December Flies From the Vise

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Freestyle Partridge Mayfly

Started out as a partridge spider I found on the Shetland Trout site (you have to scroll down a bit but it’s worth it; some neat flies), but ended up here.  Interesting how different substrates (or different parts of the same material) take the dye - the chukar is more of a neon green closer to the quill and yellow towards the tip.  The dyed grey squirrel makes a neat shade of olive; I’ll try this one out if I ever hit a green drake hatch again.

hook - BVFT Dry #10
thread - Danville 6/0 light olive
tail - bleached pheasant tail dyed chartreuse (1 Tbs Rit Neon Yellow/1 cup water)
rib - brassie wire hot yellow
body - dubbng grey squirrel dyed chartreuse 
body hackle - grizzly dyed chartreuse
shoulder - chukar dyed chartreuse

Regards,
Scott

[chugbug27 0]

@jamieofthenorth & @Pbass, right back at you. 

[LasVegasBill 0]

On 12/15/2020 at 4:08 PM, Bimini15 said:

This is the tiniest thing I have ever tied. Size 18.

What do you guys catch with this? Real flies? 😆

I've never fished this fly.  But if the general question is "What fish do you catch on very small flies?" I catch loads of Rainbow and Brown trout on Western U.S. tailwaters on flies much smaller than this fly ( I regularly fish size 22 midge nymphs.  I have talked with fishers who go smaller) 

[LasVegasBill 0]

On 12/17/2020 at 11:43 AM, McFlyLures said:

Some midges, size 26 (top row) and 30 (bottom row). Black beauty, krystal flash emerger, and top secret.  
 

Nice.  These are fish catchers. 

[McFlyLures 0]

6 hours ago, LasVegasBill said:

Nice.  These are fish catchers. 

Thank you

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6 hours ago, LasVegasBill said:

Nice.  These are fish catchers. 

@Bimini15

I didn't tie these -  Called a "Wicked Pissah" and tied usually on a size 30,  people do very well on a heavily pressured local tail water with them.   Since you can't see them with 12' leaders and # 9 tippet those that fish them strike at any disturbance on the surface.  This isn't my style of fishing but I can't argue with the results. I've seen people catch a lot of big trout (20"+) with this technique and fly.

 

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Muddled White Wickham

Another modification of a fly from the Shetland Trout site.

hook - BVFT Dry #10
thread - Veevus 8/0 black
tail - pheasant tail
rib - small wire gold
body - tinsel gold
body hackle - brown
shoulder - pheasant rump dyed brown 
head/collar - pronghorn white

Regards,
Scott

[WWKimba 0]

1 hour ago, SBPatt said:

Muddled White Wickham

Another modification of a fly from the Shetland Troutsite.

hook - BVFT Dry #10
thread - Veevus 8/0 black
tail - pheasant tail
rib - small wire gold
body - tinsel gold
body hackle - brown
shoulder - pheasant rump dyed brown 
head/collar - pronghorn white

Regards,
Scott

Scott, all great ties BUT I'm worried that 2020 has muddled you!  

Kim

[RickZieger 0]

emerger   biot tail, abdomen and thorax dubbing.  wing case is foam

 

 

[Moshup 0]

18 minutes ago, RickZieger said:

emerger   biot tail, abdomen and thorax dubbing.  wing case is foam

 

 

Nice Rick. Would like to get a side view of those babies.

[Bimini15 0]

More small flies...

[chugbug27 0]

Back with a vengeance, @Bimini15

[Bimini15 0]

Just making the most out of the time I have 😉

[Bimini15 0]

I have been curious about this one... so I am trying to get a proof of concept.

My quick and dirty, non-articulated version of Sobota’s Swimming Jimmy.

The bend in the hook and the head are meant to give it the action and appearance of a dying minnow, hence the eye placement.

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While waiting for Santa to depart Nome I tied an “Edmonds & Lee” “8b March brown”  sz 10

Thread .........   Pearsall’s gossamer orange

Hook.   .........   Mustad 94840

Tail       .........   4 or 5 snipe rump fibres

Body.   .........    Hare’s ear dyed spinner red

Ribbing .......     Fine gold wire

Hackle   .......    Snipe rump feather