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Noah, Beautiful.  I caught a number if bugs hovering around my boat last night that look exactly like McPhails Super Stretch Caddis. They were size 12 or 14 +/-. 

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Loop Wing Emerger

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Hook: TMC 2488

Thread: Danville 6/0

Tail: Partridge

Abdomen: Turkey Biot, rust

Wing: CDC, natural brown

Thorax: Superfine, PMD

Legs: Partridge

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PMD Cripple

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Hook: TMC 100

Thread: Danville 6/0

Tail: Wood Duck Flank

Shuck: Z-lon

Abdomen: Turkey Biot, rust

Thorax: Superfine, PMD

Wing: CDC, natural brown

Hackle: Grizzly

 

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PMD Parachute

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Hook: Fulling Mill 5050

Thread: Danville 6/0

Tail: CDL fibers

Wing: Congo Hair, white

Hackle: Light dun

Abdomen: Turkey Biot, PMD

Thorax: Superfine, PMD

 

 

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PMD Thorax Dun

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Hook: TMC 100

Thread: Danville 6/0

Tail: CDL fibers

Wing: Turkey Flat, dyed dun

Abdomen: Superfine, PMD

Hackle: Light Dun

Thorax: Superfine, PMD

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Pink Michigan Muddler

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Pookie’s stablemate. Not sure if I used a beat up piece of pronghorn or overcooked it in the dye bath but some of those tips are gnarly.

hook - WFC Model 4 #10
thread - UTC 140 black
tail - moose body 
rib - tying thread 
body - pronghorn dyed pink (1 Tbs Rit Fuchsia/4 cups water)
wing - Congo Hair white
head/collar - pronghorn dyed pink

Regards,
Scott

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1 hour ago, SBPatt said:

Pink Michigan Muddler

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Pookie’s stablemate. Not sure if I used a beat up piece of pronghorn or overcooked it in the dye bath but some of those tips are gnarly.

hook - WFC Model 4 #10
thread - UTC 140 black
tail - moose body 
rib - tying thread 
body - pronghorn dyed pink (1 Tbs Rit Fuchsia/4 cups water)
wing - Congo Hair white
head/collar - pronghorn dyed pink

Regards,
Scott

Knarly can be awfully handy at times. Nice work. Pickerel and Crappy would kill this fly. 

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Muddled Pink Carnage

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A wakeup call for westslopes.

hook - WFC Model 28 #10
thread - UTC 140 fluoro pink
tail - moose body 
body - 1mm foam pink
wing - Congo Hair white
head/collar - pronghorn dyed pink (1 Tbs Rit Fuchsia/4 cups water)

Regards,
Scott

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Olive and Brown
 
Hook - Mustad S82-3606B, size 10-16
Thread - Black
Tail - Peacock sword fibers
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Body - Olive dubbing
Thorax - Peacock herl
Hackle - Soft furnace tied on as a collar
 
Popular Fly Patterns - Terry Helleckson

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16 minutes ago, flytire said:

Olive and Brown

That looks like a fish taker, nice.

11 hours ago, Jaydub said:

PMD Cripple

Great set of posts, Jaydub

 

11 hours ago, TSMcDougald said:

The Usual

Well done, TS.  I enjoy tying and fishing that pattern.  Snowshoe hare is under-used.  It floats high and required very little maintenance between catches, few things can beat it, certainly nothing natural. 

I was out a few weeks ago drifting nymphs with a little weight to get the flies down, and came to a stretch of flatter water with a few rises, so switched out the nymph for a # 14 or 16 tan Usual.  I dress it with a little floatant.  Cast it out a few times, I'm getting a good long drift, the Usual floating nice and high, looks like a perfect silhouette, to my eye anyway.  But every time I try to skitter the fly, it breaks the surface and sinks.  Somethings wrong, the Usual is a great pattern for skittering, maybe my tippet is wrapped around the bend of the hook or fouled on the wing or tail.  I pull in the fly to see what the issue is: I failed to take the split shot off my leader when I tied on the Usual.  It would float fine even with the shot on there, until I tugged it move it across the surface, then it would sink.  Good stuff.   

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That is how I fish for gills and crappie with Royal Wulff and other wet flys. I just tug them under gently.  

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17 minutes ago, Baron said:

That is how I fish for gills and crappie with Royal Wulff and other wet flys. I just tug them under gently.

Yeah, I've noticed that with panfish, especially when fishing deer hair flies like a Madam X or a big EHC.  They seem to fish better once they get water-logged and float just under the surface.  

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