What's in your vise?

[Stonedfish]

 

[Zoran]

In the latest issue of Australia/New Zealand Fly Life magazine I've seen fly they posted. They called it Kryptonite Caddis:

1. Tie 12-turn surgeon's knot
2. epoxy knot
3. brown thread base and gold/silver mylar butt
4. trim mono and tie it
5. Spin CDC in the loop
6. Wrap CDC hackle
7. Dub Squirrel collar
8. Whip finish and brush
   
   
   
   
   

 

[FinLuver]

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Can't remember who's dad did a cigarette wrapper fry fly...??
But it inspired me to do this one, a few years back, from a cigar wrapper... La Aroma de Minnow

 

[Bambooflyguy]

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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Those are some fuzzy Buzzy critters! I like the heavy hook too….

 

[SKYKO]

 

[Kfish]

Double counter wrapped buggers.

 

[Scottp]

Balanced Six Pack

Had to add a 1.5mm bead to keep the pin from slipping through the gold bead’s hole.

hook - WFC Model 20 #14
thread - Uni 8/0 light olive
pin - #17 1 1/16”
bead - 5/32 gold
tail - pheasant rump dyed olive
rib - small wire gold
abdomen - pheasant rump dyed olive
thorax - Starburst dubbing olive
shoulder - pheasant rump dyed olive

Regards,
Scott

 

[Cowlitz Bottomfeeder]

Got this pattern from a guide from Boise at a popular central Washington spring creek last year in April. It caught a few large rainbows so I tied some up this morning. Kudos to Finluver for telling me how to wrap ice dub. I can’t see any detail until I take a photo and blow it up.

hook: TMC2488 size 18
bead: 3/32 black chrome
tail/shellback: pheasant tail
rib: xs copper
abdomen: olive ice dub
thorax: root beer ice dub

 

[Pink Nighty]

I swear I'll stop tying these as soon as I stop giggling about how cool they are...

 

[FinLuver]

Got this pattern from a guide from Boise at a popular central Washington spring creek last year in April. It caught a few large rainbows so I tied some up this morning. Kudos to Finluver for telling me how to wrap ice dub. I can’t see any detail until I take a photo and blow it up.

hook: TMC2488 size 18
bead: 3/32 black chrome
tail/shellback: pheasant tail
rib: xs copper
abdomen: olive ice dub
thorax: root beer ice dub

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That’s TOO, TOO BIG!!!

 

[Cowlitz Bottomfeeder]

That’s TOO, TOO BIG!!!

I suspect that they’re taking it for a tiny scud, but who knows.

 

[jact55]

Bought some new goodies. Cause ya know, I need more crap.
Some possum, coyote, fox, and Antron yarn.

Just a freestyle fly to see properties
Possum tail and wing, with a little elk hair under possum. Not sure I used Antron properly, but I like the way it wraps.

 

[jact55]

Pure red fox hair nymph. Kinda sloppy, needs a little more trimming.

 

[Zoran]

Red-headed Sparkle Diawl Bach

 

[Zoran]

Wiltshire's April Fool

 

[SKYKO]

Couple of slightly bigger, off color water string leech variants

 

[Buzzy]

Wiltshire's April Fool

Split turkey biot again? Very fishy looking!

 

[Zoran]

Yes.
Only small error was instead of hares dubbing, squirrel's dubbing was recommended. I got lazy to look into dubbing box. I should stick to the recipe.

 

[Buzzy]

Yes.
Only small error was instead of hares dubbing, squirrel's dubbing was recommended. I got lazy to look into dubbing box. I should stick to the recipe.

Substitutions - know what that's all about! ;-) I was tying a Vampire Leech recently and didn't have the "usual" chartreuese bead so I subbed an orange bead. It caught a couple trout.

 

[Creatch’r]

Restocking some confidence flies and experimenting with a squid. Forgot the eyes so it’ll never work.