What's in your vise?

[FinLuver]

Less than 5 weeks to the trout opener on the Warm Springs section.

Rootbeer over olive

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Rootbeer over white

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Try Micro-Rootbeer Krystal Flash (flattened) over Camel or Tobacco Brown tying threads. Build tapered underbody of thread, then one pass of the KF (touching turns) from tail to bead. Multiple passes back and forth seem to dull the effect.

 

[kmudgn]

Rusty Spinner with Egg Sac (2 variations)

I don't know if there is a West Coast variation, but the Hendrickson Fly (Ephemerella subvaria) is a big time important Hatch in New England. They come in a few different varieties of color and size, so local species determine what you dunk into the water.

I have been trying Semper Fli Kapok dubbing. Kapok is the filler which was used for WW II life jackets and is high floating water resistant natural fiber. I am giving it a shot with the Spinners as my experience is that the high floaters are more attractive to the fish (maybe they taste better as they are "fresher"?).
They only downside to the Kapok is that it is very "cottony" and somewhat difficult to spin on the thread. Instead of fooling with dubbing loop, I used wax. The wax seems to hold the dubbing on the thread well.

Dry Fly Hook # 12-16 (I use TMC 100, but dealers choice here)
Thread-Rusty 6/0
Egg Sac-Yellow dubbing
Tail- MIcro Fibbits (or as they are now known: Caddis Tails). I use paint brush fibers from Harbor Freight. One brush gets you more fibers than you will use in a lifetime
Wing-Antron, or Poly -I prefer Antron, but again your choice

Traditional Tie



Kapok Tie


Dubbing Pack

 

[Kfish]

Couple more fry, I’m going for a buggy look with movements.

 

[SurfnFish]

Pine Squirrel leeches in #12's...

 

[SpeyrodGB]

Pine Squirrel leeches in #12's...
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Some of my favorites.

 

[SurfnFish]

Some of my favorites.

never worked with hair hackle before...hopefully the bow's ignore the learning curve

 

[SpeyrodGB]

never worked with hair hackle before...hopefully the bow's ignore the learning curve

They look just fine. I find the hair hackle is better than leaving the hair attached.

 

[Merle]

Got some cool new fibers from @SpawnFlyFish today in the mail, chum fry simi-seal along with some other colors and some eyes. Took a stab at a new chum fry pattern!

 

[Bongoman]

 

[Bongoman]

 

[Bongoman]

 

[Scudley Do Right]

 

[Matt B]

A dragon fly popper. As yet untested.
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Hook: TMC 8089 #6
Body: 2 mm blue foam
Wings: krystal flash tied spent wing style. UV resin at base to stiffen the wing and help it hold position.
Legs: one rubber leg on each side
Head: small white double barrel popper head. Colored with marker

Rich, did you end up fishing this fly, and how did it work? (It just popped up in the image feed on the site)

 

[SurfnFish]

shipment from AZ dubbing arrived... #21Black/Blue, Crowley's fave for BL's, is hard to find so went direct to source

 

[RichS]

Rich, did you end up fishing this fly, and how did it work? (It just popped up in the image feed on the site)

I haven’t fished it yet. I love bass flies and tie a bunch of them. The truth is if I went out with 2 swimming frogs I would feel 100% confident and I use them most of the time.

 

[rattlesnake]

Another peanut. My favorite color combo… well one of em.

 

[Scudley Do Right]

 

[SKYKO]

 

[Bongoman]

 

[Bongoman]