December Flies From the Vise

[niveker 0]

@Sandan, thanks. 

The hackle is starling.  The wings are a white tipped starling feather, tied in with the tip pointing rearward, and then the hackle is wound and tied off. The palmered ones are just one starling feather, essentially a Stewart's spider. They can be pretty productive at times on my rivers. 

[Moshup 0]

^^^ Stewart’s spider . 👍🕷

[niveker 0]

8 hours ago, denduke said:

Trying glass beads...👍.   Ever heard of McgintyPopper

Thanks, denduke.  I like using glass bead because they're inexpensive and easy to get.  On my bigger, heavier flies, though, they have a tendency to break, especially when fishing fast water. 

Nice McGinty Popper, the panfish here in Massachusetts love the winged wet version.  

[BHouk 0]

Like the Christmas ornaments 😀, Denduke.

[SBPatt 0]

PGP March Brown

Name comes from the 3 birds, in order of appearance.

hook - BVFT Dry #10
thread - Veevus 8/0 tan 
tail - partridge  
rib - small oval tinsel gold
body - dubbing hare’s ear/fox squirrel
collar - sharptail grouse
wing  - hen pheasant tail

Regards,
Scott

[chugbug27 0]

Really nice outcome @SBPatt

[upstatetrout 0]

Some from December

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[chugbug27 0]

nice batch there, @upstatetrout.

Back to the grind on the Ronn Lucas Salmon Fly tutorials for me, a repeat of lesson three, the Strip Wing with barred turkey:

Hook: Edgar Sealey S.1937 #2

Thread: Danville 6/0 black

Tag: Small Oval French Tinsel, silver

Tail: Golden Pheasant

Rib: Small Oval French Tinsel, silver

Body: Small Flat Gold Tinsel coated on the front half with one strand of Pearsall's Maribou, cardinal

Throat: Mallard dyed red

Wing: Barred Turkey

Head: SHHN

[SBPatt 0]

Muddled PGP March Brown

Sparser wing on this version.

hook - BVFT Dry #10
thread - Veevus 8/0 tan 
tail - partridge  
rib - small oval tinsel gold
body - dubbing hare’s ear/fox squirrel
shoulder - sharptail grouse
wing  - hen pheasant tail  
head/collar - deer hair

Regards,
Scott

[Bimini15 0]

Still not super happy with the head, but it will work.

[Sandan 0]

1 hour ago, chugbug27 said:

nice batch there, @upstatetrout.

Back to the grind on the Ronn Lucas Salmon Fly tutorials for me, a repeat of lesson three, the Strip Wing with barred turkey:

Hook: Edgar Sealey S.1937 #2

Thread: Danville 6/0 black

Tag: Small Oval French Tinsel, silver

Tail: Golden Pheasant

Rib: Small Oval French Tinsel, silver

Body: Small Flat Gold Tinsel coated on the front half with one strand of Pearsall's Maribou, cardinal

Throat: Mallard dyed red

Wing: Barred Turkey

Head: SHHN

Nice job @chugbug27, I see you got past the "bump" problem. 

[chugbug27 0]

✌️

[niveker 0]

6 hours ago, SBPatt said:

PGP March Brown

Very nice looking fly, great combo of colors/speckled patterns there.  

[cphubert 0]

3 hours ago, chugbug27 said:

nice batch there, @upstatetrout.

Back to the grind on the Ronn Lucas Salmon Fly tutorials for me, a repeat of lesson three, the Strip Wing with barred turkey:

Hook: Edgar Sealey S.1937 #2

Thread: Danville 6/0 black

Tag: Small Oval French Tinsel, silver

Tail: Golden Pheasant

Rib: Small Oval French Tinsel, silver

Body: Small Flat Gold Tinsel coated on the front half with one strand of Pearsall's Maribou, cardinal

Throat: Mallard dyed red

Wing: Barred Turkey

Head: SHHN

Huge improvement, Chug very nice tie!

[LasVegasBill 0]

3 hours ago, SBPatt said:

Muddled PGP March Brown

Sparser wing on this version.

hook - BVFT Dry #10
thread - Veevus 8/0 tan 
tail - partridge  
rib - small oval tinsel gold
body - dubbing hare’s ear/fox squirrel
shoulder - sharptail grouse
wing  - hen pheasant tail  
head/collar - deer hair

Regards,
Scott

I don't think I've ever tied a fly I'm 100% happy with.