April Flies from the Vise

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shad flies

 

Chesapeake Bay Streamer

 

 

Shad Dart

 

 

Reference - Pennsylvania Angler - May 1990

 

Connecticut River Shad Fly

 

 

Reference - Forgotten Flies

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March Brown (Carnage variation)

 

 

 

 

 

hook - Dai Riki 135 #12

thread - Danville 6/0 tan

core - 7lb mono

tail - moose body hair (bleached)

body/head - 1mm foam tan

wing - Congo Hair white

hackle - grizzly dyed tan

 

 

Foamhead Skwala (Carnage variation)

 

 

 

 

 

hook - Dai Riki 135 #10

thread - Danville 6/0 yellow

core - 7lb mono

tail - moose body hair

body/head - 1mm foam olive

wing - Congo Hair Baitfish Grey

legs - medium rubber brown

indicator - 2mm foam orange

 

Since my friend in Missoula keeps me well-stocked with upland game pelts, I figured I could supply him with some stuff for the springtime hatches. Looks like the Root has come down from the big spike on Wednesday so maybe he can find some fish looking up. A #12 may seem a bit big for March Browns but the fly has a pretty small footprint on the water and the fish down there are as dumb as posts anyway.

 

 

Regards,

Scott

[Bruce Derington 0]

Some for a current swap

 

 

[RexW 0]

The wing isn't set right and some of my substitutions didn't work as well as I'd hoped, but this one turned out to be the most complicated pattern I've tied so far. So, I'm going to post it anyway. 😃



Here's the "Aberdeenshire Dee Tartan"

 

 

 

[Mike West 0]

[eide 0]

Busy arranging the Norwegian flytying championship (just two more weeks now), but got around to do a Green Highlander yesterday

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Galloup's BWO Nymph

 

 

Hook - Nymph/Dry Style

Thread - Wine

Tail - Hungarian Partridge

Body - Blue Wing Olive Turkey Biot Quill - See below

Wing Case - Pheasant Tail

Gills/Flash - UV Pearl Ice Dub

Thorax - Peacock herl

[chugbug27 0]

Great looking nymph there ft.

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narragansett bay streamer

 

[Mike West 0]

Tying up some top water stuff for a very generous member here.

Said he needed them to cast on a 3wt. I can cast all these on a 4wt so I hope works for him.

Also included a couple hand tied leaders that will help toss these flies that are pushing the limits of a 3wt.

 

 

[Kimo 0]

Nice stuff Mike!

Kimo

[Nsheehan 0]

Some great ties here keep them coming

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Variant of The Chatterer with kingfisher in the body (about 60 feathers) and 10 GP toppings in the wing

 

Hook: Phillips No.4 1xl by Flemming

 

http://flypattern.org/authors/george-m-kelson/book/the-salmon-fly/pattern/the-chatterer

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Marsden's Mohican (variation)

 

 

 

recipe as i tied it (a modern update)

Hook - Scud hook

Thread - Black

Thorax and head - Fluorescent orange uv resin

Wing - Zonkered Pine Squirrel

a recipe from the internet

Hook - Grub & Buzzer Hooks

Thread - Black (for bodt and rib)

Thorax - Semperfli Straggle String (Ryhac Green, Fluoro Red, Fluoro Orange, Fluoro Yellow and Fluoro Pink all work well)

Wing - Zonkered Pine Squirrel

[Mark Knapp 0]

Boy, oh boy, Mike, those look great. I wonder who those are for. I have a three weight, (that could be just a coincidence). I also have a 5-6 weight that I use most of the time so chucking those babies wouldn't be a problem.