October Flies From The Vise

[niveker 0]

1 hour ago, Lug Nuts said:

Just a crackleback.

Nice - what's that spiffy yellow material?

[McFlyLures 0]

11 minutes ago, niveker said:

Same here, looks similar to something I know I've seen before, but I can't place it. 

Did a quick search and only Egan's Corn Fed Caddis or an egg laying Caddis by Matt Grobert look close.  I think its Egan's fly that I remembered, but yours looks better.     

Thanks, I don't think its the corn fed though.  This one is mostly snowshoe rabbit.....   

[RickZieger 0]

Skip Morris panfish fly

Swimming nymph hook

red floss, yarn body

rib gold wire, thread

bead chain eyes

black  over red marabou. 

Change marabous colors to what you want.

[Lug Nuts 0]

47 minutes ago, niveker said:

Nice - what's that spiffy yellow material?

Sorry, newbie, and neglected to include the recipe.

That spiffy body is Hare’s Ice Dub in tan.

Orange thread and brown hackle with the peacock back rounds it out.

[SBPatt 0]

Muddled Opal Crippler

Based on Rob Denson’s Pearly Crippler; swapped out the front hackle with dyed deer hair (Interesting that the body hackle and deer hair were from the same dye bath; the deer hair stayed in a lot longer and soaked up more color).

hook - WFC Model 6 #6
thread - UTC 140 woodduck 
rib - small wire silver
body - medium tinsel opal 
body hackle - grizzly dyed ginger (4 Tsp Rit Golden Yellow, 1 Tsp Rit Camel)
shoulder - pheasant rump dyed black
collar/head - deer hair dyed ginger

Regards,
Scott

[MuskyFlyGuy 0]

A fly for a musky trip next week. 
hook - Gamakatsu 55015 size 5/0  Articulated shank 1 5/8”                        thread - Big Fly  tan                           Bucktails brown and camel                   Flash blend baitfish brush      Saddle hackle - brown, cream, and brown grizzly Krystal flash - copper                              Polar flash - dark copper                Flashabou - bronze, copper, and Holo copper

 

[Mark Knapp 0]

By popular demand, I just added a couple of more methods the the extended body SBS. @McFlyLures, @bdngrd,@chugbug27

[fshng2 0]

 

Hook: 2/0 Bait Holder

Tail: Badger hackle/silver Polarflash/white BT

Body: Badger hackle doubled & palmered

Tab Eyes: WTP 1/8" 

Thread: UTC GSP100

 

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[Moshup 0]

Nice fshng 2.  What hook are you using ?

[fshng2 0]

Thanks Denduke and Mogup.

Hook is Donal size #15 from E-bay very similar to Owner Mosquito 2/0 in shape, wire thickness and very sharp.

Listing: 100 Pcs/lot Fishing Hooks Big Hook High Carbon Steel Bait Holder Fishhook 3#-16 seller marry0119

 

[Moshup 0]

8 hours ago, fshng2 said:

Thanks Denduke and Mogup.

Hook is Donal size #15 from E-bay very similar to Owner Mosquito 2/0 in shape, wire thickness and very sharp.

Listing: 100 Pcs/lot Fishing Hooks Big Hook High Carbon Steel Bait Holder Fishhook 3#-16 seller marry0119

 

I asked because it looked familiar to me. No experience with Donal but I do know the Owner hooks and it does look very similiar.

[jamieofthenorth 0]

18 hours ago, cphubert said:

Hellgrammite 

Mustad 9572 with black dumbbell eyes. underbody- olive chenille & synthetic hackle legs.  body- Chuck Kraft tail with black sued collar.

 

That's an interesting looking pattern! Never seen anything like it, nicely done. 

[cphubert 0]

Thanks it is a variant based on Chuck Kraft's crittermite, using his tail. I like the suede head and synthetic hackle legs and I find them faster to tie. Unfortunately we lost Chuck this year he was a tier and guide from down Virginia way (and a really great guy). Chuck's signature fly was the kreelex streamer. I fish this variant (size 4) for smallies and trout, it does well, rides hook up and head down like a hellgrammite trying to get back in the rocks. And the hook is a 9672 (95??) fat fingers

[fshng2 0]

Awesome fly their cphubert.  A Fish magnet in any stream with hellgrammites.