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1 hour ago, RexW said:

Kelson's Black Dog with a lot of substitutions and a lot of mistakes.  :)  

A major mistake about half way through resulted in crowding the eye and I had to skip the wood duck in the wing as a result, but this is the most complex pattern that I've attempted so far and I'm still proud of it.  Warts and all.  :D  

Tag:  Silver tinsel and yellow silk

Tail:  GP topping and red goose

Butt:  Black ostrich

Rib:  Yellow silk with oval silver tinsel on each side

Body:  Black silk and black hackle

Throat:  Same hackle as body

Wing:  Underwing of red-orange hackle, Jungle fowl, then two shades of turkey (sub'ed for bustard and pheasant), red and yellow goose, and a GP topping

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Looks great

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2 hours ago, RexW said:

Kelson's Black Dog with a lot of substitutions and a lot of mistakes.  :)  

A major mistake about half way through resulted in crowding the eye and I had to skip the wood duck in the wing as a result, but this is the most complex pattern that I've attempted so far and I'm still proud of it.  Warts and all.  :D  

Tag:  Silver tinsel and yellow silk

Tail:  GP topping and red goose

Butt:  Black ostrich

Rib:  Yellow silk with oval silver tinsel on each side

Body:  Black silk and black hackle

Throat:  Same hackle as body

Wing:  Underwing of red-orange hackle, Jungle fowl, then two shades of turkey (sub'ed for bustard and pheasant), red and yellow goose, and a GP topping

 

I'm not an expert on these things but, I think it looks very good.

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This is an interesting pattern I found on line.  Orange and light brown flies, wet or dry are usually really effective in my area from September to early November. The tail and legs one this one are just a little bit too long but you'll get the idea and the fish won't care.  This was my first and only tie on Saturday.  I meant to post photos of better versions and tie a few 14's, 16's, and 18's all of which I never got to.  A Nor'easter blew in and clearing #@%& snow used up what should have been my bench time.

Golden or Orange Nymph-

Hook: #12 Nymph 2XL weighted with .020 wire.

Thread: Black 6/0

Tail: Golden Phesant

Abodomen: Life Cycle Caddis Dubbing - Orange.

Rib: Danville's Mylar Tinsel, Gold size 16/18

Thorax: Black Ostrich Herl

Wing Case: Mottled Turkey Tail

Legs: Golden Pheasant

 

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Greedy Grizzly Articulated Bait Fish

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Front Hook: Mustad R74-9672 size 2 (I snipped the hook after tying).

Tail Hook: Gamakatsu T10-6H size 4 up-eye salmon hook.

Thread/Head: 6/0 Metallic silver thread(unsure of brand) used throughout and built up and coated with uv resin for the head.

Front Section: Silicone Rubber Legs, Purple Sparkle/B&W Barred, 4 each approx 2" long. Twisted marabou, black and white, 2 feathers each color.

Tail Section: Silicone Rubber Legs, Purple Sparkle/B&W Barred, 4 each approx 1" long. Extra long UV polar chenille, lavender and black, twisted and wrapped rear to front. 4 med/lg grizzly feathers, aligned in a tail shape with a dot of thin superglue to lock them in place and maintain profile.

This is my first big articulated streamer design and it's basically a small streamer I tied and posted last month on steroids. I'd love some feedback, especially from anyone who ties or fishes these kinds of flies regularly. I feel like I might have overdone the marabou a little?

- Jason 

 

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Woven Stonefly
 
Hook - Standard nymph style
Weight (optional) - Lead free wire
Thread - Orange or black
Tail and antennae - Rubber legs
Abdomen - Yellow or orange and black chenille, woven
Hackle - Brown
Thorax - Black chenille
 
i don't weave a lot of flies and I'm not very good at doing them but here's a couple anyway

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Black Zulu Muddler (variation)

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Wanted to try out the dyed pronghorn; saw this claret headed version on Frankie McPhillips’ site, so there you go.

hook - WFC Model 6 #8
thread - Veevus 8/0 black 
rib - small wire silver
tail - marabou dyed red
body - Ice Dub black 
body hackle - black
head/collar - pronghorn hair dyed claret (1 Tbs Rit Wine/1 cup water)

Regards,
Scott

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Musky Fly

tan thread

5/0 hook and an articulated shank

Brown, tan, and orange bucktail 

3 different copper flashabou

size 10 eyes

Tan brush

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Very  nice ties posted the last few days.  

 

9 hours ago, DFoster said:

Golden or Orange Nymph

That's a great looking fly, DF

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9 hours ago, DFoster said:

This is an interesting pattern I found on line.  Orange and light brown flies, wet or dry are usually really effective in my area from September to early November. The tail and legs one this one are just a little bit too long but you'll get the idea and the fish won't care.  This was my first and only tie on Saturday.  I meant to post photos of better versions and tie a few 14's, 16's, and 18's all of which I never got to.  A Nor'easter blew in and clearing #@%& snow used up what should have been my bench time.

Golden or Orange Nymph-

Hook: #12 Nymph 2XL weighted with .020 wire.

Thread: Black 6/0

Tail: Golden Phesant

Abodomen: Life Cycle Caddis Dubbing - Orange.

Rib: Danville's Mylar Tinsel, Gold size 16/18

Thorax: Black Ostrich Herl

Wing Case: Mottled Turkey Tail

Legs: Golden Pheasant

 

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DFoster,

This is by far my favorite nymph patter.  I have caught Brook Trout, Salmon, Yellow and White Perch, Crappy, Lake White Fish, Fall Fish, Large and Small Mouth Bass.  It has worked extremely  well for me.

Good luck fishing it.

Michael

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