown Tent Wing Caddis

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The next flies in my Orvis Index call for materials I don't have, so in the mean time I experimented with alternatives.

 

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This spinner called for white poly wings but I didn't have any. While I'm waiting for the material I tied some with calf tail, fish fur, polar bear hair and Cul De Canard but I like these Coq De Leon wings the best.

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Mark Knapp

 

 

I will be fishing those for trout. I never tried them on panfish, but they are heavily weighted and will sink to the bottom quickly.

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ccwnsc, Nice, I just tried something similar, though not as classy as yours for trout and char through the ice. They worked great.

 

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Got my size 20 dry fly hooks in so I continued where I left off in the Orvis index of fly patterns. The midge dry flies.

 

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Adams Midge

 

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Cream Midge

 

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Brown Midge

 

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Black Midge

 

Then I just decided to have some fun

 

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Size 20 Black Ant with Peacock herl body

 

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Size 20 Mosquito.

 

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Size 20 Adams dry with wings.

 

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This was the first one I did today for a warm up, a size 12 Adams.

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