What's in your vise?
- Thread starter Billy
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what are you taking your fly pics with?Balanced Pheasant Softhackle
A deeper riding version of the original.
hook - WFC Model 19 #12
thread - Uni 8/0 camel
pin - #17 1 1/16”
bead - 5/32” black
rib - small wire hot orange
tail - pheasant neck
abdomen- pheasant tail
thorax - Ice Dub pheasant tail
shoulder - pheasant rump
collar - pheasant aftershaft
Regards,
Scott
Fahie
Scottp
Legend
A 17 yr old Canon Powershot SD750 p&s that appears to have a decent macro (the black band across the middle is a hair scrunchy the keeps the battery door in place).
My setup is very basic - an Ott light + 2 clamp-on lights (LED), and a piece of grey craft foam as a background. No tripod; all shots are hand-held.
That's all there is to it.
Regards,
Scott
black mono eyes?
Scottp
Legend
Balanced Shrimp-Topus
Modifying an Irish lough tie for Montana stillwaters. Not sure if it’ll work but I’ve caught some of those horny spawners on weirder stuff; they’re not the varsity, they have other things on their minds.
hook - WFC Model 20 #14
thread - Uni 8/0 fire orange
pin - #17 1 1/16”
bead - 5/32 hot orange
tail - UV-X dubbing bright orange
rib - small wire gold
body - Ice Dub shrimp pink
hackle - grizzly dyed mango
1st shoulder - golden pheasant body feather red
2nd shoulder - mottled hen
Regards,
Scott
Modifying an Irish lough tie for Montana stillwaters. Not sure if it’ll work but I’ve caught some of those horny spawners on weirder stuff; they’re not the varsity, they have other things on their minds.
hook - WFC Model 20 #14
thread - Uni 8/0 fire orange
pin - #17 1 1/16”
bead - 5/32 hot orange
tail - UV-X dubbing bright orange
rib - small wire gold
body - Ice Dub shrimp pink
hackle - grizzly dyed mango
1st shoulder - golden pheasant body feather red
2nd shoulder - mottled hen
Regards,
Scott
Hot looking little flies! I really like bead head flies on jig hooks.
I notice most of them have the bead's slot facing forward. How do you keep the beads from falling down over the hook eye? My solution to keep the eye clear is to put the bead on the hook with the slot facing backwards. That way, the small round hole of the bead stops the bead at the back of the eye.
Scudley Do Right
Life of the Party
First fly in a while. Remodeled the basement and just unpacked my tying stuff. Made the from a ziplock bag of scraps.Thanks, they did well as droppers a year ago on the same river so we'll see if that carries over.
When the slot is facing the eye on the jig hook and it goes over eye if you back it off the eye a bit and spin 180 degrees it shouldn't go over the eye. Hope that makes sense.
Cowlitz Bottomfeeder
Life of the Party
Dorsey’s Top Secret Baetis
Wayne Kohan
Life of the Party
First try at this pattern. Would like to see how it swims.
Watched a @SpawnFlyFish video and borrowed this one from them. Didn’t have any jig hooks like their pattern. I really like the v-rib parr mark treatment.
SF
SF
I'd be happy to test it for you! Very cool!
Purging two fly boxes today - I decided to take a close look at my collection of hares ears. The past couple years, during a decent mayfly hatch, I didn't seem to have much luck with mine. Then last fall I managed to hook and land a nice brown trout on a flash back hares ear I found tucked beneath a heavily dressed fly. These are 14's and the tails are too long, I need to tie a few 16's and maybe a few 18's as well.
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