flytire 0 Report post Posted March 1, 2022 Esopus Hook - Mustad 3365A Thread - Black Tail - Red hackle fibers Body - Embossed silver tinsel Wing - Black over white bucktail Cheeks - Jungle cock Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted March 1, 2022 Ukranian Sponge Spider Hook - Mustad 94840 Thread - Yellow Tail - Yellow rubber legs Over body - Blue foam strip Body - Hot yellow ice dubbing Legs - Yellow rubber legs Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WWKimba 0 Report post Posted March 1, 2022 Here's the first lady for the month - Hall of Famer Mary Orvis Marbury. She could be called the Grand Dame of American fly tying. Her father, the founder of the company that still bears his name, was looking into tying and selling flies to the public. Mary wrote letters to many of the company's costumers asking what flies that worked well for them in their area. She compiled this into Famous Flies and Their Histories (1892). This was the very first book ever written on American fly patterns - all others prior came from England and other European countries. She was also placed in charge of the fly-tying operation and hired, trained and oversaw all of the professional tyers in this program - ALL women! In fact one of the last women she trained is in the HOF herself! Mary designed this bass fly in honor of her birthplace and where her father started The Orvis Company (and it's still there - Manchester, Vermont. The Manchester Hook - any bass Thread - black Tail - peacock sword fibers Body - 4-6 strands of peacock herl, twisted into a rope then wrapped on the shank Beard and Underwing - yellow goose Wing - peacock sword Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MuskyFlyGuy 0 Report post Posted March 1, 2022 Norm That streamer is a real beauty! Tom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted March 1, 2022 thank you Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted March 1, 2022 Ukranian Popper Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SBPatt 0 Report post Posted March 1, 2022 Muddled Mother’s Day Caddis When in doubt, tie a muddler. hook - WFC Model 3 #14 thread - Veevus 8/0 black shuck - yarn chartreuse rib - xsmall wire chartreuse abdomen - medium tinsel peacock thorax - Ice Dub Peacock Black wing - Congo Hair Baitfish Grey collar/head - deer hair dyed dun Regards, Scott Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted March 2, 2022 Bastian's Floating Caddis Emerger Don Bastian Originator Hook - Mustad 3906, 94840, C068 or equivalent Thread - Tan/wood duck Shuck - White hi-vis Ribbing - Pearl krystal flash Abdomen - Olive dubbing Overbody - Tan foam Sight indicator - Orange poly yarn Legs - Partridge Head - Brown dubbing Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RickZieger 0 Report post Posted March 2, 2022 zug bug variations. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WWKimba 0 Report post Posted March 2, 2022 Today as well as the next few days one of my favorite woman tyers - Josephine Sedlecky-Borsum. She opened Ed's Sports Shop in Baldwin, Michigan in 1944 and ran it until her retirement in 1992. She was an avid hunter, fisher and skeet shooter. In 1975 she hosted a Woman's only skeet tournament - the very first ever offered in the US. In 1987 she was invited to participate in the Smithsonian Institutes annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival held at the National Mall where she demonstrated tying some of her patterns to the crowds during the two-week festival. She is the only fly tyer ever honored by the Smithsonian. Jo was a frugal businesswoman - almost all of her tying materials came from her hunting skills, from agreements with are hunters, and agreements with local chicken farmers. She only tied with black thread (which she waxed herself) and only used Mustad hooks. In fact, all of her know patterns - wet, dry and terrestrials - were tied on the Mustad 94840. She mainly liked to tie with natural materials, though she was one of the first tyers to utilize using polypropylene yarn in her Hot Mustard pattern designed in 1963 (poly was invented only 9 years prior in 1954). Enjoy Jo's ties - I do! Tan Fury - If you asked someone who knew her patterns, this would be the one most associated with her and one of the 4 patterns that she tied for the Smithsonian. It is her answer to the Light Cahill. Hook - Mustad 94840, 10-14 Thread - black Tail - 2 PT fibers, tied long Body - tan angora, tied plump spikey Wings - blue dun hackle tips tied upright and divided Hackle - ginger dry fly Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark Knapp 0 Report post Posted March 2, 2022 2 hours ago, flytire said: Bastian's Floating Caddis Emerger Don Bastian Originator Hook - Mustad 3906, 94840, C068 or equivalent Thread - Tan/wood duck Shuck - White hi-vis Ribbing - Pearl krystal flash Abdomen - Olive dubbing Overbody - Tan foam Sight indicator - Orange poly yarn Legs - Partridge Head - Brown dubbing I like this one a lot Norm Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark Knapp 0 Report post Posted March 3, 2022 Something I've been playing with. This is an eight inch streamer with a split Lady Amherst tail feather palmered around an an articulating body of 200 pound test mono. It's intended for large pike. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SalarMan 0 Report post Posted March 3, 2022 Mark - I love your creativity on this one. If the pike don't love it as well, I suspect it will scare the hell out of them. 😂 Cool vise too!! - George Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted March 3, 2022 Pazooka Originator - Len Phillips Wet fly for rainbow trout Hook - Mustad 3399, 3906 size 6-8 Thread - Black Tail - A few fibers from a golden pheasant's tippet feather Rib - Orange floss Body - Green wool Collar - A ring-necked pheasant rump feather Wing - A few fibers from a golden pheasant's tippet feather Fly Patterns of British Columbia - Arthur James Lingren Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flytire 0 Report post Posted March 3, 2022 Doctor Mummy Originator - Wilbur Beaty, 1930s Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent Thread - Red Tip - Flat gold tinsel Tail - Golden pheasant tippet fibers Butt - Peacock herl Rib - Oval gold tinsel Body - Black floss Hackle - Orange hen Underwing - Ringneck pheasant tail fibers *Wing - Barred mallard flank feather Cheeks - Jungle cock Trout Country Flies - Bruce Staples *The barred mallard flank feathers I have are extremely poor quality. I have 2 one gallon bags of teal feathers that I will never use up in my remaining yeas on Earth, so that is what I used. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
