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January 2019 Flies From the Vise

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Culton's Gold Steelhead Spider

 

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hook - Dai Riki 899 #6

thread - Uni 8/0 fire orange

butt - peacock herl

abdomen - Flashabou silver (5 strands doubled/twisted)

thorax - dubbing gold

1st shoulder hackle - golden pheasant rump

2nd shoulder hackle - mottled India Hen

3rd shoulder hackle - woodduck flank

 

 

Regards,

Scott

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Tied this up last night on a whim I'm sure it's been tied and named before but for this evening

I'm going to call it "The Badger's Delight."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hook........ Tiemco 100 sz 14

Thread..... UTC 70 Olive

Tail........... Blue Dun

Body........ Stripped olive dyed peacock quill

Wings....... Black hen hackle tips

Hackle...... Speckled golden badger

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Here's the sum total of what I tied in January.

 

This is the "Vermont" fly box I'm working on. Various nymphs tied on size 12 and 14 hooks. Body materials include chicken, parrot, turkey and goose, a couple of attempts at some Copper Johns and some mop flies, changed up the materials on the mop from a sparkle chenille thorax to a peacock herl one and added soft hackles to them. Still have four or five rows to fill in with some larger nymphs.

 

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I've been cleaning up my tying area and found an unfinished fly. Not sure how long it's been unfinished, at least a couple of years. Body is tubing, covered with clear sili skin with foam tied onto the hook shank. A generic minnow.

 

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I found some brushes when I was cleaning one of my material drawers. I think they're Enrico Puglisi material. Wanted to see if I could incorporate it in to a Calcasieu Pig Boat.

 

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The last of the bunch. Following Eide again, what I aspire to.

Looking good: the body work is getting better and the ribs are nice and even!

 

A few tips: flatten out the silk you are using - look at the tag, it has some bumps. If possible: use smaller tinsel for the tag, makes the fly look much better. Try a shorter wing, that will help out with the overall impression of the pattern, and will help with the topping flowing over the wing.

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The last of the bunch. Following Eide again, what I aspire to.

 

Looking good: the body work is getting better and the ribs are nice and even!

 

A few tips: flatten out the silk you are using - look at the tag, it has some bumps. If possible: use smaller tinsel for the tag, makes the fly look much better. Try a shorter wing, that will help out with the overall impression of the pattern, and will help with the topping flowing over the wing.

Eide, thanks for the feedback. I'll work on these points on my next group.

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