What's in your vise?
- Thread starter Billy
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for now
That's simply not true.
I will do everything in my power to keep this thread and the tying sub forum free of it. This is sacred ground as far as I'm concerned. A place where everyone can posts their work.
Scottp
Legend
second that!!!
Calmest forum I've been on. It was a dumpster fire on every other forum I was on during covid. Seen many vibrant forums for gardening and such become a skeleton of their former selves since the virus escaped. They haven't recovered.
GOTY
Steelhead
Welcome back Norm, hope you stay. What is this fly pattern? Looks like one I may need to copy.
wanderingrichard
Life of the Party
Glad you stayed, Norm. Always good seeing your ties.
Divad
Whitefish
Yours has much better proportions. Still learning the taper job on those flys. I’m going to toy with some micro variants as chum fry patterns this weekend.
singlehandjay
Life of the Party
Don't forget to swing me for cutthroat in the salt!! Very nice
I have a couple Mahogany Dun patterns I've come up with that work well. We have a good fall hatch of them on my local. Last year was one of the best I've seen. Fish up eating in every likely spot, and they had no problem mowing down a little quill body pattern of mine:
But...I like to tinker (if you are tying flies and you don't like to tinker...you're doing it wrong). Once @Scottp Introuduced me to the "carnage" technique, I haven't been able to stop incorporating it into pretty much every hatch I try to match.
After booking our VRBO in Fernie a couple days ago for the 5th year, I had Mahogany Duns on the brain. I'll never forget our first trip, where we went to a river that now requires a special permit, and roped likely 100+ cutty's in the 16 - 20" range on Mahogany duns. Hoping for a repeat in August, but maybe there will be a different bug that is hatching. If it's Mahogany Duns though, I'll be prepared!
Here's the bug i'm trying to match (forgive the cell phone pic):
Here's the tinkered carnage one to match it.
Here is one from my local this past October that ate my quill body dry.
Here is from 2015, our first trip (we skipped a few years in between due to Covid and kids being born, yada yada yada).
One of those special places on this planet. Looking forward to seeing it again this coming summer.
But...I like to tinker (if you are tying flies and you don't like to tinker...you're doing it wrong). Once @Scottp Introuduced me to the "carnage" technique, I haven't been able to stop incorporating it into pretty much every hatch I try to match.
After booking our VRBO in Fernie a couple days ago for the 5th year, I had Mahogany Duns on the brain. I'll never forget our first trip, where we went to a river that now requires a special permit, and roped likely 100+ cutty's in the 16 - 20" range on Mahogany duns. Hoping for a repeat in August, but maybe there will be a different bug that is hatching. If it's Mahogany Duns though, I'll be prepared!
Here's the bug i'm trying to match (forgive the cell phone pic):
Here's the tinkered carnage one to match it.
Here is one from my local this past October that ate my quill body dry.
Here is from 2015, our first trip (we skipped a few years in between due to Covid and kids being born, yada yada yada).
One of those special places on this planet. Looking forward to seeing it again this coming summer.
Unreal dude! If I had that on the end of my line, I would be confident with every swing. Beautiful tie man.
Shoo Fly Bucktail
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tip - Flat silver tinsel
Tail - Red hackle fibers
Body - Embossed silver tinsel
Shoulder - Peacock herl
Hackle - Red, sparse, tied on as a beard
Under wing - Yellow bucktail
Over wing - Red and black bucktail, mixed
