SBPatt 0 Report post Posted December 22, 2020 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 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chugbug27 0 Report post Posted December 22, 2020 @jamieofthenorth & @Pbass, right back at you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LasVegasBill 0 Report post Posted December 23, 2020 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) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LasVegasBill 0 Report post Posted December 23, 2020 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. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
McFlyLures 0 Report post Posted December 23, 2020 6 hours ago, LasVegasBill said: Nice. These are fish catchers. Thank you Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DFoster 0 Report post Posted December 23, 2020 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. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SBPatt 0 Report post Posted December 23, 2020 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 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WWKimba 0 Report post Posted December 23, 2020 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 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RickZieger 0 Report post Posted December 23, 2020 emerger biot tail, abdomen and thorax dubbing. wing case is foam Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Moshup 0 Report post Posted December 23, 2020 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. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bimini15 0 Report post Posted December 24, 2020 More small flies... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chugbug27 0 Report post Posted December 24, 2020 Back with a vengeance, @Bimini15 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bimini15 0 Report post Posted December 24, 2020 Just making the most out of the time I have 😉 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bimini15 0 Report post Posted December 24, 2020 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. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Moshup 0 Report post Posted December 25, 2020 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 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites