I was thinking it would be interesting to see what other forum users are tying as it might give ideas and inspiration to others who are pondering what to experiment with next.
This is my latest tying. Over the next day or two I will be tying in this style but experimenting with other colour combinations.
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Sod all I've been up to my neck in plumbing work. :( :(
I've nae such plumbing problems. Having a bottle of Red and tying while the wife is doon the stairs watching crap on the tv. Just finished this one..........
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just this on size 30
Very nice Hans, What do you call it.
Don't know what Hans calls it but I would call it a very small fly
Davie
Quote from: Clan Chief on October 25, 2008, 09:58:34 PM
Very nice Hans, What do you call it.
just been fumbling around wi some materials...
Small Bibio I guess.....
Cheers, Hans
Hey Hans,
Quotejust been fumbling around wi some materials...
It's the first time I've known someone to pick up a Scottish accent over the WWW :)
I had a nice sea trout about 2lb or so last season :D
on one of your size 28 Klinks :D
Thanks,
Alex
I get most of my sea trout on wee flies, usually 14s and 16s but 28 must be a hook size record! :)
palmered march browns .always got one of these versions on .especially if i think there are shrimps about.
cheers Garry
Great stuff lads keep em coming . Here are my latest efforts I tied this afternoon...........
I most probably will be. I hear - that instead of the usual quid on the nicht they are looking for a one off payment of 9 quid to cover the sessions from now till March. I think that is crazy. I reckon that will put off some of the young laddies who just turn up on the night. It will be free entry for lurkers who want to indulge in a spot flytying voyeurism.
Tied this tonight.......
Still tied sod all :x :x :x
Widnnae say they were perfect. I just use "veniards No 1 fine" varnish. Two coats. Its just recently I have been paying more attention to ma heids after meeting Davie McPhail at the GAC. Now his heids are perfect. I was quite impressed with the heids on his flies. He suggested super glue then varnish I tried superglue the other day but didnnae like it I will just stick tae two coats of varnish.
Not long in from work. Just tied this while I wait for my dinner to get ready.....
Still in end of trout season blues but tied this for a pal. It is John Sinclair's Blue Loch Maddy.
Hope to tie some pikey things soon but not spending another fortune on different materials.
This hook supposed to be size twelve but I found it very small for that size?
Davie
Quite an unusual pattern that.
With the possibility of my first Clyde grayling outing of the winter this weekend . I decided to tie these up earlier this evening.
Wish I had your enuthusiasm CC. Must be SAD disease I've got coz I cannot muster the enthusiasm. Tried tying a cdc thing that had drawn my attention in a Fly Fishing and Fly Tying magazine that my mate gave me and it is on a size twenty hook!! After dropping my hackle pliers for the fourth time and my scissors, I called it a day. I don't know how Hans does it.
Hope you catch loads of grayling.
Davie
I'm struggling. Badly out of practice and I never was any good.
I've tied around 50 wee brown nymphs in 18 and 16 and they all look different :(
I suppose each is a work of art. More Picasso than Da Vinci.
As for the fly swap. I'm going to lower my sights and also the overall standard by tying wee spidery things of some unspecified pattern using the closest things to hand. That's how I usually tie flies. I don't have patterns, just styles. Sad really.
Alex
I've stalled at about 24 nymphs for the fly swap.Run out of hooks and just about lost the will to live.None of mine look very similar either!
Paul
Made me laugh, thank you :)
Davie
Tonight I am tying a few of these........
Mine look all familiar at the moment, hooks. Better get a move on.
paul
With the season finished, thoughts have been turning to things like salt-water and pike. I've also been cooking up a sneaky plan for a few days after Nile Perch/Tigerfish on Lake Nasser - more on this later iof it comes to fruition 8) . With all this in mind the size 14's have gone away and out have come the stainless size 0's, dumbell eyes, flashabou and gaudy marabou to concoct the attached monstrosities.
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Just need to get some of those stick-on googly eyes to finish off. :shock:
Ian
Crackers Ian,
They turned my head, hope they have the same effect on the fish :D
Norm
Very nice. Looks like they came from the Ann Summers fly tying catalogue :lol: :lol: sexeeeeeeee flees.
Just finished these tonight............
Thats the best use I've ever seen for a toe seperator...
Oh a toe separator......mmmmmmm thought it was one of youz river boyz indicators when Rumanian nymphing or whatever
Davie
QuoteThats the best use I've ever seen for a toe seperator..
:lol: :lol:
I had no idea there was such a thing. I did nick the foam oot of a pack of nail files and stuff belonging to swmbo :lol: :lol:
Clan,
what ever you do if you come across anything that looks like cotton with a piece of string attached to it just throw.
cheers
paul
Quote from: buzz on October 30, 2008, 11:23:50 PM
Tonight i have mostly been tying LDO's and dreaming of Spring :violin
OOH! That looks a helluva fly.
That tapered body looks amazingly insecty.
Nice one
Dave
Tied this tonight......
Did these last night....
Tied 4 of these today. Hope some of them will be successful tomorrow on the Clyde. Weather could be a problem though.
Quotethink i will copy some
Will do likewize . Lovely fly,well tied too.
Dressing for the body and body hackle please?
I've just started tying for the swap. Ten of these tonight.
Size 16.
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Heres A couple ive tied up to night.
Rubber legged game spider
Henry
:) :D
Never seen that pattern before
Heres one i just completed.........
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Very nice . thet look like there flying in the sky.
Are they Mosser ballon caddis with the addition of rubber legs?
Quote from: col on November 11, 2008, 09:58:28 PM
One draw back i have about the balloon caddis is the the foam tends to get shredded by trout teeth then fall to bits.
Only if you catch something. :D
I used that very flee to good effect this year. The troots love it. it's all in the legs............
Perhaps the only situation where having rubber legs is an advantage. :lol:
You could truy another type of foam Col. I use several types and keep my eyes open for sources. One I like best is the foam those garden kneeling pads are made from. I also bought some cheap foam sandals to cannibalise.
Alex
I do like that one John - cracker. Got killer written all over it. Will be tying some of those this weekend for sure.
Got to say that I'm a bit worried about Col though - admitting that he'd only fly tying on his mind while getting his hands on "the wifes auld pink flip flops" - something not right there :lol:
Cheers,
Ian
I feel a bit ashamed to show you my efforts after seeing those lovely flies.
I tied some madams up for the fly swap (at last) as well as some boobycord ants and wire nymphs.
QuoteThe Madams in paticular looks a winner.
Do you use it as a general purpose dry or for a specific circumstance?
Also, the wing material.
Is it just regular poly yarn?...............wee bri
I've not used one yet Bri, but it was intended as a visible searching fly. I wanted something easy to tie for the fly swap and the Madams was born out of light grey Mcflylon for the wing. Come to think of it the McAdams is a much better name :D
Alex
I'm a big fan of the old Blea and Black for early season buzzer work (jeez it must be bad when it's still November and I'm already thinking about early season hatches). However, often they're tied with too solid a wing and too stiff and full a hackle to work properly as imitations. Similarly, although the southern superglue close-copy type buzzers might be a lot closer to the real thing but just down't work for me North of the border for real troots - they just seem to lack movement and life. With that in mind I've been messing about with updating the trigger points of the B&B with a bit of modern styling on a curved hook.
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1st go - Orange floss tag, flexi-floss body wound with gap between turns to insert rib. Sterling wing buds, sels fur thorax and starling body hackle. Not bad but the flexi-floss can be a bit bulkiy on these small hooks.
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2nd go - a bit closer to the traditional. tying silk body, seals fur thorax and the same starling wing buds and soft head hackle.
Cheers,
Ian
Like those a lot Ian C. sure to winners.
Here are my latest efforts. The Doobry has a gold body just like the original dressing but it doesn't show up too well due to over exposure.
Cheers chaps. The only problem with coming up with patterns in the depths of winter is the loooooong wait to throw them into the water in anger. :x
Got to say that I'm enjoying this thread though. Good to see all the furtive/fertile? :? imaginations at work out there, Bandy's macro flee-photography is sumptuous and the pink toe separator is a great idea but still make me giggle every time I see it. :P
Ian
I too am enjoying this thread very much. The reason I started it was to see what everyone was tying. It also provides inspiration for others. I know that its given me some new flies amd ideas to try, so keep it up lads. Get yer flies oot for the lads :D
Tied four of these up tonight.....................
Yes, very neat palmering indeed there Clan Chief - good one.
Cheers,
Ian
Nobody tied one of these new flies A'm hearing about.
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Still struggling to get in the fly tying mood
Kate
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Xmas pearly
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Green pearly
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Davie
They look nice Col what hooks are they?
Davie
Agree with the above, very nice.
Heres what Ive been up to tonight . Made a wee set of these...................
Just want to say what a great idea this post was. i have been looking with envy at all the flies shown purely because I can't tie to save myself although i am still trying.
I do like the doobry that you tied Clanchief. Now if only i could tie as good as this.
Col,
those DP's with FB's and SSW's look like they should cut through the surface and hang just right in a very tempting fashion. 8)
Should add a couple to the winter tying list.
EW
Two of my latest patterns............
Quote from: haresear on November 14, 2008, 12:22:27 AM
I've not used one yet Bri, but it was intended as a visible searching fly. I wanted something easy to tie for the fly swap and the Madams was born out of light grey Mcflylon for the wing. Come to think of it the McAdams is a much better name :D
Alex
I like the Madams too. It's very much like the Adams Trude but with a grey poly wing and clipped hackle ( :act1; Scarper........, its the fly police!). I tried something similar to good effect last year - but retaining the white wing and full hackle. I used reddish squirrel hair or Coq de Leon fibres for the tail (depending on size) and mink underfur for the body. It worked pretty well in limited use.
Cheers,
.D.
Very nice John,I also like to have a few hoppers and daddies tied in this style,sit very low in the film and no flaffing about with floatant's.
Chris.
Very nice indeed.I'm sure they will do well. What size of hook do you tie them on?
Here are my latest flies . Think I need to move onto a new style now. Maybe something like those foam hoppers.
Very buggy looking nymph . Sure to be a killer, sorry! catch and releaser.
I find something very similar with a copper head really effective.
It makes me think that when looking at the caddis larva crawling about on the bottom the copper bead potrys their head sticking out. I'm sre the scruffy look works better for the fish by far.
Sandy B.O.
my latest............
I did watch it,great looking pattern. but didn't follow it to the letter so to speak. Just learned the basics from the vid then did my own thing. Think I posted my version on another thread. here are my versions. Tied them a couple of months ago or something like that.Will give them another go tonight and this time tie the deer hair in the correct way round. Cheers.
Those flies do have an alien quality about them :Dalek
Here is my new effort at the detached patterns . Need some more practice me thinks. perhaps in need of a thicker bunch of deer hair.
Tonight I've been listening to the Clash on BBC4 and tying Copper Head Brown Wire Nymphs. Its the most fun I've had fly tying in ages :D
Norm
Some interesting concoctions, paricularly amongst those foam jobs.
As someone who uses these foam beasts more than most, can I suggest that you tie one fly and try casting it for a while, before tying more of any given pattern?
Being so light and air resistant, foam flies tend to spin like a top if the balance is wrong.
Just a suggestion to save some heartache and leader twist.
Alex
Quote from: buzz on November 29, 2008, 12:23:45 AM
Very neat Norm.
Is that cock de leon (sp) you are using for the tails?
No Mark, Nothing so fancy, its partridge tail.
Norm
A sound suggestion from Alex there,I had a few problems early doors with these,the fly landing upside down.
One of my most succesfull ant's was one that was actually tied with foam that obsorbed water and sank a few inches,this was fished dead drift with just an occasional twitch,the take indicated by nothing more than a subsurface swirl,seemed to have a better percentage of hook ups with this one than the floating ants.
Chris.
After last nights efforts I tied another variation on the brown wire nymphs this morning - these are more maroon wire nymphs - for all you jambo's out there (or is that just me) :roll:
Norm
Nice wee nymphs. You wouldn't have been too happy when My team The Diamonds knocked you lot oot the League Cup a month or two ago. I will need to tie a fly to celebrate our great victory. Watch this space
Nice nymphs there Norm - are they French by any chance? :lol:
Like a dog with a bone I'm still on the search for a Blea and Black for modern times. This time - inspred by Bandy's smart hoppers - have tried some of the varients with a spiky, grey fallow deer hair wing. Got so say I like the look - will be drowing some of these next season for sure. :?
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Also saw some of these in a magazine recently and liked the look - nice and simple and slim; peacock quill body, jc splits at the cheek and cock pheasant tail/hackle tips.
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Cheers,
Ian
Cheers Gav. Gettin lots of inspiration here - and that's half the battle.
Ian
That Blae and Black really is almost the dogs testimonials. I'm going to tie it up and shave off the hackle from the underside. Great fly
Agree with the above posts regarding the B&B variant. Lovely fly looks a real killer.
Here are my latest flies from last night..........
Quote from: Clan Ford on November 29, 2008, 12:52:50 PM
for all you jambo's out there (or is that just me) :roll:
Norm
Nah me too Norm, they did well yesterday against the filth...sorry 'Gers
Oh aye and today I've only managed to tie my laces.....just
Quotejust to chuck in a cat amonst the pigeons , why do you think that the "blae and black " variant would fish any better than the standard tying?
Breac,
May well not fish any better the the original but it's still fun tinkering and trying to "improve" patterns. I do like the old Blea and Black - it's a good early season/black buzzer pattern. I just felt that it lacks something the way it's usually tied in its shop bought form - with a heavy, full and immobile wing and hackle. Neither am I a big fan of the modern southern reservior style supreglue buzzer imitations - no life or movement to them for me. I also still think that the fly tyers art is to enhance and exaggerate the trigger points in flees not just to carbon copy what the real thing looks like (impressive though that skill is).
To jazz up and 'modernise' the B&B was the brief. So the curved grub hook, wee seals fur thorax, sparse mobile starling hackle and spiky grey deer hair wing all came in. Looks OK to me while still being a B&B - and as the lads have pointed out, the deer wing lends itself to fishing it as a ginked-wing
emerger/dry too. Have yet to get out and scare the fishes with it yet so have no idea how/if it'll work but all good fun messing about to create it all the same. :D
Cheers,
Ian
All this talk of the B&B variants reminded me of a fly I tied a number of years ago which I seldom use but one of my mates liked to use on the Tweed. I tied them on grubber and ordinary straight shank hooks size 12 and 14's.
I know it isn't really a B&B but it was in my eyes a variation.
Tied this tonight on a 10
Body=black rabbit fur
Rib = silver wire
Wing = Grey antron wool
Hackle = Black hen.
John I like the detached body fly and will try some of that myself - very impressive. 8)
Sandy B.O.
Here's my version,perhaps it should be called the Ronnie Browne........
Just off the vice........
A hogg of sorts and a spiderything.
A decent Hog tonight.................
Nice flees I particularly like yer flexy klink
QuoteI particularly like yer flexy klink
Me too.
Alex
Yep like them Bob. What's the wing material?
Thanks Bob. Here one from tonight that I tied for my brother who has travelled up from Kendal for a wee pre Xmas visit..........
Really like the profile on yer second nymph
Pink maggot? :D
Mark,
Where about do you hide the tungsten in your pink worm :?
Norm
A Sedge Hopper. This was one of a group of hopper/muddler crossovers that I got dressings for from Peter Scott. I think he got the ideas from Wayne Luallan about 15 years ago. Then again who knows who was first, might be Ally Gowan for all I know. Good fly though
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Sedge Muddler
Looks very good to me. Like to say so does Ian's Blae and Black variation. Is there tying details to follow Malcolm?
Davie
Davie,
Changed the name in the post: the next fly coming up is the sedge muddler - sorry!
Malcolm
nice patterns chaps especially the hybrid hopper
Here's my latest....
hook = 12
thread = yellow
body = natural brown awesome possum
rib = yellow thread
hackle = gray partridge.
And this is the true sedge muddler:
Basically a straightforward muddler with very short PT hopper legs except once the fly is finished the underside is shaved. I like to leave a few stubbly bits in addition to the hopper legs. Mine also differs from Peter's original in that he used to have a much shorter wing but I like a much longer wing. Generally mine is much coarser but you can play about with it quite a lot..
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The Sedge hopper is very easy to tie- straightforward hopper leags on the body but the deer hair is tied facing over the eye then pulled back and tied off. Always remembering to keep the first couple of turns of thread quite light or the deer hair will flare.
Malcolm
Tied three of these tonight........
One of many tied tonight Top fly Last Season Black Perly Game Spider.
Henry
:D
John if the fish are up i tend to leave it static for a few secs before retreiving thats on a 12 .If on a 14 or 16 a wee bit of gink inching it along the top for great results.
All the best Henry. :D
Quite fancy the look of that do you have the dressing ?
Hook For pulling Kasman 175 10-12.For top of the water work 12-16 B400.
Body Pearl tinsil
RibSilver oval x small
Small pinch of Deer hair
Hackle Black Hen or cock.
For more tyings check Fly Tying data base, Game Spiders or just the letter g.
Hope this helps have fun :D :D
This is my nomination. I've caught loads of trout from my wee river on it this past season. It's been a fantastic fly for me and it's tied using materials found in just about every fly dresser's collection. I think it's a bit more imitative than flies dressed with seals fur too and I like that it has an old-fashioned quality about it.
Hook: Kamasan B400 Trout Emerger Surface Film #14
Tread: Brown
Body: 2 strands cock pheasant tail
Rib: fine copper wire wound opposite direction to body material
Hackle: Cheap mongrel chinese neck cape with mixture of colours on every hackle ranging from grizzly brown, red game and white
Tail: Several wisps from above cape
Cheers Col. Fashions come and go I suppose. I'm not a tweed and cane fly fisher, but this wee fly just appeals to me. :D
Quote from: River Chatter on December 08, 2008, 03:22:23 PM
Hook: Kamasan B400 Trout Emerger Surface Film #14
Tread: Brown
Body: 2 strands cock pheasant tail
Rib: fine copper wire wound opposite direction to body material
Hackle: Cheap mongrel chinese neck cape with mixture of colours on every hackle ranging from grizzly brown, red game and white
Tail: Several wisps from above cape
RC
Very similar to the March Brown i will always have with me up to late April. Just add a brown partridge hackle behind the red game or brown grizzle. Both hackles being a bit longer than pictured. Very, very effective.
Hook, K170 #14. Soft or cheap hackles.
Col, i only touch the very top of the hackle with floatant and the fly sits pretty low in the water. The partridge feather in particular works well and seems to give the appearance of the real thing trying to unravel itself.
Cheers,
EW
Do you tie the brown partridge as a full hackle clipped underneath? Most March Browns I see are really heavily dressed. I wonder about this as the natural is similar to other olives, just darker.
Quote from: River Chatter on December 08, 2008, 10:50:24 PM
Most March Browns I see are really heavily dressed. I wonder about this as the natural is similar to other olives, just darker.
I have never understood that either. I have caught a few cracking trout on the Don and Deveron over the last few seasons using a size 12 very dark olive parachute when the fish were taking march browns
Full hackle, not clipped. I find the partridge soft enough to let the body sit quite low in the water and the small brown feathers have a mottled effect similar to the real thing.
EW
I'll tie a few up and give at a go. Do you have a pic to post?
Quote from: River Chatter on December 08, 2008, 10:50:24 PM
Do you tie the brown partridge as a full hackle clipped underneath? Most March Browns I see are really heavily dressed. I wonder about this as the natural is similar to other olives, just darker.
It is quite a heavy fly though. I was looking through my collection of insect pictures but the March brown photies are crap - however you can see what I mean.
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Nice Pic Malcolm
Heres a Woven nympth that ive tied tonight.
Sorry about th picture Quality as i could not get the view of the wieve along the sides of the nympth.
Henry :D
Like that . Not tried the weaving method yet.
Tied a few of these up tonight. I use this pattern at my local water, Hillend with decent results during the summer months..............
Hook= 10 & 12
Thread = Yellow
Tail = Pheasant tail dyed yellowy golden colour
Body = rusty Orange uni floss
Rib = small silver wire
Body hackle = red game cock
Front hackle = Brown Partridge
They look brill Col. Makes me want to cook up a few myself... got the recipes?
Thanks Col. :D
Some superb tying and pictures here. Will a frenzy develop in the month before opening day ?
Quote from: River Chatter on December 08, 2008, 11:38:41 PM
I'll tie a few up and give at a go. Do you have a pic to post?
RC, am now getting to grips with my camera and will post a pic at some point or i can send you a couple.
Quote from: col on December 08, 2008, 11:35:29 PM
These flies of yours sound a lot like Ginglers east wind , almost like a wet fished dry.
Col, in many ways it does lie like a wet fly. I'm sure the pattern was lifted from Bert Sharp's book and is classed as a dry spider, a cock hackle is used. I learned to tie at a club that bore his name and the way demonstrated was to tie the hackles in first, do the body etc then build up and whip finish behind the hackles while covering them with a hollowed out split quill. The result was to set the hackles forward in a conical shape.
Then again mibee that's how they are all done.
In slower water i fish it low and in faster stuff gink the top of the hackles more. It does the biz.
Cheers,
EW
Well done Clan Chief this is a great thread cracking flys being tyied,plenty wee tips getting passed about,just what we need during the closed season :applause :applause.
Bordertrout your right theres more than us that like the thread. :D :D
Quote from: thewaterbouys on December 11, 2008, 07:20:22 PM
Bordertrout your right theres more than us that like the thread. :D :D
It's open to public view Henry, so gets a lot of exposure.
Even some who have "left" the forum are reading it every day, great things computers. :biglaugh;
One of the best threads we have had for a long time.
I am still learning computer but getting better. I have got to learn to take better pics of the flys, i will have to find Superscots wee studio he made for taking good pics. :D :D
I tied a few copper wired spiders this afternoon.
Norm
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Really like that Norm. I'm gonna tie some of those, looks a gid pattern.
Im getting good inspiration from the posts on here, Exactly my intention for this thread. Cheers guys.
all this talk above about march broons - this is what I tend to use - have caught some crackers with it too
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Fred what the thorax and body made with i am looking for triger points why the Olives got took for a march broon. :?
Been off work on the sick this week, taken the opportunity to fart around at the vice.
Here's a few examples;
Quote from: breac uaig on December 11, 2008, 09:39:16 PM
MMMMM! seems to be biased towards dry flies :worms :crap :roll: breac uaig
That's 'cause they catch most fish :D :D :D
Norm
Quote from: thewaterbouys on December 11, 2008, 09:33:33 PM
Fred what the thorax and body made with i am looking for triger points why the Olives got took for a march broon. :?
Body is golden pheasant barred tail fibers ribbed with gold wire and the thorax is brown SLF, hackle is dyed dark olive grizzle, wing post anything you like. The one in the photo is not very well tied but it makes no odds to the fish. Size 12 works well
Nice fly, Fred
I take it you've finished off round the base of the wing post, as opposed to tying the hackle tip to the hook?
Quite easy once you know how, and makes a much nicer fly.
Dave
Quote from: deergravy on December 11, 2008, 10:05:37 PM
Nice fly, Fred
I take it you've finished off round the base of the wing post,
Yes, but I put too many wraps on it and it pushed the hackle up at the back. Makes no odds though, as long as the hackle is symmetrical when viewed from below it floats perfectly.
Quote from: Clan Ford on December 11, 2008, 09:43:07 PM
That's 'cause they catch most fish
and the biggest ones...................... :D
Like your flies Deergravy. Would certainly be very successful out west. How did you tie the flies in the bottom piccy. Met the man who "discovered" that pattern last year on the Ness. He is a big pal of Bob Church.
Some really good flies appearing on this post.
Davie
WOOHOO!!! :D
Quote from: The General on December 12, 2008, 09:48:29 AM
Like your flies Deergravy. Would certainly be very successful out west. How did you tie the flies in the bottom piccy. Met the man who "discovered" that pattern last year on the Ness. He is a big pal of Bob Church.
Some really good flies appearing on this post.
Davie
That's a Shipmans isn't it? Brilliant fly. Never without a couple of those in my box. Good on rivers too.
Talking of Bob Church, I was at his 50th birthday "do" at a puddle called Leominstead in the New Forest - 1982 I think it was. Lord I got drunk. Free wine and whisky and a meal in the hut! I never knew the man we just happened to be at the fishery that day.
It is indeed the Shipmans Malcolm. After a wee discussion with Bob over the pros and cons of my wee mate John's Loch Maddys, it was agreed that we would try the Shipmans on our leader as long as we had a Loch Maddy on. The Loch Maddy won that contest but the cdc/elk was actually the most successful fly that day. I do like the looks of Deergravy's Shipmans though. And as a wee aside, the biggest trout caught in the West are with the worm/toby or Dapping which I believe is a dry fly :roll: Norm's dabblers would do well.
Davie
Yeah, they're just big, extra- bushy shipmans. The body is wapsi natural dubbing blend in Hares ear colour. It's great, very buggy stuff. I've also mixed in a few strands of deer hair and spun it in a dubbing loop.
Big hairy, ugly dries are always worth carrying, I reckon.
Dave
Quote from: buzz on December 12, 2008, 10:43:22 PM
F*** it.
They say big flies catch big fish.
6# and a sink tip line at the ready.
If you see someone wearing a crash helmet by the river, introduce yourself :lol:
How many tins of cat food does that thing eat in a week Mark? :D
Quote from: deergravy on December 13, 2008, 03:58:32 PM
Yeah, they're just big, extra- bushy shipmans. The body is wapsi natural dubbing blend in Hares ear colour. It's great, very buggy stuff. I've also mixed in a few strands of deer hair and spun it in a dubbing loop.
Big hairy, ugly dries are always worth carrying, I reckon.
Dave
Have you ever tried tying them almost entirely from Snowshoe Hare fur?
(not tied today, but over a year ago: I've hardly tied a thing yet this Winter)
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u178/_d_07/shipmans1.jpg)
That's with the coarse fur from around the toes of a natural foot for the tufts, and a mixture of coarse hairs and underfur from the 'pad' (of a dyed foot) for the body. Uni pearl mylar rib.
.D.
Derek you and Norm tie the dabblers. How do you prefer to fish them. This was a hot topic at the fly tying the other night. I saw one used to great effect on Bad a Chreamh on a day when the fishes were turning down all else. It wasn't ginked but didnt go much below the surface.
Davie
Hello Col
Than you for response. As you mentioned weighting on flies, here are a couple of photos of some stuff given to me at the last fly tyer's night.
It comes on a roll similar to a large roll of cellotape and is made by 3M. It was said it was used in helicopter production but not sure how!
It is sticky backed and very managable.
Davie
Friggin hell Col how do you measure density of lead :shock: It is similar in density to the wee rectangular pieces you can buy as fly tying material.
I shudder to think how much the roll costs. Ex employee priviledges used to remove it me thinks.
Davie
This is a woven Hares ear olive Emerger.pics not great.
Just going out, so I'll show a few more tomorrow. Untill then though here's a little taster
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g8/scotfly/New%20Flies%20and%20Ideas/Shucking-Adams.jpg)
HOOK - Varivas 2300 #30
THREAD - Spider Web
POST - TMC Aero Wing
SHUCK - Fiery Brown Seal's Fur
BODY - Grey Beaver Dubbing (wcbflytying)
HACKLE - Grizzle Cock
QuoteHave you ever tried tying them almost entirely from Snowshoe Hare fur?
I haven't, but thats a bloody good idea!
I'm thinking:
A mixture of dun snowshoe, wapsi 'hare's ear' cat pelt (or whatever it is), and sika deer, now we're talking!
I'll knock out a few of them asap.
dave
Quote from: piscatus absentis on December 14, 2008, 08:47:50 PM
Size 30 !!
Never mind tying a fly in that size - how do you tie it on the cast?
Carefully :lol:
Actually I've never fished that small yet, don't know if I will. The little ones are tied more for fun! (In a sadistic sort of way)
A few more, this time sensible ones!
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/scot2flyfish/Flies%202/Fuzz-Ball.jpg)
Fuzz Ball
HOOK - Grip 14731 #18
THREAD - Brown UTC70
BODY - Thread
WING - Tips of two CDC Feathers
HACKLE - CDC Spun in a split thread loop
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Bourbon and Black
HOOK - Grip 11010BL #18
THREAD - Brown Olive UTC70
TAIL - Brown Partridge
BODY - Touch Dubbed Canadian Black Squirrel
HACKLE - Tennessee Bourbon Quail
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/scot2flyfish/Flies%202/Bourban-and-Black-Quill.jpg)
Bourbon and Black Quill
HOOK - Grip 11011BL #14
THREAD - Brown Olive UTC70
TAIL - Brown Partridge
BODY - Stripped Peacock Quill (varnished)
THORAX - Canadian Black Squirrel
Hackle - Tennessee Bourbon Quail
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/scot2flyfish/Flies%202/PPQ.jpg)
PPQ
HOOK - Grip 11011BL #14
THREAD - Brown Olive UTC70
TAIL - Brown Partridge
BODY - Tan McLean's Quill Body
HACKLE - Tennessee Bourbon Quail
very nice flies Dennis
Breac - 10/0 :shock: - you off after Porbeagle or what?
Lovely spiders there Scotfly - sure look like gauranteed fishtakers.
Cheers,
Ian
I got a lovely Golden Olive 1/2 cock cape last week, just begging to be used.
The stripped peacock herl was bought at BFFI off the RG France stand, they're 13inches long! :shock:
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/scot2flyfish/flies/Golden-Olive-Quill.jpg)
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/scot2flyfish/flies/Golden-Olive-Quill1.jpg)
Golden Olive Quill
HOOK - Grip 11010BL #18
THREAD - Spiderweb
TAIL - Golden Olive Grizzle
BODY - Stripped Peacock Quill (varnished)
WING - Lemon Wooduck
HACKLE - Golden Olive
I like the light colour of that golden olive hackle Dennis. Some are very dark. Where did you get it?
A lovely fly too.
Alex
I've been mucking about for a while with these reversed flies but I cant get them just right. This one is getting there but still lands the wrong way up about 30% of the time.
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I got it from Phill Holding at flytyingboutique. Only one he had I'm afraid.
It's a Whiting Golden Olive.
Malcolm, tie the wing a bit further round the bend, so that it's almost vertical. That should cure your problem.
Received my pheasant tail today... thanks PA! :D You might be getting some of it back when I contribute to the fly swap next year... I'm disappointed that I didn't find time to participate this year, but I'm definately coming out to play next time round!
Started tying for our NZ trip today.
Loads of wire bodied nymphs.
Exciting?
Not really, but quick!
Finally got around to making a start on refilling the boxes the other day.
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u178/_d_07/other/dioptre/klink5.jpg)
Long way to go...............
.D.
Very nice parachute there Col.
I've been plodding away on the wire nymphs in sizes 16 and 14 meanwhile and did 50 odd over the last two days. My eyes are skelly.
Alex
Nice flies Col. I use lots of stripped peacock herl in my tying, its great for achieving realistic looking olive bodies.
cheers
Paul
Very tidy klink there D and lovely hackle quill bodies on your flees too Col - great banding.
The tying kit has been packed away for a while now due to invaders visitors and because the missues tells me (on what inside info I'm not sure) that Santa is alergic to hackle fibres and hares ear :?. Might as well have left it all out though for all the good it did - not a single Lamson/Hardy/Sage box under the tree on the day :( . The fotees here though have sparked me back into life and I'm planning to make a glorious mess this weekend. If anything survives the razor blade by the end of it I'll post pics here.
Cheers,
Ian
Finally worked out how to take macro photies so thought id stick up some of my winter handywork. I can't work out how to put photos within the text so bear with me.
The emerger in the first photo has been an absolute killer over the past few seasons.I usually fish it in a 14 or 16, sometimes a 12 early in the season. I put a layer or two of Hard as Nails over the quill body to protect against trouty teeth.
I hate deer hair and love the idea of Fred's synthetic sedges,which I have tied up a load of for next season (cheers Fred!) I've tried to substitute poly yarn in any deer hair patterns i use. Need to wait and see what the trout think of them.
The spanflex bodied parachute flees have been pretty successful for me. The yellow may in particular is lethal on the Kelvin.
Cheers Col, interesting reading. Might try tying some of those up. If HVK rates them thats good enough for me!
Thanks
Paul
What's the hook, Col?
Norm
Here are my first of the New Year . Must have got the inspiration for them from some of the post s on here.Just made them with some new materials I purchased the other day from the GAC.
Dark olive awesome possum
Dark Dun awesome possum
brown olive antron yarn
gray brown antron yarn
bottom pic dubbing was stuff I already had. creamy colour , I have it in a plastic film case. Don't know the name of the material. Shouldn't have thrown away the original packet.
bottom pic was my first attempt at applying the dubbing via a dubbing loop. I'm gonna persevere using this method as I do like the effect it has on the body. The material is much tighter on the body but with the bonus of random fibres sticking out here and there.
nymphs, nymphs, nymphs, nymphs, nymphs, nymphs, nymphs, nymphs and more nymphs
heavy nymphs, not so heavy nymphs, shrimpy nymphs, lead nymphs, tungsten nymphs .................. is there anything more boring than tying nymphs? I must be close to the 20KG flight baggage allowance because of these f*****g nymphs.
Fred
I am damn sure it will be worth it :)
Pete
Nothing tied today. I've been busy threading tungsten beads onto hooks. Got 250 :shock: through the post this morning. Is there an easy way I don't know about?
Alex
here's a few of them
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Vary nice Fred. I note the bead-heads are all dark beads - gold and silver to do tomorrow? :shock: How many years are you planning to be away? :D
Cheers,
Ian
Quote from: ianc on January 08, 2009, 12:53:49 AM
Vary nice Fred. I note the bead-heads are all dark beads - gold and silver to do tomorrow? :shock: How many years are you planning to be away? :D
Cheers,
Ian
Seeing as Fred is offline I'll answer for him, Ian.
Let's say we each lose 2 nymphs a day in fish/snags/vegetation, then that is 88 nymphs lost :shock: You can see how it mounts up and we don't want to be tying flies at night if we can avoid it. No doubt the ones we lose will be the ones that are working :roll:
We obviously need a range of sizes and weights as well as colours, but thankfully the vast majority of NZ "mayfly" nymphs are brownish and mostly the rivers run clear except in a spate, so we really won't (I hope) need too many goldheads. We are tying some nymphs with a bit of flash and some pretty sombre ones. We will also have a black permanent marker with us to dull down the krystal flash if needs be.
Alex
QuoteGetting somewhere near decent looking.
I'd eat that one.
Alex
I tied up these copper spiders tonight
On the close up flee I deliberately used open turns to create a deep segmented body. Will that make any difference?
I think the open turns look great. Be interesting to see if the troot agree.
And a very neatly tied fly.
These wiry spiders look just great! I hope to get some time at the bench (dining room table) in the next few days to have a go at them.
Nice looking wire spiders there chaps - my next tying project I feel.
Last day or so I've been at a mixed bag including quill nymphs:-
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Was enjoying the stripped herl work (mazing how it takes on the colours of the surrounding material) so some similar para dries followed:-
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Thinking about the start of the season some early days; mini lures for when the going gets hard:-
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And after Nant Fishers back-end Cruachan success with monster sparkly tandems; a couple of big nasty things you could fly as scary kites. Tied on tandem LS 8's:-
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All good fun.
Cheers,
Ian
I love the look of quill bodies and you've got some great tyings in that lot, very tidy indeed.
Some nice quills to be had from goose primary wing feathers, the short side if you know what I mean. They look like Xmas tree needles but are grey with black on the edge. Never tried dying them, but maybe worth a go. The big benefit is there is no flue to strip.
Some nice flies there Ian and very well tied.
Nicely tied Ian.
Cheers guys - flees just offered for idea inspiration (god knows I've nicked enough ideas from this thread over the last few months) - next up are some wire spiders :lol:
Will give Goose quills a shot Ian - thanks for the tip.
Buzz - cheers but no real skill involved with the photos just the regular macro setting on a decent compact digital (Canon G9) and natural light.
Ian
That's a nice looking fly Buzz. Betcha the troot think so as well. :8)
Good ones Breac - is the barring marked by pen and is that an Aberdeen sea hook you've used?
Went and got myself some Mustad surf hooks the other day for pike and salt water patterns.
Ian
Nice looking fly there Col - a troot kebab?
Like the look of the pearly Invicta as well.
Been said before, but this is a great thread.
Aye Fachan - very neat yet spiky tying - nice. Col - great start of a tungsten series I think.
Ian
Like the hot spot Col. Think the Grayling might like the look of that too.
QuoteIve bought some rubber legs to try something different with foam recommended by Fred (Raineys ?).
I find it pays to have a bowl of water beside you to chuck the prototypes in, just to make sure they float the way you intended. Saves wasted effort :)
Alex
Very nice Gav your tying is really coming on. I also like your half-hog hopper - good one.
Fachan - what did you use for the head in your Big-head Bibio?
Tks,
Ian
Tied this tonight. I have no idea what it represents. All I know is that it looks as if it could be successful.
It is tied on a size 14 grubber hook . Greyish possum body with a partridge wing [thing]
Before I tied this I was thinking of a sand fly . Before you Clyde enthusiast shoot me down in flames I know it is nothing like that but as I set about tying this I did have that pattern in mind.
Couldnt be bothered looking oot my mole skin and purple thread and setting my wing flat to the body. So used possum. Used partrige as a wing . Liked the look of it so didn't bother with a hackle. I call it the Possum and Partridge.
For me thats what tying is all about using your own imagination. Dont get me wrong I do tie set patterns now and again but in most cases I tie flies with materials I have handy.
Quote from: bordertroot on January 17, 2009, 11:13:39 PM
Good home wanted for foam back flies with rubber legs in the air :(
Bob
:lol: :lol:
Great post Bob.
It gets you thinking about the aerodynamics of your flies, eh?
Alex
I've been tying a series of flies that I've called called the White Tailed Robins. There's nothing unique about them - you've probably all got a few in your box. Nevertheless they all have a white back half and a red front half with a brownish wing hackle or backso far I've got CDC buzzers, hoppers, nymphs, f flys and CDC duns.
The one I like best when I do the Hare's Ear Test of throwing it in a water filled beer glass is this one:
Tying thread red silk
Tying rear half white silk, Half way down body tie in brown feather fibre wing (I used grouse)
front half body is red silk with a palmered grizzle and brown hackle wound together
once finished take a pair of scissors and cut away all the hackle fibres from under the body
It has a terrific profile of a hatching olive in the beer glass with the rear half hanging down and the short wing and hackle in the surface.
Whether it'll work - who knows
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Right, better get the excuses in early, first attempt using macro with my tripod from Poundies whit an carry on. Also my first tied fly since end of season and first of this kind for a year. Whit an effort, not in the swing at all.
Anyway following on (a while ago) from River Chatter's brown hackled dry, this is the march brown i find very effective. Only one of two hackled dries i use now, other being a LDO.
The partridge feather should be a bit browner but the skin is just about done. Excellent when trout are on duns or emergers. It might however be replaced with a more robust/easier to tie DHE type which i only stated doing last May but don't think so; its one of my favourites.
Cheers,
EW
Help ma boab its not letting me add the picture. Any ideas ?
Col, its resized to 640x480 (jpeg) using the wfs software. Have been having this problem recently a couple of times now.
Got it, had to copy it onto the desktop :dunno
Whit a mess i can get into.
EW
Great minds think alike East Wind - I though of the same for March Browns. Haven't tied it up yet, but I reckon with a brownish partridge it would be a good flee. Your's looks great :D
That is a nice fly Bob. Airy.
Very nice, see it being nuked in my avatar :D
Quote from: Bandy Catcher on January 28, 2009, 12:38:10 PM
So here it is: a fancy, a folly, a complete waste of a hook - A Peter Ross.
1. Tie in size 16,
2. fish it in a buzzer hatch
3. Fill yer boots.
Quote from: Bandy Catcher on January 28, 2009, 12:38:10 PM
Every so often I'm prone to being fanciful at the vice. You know, sitting down and tying a fly which I know has absolutely not a cat's chance in Hell of catching a fish. I just tie the fly for the Hell of it and hang the expense of the hook.
So here it is: a fancy, a folly, a complete waste of a hook - A Peter Ross.
Now where's the bin? :lol:
John
John
I've always found this variation works better:-
Drop the red thorax and just continue to the head with a bit black body and siver rib. Don't bother with the wings either and just go with the black head hackle. It makes a fine fly...... much better than the original :lol: :lol: :lol:
Norm
Great looking fly John,
Its the only Peter Ross that does any business for me :D
Norm
As you can see the words ***** **** have been globally censored on this forum. We can?t be too careful, there may be minors reading this stuff. :lol:
QuoteAs you can see the words ***** **** have been globally censored on this forum.
I think that is shocking and in fact a blatant flouting of the peter ross Discrimination Act (Scotland) 2004
yours truly, Peter Ross
Quote from: haresear on January 28, 2009, 08:05:59 PM
I think that is shocking and in fact a blatant flouting of the ***** **** Discrimination Act (Scotland) 2004
yours truly, ***** ****
Political correctness gone mad :x
It's called
positive discrimination.
Quote from: Ardbeg on January 29, 2009, 01:13:28 AM
Positively correct discrimination I think you'll find .D. :D
Ardbeg
should we have a peter ross restoration poll? :D
Sorry guys, but you're both a bit 1990's and need to get with it! Not than I'm an expert in political correctness you understand. However, I'm compelled to inform you that the 'correct' term has been changed to 'postive action' -thus avoiding the word discrimination altogether. With this in mind, we each of us have a responsibility for identifying the barriers that Peter Ross (there I said it) faces when seeking out his share of space in the fly boxes of the nation. We must then take the necessary steps to level the playing field. This is not a meritocracy so push over Kate and make room for poor Peter! :D
Quote from: Sandfly on January 29, 2009, 09:23:13 AM
Aye the Petrovsky Rossky is a top class fish catcher :lol: :lol:.
bloody anarchy it is, bloody anarchy..................... :D
You lot put my "working" flies to shame.
So for the mortals here is what I've been tying for the last hour - 40 of these in various colours and in sizes 14 and 16. It's a seals fur dry - nothing to it; seals fur body, couple of turns of hackle and clip the hackle underneath. I've been using these unchanged for the last 27 years now and still are amongst my top 2 or 3 fish catchers every year.
Heres one From Across The Pond That I Tried Tying
Quote from: gavceltic on January 30, 2009, 06:33:47 PM
nice fly Malcolm, do you just change the body colours or do you also mix up the combinations by changing the hackle colours ?
Gavin,
I tend to use either grey or grizzle whatever comes to hand first! I've never found any difference.
I've got a few specials for specific hatches where I marry up colours: yellow body and white hackle for the yellow may dun emerger and another version (amber and honey) for a huge golden buzzer than comes out in some lochs near Tomich and a couple of others. You can see how easy it would be to fill up a box just with one basic fly style!
Col i think it is with the copper beimg used as the attractor and added weight.
Henry
QuoteI tend to use either grey or grizzle whatever comes to hand first! I've never found any difference.
I think you and I have much the same approach to flytying Malcolm. That is probably not a good thing for you :)
Alex
Very nice indeed. I am not a salmon fisher myself but I have been meaning to try tying salmon flees for the first time for some time now. Your flee may well have given me the inspiration to have a go,Cheers.
Nice sly col. I really like salmon flies, not so keen on fishing them, but the flies are bonny.
Another mixed bag of patterns in this weekend's tyings:-
I really liked Col's tidy CDC klink so tied a couple including this emerging olive with sparkle shuck, stripped ostrich herl body and CDC wing -
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Nymph with olive pheasant tail body and ostrich herl thorax -
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Continued 'bugging up' some traditionals like the Conemara Black, Greenwell's Glory and Whickham's Fancy -
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Another big flashy tandem - am determined to throw some of these out this season to see what they can provoke! -
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And another pike saltwater baitfish pattern. I like the effect of the long, straggling UV fritz which is somewhere between a wing and a body and gives a good silhouette. Like Breac I've bought a bunch of sea fishing hooks for these - a lot cheaper than buying specialist pike/saltwater fly tying hooks and should be just as corrosion-resistant. This ones a Mustad size 1/0 uptide hook.
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Cheers,
Ian C
Very well tied flies Ian. I particularly like the variations on the traditionals. You may just have coaxed me to the vice.
Lovely flies Ian. The traditional bugged up look great. Can you tell me what hook that is?.
Alistair.
Thanks guys. Couple more here (though the indoor shots are not so clear). I like the 'mallard' and claret type with the woodcock shoulder hackle but maybe it's me but there's something just not right about the second one - a hint of the demonic perhaps?! :lol:
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Alistair, hooks are a mixture of Fulling Mill (I do like FM hooks) Super Sedge and a bog standard generic grub hook both in 14's.
Cheers,
Ian
Ian
The fly tying world is divided into those who take more than 2 minutes to tie a fly and those who take less. We're in different camps!
Malcolm
I've actually managed to tie something today.
Green-tailed Kate McLaren Elk Hair Sedge :roll:
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u178/_d_07/gtkmehs.jpg)
The dyed brown elk hair shows up remarkably well on the water :).
.D.
Nice flee that D. - very tidy and lovely crisp indoor shot of it too.
Ian
Quote from: Crawhin on February 01, 2009, 05:05:22 PM
Nice flee that D. - very tidy and lovely crisp indoor shot of it too.
Ian
Thanks.
I notice you use GP tippets quite a lot (as shucks?) in your dry/film flies. It's quite odd that that isn't done more widely, given their popularity in older loch-style flies. They don't seem to use them 'across the pond' much on dries either, but for 'Trude' style downwings. And the Royal Coachman etc. I think a Snowshoe Adams Trude on a fine(ish) wire curved grub hook with tippet tails and a partially clipped hackle would make quite a nice general purpose film fly. I may have to rustle some up.
.D.
.D. - You've got to figure that a good proportion of the tails on traditional patters represent shucks and tippet tails have been used on patterns for so long that they have to be doing something right. I just like them slimmer and a little longer than on the commercially avalaible jobs otherwise there's no life and movement to them for me. Would like to see your snowshoe Adams trude idea - go for it.
Malcolm - got the half capes the other day(many thanks again) and was really struck by how lovely the honey couloured one is. I haven't really got round to tying much from it but the golden colour with darker banding on the larger feathers just looked to me like the flanks of a wee golden trout parr. So have had an initial shot at rustling up a flee with this. Nothing too fancy; just a holographic gold body varnished (to shine through a bit) tie the banded hackles down while the varnish is still a little tacky to hold them in place. A false beard of red grizzle hackle fibres for a flash of throat colour and optional JC eyes complete it. Needs a bit more work (possibly paired feathers each side for a more solid shape or a muddled head) but I can think of a few wee lochans where something like this might bring a surprise fished in the shallows or round the boulders. :8)
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Cheers,
Ian
Well then,thats a very nice try Buzz
Tied this tonight.........
No bad John :8)
Davie
Col, you must have a wing of your palace dedicated to flee boxes !, great flees though!
first time ,hope it works
It did. Nice flies.
Lovely looking flees . What is the wing feather ?
Nice. The wings are great - I always struggle to get them to sit properly.
Nice Col. The body on your quill klink just looks, well, succulent - no other word for it! What kind of stripped hackles are you using for those?
Ian
I do like the one where the flash is used for the tail. Very nice.
Quote from: Clan Chief on February 05, 2009, 04:39:15 PM
Lovely looking flees . What is the wing feather ?
thanks guys thats gonna give me the confidence to pop more in, i think the wings hen mallard centre quills, came in separate packet. just started fly tying, so im still a novice, loving it, its a hobby within a hobby. keeps the fishing dreams alive, cant wait for march, will it ever come round
For someone who has just started tying those flies are really well tied I particularly like your last two. I'm impressed
Muddler 54. Didnt realise it was you Mick. Having seen the flies in the "flesh" can vouch for their quality. Good these fly tying classes eh?
Here is the link for Freds Resizer as promised last night. Happy tying.
Davie
http://www.wild-fishing-scotland.co.uk/downloads/setup.exe
Beginner?! I like the stimulator style flies. They can be a bugger to tie even for folk who've been tying for a while! Last one I tied was cack, got stripped back to bare metal and only came good second time round. :x
thanks guys, thanks davie, your right the classes are great, highlight of my week
ill download that too davie,
thanks chatter i wonder too if theyll catch, or maybe fall to bits, the brownies are the real experts though, i canna wait to try them all mick
Quote from: muddler54 on February 06, 2009, 03:51:27 PM
thanks guys, thanks davie, your right the classes are great, highlight of my week
ill download that too davie,
thanks chatter i wonder too if theyll catch, or maybe fall to bits, the brownies are the real experts though, i canna wait to try them all mick
no bad muddler55 :lol:-----they might work at aw they rainbow dubs ye go tae as well :crap :crap :lol: :lol:
only jokin they look pretty dam good and its a wee jealousy thing when am still payin a ? for three ---yr right though roll on those longer days --small ripple --fish dimplin the surface
Col,
Those are some cracking fleas, this is a great thread :8) Must get tying.
Norm
Col, we know a wee stream in Perthshire :8) where I think that Yellow May Dunn Emerger would do the business, I saw a lot of them hatching in June last year
Quote from: Crawhin on February 02, 2009, 05:18:11 PM
.D. - You've got to figure that a good proportion of the tails on traditional patters represent shucks and tippet tails have been used on patterns for so long that they have to be doing something right. I just like them slimmer and a little longer than on the commercially avalaible jobs otherwise there's no life and movement to them for me. Would like to see your snowshoe Adams trude idea - go for it.
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Cheers,
Ian
There you go, Ian.
Fairly typical Adams Trude, though they do seem to vary quite a lot in proportion, especially of the wing. The tails are often deer (usually Moose) hair, though it's not my preference.
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The one with a Coq de Leon shuck/tail I alluded to some time earlier in this thread. Couple of turns too much hackle on that one for my tastes :oops:. Works OK.
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u178/_d_07/trude/adamstrudetails.jpg)
Curved hook job (after a pattern I've seen on the internet tied on an ordinary straight-shanked hook by some chap called Peter Frailey).
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u178/_d_07/trude/trudecurved.jpg)
Cheers,
.D.
PS - I use slightly brownish American Mink rather than blue-grey Muskrat dubbing.
Lovely flies .D. and as always wonderfully clear photography. Particularly like the bottom scruffy-bodied emerger - has all the hallmarks of a great searching pattern for me.
Good shout on the hackle quill bodies Col. some great effects coming out and a useful change from the peacock quill. My first few attenpts herewith:-
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Cheers,
Ian
What are the materials for the second last fly . I really like that one . Think I'll have a go at copying that pattern if you don't mind.
Hi Clan - if it was my second last that you were after (?) then it's pretty simple:- large stripped black hackle for the body with a couple of coats of varnish afterwards, white poly-yarn wing tied flat over the body and a black and white grizzle hackle snipped close underneath.
Cheers,
Ian
Cheers for that
the one at the top was last years, good fish catcher early on
so ive tried to copy it, dont know what there called ill call them green butts
I know some folk will think this is a wind up and phone the Fly Police when they see it but it is actually a very effective fly for larger Browns. Also extremely effective when tied in Olive.
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I'm currently awaiting some new materials so hopefully will be able to post a couple of Dabbler's I intend to tie soon.
( I'll need to check out the attachment instructions for future pics as I had to upload this via photobucket. )
Quote from: piscatus absentis on February 08, 2009, 07:55:17 PM
It's a Woolly Bugger with a red head. I get lots of fish on it although I tie it without a bead.
'Tis not, it's a " Black Dart ". :makefun
The photo doesn't show the body and ribbing too well but it is totally individual.
Part of the secret is in the Flashabou dub which is done in a very similar way to dancer type patterns.
Quote from: guest on February 08, 2009, 09:59:22 PM
'Tis not, it's a " Black Dart ". :makefun
The photo doesn't show the body and ribbing too well but it is totally individual.
Part of the secret is in the Flashabou dub which is done in a very similar way to dancer type patterns.
Looks just like a wooly bugger to me - I tie mine witha glister dub but a wooly bugger is a wooly bugger :D
Norm
When I first saw it I though I had seen it before but I can't remember where :)
It looks like a leech pattern with a red bead head, I have seen them with gold. The green one could be taken for a damsel nymph with the bead acting as an attractor.
They should both be good at the start of the season.
Do you fish them on a sinking line or sink and draw on a floater, Don.
I had a look around after I typed that last reply. I think the red flashes on the tail of this pattern would compliment the red bead on your fly.
http://www.westcoastflyfishers.com/fly_patterns/beadhead_crystal/beadhead.html
O.K., O.K., I have to agree, Damsel, Wooley Bugger, Black Dart, Dancer, Egg Sucking Leech I suppose they're really all variations on a theme.
I like the red flashes on the one you posted Sandy. The one shown has four or five strands of crystal flash which really work well in the water.
Re. fishing styles. Early on, sinking or intermediate will work imitating a small fish, but as you come into the Summer months a floating line worked right into the margins where Damsel nymphs are heading in order to climb onto the reeds should do the trick.
I've also found a fly like this can be worked slow or stripped fast and will be taken as either an imitative pattern or an out and out attractor / lure.
Oh BTW, like your grayling bug Col. :8)
Is that a Black Tungsten bead and if so where do you get them ?
You could sting them and wear them round your neck Mark. Then that would be gay :lol:
Norm
Nice looking flies Davy, what kind of hook is that.
played about wi some lite bright, just sneaked it in the thorax, hope it shows up
Shows up fine Muddler and nice flee too - good proportions and very tidy.
Ian
thats a beauty bandy, its one of my favorite flies, gots some bows on it too, quite hard to tie
though,its getting the crest curled right, i get it right at the start then the ribbings turns it round and flattens it out. i dont suppose it matters that much cos last year my fly was ripped to shreds and still catching, on a bright day too..... keep on bumbling bandy..... mick
Quote from: muddler54 on February 12, 2009, 06:31:03 PM
its getting the crest curled right
If your GP crest is not curled to your satisfaction or is twisted then give it a good coating of slavers and stick inside the rim of a small glass. When dry it will retain its shape.
ahh good idea ian,cheers for that, my fly-tying teacher john sinclair, hes always sucking werthers originals and im sure thats the best slavers for the job cos he ties beautiful flies
wonder if the fish like werthers mmmmm......mick
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Left row Top to bottom
Foam backed beetles with and without rubber legs
CDC Hopper
Hopper
Middle row
Seals Fur Dries
Partridge and red spider
CDC Buzzer
Right row
Cross between a Netopir Dry and Ballon Sedge (You cant see it but it has 8 palmered CDC hackles) - super buoyant bite indicator!
3 CDCs
my version of the Wooly bugger. This has dumbell eyes but often I use Goldheads or Hot heads instead
A rubber legged bug....
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Never had any luck with a rubber legged nymph, not that I fish them much :roll: but a collegue who is planning a trip to the US reckons they do well out there.
Norm
Quote from: col on February 13, 2009, 06:40:33 PM
Nice looking flies guys, Is that a knapek hook Norm?
Col
Aye Col, it is indeed a knapek. Bought a load a couple of seasons back after reading some rave reviews but I find the quality a bit hit and miss :( I'll not be buying them again but I do like the barbless hook point. I'll have to do some research on alterantives.
Norm
My favourite fresh-run sea trout flee - if you are lucky enough to find any these days! No name. Especially good as a Loch point fly. Nothing ground-breaking (really it's just a variation on the venerable old Teal, Blue and Silver/Medicine Fly) but it's simple, easy to tie and works for me. The body I vary between silver lurex with pearly tinsel over or (like here) silver holographic tinsel. Wing and hackle are just Guinea fowl in natural and blue respectively and then large JC eyes to finish. This one's on a red hook just for a change but a regular 8 or 10 long shank or tied sparse on a LW Salar silver job also works.
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Some emerger type flees with herl bodies wound over coloured tinsel so that the tinsel shines through the gaps. Couple of coats of varnish to finish gives you bodies with a bit of translucence and flash for bright days:-
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Cheers,
Ian
Beautifully tied flies.
Agree with all above. The first one is a work of art. Stunning!
Thanks chaps - very kind words but really it's amazing what you can do with good lighting and the macro setting . :8)
Fachan - feel free mate. Untried at present but looks like it might do a turn in an olive hatch in bright conditions. (That one was a green tinsel body with stripped peacock quill over, Olive deer hair wing with green hare's ear thorax and hackle).
Cheers,
Ian
Could you resize the first two please Brian. Then re-attach them, don't forget to tick the boxes under Additional options where it says untick the boxes of the ones you don't want to keep, or something like that :)
Those flees look excellent Wee Bri. My favourite style!
It isn't often I can contribute to threads on here, but I was at a loose end this evening.
I can't decide over the floss tail or the fibre tail...
Thus I present the Meannt Dubh
Some flies out of Fly Fishing and Flytying this month's issue and a variant.
Diawl Bach Cadno
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Diawl Bach Cadno Variant (body holograph)
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Leggy Arsed Green Peter
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Cock Robin
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These should all do well at Ruthven at different times of the year.
Davie
there crackers davie,
im looking at the mag and looking at your flies, youve got them spot on.......
im gonna have a bash at them, especially that cock robin it looks the business.....
see you thursday mick
And one for the bigger wave.
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Mick it is muddlers on Thursday so better get practising. (Ice gone? up Kyle way)
Davie
Bri
It is the go to fly for one of my friends. I have just refound my enthusiasm for tying so it must be getting near the start of the season.
As soon as the sun comes out with some warmth will probably trigger me tying the CDC/ELK which I am amazed no one recommended for
Highlanders soujourn to Islay. So if no one has used it down there, I will be on my way. :D
Some great flies on here especially considering some are very new to tying
Davie
1st visit in a few days but some really nice flees from Malcolm, Crawhin, Bri and the General.
Sorry if I missed any.
You're right Don - there's been some great stuff over the last few days guys - this thread just keeps getting better.
Scotaidh - what materials produce your glow in the dark effect there - very interesting?
Col - will try your palmered MB muddler - looks really deadly.
Wee Bri - some great patterns and tying there. Love the Irish mayfly patterns. Boy those hogs are bright though! When would you normally fish them?
General - your DB patterns are very unusual - I didn't see the FF&FT article - what was the thinking behind those?
Cheers,
Ian
Quote from: Crawhin on February 19, 2009, 08:11:07 AM
You're right Don - there's been some great stuff over the last few days guys - this thread just keeps getting better.
Scotaidh - what materials produce your glow in the dark effect there - very interesting?
The rib is fluorescent green UTC 140 tying thread. I think if that was a successful fly I would invest in a spool of fluorescent green wire.
Cheers.
Sandy how do I send a scanned image to another member (if it is possible) I do not want to breach any copyright stuff by
posting a scan on the forum
Davie
Either email or put it on your webspace, you will have some free space with your service provider, and send him the link by PM.
HTH.
Mallard and Claret, that seal's fur is claret I promise.
Dunno what that second fly is called...
I'd be happy to use yer un-named second fly . Really good PR. well tied!
Quote from: Clan Chief on February 20, 2009, 11:43:21 PM
I'd be happy to use yer un-named second fly . Really good PR. well tied!
Thank you!
I can't be doing with tying teal wings, too footery.
Got to agree with Fachan. I remember a fantastic couple of hours sport in his neck of the woods last year on that flee. When in the middle of a wild, wet (and unproductive) day the wind just switched off, the rain eased a bit a frantic buzzer hatch started. The only thing that the fish would look at though (emergers, dries and nymphs were all pretty much ignored) was a size 14 Teal and Green - with a green lurex body and sparse teal wing - which they just couldn't get enough of until the hatch dried up. Great wee fly and I always keep a few tied slim in my box.
Ian
Nice looking fee BC. That a grey dyed pheasant tail body? And what's that hackle/legs?
Nice nymph there Bandy - does it swim in an erratic manner though? :lol:
Last couple of days have tied some early season black and silver muddlers. Double hooks and lead underbodies to get down a bit despite the deers hair:-
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And I was reminded here to tie up a couple of Teal and Greens:- :?
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The General also kindly sent me a recent magazine article with some interesting 'Taff' flees in it (cheers Davie). Gave a couple a shot including this which looks like it might do a fair turn in a summer sedge hatch:-
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Cheers,
Ian
Looking good Ian. I do like the wee black muddlers. Gonna fone my wee mate John he promised me some very fine black deer hair.
The wee weighted black shrimp doubles work in a flat calm any time of year if just allowed to sink and drawn very very slowly back.
Usually taken as they sink and the fly is way down the throat.
Davie
Like the black muddlers, very nicely tied.
I like the muddlers too, very nice.
I made up a fly last year like your Green and Teal, with mirage opal tinsel over green lurex for the body and a starling wing, I've had a rake but there is none left from last season. I didn't know such a close resemblance of that fly existed!
Quote from: col on February 21, 2009, 12:16:25 PM
I decided too tie a teal wing flea so started doing a Teal Blue and silver, but ive recently done a clear out so i had no teal feathers so used mallard instead, and my blue hen capes also gone missing , so i used blue brahma.
Col
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Very interesting, I wonder how may other people take a classic pattern and substitute materials for what they have. Have you caught anything on this ?
Quote from: Crawhin on February 21, 2009, 03:54:27 PM
Nice nymph there Bandy - does it swim in an erratic manner though? :lol:
Last couple of days have tied some early season black and silver muddlers. Double hooks and lead underbodies to get down a bit despite the deers hair:-
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Very nice, I haven't seen muddlers with doubles on them before.
Col thank you for info, looks a good one, another for the long list now being created.
Ian just been over to my wee pals and now have some black deer hair. What is the tail?
Davie
Hi Davie,
I've used rabbit for the tail and wing (over a couple of strands of pearl flashabou). Black marabou or long hackle fibres stripped from the bottom of a large black hen hackle would all work the same though.
Cheers,
Ian
Thank you Ian, I've just tied one. Well one like yours.... vaguely. Forgot the lureflash stuff tho I did see it in your photo. What is the silver tinsel,
looks kinda holoflashy. Forgot it was a double I was tying, I am sure the blood will soon stop and the cat will reappear sometime when it gets
over the scream I let out.
Davie
How sad is it to be tying flies on a Saturday night eh?
:lol: Aye - holographic stuff for a wee bit extra sparkle but probably doesn't make a lot of difference really.
I'm sure that there are worse ways of spending an hour or two on a Saturday night than knocking up a few flees with a glass or red or a large dram and anticipating the start of the season.
Cheers,
Ian
Two I'd never go anywhere without:
Peter Ross
A small (a 20 here) Black and Silver Spider:
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u178/_d_07/other/blackandsilverspider.jpg)
Partridge and Hares Ear Spider:
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u178/_d_07/other/partridgeandharesear.jpg)
Cheers,
.D.
Nice flies .D. :D
A partridge and harelug - in some form or other - must have caught me most my river fish when using wets. I reckon its got magical properties :8)
Norm
Thanks both.
Wee bri, it's just dyed black mole fur. Dyed black hare's mask underfur, mink or rabbit fur work just as well.
Cheers,
.D.
Yeah! Well tied flies :D. Really like the look of them.
Again great flies Ian. My own fly tying will resume when my fingers stop bleeding. I have no "normal" doubles for tying troot flies and have
been using low water salmon size ten. Near impossible to spin the deer hair and by f..... are they sharp. Bit of a sod when you are pushing the
deer hair back to get some more on. Great post Clan Chief should get post of year.
On Saturday wee Mick (muddler54) was telling the wee angling gathering at the fishing hut how his uncle/grandfather nearly emptied the Ness
with the "Hares lug and partridge" and bingo one appears on the post.
Davie
Quote from: col on February 22, 2009, 10:22:37 PM
rubbered prince
What like Prince Harry after too many Lagers :D....great flies on this post chaps, inspiring for the coming season
Quote from: col on February 22, 2009, 10:22:37 PM
Tonight ive done a couple of prince nymphs, i really like this fly especially when theres a wee bit colour in the water. For the beaded version i omit the hackle , ive also done the rubber leg/tailed version . Both are tried and tested .
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Prince nymph
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rubbered prince or Prince Harry
Excellent stuff - I like peacock herl nymphs. :). Peacock herl has magickal properties. I use one myself with little rubber legs too sometimes.
I wonder why they don't have the same following as hare's ears and pheasant tails over here. Perhaps it's the very shaggy profile, and the limited range of colours. Or is it just the relative fragility of the herl, compared with fur-bodied flies?
.D.
Another way is to use a ball point pen. Remove the inside and push the small end over the eye of the hook and push the hair back.
Also you could get a small piece of cork, foam or wood and stick it on the free hook and mask the point.
That is what you do with the ball point pen Breac. After each bunch of deer hair you push it back with the pen till all the bunches are tyed in then you finish off the fly.
What I use to lay the hackles down before tying in the wing is a small piece of the end of the inner, that is the tube with the ink, which you cut through on one side allowing the thread through as it goes over the eye, you then tye in the wing. The slit also allows it to be removed over the bend of the hook before removing it from the vice.
The tied fly looped through the eye of a kamasan 12 is a size 18 and I really would struggle to find a line that would knot and present the
fly in a delicate enough way to catch. This is an attempt at copying Ian's wee fly. What line do you use when down amongst the 20's and
22's.
Davie
My attempt at the Teal and Green that we talked about the other day and something I gypsied from the "other" forum.
Thanks to all those who commented on my flies before. I find it hard to find enthusiasm for tying in the close season but posting their mugshot on here makes it worthwhile.
Sometimes I think you have been flicking through my library Davy :)
Mine is slightly different from yours. There is no number at the tying instructions and the pictures are different too.
Let's Fish Again by Robert C. Sharp paperback 1985?
Lovely looking flies Breac. If they were mine I'd clip the hackle underneath and fish them dry, as I couldna catch fish on traditional loch wets to save my life.
Gav,
What size are these flies? they are the sort of thing I'd use in size 16s and 18s on a river
Quote from: gavceltic on February 24, 2009, 05:57:41 PM
Sat and tied some "tag" flies this afternoon, hoping they will be the sort of thing that the fish will be looking for at the start of the season, I dont know what they are, if they are anything at all ??
They look like absolute killers Gav.My kind of flies,nice and simple.I'm sure you'll catch plenty of brownies on them.
Cheers
Paul
Quote from: Sandfly on February 24, 2009, 07:00:53 PM
More loch flies, Bruisers this time.
Davy.
I like those, can you share the "recipe"?
Thanks, I thought that was blue seals fur. I'll need to dye a wee puckle and give it a try.
Quote from: gavceltic on February 25, 2009, 04:10:52 PM
Still on the early season flies for me , I tried some greenwell spiders today, just done from a picture so used what I had handy, tied on size 12 kamasans
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I like those.
Did you use some of your carpet for dubbing?
Love the Bruisers. :applause
Very nice Col. Do you fish the spiders much on the Almond??
How many flies do you tie in an evening roughly, I realise it will depend largely on what they are but in general, and is it much quicker tying a batch of one style???
Lovely spiders.
Spent some time last week tying up partridge spiders; purple, orange,red, green on size 16 b160s. Great flies on lochs in the clam fished on the bob with a dry on the tail.
I really like the look of those Breac!
Also live those spiders too Col
Really nice Breac... what's the wing on the organge flies (last pic) that turkey?
This weekend I have been mostly thinkng of Summer - so tied some Irish style wet Mayfly patterns just to cheer maself up a bit :( :-
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Also some of my favourite Bibio type hoppers:-
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Some Frazer nymphs using olive and pink pheasant tail:-
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And, prompted by Deergravy's suggestion on the variations thread, a long shank version of Col's palmered Teal and Black. Looks pretty good to me - especially for early season work. :8)
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Cheers,
Ian
Love those Crawhin. Especially the Irish style wets. My favourite style of flies
Cheers Bri. Not really used the Fraser nymph before. My previous staples nymph-wise have always been good old basic copper wire PTNs, gold-head GRHEs and mini Montanas. I like the close turn pearl flashabou ribbing on these Fraser variations though so plan to give them a swim this season.
Another Irish mayfly - green this time:-
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Cheers,
Ian
Quote from: breac uaig on February 26, 2009, 05:24:15 PM
Few more I tied today , one new one to me" Rogans extractor", and a couple of my favourites, Orange invicta and Claret bumble, just catching up before the start, :roll: breac uaig
Nice flees Breac, I like the " Extractor " invented by a dentist perhaps ? :D
Quote from: Crawhin on February 28, 2009, 10:30:59 AM
This weekend I have been mostly thinkng of Summer - so tied some Irish style wet Mayfly patterns just to cheer maself up a bit :( :-
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Cheers,
Ian
Big Browns love flees like that in June, July, August stripped fast and just as they're about to come out of the water. :8)
I WAS TRYING TO COPY IAN's TOP MAYFLY. CAN SOMEONE ADVISE HOW I DO THIS PLEASE WITHOUT PHOTOBUCKETING ETC.,
That's the one. Thanks.
(http://www.wildfisher.co.uk/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=9025.0;attach=13153;image)
Let's see if this works.
Cracking Mayfly BTW.
It's not working, I give up. :shock:
( EDIT - Thanks John, I've ammended it now, sorry for taking a few posts to get there but it is a cracking looking Mayfly. I was sure I tried that but obviously not :? )
Today's/ yesterday's burnt offerings.
Crimes against peacock herl:
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u178/_d_07/other/haresear.jpg)
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u178/_d_07/other/haresear2.jpg)
A hare's ear nymph with a herl thorax, and guard hairs wound through the herl.I used the split thread approach for that one but don't necessarily always bother. I don't necessarily always bother with the tails either.
And a pretty tatty looking version with brown olive squirrel fur:
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u178/_d_07/other/brownolivenymph.jpg)
On the tatty theme a hackled dry fly with a tabby cat fur body; a 'Catsbody', if you will :roll:. They still actually work, hackled dry flies. Contrary to popular belief :).
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u178/_d_07/other/catdry.jpg)
Cheers,
.D.
Back again. Only a few weeks to go after all :o.
Simple Grannom larva, peeping caddis type thing.
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u178/_d_07/other/simplegrannom.jpg)
Cheers,
.D.
Quote from: col on March 01, 2009, 05:28:11 PM
Thats another nice looking flee D . I was out on the Leader with Brian yesterday(we blanked) . We spent a bit of time in the afternoon looking at river life under the stones etc. WE found plenty of stone clingers, baetis , stone flies including the "gadger" (and a few hatched shucks were in evidence) and a lot of cased caddis in various sizes under the stones and ontop of some stones but still under water were loads of smaller ones (empty) , after seeing this post it has occurred these could well have been grannom larva cases??
Col
Thanks :).
Could have been . They're made of secretions with plant material mixed in - gives them a heavily segmented appearance. They're usually rectangular in cross section when smaller, There is another little larva with a vaguely similar case though. Do you get Grannom hatches on that river?
Cheers,
.D.
Stunning flees .D. Your peeping caddis in particular is just beautiful - what's the tying for that?
Cheers,
Ian
Quote from: Crawhin on March 01, 2009, 06:12:02 PM
Stunning flees .D. Your peeping caddis in particular is just beautiful - what's the tying for that?
Cheers,
Ian
Thanks again.
OK, but the materials aren't exactly set in stone:
Hook: long enough to give you a case 10-13mm long (excluding bead, it kind of merges in with the rest of the case). I've used a Varivas 2500V streamer hook, size 12.
Bead: Black, tungsten or brass to suit. 3mm here.
Thread: Chartreuse 8/0 Uni-Thread. Black or brown thread used only for tying off the case material at the bead, when tying is completed.
Head: something black or brown and glossy. Three turns of small Wapsi Vinyl rib here but I'd normally go for a single full turn of brown or black standard Veniard Magic Glass ( I can't find mine just now).
Legs: I've used fibres from a Guinea Fowl wing here, but you could use anything.
Thorax bit: Chartreuse Ice Dub or similar bright greenish dubbing.
Case (the interesting bit :lol:)
: Standard size Veniard Ultra lace tubing, either brown, or (as here) clear stained tan brown with a marker. Slip two contrasting earthy colours of small (or maybe brassie) Wapsi Ultra Wire into the tubing - as long as you can make it ( 4.5-6"? I've never measured the amount). That's the only bit that's difficult :lol:.I've used Brown and the paler Ginger here. Tie it in and wind it up to the bead in slightly lapping turns. Tie it off and varnish the case.
Easy tie. Apart from getting the wire into the tubing. Do that bit first.
Cheers,
.D.
Quote from: col on March 01, 2009, 08:10:43 PM
Hi D, Couldnt tell you if they are definitely in the Leader but they are in the Tweed "catchment" according to the link below.
Col
http://www.tweedfoundation.org.uk/ttgi/Downloads/Detailed_Key_Mayflies__Stoneflies_and_Caddis_flies.pdf
Nice little link.
Col,
Gordon (Bushy1) and I had some great sport two seasons past on a muddler just like that, but with an orange hackle behind the muddler head.
Billy
Nice wee muddler Col,one of my most successfull early season patterns is a weighted clan chief hedgehog fished on the intermediate,tied up a few tonight
Chris
I lost my "mojo" for a while there, but I got it back and have been beavering away at the vice the last week or two.
IBD Soft Hackle (on different hooks)
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/scot2flyfish/Flies%202/ibd.jpg)
Kamasan B175 #14
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/scot2flyfish/Flies%202/ibd1.jpg)
Drennan Wet Fly Supreme #16
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/scot2flyfish/Flies%202/ibd2.jpg)
Tiemco 2499SP-BL #18
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/scot2flyfish/Flies%202/ibd3.jpg)
Tiemco 206BL #16
And a play with some Olive Spiders.
Arthur's Wife
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/scot2flyfish/Flies%202/Arthurs-Wife-2.jpg)
HOOK - Drennan Wet Fly Supreme #16
THREAD - Hends Body Quill
BODY - Hends Body Quill
THORAX - Olive Hare's Mask
HACKLE - Olive Hen
Arthur's Wife's New Coat
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/scot2flyfish/Flies%202/Arthurs-Wife-1.jpg)
HOOK - Drennan Wet Fly Supreme #16
THREAD - Brown 8/0
HACKLE - Olive Hen
BODY - Hends Body Quill (tied in at thorax, wrapped to bend)
RIB - Body Quill lightly touch dubbed with Olive Hare's Mask and wrapped in an open spiral.
THORAX - Olive Hare's Mask.
Arthur's Wife's Sunday Best
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/scot2flyfish/Flies%202/Arthurs-Wife.jpg)
HOOK - Drennan Wet Fly Supreme #16
THREAD - Hends Body Quill
HACKLE - Olive Hen
BODY - Hends Body Quill wrapped to bend then touch dubbed with Olive Hare's Mask.
THORAX - Olive Hare's Mask.
Stunning flies! Well worth the wait.
Perfect Col, I've just shown it to Gordon and he said " that's the one ".
He found an old one chewed up one in his box. It's all thats left.
I've tried to tie them up, but I cannae dae muddlers very well. I'll use that photo as my template though and have another go.
All the best
Billy
Col - you seem to be a 'big-tag' man on your loch wets!
Ian
tied one of john sinclairs lochmaddys, hope i did it justice....
Claret Dabbler
(http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd95/guest/IMG_0293.jpg)
Go easy, it's my first ever dabbler, criticism welcome but I know I need to improve my photography for a start. I've been loading the pics at 3.2 meg but can goto 12 meg don't know if this would improve detail or whether lighting is to blame. Maybe a wee light box would help ?
Don
If you are using a tripod drop your ISO to 100 or 200, set Aperture to it's largest setting, whitebalance to Incandescent, indoor or fluorescent depending on the lighting you are using, if daylight set it for that. Set the camera to micro, move the camera in as close to the fly as you can without casting any shadows, manually focus it, then press the button to check if the auto focus knocks it off. If it does move the camera back or forward slightly and try again. When you are satisfied that all the fly is in focus set the timer and press the button all the way down, try not to move the camera, release and wait for the timer to take the picture. Check the picture if you can without moving the camera and if the back or front of the picture is out of focus either, move the camera forward or back slightly or drop the aperture by a stop. If you have a bracketing function then set that and it will take three pictures at different apertures and you will see which is the best for sharpness.
HTH.
One for a swap elsewhere.
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g8/scotfly/fishing/Red-Tag.jpg)
Quote from: col on March 06, 2009, 10:24:19 AM
black and copper wire spider.
Col
What a gorgeous little spider Col, and very nicely tied too. :8)
Been doin this for a swap, lot of 15 Yellow Drake:
Dennis
What is the body of your wee fly for the other swap. It is coming over a beautiful blue on my screen.
Davie
Hook: TMC102Y #9
Tail: 3 strands of bucktail
Body: antron dubbing, bright yellow, ribbed with olive tying thread
Wing: CDC, bright yellow
Thorax: CDC with help of the Marc Petitjean Magictool
Cheers, Hans
Quote from: The General on March 06, 2009, 09:39:51 PM
Dennis
What is the body of your wee fly for the other swap. It is coming over a beautiful blue on my screen.
Davie
Davie,
Dressing is the original as stated by A Courtney Williams in his Dictionary of trout flies.
HOOK ?Kamasan B175 #14
THREAD ? Brown Uni 8/0
HACKLE ? Red Game Hen
TAIL ? Bright Red Wool
BODY ? Bright Green Peacock?s Herl from the moon feather.
Depending on how you hold it to the light, it shows either that beautiful blue or a bright green.
*edit; Except for the Uni thread of course.
Ooh I like that Col - that would do a fair turn as a general 'wee black thing' (entymology being my strong suit you see :lol: ) searching pattern. Am going to have a go at Bandy's JC AoS and Brian's smart zulu type thing too.
Cheers guys,
Ian
Izzit worth starting another thread/topic with members efforts at tying an ace of spades on a size 10 "normal sized" wet fly hook and the
fly to have jc eyes or any other kinda eyes you desire, along with a leaded body. A lot of stuff to get on a 10 hook!
Davie
Quote from: brian on March 08, 2009, 01:07:05 PM
Still trying to get to grips with the camera and editing software, but here is a zulu type thing i tyed this morning.
(http://www.wildfisher.co.uk/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=9025.0;attach=13292;image)
Brian,
The pics good and the dressing is good too, but for me the tail is disproportionately long. I would cut it to about half that length. After you've cut it "dab" at it with your finger pushing it against the back of the fly, then draw it into place again with your fingers, doing this will crumple the individual fibres and remove the "sharpness" from the cut end.
Try it and see what you think?
Looks the business Brian but does it have a lead body :D
Davie
Quote from: Bandy Catcher on March 08, 2009, 01:17:13 PM
Tied with a leaded underbody, the 'Bandy Catcher' can sometimes pick up a fish or two - early season.
John
I love your fly John, it's caught me loads of fish including a few of the non bandy variety:D The head on yours is a bit slimmer than the ones I tie but I'm pants at spinning the deer hair.
Norm
Here goes. Third and forth fly ever and more for practice than matching any hatch! I think the fish in Gairloch may be the only ones hungry enough to be tempted
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Much better Brian.
Nice AoS too, very well tied and proportioned. :8)
I've been dabbling in the black arts over the weekend. Still a bit to go dabbler wise but I'm getting there thanks to Davy mcPhail and U tube. The centre fly is the first attempt and the outside flies are the latest.
(http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd95/guest/IMG_0301.jpg)
I've tried the photograph adjustments you suggested Sandy but I think I need better lighting and a macro lens for what I'm trying to achieve.
Quote from: guest on March 08, 2009, 09:59:00 PM
I've been dabbling in the black arts over the weekend. Still a bit to go dabbler wise but I'm getting there thanks to Davy mcPhail and U tube. The centre fly is the first attempt and the outside flies are the latest.
(http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd95/guest/IMG_0301.jpg)
I've tried the photograph adjustments you suggested Sandy but I think I need better lighting and a macro lens for what I'm trying to achieve.
Something you may like to consider if you're unhappy with your shots, before splashing out on a macro lens.
I've just had a cheeky look at the exif data from your picture, and notice you've used a large aperture (
f5). You'll get shallow depth of field at that aperture, and if it's around the maximum aperture you'll probably get the poorest performance from your lens - even some expensive lenses perform poorly
wide open.
Try using a smaller aperture (confusingly, a larger
f-stop). Initially, assuming you are using a tripod, try something around
f8 or 11. The sweet spot of any lens is usually somewhere around the middle
f numbers. For those sort of 'group hug' pictures that should provide adequate depth of field too. If not, you can drop down further to
f16.
You could also try taking the same picture outside (assuming it's not windy) or in a greenhouse using high overcast natural light. At least you might find out if it's the lighting that's causing what you consider a problem rather than the lens.
.D.
I was given some advice elsewhere re cropping pictures which has helped loads.
(http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd95/guest/IMG_0314.jpg)
Thanks for your advice .D. it might be just what's required to sharpen the whole thing up. It's too late to be messing about anymore tonight but I'll have a look at implementing your suggestions soon. :8)
This was the latest off the vice and I think I'm getting closer.
Took Mrs Scotfly to the new Ikea store in Southamton yesterday, I also managed to facilitate a visit to Hobbycraft. :D
Result was some Organza ribbon, to play with later, and a few spools of Gutermann's. One of which is a sort of variegated olive colour. It is labelled as Gutermann Sulky 100% cotton, CA02776, COL4020. It's a little thicker than Pearsal's, so getting a nice head was difficult, but I like the results.
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/scot2flyfish/flies/Variagated-Partridge.jpg)
HOOK - Kamasan B175 #14
THREAD - See Above (unwaxed)
HACKLE - Brown Partridge
BODY - Single layer of thread wrapped from shoulder to bend
RIB - Thread wrapped back up to the shoulder in an open spiral.
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/scot2flyfish/flies/Variagated-Partridge-Waxed.jpg)
Exactly the same pattern, but this time I waxed the thread.
I?ve also tied some Quigley Cripples.
This is the Danica version.
Danica version.
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/scot2flyfish/flies/QC-Danica.jpg)
HOOK - TMC100 #10
THREAD - Brown 8/0
TAIL - Downy fibres from the base of an Olive dyed Grizzle cock hackle
RIB - Brown Floss
BODY - Cream Spectrablend
THORAX - Peacock Ice Dub
WING - Coastal Deer Hair
HACKLE - Olive dyed Grizzle Cock.
After tying this one someone suggested I try it on a curved hook and me being me I couldn?t resist playing.
TMC2487 #14
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/scot2flyfish/flies/QC-1.jpg)
TMC400T #14
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/scot2flyfish/flies/QC.jpg)
Partridge Klinkhamer Extreme #20
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/scot2flyfish/flies/QC-2.jpg)
playing with deer hair and fachans roe buck..... tricky this photography
hit or a miss if they turn out....
Like the look of those Kates, Breac,
I'm always banging on about how good the loch ordie is, I'll be interested to see if this fly is as good.
The question being - is it the contrasting white hackle that makes the difference?
I know white-hackled pennels and invictas have been around for a while.
Dave
They look good to me Breac,
I'm sure they will catch plenty fish.
Norm
Look really good to me too... nice variation that!
Great looking flies, Breac, they'll do the business for sure.
They have that look about them of a fly that will pick up fish on the drop, as well as pulled, or even fished dry.
Never seen sandgrouse used as a material before, are these feathers from the wing or the body?
Dave
I'll mostly be on the little chalkstreams in the spring so been tying some for my river box. Used the macro setting on my point and snap. Only problem is that the better the photos the more the faults show up!
size 14 hare's mask emergers
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3549/3344672157_35b85833f1.jpg)
size 16 yellow f-fly
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3306/3344674453_e469b18e41.jpg)
size 16 snowshoe stripped quill emerger
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3643/3345507530_7828169b3d.jpg)
size 16 CDC and Elk with Sika wing
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3601/3344673803_288597aac9.jpg)
"Only problem is that the better the photos the more the faults show up!"
Funnily enuff the same thing happens to me. When I use super macro the thread seems to move up over the eyes of the hook and
the varnish fills what isn't covered by thread.
Good flies tho Tim.
Davie
Everything on this one, size twelve kamasan b830. leaded body and jc. The body material is some stuff from Sue Burgess that the local
bailiff says is killer material. Really at my age I shouldn't be listening to all this tosh. Probably be giving these A of S away after failing miserably on them. thank you Sandy for the tips on photos.....tried upping the aperture and it seems to work better.
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Davie
The materials were given to me by the local bailiff after the Humungous was discussed in the fishing hut down the river. He said he used to tie
and would give me the materials that both he and another well know local character used to tie for competitions all over GB. These materials
may be up to 20 years old. The price on the Sue Burgess stuff is .22p. Considering it would be about ?2.00 now that should give an idea on
age. I am really impressed with the black and silver stuff and so is my sister in law. She wants earings made out of size 6's but wants the
hook buffed down a wee bit. I like a heavyish blackish fly on the point of my leader and I will be giving this AofS a good shot for the first three
or four weeks until the "water warms up" :?
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Davie
I remember the Sue Burgess catalogue from the early- mid 80's, always seemed to be full of (with hindsight) daft radical 'innovations', like the 'invisible' mirror finish hook, and a leader/backing connection system which involved several rather noxious solvents.
Oh, and the swedish dry fly hook which was recently exhumed on another thread.
I believe this company eventually became today's esteemed :roll: Airflo, but don't quote me on that, I could well be havering
Dave
Condor herl was used on the bodies of flies. I too still have a catalogue kicking about here somewhere.
Cheers, Breac
Guess I was wrong about the lineage of Sue Burgess/Fishtec/Airflo.
Sportfish do seem to focus on good, proven gear without the gee-wizz gimmicks.
Yummy looking invictas, by the way!
Dave
Sue Burgess ltd. is still trading in Wales http://www.macraesbluebook.co.uk/company/company.cfm?company=73036_Sue_Burgess_Ltd_Brecon_Powys
She was/is married to Paul Burgess who started up Airflo whose mail order side became Fishtec.
They also own, or there son does, BVG (Burgess Video Group), I have some of their video authoring software for my Amiga, which is now BVG-Airflo, who also own Tightlines.
Read the bios of some of the directors for a bit of the history.
http://www.bvg-airflo.co.uk/directors_bvg.cfm
I remember there was a split but I can't remember if Paul and Sue divorced, she died or they just went separate ways business wise.
The discussions on big flees and Fachan's liking for big G&H sedges reminded me about these flees for those late evening when the big boys come out to play. I'm not a huge fan of the G&H as there's alot of clipping and spinning involved and it is quite a rigid bulk of deer hair. What I tend to use in similar circumstances is basically a big hedgehog but with a spun head for extra disturbance and bouyancy. Kind of a mega-hog or hog-father :lol:
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These are big boys tied on size 8 Partridge big mouth nymph hooks for a (hopefully) better hook up rate dispite the big hair heads. With 4 good pinches of hair in the back and another 3 in the head there's a good amount of bouyancy and a good shape but there's still only 3 materials:- deer hair, hare's ear and whatever tag you fancy (flourencent floss or holo tinsel for me). All tied using Fachan's superb roe deer hair.
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Cheers,
Ian
Quoteit would probably pass for a mouse
Thanks Col - some of the big, late-doors sedges/moths are big old boys and it's hard to get a big enough, wide enough hook to copy them on. I think a swimming mouse at that time of night would be in serious danger :shock:
Cheers,
Ian
hi Ive been getting to grips with new camera so i haven't been able to post on this great topic till now .here are my efforts from last weekend and today
Nice flies :8)
Been a very productive day today. Most of it sat in front of the vice... except when the fitba was on. :8)
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/scot2flyfish/flies/softhackles.jpg)
Forgot to show you this one last night.
Ghost
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/scot2flyfish/flies/Ghost.jpg)
HOOK - Partridge Olive Edwards Emerger #14
THREAD - G?termann Sliver (col8021)
HACKLE - Silver Badger Hen.
that is a great looking fly Dennis
took a holiday today.so got busy at the vice.tied some of these as i am going to try and fish some running water this year .if not they will still get used on the lochs
cheers Garry
Very tidy flies Gary and lovely shot of your ghost spider there Scotfly. Thanks for that.
Ian
love that flies scotfly and smashing pics,
ive tied some spider patterns for the river ness but not really sure the right set up or which ones are the best. is upstream fishing better than across and down,do you have a sacrifical heavy fly or new zealand style, any info would be appreciated. maybe a pm ...... cheers mick
hi Brian its black & silver straggle fritz cant remember where i got it .possibly Jimmy McBride's.had a great day at Skeen with it on the tail.
cheers Garry
Quote from: wee bri on March 16, 2009, 10:39:20 PM
Dennis, I just bought a silver badger cape today and when I saw that fly :idea:
Shame though, it's a cock cape.....ah well.
That'll be for the Dry Ghost, or the clipped emerger Ghost. :wink:
This topic has been a great inspiration for me after seeing the pictures posted of some great flies. I usually have a half hearted attempt every winter to tie a few flies but now after a month and a half I've nearly filled a fly box - more than I've tied over the last few seasons!
They're a bit of a mixed bunch and a rough at the edges so no close ups just yet - need to get the heads a bit neater for a start.
Aye Part Time nice loking flees.
I'm like you my tying over the years had become erratic and very seldom, with so many good step by steps on this site and the great ideas I've really started again.
The only problem is it soon shows how your eyesight is getting poorer over the years :worms, I've had to resort to buying one of those magnifying glasses. :oops:
Sandy B.O.
Quote from: Part-time on March 17, 2009, 12:54:02 AM
This topic has been a great inspiration for me after seeing the pictures posted of some great flies. I usually have a half hearted attempt every winter to tie a few flies but now after a month and a half I've nearly filled a fly box - more than I've tied over the last few seasons!
They're a bit of a mixed bunch and a rough at the edges so no close ups just yet - need to get the heads a bit neater for a start.
Is that a few flies designed by myself on the left?
Thanks for the kind comments guys - a good confidence booster. Just need to see what the troot think of them next.
The eyes are starting to feel the strain a bit Sandy; getting a magnifier or reading specs has crossed my mind.
Scotaidh, quite possibly some of yours in there but I've been looking at so many flies on here I'm loosing track of who's I've been copying.
Quote from: Part-time on March 17, 2009, 11:55:13 PM
Scotaidh, quite possibly some of yours in there but I've been looking at so many flies on here I'm loosing track of who's I've been copying.
I'm pleased someone actually took the time to copy them! Give me a shout if they catch.
Lovely box of flys btw, although if you can see the foam it isn't full enough, get tying :tongue2
Hoping I might use this tomorrow. Size 14 LDO parachute
Who says parachutes are hard to tie ? this one took 3 minutes!
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Just a few Hedgehogs today.
Steve
Lovely hogs. I've tied hogs before, but now tend to use a variety of more straight forward deer hair sedges. It could just be me being lazy, but I find them just as effective. Any views?
Tim
I think you're quite right Tim.
Hogs and Half-hogs are more about fly-tying than catching fish.
Over-complicated.
That's my hunch, anyway.
Dave
Quote from: Tim on March 19, 2009, 04:12:06 PM
more straight forward deer hair sedges. It could just be me being lazy, but I find them just as effective. Any views?
I find the DHS more versatile and suited to the bulk of the fishing I do, that said hogs are damned good pulling flies, the bandies love 'em! :D
Cheers for the compliments gents.
You may be right about there being easier flies to tie. For a fly with just 2 materials they certainly aren't that easy to get right straight away. However they are a family of flies that have caught an awful lot of fish for me. I probably have an orange hog that has caught over 30 fish, yet it still doesn't look all that battered.
Saying that I havent fished the DHS enough to be able to compare the two properly.
I get a lot of enjoyment from tying flies and probably Hedghogs more so than any other.
Maybe the fish like the effort I've put into tying in the extra few bunches of deer hair. :lol:
Steve
Quote from: admin on March 18, 2009, 08:46:28 PM
Hoping I might use this tomorrow. Size 14 LDO parachute
Who says parachutes are hard to tie ? this one took 3 minutes!
http://www.wildfisher.co.uk/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=9025.0;attach=13660;image
Nice flee Fred. Do you always use straight shanked hooks for your parachute flies ?
I got some cracking stuff from Gerry at Artifly today. Hope to post some more of the heavy cloaked dabbler pics soon.
His Autumn Brown Bronze Mallard and Claret saddle patches are spot on.
Quote from: Ardbeg on March 20, 2009, 02:41:02 AM
Deer hair is pretty much my favourite tying material, hate muddler heids though :roll:
Ardbeg
I hear ye Ardbeg!
I think with the muddlers for me, it's all the stuff you clip off and throw away. What a waste! I feel I should be getting another flee out of all the trimmings! I'm sure you know the drinking straw trick to get your heids right/better?
Steve
Last week I showed you...
Ghost
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/scot2flyfish/flies/Ghost.jpg)
This week I had a bit of play to see where it could go....
Your thoughts?.......
Halo Ghost
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/scot2flyfish/flies/Halo-Ghost.jpg)
Same materials with the addition of a clear Antron wing.
Black Ghost
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/scot2flyfish/flies/Black-Ghost.jpg)
Same materials on a TMC102Y #17
Then on to the dry versions (especially for wee bri)...
Dry Ghost
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/scot2flyfish/flies/Ghost-Dry.jpg)
Dirty Ghost
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/scot2flyfish/flies/Dirty-Ghost.jpg)
Same materials, hackle clipped ala Dirty Duster
Para Ghost
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/scot2flyfish/flies/Para-Ghost.jpg)
Ghost Paraloop
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/scot2flyfish/flies/Ghost-Paraloop.jpg)
With the addition of a clear Antron thorax.
Ghosth?mer
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/scot2flyfish/flies/Ghosthamer.jpg)
Same body and hackle, thorax is white ostrich herl, wing is clear Antron.
Not sure I want to post after that lot. Are those flies or modern art?
I spend the winter chasing things that provide good fly tying material (although nothing much use for scotfly) amongst which on of my favourites is the woodcock. Great spider material obviously, but the woodcock also has a preen gland and the feathers around it are very distinctive.
I tied a few F-fly type things last year but did not really give them a proper trial until September in Caithness. Found they didn't float particulary well, but the odd fish liked them. I did, however, have a extraordinary experience with a sedge (platonic honest) when I put the woodcock feather next to the sedge wing you simpy could not tell the difference. Over the winter there was a bit in T&S about a Frenchman fishing the Irish Loughs with flies that included one based around the 'cul de becasse' woodcock feather. So I've been playing with some different options.
The first couple use the feathers like the Frenchman extending back beyond hares ear bodies:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3655/3373390678_2533281e9c.jpg)
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3621/3373391402_6f5ea1d754.jpg)
I used two pairs of feathers for a shorter wing on this with an olive seal/ hare mask body:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3568/3373390232_64a226834f.jpg)
and from above:
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3539/3373389868_dd04d99811.jpg)
This has the cul de becasse feathers either side of a hedgehog style roe deer hair wing to solve the bouyancy problems I had with the hackle-less version last year. Copper rib to hold it all together.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3448/3372572925_7b4b2f7e39.jpg)
Looking forward to giving these a proper run this season on the chalkstreams and the lochs. I've got an inkling about which I fancy.
Tim
Absolutely stunning flees Scotfly and beautiful photography too.
Like yours too Tim - number 3 looks to me like a great fly for last light when the sedges are about.
Cheers,
Ian
Quote from: guest on March 21, 2009, 12:38:14 AM
Nice flee Fred. Do you always use straight shanked hooks for your parachute flies ?
Sorry Donald I only just saw this. Yes, when tying parachute duns like that one I use straight shank hooks. Klinks and other emergers I use curved hooks
Quote from: admin on March 23, 2009, 05:46:53 PM
Sorry Donald I only just saw this. Yes, when tying parachute duns like that one I use straight shank hooks. Klinks and other emergers I use curved hooks
I'm not too up on parachute flees and kind of took it for a Klink hence the question. Thanks for putting me right.
I really need to get down the Clyde this season and have a go with some of them.
Nice fly col. Why the white hackle is it a secret ingredient ?
Buzzers are stunning Brian.
Quote from: guest on March 23, 2009, 11:53:05 PM
I'm not too up on parachute flees and kind of took it for a Klink hence the question. Thanks for putting me right.
You are really, they are not hard once you get the knack of it. I think the method is shown in one of Dennis's step by steps. First thing you do is tie in the wing.
Don,
If I can tie a reasonable klink anyone can. :D My main problem is deciding which way I prefer to tie off the hackle, on to the post or to the front of post? I change my mind every time I tie some. :D
shanksi
lovely fly - white hackles a good think on wet and dry
Tim
a few years back the Orkney lads came down to loch leven and nearly emptied the place with white hackled invictas.they did share the secret with us on the day they left to go back home. :lol:
cheers Garry
a few claret bumbles tonight
diawl bachs and pheasant tails from last night
cheers Garry
Got thinking about the very dark LDO I saw the other week so tied this:
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Snow shoe Dirty Polly, mole body and grizzly olive hackle.
Norm.
Steve,
Its a TMC 200R size 16 (I think) - they have a long shank - snow shoe because it was lying on the bench :roll:
Norm
Quote from: Clan Ford on March 25, 2009, 11:17:46 PM
Got thinking about the very dark LDO I saw the other week so tied this:
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Snow shoe Dirty Polly, mole body and grizzly olive hackle.
Norm.
Nice one, Norm, looks a sure bet.
Did you put a bend, klink-style, in that 200R?
Seems very curvy.
Dave
Quote from: deergravy on March 26, 2009, 08:51:50 PM
Nice one, Norm, looks a sure bet.
Did you put a bend, klink-style, in that 200R?
Seems very curvy.
Dave
Yes Dave, gave it a wee "twang" in the vice, not much though.
Norm
As always, great flies on this thread. The LDO's really nice. I've got some natural snow shoe so will tie up something similar and give it a go my river - well not my river, but you know what I mean. I like the March Brown too, there's something about the auld style flies - makes me want to get tying and encourages me to persevere with placing those infuriatingly difficult wing slips. Thanks for posting guys... just brill. I get so much from this thread it makes me feel guilty, so I'll try extra hard to get my arse in gear and add something of my own soon... promise. :?
A fly that served me very well last season on the rivers in size 14 and 16
Ginger hackle haresear Klink
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Tiz a lovely looking fly Breac. The colours are amazing and the fly just looks "right"
Davie
This thread just gets better and better. :D
Big irons today.
Yellow-tailed wooly bugger/ tadpole affair with one of those Moser snaphead things. I found yellow-tailed ones more useful than the usual black or brown-olive last year.
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u178/_d_07/2009/yellowbugger.jpg)
But is it a lure? :lol:
.D.
Very nice xDx :D
What are the snapheads like for casting? They look kinda heavy.
How have you formed the body, is it fur and flash in a dubbing loop?
Quote from: scotfly on March 28, 2009, 05:29:46 PM
Very nice xDx :D
What are the snapheads like for casting? They look kinda heavy.
How have you formed the body, is it fur and flash in a dubbing loop?
Thanks :wink: :).
They're not that heavy - there's a lot more space inside than there is in a similarly sized conehead. That's the small size (the only size I use) -they can't be more than 0.5mm thick (don't quote me on that though, I haven't measured them with callipers :makefun). They're a lot more fun to cast than things with dumbell eyes, put it that way. Then there's also the "surf" version - they're made of aluminium and weigh relatively little at all, so may be more useful for stillwaters and the like. I've not tried the tungsten ones - they'd be more of a handful I should think.
The main issue I've had is with them snapping loose and rotating. This season I've tried fixing them in place with superglue (as before), but then drowning the lateral slots with SH Double Duty a few hours later.
The body's nothing fancy - just olive rabbit fur cut off a zonker strip (or soft hare's cheek fur) and a generous amount of pearl Litebrite or Icedub dubbed conventionally in a thick tight rope. Then absolutely thrashed with a bit of velcro, in the way you might scrub a badly soiled saucepan. A thread that won't fray e.g. Powersilk helps there.
Cheers,
.D.
Thanks for that.
Quote from: .D. on March 28, 2009, 06:16:29 PM
The body's nothing fancy - just olive rabbit fur cut off a zonker strip (or soft hare's cheek fur) and a generous amount of pearl Litebrite or Icedub dubbed conventionally in a thick tight rope. Then absolutely thrashed with a bit of velcro, in the way you might scrub a badly soiled saucepan. A thread that won't fray e.g. Powersilk helps there.
Might be nothing fancy, but the result looks very effective.
Couldn't help myself, I just had to have another play on the ghost theme :oops:
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/scot2flyfish/flies/Ghost-Buzzer.jpg)
Then it was a little "hat" fly for a friend... Or should I give it a run through the chalkstreams :devil;
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/scot2flyfish/flies/Popper.jpg)
About 10 or 15 mins. My desk and me looked like an add for the Sony bravia tv's after all the trimming was done!
That was my first attempt at tying such a large (3/0) stacked deer hair "fly"
QuoteWhen the hit comes, the only question will be is it a big pike, big troot or big perch
Or a big sunken wall :)
Some seriously well tied flies on this thread guys. I've not posted anything :roll:
Firstly I've not been tying and secondly I'm not posting my rubbish alongside the likes of the rest of you real fly tiers :)
Alex
QuoteI can see it doing severe damage on the likes of my lavvie pan!
:lol: :lol: :lol: Brilliant, John. It took a minute for the penny to drop...
Alex
Quote from: Bandy Catcher on March 29, 2009, 01:30:12 AM
It's a wild broon fishery Col.
John
I take it you practice C&R in your pishery John. Those big brownies might take a bit of time to marinade.
Alex
Quote from: scotfly on March 29, 2009, 12:13:55 AM
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/scot2flyfish/flies/Popper.jpg)
should I give it a run through the chalkstreams :devil;
Why not Dennis, a stockie's a stockie for a' that. :D
But just to get back to the thread back on course before the point of it becomes lost in the toilet humour ? that?s a very nice fly. I take it you used marker pens to get the colour bands?
This is just getting ridiculous, you'll be calling it " the last of the Mohican's next ". :shock: :8)
Quote from: admin on March 29, 2009, 09:09:58 AM
Why not Dennis, a stockie's a stockie for a' that. :D
That be true!
Quote from: admin on March 29, 2009, 09:09:58 AM
I take it you used marker pens to get the colour bands?
All dyed deer hair Fred.
You loop a piece of deer hair round the thread and pull it into place.
Nothing wrong with that fly. Neat job and a good photie as well :8)
QuoteYour comments are appreciated guys.
John
John I'm sure that full box of Peter Ross Flees that you sent me will come good over the season ....still nice box of flees on show
cheers
Lures from last night which should put a smile on the face of a guy down South.
(http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd95/guest/IMG_0321.jpg)
Nice flees Black Don. I've found an orange headed lure does well on brownies, especially in peaty water.
Cheers
Paul
I've been stocking up on the big guns tonight. Foam beasties and sparkly woolly buggers.
Some big flies there Paul, you know what they say though - the bigger the fly the bigger the fish. I'm looking forward to the pictures of the firts 5lber on a wooly bugger :D
Norm
Nicely tied buggers Paul and Don. Great flies.
Thanks guys. I'd shit myself if I hooked a 5lber Norm. Unfortunatley big fly doesn't always mean big fish-I' ve had one trout so far this season,a skinny 9incher which took a big gold humungus.
cheers
Paul
Quote from: col on March 30, 2009, 10:41:01 PM
Snap!
:biglaugh; :biglaugh; :biglaugh;
is that a case of great minds?
Both nice flies guys.
Pete
little halfhog, trying to copy steven
but i got new camera so im messing about with it.......mick
Well done Mick, well tied. Did you notice Col and Brians peach muddlers. Sorry Col, although your fly is probably closest to the original, I do find Brian's fly a wee bit more fishy. My Ace of Spades as posted, caught one fish on my first tubing outing on Latch with wee Mick, so I have rested it for my foray to Shin this Wednesday. Am also tying some of Wee John Sinclairs Loch Maddys as I am sure they will be a success up that way. Will let you know how I fare.
Davie
Sorry Col that is not to say though that yours won't catch more fish. I look forward to the report, not that I am suggesting there will be any competition between youz two
:D
Davie
Peach muddlers equally good I'd say...what's the yarn you boys are using? And is there a peachy seal fur out there anywhere?
Tim
thanks davie, are we gonna have a peachy muddler compo, i think there both fish catchers and i love brians buzzers. good luck in shin wednesday davie its a big cold loch,i would try where the tirry comes in or maybe the tirry its self. im sure the maddys are worth a try but the ace of spades a cert.
it all depends on the weather on the day...... tight lines mick
bye the way tim you just missed garrys peachy seals fur, bonny colour too
dark claret,medium olive,and golden olive a snip at a fiver donation to the
forum...... youll need to be quicker.... cheers mick
Very nice to Col, I had forgotten about that fly - thanks :D
Saw I'd missed the seal fur :x need some claret too. Must concentrate harder. Will have to order the floss for now. Thanks for info.
Like the Corrie Killers. Will be needing to tie some of those before first trip North in June. Might not be just the thing for the chalkstreams though...
Tim
Brian,
I like the look of the Craftye Devil - reckon that it will do some damage on Drummond Loch - that's me off to the vice, via the OFTA website :D
Norm
Both nice looking Col, especially like the MB variant.
Quote from: Clan Ford on April 01, 2009, 08:42:00 PM
Brian,
I like the look of the Craftye Devil - reckon that it will do some damage on Drummond Loch - that's me off to the vice, via the OFTA website :D
Norm
OOOps Col,
.... Sorry, can't get my West Lothian Orkney bound anglers right - lucky buggers :D
Norm
Nice fly Brian. I have heard of that fly I but can't recall ever knowing the dressing. Still, you can't tie them all - can you?
Looks like ...
tail - red hackle fibres
body - yellow seals fur then peacock herl
hackle - red game
can't see a rib?
Quote from: Ian_M on April 01, 2009, 10:32:06 PM
Nice fly Brian. I have heard of that fly I but can't recall ever knowing the dressing. Still, you can't tie them all - can you?
Looks like ...
tail - red hackle fibres
body - yellow seals fur then peacock herl
hackle - red game
can't see a rib?
The original dressing from Stewart's book.
Tail - whisks from the scarlet breast feather of the golden pheasant
Tag - gold-coloured floss, mohair or seal's fur
Body - two strands of peacock sword feather
Rib - fine oval or round gold tinsel over tag and body
Hackle - Furnace (red/black) cock or hen
Nice one Sandy :D
The tag in the your picture is also a bit longer than the one in the picture in the book.
The Whaup asked about some flies I had seen in a fellow fisherman's box at the weekend. I have to say that I have never seen anything like these in the flesh and I was very taken with the style - so much so that I tied up a few for my next trip to the Clyde. This is one of the flies I saw although the materials may be different it's a size 16. The way these are fished is across and downstream, Ian said most of the takes come between 11 o'clock and 2 o'clock and then again as they come onto the dangle. The stoneflies had a slim wing tied flat and a very light hackle in front of the wing.
Interesting looking fly. Not the normal "style" of fly you would fish across and down. Obviously successful though, look forward to hearing how you get on with them.
I've never tried those old clyde-style flies before, interesting that they still have a following and obviously work.
They just don't seem to make any sense!
Hardly any body and a long, slim wing. Huh?!
Could it be that the wing actually represents the body of the insect??
Dave
Quote from: deergravy on April 02, 2009, 09:28:26 PM
I've never tried those old clyde-style flies before, interesting that they still have a following and obviously work.
They just don't seem to make any sense!
Hardly any body and a long, slim wing. Huh?!
Could it be that the wing actually represents the body of the insect??
Dave
I'd say that example is more akin to a Tummel tying than a Clyde one, because of the short body. On that example however, the body is more chunky than a Tummel style would be.
The Clyde flies have a standard length, but thin body and many, but not all, have that same upright wing.
Me? I don't bother with wings anymore :crap
Alex
Quote from: haresear on April 02, 2009, 09:55:08 PM
Me? I don't bother with wings anymore :crap
No surprise there then Alex, we all know your one of the "can't be arsed brigade" :lol: :lol: :lol:
Norm (fully paid up member CBAB)
Nice fish Mark well done! Nothing beats a good fish on the river. What did you get it on?
QuoteNo surprise there then Alex, we all know your one of the "can't be arsed brigade"
Norm (fully paid up member CBAB)
:lol: :lol: :lol:
Nice Clyde fish Mark. Looks longer than in the photos you sent me. Photoshop? :)
It looks a wee tad thin about the vent, but hell, I'd be very happy with that fish. How heavy do you reckon?
Also, where
exactly did you catch it, what time, what fly and what strength tippet? :)
Alex
One of the problems with a blown up fly unless you are very careful is that it doesn't look right! The body probably has about 4 layers of thread - which I know is about two too many. It does only have two turns of hackle and seen in it's natural size looks much lighter than in the picture. It's only a 16...
I'm going to give it a swim somewhere not too far from Lamington on Saturday afternoon if the weather's kind.
Quoteyes i was wearing my lucky underpants.
Which are? :)
Malcolm, I'm sure your fly will pass inspection by the circumspect Lamington trout. If they take mine, they will certainly take yours.
Alex
Nice one Buzz thats a cracker.I was up the Clyde on wednesday afternoon.Didn't get there til 2pm though.There was the odd olive coming off but only saw two single rises all afternoon.And caught bugger all.The river is pretty low.
cheers
Paul
keep them for a flat calm, whenever that happens....
Quote from: brian on April 04, 2009, 11:44:12 AM
Thanks Ardbeg :), I'll probably have another go at it though and try and get it closer to the original tying.
I tied up this fly this morning, bought some straggle chenille type stuff after being impressed by Garry's dabbler pattern.
Nice flee Brian,
I'm right into this style of fly at the moment and it's good to see different variations. I think it's great the way the Irish style of dabbler has a heavier dressing than what would be considered the norm but I like the more traditional Scottish style too.
Been up to my eyes in work recently but hope to get some more tyings done this week.
Quote from: guest on April 04, 2009, 11:48:18 PM
Been up to my eyes in work recently
glad to hear that Donald, not bad considering the state of the economy right now.
QuoteInspired by Roy Christies USD i decided to turn my bread and butter arse over tit.
Whadya think?
Looks good Mark. I'm sure it will land right way up, because of the CDC. Can I suggest that you tie the tails further round the bend just to make sure? I also find that a curved shank helps USD flies land correctly.
I may have said this before, but my easy USD is just to tie a normal fly and twist the dessing round the hookshank after tying it :) How lazy is that?
Alex
QuoteI tied it first on a full curved hook and was not convinced they way it sat in the proverbial pint glass.
Try the Partridge Klinkhamer hooks. Mark. They land and sit nicely. They are fine for quite big dries down to a medium olive type size, but when it gets to BWOs, well you would need a size 26 Partridge and I think they only do them down to an 18.
Alex
cracking flies guys, think ill stick to easy ones........
couple of joeys out of ff%ft.... cheers mick
Hello guys. Really enjoying all these flies. You have set some real high standards there with some quality tyings.I 've not posted on this thread for a wee while now but I still have been tying regularly. I've just been too lazy to photograph and post them. Thought it was time I started posting again. Here are a couple I tied this evening........
Nice looking flies there Clan Chief, very tidy.
Lovely flees Clan Chief.
The first one seems similar to the Black Dabbler I posted recently.
What do you call them? Is the second a Doobry type flee ?
No names for them. They are just the style of flees I enjoy tying. I just like to to try different colour combinations. The first fly is I suppose a dabbler style. When ever I have tied this style in the past I normally tied bronze mallard on top then underneath. On this occasion for the first I tied in a bunch of mallard at the front pointing away from the fly. Then when Ive tied the body ,hackle rib etc I pull the mallard back top, bottom and both sides. That one turned out ok. The trick is to get equal amounts of fibres all the way around the fly.
I'm most impressed at the proportions if you used the cloak forward first method Chief. Nice to see you enjoy tying this type of fly. They're favourites of mine too since I kindof got the method right. :8)
Quote from: Clan Chief on April 07, 2009, 11:36:48 PM
Hello guys. Really enjoying all these flies. You have set some real high standards there with some quality tyings.
Got to agree with these sentiments. I think this thread is one of the best over the many forums I visit. I'm constantly amazed at the quality displayed.
I love this thread.
My first attempts at parachute hackle flies.
(http://i651.photobucket.com/albums/uu233/arsebadger/PICT1628.jpg?t=1239290263)
(http://i651.photobucket.com/albums/uu233/arsebadger/PICT1631.jpg?t=1239290374)
I am new to fly tying, wish I had done this over the winter.
Here's my firts attempts, all constructive critisim welcome.
(http://i408.photobucket.com/albums/pp162/clansman1314/Kate1.jpg)
(http://i408.photobucket.com/albums/pp162/clansman1314/Geo1.jpg)
Clansman,
These flies will catch as many fish as any sent into FF+FT magazine for a competition.
Keep at it, the tidiness improves with time.
Quote from: admin on April 09, 2009, 11:17:00 PM
Keep at it, the tidiness improves with time.
And then the catch rate goes down :roll:
Keep at it clansman, it great to catch fish on your own flies.
Norm
They'll catch, and that moment when the first fish hits your first home tied fly will be very, very special.
Tim
Today has been an Ammonite day....
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g8/scotfly/New%20Flies%20and%20Ideas/DSCF7807.jpg)
And a play on the Rhyacophila theme....
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g8/scotfly/New%20Flies%20and%20Ideas/DSCF7809.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g8/scotfly/New%20Flies%20and%20Ideas/DSCF7811.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g8/scotfly/New%20Flies%20and%20Ideas/DSCF7810.jpg)
Gee-sus Dennis,
That first one would work well on Doine. Heavily weighted mind. :wink: :D
Never mind this ammonite stuff I just call them all shell back scuds.
Nice flees, very impressed as always. :8)
Scotfly
All amazing! (as usual) I really like the first one in particular - looks cracking.
Pete
Its the bottom one that I think might do the business for me. Nice and slim and a bit untidy fuzzy.
Great flies as ever.
Norm
Dubbed thorax flexifloss dark olive Klink
Tying time, approx 4 minutes.
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Quote from: col on April 10, 2009, 09:07:48 PM
Partridge?
Partridge15BN Klinkhamer hook. Size 18 - that's about the same size as a 12 in normal hooks.............they are meat hooks, but they do make a nice Klink
They are quite fine wire, so I hope they are OK with bigger fish.
errrrr...Why ammonite?
dennis them flies are superb.....
that first one just looks brilliant,
mick
Quote from: zeolite on April 10, 2009, 11:33:45 PM
errrrr...Why ammonite?
Afraid you'll have to ask Steve Thornton, the originator, that one.
A few more Ammonites in different colours and trying some different body materials.
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/scot2flyfish/flies/Ammonites.jpg)
And I couldn't resist a baby one :roll: Tiemco 2487 #22
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/scot2flyfish/flies/baby.jpg)
works of art dennis... mick
Amazing stuff there,Scotfly. Brilliant photography too.
I have temporarily opened up this thread to the wide world just so others can get some idea what topics on a real fishng forum look like. :biglaugh;
As I sat at the vice today tying up some more Ammonite nymphs my thoughts wandered as to alternative materials for them. I had done a few with Thin skin and Flexibody, and few with Nymph skin and Latex. There wasn't a lot of choice left when I spotted a packet of Lureflash Neon Edge (Neo Orange) which I bought on a whim about 10 or 12 years ago and had never used, hmm, that has possibilities. It's quite thick I'd better do this one on a bigger hook.........
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/scot2flyfish/flies/Neos.jpg)
HOOK - Partridge Czech Nymph #10
THREAD - Red Roman Moser Power Silk
BODY/THORAX COVER - Lureflash Neon Edge
LEGS - Partridge
THORAX - Red Hare's Ear/Seal's Fur Blend.
The back of the body and thorax cover are coloured with a brown permanent marker after tying and the thorax cover is coated with Loon Hard Head.
Whilst I'm tying this one my mind is wandering toward other uses. Plastic Copper (?) John variation maybe.....
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/scot2flyfish/flies/Neos1.jpg)
HOOK - TMC 5262 #14
THREAD - Red Roman Moser Power Silk
TAIL - 2 Orange Goose Biots
BODY/THORAX COVER - Lureflash Neon Edge
LEGS - Partridge
THORAX - Red Hare's Ear/Seal's Fur Blend.
The back of the body and thorax cover are coloured with a brown permanent marker after tying and the thorax cover is coated with Loon Hard Head.
Then I start thinking about how I could incorporate it into a soft hackle and some of the techniques and material use that Hans Wielenmann has been showing elsewhere in his "produce" range sprang to mind. 8-)
So with a little thought and a lot of inspiration from Hans, my original thoughts finally evolved into the.....
NEO
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/scot2flyfish/flies/Neos2.jpg)
HOOK - Aiken Fine Wire Eyed Hook #10
THREAD - Red Roman Moser Power Silk
HACKLE - Red Game Hen
BODY - Tying Silk
RIB - Neo Orange Neon Edge (1mm strip cut with a scalpel)
THORAX - Red Seal's Fur (inserted into a split thread dubbing loop)
Works of art Dennis. I'd be too worried I lost them to fish with them! :D
Nice flees Ardberg, I particularly like the dirty duster. :8)
Don't worry about the durability of the 17/0, I've used it quite a bit and have had no problems.
Those are nice Ardbeg. I like the way you illustrated the light V dark underbody.
I tend to be lazy at times (all the time) and don't change thread for different flies, but change the flexifloss instead. Your flies tell me I should be using my brain a bit more.
Alex
And funnily enough I've been on the DHE's today too. Not as neat as Ardbergs, but they'll do me.
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/scot2flyfish/flies/DHE.jpg)
QuoteThe only reason i changed threads is because that's the only colour of flexifloss I've got. Skinning cats springs to mind.
Aye Steve, skinning cats is right enough, but there are definite diffeences in the effects gained from using various underbodies V different coloured flexifloss. I don't bother too much about colour most of the time, but I like to have a close match or two for those special fish (no, not the breaded ones :)).
Alex
Quote from: Ardbeg on April 13, 2009, 01:08:55 AM
Alex, I might try a yellow and get something in the middle. I was quite surprised just how much a difference there was.
I will add, they were wrapped under a fair bit of tension so the flexi floss will be pretty thin over the under thread. It's the first time I've used it, I actually bought the stuff for legs for Chernobyl ant type flees. It's really good stuff to work with.
Cheers
Ardbeg
Talking of skinning cats, you can get clear flexifloss too. It gets confusing :)
You are right Steve, flexifloss is great to work with as long as you keep the tension on. I particularly like it for sunk abdomen flies as it is so skinny and pierces the surface film much better than dubbed bodies.
Alex
Quote from: haresear on April 13, 2009, 01:28:24 AM
I particularly like it for sunk abdomen flies as it is so skinny and pierces the surface film much better than dubbed bodies.
That's interesting I have avoided it for sunk abdomen flies because I thought it wouldn't ? without trying it of course.
Quote from: admin on April 13, 2009, 07:54:14 AM
That's interesting I have avoided it for sunk abdomen flies because I thought it wouldn't ? without trying it of course.
If you think about it, dubbed bodies have a greater surface area, so it is harder for them to penetrate the surface film.
Alex
Quote from: haresear on April 14, 2009, 01:57:00 AM
If you think about it, dubbed bodies have a greater surface area, so it is harder for them to penetrate the surface film.
Alex
That's true, but I thought dubbed bodies could be made to hold water thus sink but flexifloss bodies would not and would float due to surface tension. As I said I did not try it, always just used it for duns.
Davy,
Nice flees and a nice piece of Oak to boot if I'm not mistaken.
You're putting my Pirannha pine effort stand to shame. When I get time, I'll acquire nice piece of Ash for the next one.
:8)
A couple of spiders...
Morpheus
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/scot2flyfish/flies/Morpheus.jpg)
Ice
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/scot2flyfish/flies/Ice.jpg)
Morpheus looks deadly. :shock:
How about adding a bit of red to it?
Good idea Fred. I'll have a play tonight.
Which one Fred?
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/scot2flyfish/flies/Fred.jpg)
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/scot2flyfish/flies/Fred-2.jpg)
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/scot2flyfish/flies/Fred-3.jpg)
I like the first one.
Nice looking fly.
Could you give me the recipe? Looks like it would be a killer on Tiree.
Col when are you trying Orkney?
Am toying with a wee trip there the first week in June.
Sandy B.O.
Cheers col.
I'll get some of them tied up for the summer.
Tight lines up there Col,
I'll be interested to hear how it fishes this early - might be warming up nicely there now.
Are you sticking to the mainland lochs?
I found snatchers very productive last year even for the Silver tourists. If its cold may be well worth giving them a go. May need to tie in a wee bit of JC just to spice them up a bit.
Sandy B.O.
Some really beautiful flies there.
I noticed that Mr McP has a new flee on his youtube site. Very nice. A Stimulator.
So I thought I would as I normally do have a go at tying something similar with what I had at hand. Here is the result. Not a stimulator I must stress but something created vaguely with one in mind.
Nice flee CC it should do the biz
Nice Stimi Type CC. Try it during a caenis hatch :o
Some Shrimps for me tonight.
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/scot2flyfish/flies/Parasitised-Shrimp-1.jpg)
Quote from: Ardbeg on April 17, 2009, 02:06:13 AM
Nice shrimp, but it is very long of leg, is this an advantage do you think?
Nope, just bad judgement... I always make them tooooooo long. :oops: But the fish don't seem to mind :lol: So I don't lose sleep over it.
I have seen shrimp patterns where the legs are trimmed level with the bend of the hook.
Just messing about with some materials
(http://i408.photobucket.com/albums/pp162/clansman1314/deerhair.jpg)
Thats a great looking fly, nice and shaggy and leggy looking.
Im sure it will catch plenty of trout.
cheers
Paul
like that. You are certainly getting better all the time bruv.
Another one for a Caenis hatch,eh! Scotfly? :roll:
Quote from: Clan Chief on April 18, 2009, 12:39:27 PM
Another one for a Caenis hatch,eh! Scotfly? :roll:
I've had great success with a Stimi during caenis hatches, so you never know the yellowyorangish just might do it too. :roll:
I was in a traditional mood today....
Stewart's Black Spider
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/scot2flyfish/flies/Stewarts-Black.jpg)
HOOK - Kamasan B160 #16
THREAD - Brown Pearsal's (waxed with cobblers wax)
HACKLE - Starling
Hare Lug and Plover
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/scot2flyfish/flies/Hare-Lug-and-Plover.jpg)
HOOK - Drennan Traditional Wet Fly - #16
THREAD - Brown Pearsal's
HACKLE - Golden Plover
TAG - Fine Flat Gold
RIB - Fine Gold Wire
BODY - Hare's Ear ( Dark hare taken from the tip of the ear)
Dark Watchet (Pritt)
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/scot2flyfish/flies/Dark-Watchet.jpg)
HOOK - Drennan Traditional Wet Fly #14
THREAD - Orange Pearsal's
HACKLE - Jackdaw (neck)
BODY - Orange and Purple Silk, twisted together and touch dubbed with mole.
Great stuff Dennis. I notice the Stewart's Black Spider has been hackled the correct way.
these are a couple of dennis,s blushing buzzers.....
the trout love them, ive put a suspender ball on top, in a midge hatch there brilliant
the tyings not great because ive had to make a heap of them...
the trout tear them to bits, especially the suspender buzzer, thats just hammered
go tie some up guys... size 14... you wont be disappointed... cheers mick
Quote from: wee bri on April 23, 2009, 12:50:32 AM
I recently bought a full Partridge skin but to be honest if I wanted to tie a Partridge and and Orange for example, I wouldn't know which feather to use.
I can see all sorts of possibillities with the mottled breast and wing reathers for hackling wet flies but after that I'm lost.
I know it's a big ask but if you are up to it is there any chance you could do a run down on the actual parts of the birds concerned for tying flies like the Harelug and Plover, Snipe and Purple and other traditional river wet flies.
Cheers........wee bri......
Bri, sorry I haven't got back to you sooner on this one, had a lot on/happening the last few weeks.
Basically you can use all the feathers on a skin. The best hackles for smaller flies will generally come from the neck area and the base of the wings. After that it's just a case of selecting the hackle according to the size of the hook. The hackles that are too large for conventional hackling can be used for tailing and false hackles, or you can tear the fibres off and tie them in over the eye, then fold back to form the hackle. Similar to tying Dabblers.
tied a few of these today
My preferred LDO pattern:
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An F-fly with a dubbed thorax/head.
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Haven't seen an Iron Blue Dun yet this year :(.
.D.
I like them .D. ,
What material is the loop wing in the LDO?
Norm
Thanks,
It's the Niche Products poly yarn, but McFlylon works just as well on a 14. Or Aero Drywing: I actually prefer that in the paler grey they do for Pale wateries etc in smaller sizes.
PS - I usually just dub the whipping knot on that particular F-fly - rather than leave a visible head. I forgot to do that on the one above :?.
Cheers,
.D.
Foam bodied daddy
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Col,
After my experiences in New Zealand and having recently read a book by Lou Stevens about fly fishing for all types of freshwater fish I am more and more of the mind that terrestrials are the answer to summer?s so called ? dog days? . Certainly when fishing the likes of the Caithness lochs in summer and autumn daddies, hoppers etc seemed to do the business.
we're not after making models :D
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first attempt at a detached foam body parachute mayfly.
Thats a fine looking model fly.
Quote from: Ian_M on May 03, 2009, 12:29:15 PM
Thats a fine looking model fly.
ee bah goom lad yer in trooble now :D
Quotewe're not after making models
I try to keep this sentiment in mind whem my dismal efforts at the vice don't meet my expectation.
We have some very good tiers on this forum and it's great to see their efforts.
Quote from: admin on May 03, 2009, 11:30:00 AM
Col,
After my experiences in New Zealand and having recently read a book by Lou Stevens about fly fishing for all types of freshwater fish I am more and more of the mind that terrestrials are the answer to summer?s so called ? dog days? . Certainly when fishing the likes of the Caithness lochs in summer and autumn daddies, hoppers etc seemed to do the business.
I don't use specific terrestrial patterns anywhere near as much as I think I should.
Here's one (tied today) I tried once or twice last year, Scott Sanchez'
Mega Beetle:
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(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u178/_d_07/2009/megabeetle2.jpg)
I quite like it - it looks quite stupid, but it always floats the right way up. Easier to see, and quicker to tie than some.
Looks as much like a fly as a beetle, but hey...
we're not after makin' models.
Cheers,
.D.
.D. how did you tie in the hackle?
After dubbing the underbody , everything happens on the spot.
Tie in the foam body with quite a few thread wraps , then tie in the legs (Madam X style), then tie in the foam indicator. Then secure the hackle stem in the gap between the tie -down points for the legs and the indicator. Wrap a few turns of hackle round the base of the indicator foam and then....
....secure the hackle with a couple of turns round the shank (not the post), going through the two halves of the foam post. Then take the thread to the eye and do the whip finish there.
A bit of superglue before dubbing the underbody helps stop everything rotating round the shank. I put a little dab more on the underside of the bit where everything is tied down too, on completion.
Cheers,
.D.
Inspired by the grand efforts of our forum members I eventually dragged myself to the vice. Now the last time I tied would be August 2008 or thereabouts so fingers are a bit rusty. I have really liked the quill body flies tied I think mainly by Col so decided to have a go at these.
The first is tied with the stripped stalk of a ginger hackle. The second with the shorts side of a goose primary wing feather and the last with claret flexifloss. Getting started is the hard part, so I'm up and running.
They're great Ian, you wouldn't think you hadn't tied in a while.
I especially like the first one,it would make a good olive emerger.
Keep 'em comin.
cheers
Paul
Quotei would never have thought about putting the deerhair wing that way round on a curved hook
Never thought much about the wing, I was just keen to try the quill bodies. It's something I like the look of. I also like the flexifloss material. Years ago I used to tie bodies with elastic taken from golf balls. An underbody of fluo floss gave some nice effects.
Quote from: .D. on May 03, 2009, 07:39:50 PM
Here's one (tied today) I tried once or twice last year, Scott Sanchez' Mega Beetle:
.D.
what functionality does that hackle have?
Quote from: admin on May 05, 2009, 09:41:33 PM
.D.
what functionality does that hackle have?
That's exactly what I thought. I assumed it was to represent some sort of wing but doubt it would make much difference to a trout's view from beneath.
cheers
Paul
I thought it might just be a parachute to help land the fly the right way up? They certainly do when you chuck 'em up in the air. Just tied a few tonight.
Ahh, I never thought of that.
Attempts at the Irish Dressing of the Goats Toe as discussed on the Goats Toe thread here http://www.wildfisher.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=9928.0 .
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The link Ardbeg posted said it was a simple pattern, I'd disagree. It may be just that I was tying it on too small a hook as the 10's turned out better than the twelves and they all looked better on the bench than in the photo's which aren't too great as they don't even show up the red body and peacock herl which is there.
I tried tying the Ilen Blue feather in using different methods. Winding was no use on the hooks I used as the feathers were too long. What seemed to work best was tying in dabbler style with the feathers pointing forward before being pulled back.
It would be good if someone of better ability than me was to do an S.B.S. on this or point me in the right direction.
I've read discussion on it but can't find an S.B.S. I'll post a copy of this on the Goats Toe thread too if o.k.
Donald.
Gave my bench a tidy this week, weeks of tying a few of these and few of those left it covered with bits of this and that.. Z-lon, Sparkle yarn, Cock and Hen hackles, various bits of dubbing, etc, etc!
Normally most of it ends up in the bin, but for a change I thought I'll use it instead of binning it. All these from bits and pieces on the bench!
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g8/scotfly/New%20Flies%20and%20Ideas/Bench-crap.jpg)
To confirm :):
"Visibility is an issue with a flush-floating black fly, and indicators are a good solution to the problem. The foam indicator on the Mega Beetle also doubles as a platform for a parachute hackle. One problem many foam flies have is a tendency to land on their sides or backs. The parachute hackle adds enough air resistance to make the fly land right side up most of the time......"
I sometimes slot a few fibres of poly yarn into the crease in the indicator too. Like most foam flies it does float pretty low in the water. On that note, the parachute hackle is visible to a trout from below. How significant that is, who knows?
Cheers,
.D.
PA
Michty me that's a dry fly! Your first? You should fish it on a wetcel 2 with a downstream mend and you'll be fine.
Quote from: piscatus absentis on May 08, 2009, 10:49:27 PM
I like mighty flees Malcolm. You should see some of my sedges. Big troot like big mouthfuls.
That's what my Dad says too. :8)
Very nice col, especially like the second one.
Just tied this
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Here's a couple of flies I tied today
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I had a patch of partridge skin complete with small hackles on the bench just itching to be used!
All tied on Kamasan B160 #14's
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g8/scotfly/New%20Flies%20and%20Ideas/Partridge-and.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g8/scotfly/New%20Flies%20and%20Ideas/Partridge-and-1.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g8/scotfly/New%20Flies%20and%20Ideas/Partridge-and-2.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g8/scotfly/New%20Flies%20and%20Ideas/Partridge-and-3.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g8/scotfly/New%20Flies%20and%20Ideas/Partridge-and-4.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g8/scotfly/New%20Flies%20and%20Ideas/Partridge-and-5.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g8/scotfly/New%20Flies%20and%20Ideas/Partridge-and-6.jpg)
Some more spiders. This time using Fieldfare, a recent purchase from Mr Cookshill.
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g8/scotfly/New%20Flies%20and%20Ideas/Fieldfare-and.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g8/scotfly/New%20Flies%20and%20Ideas/Fieldfare-and-1.jpg)
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Another recent purchase was a Curlew skin. Yes, that's right, even more spiders. :8)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g8/scotfly/New%20Flies%20and%20Ideas/Curlew-and.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g8/scotfly/New%20Flies%20and%20Ideas/Curlew-and-1.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g8/scotfly/New%20Flies%20and%20Ideas/Curlew-and-2.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g8/scotfly/New%20Flies%20and%20Ideas/Curlew-and-3.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g8/scotfly/New%20Flies%20and%20Ideas/Curlew-and-4.jpg)
Hope I'm not being nosey Scotfly but were these flies tied from existing patterns or ones you created yourself. It was just the fact that you had used Curlew and Fieldfare and I was wondering if these are used in more flies as I've never seen them in any patterns before.
Nice flees BTW. What's the idea of the straight eye ?
Not being nosey at all Don, what little knowledge I have is for sharing.
None of them are existing patterns, that I know of! I was just playing with the different feathers using a combination of materials that I know will work, covering sedge, BWO's and needle flies.
There are loads of old patterns using Fieldfare and Curlew. Some from the likes of Pritt and Edmonds and Lee.
No ideas with the straight eye, I was just tying on a variety of hooks and one I used just happened to be a straight eyed one, Tiemco 2499SPBL.
Quote from: col on May 23, 2009, 10:40:00 AM
ive been doing a few spiders with a few turns of fine peacock herl myself lately!
A touch of Peacock Herl can work wonders. Don't know why exactly, but fish seem to love it.
Tonight I have mostly been tying foam terrestrials based on a pattern I saw on the "other" forum.
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I hope to get some action on the wee red ants in particular. Fished a Rannoch Moor lochan late last season and there were flying red ants everywhere-the trout were going daft for them.
Nice spiders Col. :8) Not sure that I like the glister on them though, looks a bit course for the size of fly. But that's just my opinion and the fish have given you theirs already, so I know which one will count! :lol:
I can see what scotfly means, and although I like the glister, it looks much better on the olive version for some reason. Only my opinion though.
Can't beat a bit sparkle :8)
Norm
having seen the effectiveness of the brown one i am tying them up right now :8)
cheers Garry
I think these wire flies might sometimes pass for spent egg laying Baetis spinners. I don't think a little bit of sparkle is too out of place as a catchlight in that context - the wings can show a bit of sparkle. Maybe you should try some with pearly mylar dubbing too for the live ones - to simulate the trapped air .
I really like that body Col, with the dubbing poking out between the wire. Is it mole?
What is the thinking in tying the glister at the head of the fly?I think it's more aesthetically pleasing to have it behind the hackle.
cheers
Paul
Quote from: col on May 26, 2009, 05:16:35 PM
Heres one with a bit pearl for the head,
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I will gives all these "glister" flies a good trial down the river when i get a chance and let you know how they get on, the brown/peacock glister managed a few fish lastnight, definitely no substitute for the real peacock herl , but it does offer another option in the flybox. Its catching my eye just now as the rivers carrying a wee bit more colour at the moment after last weeks rain.
Col
Like it :). The mole may well trap some air too - must try it. The one I've used has pearl Ice Dub mixed in with a wee bit of hare behind a very spare partridge hackle - and copper brown UTC wire. I doubt if it makes much difference which side of the hackle the dubbing / head is - it may pass for part of the thorax either way?
.D.
The Klinkhopper Special ......... :D
This is a BIG fly .... Partridge 15BN size 12
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Tied a few of these tonight
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Quote from: Bandy Catcher on June 01, 2009, 12:56:44 PM
That's an unusual pattern, Clansman. Is it a 'known' pattern or just one made up by yourself?
John
Bandy
It is my attempt at a caddis emerger which is on peatymann site
Here's a link to his site
http://www.youtube.com/user/PeatyMann
George
You're really getting into those wire spiders Col -very nice and I see they've been producing the goods for you.
Tied a few -
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Peach muddlers and half-hogs courtesy of xxx's superb seals fur.
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Buzzers
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Gi-normous foam things including monstrous Chernobyl Ants and Green Hoppers.
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Some sedgy/mayflee type LS bumbles with pale teal breast hackles.
Cheers,
Ian
Oops - not "xxx's" seals fur but GarryH's brilliantly dyed seals fur.
Ian
Having recently rediscovered stripped peacock herl
a wee buzzer
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a quill bodied irish cormorant a la peaty mann
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Quote from: Bandy Catcher on June 07, 2009, 03:48:34 PM
Oh shite Col, that's another fly I'll have to tie. :lol:
Off to Orkney in a few weeks, so I'm tying for that using some of the patterns from the OFTA site. It should be interesting to tie some of them, as many are new to me. An easy one, for me, to start with though - a green hedgehog.
Anybody got any good Orkney patterns?
John
Norski Lad and variants especially at depth on Harray. Might try tying a couple tonight.
Col what is the tail on that? Like the look of the cdc. Will give it a try.
Pete
I really like the CDC legs on that one Col.
It occurs to me they won't impede the sinking rate of the nymph as say partridge would, but will still "fluff up" and be more mobile than other materials when dead drifting. I'll definitely incorporate CDC legs into some of my nymphs.
Alex
Quote from: col on June 11, 2009, 10:33:44 PM
The thig i like about them Alex is the ammount of air bubbles trapped in the feather structure of the cdc fibres when sunk, looks like it could be a good trigger.
Col
Mmmm maybe. I'm not sure about that and to be honest I'm not sure that air bubbles are a good thing for most flies, corixae excepted. Maybe hatching buzzers too, but I'm not so sure about deep nymphs.
I usually drop my experimental flies into a water-filled pyrex dish for viewing from below and the side. Often the hook bend (especially barbed hooks) traps a big air bubble and I struggle to think how that can look natural.
Any thoughts anyone?
Alex
Cheers John. This would be a suitable time to take this to another thread I suppose...
If I had any idea how to split the posts etc I would, but I don't so I'll just start a thread in, let me see... fly tying.
QuoteWhat happens if you stir the water in the dish?
I get dizzy :)
Nae idea P.A., but I doubt if the bubble would disappear. I'll be (rarely for me) tying flies over the next fortnight, so I'll let you know.
Alex
I have been meaning to get some deer hair in a lighter shade, found on Saturday that it can be quite difficult to spot a darkish roe deer wing on the water.
Do have some Elk hair but felt gave quite a coarse wing. Will give the tying suggested a shot.
Cheers,
Robbie
That look very buggy, sure the fish will find it irresistable :fish;
Robbie
Very nice Buzz - like that. Sure the troots will too.
Ian
Don't think we have a tube fly on this thread yet, so as I was tying up some of last nights successful lure, thought I'd
give yo a peek.
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Its a half inch aluminium tube, artic fox tail wing with a bit flash, black hen hackle and a bit jungle cock.
Norm
Looks like you're filling a box for a trip John?? Where you off to then? Eitherb that or it's a clear-oot. Nice emergers BTW.
Cheers.
Ian
Aha ! Hope you have a good one John - me I'm on the count down to another trip to N Sutherland in 3 weeks.
Like that one Col - gonna tie up a few variants for gloaming sessions in the far north.
Cheers,
Ian
Quote from: Bandy Catcher on June 27, 2009, 01:09:33 PM
WHB - I tried your tying for the Ronald. It's probably not right, but it'll catch fish for sure.
Disappointing John, that's got a lot of Peter Ross in it.............................. :tongue2
Can't get out fishing so tied up a few of these.
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Cracking flees Donald, your tying really has come on leaps and bounds.
Quote from: admin on June 27, 2009, 05:25:21 PM
Cracking flees Donald, your tying really has come on leaps and bounds.
Thanks Fred. Better tools and materials play their part with a bit of practice thrown in. Still plenty of room for improvement though.
Quote from: Bandy Catcher on June 11, 2009, 12:46:14 AM
Thanks Don
I'll be tying some of them too. If you show me yours then I'll show you mine. :shock: :lol:
John
Merkister Maid. ( some material variations )
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Varies from the original pattern in that I had to use what I had but kindof the same. Not up to the standards of the originator but it was a first attempt. The tail could've been a bit shorter. Di 7 and work the flee well. Apparently these sometimes get fished four at a time with very good results :shock: .
Still hoping that I might come across a few more sea trout...
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A Snake Fly.
Norm
tied a few of these .rubber legged copper johns,sort of a cross between a prince nymph,Cols brown wire nymph, with rubber legs .cant fail!!
how many times have i said that to myself :lol: :lol: i may sneak off and give them a try later if the wife turns her back long enough.
cheers Garry
Some lovely looking flies been appearing of late. :8)
I've not had much time for tying of late, but since some of my more successful dries this season were getting low, I thought it was time to catch up a little!
Beginning with some iwi's..
Top right is tied on the Partridge Klinkhamer Extreme 15BNX, a hook I'm becoming very fond of.
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g8/scotfly/New%20Flies%20and%20Ideas/ContactSheet-001.jpg)
hi Col its tan and black barred rubber legs.tested them last night and had a few and lost a good fish on them.
cheers Garry
Tied up these mega balloon caddis tonight.My intention was to tie them mainly for use as a very visible indicator fly when fishing NZ style, but I reckon they'll also take trout when fished just as big dries. The body and wing are mcflylon,so combined with the foam they should be unsinkable.
Cheers Col,
Lakeland Fly Tying have all colours of McFlylon in stock just now.
Paul
Still catching up, this time on some Uffe's Killer Variants....
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QuoteTied up these mega balloon caddis tonight.My intention was to tie them mainly for use as a very visible indicator fly when fishing NZ style, but I reckon they'll also take trout when fished just as big dries. The body and wing are mcflylon,so combined with the foam they should be unsinkable.
Those should float like corks Paul and I'm sure they will take fish. As fluttering sedge imitations they should do fine.
Alex
On a mid-season fly-tying roll at the moment.
Enjoying tying with foam,it's nice and easy to use. Mega Beetles tonight:
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Also tied some wire spider, nymphy things. Very Col-esque I think :)
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Attempted some prince nymphs too, but I need some more practice at them.
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I'm using evazote sheets Col. I followed .D. 's tying sequence and sliced a wee layer off as they are a bit too thick to begin with.
Can't wait to get out on a burn or loch and see what the trout think of them.Roll on the weekend!
cheers
Paul
Any variety packs of foam I've bought have been shite Col. The foam has been pretty compact and not floated well.
I know I sound like an advert for them, but Lakeland Flytying sell sheets of Rainy's evazote for ?1.20, so it's not too expensive to get a few different colours,they have really fast delivery too.I have no affiliation to this company!
cheers
Paul
Paul, do you find that the Rainy's Evazote floats quiet well?
This lot do sheets by Veniard at ?1:50.
http://www.theessentialfly.com/fly-tying-foam-products/closed-cell-foam-sheet.html
A few Griffiths Gnats, 21-24's. Never be without them!
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This one on a Partridge Vincent Marinaro Midge Hook, #24.
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Scott, I also like fishing my griffiths gnats, they definitly catch fish and float like a cork.
I was wondering if it might be a good idea to trim the hackles to clear the hook barb to improve hookups on the really smaller sizes, anyone ever try this
QuoteI was wondering if it might be a good idea to trim the hackles to clear the hook barb to improve hookups on the really smaller sizes, anyone ever try this
On sizes 18 or 20 down I do this often Southfly. In fact on really prickly hackles I make a judgement on each fly, irrespective of size.
Alex
Quote from: SouthFly on July 09, 2009, 12:31:20 AM
I was wondering if it might be a good idea to trim the hackles to clear the hook barb to improve hookups on the really smaller sizes, anyone ever try this
I mostly do, but always leave the option till I'm at the bankside.
Hi Southfly,
Yep, it floats pretty well.
Cheers
Paul
Col, the Griffiths is an awesome fly not only for the midges, I'm sure that they also take them for a general terrestrial.
On the Water of Leith today they definitely saved me from a blank, will post a fishing report later tonight
where do you get these wee hooks Dennis?
I've had the Partridge ones for a while Fred, I'm not sure who stocks them now.
There are plenty of "midge" hooks out there though such as....
Tiemco 100/101 down to 26's
Tiemco 518 - 28 - 32
Kamasan B401/B410 Down to 20's
Varivas Ultra Midge Hook - 20' to 30's
All are good, but the Tiemco 100/101's are probably the most user friendly. (they have quite a long shank)
Another with a good shank length is the Grip 11911BL that are available down to size 24, I used this hook to tie the tiny G&H sedge that I posted.
They have just become available in the UK and priced a little better than the Tiemco
Where about do you get the grip hooks?
Norm
Either ... http://www.flytyingboutique.com/Store/results.asp?category=11
Or ... http://www.britnett-carver.co.uk/flyonly/prods/pc23.html
Got mine through the fly tying boutique and was delivered nice and quick (perfect for my trip yesterday to the WOL).
The Grip 11011BL is also a very nice hook, use to use it quiet a bit back in SA
There's a wee bit of everything in that one Col! Looks very fishy and should do well for you.
What a thread! :shock:
1104 posts! :shock: :shock:
41068 views! :shock: :shock: :shock:
What a great forum this is. It's not just open to just any old Tom, Dick or Harry though! :biglaugh;
Not contributed to this thread for a while . Just wait till the close season. In the meantime one from last night.......
tied this one last night
I've been replenishing my supplies of some essential patterns this morning.
Even more mega-beetles.I've been tying them pretty big and then trimming them bankside to whatever shape and size I need.I've used up all my black ones lately by trimming the foam into a narrow heather fly shape,the trout have been loving them.
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Bibios.Need I say more.Deadly.
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Span-flex bodied emergers.These emergers are my go-to river fly.I think they look best with a stripped peacock herl body, but the herl gets trashed after a few fish,even when varnished.The span-flex is a bit more durable and looks quite segmented too.
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Foam Daddies.These are just a couple of experiments.One style fishes up-side down,the other the right way up.They'll probably be a nightmare for line twist.
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Good lookin' flees Paul. Is the black foam on your beetles ethafoam block cut down or some other type of foam?
Cheers John,
The foam is Rainey's Evazote.You can buy sheets of it from lakeland fly tying.
Paul
Cheers for that Paul. Good to see you're giving me a run for my money in the skiving at work comp. Checking wee Maggies' book in at the PC my arrrsse! :D
Oi i'm off sick :?
Aye Col the orange posts come in handy often.I used to worry about the bright colour putting the fish off, but I've had decent fish from the Clyde on them in low water conditions-I reckon that's a pretty good test.
cheers
Paul
Here?s a fly I have been working on for a while.
The ?Paradad?
Classic Daddy patterns have several disadvantages. They sit low in the water, can be hard to see, and life is far too short to be knotting pheasant tail fibres. I also think rubber legs are a kind of ?super trigger?, very mobile and better for that. They are also easy to tie in.
I use foam for the body which makes the fly pretty much unsinkable. The fly still sits low in the water, which is what you want, but the parachute hackle and the McFlylon wing post makes it easy to see. You can tie them with different coloured posts for dark water / glare etc. Parachute flies also reliably land right way up.
The first manifestations of this fly had a detached foam body. That, with the parachute post and legs, caused the fly to spin when casting. Shortening the post length, tying in the legs a bit further back and using a size 12 long shank hook to allow the body to be fixed down along its length seems to have balanced the fly better and reduced the leader twist. It is very easy and quick to tie. It should be tied as slim as possible ? natural daddies are not bulky.
Hook: size 12 long shank - (I use Fulling Mill World Class 31710 "nymph special")
Body: olive or light brown 1/8 ? evazote foam
Legs: olive / light brown fine flexifloss
Post: McFlylon
Hackle :ginger / light brown
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The para daddy looks like a winner Fred.
I also liked Paul's idea of tying the mega beetles quite big and trimming them as required.
Alex
Col,
Threads like this are a great way to develop new ideas. You see something you like the look of and you can adopt or adapt it. Individuals can learn more from other members of the forum than they ever will by reading magazines.
Paul
I like the beetle pattern is it a parachute hackle thats on it and if so is it wound around the orange post?
Alberto
Hi Alberto,
Yes the parachute hackle is wound round the foam post.
I followed this excellent step by step by .D.
http://www.wildfisher.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=10475.0
An olive coloured version with tan legs has done well for me too.
Cheers
Paul
I know it's been done before in the thread but here's a Turk's from last night.
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Size 4 B170. :8)
Very nice. I will have to have a go at those turk jobs over the winter.
Not been tying much lately. but I have been venturing into salmon style flees here are a couple I tried out the other day there.
Been busy lately on a little project (watch this space very soon) so I haven't had much time for tying flies, but...
This is a little something to accompany it.
BHS (Big Hairy Sedge)
Big Hairy Sedge.
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/scot2flyfish/step%20by%20steps/Big-Sedge-17.jpg)
HOOK ? Kamasan B830 #10
THREAD ? Uni Fire Orange 8/0
BODY ? Roman Moser Brown Deer Hair Dubbing
WING ? Pheasant Church Window feather (Voljc style wing)
LEGS ? Jan Siman Oliver Edwards Caddis Legs, Brown #6
Nice flees. I tied a few Salmon flies similar to those two in the 1990's for an iminent salmon fishing foray and they've still not had a swim! :shock: That sedge fly looks very sedgy too - I like the wing. :D
Scotfly,
That is a cracking looking fly. If the deer hair was trimmed from the top half of the fly it would look unbelievably realistic. I doubt that the trout mind either way.
Smashing fly that BHS Scotfly - looks just the job for a late summers evening.
Today I have been daydreaming of the Western Isles in a few weeks time and of connecting with some silver. Flies have been mostly Muddlers :-
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Tweaked original - pearly body and a mixed natural and green deers' hair head
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orange
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black
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claret bumble muddler
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dunkeld muddler
But also a few 'shiny things' including :-
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Small salmon shrimp fly type things in seasonal colours.
Cheers,
Ian
Those muddlers are absolutely outstanding
Quote from: Clan Chief on August 29, 2009, 09:20:32 PM
Those muddlers are absolutely outstanding
Couldn't agree more,beautifully tied.
Chris.
Crackin' flees Ian, does the first fly have a clear plastic tube over the body ?
Thanks for the encouragement lads. I hope that a few fishes - resident or visitors - take a liking to them way out west. :)
Don - no, not exactly - it's a double layer of pearly tinsel over gold holographic stuff on the first one.
Cheers,
Ian
Quote from: Clan Chief on August 29, 2009, 09:20:32 PM
Those muddlers are absolutely outstanding
You're not Chris Helm in disguise are you! :8) :8)
Ian that orange muddler just has to produce results !
Glad this thread has taken off again. Loved the muddlers and the dabbler.
Aye Fachan, you will have one of your monster trout on that before too long. Looks good.
Quote from: buzz on September 08, 2009, 12:15:21 AM
Its that time of year :8)
Big bring 'em up Deer Hair Sedges.
Dont you just love it when you can chuck it and chance it :D
That's how i fish! :lol: Cracking looking fly!
Lovely sedges there Buzz.
Ian
Great looking flies as always Col. :)
Quote from: col on September 10, 2009, 04:50:26 PM
Something for the weekend!
Grayling fishing on the Almond?
Norm
Hi Buzz, that nymph on the jig-hook looks most intiguing.
What's the thinking behind that?
Dave
Cheers, Buzz
So it's the head-down, bouncing the bottom action that's the key.
I must admit,the world of river nymphing still seems like a bit of a dark art to me.
A big hole in my fishing repertoire that could do with some filling in!
Excellent, I really need some kind of breakthrough on this nymphing thing,
grayling season is upon us, I'll be in touch soon (with rolls)
Thanks
Dave
Still thinking about autumn hebridean sea trout (6 days left 'til getting on the ferry to the long island) and so today I was mostly tying up flashy attractor type things :-
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This is an unashamed bastardisation of that old 70s reservoir favourite; the whisky fly - jazzed up with a holographic tinsel body, mixed flashabou under-wing and JC eyes. :?
Cheers,
Ian
A modern twist to an old pattern.
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HOOK ? Kamasan B175 #12
THREAD ? Black Benecchi 8/0
BODY ? Three Peacock Herls and Peacock Orvis Spectrablend in a Dubbing Loop.
HACKLE ? Black Hen.
Col,
Good to see some sparkle in that fly :8)
Norm
Not my usual fair, but...
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g8/scotfly/New%20Flies%20and%20Ideas/Gadzooksbatboy.jpg)
You've had a look in my seatrout fly box Scotfly!
QuoteBest fished on a leader about 800 yards long
:lol: :lol:
That's a nice understated fly.
Alex
Cased Caddis
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Quote from: col on September 29, 2009, 09:47:18 PM
how did you do the body?
I made a massive deer hair dubbing loop "hackle" (at least 6" long) wound it on, trimmed it then used a good coat of varnish / head cement on it after the fly was complete. Basically Ollie Edwards' method without the complicated legs.The dubbing loop sounds tricky, actually it's
dead easy if you really cake the loop with tacky wax before you start inserting the bunches of hair.
Ollie's versions are, as usual, works of art. He buys the deer hair loops ready made, but they are easy to make yourself. Just make it on the fly, not separately.
See these youtube vids.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNaEQTNICao&feature=PlayList&p=E5FA8D47AA56DABF&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=15
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxiBNuzxx3U&feature=PlayList&p=E5FA8D47AA56DABF&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=16
Quote from: buzz on September 29, 2009, 10:48:16 PM
Is your intention to fish it for Trout or Grayling?
Intended primarily for trout. There are no grayling up this way, closest is the Perthshire Isla which is pretty awful for fly fishing when you're used to the pristine Don and IMO not worth the drive. I might have a trip down your way or to the Earn though, you never know! :D
A heavy, slim Czech nymph
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Quote from: buzz on September 29, 2009, 11:23:25 PM
Is fishing nymphs for brown trout not tantamount to spinning or worming or some other devlish activity. :devil;
aye, but that's a grub, not a nymph................. :D
They are both great looking bugs Fred.
I tied a different version of the caddis last year, I'll pots a pic when i get a chance.
cheers
Paul
Quote from: admin on September 30, 2009, 09:30:05 AM
I think it's Waspi 'thin skin'
Not from an old piece of Czech latex glove like Ollie Edwards has!
Does the skin come that colour or is coloured in with marker pen?
Nice bug!
The skin comes in lots of colours. I got a bit of brown from Alex last year. I'm going to order some more and some other colours.
Nice couple of efforts there fred, very good!
I've been limbering up over the last couple of days getting prepared for some full on tying over the winter.
Just tied this size 2 salmon low water
A variation on the Munro Killer
Hi Col
Yep it is Arctic Fox
George
No Problem Col
The recipieis as follows:
Size 2 Low Water Salmon double
Thread - Black
Body - Glo-Brite Flouro Orange Floss
Rib - Flat Gold Tinsel
Wing - Orange & Black Arctic Fox
Hackle - Guinea Fowl dyed blue
Beard - Golden Pheasant Tippets
George
Thought it would be appropriate to post this here. This is my work in progress for the Loch fly swap.....
QuoteNice looking Zulu, Clan .
What is that tailing material you're using?
wee bri.
It's a material I purchased from GAC called "Frizz Fibre"
Beginning to think of spring and hatches of LDO's...............sad isn't it
Nice looking flees there col.
I have just been playing around trying different tyings and my son who is 7 chose the materials for this one
Quote from: col on October 24, 2009, 01:59:04 PM
Next a couple of "bottom scratchers" :shock:
Nice Col, do you use a Latex Glove for the "bottom scratchers" :? :o
Quote from: col on October 24, 2009, 06:29:14 PM
yes , thats exactly what it is, too tight fisted to buy the other stuff. :lol:
Latex gloves, tight fisted and bottom scratchers Col, I'm concerned :makefun
I've only tied a couple of flies before so on Thursday with the help of RichardL's vice and me old mate Oliver Edwards giving step by step advice (on DVD) I attempted some Nymphs :-
The Ginger Minger
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Peacock Hearl Czech Nymph
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Both could be better, but hey you've got too start somewhere
I'm not posting the 11 inch long Streamer I made :roll: :shock:
Ginger minges and big streamers. Just don't look up you tube for tutorials. :lol:
Quote from: Harpo on October 24, 2009, 06:52:27 PM
I've only tied a couple of flies before so on Thursday with the help of RichardL's vice and me old mate Oliver Edwards giving step by step advice (on DVD) I attempted some Nymphs :-
Both could be better, but hey you've got too start somewhere
I'm not posting the 11 inch long Streamer I made :roll: :shock:
Well done Stuart,
They'll both catch fish, you can use the streamer as a Christmas decoration :lol:
Norm
Nice bugs Col.
Yours are great too Stu, nice thin profiles.I'm sure they will catch fish.
cheers
Paul
Quote from: paulr on October 25, 2009, 03:57:55 PM
Yours are great too Stu, nice thin profiles.I'm sure they will catch fish.
Thanks Guys !
Paul - Aye just the problem of getting time to fish and i'll be sorted!
Bri - That would be great, i'll sneak of there one night!
Norm - I'll show you the streamer once it's on the Xmas tree!
Been tying some of my favourite grayling bugs.
Pink glister nymph
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size 16 pt nymph
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Cased Caddis
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Not happy with the caddis yet, I need finer sand to make a more realistic tube shape.
QuoteNot happy with the caddis yet, I need finer sand to make a more realistic tube shape.
Looks perfectly acceptable to me (not that I eat caddis myself) and more natural than my rough hares ear creations . I'd keep the bigger, heavier grains on top though.
What adhesive did you use Paul? epoxy?
alex
It's 5 min epoxy Alex,just wait til it gets tacky roll the fly in the sand then stick some grains in any gaps.
Looks complicated but doesn't take long, especially if you tie a few at once.
I'd rather it was just made up of loads of small grains.
I really must get a life :8)
cheers
Paul
Jeez Col, I know you love fishing but tying flies at the breakfast table is taking it a bit far! :wink:
Just been tying this Caddis Fly
Some great flies and looks like the winter vices are getting going. I found some old claret dye yesterday when clearing up the tying bench. Could not resist dying a furnace hencape. Tied a claret endrick spider or cruncher, take yir pick
Nice one Bibio....Very neat tying.
Nice fly, I like the claret colouring
Here's one I have just finished tying
Unusual that. what is the wing material?
It's Indian Hen Cape Badger.
Nice looking flee there Steve
Steve, looking forward to using that fly on the clyde next year already.
paul
the discussion on dhe v elkcdc made me think of LDO's in spring. Couldn't help tying both.
paul
QuoteThe Olive Biots are just as tasty.
Mmmm, a wee bit salt? :)
Alex
Finally managed to get a hold of some peacock neck feathers to make a Goat's Toe. I have never use this pattern before so looking forward to using it next year.........
Been topping up my grayling bugs
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And sorting out my christmas decorations :8)
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I also finally learned how to whip finish.I ditched the whip finish tool and used my fingers instead-so much easier!
Like the bugs, very neat. Wot's the body material for the top left bug?
Hi Ian,
They are varnished flexifloss. They have plenty of lead wrapped underneath, I use them as my "anchor" to get the other nymphs down.
They catch fish too though, I reckon they look like a grub/leatherjacket.
cheers
Paul
Thanks Paul, something for me to try.
Nice bugs Paul and your dry's a good looker too Buzz. I'll need to find the time to sit down and do some grayling bugs soon - the Clydes a calling. Just need to wait for the rain to cease so that the Clyde can do some falling too. :?
"mad props" to yer bugz Paul :hat2;
A yellow theme this afternoon.
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Buzz got me thinking about March Browns too. Tails are too long and I don't have a decent brown hackle :?
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hi guys heres a wee fly that was given to me to tie up
its called a deadily redily, great wee fly for the brownies
and the bows love it too
aye davy your right and a lot easier to tie...
Tied this Alexandra of sorts up tonight........
I like the look of that CC
Here's one I have just tied - Goat's Toe Variant
Just finished this....................
Tied this tonight . Hackle fibres probably too long...............
I really should post the dressings when I post a fly
Hook Partridge size 12. Big mouth nymph.
Body silver holo
thorax peacock herl
Hackle Waterhen body hackle
thread Black uni 8.0
I tied these a couple of days ago. Had to use the mobile so please forgive me for the picture quality.
(http://i416.photobucket.com/albums/pp242/fsadmin/DSC00068.jpg)
Don't know if they'll work but worth a try I guess. :?
another spider...........
peacock herl dyed magneta according to the packet
once again waterhen body hackle this time in proportion.
Having been to BFFI on Sunday, I puchased Mike Hardings book on North Country Flies. Here's my attemp at an Orange & Grouse Spider.
a wee buggy bibio wi partridge hackle..... mick
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Quote from: guest on November 10, 2009, 12:52:35 AM
I tied these a couple of days ago. Had to use the mobile so please forgive me for the picture quality.
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Don't know if they'll work but worth a try I guess. :?
Are these Roman Moser patterns Don? Well tied!
Quote from: muddler54 on November 10, 2009, 10:44:10 PM
a wee buggy bibio wi partridge hackle.... mick
Brilliantly Shaggy :8)
Norm
Quote from: Malcolm on November 10, 2009, 10:51:47 PM
Are these Roman Moser patterns Don? Well tied!
Hi Malcolm,
Thanks for your comment. The one on the right was based on a Peter Gathercole deer hair pattern in his "fly tying bible" it looks nothing like the original though :). The second I just kind of made up to imitate a small baitfish. I leaded it and used dumbell eyes to create a fast sinker which will fish with a particular action. I'd heard of Roman Moser but never seen any of his stuff. I did base the patterns on features from other flies and lures I've seen though.
Don,
Roman Moser did a whole series of streamer patterns - I've eventually found them here http://www.romanmoser.ru/stepbystep/?sid=42
Look at 30,31 and 50. They're not the same but I can see why your flies triggered the memory.
I hate tying flies like yours - they take too long to tie (i.e. > 2 mins) for my liking!
Quote from: Malcolm on November 10, 2009, 11:45:19 PM
Don,
Roman Moser did a whole series of streamer patterns - I've eventually found them here http://www.romanmoser.ru/stepbystep/?sid=42
Look at 30,31 and 50. They're not the same but I can see why your flies triggered the memory.
I hate tying flies like yours - they take too long to tie (i.e. > 2 mins) for my liking!
They both took an hour each, so not the kind of flies I'll be tying on a regular basis :shock:.I think they'll do a job though. Maybe tying them with the kind of straggle fritz type materials would cut down on time ? I tied in the eyes on the left one as I went along but maybe the tie in first method is a better idea. I like no.40 from the link http://www.romanmoser.ru/stepbystep/?sid=42&id=202 :wink:
my diawl bach wi go faster stripes....
i seem to spend longer getting the picture right than
the time to tie it
how do get the pic sent big sized?..... mick
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Nice flee there muddler
Here's more North Country Spiders
cracking wee flees clansman,
i had a great season with the black north country spiders, 3 on a cast
with 1 slightly weighted, this was on the river ness,
deadly on the lochs too especially when the olives are about
must try some orange and purple next year, canna wait..... mick
Nice Bach , Muddler 54. I got a picture of a ski jumper taking off the giant slalom in my head when I saw your flee.
Clansman.. you are getting there.
nice one Steve, looks Braantastic :wink:
cracking fly steve, is that hares ear dubbing?
and whats the rib.... mick
Quote from: Ardbeg on November 13, 2009, 09:49:37 PM
I'm sure it'll do a turn there Stu, let's put it to the test next year :idea: Might even have a spare one or two in the box.
Aye sounds like a great plan Steve!, well no invite the other two this time though,,,,fish thiefs :D
Rib is a spool of stuff I found lying around, try your local haberdashery .
aye steve got some of that stuff but never used it yet
i will now
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put the rib in this sooty olive
hard to make it out... still working on photography.. mick
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Good brownies in the River Ness Mud
hi wildhibroon, i wouldna say the ness is known for its brownies, its a bit fast flowing,
but there is wee back eddys and slow pools where the odd brownie
hangs about. ive had some cracking brownies out of the ness
cos theres no many bother wi them. salmon fishing can get a bit boring
so i like to go for the brownies from time to time.the sea trout make an appearance
in june, that can be quite good.......cheers mick
Like that! very nice indeed.
Hook : size 12 kamasan B175
Thread : brown Uni 8/0
Body : brown uni 8/0
Thorax : burnt orange awesome possum
Hackle : grouse
Not long off the vice...............
Just finished this
nice flies guys, i love that sedgehog john
i tied a invicta... a great wee fly on the dropper, with a teal blue and silver
on the point for sea trout, or dry as a sedge bursting through
the surface for brownies,a great fly to have in your box
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Picture ain't too great :(
(http://i416.photobucket.com/albums/pp242/fsadmin/DSC000832.jpg)
:)
Quote from: Bandy Catcher on November 15, 2009, 01:13:16 PM
This Sedgehog (based on a fly tied for me by Allan Liddle) caught a few fish for me in the past season.
John
I love the look of that! Will be tying some of them up (once i work out how to :lol: )
Posted this naked spider on another forum last night on completion. I actually forgot to tie in any body material .hence the Name.
Second flee is what I call a jackdaw spider.
Nice one Col,
It would take me about a week to tie that lot!
cheers
Paul
From the Bench
Dinnae get caught one the Almond wi' the pink wing post Col :gay4
Is there any body dubbing on the F-Fly or is it just a thread body?, was gonna try and tie some up
Since I got my vice this week i've only managed (well that i'm prepared to share to the masses!) :-
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It's probably a bit chunky but will do for the ladies (I hope) it was tied on those pre leaded Czech Nymph hooks you can get, I've had them for ages, bought them years ago for trotting with :dunno
They seem a bit bulky for Czeck's and hard to get a thread to hold on them?
Cheers
I've got some of those hooks too. Yeah your right they are a bit bulky once you get some material on them. I was thinking that it might be a good idea to colour the lead with modeling paint . All manner of designs could be covered.
Nice looking fly tho Harpo. I am sure it will work for the grayling! Can you now tie me up 16 DHE's? Ta
Quote from: RichardL on November 22, 2009, 09:03:36 PM
Can you now tie me up 16 DHE's? Ta
Aye for your retirement pressie :shock:
Made my very first two flies without any assistance today :D First one is very messy (learning curve) but i think the second is just about fishable. I decided I was only going to practice with flies that I would fish with so once i get them right i have a good flybox! Started with the ADHE (Almost deer hair emerger :lol:) Dubbing colours are a bit off but i just bought a couple packets in GAC to let me start tying, going to buy more specifics off the net.
The second fly took a whopping 30mins to tie :shock: :lol: Hopefully tying time will go down with practice...
The shocker:
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The improver:
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(http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo290/scottfishing/P1010181.jpg)
Any hints/tips gratefully received! :)
those look pretty good Scott. On the DHE, I like a really slim abdomen to get through the surface film, but yours are not bad. Not your abdomen I mean :shock: - the fly's.
As Ardbeg says, I'd go for a spikey thorax surrounding the wing, as that is the key to getting the DHE to float right.
Alex
Cheers guys, will have a play with it tomorrow again. Anyone tried just a thread body? Super skinny! Will try and tie up a load of different ones and see what i like best! Just wish i could try them... :(
Nice flee Steve,
I love flexifloss for emerger bodies, easy to use and looks like a nice segmented insecty body.Cuts through the surface no bother either so usually always lands the right way up.My fly for the river swap is a flexifloss klinky thing.
cheers
Paul
hi haven't posted on this thread for a while but here's my efforts so far this close season.can anybody guess what type of fishing I'm looking forward to next year :)
cheers Garry
They're like an arm of well kitted out sodgers waitin' to go into battle. Very tidy!
size 12 wire nymphs and spiders ,they are not really that heavy.got addicted to upstream nymphing last season(Cols fault) :lol:
cheers Garry
Nice flies Garry, you did well on the up stream Nymphing last year, a technique i've given too little of my time to learning.
Back in my comfort zone again.......
It's a feather from this wee cape..................
One of the larger feathers from the top
an attempt at a balloon caddis..............
Is there a secret to getting deer hair to stay where you place it on the hook? Or just a matter of practice to getting it held and not spun...
I like that balloon caddis Clan Chief!
Ardbeg, thanks for all the help, will have a go at some of them too!
Probably down to practice. For the last year or so now I have been watching Davie mcPhail 's you tube vids . I have learned so much from these demos. He said in one of his demos that when tying deer hair in give it two loose wraps then wind more firmly from the front - back to the point where you made the two loose wraps. I know that wont make much sense. better totake a look at his site it's a wonderful resource............
http://www.youtube.com/user/DavieMcPhail
Watch this one for good advice on tying in deer hair...........
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEXQaz2dqCQ
Cheers, I'm currently going to Alberto's tying club... Also paying Buzz a visit to be shown some things.
I should have some fishable flies by the time March comes along :lol:
Yeah I had a go at an F-Fly tonight, 1st time i've tried tieing dries, I improvised a bit & put on a shiny body & tail
Yours is much neater Buzz!
Thanks to Weebri for the CDC & glittery flexi floss stuff :D
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Meh:
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Not too shabby, i think!
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Col inspired, legs maybe need trimmed...
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Are you sure you never done a bit of tying in a previous life Scotty :lol:Very nice.
Chris.
A spider from the bench last night
Well done Scott and Stu.
These long winter nights will fly by as you stock up your boxes with your own flees for next season.
cheers
Paul
Quote from: scotty9 on November 25, 2009, 01:13:37 AM
Not too shabby, i think!
Aye the Flies are nice Scotty, but your bedroom needs a good tidying young man :makefun
Really really nice Scotty. As someone else stated are you sure you haven't done this before?
Wild Boar? That is your best spider so far.
Here is my latest..........
Thanks for all the comments, glad to see i'm doing something right! :lol:
You lot, that's not my bedroom, that's an extension-ish part of the kitchen, was the ironing pile that you saw! My bedrooms much, much messier.... :lol:
what material did you use for the legs?
Having a try at Clyde flees. Little bit of teeking to be done ,me thinks.
Quote from: Clan Chief on November 25, 2009, 04:29:07 PM
what material did you use for the legs?
The fachan sent me what looks like a cut section of a crocodile clip. Just pull out an individual strand of the elastic...
Tied this spider with a body of mole fur and a feather from this cape which I had in my possession but had no idea where it was from. I was reliably informed that it was a saddle cape from a jungle cock..........
Nice spider Clan Chief. Hope you kept the fluffy stuff. :D
Ian
Thanks Sandfly will tie with a shorter hackle. Is the wing always tied in front of the hackle on the wets?
I'm definitely not in an arachnophobic state of mind...........
Been thinking about the lochs tonight.Some of those dodgy Corrie Killer flees :wink:, and some black joe/machair spider/pulling buzzer type flees.
Very nice Pul, I've only manged a dodgy looking Spider and ok'ish Nymph....man flus hit me hard today though :(
Get well soon Stu. Some of my most productive tying sessions are when I'm stuck in the house with man flu.
Hi Wildhibroon,
Yep I've had some excellent days on hill lochs with those flees.I've tied up a couple with a bit of flash in them too, will see how they do next season.
cheers
Paul
Was in the process of tying a Kate when I came across an Orange Indian hen cape I hadn't used in a while. This was the result........
Turk's Zulu eh? I am disappointed that you have interfered with the dressing of such a renowned and traditional pattern as the Tarantula :)
Looks good Col. Legs are lovely as far as trout are concerned, or so it seems.
Talking of legs, it was my old kiwi pal who introduced me to a product known as "perfect rubber". Any old rubber will do for big flies, but for wee ones, perfect rubber works pretty well. You pull it slowly and it stretches , but stays thin, so you get skinny legs. G.A.C. sells the stuff now at 2.99 a pack.
It won't catch anyone any more fish of course, but it will give you an excuse to go to GAC and buy a whole load of other useless stuff. :D
Alex
A couple more from my practice sessions
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Thanks Col! :D Like the look of these, fun to tie, who knows if they'll catch me anything :lol:
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Something a bit better sized
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One thing i've noticed from the pictures is that i've been tying the deer hair wings a bit long. Any other advice?
Thanks Col! Yes it's just bog standard white polypropylene...
I don't know where i'd be without everybodies ideas on here and on other forums so thanks for the effort of everyones step by steps!
Bloody hell Scott, wish I could tie with deer hair as well as that-sickening! :makefun
I've been mucking about with an idea I saw on Scotfly's forum, using foam wings as the post on parachute flies.
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Probably totally pointless as I doubt the fish give a shit what the part of the fly above the surface looks like, but I'm having fun experimenting.
Quote from: paulr on November 28, 2009, 07:07:09 PM
Bloody hell Scott, wish I could tie with deer hair as well as that-sickening! :makefun
I've been mucking about with an idea I saw on Scotfly's forum, using foam wings as the post on parachute flies.
Probably totally pointless as I doubt the fish give a shit what the part of the fly above the surface looks like, but I'm having fun experimenting.
Well even if they don't, it looks pretty good to us! :)
A real blast from the past this one. This used to do a lot of good over 20 years ago on the chalkstreams, flipped under trees. I used to think it was taken for a caterpilller but who knows. I haven't had one in my box since I came back to Scotland but I don't see why it shouldn't work.
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Sad person that I am sitting in on a Saturday night.......................This is what I'm up to.....
Is that a cdc hackle you have dressed it with . If so how did you apply it? Petejan tool then twist it in a loop?
size 12's
Yeah! got them at the BFFI. 10 for 4 quid I believe they are available much cheaper. Think i remember reading somewhere that they come in about 17p each or something. Need to find oot where from as I quite fancy getting one pf those blocks of wood with the holes drilled in them. They are ridiculously priced too. Need to talk nice to my pattern maker friend who is rather skilled in the art of woodwork.
A lot of great ideas and inspiration for tyings Having a bit of a dilemma at the moment. Whats the best body for a river fly or any fly for that matter. Tied 3 flies nearly the same but with different bodies, dubbed wool, flexi floss and turkey biot. Undecided as yet but given dubbed wool has done it for me in the past inclined to stick with it.
paul
QuotevAny old rubber will do for big flies, but for wee ones, perfect rubber works pretty well. You pull it slowly and it stretches , but stays thin, so you get skinny legs. G.A.C. sells the stuff now at 2.99 a pack.
I don't like to use old rubbers, prefer new one's which i get from boots, about the same price as GAC but it's cheaper if you buy in bulk, I usually go for the 12 pack.
Very nice bibio1. How many plumes of cdc did you use ? after watching the Ollie Edwards dvd he said according to the guy who created the F fly that 1plume for a size 16... 2 plumes for a 14 and 3 for a size 12 I think.
Quote from: Clan Chief on November 29, 2009, 07:22:46 PM
Yeah! got them at the BFFI. 10 for 4 quid I believe they are available much cheaper. Think i remember reading somewhere that they come in about 17p each or something. Need to find oot where from as I quite fancy getting one pf those blocks of wood with the holes drilled in them. They are ridiculously priced too. Need to talk nice to my pattern maker friend who is rather skilled in the art of woodwork.
19p for red ones 15p for the black ones :shock: I just chucked out about a hundred when we moved schools, should have sold them :roll:
http://www.rapidonline.com/Cables-Connectors/Connectors-Single-Pole/Test-Clips/Microminiature-probes/63862/kw/clip+probe
Norm
If it is the same ones I am thinking about they can also be used to wind hackles. Put hackle point/stalk through loop, release and wind on :8)
Clan,
thanks I use 4 for size 14, 3 for a 16 and 2 for any fly below that. Never really went down to one.
cheers
paul
QuoteIf it is the same ones I am thinking about they can also be used to wind hackles. Put hackle point/stalk through loop, release and wind on
When I was at Stoke a few weeks ago watching the Hans Weilenmann flytying demo I did notice he was using what appeared to be one of those clips for winding on hackles. Must be slightly different from the ones i have as they are not suitable.
Been tying these now for over a week or so.........
Really like that cdc hackling. It creates a very good effect
Hares Ear Parachute tied size 12/14/16.
Partridge 15BN Klink-hamer Hooks. I have these hooks in sizes 20/18/16 and 12. Size 20 and 18 make lovely Klink-hamers, but size 16 and 12 are big (as you can see in photo). I thought about tying a Klink-hamer on the size 16 and 12 but thought they would be to big in this size. Then I see Col post on the Turks/Baloon caddis theme so I tied these up.
It looks like theres a few of us pining for spring. Don't worry only 104 days to go.
I need to try and tie some of these rubber legs they look great.
paul
QuoteIt looks like theres a few of us pining for spring. Don't worry only 104 days to go
While this maybe true. I have found over the last wee while that I enjoy tying flees every bit as much as fishing.
Tonight's tyings..........
Quote from: gasman on November 30, 2009, 01:20:08 AM
I thought about tying a Klink-hamer on the size 16 and 12 but thought they would be to big in this size.
Should Klinkhamers not be big flies, 10's/12's I always though that but have only started tieing so not sure?
Was going to buy soom Klink hooks tomorrow so what's the best size for Scottish Rivers folks?
Cheers
Stuart
They can be any size you want Stu.
The sizes I use most are Kamasan B100's in 14s and 16s.
I'll mibbe use a 12 if I'm tying big bushy one which I want to support a decent sized nymph.
cheers
Paul
QuoteWas going to buy soom Klink hooks tomorrow so what's the best size for Scottish Rivers folks?
That depends on which brand of hook, Stuart.
Partridge klinkhamer hooks are huge and their sizes bear no relation to say Kamasans. Bear that in mind if you are ordering some.
For more normally proportioned hooks, I'd say sizes 16 and 14 for representing olives and a 12 for March browns and yellow May duns.
Alex
I thought I'd try a traditional slant and tie a cdc greenwell. This fly did well for me last year and the year before when a lot failed. Just goes to show the old timers had something when they combined cobblers wax and yellow thread.
Thanks Guys i'll post the results.......maybe :D
Really like the look of your flies Paul. You and Buzz use a lot of CDC.... think i'm going to have to start playing with it!
Before i post this pic, purists turn your screen off! Here's a pattern Alex showed me
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Haven't trimmed the legs yet, might just leave them outrageously long :lol:
Quill bodies are the dogs bol*ocks. I am sure the trout think so as well.
paul
pining for early summer now
That looks brilliant Paul!
That's superb Bibio1 what is the hackle?
Very nice YMD, bibio.
Alex
That IS a yellow may dun. Lovely fly.
cheers
Paul
Thanks guys and yip it is a funnel dun. Great fly at the appropriate time and you can use the ordinary chinese capes as the hackle can be much bigger than you would normally use on a hook that size. In fact genetic hackles are no good for this fly
paul
Thanks for that - I think thats what I was looking for (in another thread).
That's a very nicely tied fly Bibio1. An under rated and under used fly IMHO and the one that seemed to get me the best result on slow moving water on the Lanarkshire Avon - regardless of what was hatching! Must use up some of those neglected traditional up eyed dry fly hooks on a few.
Malcolm
It was the other thread that put me in the mood to tie it because it is just a great fly. The hooks are a old mustad and rust at the sight of water so you end up chucking them out after a days fishing. Having said that when you have to use one odds are you'll catch.
Red eye to london tomorrow so away to bed.
cheers all
paul
Tied this tonight..............
This is not so much "what I tied today" but what Davie McPhail tied today. I went along to the GAC to buy some odds and ends to add to my collection of fly tying materials when much to my surprise I noticed Davie McPhail was giving a tying demo. I pulled up a chair, watched and learned. When I arrived he was doing salmon style flies. Later I asked him to do a Turks Tarantula [spelling]. He very kindly told me to keep the flee. Here it is......................
Was up myself for some bits and bobs and noticed the group round him . He ties a terrific fly , Known Davie a few years very approachable always willing to give you his time for a wee natter . Seems he is going to be up there once a month for a wee while.
Did a couple of these tonight..........
A few that i've been tying up, Alex is a bad influence :lol:
Terrestrial thingy:
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Deer hair sedge:
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Claret hedgehog:
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Madam X:
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Turks Tarantula:
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Is it me or is the tarantula one of the most frustrating/difficult flies to tie?! Certainly out of the ones i've come across thus far. Had me going mental!
Very nice, Scott.
I would watch the wing on the black foam terrestrial though. If you tie them high and proud like that and quite solid, there will likely be a tendency to spin during the cast. The other flies are less likely to spin. I'll leve it some professor of aerodynamics to explain why :) How does the BFT float Scott? OK? - I've yet to tie some up.
A general point. If you find the bungee rubber legs too thick in smaller hook sizes, you could use flexifloss for the legs. Another good product is "perfect rubber" which gets thinner as you stretch it. I can give you some to try it.
Re the tarantula...well I'm a crap fly tier anyway, so I bought mine from the U.S. :oops:
Alex
Nice one Scott, hows long's that you've been tying now? A fortnight :shock:
I hate doing the deerhair heads on the turks, I now use a foam head instead.
We've still to pester those grayling sometime.
cheers
Paul
Thanks guys.
Alex, floats like a cork! I see what you mean about the deerhair, now i'm going to have to try to work out how to tie it any different! :lol: Thanks for the tip re legs, i'll be getting some bits and bobs to have a play with. I like the look of the different coloured legs or the banded legs.... birthday tomorrow so i should be able to afford some stuff after that!
Paul - i will give the foam head a shot, the deerhair head took 4 attempts before that fly... and a whole lot of bad words! Yep we do. I've got exams till the 18th then i'm free :D Will give you a shout after Christmas?
Happy birthday tomorrow Scott.
Aye gimme a pm once your exams are finished and we can get something organised.
cheers
Paul
I like those Scotty. You appear to be enjoying playing with deer hair. very, very good for a beginner.
Here's my latest. Im still in a palmer/bumble frame of mind at the moment.....
Clan Chief - thanks, it's really because deer hair is a material i have a fair bit of thanks to guest! If i have it i may as well use it :D And also as far as tying goes, i only really have an interest in tying things i'll use and a lot of patterns i used last year had deer hair on them. Tyings a good timeout from everything else!
I like the look of all your palmered flies. Don't use them myself but they do look very nice!
Cheers. I tend to use that style of fly quite a bit over the season. I do like traditional style flies but with a wee change here and there. This season I intend to use spiders a lot more on my local loch. I 've tied up a whole batch of them so looking forward to experimenting.
Crackers, Scott
Could you tie me some :D :D
Cheers Dave :D I can if you want but i know you don't want them, you tie a seriously mean fly!
been tying some of these this afternoon...............
Also doing some of these tonight........
Nice flees CC. I especially liked the palmer bumble.
Do you have a name for it ?
Thanks! Not got a name for them.
Quote from: Clan Chief on December 13, 2009, 11:30:34 PM
Thanks! Not got a name for them.
Sometimes they're the best kind of fly's. :wink:
Excuse the shadows please.
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The photostudio isn't quite complete yet. :roll:
Very nice ties Don. :8) :8)
Oh! I do like those Black Don.
Thinking about the 15 flies you would be restricted to had me thinking about spinners and the fishing long into the night.
On the smaller flies i need to find a tripod and decent light.
Thanks for the kind replies.
Cracking flies there Bibio 1.
Hope you lot are enjoying the birth of Christianity celebrations. For me there is one important factor that is central to everyone enjoying themselves at this time of year, in that respect I am no different and would like to share with you the one important ingredient that is required when one is tying flees as we end the decade ......
Nice that. After seeing that I realize mine is most probably overdressed. I can well imagine Garryh's version looking more lively in the water. Will have a go at tying mine a bit more sparse. Like the idea of a pearl body and clear mono ribbing too.
Really nice fly that. Is it a claret hackle? Really like the palmering.
Quote from: wee bri on December 27, 2009, 10:07:43 PM
The hackle is softish black cock, Clan.
Are you calling it the Tiger woods?
wee bri, clan great flys they all look like they would be great on the lochs. Also like the avatar clan, great place. A lot of fond memories in that place.
paul
Quote from: admin on December 27, 2009, 10:09:30 PM
Are you calling it the Tiger woods?
Is that the guy who does 18 holes in a day?
Quote from: Malcolm on December 27, 2009, 10:12:40 PM
Is that the guy who does 18 holes in a day?
aye, he's bound to be soft by now surely. :D
Some of the holes he was putting in you would putt in all day. Makes you MAYBE want to take up golf???????????????
Quote from: Malcolm on December 27, 2009, 10:12:40 PM
Is that the guy who does 18 holes in a day?
The New Nike advert :-
Quote from: brian on December 30, 2009, 11:45:31 PM
Have you been watching Beyonce videos again Bri :lol:
Aye you better watch Weebri or Jay-Z will be after ya! :shock:
Tied my last flee of the year/Decade and in the process completed the filling of my latest flee box............
Very nice , Use snatchers regularly ..
I think I started filling that one mid November
Having been to my first Tying night with Lakeland Flydressers Guild, I thought I would let you see my tyings from last night.
A North Country Black Spider and and a North Country Partridge and Yellow Spider
Nice lightly dressed traditional spiders there, I'm sure the'll do the biz for you.
Very well tied flies for a first effort. They should catch fish alright.
For a first effort they are great. I'd happily tie them on my cast.
paul
Could I point out something on behalf of Wild Boar? I think I'm correct in saying that they are not his first efforts but his flies after attending his FIRST fly tying class at the Lakeland flydressers guild.
My bruv will confirm this.
Quote from: Clan Chief on January 10, 2010, 07:02:12 PM
Could I point out something on behalf of Wild Boar? I think I'm correct in saying that they are not his first efforts but his flies after attending his FIRST fly tying class at the Lakeland flydressers guild.
My bruv will confirm this.
Clanchief is correct they are not my first flies, but my flies since attending my FIRST tying class.
Acquired some new materials today . Just finished this........
Still trying to get too grips with all the new techniques requird for tieing flees including phtography of flies :shock:
Dirty Polly - feedback welcomed!
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Sparkle Caddis (As seen in this months T&S)
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Have managed a few Klinks as well but no photos!
Thanks Col......what's the 1st fly you've shown above, I like the look of it :D
Great flees Col
That last quill emerger is one of my most reliable river patterns.
Good going Stu, they'll both catch fish for sure. It's gonna be so satisfying catching on your own flees.
Cheers
Paul
I was at the Vice again tonight, the Step by Step index is a great resource and has saved me from buying any fly tieing books although I would undoubtedley learn techniques from one.
Rabbitanglers - March Brown Emerger
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Col's - CDC, baloon, caddis, leggy thing - without legs & unclipped hackle!
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I think Scotfly said that "Macro photographer takes no prisoners", to true, so here is my "Stinkhamer" - Sorry Hans Von Klinken! - Davie McPhail's YouTube Video on tieing Klinks is an easier method (IMO) to Ollie Edward's.
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Being new(ish) to River fishing these types of patterns I have real confidence in (foam, deer hair, legs etc) over the more traditional patterns plus they are great to hang Nypmhs of!
Thanks to all that provide Step by steps and photos of their top flees :D
I too am new to the river style flees. [I'm more of a Loch style man] and have been avoiding tying them for some time, except for spiders.
Here is my first go at a klink.
Looking for help.
Things I think are in need of attention...
Slimmer body with a more spikey dubbing?
Wing post too thick?
hackle fibres need to be flatter?
shorter head?
hackle not so thick?
Any tips on the tying of this style would be appreciated.
i'd be happy fishing with that Clan Chief,a lot tidier than mine!
I'll leave it to the much more experienced to comment further :D
Nice flees Clan Chief. I'm no expert, and certainly not on river dries, but on the dubbing I always reckon "little and often" applied to the thread gets a nice slim profile, before winding the whole lot on. Fewer turns of hackle may make it less thick.
I knocked up a few of my favourite wets tonight. And managed to just about get the camera to focus on them. Now to see if I can actually attach them . . .
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Like them a lot Mr Tweed.
Given my new found proficiency with attachments (thanks PaulR :D ) thought I'd share my first 3 attempts at the turks terantula.
Didn't have the right legs or calf-tail for the wing on the first two, and managed to cut the legs too short on the first anyway.
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the second was a bit better and the legs look like they may give the desired effect - never fished one, so wouldn't know . . . yet!
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the rubber legs arrived today, so 3rd attempt is fresh from the vice - forgot the bl00dy wing this time!
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Ahh well, I'll keep trying . . .
Please do offer up any tips/criticisms for improving these, or colour variations that may work - I'm desperate to give them a whirl next season and could do with a few patterns/variants that others have had success with.
That looks just fine to me Mr Tweed.
I'm much happier with my 2nd klink.....
still plenty room for improvement though.
Think the wing post needs to be nearer the eye of the hook
Your turks are great Tweed. Fishcatchers for sure.I use polyyarn instead of calf tail, it gives extra floatability and makes them easier to see at distance or in dim light.
cheers
Paul
Quote from: paulr on January 15, 2010, 01:35:47 PM
I use polyyarn instead of calf tail, it gives extra floatability and makes them easier to see at distance or in dim light.
Great tip - cheers. I was wondering how I was going to get the calf tail tips even without a stacker in any case. Do you do yours with olive dubbing, or are other body colours better? Go on, put one of yours up here so that I can
plajur,
plaiguir,
plajiar, copy. :)
What size of hooks do you use for a UK Turk?, The USA ones are pretty huge..yee ha
Thanks Ardbeg. I will take your comments on board.
Hiya Tweed,
Here's my (lazy) take on the turks tarantula:
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I can't be bothered spinning deer hair so use a foam head instead, and omitted the tail as I don't see the point in it.They did just as well as the original turks toward the end of last season.I've only used them with brown or black bodies, but I reckon olive will work too, I think it's the general size, silhouette and leg action which is most important.
I usually tie them on size 10 long shanks Stu, and have a few size 8's if I'm feeling optimistic :D
cheers
Paul
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A Mataura Spinner Fall size 16 & 18 (Deleatidium)
Some beutifully tied flies there gents.
Paul, those turks are crackers, and it's really helpful to see a couple that are proven fish catchers to give me something to go on - thanks very much for taking the time to share.
Fred, love the spinners too although don't know how you manage to tie the same pattern so many times over - something I really struggle with. It's a nice pattern as well - looks like it might travel well . . . .
Quote from: Tweed on January 15, 2010, 09:14:12 PM
It's a nice pattern as well - looks like it might travel well . . . .
Designed by locals for the Mataura River, Southland, New Zealand. Some say it's the best fly fishing river in the world. I've never fished it but will rectify that glaring omission from my fly fishing career very soon indeed............... :D
Can see it doing a job over here as well. Difficult, calm, summer nights with choosy fish . . . . ?
I did a Caenis spinner like that years ago only in white, didn't know someone had copied it :whistle2
Didn't want to use the "c" word (caenis, that is!), but that's what I was thinking. Did the white version work . . . ?
I seldom use spinner patterns here thinking a parachute does much the same job. That doesn't always work. These poly-winged spinners are easy to tie, but hard to see on the water. I must get some microfibbets for tails if I can ever find someone who has them in stock. :roll:
Not really but the nymph does :)
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If you have an old hair shaving brush use the fibres from that Fred.
Quote from: guest on January 15, 2010, 10:12:33 PM
our fly might be technically perfect but ultimately its a numbers game stacked heavily against the angler.
I'm sure you have that exactly right. There are some 'bunches of caenis patterns' going about that are said to be quite effective. The most amazing caenis spinner falls and boiling water rises I have seen were on Rescobie Loch in the 1970s and on Tillypronie Loch up the road from me. Always during the last 1/2 hour at dusk.
Fachan,
At times I've done quite well in a Caenis hatch. Every so often brilliantly! For what it's worth here is my imitative approach. First I don't use a single caenis imitation. I use a double. The pattern I use I described a couple of years ago here http://www.wildfisher.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=6907.0
The other thing is the way I set my flies up it's quite different to how I normally fish - as you say there is an element of the numbers game.
What I do is to fish three flies very close together - the flies are about 10 inches apart and I use three. Usually the bob and tail are the same double caenis spinner but the middle is often a caenis nymph - like Sandy's except the body is palest green madeira thread (I've got some of these tied as doubles too). If it seems that the fish are on the nymph I switch to two nymphs with the double caenis imitation on the tail.
For what it's worth I've tied a whole load of dries this year as mating doubles - not just the tinies - including sparkle duns, sunk abdomen emergers and f fly variants. For one thing I'm hoping it'll mean I don't have to take my reading glasses with me for tying on the 16s.
QuoteThese poly-winged spinners are easy to tie, but hard to see on the water. I must get some microfibbets for tails if I can ever find someone who has them in stock.
Nice wee spinners Fred. Let's hope the Mataura is fishable if the rain ever stops.
I must say I don't like microfibbets Fred. I have some myself, but I can't help thinking they are a bit stiff. I keep thinking about the ly bouncing out of the fishes mouth. Moose hair works nicely and there is nothing wrong with long hackle fibres.
As for spotting the spinner, fishing them in tandem with a more easily spotted sedge or something would be a good idea. Chris Dore mentions that in that article I sent you Fred.
Quotethere is little point fishing caenis patterns during a hatch. Your fly might be technically perfect but ultimately its a numbers game stacked heavily against the angler.
Yeah, it is tough going. Fish tend to be right on top (just like in a spinner fall) and their window is small. I reckon accuracy is more important than pattern in these circumstances. Unfortunately fish seem to cruise, making the problem doubly difficult..
Like the tarantulas men. They will all catch fish I'm sure.
Alex
Quote from: haresear on January 15, 2010, 10:41:55 PM
As for spotting the spinner, fishing them in tandem with a more easily spotted sedge or something would be a good idea.
I do often use that technique. A stimulator or something equally obvious as a tail fly and the 'invisible' fly on a dropper. That way I always know, at least roughly, where the tiny fly is. Chris Dore's article is excellent. I'll be tying a few of his parachutes tomorrow. :8)
Nice pieces of work there folks.
I'm still practicing these klink style flees.
Anyone recommend which hooks to use for klinks so as to get the corre3ct profile for this style. I used a grubber hook for my flee and I know it just aint right.
Looking good Clan Chief.
I tie them with a smaller thorax than you have done, but that's just personal preference.
You can buy particular hooks for klinks but I swear by Kamasan B100 s.
cheers
Paul
Agree with Ardbeg regarding the Partridge Klink hooks. The first time I bought some got some size 12's and you could attach a submarine under it. :D I know GAC do them as well as Klink extreme hooks, hope thier not bigger. :shock:
Ian
Cheers folks. Kamasan B100 it is . Will post a pic when I get them.
Quote from: paulr on January 15, 2010, 05:26:52 PM
Here's my (lazy) take on the turks tarantula:
Hardly lazy Mr. R. Time-efficient, yes. Ingenious, definitely. Effective . . . . can't wait to find out . . .
Ta again for the tips - first attempts attached.
Gawn yersel Andrew. They look great. Really like the sort of camo coloured legs.
cheers
Paul
Great looking flees there Tweed will have to have a go at them.
Here is another go at the Klink. Better this time. Although I didn't manage to the GAC today for the recommended hooks. Found some buzzer hooks in my boxes and used them.
Cracker CC. Really interesting to see the evolution through your earlier posts - shows what a wee bit of good advice, and practice, can produce. I really like the look of that last one. I'm no rivers man myself, but certainly looks the biz to my untrained eye.
The leggy beasts are fine Andrew, fine Klink as well Clan Chief
Yeah! This was a classic example of how this forum works. I feel I was getting better after getting the advice etc form fellow Forumites.
Clan ,
the klinks look great. I know alot of forum members use kamasan for the klinks but I use tiemco. I don't like the offset point as I tend to think they turn the flee into a wee helicopter and they are a duller colour. GAC sells them as well.
keep them coming.
paul
Wee Bri,
I have used these hooks before and I liked them. I have caught fish to around 3lb on them. They are not offset either and they are also good for klinks. Only critisim is that the boddy of the fly sits well below the surface but sometimes this is good.
I'l try to post a few patterns later.
regards
Paul
Wee Bri,
I looked out the tiemco hooks I used and I have used the 206 instead of the 212. The hooks are black but I like them and even though they are fine they do hold fish. The pattern attached is an orange elk hair emerger and it theeeeeeee best spinner pattern I use. Even though the dubbing looks yellow in parts it turns deep ruby orange when wet.
I also intend to fish more emerger nymphs this year so I have copied the pattern on Davie Mcphails site.
Cheers
paul
Went to GAC tonight for some stuff then I suddenly remembered to get hooks but forgot what was recommended to me on the forum. I got some though I got Partridge Klinkhammer hooks in a size 16 which actually look like a normall size 12 I think. Anyway I tied this tonight before going out I will post one tomorrow with the new hooks I purchased...........
Quote from: Clan Chief on January 22, 2010, 12:48:31 AM
Went to GAC tonight for some stuff then I suddenly remembered to get hooks but forgot what was recommended to me on the forum. I got some though I got Partridge Klinkhammer hooks in a size 16 which actually look like a normall size 12 I think. Anyway I tied this tonight before going out I will post one tomorrow with the new hooks I purchased...........
Aye Clan Chief, the Partridge hooks have their very own scale :roll:
Like you say, a Partridge 16 is about a normal 12. Your klink should do very well for March Browns.
Alex
Ive never fished klinks before. Anyone advise on their use.
Quote from: Clan Chief on January 22, 2010, 01:02:18 AM
Ive never fished klinks before. Anyone advise on their use.
I use them on rivers a lot, but I'm sure that size and pattern will catch fish at Hillend for you, especially at mayfly time.
I have to confess that's the first time I've visited your blog, CC :oops:. Yeah, I like it. Good job :D
Alex
Limited experience but I've only found klinks to work on the lochs when it goes flat calm. Not a touch when there's a ripple on the water. Only used them a few times this season and flat calm was when they did the catching.
Flies look great CC and Paul. Need to get myself tying again.
I've been intending to give the Klink further trials. Haven't had a great deal of success with it so far.
Perhaps we need to rename it for use in Scottish waters, Some mixture of the best of Scottish with a bit of Dutch. How about the Peter Van Dross.
Having trouble trying to post an upload a pic
Quote from: Clan Chief on January 22, 2010, 11:35:48 PM
Having trouble trying to post an upload a pic
Thanks Clan Chief. Lots of technical problems involving the server (far too techy for me) at the moment but the good news is Fred is on the case :D Hopefully normal service will resume within a few days.
Alex
Clan
I have used klinks on hillend a lot especially when the green drakes are coming off. I'll look out my mayflys patterns and see if I can post a few. They are well worth the effort.
Paul
Well I got my vice out and tied some flies last night. Hooray!
Some big pearly ribbed black pennels and bloody butchers for sea trout.
As I mentioned on Thursday night. Here is a pic of my klink tied with a partridge klink hook. Think i prefer the profile of the B100's. Might track down some Tiemco hooks
Great flee and deadly in smaller sizes. I got some of the hooks you mentioned as they look the mutts nuts. So I will experiment over the next week or so.
Tonight I'm on CDC and Elk
I never thought of klinks as loch flies either but found a large olive one worked well on lochpark, back end of last season on quite a windy day.
Klinks are a fly I really struggle to tie so I usually buy mine.
Will try my Klinks at the Loch in June perhaps.
Nice flees lads what size is that Black para? Bri is that tied on the B100's.
Like the elk/cdc, Bibio. looks similar to a Hans W pattern
The cdc & elk is one hell of a fly and I love that olive version.
Never be without a size 14 & 12 on the Don. :8)
Couldn't really be described as a tying,foam froglet's.
Scaled down largemouth bass patterns John :lol:not yet damp but i have a few ideas in mind for the season ahead :D
Chris.
They're great Chris...i'm sure they will take a Pike and hopefully Trouts too :D
They are tied on longshank 10 John but could easily be scaled down again,like any new pattern i prefer tying on the larger hooks,less chance of making an arse of it.
They are mentioned on the net as a very effective pike pattern tied in the larger sizes Harpo,i would be pretty confident the trout will take a shine to them too.
Chris.
They are great Chris :D
I know a wee pond were the jack pike would go ballistic (literally) for them in the summer.
Be interesting to see what the trout think of them, i suppose the sillhouette from beneath isn't that different from the turks.
cheers
Paul
I really like them... what's the eyes?
Hologram dome eyes from lakeland,i do believe the angling centre do a line of these type of eyes.
Chris.
Quote from: paulr on January 25, 2010, 11:38:56 AM
They are great Chris :D
I know a wee pond were the jack pike would go ballistic (literally) for them in the summer.
Be interesting to see what the trout think of them, i suppose the sillhouette from beneath isn't that different from the turks.
cheers
Paul
The gutless frog is another you may like to consider for the summer pike Paul,looks the business.
Chris.
That bottom photo reminds me of the Budweiser ad. :D
Had to google that one Fred,Nice :D
Chris.
More lazy, corner-cutting ties from my vice:The Mcflylon and Elk.
Obviously the yarn won't move in the water as attractively as the original CDC, but it will be a hell of lot easier to dry-I'm lazy when it comes to fishing as well as flytying :8) Will let you know if they work in a few months time.
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Also been having more fun with razor foam and came up with these Adams style flees.
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I'm sorry to say Paul the razor foam flies wont work. I tied up a load of those type of flies about twenty years ago and all they did was twist the cast. They didn't float right and they caught very few fish. I still have them in my dry fly box but they are never used. I will be intrigued to see to see how you get on with yours :)
They float fine in my trusty glass of water, will need to see how they perform for real though.I think the wing length will have a lot to do with them landing the right way up. They wouldn't be my first line of attack, more something else to try on picky fish.Will let you know how they get on :D
Hi Col,
I've tied a couple a completely synthetic ones with a tan Mcflylon wing and brown body and straggles. I've got too many new flies to try when the season starts :?
cheers
Paul
Sandy - I use that type of foam (at least I think it is the same) for a couple of my flies. It seems to work quite well as long as it is kept very short. I use it for spent spinners like my double Caenis which I've posted on here before.
My latest tying from my tying classes. It is apparently good on the local rivers down here in the Lake District
WB do you get a lot of bloodworm in your rivers. Not really tried that before, interesting. Starting to get sorted for the start of the season. Small paras and some grif gnats.
Quote from: bibio1 on January 31, 2010, 10:33:45 PM
WB do you get a lot of bloodworm in your rivers. Not really tried that before, interesting. Starting to get sorted for the start of the season. Small paras and some grif gnats.
Hi Bibio1
I personally have never noticed a lot of them but have seen them. the guy teaching at the tying nights says that the River Kent and River Eden have a lot of them
Tied up a few balloon mayflies with Assynt/Caithness in mind - nice and easy to tie for a beginner like me and so far I've resisted the temptation to put rubber legs on them :).
Been kinda busy the past few months and haven't had much any time for tying! Hopefully things are going to settle down a bit now. To get back into the swing of things I thought I'd have a go at some Irish Mayflies.
Left to right are Silver Drake, Carra May and Unnamed May Fly.
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g8/scotfly/New%20Flies%20and%20Ideas/Irish-Mays.jpg)
Love those mayflies
Quote from: Part-time on February 01, 2010, 01:09:48 AM
so far I've resisted the temptation to put rubber legs on them :).
Go on, you know you want to!
Nice fly, haven't seen one like that before!
Quote from: Part-time on February 01, 2010, 01:09:48 AM
Tied up a few balloon mayflies with Assynt/Caithness in mind - nice and easy to tie for a beginner like me and so far I've resisted the temptation to put rubber legs on them :).
Those are very like my own hatching mayfly nymphs although mine are palest yellow and have stretched polythene over the body. They work very well indeed. No need to wish you luck with those if the hatch is on!
Harpo,
I can't remember where I saw the pattern before but I think the rubber leg version may be found lurking in the flee box by the start of the season :)
Malcolm,
I've never deliberately fished a mayfly pattern before so good to hear they have worked well for you; all the mayflies I notice are are creamy white but I'll give the yellow version a try. I just uses the white hair from the edge of a hare mask for the body.
John
Been messing around with some grayling flies today and thought I'd post a pic with a difference. Folk that failed to get their heads and eyes around those stereogram pictures from the 90s can tune out now. Here's what you do... stare at the centre of the two pictures below while crossing your eyes (just like Clarence the lion used to) until you can see three images instead of two. Now do your best to focus on the image in the centre. Ignore the sore head this gives you and marvel at the groovy 3D masterpiece before you! This is my first hamfisted attempt at doing this, so it's not perfect... worth a go though just for the hell of it.
Disclaimer: Folk with eye problems, such as muscular disorders, shoulnae play and all participants should know that having a go at this is at your own risk!
I'm aff tae the opticians if I can find wan
Cased Caddi/Caddiseseseses.
Finally got a life and stopped trying to stick bits of grit to hooks :8)
I like the colour of the dubbing Paul, what is it?
PA: Your such an auld cynic! :lol:
Hiya John,
It's just natural hare,
cheers
Paul
Like the look of the caddis Paul, especially the head, how do you get that effect?
Cheers Guys,
It's a lead underbody wrapped with light cahill coloured uni-thread.I then really heavily waxed the thread and dubbed the hare as tightly as possible.After trimming any loose hairs i tied in pheasant fibres for the legs and built up a head with the thread.I then whip finished and varnished the head, and used a black marker for the details. They're actually really good fun to tie :D
Nice one Paulo, I liked the thought of you sticking bits of sand to a hook though :shock:
But mind i'm no helping you carry your no doubt massive & many fly boxes about next season :D
Some nice caddii there. :)
Thoughts of summer months and "thin" water.
All tied on Kamasan B410 # 20, with 1.5 or 2mm beads.
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Some more thoughts of summer months and thin water.
A few more little bead-heads.
All on TMC 2487 #20 and 22's.
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Hook - TMC 2487 #20
Thread - Gudebrod 10/0 Light Olive Green
Body - Fly-Rite Inchworm Green
Rib - Fine Green Copper Wire
Wing - 2 strands green Chrystal Hair
Thorax - Brown Argentinian Hair
Bead - Real Fly Color Beads - Caddis Green.
Still on the wee stuff and one to never leave home without!
Knotted Midge #28
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Quote from: wee bri on February 07, 2010, 05:48:43 PM
Some fantastic flies again Scotfly.
I'm having to use the magnifier when I've been tying some size 19 parachutes and don't think I would even attempt a 28.
I'm
getting have got that way myself :( Fingers still work fine, just can't see what I'm doing with them now!
Nice Dunkeld, one of my all time favourite flies. :8)
Nice flees and bugs there folks
Purchased some UV Micro Straggle Fritz today. Which I intend to use to sparkle up some of my traditional style flies. Here is a pennel using the uv stuff.
Nice "spiced up" Pennel CC. :8)
Something a tad more subtle from me tonight..
A slight variation of Al Troth's Pheasant Tail nymph; just for fun!
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HOOK - Varivas 2200 #30
THREAD - Spiderweb
TAIL - Pheasant Tail
RIB - Fine Green Copper Wire
BODY - Pheasant Tail
THORAX - Dubbed Peacock Herl
THORAX COVER - Pheasant Tail
Still on the wee stuff, but not quite so wee this time.
All tied on TMC200R #20 & 22.
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How do you guys get such perfect photo's?
I've spent ages pi55ing around with just about every setting I can find but can't get very crisp images
You using a tripod BP?
No RC. Is that the secret?
is it my shaky hand?
It'll definately help. It's good to set the camer's delay/timer too (even for a couple of seconds) as this means that you wont shift the camera as you press the shutter. :)
lovely looking palmered flee there BP.
I had a few problems with this as well BP. I'm about as far from being an expert as you can get, but the following worked for me.
Hold the camera quite far away (maybe a couple of feet or more) and zoom in as far as possible.
If you've got a setting for close ups (mine's a button with a pic of a flower on it), press that and the image looks a bit clearer, but still not 'crisp'. Bash on though and have faith.
Press your shutter button half way down to focus, and then all the way down to take the picture.
Might work . . .
That emerger looks like a killer Wee Bri.
cheers
Paul
Agreed I'll have to try the flexi floss bodies they do look good.
paul
QuoteBy the way, you can get those wee tripods in one of those pound shops.
thats where I got mine from. great for taking on hillwalking and fishing trips. Very compact too.
Quote from: paulr on February 10, 2010, 02:39:54 PM
That emerger looks like a killer Wee Bri.
cheers
Paul
Aye it does that, i've never seen fexi Floss in the shops (Country Life) does it come in rolls like thread?
Cheers
Like the look of that Flexi para Bri. Very tempting for the fish , I'm sure.
Tied this recently. I used micro straggle fritz for the body. Red wire for the rib and an olive hen head hackle.
That certainly looks a good bet for the green drakes coming off hillend at the end of june.
paul
Very nice. :)
Lovely tie CC, proportionally spot on and the sweep of that hackle is to die for! :8) :8)
Cheers for the praise Scotfly :D
Today I'm still on the micro straggle fritz theme........
Nice tie Buzz (as always) :8)
Looks like it could pass as a buzzer too.
I've been doing some more small stuff, dries this time.
Saw this in Ed Engle's book (Tying Small Flies) and thought that looks :8) :8)
So I tied a few up changing the body material and varying the colours to suit my fancy.
HOOK - Kamasan B410 #20 (Some are on Grip hooks too, but I've forgotten which models (#20's too))
THREAD - Gudebrod 10/0
TAIL - Fibetts
BODY - Stripped Peacock Herl
THORAX - Beaver Dubbing
HACKLE - CDC Fibres
WING - TMC Aero Wing.
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(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/scot2flyfish/flies/CDC-Para-4.jpg)
Then I thought, what about those difficult days?
Wonder if I can tie it on a TMC 518 #32.... Just about! :oops:
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Smashing flees there Scotfly. You must have a gid pair of mince pies tae tie them that small.
Great flies Scotfly.
Having just tried to tie some very simple (black dubbed body & hackle)size 20 flies I just dont know how you can get results like that; apart from using a magnifier do you have any tips for tying wee flies or is it just practice and more practice
Quote from: buzz on February 14, 2010, 10:28:59 PM
I have tied this , simply because i have tied every other olive imitation on the planet.
Thanks Buzz, that CDC hackle might be the answer to a wee fly tying problem that's been bothering me for years. I'll try it out and post later.
Quote from: Part-time on February 15, 2010, 10:11:37 PM
Great flies Scotfly.
Having just tried to tie some very simple (black dubbed body & hackle)size 20 flies I just dont know how you can get results like that; apart from using a magnifier do you have any tips for tying wee flies or is it just practice and more practice
Thanks PT.
I don't use a magnifier, but I do use a pair of glasses I had made with a short focal length.
There's no great secret to tying small. It's simply a case of scaling everything appropriately, IE; finer threads (I use Gudebrod 10/0 and Spiderweb mainly) use less material and appropriate material, and most importantly make every thread wrap count.
I like the sunk abdomen style of fly with the advance wing style and I've put a couple of these on here and included one in a swap
http://www.wildfisher.co.uk/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6736.0;attach=5363;image
It's a style I like and have used for many years however I've never been 100% happy with them as the amount of hackle needed to support them is just too much. Then I saw Buzz's cdc hackle and went upstairs to try it out. It works great and looks highly realistic. The photo here really doesn't do it justice and I'll be tying a good few of these up in various olives, browns and blacks for the start of the season. Pattern is simple and advance wing pointing straight up the shank of the hook and over the eye then a CDC collar hackle. A silk body to make sure it sinks and that's it.
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Quote from: scotfly on February 16, 2010, 01:08:49 AM
Thanks PT.
I don't use a magnifier, but I do use a pair of glasses I had made with a short focal length.
There's no great secret to tying small. It's simply a case of scaling everything appropriately, IE; finer threads (I use Gudebrod 10/0 and Spiderweb mainly) use less material and appropriate material, and most importantly make every thread wrap count.
Thanks Scotfly, I'll try some finer thread but sounds like more practice required
Tied this today for nothing other than fun.
Picture is not showing the true colours of this flee.
The body is purple ribbed with red wire
Claret cock body hackle
The rest is obvious.............
good name and very appropriate. Let us know how you get on with that one. never really used purple flees.
paul
Managed to get a couple of hours this morning to tie up some flies
Jim
An easy tie but they still catch fish, for the South Esk in April and I always need plenty as I like to hang them in the trees :roll:
Quote from: Clan Chief on February 17, 2010, 12:52:32 AM
I tie something similar using the feather at the top of the jungle cock , works a treat .. :lol:
this is great , I could get used to having time to tie some flies. Todays flies invicta and an olive on a size 22
Jim
Oh well, here we go. Thought I'd better have a first go at posting in here to show that I was actually tying something with the kind gifts I received from several forum members when I decided to have a bash at tying.
These are some Hedgehoggy things, first on a B400 emerger hook and the second, which I prefer, on a B420 Sedge hook. Body is a Dark Claret SLF with a pearlescent tinsel rib, a CDC "underwing" and deerhair "overwing". The heads ended up a bit on the big side but hopefully I can sort that out in future.
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Good stuff Guddler :8) I like the B420 too.
Don't get stressed over your head, It's long rather than big, but you've managed to keep it fairly proportional to the fly.
Only thing I'd change is the body, try using about a 1/4 of the dubbing.
BIG plus point is the wing. Perfect length, perfect proportion and you've managed to keep the deer hair where it should be! On the B400 you've kept it all on top :8) and on the B420 you've allowed it to "creep" down the side a fraction, that will add more stability to the fly. :8) :8)
Very, very well done.
Cheers Scotfly and thanks for the encouragement. I always really struggle with dubbing, whatever type I try. Sounds like I'm using far too much so I'll cut it right back.
I've got my first lesson booked for tomorrow night so I'll show him what I've been doing and see if he can help sort it out.
I've been busy filling up missing spaces. Here's some of them:
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Amber Sedge pupa
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Damselfly Nymph
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Pheasant Tail Nymph
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Mayfly Nymph
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Green Longhorns
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Midnight Blue Leech
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Gammarus Pulex Shrimp
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Asellus Aquaticus louse
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California leech
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Minkie Roach
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Caddis Larva Cased
Norm
I like that mayfly nymph - presumably Ostrich herl for the shaggy look?
Two long hair white ostrich herls and one tan shorthair herl wound together to dull the white into a bright white-cream, over an underbody of the tail pheasant tail fibres which were bound down and wetted with varnish to hold the ostrich herls, a rib of crean tying silk through wound counter to teh body wind.
A little lead under the thorax for surface penetration, but not to sink it like a stone.
The "rings" are PT and there are three of them in the cream white, one extra compared to a natural. I usually add another key point, or enlarge it, or brighten the camo so it's faulty camo and stands out. The idea here is for a brighter mayfly nymph with a bright-dark attention grabber feature at the rear.
The throat is brown partridge, short, and sparse. Wing case PT.
Norm
My first attempt at a Kate McLaren just finished tying it
Latest from my vice......
No reason at all other than it's what was at hand
Did you bend that hook or can you get them in that style?
My photos are getting a wee bit clearer but still not as sharp as you guys :x
I tied this march brown spider this morning.....
Grasshopper.
Quote from: Bandy Catcher on February 22, 2010, 01:30:12 PM
Aw... another cutie. :lol:
John
But will the troot think so :D
Chris.
I was dabbling with dabblers tonight
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Nice looking flees there Black Don. Will definately catch fish.
George
Nice Flees,
Plenty of action in those BD.
Sandy B.O.
Lovely looking Dabblers.
here are a few Invictas that I have tied tonight
Jim
Nice Invicta's Jim. :)
Here's some more from tonight.
(http://i416.photobucket.com/albums/pp242/fsadmin/ZuluDabblers.jpg)
Zulu Dabblers ?
Lovely flees Donald,particulary like the red headed version.
Chris.
Quote from: Ardbeg on February 23, 2010, 08:49:51 PM
Brilliant pattern Chris, hope it does the biz.
Cheers
Steve
Considering i managed to superglue two of my toes together doing that one steve i certainly hope so.
Chris.
Someones got to ask! How did you manage to glue your toes :?
Jim
Quote from: wildhibroon on February 24, 2010, 09:54:53 AM
While attending to the fly some Superglue dropped on to inconveniently though comfortably placed toes?
Exactly,don't tie barefooted :D
Chris.
Messing with Matuka's
I tied up a few Matuka variants tonight as I'm trying to get away from bead heads. Here's an Olive Matuka variant I reckon will work.
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Quote from: guest on February 25, 2010, 01:56:54 AM
Here's an Olive Matuka variant I reckon will work.
I reckon so too, nice one Donald.
Norm
Inspired by Black Don , I'm on the dabblers........
Nice flee there CC.
Couple of Lures from last nights Guild Tying Night
Dawsons Olive & Cats Whisker
Go easy folk only started tying last week, trying to teach myself as I go.
Orkney soilder palmer
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Quote from: Sandfly on February 26, 2010, 09:37:50 PM
That will catch fish, not bad for a beginner.
Davy.
Yup, great looking fly.
Well done!
Dave
It's all there Alba: decent ribbing, dubbing, hackling and whip finishing. You'll have too many flies - just like the rest of us - in no time at all. Well done and keep posting! :)
Been on the Matuka's all night.
(http://i416.photobucket.com/albums/pp242/fsadmin/Matuka3.jpg)
Left to right
Rapala Matuka. The Ace of Spades. Green Drake Matuka.
( Hic :lol: )
A lovely trio of flee there!
Came across a bag of church window feathers in my tying chest. Thought I would make use of them. tied this flee this Sunday morning.
Hook size 10
Thread Fire Orange Uni
Tail Claret pheasant
Body Golden stone possum with red holographic tinsel
Rib Copper wire
Body Hackle Fiery Brown
Collar Hackle church window Hackle
Beautifully tied klink style flee :8)
Nice flees Col and Chief. :)
Quote from: wee bri on February 28, 2010, 10:06:43 PM
The orange Guinea fowl on the Ace of spades in particular is a nice touch.
wee bri........
Brian,
would you believe the orange Guinea foul came about more by chance than by design ?
A few years ago I bought one of those Lureflash " How to Tie the Ace of Spades " packets and it came with orange Guinea foul. :shock:
The funny thing about the tying instructions contained therein was that it didn't tell you to tie down the Matuka wing with the wire rib. :?
Needless to say my tying has surpassed the requirement for " How To Kits " these days. :wink:
Lovin' the segmented body on that one Col. :8)
Aye Col, that's nice I was thinking about March Brows as well...might have a go at something similar.
Do you get March Brown hatches on the Almond?, haven't seen any before :?
cracking col
Great flees lad and some needed inspiration. Needing to get a shift on and tie up some flees for the rivers. Starting from scratch, but some of the flees on the forum do get you thinking so some of these are bits and bobs from others but then again what flys are not. Reading the stuart crofts article got me thinking about silver under bodies on a CDC emerger so I am going to give them a right go.
Also who uses wool now? I can't see past it for dubbing on river flees, cheap and easily mixed for colour. Infact its the best dubbing you can get but can you buy it in GAC. Naw. As for flee bodies though IMHO stripped peacock looks best but not had a lot of success with it. My favorite river flees are the last two. they look like you should chuck them in the bin but they do deceive fish.
paul
As Churchill the Bulldog would say Paul
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Ooooh, yes ! :8)
On a more serious note, re. wool for dubbing I'm sure some of the first Zulu patterns I tied as a kid recommended wool for dubbing as well as the tail. None of this namby pamby seals fur stuff or the like. :wink:
Lorevly!. The Flees, no the dug and the burd. :lol:
Nice flees Paul. I think the issue with wool is that it holds water while seal's fure repels it, so wools ok for a Zulu or other wet pattern, but not so good for a dry. A bit of floatant might make this redundant tho.
BTW, anyone know who removed Linda Lusardi's money-maker? As Hermes Conrad from Futurama said, 'No not my torso... my beautiful torso!'
Chinook? Shouldn't that be a salmon fly?
A very apt name for yer flee. Never seen anything like it before. Its very difficult to be original in fly tying
but I reckon you have managed it. Very well done! :D
That's a cracking fly Col. I've been tying up a load of "double" flies like the double caenis, olive spinner and comparadun this winter but nothing like that one. I'll soon sort that omission out!
Nice flees there Davy and Col. :8)
I'm sure the fish will love that , Col.
Tied this tonight using my new blue hen cape which I purchased from Cookshill at the GAC today.
Tied a few in this style today.........
Lovely. I'm a real fan of that sparse, palmered style. Just oozes movement. :)
Crazy Zulu's
(http://i416.photobucket.com/albums/pp242/fsadmin/CrazyZulus-1.jpg)
I just got a bit over adventurous but'll give these a chuck at some point in the season anyway.
Who knows maybe the new killer pattern for 2010.
Maybe not.
:roll: :)
Quote from: guest on March 10, 2010, 12:21:14 AM
Crazy Zulu's
(http://i416.photobucket.com/albums/pp242/fsadmin/CrazyZulus-1.jpg)
I just got a bit over adventurous but'll give these a chuck at some point in the season anyway.
Who knows maybe the new killer pattern for 2010.
Maybe not.
:roll: :)
Those look as if they would be good dropper flies for salmon - or the sort of flies that do well on the northern and western isles. Peter Mackenzie Philps swore by massive bright tails on zulus and reckoned it made them into the best loch flies going so you could be on to a good thing there.
Quote from: wee bri on March 10, 2010, 09:34:26 AM
Is that Lite Brite you've used on these Don?
wee bri........
It's kinda similar stuff Bri but don't know exact name it came as a multipack in a kit.
Quote from: Malcolm on March 10, 2010, 10:18:46 AM
Those look as if they would be good dropper flies for salmon - or the sort of flies that do well on the northern and western isles. Peter Mackenzie Philps swore by massive bright tails on zulus and reckoned it made them into the best loch flies going so you could be on to a good thing there.
They're probably worth a chuck for trout stripped with a pause here and there Malcolm going by the colours. :roll:
I tied these up last night too they're a bit more conventional and respectable.
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:)
I do like those. Very nice indeed :D
Here's one I intend to wet next week at Hillend.
Tied my first flies since October tonight, started with some easy stuff.
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a green one
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a brown one
First time I've tried a teardrop tungsten bead, have to admit I liked them...
Norm
PA and CC,
Great flees and nice try. I hope you do well at hillend on monday. You might need something with a rather large gold head on to break through the ice. Apparently you can bounce scaffold poles off the ice near the club house.
good luck I think I'll wait a week or two.
Paul
was at club house this morning. A very strange phenonenon with a clear divide across the loch . One half free of ice the other looks arctic. Didnt have my camera to get a pic. if its still the same tomorrow I will get a pic
I was round Drumpellier the whole loch is ice free, although the canal is still frozen :)
The anglers are out and the word is the loch is fishing well with r******s of 4,5 and 6 Lbs coming off.
Bit early for trout fishing isn't it? I know it's stocked with 'bows Fishtales, but I thought it had a closed season. Not that I'm tempted to fish it... haven't been there since I was a kid and event then you were more likely to catch a mingy mongrel being walked behind you!
There are no brown trout in it any more so the club extended the season. I'm not sure what the dates are now. I know when I was there we ran the season from the middle of February to the end of October, if I remember right, then the council insisted that it should be the brown trout season because there were brown trout in the loch at that time. We fought that for a while and then I left but they continued to fight for the extension which they finally got back.
I don't think this fly needs any introduction. Following on from the loch nymphs thread this is the first I've tied for this seasons box. I think the next will be some of Sandy's because they look very catchy fishy.
(http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd95/guest/IMG_0634.jpg)
I'm not 100% happy about the tying, body could've been more even, ribbing could've been better spaced, the head could've been tidier and the tippets could've been tied in better. It won't win any competitions but I'm sure it'll catch fish and I ain't doing any more tyings for the sake of perfection on a Saturday night :)
It's a good fly Donald. However it is a much better fly with a good bunch of orange marabou on the tail.
Bob
Anytime! It is a really good improvement. I think it's a Stan Headley innovation but don't let that put you off.
Malcolm
Tied this today. I was thinking it would be a good sea trout fly
Nice looking old jock . will defo do for the sea trout
Looks like a good fly for lochstyle seatrout.
Have been reading Angling Lines and have noticed that the Ke-He is mentioned quite frequently. Not a fly i have used before so i thought i would tie a few up:
(http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/xx246/Robbie_Mac_photos/DSCF3098.jpg)
Robbie
Nice Ke-He Robbie; one of, if not my favorite wet flies for the lochs. I prefer them with the herl body tied slimmer like yours has rather than the traditional plumper body.
That's a beautifully tied flee there Robbie.
In Shetland a couple of years ago the local boys were very keen on a black ke-he - black peacock herl/ black hackle - and sent us off with a handful. Worked there and have worked for me since on the mainland!
Tim
Thanks for all the kind comments :D I will be heading over to the west coast at the start of April so will hopefully give it a try then.
Read somewhere that the pattern originally had a black hackle, was planning to tie a few of these up as well.
Robbie
Very nice Derek,you should do very well with those :)
Chris.
I've been tying up some Blae & Black. Here is my best attempt yet
Good job on that one WB. It's always been a lucky fly for me.
here's an " Ombudsman " fly I tied up for the loch Nymphs thread the other night.
(http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd95/guest/IMG_0638.jpg)
It's underwired with two layers of copper wire. The hackle is supposed to be a wee bit softer than the one I've used but this was the softest I had without using a hen hackle as a cock hackle is specified. This one is taken from a chinese neck.
Apparently they're supposed to imitate larvae and nymphs of the alder fly but I'm sure I read somewhere they were supposed to be caddis imitations also.
The picture I have in Goddard's Waterside Guide shows the wing longer and grey, tied in farther from the eye with a short head of tying silk then the hackle then the true head of the fly.
Still looks a nice fly and you are right it is tyed to represent Caddis larvae.
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Some stuff I've done over the past few days.
I've been tying a lot of flies doubled this winter a couple of examples of the type of thing attached. I've already posted the double caenis so I don't need to post any more spinner patterns.
At the top left is a double cdc joined by lashing two hooks together. I may decide to take a pair of wirecutters to the first hook in future.
Below it is a double sparkle dun, this time tied on the same hook.
The big fly top right is my big green caterpiller which is a great fly to chuck under overhanging branches in summer
A couple of variants of the fluo green spider at bottom left
and last there is a polywing spinner
Haven't got used to my wife's compact camera yet.
(edit) I should have said for scale that the caterpiller is on a 12 longshank and the double cdc is tied on b160s size 16
Tied this flee this morning it was successful this afternoon.
Of sorts! I used very dark claret pheasant tail fibres for the tail. much more robust that the marabou which I dislike tying wise.
Very similar to a dancer type fly with the omission of the marabou tail as noted.
Some cracking flees on this page, I meant to say before that Breac's box looks very nice and particularly liked the two Turks he's included.
Cracking tyings there Malcolm no doubt brought about through years of experience.
:8)
Quote from: fishtales on March 19, 2010, 11:48:29 PM
The picture I have in Goddard's Waterside Guide shows the wing longer and grey, tied in farther from the eye with a short head of tying silk then the hackle then the true head of the fly.
Still looks a nice fly and you are right it is tyed to represent Caddis larvae.
Must try and get a picture of this as I reckon it would be a good fly. I copied an Ombudsman which came from scotfly and used turkey in the wings as per his tying. I did google the fly first but reckonned the pattern I had would've been truer to the original.
Here you are :)
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A couple of simple blacks..
Simple Black Bead Head
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/scot2flyfish/flies/SBBH.jpg)
HOOK - TMC2488 #22
THREAD - Black Orvis 12/0
BEAD - 1.5mm Black Tungsten
BODY - Thread (varnished, single coat)
THORAX - Single strand Peacock Herl.
Simple Black Nymph-Head
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/scot2flyfish/flies/SBNH.jpg)
HOOK - Grip 14731 #18
THREAD - Black Orvis 12/0
BEAD - 2.4mm Stonefly Black-Nickel Nymph-Head (Painted Yellow Deco-Color Eye)
BODY - Thread (varnished, single coat)
THORAX - Single strand Peacock Herl.
Nice Mark,
What hook are you using there? I like the shape.
Norm
Even more olives :lol:
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/scot2flyfish/flies/OliveParachute.jpg)
HOOK - TMC 200R #22
THREAD - Olive 10/0 Gudebrod
TAILS - Microfibetts
BODY - Olive Super Fine Dry Fly Dub #14
WING POST - Hareline dubbin inc Micro Foam
HACKLE - Golden Olive Cock
THORAX - BWO Super Fine Dry Fly Dub #9
And a paraloop version.
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/scot2flyfish/flies/OliveParaloop.jpg)
Same dressing but on a Partridge K14ST #20 and an olive Z-Lon tail.
Yeah! like the paraloop flee. That's a technique I have yet to try.
Tied this flee tonight. The head hackle is a feather of many I acquired today from a roadkill pheasant on the A73.
Nice Flee ther Clan Chief
Most excellent Scotfly. :8)
I like that one chief, ye cannae beat a bit o' roadkill. :wink:
Nice flees too Buzz. :)
Quote from: buzz on March 24, 2010, 12:16:24 AM
Tonight i have been mostly splitting tails and wings on Olive Duns :makefun
That fly in a much darker olive has been one of my most successful patterns for quite a few seasons.
Cracking flies as always guys. How do you manage to tie s/hedgehogs without the dubbing creating a gap between each clump of deer hair Davy? My attempts always leave a small gap... doesn't harm the fishing of course but still very frustrating.
Hmmm, maybe that's the issue. Like you I tend to tie my flies with less rather than more, but my sedgehogs and other caddis patterns are generally the exception, as the natural is usually a bit portly roudn the midrift (aren't we all). I'll try it your way and see how it goes. :)
March Brown Spider:
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Robbie
Super Fly Robbie,
I bet it gets you a few fish at the start of this season :D
Norm
cracking wee flee
Got this from Davie McPhaill on U-Tube.
Can't believe I never thought of it myself! A hybrid of two of my most used flies, namely the DHE and the CDCE!
The technique of winding the dubbed thread through the wing, to keep it vertical, works a treat, too
Am I missing something - looks like a standard DHE to me?
Malcolm it's a deer hair and CDC wing.
Just watched the video, thanks for the prompt Dave! Cracking looking fly btw. I've tied my first fly in 3 or 4 months tonight. Given myself a kick up the arse as I need to become proficient!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFKOMYU3Ed4
Hope that link works, he ties it as a compara-dun, but it makes a rather useful looking emerger.
Thanks - that makes sense now - I couldn't see the CDC in the original
I'm still messing with tungsten teardrops...
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half nymph, half spider.
Norm
I was looking at teardrops last night on a website and was trying to think how one would use them, so obvious now! :D
Looks great Norm!
Quote from: Clan Ford on March 26, 2010, 11:16:15 PM
I'm still messing with tungsten teardrops...
half nymph, half spider.
Norm
That's a crackin' lookin' flee norm. :8)
Quote from: Ardbeg on March 27, 2010, 12:17:07 AM
I can't see the point of this one guys?
It's basically a DHE that'll get slimed up and need replaced, why not just use a DHE?
If the troot are getting picky, stick on a CDCE that'll need replaced just as often as the DM hybrid, or am I missing something?
Ardbeg
I'm with Ardbeg. In fact I don't even bother with deer hair anymore. McFlylon does the same job, doesn't break and you can get it a variety of colours.
Alex
Tied this tonight for a possible cast tomorrow on a local burn that has had some recent coverage in this seasons report section
Very good point!
Until I try it out I won't know, but I think the floatability of slimed-but-dried-out CDC, combined with the deer-hair, could add a bit of bouyancy.
Y'know, working in tandem, might keep the fly fishing a wee bit longer.
DHEs are prone to getting mangled and waterlogged,too.
Worth a go..?
On the subject of synthetic yarns, I've been tying a few suspender-type flies, but using a loop of poly-yarn instead of a chunk of ethafoam or a polystyrene ball.
If you heavily anoint, in fact, practically cake the loop with mucilin, it floats *much* higher than foam.
The whole loop sits proud of the surface, with only the body underneath.
Spot on!
Always searching for the perfect emerger..
Clan Chief, I've just finished reading an article about hot spot nymphs and their effectiveness! Apparently can present a nymph to the fish in a manner that keeps the visibility of the gold head but takes away the flash that can spook them. It was a NZ article but I presume principles are the same. You know I'll feel just great if you go along and catch fish from there :lol:
Quote from: Ardbeg on March 28, 2010, 03:02:57 AM
Dirty polly's are possibly more robust but fish in a lowe way; interesting to hear how your research goes this coming year. Keep us informed.
Cheers
Ardbeg
The mucilin-caked poly-yarn loop looks to be about the highest floating device I've tried so far - whereas the simple tuft floats a fair bit lower, showing more of the yarn beneath the surface.
This is based on my exhaustive research technique of plopping them into a glass of water...
I think the hackle on the dirty polly does a good job of keeping the visible part of the fly riding high above the surface.
For a no-hackle design, the greased loop looks rather promising.
However, it's yet to be tested, nothing curses a fly like crowing about it when it's only just come out the vice!
Re: the DH/CDC emerger - sorry, bit of a Saturday night rambling justification, there! In a nutshell, it's the belt'n'braces construction that appeals here.
That fly'll float like a cork and catch fish, no question.
Quote from: Clan Chief on March 27, 2010, 09:55:42 PM
Tied this tonight for a possible cast tomorrow on a local burn that has had some recent coverage in this seasons report section
Some unusual looking materials in there Chief but looks very " fishy catchy "
Got the tying gear out again over the past few days, the realisation of the need to tie flies for NZ and this season has hit home! Up to now I've only tied big deer hair flies and foam flies, well nothing has changed apart from some unorthodox comparaduns and a couple nymphs, tied up with random materials, more to tie the shape than make it look like an imitation, just practice. Got my materials ordered, should be here this week and then I'll be tying "real" flies :lol:
Here's a chernobyl ant from tonight:
Not really the tail is partridge fibres, the body is possum. The rib is copper wire and a hot orange bead. Must be the over exposure of the pic that's throwing you.
That looks well put together Scotty!
Thanks Allan, horrible looking beasties but I can now say I have some in my box! :lol:
nice one scotty
Aye, a fine looking beastie indeed Scotty - mind and let us know how you get on with it!
Thanks to the replies on my request for river fly recommendations, here are my first attempts at river wets (all 14's). Hopefully these might give me a chance, need to get a few more materials for the other wet-fly patterns though. Might attempt klinks tomorrow . . .
A very nicely tied selection Tweed. Those will do the business when the water clears.
Alex
Those are great looking flees and patterns that I am absolutely certain will bring you success wherever you decide to fish
Very nice Mr. Buzzmeister. Have been seeing quite a few of these emerge lately. :8)
Ever since seeing the picture of Ronnie Mackenzies 11lb 10oz trout caught on a golden olive bumble I've been meaning to tie some up.
(http://i416.photobucket.com/albums/pp242/fsadmin/GoldenOliiveBumbleVariant.jpg)
As I don't have any Blue Jay or dyed Guinea Fowl I've had to use a teal blue head hackle. I'll get some Jay and post a pic up when I tie some with the correct materials.
Magnification and lighting are getting better in the photo's but I need to work on the focus. :roll:
Tweed - it's a size 4 or 6, can't quite remember which. It might have to wait till NZ to get an outing although I really want to get out and try it, see if it will scare fish into taking :lol:
Mark - very nice however things must be really bad on the fly hatching front :shock: :lol:
Don - again very nice! That must have been some fish :shock:
Was tying up tarantulas again tonight, some with legs and some without. Without legs is a really interesting look, looks more naturally buggy so to speak. Tied up in a range of sizes and colours, just filling the fly box :D Also tried using calf hair as per the instructions, it's worse than bloody deer hair, so soft! Need to develop my skills me thinks!
Yet more really nice flies guys. I need to get some buzzers done for the local loch... loads hatching in the past few day! Will post a pic when they're done - they'll need to be boring black jobs tho.
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Ginger / Haresear Kink
Tied a few of these today. Probably my most successful river pattern ever - certainly in terms of big fish. Have caught some crackers with it on the Don, Deveron and in New Zealand.
Hook - this is on an 18 Partridge Klink Extreme, but I also tie them on Kamasan B100s
Hackle - genetic ginger cock
Abdomen + Thorax - hare mask
Post - McFlylon. I usually use pink during the day ( you can pick it out in foam flecks) and yellow in the evening as I can see it better in lower light
I have stopped tying off the hackle under the post on these flies and just pull it over the thorax to the head and tie it off there. Not as neat (as you can see), but makes no difference at all to the fish and is far quicker with less faffing about.
Wet the abdomen, first then gink the hackle and post, some gink will soak down into the top of the thorax. the wet hare mask turns quite dark.
It works.
Sometimes. :D
Great fly Fred,
That's pretty much exactly the way I tie mine. I use big ones (B100 size 12s) with a healthy chunk of bright yarn to fish a few nymphs underneath too sometimes.
cheers
Paul
I'm about to go and try my first klinks, think I'll give that a bash Fred, looks very tasty!
Quote from: scotty9 on March 31, 2010, 04:05:56 PM
I'm about to go and try my first klinks, think I'll give that a bash Fred, looks very tasty!
I've tried a lot of colours Scott, but that has been the most successful. Not surprising as all it is is a DHE type fly, except that it always floats properly. :D
Quote from: admin on March 31, 2010, 04:08:14 PM
I've tried a lot of colours Scott, but that has been the most successful. Not surprising as all it is is a DHE type fly, except that it always floats properly. :D
How do you find different hackle colours? Is that the winning combination on that fly?
Quote from: bordertroot on March 31, 2010, 05:18:33 PM
Strange thing about `Partridge Klink Extreme` hooks the size never seems to relate with others :?
the size 20 I have in my vice right now is about the same as a size 14 "normal" hook.
Check out the partridge big mouth nymph hooks too, absolutely massive!
Tried some klinks, body was too thick and hackle a wee bit scrappy, will post pics later on. Also tied up a mega beettle, some griffiths gnats and a couple small turks, fun trying to spin deer hair on small hooks!
Scotty, keep the abdomen as slim as possible to help it cut through the water. Start with the merest hint of dubbing, barely covering the thread, add a wee bit as you move up, remember you can always put another turn or two over the same spot if it looks too thin. Remember to leave a long thread tag end at the hook point end of the abdomen and use it to rib - opposite direction. I use grey Sheer 14 / 0 fr all flies of this style.
Folks? Is this McFlylon similar to antron wool or poly yarn?
Quote from: Clan Chief on March 31, 2010, 06:52:34 PM
Folks? Is this McFlylon similar to antron wool or poly yarn?
It's a crinkly yarn that traps lots of air. It's the best yarn I have used by far. Magic stuff.
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Quote from: admin on March 31, 2010, 06:40:52 PM
Scotty, keep the abdomen as slim as possible to help it cut through the water. Start with the merest hint of dubbing, barely covering the thread, add a wee bit as you move up, remember you can always put another turn or two over the same spot if it looks too thin. Remember to leave a long thread tag end at the hook point end of the abdomen and use it to rib - opposite direction. I use grey Sheer 14 / 0 fr all flies of this style.
Thanks for that, exactly the problem! I'm also using 8/0 thread just now, thinnest I have for the time being. Will try a few more later on following your advice and see how things go.
Cheers Fred! Think I'll get some.
Quote from: scotty9 on March 31, 2010, 07:18:10 PM
Thanks for that, exactly the problem! I'm also using 8/0 thread just now, thinnest I have for the time being. Will try a few more later on following your advice and see how things go.
For small flies, you might want to try Roman Moser Power Silk.
It's a 10/0 dyneema thread, completely unbreakable in use.
It has it's critics, being slippery and liable to cut through soft materials like deer hair and foam, but provided you wax it well and take care you shouldn't have any problems.
You will need a scalpel or razor blade to cut it; scissors just bounce off it!
I use it for just about everything under a #10. Makes for very neat, tight flies.
Quote from: admin on March 31, 2010, 03:08:43 PM
Tied a few of these today. Probably my most successful river pattern ever - certainly in terms of big fish. Have caught some crackers with it on the Don, Deveron and in New Zealand.
Sounds good to me. So in an attempted copy here it is. . . . my first ever Klink - a bit on the sparse and straggly side and don't have the right hooks, but I'll keep practicing. Any tips for improvement would be much appreciated. I'd bought some Tiemco Aero Dry Wing which I've used as the post - is it any good?
Anyway, off to check on the progress of Masterchef - wouldn't mind catching at least the 2nd half of Arsenal Barca. Guess who wears the troos in this house - anything to keep the peace mind :lol:
That's a well tied fly Tweed, but really more of a parachute dun pattern than an emerger. The body will be more likely to lie on the surface rather than penetrate it. Tie the same thing on an emerger hook and Bob's your uncle.
Quote from: admin on March 31, 2010, 03:08:43 PM
I have stopped tying off the hackle under the post on these flies and just pull it over the thorax to the head and tie it off there. Not as neat (as you can see), but makes no difference at all to the fish and is far quicker with less faffing about.
Looks well Buggy to me.
Quote from: scotty9 on March 31, 2010, 06:33:48 PM
Check out the partridge big mouth nymph hooks too, absolutely massive!
Egg flees M8 :wink:
Got some Blue Jay today, more Bumbles meethinks. proper ones this time though.
Quote from: admin on March 31, 2010, 09:38:28 PM
Tie the same thing on an emerger hook and Bob's your uncle.
Sound advice Fred - thanks. Had some grub hooks lying around, so here're attempts 2 and 3. (Masterchef had 30 mins left to run :roll:)
Also used a different way of tying in the post, thanks to the step-by-step, and seems to look a bit less bulky. Starting to look a bit better hopefully, but a bit more practice required me thinks. Quick question - should the curviture of the hackle fibres flex down (i.e. shiny side down) or up if you know what I mean?
Cheers Dave :D Think i'll get some of that, especially if it will make things tidier.
Here's the picture of the klink I tied up, the body is too thick and the hackle could be neater, any advice? It's a size 12 b100 it's tied on. Also got a wee piccy of a griffiths gnat and the fly box that's been filled with the big scary beasties so far! My first attempt at klinks and griffiths gnat so hopefully things can only get better! Fingers crossed anyway! :lol:
Here's my Golden Olive Bumble with the correct Blue Jay hackle.
(http://i416.photobucket.com/albums/pp242/fsadmin/IMG_0639.jpg)
I find these quite difficult flies to tie with loads of materials on small hooks but well worth the effort.
I've got to get my photography sorted though. :x
Very nice Black Don. I love that style of fly.
Scotty I like the look of those Turks.
Nice wee goldheads there Davy. :)
I took my bumble outside and it's amazing the difference it has made to the picture quality.I had a good idea lighting was greatly to do with my poor quality fly shot's and will have to try and rig something up for indoors.
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Hook: B170 size 10
Thread: 8/0 Light Olive Uni Thread
Tail: Golden Pheasant Topping
Body: Irish Golden Olive Seals Fur ( Artifly )
Rib: Golden Oval
Body Hackles: Golden Olive Cock Saddle Hackle ( Artifly ) and Natural Brown chinese cock neck
Head hackle: Blue Jay ( Half Stripped )
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The Suzie
Required materials
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A streamer made with black and white hair from my collie Suzie. it works, got me a 6lb sea run trout in NZ. This one is on an 8 long shank, the NZ fish was on a standard shank size 10.
Bind on the heavy dumbbell eyes, super-glue, give 3 coats of red Humbrol enamel over 2 days. Use a wooden tooth pick as a brush. Then paint on a black eye dot. Put the hook in the vice upside down. Tie in black collie hair with a few strands of crystal flash. Turn the hook right way up, tie in white collie hair.
That's it, no body required. Do not overdress, keep it slim.
Remember because of the heavy dumbbell eyes this lure swims upside down, so make sure the white is on the underside as it swims - ie. on the top of the hook. It does not catch in the bottom!
Just add a wee bit of marabou and some fritz and there would be no end of troots that fly could catch. I didn't know there were many sea run trout in NZ. Are they similiar to our sea trout or can you fish during the day for them?
Anyway I am still in my olive mode and focusing on floating nymphs. Thank god we have fly tying to get us through the winter. Some great flees recently.
Paul,
Both Alex and I have caught several during the day
A wee quick tye. Maybe use this up at Hillend on Sunday.........
I have just started tying a batch today here are the first few.............
Nice Flees there Davy and ClanChief
McLaren's Ghost..........
Nice stuff guys. Loving those nymphs especially Davy - the last batch as well. Might be the target of my next act of plagiarism :8).
Best do some all black streamers as well Fred - even old Suzie up a bit, else you'll end up with one patchy collie :)
My latest klink attempt attached. Not sure if these are getting better or worse, enjoying doing something new though . . . .
Nothing wrong with that Tweed. Nicely proportioned all round and well tied. :8)
After reading the positive comments on here I went and spent ?20 to get a new lamp at Maplins and I must say I'm very pleased with it.http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=47980
I can even see to tie some wee dries....
the "wee" stuff. 8-)
Snowshoe Midge
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g8/scotfly/flies/snowshoe-midge.jpg)
HOOK - Partridge Vincent Marinaro #24
THREAD - Black Gudebrod 10/0
WING - Showshoe Rabbit
BODY - Black Orvis Spectrablend
Bunny Dun
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g8/scotfly/flies/bunny.jpg)
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HOOK - TMC100 #26
THREAD - Olive Gudebrod 10/0
TAILS - Microfibetts
BODY - Dyed Olive Stripped Peacock Herl
WING - Snowshoe Rabbit
THORAX - Olive Beaver
Tiny Down-wing Midge Emerger
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g8/scotfly/flies/tinyadultmidge.jpg)
HOOK - Varivas 2300 #28
THREAD - Black Gudebrod 10/0
BODY - Thread
WING - Bundled CDC Barbs
Loopwing Emerger
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g8/scotfly/flies/loopwing-emerger.jpg)
HOOK - Varivas 2300 #30
THREAD - Olive Gudebrod 10/0
SHUCK - Ginger Z-LON
BODY - Dyed Olive Stripped Peacock Herl
WING - CDC Barbs, Looped
THORAX - Olive Beaver
Caenis
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HOOK - TMC 518 #32
THREAD - Spiderweb (coloured with a black marker at the thorax)
TAILS - Microfibetts
BODY - Thread
WING - Uni Fluorescent Multi Yarn, White
THORAX - Black Beaver.
And no I don't use the magnifyer!
Particularly like the caenis Scotfly. I get muscle strain in my eyes just thinking about a #32! :)
Absolute beauties and certain to fool wild troot :applause
Nowt wrong with them Exerod. They're "proper" flies tied well for fishing with, which I'm sure they'll excel at. :8)
Loadsa Crackin' flees on this page. Re. the Suzie it seems a lot of folk are going for these clouser type patterns tied upside down, clever. :wink:
Liked the wee goldheads Davy, very neat. The Maplins light is a great bit of kit for the money Scotfly, got one meself.
I think the claret and blue will work well exerod, planning something along the same lines meself, maybe with quite a bit of silver and a red throat hackle in mine though. :wink: :D
Nice tyings. I think the top one could end up more succesful than folk might initially think.
Excellent tyings there exerod, I especially like the Red Hackled one
Excellent flies and photos Exerod
:allhail
Really nice flies there and your photos brill.
Nice tyings Andy,
They look especially handy for Lochs, I'd try a couple and particularly the first one if you get to the Western Isles.
Sandy B.O.
Lovely stuff Andy. Look just the biz for those really wild lochs in a good blow.
These are the latest additions to my burn/river fishing armoury. All 14's except the klinks which I've braved a 16 for - any smaller and we're looking at a disaster.
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Cheers,
Andrew
Lorvely all very buggy looking just how the fish would like em.
Andrew
No disasters there each one will catch the weariest fish.
cheers
paul
Some recent dabblers.
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Some poly-yarn emergers.
Norm
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I like the look of those Norm. Does the yarn float them well enough?
Quote from: scotty9 on April 17, 2010, 02:33:34 PM
I like the look of those Norm. Does the yarn float them well enough?
Hi Scott,
Like a cork :D The yarn is treated with watershed...
Norm
Excellent! Will be tying up a few of those, thanks for posting!
Quote from: buzz on April 17, 2010, 05:17:57 PM
Never mind the yarn Norm whats the body?
UTC Vinyl Rib - it comes in various colours. I like the Olive, Rust and Grey and by varying the colour of the thread you can quite dramitcally change the colour of the body while still keep a nice translucent feel about the fly. It works :D its a bit like flexi-floss.
Norm
Nice Mark,
Mole is one of my favourite dubbing materials - self cleaning and uni-directional, at least when its still on the mole :shock:
Norm
Quote from: Clan Ford on April 17, 2010, 11:34:50 PM
Nice Mark,
Mole is one of my favourite dubbing materials - self cleaning and uni-directional, at least when its still on the mole :shock:
Norm
Aye,
Me too and you can make nice troosers out of it as well.
Nice flees Mark.
Where's me moleskin, ( to match me troosers ) coat. :getcoat
Jings, I was up at Dunkeld for a wedding last night. Talk about torture, I'd left the rod at home. :x
A poly-yarn, vinyl rib, dun, sort of March Brownish :dunno
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Norm
I think you should call that the Don King emerger Norm
(http://www.wildfisher.co.uk/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=9025.0;attach=29342;image)
:shock: :8) :lol:
Quote from: guest on April 18, 2010, 01:02:06 AM
I think you should call that the Don King emerger Norm
:shock: :8) :lol:
The Don King it is :lol: - I'll give it a run on the Don next week, hopefully it lives up to its name :roll:
Norm
QuoteI think you should call that the Don King emerger Norm
:lol: :lol: Brilliant.
Alex
Had to google Don King..... very funny! :lol:
Started tying these last night and finished a couple this morning, 10 DHE's size 14. Just building the ranks just now, pretty pleased with them. It's the first fly I've tried to tie a few of them all at once and I think they've come out reasonably identical so I'm happy! :D
Those are excellent! Very very good especially for someone who has only recently started tying. :8)
I thought I'd tie an imitation of a LDO coz I have not seen any this year, missing them dearly. Some great flees on this thread.
cheers
paul
Crackin' flees Scott, well done. :8)
That's a nice flee Paul. Is it Ostrich you've used for the body ?
When I can get some I use heron herl and dye it yellow. It really is good and goes a lovely olive colour when wet.
cheers
Paul
Cheers guys :D Tied 10 more on a size 16 this time - just gotta hope I catch something now!
And yes Paul that is a nice fly indeed!
Nice flies folks.
You make me sick Scott, I've been tying flies for a couple of years and still haven't reached that standard of consistency.Is there anything you're shite at?
They look like fish catchers for sure, let's get out and see what the fish think of them soon.
cheers
Paul
Quote from: paulr on April 19, 2010, 12:51:47 PM
Nice flies folks.
You make me sick Scott, I've been tying flies for a couple of years and still haven't reached that standard of consistency.Is there anything you're shite at?
They look like fish catchers for sure, let's get out and see what the fish think of them soon.
cheers
Paul
Haha thanks Paul! Let me see...... aye of course, I just don't bother with those things! :makefun
Exams are finished a month today, so will give you a shout around then! It's long overdue!
Here's some of the flies I tied up for a saltwater trip,
Very nice John, really like the ones in the last pic.
What is the reasoning behind started the wing half way down the shank on some?
Those ones are for Tarpon, which have really abrasive jaws that can work through nylon really quickly. So this style, coupled with heavy nylon shock tippets, helps bring them to hand.
Those DHEs are pretty much bang-on, Scott :applause
Klinks and dirty pollies next!
The deergravy endorsement :shock: Now i'm happy!
Off to finish off the nymph i'm playing with then into some dirty pollies....
Scott, the Dirty Polly (upright wing version) is a dead easy tie if you get the wing tied in right - three tight wraps round the middle of the yarn, then pull the ends up and wrap tightly around them to bring the ends together.
Take care to keep the wing dead straight/vertical and also to clip the hackle so it's symmetrical.
Hopefully the pics will show what I mean.
Been tying up some favourites for my assault on the North East rivers this weekend.
Size 14 haresear klinks
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size 16 olive emergers
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size 12 and 14 flexifloss nymphs.These have a few wraps of lead under the thorax to take them down a bit.When wet they could mistaken for most nymphy, stoneclinger type beasties. These are my current choice for hanging under a klink.
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Great flies lads!
Thanks Dave - see what you mean perfectly! Also a nice simple tie, brilliant! :D Will be tying up a few tomorrow, was on nymphs again tonight. Got your hooks to get to you as well, my exams mean no fishing for me just now though :(
Paul - they look very good!
Been tying nymphs last couple nights, some glister nymphs that do very well in NZ according to a well respected guide and some wire nymphs.
Wire Goldhead ?
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Nice flee there black don.
could you post the tying please?
Quote from: Wild Boar on April 22, 2010, 11:27:24 PM
Nice flee there black don.
could you post the tying please?
No probs M8. It was supposed to be a beadhead cruncher variant but should really use a hen furnace hackle and wouldn't have a wing case or gold bead in order to be a cruncher but then again, I suppose that's what makes it a variant. :roll: :)
Hook B170 size 10
Red Uni thread 8/0
Tail Hen Pheasant
Boby red UTC wire
Thorax peacock herl / wing case Hen pheasant
Head hackle Furnace Cock ( Metz )
Gold head Bead.
Am gonnae tie some other wire flees the noo !
Not long finished tying this . I am going up to Hillend soon to give it a swim!
They are great flies Paul :8)
I'm not 100% happy with this but thought I'd post it anyway.
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Hope to get the legs spaced better and the tail flattened in future tyings. It's supposed to be a stonefly representation so I suppose I should cut the tail fibres down to two and maybe tie in a couple of " feelers " any suggestions welcome.
Realised when fishing the loch yesterday that I don't have many wee black dries in my box so knocked up a wee selection of dirty polly style dries and emergers. They might work as searching flees on some of the wee burns I fish too.
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And some grannom for evenings on the Kelvin.
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A classic and a modern variation...
The Adams
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And the modern variation.
The Parachute Adams
(http://i159.photobucket.com/albums/t149/scot2flyfish/flies/Adams-para.jpg)
Top notch flees and tying! Very nice
QuoteAt what time of the year do the tarantulas hatch?
I find it coincides with a fall of Chernobyl ants John :)
Nice flies as always Col. I tie something similar to your CDC for a general olive pattern, but find a lightish olive-bodied parachute on a 14 does as well, or better for the olive upright. Maybe it is because the legs are quite evident on the big fly, who knows?
Like you, I like to be able to have a few profiles to offer the fish. It passes the time.. :)
Alex
Quote from: haresear on May 08, 2010, 01:15:06 AM
I find it coincides with a fall of Chernobyl ants John :)
Alex
:D :D :D
Drove over the Clyde on the M74 at Hamilton on Thursday about four o'clock and the air was full of small sedge, probably Grannom. Might be worth tying some up.
Quote from: buzz on May 08, 2010, 09:54:49 AM
Col thanks for posting your flies.
It just goes to show we must spend too much time on running water, since Tuesday all i have done is knock up Olive Uprights :8)
Having said that Iron Blues are in abundance or have been the last two days but so far the fish have been ignoring them, strange as i assume its their favourite fly :shock:
I've spotted the odd olive upright but no irn blues (yet), guess I best get tying...
Norm
and a very good attempt too!
Lovely flies Col! I need to get tying up some of these for myself!
They do look great Mark! I've got a bookmarked list of all your steps by steps ready to be tied up... thanks for openly posting them!
QuoteAlex do you have a hackle colour preferance for parachutes for olive upright hatches ?
I started off using yellow hackles Col, but when I ran out ginger worked just as well.
Olive uprights were hatching today on the first river we fished and I got a 2lb 6oz on a today on a no-hackle fly, so maybe I was talking pish in my post when I said this...
QuoteI tie something similar to your CDC for a general olive pattern, but find a lightish olive-bodied parachute on a 14 does as well, or better for the olive upright.
Moved on to river 2 and had another nice fish at 1lb 12oz. It was hard work though.
Alex
In preparation for my visit to south Uist.
Love the look of those flees fellla particularly like the first one which appears to be a variation of a Kate?
Nice flies. Is the last one tied with a cock feather in order to kick in medium fast water?
Nice flies, I especially like the Machair Spider, a great fly.
cheers
Paul
Cheers guys.
That last spider does well on calm summer days on the lochs. I rarely fish rivers, although I have got a season for the Eden this year (4 outings, 6 hours of fishing, no fish), so I have no idea Malcolm! I have to say though the hackle is actually from a badger hen cape, the white tips are almost free of webbing and is quite cocky, tied in wet fly style as opposed to spider style because I thought it looked "better."
The first one is a bright orange take on a Kate MacLaren right enough, it has taken a fair few bandies for me...
Playing with a new toy tonight so thought I'd make use of the results:
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Robbie
Quote from: buzz on May 13, 2010, 12:13:06 AMhad to resort to gink and hackles :shock:
Not just any hackle - GRIZZLE hackle :shock:, for the Clyde ?!
The big bad fire awaits :D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjvqY-U9gV0
All the best Mark, and thanks for sharing.
Tony
Rubber-legged DHEs and Sedgehogs.
The hares ear / brown legs hog has become my standard search-pattern dry for hill lochs, looking forward to trying the dark claret one on those Sutherland fish in a couple of weeks
I like them Dave! Another one for my box!
Cheers, Scott
I meant DHSedges, by the way, you probably worked that out.
Hmmm, rubber-legged DHEs ... :think2
Lovely lookin' flees Dave. Very fishy looking. There're a few spaces in my dry box needing filled and those look just the patterns to do it - thanks for sharing :)
Andrew
Quote from: Ardbeg on May 25, 2010, 02:37:37 AM
Dave, I tied up a claret DHE with a couple of knotted pheasant tail legs a couple of years back.
The troot went daft for it come heather flee time, also the legs, swept back by the way, seemed to act as flights/stabiliser on the DHE. I've meant to go back to that one again.
Cheers
Ardbeg
Yeah, I like the sound of that! :)
A new variant to get stuck into - I'll get on the case!
Should be good for mayfly imitations, too. (Hope I'm not too early this year)
Been tying up Balloon Caddis Emergers tonight, most of them are for Scott as the heather around Loch Dochard claimed his original supply :wink:
Thanks for the inspiration guys - great flies. I'll be tying some rubber leg thingies up soon and will probably do something along he lines of your balloon caddis emergers too Paul. Anyone care to recommend a good dry mayfly pattern?
Hi John
A bit predictable, maybe, but;
#10 Deerhair emerger, light olive/hare fur mix for the body, decent chunk of deer hair for the wing. Certainly does the business up north.
Thinking of the summer and Mediterranean Mullet, here a bakers dozen of Bread Flies.
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Made from Ramer Sponge, widely availbale from boots :D
Norm
Brilliant Norm :D
I'll be fishing in the med at the end of June, need to "tie" some of those.
Also going to be after carp on the fly in Norfolk in July,they could come in handy then too.
cheers
Paul
Quote from: Clan Ford on May 28, 2010, 11:03:51 PM
a bakers dozen of Bread Flies.
Nice Norm, "Warburtons Fancy" :D
Thanks guys,
I think they look pretty realistic. I believe the sponge sinks very slowly so the idea is to fish them with a floating indicator fly - maybe a deer hair bread fly?
I asked my wife to buy me the sponge when she went into Boots in Perth. I'd explained the principle of the fly in great detail, how it imitated bread etc and she came home with two sponges and said:- "you didn't mention the colour you wanted so I got a pink and a blue, hope that is ok" :shock: I've not seen much pink or blue bread round our hoose but hey, the colours were pretty :roll: Luckily the wee Boots in Crieff stocked them so I managed to get a white one and a cream coloured one, just in case them french mullets like brown bread :lol:
Norm
Those bread flies look great and should do the business for you. Remember to take some actual bread with you too, to get the mullet going. :)
Tied this flee up this afternoon. Hooked but lost a fish tonight with it, then had another half dozen takes and rises to it.
Those Milanda Maulers look great Norm.
Having spent a lot of time trying to get mullet to take the real thing, I know you are going to be totally bald after your trip :)
Mullet are mental. In some areas (Christchurch harbour) you will get them taking spinners and in some areas (Channel islands) they eat fish flesh (chervy).
Mostly they are into pan bread, but you can never tell how switched on they are going to be or how perverse :?.
I plan to target them once the weather heats up :lol:
Alex
I read a bit years ago about targeting Mullet over sand.
Cast a weighted fly, Crazy Charlie type, let it sink to the bottom and leave it, as the Mullet pass over it give the line a quick pull. This causes the sand to puff which attracts the Mullet thinking it is a shrimp or crab trying to escape. I have never tried it so I don't know if it really works or not :)
Hopefully there will be a few bass around as well....
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Norm
Quote from: fishtales on May 29, 2010, 10:14:27 AM
I read a bit years ago about targeting Mullet over sand.
Cast a weighted fly, Crazy Charlie type, let it sink to the bottom and leave it, as the Mullet pass over it give the line a quick pull. This causes the sand to puff which attracts the Mullet thinking it is a shrimp or crab trying to escape. I have never tried it so I don't know if it really works or not :)
You've pretty much described the technique used to catch bones too Sandy. Makes sense to me though, because when I was away recently I witnessed huge schools of mullet on the flats feeding just like bones and looking to untrained eye very much like them. Until a baracuda approached when they would take to the air to avoid being eaten, which bones don't do. A wonderful spectacle for sure and one which feels these mullet feel like a completely different species from from the semi-tame mullet found in resorts in the Med. I'd have liked to have hooked one. Despite their predilection from sewage outlows I stilll reckon they're a respectible and attratctive target species.
Quote from: col on May 29, 2010, 10:55:31 AM
verty nice , is that DNA fibres?
Aye Col,
DNA Frosty Fish Fibre for the back and White Holofusion for the belly. Very simple fly to tie.
Norm
Been tying these up recently
Norm-never mind the bass-give them a swim in Freuchie.
Clan Chief-they look like absolute killers, that style of fly with a submerged body does well too.
Buzz-meh meh meh
That looks like good medicine Buzz. What's the thorax? Guard hairs?
Alex
Quotethat style of fly with a submerged body does well too.
Yeah! I'm gonna tie some with a curved hook so that it's erse will look very tempting for a troot.
Quote from: buzz on June 01, 2010, 12:00:08 AM
A wee bit Gray Squirrel.
Thanks. Will copy that.
Alex
Tonight was parachute adams, size 14, 16, 18 left to right.
Those look very good. :D
I'm well impressed Scotty, they look great. Fish catchers for sure. :)
Aye they look well tied Scotty, are they on normal straight dry fly hooks rather than emergery ones?
Thanks everyone :)
Harpo - yeah they are on standard hooks, TMC 9300 for the big boys in NZ that I'm probably not going to catch :lol:
Quote from: scotty9 on June 07, 2010, 07:56:38 PM
...TMC 9300 for the big boys in NZ that I'm probably not going to catch :lol:
Good to see you've got your packing priorities sorted. :8)
End of the month or first of July Bob, not entirely sure yet. John - absolutely, have to make sure I'm all stocked up! :lol:
Quotehave to make sure I'm all stocked up! Laughing
Wooly buggers Scott. Big ones :8)
Alex
You'll have lots of time for fly tying Scott. It'll be the equivalent of JANUARY when you arrive.
Think southern hemisphere
I'll get onto wooly buggers soon, Fred I know - but I'm working on the proviso that I can't take any natural materials with me and I cannot be arsed buying stuff there, I want to be able to not have to tie flies! :lol:
It's going to be weird, I've been desperate to fish and still trying to fish as much as possible before I go as it's back to winter, oh well :)
Finally got round to using some of the Heron feather I found at Beanie earlier this month:
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Robbie
Robbie,
Lovely wee flee. A wee tip also. Try dying the heron yellow. It goes the best shade of olive possible. I search long and hard for my heron herl.
cheers
Paul
Cheers Paul, Problem i have just now is that I have a blue dun saddle that matches the Heron quite well but the hackle fibres are not long enough for tails.
Robbie
I use cheapo capes for tails cos ther's so few fibres a slight colour difference shouln't matter.
Hi folks,
I hardly get to fish Lochs these days and tie flies for the still waters even less,
after reading about them in Trout & Salmon I got some "Angelinas Fusible fibres" from Hobby Craft in Aberdeen, apparently it makes the flies "light up like a light bulb" :?
Angelinas fibres - ?3.50 a box
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black snatcher using the blu/purple fibres - Thanks to Clan Chief for the SBS video on You Tube :8)
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Also found a pack of "premium" cdc feathers I had and again from T&S tied up these cdc snatcher things, apparently the fish love them as when you pull they sink and then bob back up
Olive cdc
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Orange & Olive
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and I also tied one of Col's wore Nymph/Spider patters - my most successfull sub surface lure (probably as it's the one I use the most :D)
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Still a lot of improvemets to be made with how I tie but i'm hoping the fish don't mind!
The summer's pishing rain and gales have started.
This can only mean one thing.
Yes, it's Corriekinloch time!
We head off up there on Saturday, I can hardly wait! :D
A flock of Stimulators size 12 and 10. This dry fly is hard to beat when the mayfly are on the northern lochs. The troots are suckers for it, even in flat calms. :lol:
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See if you can spot the tying mistake on one fly.
They look great Fred.
Quote from: admin on July 06, 2010, 10:55:10 PM
See if you can spot the tying mistake on one fly.
The bottom left one has no tail ! - Do I win all of those flies as a prize :? :D
Great fly the Stimulator often use it on rivers to hang Nymps from as well
Yup, both right. I forgot to tail that one so made the wing a bit longer to make it look like it was a "design change" :gay4 rather than just a normal fuck up. :lol:
aye but now youll have to tie up a dozen tailless ones just in case it turns oot to be the killer :lol: :roll:
Garry
Quote from: admin on July 06, 2010, 10:55:10 PM
The summer's pishing rain and gales have started.
This can only mean one thing.
Yes, it's Corriekinloch time!
We head off up there on Saturday, I can hardly wait! :D
A flock of Stimulators size 12 and 10. This dry fly is hard to beat when the mayfly are on the northern lochs. The troots are suckers for it, even in flat calms. :lol:
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See if you can spot the tying mistake on one fly.
Great flees but you must be after wee troots Fred. :)
Been stocking up my flee boxes tonight.
My two most successful river flies this season.
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and some wee caenis imitations
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Quote from: guest on July 09, 2010, 12:11:00 AM
Great flees but you must be after wee troots Fred. :)
are there any other kind Donald? :lol:
I have a hunch those babies will do the trick :8)
Always worth tying a few with rubber legs, too, just to stir 'em up a bit :whistling
I like them Davie. My sedgehogs allways seem to turn out over dressed.
Like the colour choice but does anyone tie bibio sedgehogs ?
As promised in my CK report (limited access reports section). After careful consideration I concluded this dirty-poly style fly to be so deadly and dangerous to Scotland's troot stocks I almost did not post it in the open fly section in case some stockie bashers got their hands on it and deployed it using muddy dub protocols. This is a weapon of mass destruction, but they probably would not know how to use it, so it's safe enough. :lol:
As well as in the far north, it has also caught me a lot of fish on the Don this season in the late evenings. For up north a size 14 worked best. It's a general impression type of fly, seems to cover a multitude of sins.
Meet the Dirty Bugger
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Hook: B170 size 14
Thread: grey
Body: Dubbed olive brown antron
Wing: Blue Dun McFlylon (white will not do)
Hackle: red game clipped level underneath.
Tail: red game
I have tried this with white McFlylon, it definitely works best with blue dun - perhaps it's just less glaringly obvious. The wing looks white in the photo it is in fact medium blue-grey. The clipped head hackle makes it ride a bit higher than a hackle-less pattern like a DHS, the tail keeps it on an even keel. Gink the whole fly and get ready. :lol:
Good looking fly that - Buzz gave me a not dissimilar one (I think a stimulator with the hackle cut off underneath) which has worked very well this year on the Leven.
I note this tread has over 2000 posts and has had almost 62,000 views to date. It is certainly popular and a great ad. for a great fishing forum.
Well done to all of you, you make this forum what it is.
Been on a leggy theme recently. My firend and I were having success with this style up north recently, also had a couple of fish on local waters using this style too...........
Nicely tied CC. :)
I take it you are refering to the legs. No great thought went into tying these. I have only just started to tie these as it's not a pattern I had used often until recently.The long legs were not deliberate , just the way they turned out. I will try tying them shorter next time.
Ardbeg's right that I tend to tie my 'default' hopper with a short hackle and shorter legs. I tie them with three legs either side rather than across the back. These ones I tend to fish static when, for example, the heather fly are on (soon I hope!) on 12's and 14's.
I do tie longer legged and bigger versions which I use when I'm pulling flies; one is very similar to CC's first photograph. I also do sedgehogs with legs and a wee black one with a wee bit of deer hair wing. All of these variations work in the right place on the right day. Better on lochs than rivers generally, but sometimes they can do a trick on the rivers too.
I put too much store in hoppers at times though.
John
I think hoppers are great too Mr Bandyman (great to have you back BTW). It's probaly the only fly that I'm really fussy about though. All the legs must be knotted just once and pointed down - directly underneath the body. I bought a pre-knotted pheasant tail and tied up a good number of hoppers using it. However I didn't have any confidence in them and I've given most of them away but they have worked for other people.
I've been doing really well on Grasshoppers this past week. Mostly I've been tying a smaller, slimmed down version of the Klodhopper, but the other night I decided to try a CDC & Elk version.....
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g8/scotfly/flies/cdc-and-Elk-Hopper-15.jpg)
HOOK - TMC 5263 #10
THREAD - Grey Benecchi 6/0
BODY - CDC
LEGS - 10 Pheasant tail fibres knotted together
WING - Dear Hair
Two 21/2 Brownies last night gave it their approval. :8)
After tying up the hoppers I thought it time for some "normal" sizes.
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g8/scotfly/flies/SnowshoeEmerger.jpg)
HOOK - Varivas 2200 #22
THREAD - Olive 10/0 Gudebrod
BODY - Olive Goose Biot
THORAX - Light Olive Beaver Under-Fur
WING - Snowshoe Rabbit.
This came about after a bit of a ham fistedness. I was going to make a wee bumble, I palmered the orange hackle down the body then as got hold of the gold tinsel it broke off. So I just gave the orange hackle a few turns at the collar then tied on the purple partridge hackle at the head.
The lighting doesnt show the true colours of this fly
Thread Brown Uni
Tail. Golden Pheasant Crest
Body. Fiery yellow SLF
Collar hackle . HotOrange cock hackle
Head Hackle. Purple Partridge hackle
Small simple flies like those two crackers take some beating. :8) :8)
Quote from: buzz on August 08, 2010, 10:58:59 PM
Yesterday i had to stop using the mole one, it was catching to many out of season Grayling.
Grayling season starts on the 16th June.
There is no season for Grayling in Scotland, you can fish for them all year. It is traditional to fish for them in the winter though which is probably what buzz meant.
Being dour dry August we are happy for what tugs the line down on the Brook at present.
Last night amongst huge clouds of dancing Black silver horns, I was trying some small sedge patterns (18 baloon caddis).
The dace and roach were rising at every thing, and very few trout to be seen, so it was a good night to play around!
I was managing to connect every third or forth strike with the dace, which I would normally put down to slow reactions, but is as likely that the hook just aint setting and the flies bouncing out ( especialy with stiff hackles).
[I wonder if it could also be Micro drag causing a slight problem with the line of the drift......... another time! The main thing is they weren't hooking].
I tried floating a skinny hares ear nymph and the slimmest pheasants tail with no improvement. Then a few sherry spinners moved up stream and so, accordingly, I changed to the nearest thing in the box, a size 18 cranked spinner.
I then hooked everyfish that tried, including a few pesky trout getting in the way of my research. I lost count at about a dozen fish in half an hour. SO today I will be tying more cranked spinners!
(http://i970.photobucket.com/albums/ae185/whingeingpom/crankedspinner.jpg)
This one(that caught about a dozen fish last night) the wings are almost in line, an earlier one had the wings more off set more. The hooking quality was the same for both, I put it down to the cranked shaft rather than the wing position.
PS the fly may look fat but thats a 0wt fly line on the rod
That's a nice looking spinner WP. I tied up a load of similar patterns for fishing the Mataura earlier this year, but never had a chance to use them. It was cold in the evenings and just did not happen.
Biggest problem I have is seeing spinners on the water, the eyes are not what they once were! :D
We just had David Murray-Orr, the Mataura guide staying. We were talking about the frustration of the Mad Mataura rise. He believes that most people read it wrong and see a few spinners and as its evening assume its a fall of spinners, when actually the fish are nymphing just under the surface. Certainly the only fish I have caught during the carnage have been to nymphs on the lift. (But feel like I have fluked due to the sheer numbers of trout on the go).
I guess like our BWO's they are are usually hatching at the same time as the spinner fall. Which convieniantly gets me back to the spinner pattern. When its the wings are tied on to the crank in a more contorted fashion your left with one wing sticking up off the surface. Even Mr Magoo would be able to see that drifting back towards him.
It's time to take advantage of those pesky alien invaders :D
That is a marvellous imitation, Paul. Have you ever seen a crayfish flee before or is that one just straight out of your own head?
Paul, the crayfish is super. Maybe fish it on a sunk line or trundled along the bottom behind a tungsten beadhead?
QuoteI guess like our BWO's they are are usually hatching at the same time as the spinner fall. Which convieniantly gets me back to the spinner pattern. When its the wings are tied on to the crank in a more contorted fashion your left with one wing sticking up off the surface. Even Mr Magoo would be able to see that drifting back towards him.
How is the cranked spinner for line twist, Pom?
Funny you should say about the hatching nymphs on the Mataura in the evening. The limited success I had in the evening this February was all on sunk abdomen flies (emergers) which would bear out what you say.
Alex
Thanks Guddler,
Unfortunately a river I fish has a real problem with American Signal crayfish, after some moron tried to farm them in the past. I had a look at a few american crawdad patterns and cobbled that wee guy together.
Cheers Alex,
It has a lead underbody so sinks well. I was just planning on fishing it under an indicator-as if it has been dislodegd and swept downstream.I like the idea of making it move naturally along the bottom though.
Surely those big trout must eat the buggers!?
Paul
On Yorkshire's R. Wharfe in recent years, a number of unusually large (5-6lb+) trout have been caught. It's thought that they got that big through eating crayfish. Some anglers are experimenting with crayfish patterns with some success. Give them a swim.
:shock: That's a work of art Paul, good enough to eat !
Quote from: muddler9 on August 10, 2010, 12:00:29 PM
On Yorkshire's R. Wharfe in recent years, a number of unusually large (5-6lb+) trout have been caught. It's thought that they got that big through eating crayfish. Some anglers are experimenting with crayfish patterns with some success. Give them a swim.
In one of Olie Edwards' DVDs he is fishing the Wharfe and comes across some lobster sized crayfish remains. Remind me never to wet wade in there. :shock: :lol:
Nice Crayfish Paulo. I know where you are going to take them so looking forward to see if you get one of the lunkers!
QuoteSurely those big trout must eat the buggers!?
They do in lake Poerua, NZ, Paul. The local anglers use a fly called a red setter to imitate them (it isn't particularly like a crayfish if you ask me) and I'm sure the smaller crays at least must be eaten on the Clyde.
Alex
Cheers guys,
Will give it a swim tonight or tomorrow.Just realised I forgot it's antennae-need to get it a wee set of deely boppers.
Paul
Paul, that is a cracking looking crayfish.
I finally managed to spend some time at the vice and tied up a few Chief and variants:
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Robbie
Quote from: paulr on August 10, 2010, 11:06:18 AM
those big trout must eat the buggers!?
Matt Hayes was saying on one of his programmes that the Perch record will be broken on the Ouse soon as they are eating the signal crayfish and getting very big as a result of that, but in turn the Crayfish eat the fish eggs so there may not be as many fish in future generations :?
Good luck with them Paul!
Cracking fly Robbie...catches more for me than any other fly i would think!
I tie a variation without the red hackle, instead i mix red dub with black all the way along the body and 'rough it up' a bit. Suppose its just a bibio with a bit more red in the body...
Seems to work well on the hill lochs in Argyll!
That's a nice Clan Chief, Robbie. I was tying up muddled sunburst Kate McLarens last night. Must try and get a photo up later.
A sunburst Kate variation and some muddler lures.
(http://i1000.photobucket.com/albums/af127/fishinscotland_co_uk/Muddlers.jpg)
Sea-troot or salmon flies,the idea is I scoop them out with a net as they float by laughing at my efforts........
Thanks for the kind comments gents.
I have never actually used a Clan Chief before but having seen it mentioned several time on this forum and he rivers and lochs database thought I should at least have a few in the fly box.
Nice looking flies Don.
Cheers,
Robbie
Hadn't caught up on this thread for a while - inspirational stuff as always.
Love the crayfish Paul. And that Clan Chief looks just irresistable - must knock a couple up tonight.
Have never got round to trying a sunburst Kate. Do you do well on it Don?
Andrew
Quote from: burnie on August 11, 2010, 07:41:26 PM
Sea-troot or salmon flies,the idea is I scoop them out with a net as they float by laughing at my efforts........
They look great - wee small hours and sinking line I assume? Is it worth tying a couple with a size 16 double attached by strong nylon in case you get a lot of tail tweakers?
Quote from: Malcolm on August 12, 2010, 09:55:57 AM
They look great - wee small hours and sinking line I assume? Is it worth tying a couple with a size 16 double attached by strong nylon in case you get a lot of tail tweakers?
Thanks for that Malcolm,I've been told my tying thread is too thick and I'm not putting enough varnish on the heads,seemingly.
That looks terriffic. well done. Aye those Davie Mc Phail vids are great. I have learned so much from them.
I know Davy quite well and he is lucky if he makes a couple of quid a day on his site. A real shame as he is one of the best tyers in the world. The effort he put in to making the videos is unbelievable and would you believe it some complain. I just don't get it.
cheers
Paul
There's a post on one of his videos where a guy asks if its worth buying one of hid dvds that Glasgow Angling Centre is selling...."nah" he says "spend the money on materials"!!!
Top bloke!!
Paul - that crayfish is exceptional! I look forward to seeing what happens when it passes the hungry nose of a trout...
I can only add to the comments of how good Davy's videos are, definitely the best collection of tying videos I have seen!
Hiya Scott,
I gave the crayfish a wee swim last week-and nothing happened! Perhaps it didn't pass the nose nose of any hungry trout. I will persevere though.
Hope NZ is treating you well.
cheers
Paul
Looks like the winter sport of tying is beginning to get going. Only 7 weeks till it begins in ernest.
Looking forward to Watten before the season ends so tying some watten hoppers and gg's
cheers
Paul
forgot to attach photos :shock:
Like the look of them Paul. I'm sure they will successful at Watten. :)
Cheers it is deer hair although the back stuff I have is not very good. The gg has been particularly good to me this year on watten, leven and Hillend. As for the hoppers I have really taken a shine to fiery brown, even ahead of claret. Just waiting for some good claret Deer hair to get stuck into them.
cheers
paul
Tony, the mayfly was superb as are yours above B1
Heading to Caithness for the first time ever on Thursday :8)
Been topping up my boxes with flies I hope may be useful.
Daddies
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Hogs
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Sedges and leggy sedges
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Heather flies
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and if I have to go subsurface....
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Cheers Tony,
If you pull the foam underneath after you have wrapped the hackle and tie the foam off at the eye,it means the hackle is forced up into a semi circle so it always lands the right way up.The polyyarn wing seems to reduce line twist but it's worth fishing them on heavier nylon than you'd usually use just in case.
cheers
Paul
nice klink-'ish' hammer Buzz
I take it thats pink on top ( it looks bleached out.... but thats probably my screen settings!) What type of hook is that?
In fact can we have a recipe please as i am having trouble seeing the thorax too.
I fact why not a step by step to see how you get that lovely hackle shape?
Quote from: buzz on August 31, 2010, 12:59:42 AM
Struggling for time WP to do a SBS just now.
I prefer to think of this fly as an emerge not a klink, its wee (unlike a klink), it does not have a peacock thorax (unlike a klink) and is not on a klink hook(unlike a klink :tongue2), did i tell you i am not fond of klinks :lol:
Thanks for the kind words.
Damn shame. seeing you doing an SBS is what I pay my licence fee for.
oh a rose by any other name......As we dont get klinkhammers hatching on our stream, I have no idea, do they not emerge? Do they only apear with a peacock thorax? what exactly is it about them you dont like ( or is it that the are just a lazy choice).
(personally I dont like the hooks and that a size 16 would be a 12 in any other language).
I must try the UNI/17 and see if I can use it without tears now.
Aero wing ....oh you love to hate it..... and hate to love it, sometimes its just the best thing for the job and theres no getting round that.
Smashing looking flies there. Nicely tied and sure to fool the fish. :)
Watten tomorrow so tied up some warriors.
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Nice Paul, hope you have a great time away. I want live updates by i Poddle/Smart phoney thingy :8)
You are one lucky fella! nice dressings. Sure to catch. I got a few on the Warrior in July. Looking forward to hearing how you get on up there.
Thanks Clan Chief,
Your Watten Warriors report was part of the inspiration for this trip.If my Dad and I have sport half as good as you did in July we'll be over the moon!
Cheers Harpo,
If I catch a 3lber I'll send some smoke signals.
Paul
I'm tying for Caithness.
A sparkly sedgehog - I hope it works.
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John
lovely looking sedgehog BC, Is that glister dubbing you used for the body
I recently posted an old pic of a fly called the Magpietail which PA. gave me. I thought I would tie up some new ones as only have one left also my tying has improved since I first tied this pattern up so here is one of the three I have tied up tonight.
It's actually twisted copper wire.
Yeah Bob I thought I would try it with the red head. Nowt wrong with the original though. Next time I see you I will give you a couple to try.
Quote from: Clan Chief on September 06, 2010, 08:58:33 PM
lovely looking sedgehog BC, Is that glister dubbing you used for the body
I recently posted an old pic of a fly called the Magpietail which PA. gave me. I thought I would tie up some new ones as only have one left also my tying has improved since I first tied this pattern up so here is one of the three I have tied up tonight.
Aye, it is a glister dubbing Chief.
The Magpie tail was a totally new one to me until the other thread.
John
This latest one I have tied is very much a variant , hated by some as when a fly is a variant it is in effect a completely different flee. The original has worked for me and Piscatus at hillend it remains to be seen if my new version is as effective. I digress, this thread is about what you have tied today not of the effectiveness of the flee.
Tied this last night with the local Loch in mind......
It's a variation of a Jack Frost
I thought it was a variant of the Hot Ass Cat. Whatever it's a neat looking fly and I'll tie up a couple as I'm on Leven twice next week and they'll be fry bashing.
I used to use a very similar fly tied on a double size 10 mainly for late season brownies - verrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry effective!! :D :D
A wire bodied nymphy thingy.
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John
First post in this thread.
First of my own flies to feature on the forum.
First attempt at fly photography with my new macro and lighting set-up.
One of the first flies tied on my new vice.
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There is a gold rib in there, somewhere.
Second post, getting the bug now.
Different flee, but there is another difference, can any of the Photoshop boys guess what it is?
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Third, and possibly last post.
The back does not always show green, it depends on the light.
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Quote from: piscatus absentis on October 07, 2010, 09:38:09 PM
Inchlaggan.
Looking at the "colour" of the tippets plus a change in the hue of the background I suspect the White Balance went down the pan somewhere. Or did you try to play about with levels and/or curves?
Not quite, first attempt at HDRI. Downloaded trial software, +/- 1, and let the software do the rest- no fiddling about on my part.
Not sure that I like it, the other two posts are "normal".
Not quite a wild trout fly but i've not been getting much Trout fishing since July :( :( so thought I'd try some classic salmon fly tying as an escape from the boredom.
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Hope its ok to post touristy flies :D :D
Peter
Beautiful tying there, do let me know how it fishes!
Malcolm
Quote from: rabbitangler on October 13, 2010, 11:27:31 AM
Hope its ok to post touristy flies :D :D
Beautiful Peter. Oh and don't worry, no 'fly police' on this forum (or for that matter 'fish police') :lol:
Absolutely beautiful. stunning stuff :D
Nice Mark,
What size is it?
Norm
Quote from: buzz on October 19, 2010, 11:29:08 PM
24 wee mole jobby, the Grayling are going nuts for them just now. :D
I cant see it anywhere, is it mole poo?
I wont ask for a step by step then.... but maybe just a photo of the fiinished......no Forget it I am asking for trouble!
Is it just that it is so small or can you not see the picture on the link at the bottom of the post.
Here is a direct link.
http://www.wildfisher.co.uk/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=9025.0;attach=36757;image
buzz do we have a recipe?
I can imagine it pops up well in the surface, but whats pulling the bottom end down. And does that wing keep its shape when wet.
I really do like the profile of it, and would love to plagiarise your ideas and attempt to take the credit for it, but need to know how you make it first.
boom shanka and all that
Pom
Just finished a few of these to take with me for a swap at BFFI next weekend.
The Grey Quill
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g8/scotfly/flies/Gray-Quill.jpg)
HOOK - TMC100 #20
THREAD - Black 12/0 Orvis
TAIL - Grizzle hackle fibres
BODY - Stripped badger quill
HACKLE - Grizzle cock hackle
WING - Teal flank.
That is art Dennis.
Sometimes there is no need to "match the hatch", and concentrate on matching the prey.
(I bet I get banned for this!)
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Started your Christmas decorations in plenty of time then :)
Quote from: buzz on October 25, 2010, 06:09:11 PM
It aint my idea Pom its Paul Proctors so unfortunately cant take any credit.
As for the arse in the water its a Kamasan B100 and it sits just fine.
The ingredients are yellow beaver body, light brown CDC, and a wrap or two of believe it or not camel under the wing.
As for the wing staying upright again i have never had issues, its supposed to imitate the most vulnerable part of the whole episode just as its hatching, i kinda like the whole mess thing and while having never thought about it dint mind if it cocks over, its then a cripple!
I hope my rushed explanation makes sense.
Will i see you at the weekend?
thanks for that buz it makes perfect sense.
If you mean the BFFI Yes i am trying to get down there( actually up there from where i am) on saturday, But I am booked to go on a trip that I am trying to put off, So i probably wont know till I get there.
I will be mostly round the WTT stand if i make it, and I will be sure to bring some cake of suitable buscuits. Hopefully I'll see you and your chaperone down there.
Not so much tied as finally got around to building the tool caddy that I have been promising myself for years.
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The got on with the Christmas Decorations, just for fun.
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well done with the tool caddy and those flees will definitely catch. Need to gets started with the tying lark this year.
cheers
Paul
starting to get into winter tying mode now........ I used the thread that Fred recommended a week or so ago in this pattern.
Quote from: Clan Chief on November 01, 2010, 04:12:05 PM
I used the thread that Fred recommended a week or so ago in this pattern.
How did you find it?
Beautifully tied CC.
I quite like it Fred, like you said very fine and very strong I just wish I had got some other colours yesterday. Will probably order some black , red , orange and dark brown later this week. Good price ?1.50 per spool.
Back to using uni thread today. A kinda sea troot flee.......
Thread Fire orange uni 8/0
Hook size 10
TagFire orange uni
Body black rabbit dubbing
Rib silver tinsel
wing Squirrel hair
over wing widgeon feather with a couple of strands of Flashabou on top
Hackle Blue Hen
A blue zulu from this morning........
Thunder, lightning, persistent precipitation.
So some time at the bench.
Variations on a theme.
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There's a Loch Leven fly that looks very similar to your third one down except the wing is dark brown tinsel - I think it may be one of Stan's.
Quote from: Malcolm on November 02, 2010, 06:01:55 PM
There's a Loch Leven fly that looks very similar to your third one down except the wing is dark brown tinsel - I think it may be one of Stan's.
Gosh, so close to perfection!
Colour in pic is not accurate. Need to get a proper set up for taking pics.
Tied a few of these tonight................
Thread Red uni 8/0
Tail. Pheasent tippits
body Claret slf
Rib silver tinsel
Wing mallard flank
Hackle Black hen
Been at the bench for a wee spell tonight. tied a few in this simple style.........
that fly looks deadly CC. You can't beat simple patterns!
Reminds me of the skinny olive dabbler (Orkney variant I beleive - for when they're a bit more fickle), only without the tail - brilliant fly.
Just been trying out some patterns for the Sea Trout next season.
Strictly no X Factor for me tonight I'm at the bench......
Quote from: Wild Boar on November 11, 2010, 11:29:51 PM
Just been trying out some patterns for the Sea Trout next season.
Nice, The one with the piocture named orangeman is very like the seatrout and salmon flies we use on the Lomond system.
There is a very famous Lomond fly called the Orangeman. It's detailed in Bill MacEwans great book "Angling on Lomond"
Quote from: Malcolm on November 14, 2010, 07:48:17 PM
Nice, The one with the piocture named orangeman is very like the seatrout and salmon flies we use on the Lomond system.
There is a very famous Lomond fly called the Orangeman. It's detailed in Bill MacEwans great book "Angling on Lomond"
Hi Malcolm
didn't realise there was one called orangeman - it was a name I used for my computer files to identify the pictures - don't really have a name for it yet
George
Messing about at the vice today:
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very nice Robbie, wish I could "mess" like that :D
can't really get into the tying mode yet this year but robbie they are bonnie flees. might get the vice oot now.
cheers
paul
I've been experimenting with a synthetic hackle material called "Krystal Hackle". It adds a subtle bit of flash to an otherwize dull fly......
Quote from: Robbie on November 21, 2010, 03:29:08 PM
Messing about at the vice today:
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(http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/xx246/Robbie_Mac_photos/Spinner_001.jpg)
That is a fish catching klink for sure.
I received a surprise package through the post today....... A new fly box from The essential Fly in conjunction with FFFT mag as to my surprise I was one of the winners in round two of the comp that they are running. My fly will be published in next months mag..... It was a bit of a coincidence that I was thinking of getting a new box to fill with flies for my Loch fishing especially with Loch Watten in mind. As last year when I was up there as usuall I had umpteen boxes out on the boat with me. Next year I hope to take just one box with flies to cover all my needs. Here is the first new flee to go into my new box which I tied tonight.
Congrats on your result CC. :)
Thanks for the kind comments gents.
Congratulation CC, and a cracking fly to boot!
Thanks lads for your comments. The funny thing is I have a vague idea of the pattern I tied for the comp but can't remember exactly what the dressing was. I know I havent any left in my box as I recall giving the last one to my friend which he subsequently lost so Im looking forward to seeing the pattern and dressing in the mag next month.
Some lovely flees been posted lately. Great work guys. :8)
Brilliant Brian,
No self respecting grayling is going to ignore them.
Norm
yowzers Brian :shock:, that's more flies than i've tied this year and that includes the swap !
They all look great
Cheers
Stuart
A great selection of bugs there. Tied this tonight more tomorrow night.........
A Dirty Weeker......
After my miserable failure at the fly tying night I decided to put some practise into a black pennel and a variant (because I f*ck*d up the hackle) I didn't have the oval rib that is meant to be used so I twisted two pieces of very fine wire together and I quite like the outcome.
I'm tying nymphs, nymphs and more nymphs. I'm stocking up the box for New Zealand and also clearing out all the flies in that box (mainly horrible Czech nymphs) that I've carried for years and never used.
Quote from: daz on December 05, 2010, 06:32:55 PM
After my miserable failure at the fly tying night I decided to put some practise into a black pennel and a variant (because I f*ck*d up the hackle) I didn't have the oval rib that is meant to be used so I twisted two pieces of very fine wire together and I quite like the outcome.
Aye Darren - fish catchers for sure, and that's what it's all about. I don't use oval ribs at all, I just use wire for all my ribbing. Is that a cock hackle you used for the pennel?
John
I think it was hen John, but it was from a "mixed" bag I received from a mate so not quite sure. It was quite soft though and clumps together a wee bit when wet which I think suggests hen as opposed to cock.
I thought you had suggested using oval tinsel/wire for this? As you will be aware already I don't have the best memory so this morning is a wee bit hazy never mind two weeks ago :?
In my mind it is still a big improvement on the first attempt, and the second, and the third, and the.....................................
cheers
daz
Quote from: daz on December 05, 2010, 08:27:32 PM
I think it was hen John, but it was from a "mixed" bag I received from a mate so not quite sure. It was quite soft though and clumps together a wee bit when wet which I think suggests hen as opposed to cock.
I thought you had suggested using oval tinsel/wire for this? As you will be aware already I don't have the best memory so this morning is a wee bit hazy never mind two weeks ago :?
In my mind it is still a big improvement on the first attempt, and the second, and the third, and the.....................................
cheers
daz
Aye a huge improvement, for sure Darren. Moray's flies have improved remarkably too.
I'm looking forward to seeing more of your flies on this thread.
John
Last year I tied Zulus with just about every colour of floss I had for a tail, to great success. This one has a Glo Brite no3.
The other is a fly inspired by my aposematic flies topic.
As the roads etc situation had improved over the last couple of days I decided to take a holiday from work today to attend to some business. Then when I awoke in the morning the white stuff had came again scuppering my plans so I have been tying a few today. Here is a pic of one of them.......
I was at a loose end, so I chucked this one together today.
The Crusty Brown
[attachimg=1]
Quote from: admin on December 12, 2010, 03:16:13 PM
I was at a loose end, so I chucked this one together today.
The Crusty Brown
[attachimg=1]
Kingsmill Moore would've been proud o' ye.
Do you fish it wet or dry?
John
Quote from: borderbob on December 12, 2010, 03:37:42 PM
Nae vice or breadmaker used there :)
I cheat and use a beardmaker to mix and prove the dough, then bake it in the oven. Works a treat!
Quote from: Bandy Catcher on December 12, 2010, 03:39:24 PM
Do you fish it wet or dry?
It works best if you gink it up well with Lurpak when still slightly warm then cast it straight down the neck.
Quote from: borderbob on December 12, 2010, 06:31:14 PM
Its probably the yeast that keeps them rising :)
Aye and it's certainly a must-have on the more exclusive beats, you know, the ones where you need a lot of dough.
been having a wee shot at making those too Fred, although I prefer a slightly lighter shade of dressing and a squarer profile. Problem is they don't stay together very long especially when warm and ginked up, the wee fishies round here just can't get enough them.
daz
Quote from: borderbob on December 12, 2010, 09:40:59 PM
Is that the upper crust :?
Yes indeed Bob, the better waters knead the upper crust to keep them viable. :D
(how many more bread puns are possible? :lol: )
Quote from: Ardbeg on December 12, 2010, 10:31:38 PM
Not much danger of getting any heels fishing there then? Two minutes of the riff raff on the water and they'd be toast.
:allhail
Hail the pun meister! :lol:
Quote from: Ardbeg on December 12, 2010, 10:38:25 PM
The best bar naan then?
Ardbeg
I'll save you the trouble and get your coat for you :tongue2
A Claret Pennel Variant
Black Thread
Dyed Orange Tippets
Claret peacock Body
Silver Tinsel rib
Hen Claret hackle
This thread appears dormant these days. I can't believe nobody is tying during these cold winter nights.
Tied this today. Its the first time I have used Jay feathers I normally substitute them with Guinea fowl or dyed partridge feathers. I think I prefer the jay.
That's a really nice looking fly CC. What's the recipe?
That second fly is a belter. I can imagine it doing a lot of damage on a warm June / July day on the loch with a rolling wave.
Hook. size 10 Kamazan
Thread. Black uni 8/0
Tail. Pheasant crest
Body. Peach Supernatural blend by David Rice
Rib. Silver tinsel
Body hackle. fluorescent Orange
Collar Hackle. grizzly yellow
Head hackle . Blue Jay
Thanks CC, will have a go at that yin.
I have actually been at the vice most of today, tying up some variations on a theme. But alas I cant find my wee digital point n shoot. I have been going through all the patterns in the index and tying like crazy, some good, some ok and some.................well shite to be honest, but it's all good fun and helping me learn. Will try and find the camera to post some of my rather sad efforts.
daz
I don't think he meant the flies were shite but his tying of them, Ardbeg :)
Quote from: fishtales on January 04, 2011, 09:03:19 AM
I don't think he meant the flies were shite but his tying of them, Ardbeg :)
Exactly, don't want anyone to think I am slagging off their flies in the index
Thank you! Bob. I will PM you nearer the time.Thanks! :)
First fly I've tied at home in ages, but with a mere 65 days 'til the season starts, I suppose I better get tying a few.
[attachimg=1]
John
Very nice BC.
I have been steadily filling my box with loch flies such as this which I have just finished tying.......
A selection of some flies I have tied over the weekend, obviously the better ones. Some of them are still a bit poor but they are deffinately improving slowly. Most of this is just to practice techniques rather than serious fly tying.
Nice flies Daz (you too CC). You're a veritable production line now, Darren!
John
Been tying nymphs tonight.............
I'm thinking about investing in a saltwater/pike/budgie throwing outfit.
For the first time I've tied a fly bigger than the smallest fish I've ever caught on the fly
A mixture of being too busy and too lazy has kept me from tying and posting for a while. But with the season fast approaching I forced my self to do some tying this weekend.
I started by stocking up on one of my favourite nymphs and I couldn't resist a few variations.
Teen Nymph Variations
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g8/scotfly/flies/Teeny-B17514.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g8/scotfly/flies/Teeny-336618_2.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g8/scotfly/flies/Teeny-336618.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g8/scotfly/flies/Teeny-200r16.jpg)
Then I took a fancy to some wet flies.
It's been a while, and it shows! :oops:
Blue Dun
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g8/scotfly/flies/Blue-Dun-14.jpg)
Hardy's Favourite
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g8/scotfly/flies/Hardys-Favourite-14.jpg)
I think I'll have to spend some time doing some wings!
Nothing wrong wi' them
Quote from: piscatus absentis on January 18, 2011, 11:49:29 PMTrouble is they don't last long.
They last a lot longer if you varnish the body before wrapping, (which I'm sure you'll do anyway) I also use the tag end of the thread as a rib.
Dennis, have you ever done any cinammon and gold's or flees using cinnamon partridge quills for wings and do you have any advice on this. I've been tying C&G's all night but my winging consistency is poor.
I don't know if it's just because the quills are quite small and soft but I can't get a proper wing profile from any of them. I'll try and post a few pic's over the next day or 2.
Oh aye lovely flees again chaps.
Lovely flies Dennis . Nowt wrong with those wings in my eyes.
Trying out some muddlers today which I tend to shy away from.......
No I trimmed with scissors. I don't tie many muddlers as they are normally time consuming and make too much mess. The ones I tied today have just one bunch of deer hair spun on the hook and were a lot easier. I recently watched D McPhails site. He tied a great looking muddler on there recently. I thought I would tie something similar after watching his demo. My pattern looks nothing like his but its where I got the idea from.
I've still not got the hang of photo- ing flees yet!
Quote from: guest on January 19, 2011, 02:16:47 AM
Dennis, have you ever done any cinammon and gold's or flees using cinnamon partridge quills for wings and do you have any advice on this. I've been tying C&G's all night but my winging consistency is poor.
I tie my C & G's with cinammon turkey for the wing Donald, I've never tried it with the partridge. I wouldn't envisage it being a problem though, just practice I'm afraid.
Quote from: bushy palmer on January 20, 2011, 08:41:34 PM
I've still not got the hang of photo- ing flees yet!
But you have got the hang of tying the flees. :8)
Tied these up the other day.
(http://i1000.photobucket.com/albums/af127/fishinscotland_co_uk/CruncherSpecials.jpg)
What I call cruncher specials. My consistency in these is usually better but haven't tied anything since the start of last season. :roll: :) They'll still catch though :wink:
(http://i1000.photobucket.com/albums/af127/fishinscotland_co_uk/CinammonandGold.jpg)
Cinnamon and gold's. Not too happy with the consistency in the wing. As mentioned previously the Partridge cinammon quills have very small soft feathers which I find hard to work with. Mibbee just like you say Dennis, more practice needed.
I'll post a copy of them in the C&G thread.
Don,
Grunge works in flies! I much prefer these to the very smart wings that we see. I won't use them without giving them a good rub: they don't work very well for me although they do look nice. Flies, boots and cricket bats have one thing in common in my book - they are at their best just before they disintegrate!
Malcolm
Nice flees Black Don. I wouldn't worry much about the wings as they look great as they are and are sure to fool the fish.
HILLEND FIRE!
Nah! Bob, shithead willie and his ned pals fae the Cruix have not been setting fires to the fields around Hillend........yet. It's far too damp and cold for that anyway. Its the latest flies I've been tying tonight..........
Nice flees there CC. Would work well with a bit of wind and a wave methinks.
Tied a few of these today after a recommendation from a Hillend regular who has had success with them.
That's a great looking fly, I'll be tying some of those.
Not much time for wet flees these day's but the hillend green look's interesting,must tie up a couple and give them a throw.
Chris.
These are my recent tyings. These are my scruffy flies which I scruffed up with a toothbrush.
I met Bob [PA] at my Club's AGM this afternoon and he very kindly gave me a bag of flytying goodies. Here is a fly I tied tonight using some of contents of the bag.............
Is teal and red allowed Fred? :) Looks like one of that Rossi clan to me.
Alex
Ach! Its aw right he is a cousin twice removed. :D
A Medley of Muddlers
(http://i1000.photobucket.com/albums/af127/fishinscotland_co_uk/SkinnyMuddler.jpg)
Skinny Muddler
(http://i1000.photobucket.com/albums/af127/fishinscotland_co_uk/PheasantMuddler.jpg)
Pheasant Muddler
(http://i1000.photobucket.com/albums/af127/fishinscotland_co_uk/MiniMuddler.jpg)
Mini Muddler
The top 2 are tied using pheasant tail for the tail together with squirrel tail for the wing and the last one is tied to the original pattern using mottled turkey and squirrel tail.
Obviously the head can be trimmed as required. I like them kinda big and rough. They're all tied on B175 10's as opposed to longshank hooks. I'll be tying up some variations in different colours but like to keep loosely to the idea that they're supposed to be imitations of small fish as opposed to some of the christmas trees which are being produced with the muddler name applied these days.
Very nice. They look great. Muddlers work great for me at Hillend. I don't tie them much as I find them time consuming . I neeed to have a go at them again as they are good patterns to have in your box or maybe I should rephrase that to on yer cast.
I've always thought of them as sedge patterns rather than fry imitations. Guess that's due to the way I fish them. Roughrigg Reservoir near Hillend used to have a brilliant hatch of giant red sedge which was fantastic sport late evening with big muddler patterns. I would use 6lb line and still get broken due the ferocity of the takes. So much so, I wondered if pike were the culprit at times.
John,
The Muddlers can represent a variety of things depending on how you fish them. I guess whatever works is the main thing. I posted a thread here http://www.wildfisher.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=15270.msg160866 (http://www.wildfisher.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=15270.msg160866) asking how folk fish " their " Muddlers. The replies were varied but not in any way surprising. :shock: :)
A great looking G&H Col, also a deadly pattern to use when the Great Red Sedge is on the water in june.
Trying a few different things today but thought these looked bonnie
[attachimg=1]
Tied a few of these tonight........a scruffy Muddler.
That's as nice a Mini Muddler as I've seen. :8)
Quote from: bushy palmer on February 08, 2011, 02:45:32 PM
Trying a few different things today but thought these looked bonnie
[attachimg=1]
Nice proportions and placement. :8)
I did a few
Syl's Midges.
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g8/scotfly/flies/Syls-Midge.jpg)
Hook - TMC102Y #19
Thread - Olive
Body - Peacock Herl (Dressed short)
Hackle - Grizzle Hen
Then a play on styles. North Country, Clyde and Tummel style Grouse & Orange/Jasper.
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g8/scotfly/flies/ContactSheet-001.jpg)
Then finished with a Red Francis (Variant)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g8/scotfly/flies/Francis-Variant.jpg)
Love those spiders :) good to see the variations.
Tonight I am going to try some variations on this afternoon's work...
[attachimg=1]
After Ardbeg showing me at the last fly tying night I had almost given up after snapping my thread on numerous occasions I decided I was not going to be beaten!!!
So after a wee bit of practise and playing about here are a couple of bumbles tyed tonight
(is it tied or tyed?)
Not the tidiest but practise makes perfect and now that I have tied a few I am confident I can tidy them up quite a bit, I just have to remember to leave more room at the front for the Jay and head.
Quote from: daz on February 14, 2011, 11:22:16 PM
I just have to remember to leave more room at the front for the Jay and head.
Does that mean that you tie the jay in last Darren. I always tie the jay in first - makes for a neater fly, I think.
John
Dennis, love those spiders. Is pearsalls essential for a good tying i.e. does it make much difference ?
Ken, that is like an Ombudsman with attitude :shock:
(http://www.wildfisher.co.uk/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=9025.0;attach=38905;image)
Whaadaye call it ? I'm having some of them in the flee box for next season.
Any chance of a recipe and fishing tips ?
Gaz,
those are nice looking bumbles, I had to scrap quite a few flees before coming up with something I felt was acceptable. It's very difficult to draw a fine line between enough space for materials and too much.
The golden olive bumble is a very useful fly to have in your box :wink:
Quote from: Bandy Catcher on February 14, 2011, 11:33:26 PM
Does that mean that you tie the jay in last Darren. I always tie the jay in first - makes for a neater fly, I think.
John
I tied/tyed it in last John, and tie in the tip first. I will try putting it in first though it might help. I just always find tying in a hackle first it gets in the way later on, but nothing ventured nothing gained. You can show me at the next fly night, I might even have a spare Jay win or two for you.
Thanks CB, I still feel they could do with a bit of tidying up though, although I doubt the fish will mind much (at least I hope not) I didn't have quite the right materials to hand so I had to improvise a wee bit but I'll hopefully be able to get some better feathers at the end of the month. I have been finding lately that better materials make it much easier to tie
cheers
daz
Quote from: Bandy Catcher on February 14, 2011, 11:33:26 PM
Does that mean that you tie the jay in last Darren. I always tie the jay in first - makes for a neater fly, I think.
John
John , sorry was typing when you posted that. Do you tie the Jay in first and then work the palmers from the back or wet the Jay and pull it over the eye ?
I kinda tie them like this Don, except I don't normally wing bumbles.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ne2UgYs5rw (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ne2UgYs5rw)
John
Quote from: Inchlaggan on February 14, 2011, 05:48:15 PM
Tonight I am going to try some variations on this afternoon's work...
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Ken,
My last resort flee for the hill lochs is just like that except it has a pink tail and a leaded body and is tied on a long shank 8.
Quote from: guest on February 14, 2011, 11:34:55 PM
Ken, that is like an Ombudsman with attitude
Whaadaye call it ? I'm having some of them in the flee box for next season.
Any chance of a recipe and fishing tips ?
[attachimg=1]
Don
I'd never heard of the Ombudsman, so the likness is coincidental.
Like most of my "mucking about at the vice flees" it does not have a name.
Recipe
Hook 8-12 Wet, Thread Black, Tail Cock Pheasant Tail Fibres, Body Dark Olive Dubbing, Rib Gold Wire, Wings Badger Hackles, Hackle Black Hen.
Fished In the surface in a calm, or subsurface through a ripple.
Malcolm
Like that idea, I'll give it a try.
Ken
The Variations (from last night).
[attachimg=1]
[attachimg=2]
Light Spruce- according to my book.
[attachimg=3]
Some of tonights efforts
(http://i1000.photobucket.com/albums/af127/fishinscotland_co_uk/TaggedPennell.jpg)
Tagged Pennell
(http://i1000.photobucket.com/albums/af127/fishinscotland_co_uk/MarabouPennell.jpg)
Fire Tail Pennell A, la Scotfly.
(http://i1000.photobucket.com/albums/af127/fishinscotland_co_uk/Invicta.jpg)
Invicta
(http://i1000.photobucket.com/albums/af127/fishinscotland_co_uk/IceandFire.jpg)
Ice and Fire.
All very nicely tied, and photographed Don. :8)
PA,
DO you recall Arthur Cove? He tied a fly called the red diddy. It was a red elastic band with a notch cut in it so that the tail would lash about madly with the lightest movement. He banned himself from using it (so he says) because it was so deadly.
I like rubber legged flies for seatrout - in fact I feel a sea trout fly is underdressed without them.
I'll be giving that red one a go on Loch Leven this year.
Mr. Hedgehog
(http://i1000.photobucket.com/albums/af127/fishinscotland_co_uk/MrHedgehog1.jpg)
:)
Tied these yesterday. A Gathering of Clan Chiefs................
Never fished a CC before- but looks like my kind of flee :).
What's the recipe?
Here ye are Bushy.......
As you may have noticed I have not tied it to the original pattern,Slight Variations......
Hook size 10
Thread Black Uni
Body Black claret seals fur
Rib oval silver
Tail Hot Red and Light Orange uni floss brushed out with toothbrush
Body Hackle dark Red and claret cock hackles
Head Hackle Black Hen Hackle
Quote from: Clan Chief on February 21, 2011, 08:22:46 PM
Body Hackle dark Red and claret cock hackles
Are you tying them on together to get a different blend of colour? - I cant really make it out from the picture.
Top Left....has dark red and claret feathers palmered together with black hen head hackle. The other two have palmered claret then a dark red collar then black hen at head. If you can follow that :lol: So technically they are not Clan Chiefs. Just mashed up variations. :lol:
May Day :)
(http://i1000.photobucket.com/albums/af127/fishinscotland_co_uk/BlueMay.jpg)
Blue May
(http://i1000.photobucket.com/albums/af127/fishinscotland_co_uk/BlackMay.jpg)
Black May
(http://i1000.photobucket.com/albums/af127/fishinscotland_co_uk/GreenMay.jpg)
Yellow May
(http://i1000.photobucket.com/albums/af127/fishinscotland_co_uk/ViperMay.jpg)
Viper May
(http://i1000.photobucket.com/albums/af127/fishinscotland_co_uk/RedMay.jpg)
Red May
:shock:
Looks like guinae fowl Bri.
Nice flees :D
This is my first post on this thread so any comments about improving my tying and photography of the end product greatfully recieved. Only got the one tied before the mrs and bairns appeared home. Need to get some serious vice time in before season starts, been a lazy winter. :)
My kinda flee!! :D
Quote from: fishindaft on February 24, 2011, 03:40:08 PM
This is my first post on this thread so any comments about improving my tying and photography of the end product greatfully recieved. Only got the one tied before the mrs and bairns appeared home. Need to get some serious vice time in before season starts, been a lazy winter. :)
Looks pretty good to me FD
Tied this Gosling last night.........
Like that gosling Clan Chief. Davie Mcphail inspired?
Been tying a few Chiefs today.
John
QuoteLike that gosling Clan Chief. Davie Mcphail inspired?
However can you tell? :)
Quote from: bushy palmer on February 24, 2011, 08:46:28 AM
Looks like guinae fowl Bri.
Nice flees :D
Spot on :8)
The flees are designed to be fished from a boat loch style in a brisk wind or
behind a fast drifting boat. Would suggest if anyone fancies tying the blue, black,viper or red one, they try fishing it behind the boat on a floater, Di3 or even deeper :wink:.
Quote from: Clan Chief on February 25, 2011, 04:35:06 PM
Tied this Gosling last night.........
Nice.
Quote from: fishindaft on February 24, 2011, 03:40:08 PM
This is my first post on this thread so any comments about improving my tying and photography of the end product greatfully recieved. Only got the one tied before the mrs and bairns appeared home. Need to get some serious vice time in before season starts, been a lazy winter. :)
Looks good, very bushy.
Quote from: guest on February 25, 2011, 11:07:33 PMor behind a fast drifting boat. Would suggest if anyone fancies tying the blue, black,viper or red one, they try fishing it behind the boat on a floater, Di3 or even deeper :wink:.
Make sure you check the rules before trying this. On most waters it's classed as trailing and banned.
Quote from: guest
or behind a fast drifting boat. Would suggest if anyone fancies tying the blue, black,viper or red one, they try fishing it behind the boat on a floater, Di3 or even deeper .
Quote from: scotfly on February 26, 2011, 12:46:24 AM
Make sure you check the rules before trying this. On most waters it's classed as trailing and banned.
O.K., Loch style it is then :roll: :) :wink:
My first fly posting going to give this a go
(http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d152/shanksi/Flies/th_P1000536.jpg) (http://s35.photobucket.com/albums/d152/shanksi/Flies/?action=view¤t=P1000536.jpg)
Ian
Col,
My attempt at a March Brown Jingler as tied by Dave Downie here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytf2NJtD4Q0
Ian
That's a well tied good looking flee. :)
That's a nice flee and looks pretty well tied to me Ian, you should post pics of your flees more often :8).
Thanks for the comments guys, I've just copied the name from Youtube.
Very nice Ian. :clap;
Could decide whether to get the guitar oot tonight or tie a couple for opening day, so did a bit of both. Mibbee should just concentrate on the one thing.
[attachimg=1]
Very nice and well tied looking flies there , Brian. :)
They look that good I'm going to tie a couple myself
Paul
Liking the rubber, Bri :shock:
Norm
Bri,
Ever thought of seeing a shrink? In all seriousness do they work?
Cheers
Paul
Quote from: wee bri on March 07, 2011, 10:22:45 PM
And yet more rubber :roll:
Guaranteed to work. No question. :8)
Quote from: Sandfly on March 11, 2011, 07:44:47 PM
Started doing some loch flies, Heather Moths.
Davy.
Nice, have had some success with that type of pattern on slow days on the river in faster runs.
Nice looking flees there sandfly. I'm sure you will have pleasure wherever you use them during the course of the season. :8)
They're nice flees Davy, I like the variation of dubbing colour. Gnats are my next project and I find it amazing how many times folk seem to be thinking along the same lines in the fly tying department.
Tied these beasties yesterday afternoon for use at my local............
[attachimg=1]
The Tarantula Bugger
Interesting! Is it weighted with lead underbody?
Haven't tied anything today, but I have just set up my new bench. It's a free standing shelf that you would see in your local spar, co-op, david sands etc. I managed to get hold of it as we have a shopfitting section at work and it was a "second" so got it for much cheapness. They come in different widths and heights and the shelving is also different depths. There is a chance I can get some more if anyone is interested and can pick up (postage will be a tad expensive)
I am looking forward to many nights sitting in front of it with a glass of malt sitting close to hand.
daz
Quote from: piscatus absentis on March 14, 2011, 10:30:37 PM
For that man from Airdrie - Clan Chief.
I always like to try something new and different on the loch each season.
I wonder if this one will do anything. Size 8 by the way.
(http://www.wildfisher.co.uk/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=9025.0;attach=39322;image)
If you don't mind me asking, what's that you've used for the back P.A. ?
As I sit here tonight in anticipation of an afternoon tomorrow at my local I have been requested by my friend Scott to tie him a couple of sunburst Kates. I was only too happy to oblige. Here they are.
Hoping to have the North shore of my local to myself tomorrow afternoon what with some sporting ocassion occuring in Glasgow. I'm beginning to understand that supporting the Diamonds has its advantages as we have no Cup Finals, Euro ties or League deciders to interfere with the fishing. :lol:
Now they are very nice! Got some sunburst maribou the other week so I'll give them a go.
I like very simple flies and they don't come much simpler than this: this is a simple Large Dark Olive
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What's the body Malcolm? Is it the tying thread or some sort of translucent looking material?
Scott, It's yellow tying thread run through beeswax. For me the important thing with the LDO is to make sure the wing comes in contact with the water. LDOs seem to me to be very vulnerable to the wind in early season and a lot struggle to get off the water. Having a totally smooth body means than it, hopefully, will sink leaving the impression of being stuck. That's how I see it anyway.
Anyway - here's my version of the March Brown. The tail is dark brown sparkly material. The same is used for the Dunkeld sparkler - basically a Dunkeld with this dark brown sparkle wing - The body is dark olive glister dubbing and the wing is heavily mottled coastal deer hair I like the dubbing to be very tight on this pattern so I use a dubbing twister. Sorry about the picture but you will get the idea.
By the way I almost always use Kamasan b160s for my dry flies - as these are 3x shortshank you tie on larger hooks.
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It will certainly sit low in the water I imagine. Thanks for the explanation, makes good sense to me and agrees with something I read recently, might have been Wyatt's book actually.
First a better photo, I hope, of yesterday's March Brown. I've decided Compara dun styles don't look too good with a three quarter view
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This one is a simple generic spinner pattern but there is a little experimental touch here which may or may not work. I've made the tails and the end of the thorax out of a luminous material so once it gets dark I have the option of shining a torch on them to get a bit of a glow. Apart from that at the fly is a standard pattern with combed poly wings. This is tied on a s14 B160 - about size 16 equivalent in a normal shank.
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What's your reasoning for the short shank hooks? A wider gape? I do the exact same with my nymphs preferring a the shorter shank hook so I can either stick a dirty big bead on a small fly and still have a decent gape or tie it standard and have a nice wide gape. Have had great success with the short shank/wide gape nymphs here...
It's because they hook and hold so much better than anything else I've tried. That's just my experience of course. I'm gradually switching my flies to these. Some flies of course don't work terribly well with short shanks. The mayfly for example and also I have a penchant for tying mating flies - by that I mean tying two flies on the same hook. I'll put some up later.
Malcolm, I'm by no means a fly tier(?), but I've been looking into tying imitations of mayflies and wondered what your opinion on using turkey biot for bodies instead of dubbing. I watched a Davie McPhail video the other day and thought it looked closer than dubbing.
Nice flies, Buzz. I'd eat them myself!
Cheers Mark :lol:
Trying to get the tying mojo going...
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Robbie
Heading up to Sutherland for the mayfly this year so I've been playing about with a few variants.
First a mayfly emerger with a plastazote thorax and a sparkle shuck
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Next almost the same fly but tied with claret thread and a turn of claret hackle as a hot spot. I like a touch of red or claret in flies and put this in as a variant. Also left off the tails as any tils can cause the admomen to float. I'll try this anyway along with the other emerger and see which work better
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Lastly a simple palmered adult for windy weather. My standard Mayfly adults are the Shadow May and the Edie Variant that I put in the fly database and this sits somewhere between the two
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Really like those flies Malcolm. :)
This is my favourite loch spider. Just throw it out and let it find the fish.
That is the same spider that I used to catch my first trout of the season on Saturday.
Gary :D
Superb Klinks Brian. they deserve to catch fish. :D
Those look strong hooks Brian , are they Kamasan B100 or heavier?....Nice flies too , feel a case of Klink envy coming on :D
Joe
Brian, nice work you done there. :D
Some really nice flees getting added, no doubt the secret to nice troots getting caught :8).
Cracking klinks Brian, think I need to do some work on my own.
Not got round to the Klinks but tied a few of these last night:
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Tied this and some others last night
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I'll add some more later.
I'd feel confident with that on my tippet. Nice fly Don.
Cheers Pom, Here's some more from tonight
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Didn't like the profile of the spanflex body when photographed, so I changed to another method for a slimmer profile
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size 14 ( the photo properties say it is a size ten, I made a mistake with the flee size in the description - getting tired )
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size 16
The lighting isn't as good as I'd like and doesn't quite show the colours as they are, the heads are more yellow. I also tied more flies but have run out of time
Don, those will definitely catch fish on any river. With the sloped back wing and the bulk at the front, they will be bery aerodynamic too, so good for casting into a wind, unlike say the deer hair emerger.
Alex
Good looking flies Donald. If they don't work do feel free send them to me.
Based loosely on the Bobs Bits pattern I tied these this afternoon one of which fooled a trout and a jack pike tonight.
I know I know I should be out fishing , I actually might do that later. Just finished tying this wee thing after watching a demo by a certain Ayrshire gentleman. Although not the exact same as his its along the same lines........
Thinking about the lochs with the better weather i've been tying up a few of the DHS that worked well for me last year; fiery red SLF body plus a soft brown hen hackle
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After seeing Guddlers success with the orange tail BP suggested by Malcolm I thought i'd give them a go.
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No orange marabou so used the fluff from the bottom of some large orange cock hackles. Not sure whether toleave the tail long or give it a snip
I'll bet they can take a fish or three PA. Surprised at you using a grub hook for spiders though but a very interesting twist on the normal straight shank. Might try a few of those myself :8).
Donald.
I couldn't resist this............
A Williams Favourite and a Kate.
Got some peccary hair and tried it out and reasonably happy with results
Midge
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Once and Away
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Ian
the Peccary makes a nice body. Nice flys Ian.
That could work as a suggestion of a Sandfly, Bob?
Alex
I heard a rumour last night from an unreliable source that the Great Red Sedge [The Big Sedge] has started to make its annual appearance at Hillend. This surprises me as I thought the recent weather would have delayed their arrival. Anyway I Tied a couple of these up tonight to fool the fish. Last year I had decent success with a balloon caddis when the sedge was out but for a few years before that I had been using cdc sedges in various variations such as the one above. Hope to get up to the Loch tomorrow evening to try this wee one out.
Quote from: col on May 15, 2011, 02:15:31 PM
Hi Don for the spanflex, tie it in intially at the thorax stretch the hell out of it and bind it down with thread to the butt then still under tension wind the spanflex back up the body, it should give you a slim even body with slight segmentation.
I'll try that Col, I'd been tying the spanflex in from the bend which was probably causing the bulk.
Quote from: Clan Chief on May 26, 2011, 10:49:19 PM
I heard a rumour last night from an unreliable source that the Great Red Sedge [The Big Sedge] has started to make its annual appearance at Hillend. This surprises me as I thought the recent weather would have delayed their arrival. Anyway I Tied a couple of these up tonight to fool the fish. Last year I had decent success with a balloon caddis when the sedge was out but for a few years before that I had been using cdc sedges in various variations such as the one above. Hope to get up to the Loch tomorrow evening to try this wee one out.
Nice flee CC, try it with a red game hackle and black body :wink:. I tie a similar fly like this which was christened the Black Don by Sandy Borthwick and is one of the most succesful flies I've ever used when trout are picking off sub surface emergers. You can chop the bottom half of the hackle off too which helps with the way the fly sits in the surface film . A deer hair underwing ( below the CDC) adds to the overall presentation as does a nice hen pheasant tail.
Not tyed today, probably some twenty years ago :) I was messing about with the camera and a table top light box last night and used some old flies from my fly boxes.
BROWN NYMPH
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GREEN NYMPH
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GREEN BACKED SHRIMP
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GRANNOM
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IRON BLUE DUN
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Other than the Iron Blue Dun that is the first they have been out of the box since they were tyed :roll:
I like the look of that green nymph Sandy.
Tied a few of these the other day there........
Received an email last night from a friend who was at Watten last week. He gave me a list of his successful flees. The doobry was one of them but for some reason this a fly that I dont have in my box. So I tied a couple up this afternoon.
Tied up a couple of these today..........
tied a few of these the other day... now i just need a muckle trout to latch on :lol:
A fly I have always had trouble with is the Connamara Black. I am not so good at tying beard hackles and wings have never been my forte. I decided I needed to give the CB a tye and to cast so today I visited the GAC ahead of a trip out on the boat at my local later on today to purchase a Kingfisher Blue cape to use on the pattern instead of a blue jay or Guinea fowl beard hackle. Just finished off tying a couple of CBs and I am very pleased with the result.
And so you should be! Nicely tied CC. :)
Yeah! Brian thats what I tried to do.
Right! I'm ready these are what I've been tying all year and are waiting to get used in the Highlands next month when I eventually manage to get away. I also have a box of Nymphs hoppers daddies muddlers and various cdc patterns etc.
Having lost my fly box on the river the other night( did not find out until I went back to the river and went to get a fly to start fishing) I've had an afternoon tying flies to get me going, the usual suspects, Fflies, black gnats, griffiths gnats, cdc elk hair caddis, balloon caddis, olive uprights, wilow flies and spiders
These should be useful for Loch Fishing.Tied a couple of them last night.......
Having ago at these for the first time tonight..........
Nice looking flies as usual CC, i like the cut of that butcher's jib.
After reading Freds report of his outing on Watten today it just reminded me of a fly I dont have in my box. I therefore tied a couple up tonight. Not sure if its the same as Freds but here is my.... Hugo's Olive.
I've moved from Caithness to Lanarkshire.
A Clyde flee... the Magpie and Silver.........................
Cracking flies CC
The Hugo's Olives I have seem to be tied with florescent yellow floss Allan. This is a deadly fly on the Caithness lochs. .
Cheers fred. I will attend to this immediately.
The correct dressing for Hugo's Olive is:
Tail & Body - Globrite No. 11
Body Hackle - Golden Olive Cock
Head Hackle - White Hen
Thanks Neil
Is it you who ties the flies Hugo sells?
No, the only shops that stock my flies are in Kirkwall and Stromness.
QuoteThe correct dressing for Hugo's Olive is:
Tail & Body - Globrite No. 11
Body Hackle - Golden Olive Cock
Head Hackle - White Hen
Cheers, for that :)
Nice flies CC. Got a cheeky weekend in the far north coming up, so always comforting to have some spare essentials. Should do as a start anyway . . .
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Andrew
Ooooooooooooooooh! I do like the look of those. :D Very trooty indeed.
Quote from: Tweed on July 02, 2011, 07:50:58 PM
Got a cheeky weekend in the far north coming up, so always comforting to have some spare essentials. Should do as a start anyway . . .
Oof! I see a glaring omission :D
I'll try to tie up a few this week, they won't be pretty but hopefully will hold together for the weekend.
Quote from: Guddler on July 03, 2011, 03:15:26 PM
Oof! I see a glaring omission :D
Not a single Peter Ross amongst them, you'll blank I warn you, you're doomed!
There is a chance that I might have my first ever chance of salmon fishing in two weeks time and was very kindly given some salmon doubles yesterday[bit on the large size but beggars can't be choosers.] so thought I would put them to good use. This is the first.
Something along the lines of a cascade I think..........
still on the same theme.........
What a remarkable topic this is. At the time of this post:
2361 posts
75455 views
Well done to Clan Chief for starting it. What a great idea!
Some FORUMS don't get that many posts and views! :lol:
When fishing rivers this season I've kept things simple and this is the only dry fly pattern I've used( I've used emergers too), in a size 14. Suppose it's a type of dirty polly but instead of trimming the lower hackle it's pushed into a fan shape like the deer hair on a comparadun. Piss easy to tie, unsinkable, and trout seem to love them whatever is hatching.
Cheers Col,
I HATE deer hair, so it's basically a hackle comparadun with extra floatability/sighter :-)
Pale dubbing and a light coloured hackle....:-)
they look tidy Paul...i've got a wee space in the top right of my dry fly box :wink:
Quote from: Harpo on July 06, 2011, 10:51:29 PM
they look tidy Paul...i've got a wee space in the top right of my dry fly box :wink:
Run out of powerbait Stu?
Quote from: paulr on July 07, 2011, 11:13:31 AM
Run out of powerbait Stu?
Aye they've aw sold out of power bait in the 'burgh :(
After visiting GAC for hooks last night I tied this.........
Another couple for next week
OMG! Salming flees on the Broonie Forum!
Admin will go ape!
It'll be Peter Ross's next!
What is the world coming to?
The ultimate sin would be a Peter Ross salmon fly. The incarnation of absolute evil. :lol:
Another.........
Tied this today. It is a copy of the fly that caught my first salmon and the pattern that my second salmon stole..............the stone is from that Sutherland river.
Tied up some hare's ear klink's and a few wee nymphs:
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I love that nymph in image 3 Robbie. Looks deadly :D
Nice flies Ronnie.
Tied a few of these today for future use..........
On these tonight..........
Look great CC
Those are fulling mill fly hooks.
Tied this today........
Hook. Fulling Mill Double low water size 10
Thread. Fire Orange uni 8/0
Tag. Oval Gold Tinsel
Rib. Oval Gold Tinsel
Rear Body. Chinese Red Floss
Front body. Yellow Glister Dubbing
Rear Hackle. Fluorecent Orange Cock
Front Hackles. Hot Orange and Black cock hackles wound together
Heading up to Uist for a fortnights fishing in the near future, but I can't decide what claret sedgehog to use :D
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Do you think you have enough? Look great :)
Nice sedghogs (you see? down to the magnificence of Stan it's now a generic term for all such flies :lol: ) I really like them on these wider gape hooks.
Cheers lads, I tied them on Kamasan B160's - They are actually drying as I give them a quick dunk in some silicon
I tied this today..............
Quote from: Squigster on August 02, 2011, 10:15:43 PM
Cheers lads, I tied them on Kamasan B160's - They are actually drying as I give them a quick dunk in some silicon
I'm using B160's now as well for a larger gape on hedgehogs, even tied up a few whoppers on a Sz 8.
I gave my last batch a dunk in mucilin after tying and they float like corks :D
Nice flee C.C. (and well photographed :D)
I have to say I got the idea to use B160's from a Davie McPhail video, if it's good enough for him it's certainly good enough for me :lol:
They are actually mostly size 8's as I plan to tow a couple of wets below them, hence why I gave them an early swim in some mucilin
Stephen
Still on pike flies, tied these up for today's trip with Paul.
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That's what I had read Andy.
Well suffice to say they didn't work today :lol: Very dirty water, that's the excuse anyway.
Yeah, orange has always done best for me.
scotty, those yellow ones should do great for the pollack, too. got well and truly bust up using the zoo cougar again on sunday...
Been tying some traditionals for the first time in years. Quite enjoyed it.
The Blue Zulu is one hell of a loch fly. :D
Quote from: admin on September 07, 2011, 06:40:49 PM
The Blue Zulu is one hell of a loch fly. :D
What's the smiley for...you takin the piss....? ;-)
Never fished with one in my life. These are the first I've tied. Used to love fishing with a regular (black) zulu.
Quote from: paulr on September 07, 2011, 06:43:18 PM
What's the smiley for...you takin the piss....? ;-)
No, it really is a great fly. :D
Quote from: paulr on September 07, 2011, 06:43:18 PM
These are the first I've tied. Used to love fishing with a regular (black) zulu.
I think it's better than the black version.
Excuse me Andy, I only fish the dreh fleh ;-)
Very nice. When I spoke to Davie McPhail a few months back I asked him what his favourite fly for Scottish Lochs was , his reply.......The Blue Zulu :8)
Quote from: Clan Chief on September 07, 2011, 06:56:21 PM
Very nice. When I spoke to Davie McPhail a few months back I asked him what his favourite fly for Scottish Lochs was , his reply.......The Blue Zulu :8)
A wise man.
Paul me ol' mate, tie a few up for me. :lol:
Sigh... ok I'll knock up a few extra ;-)
Very nice flies Paul.
I had hoped to get out fishing today but can barley walk so have spent some time at the vice. Now for something not quite so traditional:
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Sorry about the poor photo but was having some lighting issues last night:
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Lovely fllees guys. Col which uv gel did you use?
If you are intend to produce the above, excellent, flees in large quantities, take a look at the link below.
http://hobby.uk.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=roket&x=13&y=12 (http://hobby.uk.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=roket&x=13&y=12)
Nice one Col.
That top one IS a perch!
cheers
Paul
This has been doing well for me lately
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Havent been tying much lately but today I pulled a chair up at the tying desk. This will be the first of many over the coming months.........
Great flee, one of my favourites on the lochs
Finally manage to get to a shop and pick up some materials to try and tie some pike flies, here are my initial attempts:
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Not too happy with the hooks but all they had. First fly is a bit untidy but happier with the second one.
Nice one Robbie,
The top one is a wee bit sparse for my own taste. The bottom one is magic. Thats pretty much the pattern i usually use, in either those colours or black/orange, black/white. I also add a hank of flash stuff between the two colours.
Good luck with the piking.
cheers
Paul
Cheers guys,
Will avoid the dowel from now on.
The hooks are SMK Manta 3/0, don't think they are designed for flytying, may be a bit on the light side. These flies take a fair amount of material, tying pike flies could be a costly experience!! The are a few stands of silver flashbou in the second fly but could probably have used a fair bit more.
Cheers,
Robbie
Been tying a few flees/lures that I a not very accustomed too but I reckon will be good to use at the start of the season...............
Yep, most sea hooks will do- avoid bait-holders.
Start at around 2 and go all the way up to 5/0.
One for those most secret whumper lochs ............................... :D
size 8 long shank. :8)
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i like the look of that Fred,is that yellow foam on top.how do you find it for casting,i seem to have trouble with big foam flies in all but strong winds.
Garry
it's just a bigger version of this Garry
http://www.wildfisher.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=10475.0 (http://www.wildfisher.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=10475.0)
The yellow foam and white post make it more visible. They cast OK as long as the leader is not too long and too fine.
Very good, I'm gonna have some fun trying to tie a couple of these.
cheers Fred im off to tie some now.
Garry
Quote from: garryh on October 16, 2011, 10:55:44 AM
cheers Fred im off to tie some now.
That SBS by .D. is a cracker. I haven't seen him on here or on Fly Forums for while which is a shame, but he did tend to come and go. Certainly more of a loss to a forum than some of the others that have come and mercifully gone. :lol:
I have found the above pattern works well on lochs in size 10 and 12 during the summer months. Straggly claret seal fur (or synthetic) body, well picked out, black foam, white post, badger or grizzle hackle, long black legs. I call it Naiomi Campbell - or just Naiomi for short. You know - black with long legs? :lol:
OK then here is my first try at the big ant thingy , wee bit fiddly and I'm not all together sure that it will stay intact I also used the wrong feather as it was hen when I should have used cock. Not a great job on winding the hackle either but I' gonna tie some more as they are fun to tie. I've never fished with these so look forward to trying em next year.
Quotewhat lb'edge or X of tippet would you use with this fly?
Col, I would say 4x (6.4lb Rio Powerflex). You might get away with 5x (5lb), but on the other hand you may get leader twist on that thinner stuff.
Alex
Heres another............
Very nice as usual Alan. What size hook are you tying them on?
Alex
Cheers! That's a size 8 its a size 8 G point nymph hook. What size is the norm for these style of flies ants/lures?
Quote from: haresear on October 17, 2011, 01:43:02 PM
Col, I would say 4x (6.4lb Rio Powerflex).
That's what I use, or even 3x, with these big flies the fish don't seem to mind.
Quote from: Clan Chief on October 17, 2011, 07:32:51 PM
Cheers! That's a size 8 its a size 8 G point nymph hook. What size is the norm for these style of flies ants/lures?
Tie them all and experiment :D (Very nice looking fly btw!)
The fish will hit anything of any size when they are in the mood!
Quote from: scotty9 on October 17, 2011, 08:16:38 PM
Tie them all and experiment :D (Very nice looking fly btw!)
The fish will hit anything of any size when they are in the mood!
I agree. It's worth tying some smaller versions. They make decent terrestrial imitations in more realistic sizes like 14s and 12s as well as the fantasy caricatures of the bigger versions.
Alex
Quote from: col on October 17, 2011, 11:02:12 PM
cheers Alex, i was having the discussion with Brian, we were using big wind resistant stimulators, and getting twist, so were talking about stepping up to 4x, would even help with bigger fish . i'll get a spool for next season.
Col, it's worth getting a slightly stiffer material too. With stroft, even stepping up an X rating or two you still end up with a bit of twist, a lot in some cases. I had major issues with this using humpy style flies and sometimes even the deer hair wulff. Rio powerflex seemed better for the larger flies.
Tied a couple of these tonight... My interpretation of a Clyde Sand Fly from Bert's wee red book.....
Nice Flee M8 :8)
Very nicely tied :)
Ooh, I like that!
Last night I was mostly tying wrapping floss roond hooks and varnishing them :)
The plan is to have my first go for grayling next week so I've been tying some "buggy things"
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Defo killers. I was oot the day and grayling were on what I would call black pheasant tail with a silver rib and the pink shrimp.
Cheers
Paul
All this talk of spiders I thought I'd post a few of my dodgy tying's, don't really have many of the correct materials at the moment so have improvised, splitting silk yarn etc.
3 black spiders and a red (or not so red) and three flies I tie for sea trout. All a bit scrappy really, any pointers most welcome :?
Meant to add sizes, spiders on B170 14 and the others, 10s (1 x B175 and 2 x low water singles).
Nice flies Willie! :D
Quote from: admin on November 15, 2011, 01:53:07 PM
Nice flies Willie! :D
Thanks Fred, I'm getting quite excited about the spiders and I've ordered a few bits and bobs to help knock a few up for next season (then I'll have to find somewhere to fish them and try and get the fish to eat them).
The sea trout aren't too fussy and it's more about being there at the right time. Size I find important and I find anything bigger than a 10 often gets spat out. This year for the local burn I've been trying bigger flies on smaller hooks with some success when theres water. One of the problems I've found with the silver and gold tinsel is that it gets munched up too easily, so I've used a tough semi transparent plastic tinsel over coloured thread in an effort to toughen them up, time will tell.
Quote from: Buanán
All this talk of spiders I thought I'd post a few of my dodgy tying's, don't really have many of the correct materials at the moment so have improvised, splitting silk yarn etc.
3 black spiders and a red (or not so red) and three flies I tie for sea trout. All a bit scrappy really, any pointers most welcome :?
Meant to add sizes, spiders on B170 14 and the others, 10s (1 x B175 and 2 x low water singles).
You don't need any pointers, those flies are excellent. Trying for the "polished commercial look" is generally a mistake. Those flies will catch plenty of fish.
TL
MC
Willie
These will work well on the wee lochans and burn on the watershed, a few miles west of Paddy's old place.
Nothing much above 10oz, but the occasional 3lber.
When you get bored hauling in bandies on every cast you can nip down to the sea and get a few sea troot on an incoming tide.
Nice tying.
Thanks guys
Quote from: Inchlaggan on November 15, 2011, 02:31:11 PM
Willie
These will work well on the wee lochans and burn on the watershed, a few miles west of Paddy's old place.
Nothing much above 10oz, but the occasional 3lber.
When you get bored hauling in bandies on every cast you can nip down to the sea and get a few sea troot on an incoming tide.
Next year I'll make a point of doing just that Ken. I had a splash at the tail end of September, last time I was over, but it only amounted to 20mins on the lochs and 20mins on the burn, caught a few half pounders at each. We took Alison & wee Eachan with the idea that they would walk back and we'd fish, catching them up. As it was, it was blowing a hoolie and chucking it down, so we had to save them from being washed away, therefore it didn't transpire into a major mission. I'm sure if one was to spend a little time on those lochs one could get onto a decent fish, it's a lovely quiet fishy spot, the burn too is likely to have a few lurkers hanging round, especially with a little water. As is the salty stuff, down the bottom, thats been winking at me for nearly 30 years now and I haven't yet wetted a line on it. I'd been trying to get Paddy, the ex apprentice stalker, to get me an introduction down there, but it wasn't to be, Mrs and Hector, the Hat, were well in need of rescue by the time we got to them. Next year ;)
Not been on for a while, but I thought I'd post a few of my vice efforts of late for Bushy and I's coming Grayling day. Comments and advice very welcome. Apologies for the poor photography.
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Is the cased caddis thing just daft?
Nope, they'll all catch Grayling.
Norm
Cool, thanks for the reassurance Norm. I was going for a natural food item theme, rather than attractors (the pink tailed nymph being a backup plan).
Chucked everything in my box and am starting again for next season since my tying is better.
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Quote from: col on November 22, 2011, 11:23:28 AM
what yarn did you use for your killer bugs?
hope it was the right one. Nothing else works you know, honest I read that on Ebay :lol:
Quote from: admin on November 22, 2011, 12:01:31 PM
hope it was the right one. Nothing else works you know, honest I read that on Ebay :lol:
http://www.gardengateknitsewcraft.co.uk/gardengateknitsewcraftonlinestoreforknittingsewingcrochethaberdasherycrafts/cat_176904-DARNING-WOOL.html (http://www.gardengateknitsewcraft.co.uk/gardengateknitsewcraftonlinestoreforknittingsewingcrochethaberdasherycrafts/cat_176904-DARNING-WOOL.html)
http://www.lathkill.com/shop/index.php?categoryID=287 (http://www.lathkill.com/shop/index.php?categoryID=287)
TL
MC
I see you've got a couple of Bungs oops egg flies in there dave. :wink:
Sorry guys, seem to have missed these replies.
Col, it's Patons Wool Blend Aran (63% wool/37% acrylic) shade 11. I just looked on ebay for something close to the Chadwicks. PM me your address and I'll send you some if you want.
Fred, they didn't work. Perhaps I should sell a rod to get some Chadwicks :lol:
Don, canny beat a bung! :lol:
Quote from: col on November 18, 2011, 05:03:07 PM
Nice grayling fleas Dave.
Another one for the pike.
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This would do well in the salt waters for sure! very nice.
Dave nice collection :)
I did purchase a few of the magical killer bugs, and the Veniard 'copy' of o the yarn :( not caught a thing with them yet.
Cracking flies Col,
I got my best Almond brownie this year on a sedge pattern like your 1st picture.
(http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f233/Algie123/peteross.jpg)
A wee variation of you know what that is good for broonies. Only thing that spoils the tying(other than it is a PR, thought I would get that in before the unwashed & unbelievers chipped in) is the wing is a bit out of line though proportion is good.
:makefun
Tight Lines
Despite Fred being colour blind, the hackles orange not red it is quite a good fly for lowland broonies.
The dressing for those that might be daft enough to try it.
Hook: 12-10
Thread: black 8/0
Tail: Golden pheasant tippet 4/5 fibres
Body: Rear third.... Pearl Lurex flat tinsel
Front two thirds.... orange Seals Fur
Fine oval silver wire all through body.
Hackle: orange hen
Wing: Teal flank (folded)
PPS Nice flies by col
Oh my god, where's the delete button......................... :lol:
Nice fly Alan, it's not a true Peter Ross with that red hackle though. :D
Nice flies Col. The balloon caddis is one of my favorite patterns and I really like that last one. :)
thanks
Lovely flies Col :8)
That's nice. Very well dressed too!
TL
MC
One of the most successful flies I have used both home and abroad Col. Haresear klink with a light brown or ginger hackle. :8)
Crackers, Col. Not you, the flies :lol:
Lovely! I escpecially like the klink. :)
1st attempt at a Baetis Nymph.
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I wanted to try and get it thinner but the lead foil is the issue. Could maybe just only lead the thorax. I'm going to try grizzle hackle for the legs and use an olive marker to get the banding effect.
Nice flee and it will catch fish Dave but if you're not happy, you could maybe use fine copper wire for the abdomen and foil for the thorax or a heavier wire for the thorax. Check out some of Davy macphails leaded flies on you tube they are really helpful.
Good Idea, thanks for the suggestion.
QuoteBeen doing some Gand H sedges, on size 4 longshanks.
Nicely tied Col.
As wake flies (pulled) they seem to work ok as suggestions of food, or at best a fluttering fly.
I reckon they are all wrong as sedges though, in terms of what matters - the silhouette.
Still, none of that matters if they catch fish :)
Alex
Wowzers Col, they're some mouthful, but knowing you you'll find a trout big enought to eat them :D
Col, when you say you're tying those for Roach, do you know what's Roach specific about the patterns or are they just copies of tried and tested Roach Patterns ?
Just wondering because I would've thought that imitations of pellets / particles would have been more effective rather than representations of naturals which leads me to ask the question - what do roach feed on in the absence of particles and pellets i.e. what's their natural food source ?
I do a black dancer which is similar to the bugger but has a pearlescent black palmered body and uses a red bead ( on second thoughts it's probably actually nothing like it :) )which trout seem to like. The stimulator's are really unusual, where did the inspiration for those come from.
I have been meaning to tie up some spiders for the last few weeks but work kept getting in the way. Finally got the the vice this evening, quite like the look of the partridge spider hooks.
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Quote from: davefromtheattic on December 09, 2011, 04:21:00 PM
1st attempt at a Baetis Nymph.
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Cracker dave, lovely fly! How long did it take to tie that neatly? :lol:
Col I bet something will grab a hold of one of those sedges or at least give it a smash. I got a smash take that didn't stick towing similarly sized sedge type fly 90' behind a floatube on the ullapool trip - it's a new tactic, stick it oot there and paddle like feck! :lol: Wish it had stuck to see what size the fish was, probably small but I'll never know.
Surprisingly, not that long :lol:
Tied the FFF Fly today........................... The Forum's Firm Favourite.
Very nice, but I don't recognise it, can we have the details CC?
Waste of time and effort CC :roll:
Norm
Just off the vice. The deadly ginger haresear Kink.
This one has a yellow wing post which I find easier to see in fading light, I also tie them with pink posts which are easier to see in foam flecked water.
This is a fishing-grade tying rather than an exhibition-grade tying. I can knock them up like that in a few minutes. Finishing the dubbed body and post, with the hackle tied in, at the eye, then turning the hook so the post is horizontal and finishing the hackling using spider web.
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Tied these a few days ago and gave em a few coats of varnish. Deadly on the Clyde for grayling! :)
This is one of my favorites for fishing tail waters. Krystal Flash midge emerger #20 this time, usually use #24 & #26 as the fish are very picky.
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Darwin, that looks interesting , how do you fish it?
(http://www.wildfisher.co.uk/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=9025.0;attach=45483;image)
Them's pretty good, I bet the trout will think so too !
Quote from: admin on December 26, 2011, 08:49:39 AM
Darwin, that looks interesting , how do you fish it?
A cast of 2, 12" or so apart with a #8 lead shot above. 1.5 times the depth of the water, dead drift on rivers usually with an indicator.
My favorite is to hang one off the back end on a dry fly or foam terrestrial pattern if the trout are rising.
My personal best is a 30" rainbow on one of these size #26 :)
Quote from: Darwin on December 26, 2011, 05:02:01 PM
My personal best is a 30" rainbow on one of these size #26 :)
Keeping a fish like that on with a size 26 is impressive.
A couple more wee flees that I like, #24. (learning to use my camera, so ignore the exuberance)
Sidewinder larva/pupa
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Jujubee type larva/pupa
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Col those MBEs are minted, any chance of the recipe :?
Just messing today. Tied a few simple spider style patterns to get me in the tying groove again.
Very nice CC, what sizes do you all use for spiders over there? doing small spiders is going to be the death of me :(
thats on a size 12 for the pic but most of mine are on 14 and 16's
Thanks Col, must give them a try cheers
Not today but recently.
I called it a Doobry Variant on my website but on second thoughts I will not give it a name. Similar to "The Mans" flee but was tied long before he named his. Just goes to show there is not much new in tying. materials? granted
Flies? you are only limited by your own imagination.
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Hook: 12-8
Thread: black
Tail: red floss doubled & cut flush
Body: gold flat tinsel ribbed wire fine gold wire
Body hackle: Silver Badger
Front Hackle: orange hen with black in front. One could use a black cock hackle to stiffen it up if one wished.
A bob fly for bright days with a bit of a wave. Nor perfect but proportion is good something that I feel is important in a fly.
Tip. Note how the wire rib intersects with the palmered hackle, this is good fly tying practice for adding longivity to the tinsel & hackle type.
Clan Chief, you are well in the groove my man
That is a beautifully tied fly Alan. :D
Quote from: admin on January 14, 2012, 08:49:19 PM
That is a beautifully tied fly Alan. :D
And that is the 2500th post in this topic. Well done all.
Ive tied a few flies today,here is one of them..........
heres another
Nice flies CC :8)
Tied a few of these today
Tied a few of these yesterday. Picked up a great technique from the Ayrshire tyers vid,let me explain. the body is created by first tying in the bodyhackle first then use straggle fritz to secure the hackle and create the body at the same time. I Probably didn't explain that very well. Probably best to watch his vid for better instruction
I have been playing about with these for a wee while now and trying to improve on my results, what do you guys think? Any suggestions? Excuse the poor photo but I am still trying to get to grips with the new camera and loaned both my mono and tripod to a friend.
Have been trying a new way of adding a rib to a tinsel body this week and this is my attempt
Take the tinsel down the hook to the bend and then take the tinsel in hackle pliers and twist to form a cord and use this for the rib. Means that the body is very slim as you don't have to tie in another material for the rib.
Quote from: daz on February 11, 2012, 12:22:31 PM
I have been playing about with these for a wee while now and trying to improve on my results, what do you guys think? Any suggestions? Excuse the poor photo but I am still trying to get to grips with the new camera and loaned both my mono and tripod to a friend.
Daz, i tend to avoid tying klinks as the hackle and post are too tough for me. With that in mind I think this is a really good attempt and I'm sure it will tempt a troot. One thing I always try to achieve is a slim body profile.
ps
Daz, it's a good effort and will catch fish but as EW said they are a difficult fly to tie.
When I look back at my first clink efforts when I came back to tying they were very similar to yours but had the same usual faults. I hope you don't mind but I'm going to point out what I think is wrong with your fly.
1. The head is too big 2. the post is too long 3. The body is overdressed 4. The hackle has too many turns and is wound too far up the post.
However, don't let any of this put you off as I'm sure it was john Veniard himself who said that "even the most expert of tyers had to start somewhere".
Tying is something that improves the more you do it and with each improvement you see your own faults and correct them as you go along. Every style of fly is tied in a different way and it might take several attempts at a new style before you're happy with the results.
Try to stick with simpler patterns such as spiders and palmers until you are happy with head tail and body proportions then everything else will fall into place. Using the thinnest thread you can for a fly and the best materials you can will make a big difference as well.
Please keep tying and posting your pics as it is always good to see how someone's tying progresses and nobody on here will see any attempt you've made as anything less than what it is and that is a fly which will catch fish and the only criticism you receive will be constructive.
BD the exact reason I posted was to get constructive criticism. I knew the post was a bit long, hence the reason for the extra wraps on the hackle. Looking at it now I see the head is too long as well. When you say over dressed do you mean the body is too thick ie too much dubbing or is the peacock hearl too much?
Thanks for your comments, they are what I was looking for.
Cheers
Daz
How much for the lot Col, they are brilliant and I can't be arsed tying :lol:
Great tyings!
Those are lovely. I hate you Col :)
Daz , Black Don and Col are right. Just aim for a slim profile on the abdomen - it should pierce the surface immediately on a klink as the sunk abdomen is the big difference between the klink and a standard parachute.
The hackle on any parachute just needs two or three turns to keep it afloat as the greater surface area in contact with the water means surface tension holds up the fibres much more efficiently than it would on a collar hackle.
Got to get tying soon myself.
Alex
You have been busy. A very nice collection of great flies. :D
Quote from: col on February 12, 2012, 01:16:55 AM
ive been busy in the evenings, prepping for the season ahead, a few recent tyings.
Very nice, they look very good indeed.
TL
MC
Obscenely good tying. Better get on the vice ma self
Very nice Col - the troot don't stand a chance :D Also given me a timely kick in the arse to get tying before the season starts :)
Daz - I just got back into tying a couple of seasons back so can't really comment on your klink other than it's better than the ones I've done and it will definitely catch fish
John
Nice tying col
Tight Lines
V.Nice Brian, what's the nylon at the eye for ?
Cracked the vise out for the first time in a while today, it wasn't pleasant but I'm pretty pleased with the small army of nymphs that got tied. I'm liking the buggy profile of this guy:
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7056/6803636734_b6f89868d9_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scottloudon/6803636734/)
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posted these on a ferox thread but noone commented
a first effort giant trolling tube flies
not tried them yet but am convinced a nice fly will outfish a hard bodied plug if it has a wigglefin action disc at the head of it
These look great Rowan!
Quote from: Rowan on March 04, 2012, 10:14:31 AM
posted these on a ferox thread but noone commented
a first effort giant trolling tube flies
not tried them yet but am convinced a nice fly will outfish a hard bodied plug if it has a wigglefin action disc at the head of it
They look good. You might like to try these, or similar;
http://www.laboutiquezpey.com/boutique_us/fiche_produit.cfm?ref=ufodisk6mm&type=73&code_lg=lg_us&num=121 (http://www.laboutiquezpey.com/boutique_us/fiche_produit.cfm?ref=ufodisk6mm&type=73&code_lg=lg_us&num=121)
http://www.laboutiquezpey.com/boutique_us/fiche_produit.cfm?ref=1350001&type=73&code_lg=lg_us&num=121 (http://www.laboutiquezpey.com/boutique_us/fiche_produit.cfm?ref=1350001&type=73&code_lg=lg_us&num=121)
You can also get various metal washers which work well, stuff like this;
https://www.google.com/search?q=countersunk+washers&hl=en&sa=G&gbv=2&prmd=imvns&source=univ&tbm=shop&tbo=u&ei=UzVTT9XFO8Wp0QWH1JXpDA&ved=0CFoQrQQ&biw=1277&bih=760 (https://www.google.com/search?q=countersunk+washers&hl=en&sa=G&gbv=2&prmd=imvns&source=univ&tbm=shop&tbo=u&ei=UzVTT9XFO8Wp0QWH1JXpDA&ved=0CFoQrQQ&biw=1277&bih=760)
https://www.google.com/search?q=countersunk+washers&hl=en&gbv=2&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&source=lnms&ei=YTVTT5CBDuTj4QTQwKHrDQ&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=2&ved=0CFEQ_AUoAQ&biw=1277&bih=760 (https://www.google.com/search?q=countersunk+washers&hl=en&gbv=2&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&source=lnms&ei=YTVTT5CBDuTj4QTQwKHrDQ&sa=X&oi=mode_link&ct=mode&cd=2&ved=0CFEQ_AUoAQ&biw=1277&bih=760)
TL
MC
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That's very similar to a pattern I tie. Red wire works well !
cheers guys thanks for those suggestions I may use those washers in my next effort, in conjunction with a wigglefin:
http://www.wigglefin.com/tube_flies_rigging.html (http://www.wigglefin.com/tube_flies_rigging.html)
Hi Rowan
I know very little about trolling for ferox but Im pretty sure your best bet for movement with a wiggle fin would be an articulated streamer.Yanks use them a lot for big trout, Ive had Lake Trout and Steelhead on them in Michigan, great movement and good hook up rate.
Id be trying something like this in Brownie or Char colours without the mono weedgaurd-
Flies of head of articulated wool (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCEdqb0VLZk#ws)
hell yeah
nice vid
the yanks know their stuff alright especially when it comes to trolling
Really like the effect the bucktail gives, makes some really nice looking flies.
really nice fly col
Tied a few Waternhen Bloas this morning after being recommended to use this pattern on the Upper Clyde by Alex.
Very nice indeed. :D
I've found lies in short supply at the moment, probably due to the mediterranean March we are having, but in a normal year those would do the biz. Let's hope the hatches happen when it clouds over later in the week and your flies get a chance to shine.
Alex
I was having a look at the Master Ayrshire tyer's latest vids tonight and got the idea to tie some Ke He variants...........
Finally managed to get some time at the vice:
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Thought would try some extended body flies using peccary and came up with these 2
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Hopefully this will get a dunking this weekend:
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brillinat fees! :D
Some really nice flies there Robbie.
Quote from: shanksi on April 08, 2012, 02:52:51 PM
Thought would try some extended body flies using peccary and came up with these 2
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Ian, I'd be interested to see your flies. Obviously somethings gone wrong in the posting though. I think there was a thread on posting pics on this new forum.
Don't know what happened Don the fliers were there.
Try again. Still not working
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If this doesn't work I give in. :makefun
Just spent a bit of time at the vice with my 5 year-old daughter. She picks the materials, preps them, and I incorporate them into a fly. More variations on proven themes really, but a nice way to spend half an hour or so (she really enjoys it), and I'll definitely be giving the results a swim . . .
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Andy T
Nice flies Tweed but you must get your daughter to name them as well - if she is anything like mine were at that age you are probably looking at Spongebob, Squidward and Patrick :D
Very nice Andy, she certainly has an eye for colour. Really like that last one as well.
Ian
Cant get my photos to show, grrrrr...
Quote from: scoobyscott on April 23, 2012, 07:41:22 PM
Cant get my photos to show, grrrrr...
check this out.
http://www.wildfisher.co.uk/smf/index.php?action=faq (http://www.wildfisher.co.uk/smf/index.php?action=faq)
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Extended body using peccary.
Ian
Nice fly Ian.
Lovely wet flees Tweed. Sure to be successful.
This is one of my latest flees Tied in my favourite style...
Here goes again, hopefully my pic will be visible. A march brown D.H.E, hopeflly give it a chuck tomorrow
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Thanks for the link Admin.That's better, pretty simple really.Thanks for looking, Scott
nice one! should fool the troots no prob!
Cheers Clan Cheif,now I've got posting pics you will be seeing plenty more
I tied these last night
Quality buzzers, do you find browns take these ok? I've only used buzzers for rainbows :crap and enjoy this style of fishing but never give it more than 5 mins with broonies. Just not got confidence in it.
I have had browns on buzzers. Really not a lot different from a very slow fished lightly dressed fly like a black pennel. I think buzzers are all the rage on Loch Leven these days.
Quote from: Clan Chief on April 28, 2012, 07:13:18 PM
I tied these last night
Alan
If you are looking for a buzzer to tye try this one. I tyed it up years ago for the Grey Boy Midge hatch on the loch and it proved very successful.
(http://www.ftscotland.co.uk/gallery/flies/greyboy_nymph.670x542.jpg)
It was tyed on a size 12 Yorkshire Sedge Hook
Body : Grey seal fur
Rib : Broad Pearl mylar
Thorax : Black seal fur
I fished it on the top or middle dropper.
That is a lethal looking fly sandy. :D
Quote from: scoobyscott on April 28, 2012, 07:57:52 PM
Quality buzzers, do you find browns take these ok? I've only used buzzers for rainbows :crap and enjoy this style of fishing but never give it more than 5 mins with broonies. Just not got confidence in it.
I wondered about this myself .Then seen the results anglers were having on Lough Corrib using English reservoir techniques for the wild brownies over there. :shock:
They can be deadly on rivers as well.
TL
MC
I dont normally fish buzzers but have been told I should especially at my local loch. Its my intention to have a right good go with various buzzers tomorrow.Sandy I will tie a couple of those up for tomorrow
I'm not sure if the Grey Boy is about just now. According to my book it should be but my recollection from the loch was seeing them in the evening during May/June. They look like flying commas against the sky and are quite a large fly. I'm sure these are the Curlybums seen on Loch Leven but according to all the books that is a sedge :dunno
It's strange how patterns or methods can become associated with just rainbow fishing or just brown trout fishing, despite the fact they eat the same things in much the same way. I agree that buzzer fishing is often seen as the preserve of rainbow fishers, but brown trout eat these insects too. And when trout are rising in loch, it's often buzzers that are being taken, so why not match the hatch. Buzzers can work well for wild brownies on my local, which has good buzzer hatches throughout the year. At the moment the're rising to tiny buzzers well and a size 18 fished just enough to keep in touch with it seems to be the way to go. Not easy to hook mind on a fly this small... most takes fail to stick, but it's good fun targeting them.
During my days on southern reservoirs I used buzzers a lot,with a fair amount of success.Favourite method was a big dry on the point and then one or two buzzers on short dropppers fished in the surface film "washing line" style.You could just let them drift in a light breeze,or if it was calm,figure of eight retrieve to put a bit of "action" in them,caught plenty of brownies that way.
The CDC Buzzer is one of the deadliest wild brownie flies. I've had fish on it from Shetland to Galloway and is one of my top 3 flies. Some of the Scottish Lochs with huge brownies - I'm thinking here particularly of the Tomich Hotel waters have huge golden buzzers that certainly bring the trout up.
Sandy,
The Curlybums on Leven are a buzzer - definitely not a sedge.
I'm sure you are right Malcolm. I remember reading about them in a book and thought 'that's a buzzer' but they named another fly which runs in my head as being a sedge.
Down the Clyde last weekend and noticed a lot of snails in the water so thought I would give it a try. Hook, foam, super glue and pens.
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Ian
Quote from: shanksi on May 09, 2012, 07:55:15 PM
Down the Clyde last weekend and noticed a lot of snails in the water so thought I would give it a try. Hook, foam, super glue and pens.
Ian
Very good! They will most likely work well under the right conditions.
TL
MC
Since no one has been posting anything in here of late I thought I might as well post a pic of a pattern I tied recently after reading about it in a national mag.
Some big stuff,
a load of these, foam cicadas - they work - ask Fred
(http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh225/deergravy/wfs-011-3.jpg)
and some of these, salt water in mind
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The foam cicadas are deadly in both hemispheres. :8)
They are so easy to tie, float like a cork. They need looooooooooooooooooong legs. :lol:
These look good Dave, tie a few olive ones as well, that was the killer colour the other night. :D
Tyed and tried one of these last night. Fished on the point I got one rise to it but landed a fish with a kate on the dropper. Will tie some more with legs.
Here one with legs I just tyed might give this a go tonight.
Heres a few para adams for a swap elsewhere,hopefully raise a few..
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An olive dun type fly I knocked up dont know if it has a name?
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Thanks for looking any coments welcome, Scott
Just finished tying this pattern this morning.
Nice flies you guys! :D
Tied this for fun. No idea how to fish it or even when to fish it . The only thing I know is that I enjoyed tying it.
Tied this after getting the fish and the fly 3 ( terrestrials)
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thanks for looking, Scott
I do like that one Scott.
Havent looked in here in a while but you guys have been busy!
There are some real works of art on display well done :D
This is some thread for sure.
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After some complications with unwashed/untreated deer hair I have managed the much talked about DHE.
Still needs some work to tidy it up and I think it needs a little more bulk on the thorax?
Any constructive criticism?
Daz,
Nice fly and I'm sure it will work.
I don't tie the DHE as such, the fly I tie is the sparkle dun emerger which is identical to yours except for a couple of small things - first I tie in a few strands of Zelon at the tail, while I am fishing if that doesn't work then I take a pair of scissors to the fly and chop off the tail - two flies for one!
Secondly I keep the body even thinner with just a dusting of dubbing.
That's what I do anyway!
Looks good Daz, but perhaps a slightly heavier thorax might help balance the quite long wing and keep it upright.
Cheers guys.
I never really noticed the length of the wing until you pointed it out Fred, looking at it again it could definitely do with being a bit shorter. I feel I am still applying too much dubbing, it looks fine on the thread but it's not until you wrap it you realise it's too much, I think this is the main problem for people who either don't tie a lot or are still pretty new to tying. The thorax would probably be ok if the body was dubbed a bit finer, some more practice required.
cheers
daz
Not a bad looking fly at all and it will catch fish for sure, but I would agree with you on all counts Daz.
The wing could be shorter (just tear some off) and I prefer a slimmer abdomen just to make sure it pierces the surface film. I usually use fine rabbit body fur for this which dubs in nice and thin.
I would also tie the wing a wee bit further back down the shank, leaving room for a nice spikey thorax just behind the eye. I use fox squirrel for the thorax, but anything spikey will do.
Alex
Quote from: daz on July 09, 2012, 11:33:44 AM
After some complications with unwashed/untreated deer hair I have managed the much talked about DHE.
Still needs some work to tidy it up and I think it needs a little more bulk on the thorax?
Any constructive criticism?
Having read the thread, have to agree with other comments. Need to be a lot more sparsely dubbed and a shorter wing bunch. The slim bodied flies behave and ( doubtless as a consequence) catch better.
Try "touch dubbing". A paper glue stick works better than wax and is easier to use. Just chop some fine fur up well, and "touch" the thread with a bunch after running the glue stick along the thread. Also take care not to overwind. Keep the wraps spaced as normal. This does not bulk up the dubbing.
The glue sticks are not waterproof and don't need to be. The fine hair is trapped by winding the thread. Some will fall off in use, when it is only stuck, but that just makes the fly sparser and better.
TL
MC
This video helped me get my head around the proportions. I gather Bob has updated the original as per Hans.
DHE 2.0 (Deer Hair Emerger 2.0) - tied by Hans Weilenmann (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wn-WIbi_5ck#ws)
some crackin flees there :D
Doubling up...
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The body hackle is a bit long on this one and the wing needs a bit of work, but reasonable happy with the end result
(http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/xx246/Robbie_Mac_photos/Flies/IMGP0506.jpg)
and something a bit more down to earth...
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Thanks for the replies guys, your tips are much appreciated and have helped me produce a much finer looking flee. Unfortunately/fortunately it was eaten by a fish at the weekend and got rather munched up so there will be no photaes of it :D I will however do some more and keep practicing, seeing some of the creations on here is what keeps a lot of us pish poor flee dressers going.
cheers
daz
Size 30, is that a joke, that's me out as eyesight barely enough for tying on size 14!!!! Why o think I started salmon fishing - flies are big enough for me to tie on!! :lol:
In the hope of getting near a water again this season.
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Just messing around, a couple on "top right" to compliment the others.
The box is where I keep my "big" singles. Do not get used too much nowadays.
Tight Lines
Quoteraggier
Raggier is good.
Alanj
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Naiomi modelling her new "Autumn Heather" collection. :lol:
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Naiomi modelling her new "Autumn Heather" collection. :lol:
I like it Fred, and enjoyed seeing her performing, even in less than favorable conditions she came through.
Quote from: admin on August 16, 2012, 09:56:34 AM
Naiomi modelling her new "Autumn Heather" collection. :lol:
Excellent, there's nothing quite like long sexy legs! The rest is not bad either! :)
TL
MC
Thanks Mike. I have been experimenting :shock: with Naiomi for a few years now and the process is ongoing.
Nothing new or original there (there seldom is in fly tying). I like to take the best bits / ideas from flies and put together something that works for me. I don't mean sitting at a vice thinking "let's try this", rather fishing with the fly and thinking about what works and what does not, what is a pain, what could be done better, then trying again and thinking about how to improve it and simplify the tying.
What works for me in a dry fly are:
Ease of tying.
Robustness.
Lack of maintenance when in use.
Catches fish.
This fly uses bits / ideas from Sanchez Mega Beetle/ Moser's Balloon Caddis, and a foam Cicada pattern I found by an Aussie guy on Youtube. My only addition (and no doubt that has been done before) is the use of Flexi-Floss for legs. Normal leg rubber is far too thick, stumpy and immobile for most flies. Flexi-Floss is wonderful stuff. It really moves well and is available in a vast range of colors. No hackle is used (as is used in Sanchez Mega Beetle), it is completely unnecessary and makes the fly a pain to tie.
I can tie the above fly in a few minutes, when tied sensibly it does not fall to bits easily, it is 100% synthetic (if you choose) , does not absorb water and catches fish from the north Scotland to South Island New Zealand. In fact it is the only fly I have managed to take a fish on in a notoriously difficult stretch of a certain spring creek on which Alex, John and I have spent a lot of time . I tie it in olive and black with various leg colours and in various sizes.
Havent tied for a wee while so i decided to start today by tying something simple for a forthcoming fishing trip
Friday's Lochs? :D
Nice C.C. simple maybe but effective I'm sure. I knocked one of these up last night after watching a video on youtube, McPhails caddis pupae...
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And heres a few Kates I tied tonight on a size 14 B160 Kamasan hook to go along with the spiders
V.nice looks good for the week ahead.
Cheers
Paul
These two patterns caught most of my trout on the stravaig. Which I tied in the hostel.
Daddies did do well that trip.
Now starting to get into flytying mode as the season ends. I thought I would tie a few of these today. Its a pattern Bob who used to frequent these pages told me about. size 12 hook. red game fibres [these ones are a bit pale] peacock body [this one dyed claret] copper rib. Magpie wing and black hen hackle.
tiedwrapped these this weekend for the ladies
Thanks to some inspiration from a well know you tube flytyer:
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Very nice Robbie I love the green spotted one.
On Thursday this thread will have been running for four years :shock: There are still new flies being posted and new tyers adding their own patterns. Just looking at this thread shows that the forum is alive and kicking and still has a lot to offer :8)
My doesn't time fly! :lol:
2487 Posts
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One topic - not bad :8)
Fred, the spot is yellow glass paint, not the effect I was aiming for but possibly worked out better in the end.
and another
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Nice one. You are certainly getting in to this in a big way Robbbie. :D
Very nice bugs Robbie. Here are a few of my recent tyings.
you're a bonny tier Allan
Quote from: Clan Chief on October 26, 2012, 05:47:00 PM
Very nice bugs Robbie. Here are a few of my recent tyings.
Very nice.
Some cracking flies lads keep it up
Those bugs are great. And I love the invictas - they look really fishy - a difficult fly to get much movement in, but you've managed it to great effect.
AT
Those are beautiful flies Alan.
Tied a couple of these today
There's a fly you do not see too often today. Originally thought off as am American Wewt Fly fly but it's origins are here in Scotland.
Very Nice Alan
Tight Lines
Started off with Connemara Blacks
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Dabbled with a pearly Connemara
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And one for Fred
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Nice flies Eric, especially the Teal Red and Silver :lol:
Think his name was Peter something or other :oops2
It's not a Peter Ross anyway. The thorax is too bushy and the wing is too long. I think that fly might actually catch fish. :lol:
That's how the Bervie fish like them a bit o meat aboot their flees, mind me to gee ya een afore you ging doon the Bervie Fred.
It was the last one of the day but not ment to wynd anyone up. :lol:
Steady on Eric, it's near my bed time and I just had a cheese sandwich. I'm bound to have nightmares about being chased by Peter Rosses now. :lol:
This is what happens when I have time on my hands will try and tone things down tomorrow
night night
classy looking fleas for sure. :D
Great work Roobarb I like they way they get heavier dressed in sequence. Yeah. I like the look of the first spider. :D
what make of dye did you use for the blue partridge?
You must have missed this post Allan :)
http://www.wildfisher.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=19832.0 (http://www.wildfisher.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=19832.0)
Great flies. The kingfisher blue partridge does look very good and will move better in the water than blue jay. As fir the PR. I have got to say teamed with a kate its one of my best flees tied sparsely as fred suggests.
Must get tying.
Cheers
Paul
Been having a look through my Clyde Style tying books today and decided to tie few Magpie Tail night flies. This is the best of the bunch
Beautiful Allan. I just can't get such neat heads on my flies
I've caught a lot of fish on that fly. Great tying.
Paul
Quote from: Clan Chief on January 07, 2013, 06:29:16 PM
Been having a look through my Clyde Style tying books today and decided to tie few Magpie Tail night flies. This is the best of the bunch
http://www.wildfisher.co.uk/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=9025.0;attach=51089;image (http://www.wildfisher.co.uk/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=9025.0;attach=51089;image)
A very classy fly and superb tying. Allan out of interest, do you tie them without the rib and with two turns of flat silver tinsel as a tag?
I've fished both without bias for some time and the pattern without the rib
seems to get more interest.
Mac
I have a few different variations.
nice set of flea s first ones my fave :D
Those look deadly Andy. :D
Good to see this thread picking up great flees for the uists. Have you ever tried the charlie mclean?
Cheers
Pauli
I'll see if i can upload a photo later.
Cheers
Something like this?
There are some really brilliant fly tiers on this forum :D
Aye thats it great flee
You like those short shank hooks my friend.
:roll:
Tight Lines
Some of you will have noticed this wonderful topic has passed the 100,000 views mark!
ONE THREAD! :shock: What an achievement! :D
To celebrate, the originator of the topic, Clan Chief (Allan) has tied and photographed a well known fly and here it is!
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Great stuff Allan and well done for creating a topic that gets more attention than most other complete Scottish forums do! ! :D
Yes indeed, and as one of the few Forumites that regularly uses the above, killer, flee I consider it a fitting post.
I'd suggest that to celebrate magnificent achievement this equally magnificent specimen is auctioned for forum funds.
If agreed, £5 starts it.
It is indeed a fine Mr Ross. Slim tying. How big is the hook Allan?
Its tied on a size 8 :D
Just the job for the burn mouths.
A great thread and fitting it is a PR. I know there are detractors but its a great flee during buzzer hatches.
Well done Allan.
Cheers
Paul
Totally agree with Paul. PR is one of the best in a size 16 during Buzzer hatches. Doesn't work for me in larger sizes however.
I am beginning to get the shakes with the impending trout season approaching and need to motivate myself to start tying so thought i would post as i tye for each of the main fly hatches. I don't use a lot of flies and constantly evolve them but on the whole they are simple and whilst i am sure there are better imitations the flies i will post have worked greatly for me.
I believe in simple flies as well and as you'll see most of my fishing is in the top inch of the water. Over the years i have come to believe that trout, and big trout in particular, are really vulnerable in this zone. Their vision is impaired and consequently they seem to set aside their inhibitions when locked onto a food source. Also its a very visual way to fish and therefore addictive.
So first hatch is the MARCH BROWN
These are huge flies and really get the fish going when a hatch is in full flow. The hatch is very often over in 10 minutes but sometime the trout go crazy irrespective of size. Its well worth the wait for the hatch to come on but as ever sometimes despite almost perfect conditions they don't appear one day but the next a snow storm is raging and they come off like confetti.
One thing about this hatch that has baffled me is the fact that i very rarely succeed with a dun imitation such as the jingler, preferring instead an emerger imitation. Given the time of year i like to use snowshoe as a wing. its robust and given the hatch can be so short you need to be able to release a fish and then start again. CDC is equally as good but that i my opinion is for later in the season.
When an emerger is not working i use an R2S. A great fly i use a lot in different colours and sizes. It fishes just below the surface, which can be important for March Browns.
The last fly is a simple pheasant tail nymph, both wieghted and unwieghted versions. I like to show a wing case at the rear of a hares ear thorax .
Other than that I don't use any other patterns for this hatch. This hatch has always produce the biggest fish of the season for me and i can honestly say i could down the days to the start to the season longer before its end to just get in amongst this hatch.
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Have to agree with that, never did much good with duns although they sometimes work, the emergers are better. I use a hare's ear usually. Pheasant tails work OK but they get ripped to bits too quickly for me. All that happens with a hare's ear is that it gets a bit raggier for a while before it may eventually fail, but the raggy ones catch better anyway.
This is nice;
Tweed March Brown hatching (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkrlLUFC_nU#)
I really like that MB emerger in the photo Paul. :D
I know what you mean about the duns and they don't always work for me. The clyde style wet March Brown is a good fly for me even when they are rising everywhere it is noticeable at times that despite huge number coming down they aren't on the duns. I suspect that they prefer the rising nympph. Have you noticed that they start rising a few minutes before the main hatch erupts? They must be on the nymph at that point.
I tied this and a few others yesterday.
Nice one. I like the background, nice one! :D
This sunshine had me thinking of the lochs in summer this morning. Tied some of these:
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Couple of differnt colours
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great lookin flees. need to get some of them sorted for orkney
cheers
paul
Tied a few of these last night.
Last spring when we had a hot spell some Iron Blues put in an appearance on the river and many trout fell foul to this. I more-or-less use this fly or very similar for any upwing.
Normally I tie these on a 14 which seems to be a good place to start however I find if I get a lot of offers which don't connect changing a size or two down helps to connect with more.
The one in the picture is a size 20
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Some nice muddlers there guys :8) Bibio thats some nice MB's I've been knocking up a few emergers and a load of Jinglers :pat in the hope of catching a hatch in full swing. No posted on her for a while so heres a couple c+c always welcome [attachimg=1]
really nice i like the mb
very nicely tied flies! :D
I do like the muddlers! :D
Playing about and came up with this bibio variant, nothing new just bits from different patterns,
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thanks for looking
Some really nice'ly tied flies there guys :)
This is the first time i've had the confidence to show some pics of flies i've been tying,only starded tying about a year ago and i've knocked up some great wee flies and took loads of trout,but over the winter i've really got into the Tying side of things.
Really enjoying my tying just now,and the nephew's also bought a kit and started tying Kate's etc (He's only 10) :8)
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Hope you like
goggs
I love 'em goggs.
These split winged dries look great.
Lots of excellent flies being tied gents, makes me want to get to the vice!
A year and yir doin split wings well done. Some great fleez.
Cheers
Paul
Thanks for the kind comments guys :DLike i say i'm really enjoying my tying now and finding it relatively easy....which is a bonus!!!
So if you guys like them that'll do me,lol...
goggs
Been on the Olive hatches now. This is not my favourite hatch as its straight after the March Brown Hatch and whilst its is undoubtedly great to be catching fish on the dry this hatch is when the fishing season really begins because the fish begin to get fussy and lock on to specific stages of the hatch. Its for that reason I use a couple of patterns.
The basics for me are the same no matter what the olive hatch might be. What I focus on are size and the use of yellow thread as my base material. My dubbings are mainly wool as it absorbs water well and a blend of rabbit fur.
For the dun i use a stripped peacock quill which i now cover in a type of bug bond material. ( the cheap version). Other than that i tie lots of cdc versions but where possible use the snowshoe as a wing material although i do find that particular material difficult to handle.
A fly i have also found invaluable is the R2S. In different sizes and colours it is deadly especially when the fish are taking something just beneath the surface.
All very nice Paul :)
Some really nice olive patterns there,superb tying Paul.... I might have too try some of these out :lol:
goggs
Lovely tying. A great style of fly to tie and fish.
I tied these peacock spiders today!
A badger hen cape I picked up in my local angling shop
Quote from: Roobarb on March 03, 2013, 05:00:53 PM
Two flies that are no better than thousands of others but I like them!
Harold's Grouse and Claret
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Tag - Gold tinsel
Tail - Bright yellow floss
Body - Claret seal fur,
Body hackle - Claret cock
Rib - Broad gold tinsel (I use a wire rib to keep it all secure as the tinsel soon falls apart after a few fish)
Head hackle - Grouse
I think this is the right tying. The only time I have seen it in print was in T&S around 1990. I tied one or two then that have been in my box ever since, one of which got me my first Uist salmon on the last day of last season :)
Any, v nice, love that orange bumble pattern! Really good looking fly!
This next one hasn't got a name yet. I've used it for years now, usually on the middle dropper where it does as well as anything on it's day.
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Body - Peacock herl
Rib - gold wire
Body hackles - Red game and orange cock would together bumble style
Head hackle - "Brownish" grey partridge feathers
Andy
Some fantastic flies there. I wish I had your talents! :)
Any, really nice patterns, especially like the orange bumble
Andy if you ever make it out on Loch Leven that first fly would be a dead cert.
Past few posts in this topic have been hand tied works of art, really impressive. (Photography aint too shabby either :D)
Scott.
Just finished these.
There for Davey P at my work (recently registered ddp712). He's been a great help at work over the last few years and is keen to do some proper fishing having only fished for stockies before now.
It's just a bit of everything really to get him started this year on both loch and river.
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What a set of flees!
He'll be well chuffed with that lot! :D
As per usual guys,some great tying there :D Think its time to hit the vice for a few hours :lol:
Quote from: bushy palmer on March 09, 2013, 09:41:49 PM
Just finished these.
There for Davey P at my work (recently registered ddp712). He's been a great help at work over the last few years and is keen to do some proper fishing having only fished for stockies before now.
It's just a bit of everything really to get him started this year on both loch and river.
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Thank you very much. Cant wait till next weekend now, Need to get my ticket bought too.
Tied some lures for local water but not worth showing but I also tied some palmers too for up north. Best of the bunch............
That's a handsome looking palmer, lovely!
All bonny
Quote from: Roobarb on March 11, 2013, 04:17:26 PM
I've no idea what I was thinking of with this one.
Leven Spider variant??
Excellent fleas whatever you were thinking :D
Aye Roobarb, perhaps you were thinking more irish peter-ross than spider variant :lol: That would be the boy for me in those early season margins, especially if there was a little sun showing between snow showers. I pulled the wings of a cinnamon and gold last 15th, that did the trick.
Quote from: Roobarb on March 11, 2013, 05:25:43 PM
Right that's that decided then, from now on it will be know as the Irish Peter Ross - so it will to be sure!
Cheers
Andy
The Peter O'Ross
I'm getting carried away at the vice here making foamy things in a similar vein to Naiomi.
Have just tied some of these (more to wind my boating partner up than anything else!) :D
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Tied a bunch of these. Silver ribbed black spider - William's Favourite? This was always a very good early season pattern around here.
Whatever it's called it shows up well in the snow :lol:
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Bonny, That's how my Pennels look after a couple of troot!
Quote from: admin on March 16, 2013, 11:56:34 AM
Tied a bunch of these. Silver ribbed black spider - William's Favourite? This was always a very good early season pattern around here.
Whatever it's called it shows up well in the snow :lol:
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Fred, that's a really great looking fly and photograph! Really looks great, often though about learning to tie my own but never seemed to have time in previous yrs when kids were young and work and all the other demands. I'm also a bit overawed somewhat with all of the technical details about material types, construction and methods. Would like to give it a go though now that kids are older now etc.
Use books as a guide to what materials you need and if you don't have the right materials use something you feel looks close enough. If you take a fish on it great they don't know the hackle was the wrong shade or the rib was the wrong size. Enjoy your tying and when you take a fish on you own flies it will spur you on to tie more.
The Williams Favourite generally had a tail of a few whisks of black hackle fibres but other than that yours is similar. I have the exact same paterns in my box & I call them "Silver Ribbed Black Spiders" as well.
Tight Lines
a few from the bench today just mucking about.
a spider iron blue dun variant
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a nymph of the iron blue dun variant
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some dabblers for later on in the season
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Nice Eric. Like the dabbler :D
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Starling and Purple (Snipe and Purple using starling wing coverlet)
Looks good !
When I was at school I used to fish spider patterns like this on the local rivers.
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March Brown Spider
Thread: Orange
Dubbing: pale red-brown hare or rabbit
Rib: gold wire
Hackle: Snipe rump - or as I used Woodcock wing coverlet. Any mottled mid-brown game feather would do.
Tail: as hackle
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Greenwell's Glory split wing wet fly.
The wing has split too much on this fly, but it's going to split even more first time it's cast :lol:
Body: Yellow silk waxed with black cobbler's wax
Rib: Gold wire
Hackle: furnace hen
Wing: strip of starling primary, folded twice, tied in vertically and split - left erect (Clyde style)
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Snipe Bloa
Body: cobbler's waxed yellow silk.
Hackle: snipe under wing coverlet or greyish starling wing coverlet
Flies don't get simpler than this.
Very nice flies Fred. Recipes? :)
I'll put them on later John. Actually the colour rendition is poor in these photos, I think I need to calibrate the white balance on the camera for artificial lighting.
Thanks Fred. :)
I've managed to balance the colour a bit better on those last 3 and recipes added.
Thanks for the recipes Fred :)
Bit of floatant on the hackle and wing and that greenwell would make a great emerger.
Quote from: deergravy on March 19, 2013, 09:32:38 PM
Bit of floatant on the hackle and wing and that greenwell would make a great emerger.
Dave, I believe the classic use for that fly (Edmunds and Lee) was on the top dropper of a 3 fly cast of wets fished upstream on a sort line with a long rod. It will likely have fished in or on the surface - as you say - an emerger. That might also go some way to explaining the erect wing style.
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Greenwell's Spider size 14
Body: cobbler's waxed yellow silk
Rib: fine gold wire
Hackle: furnace hen
Tie it in seconds, you will struggle to find a better pattern for large spring olives.
Another nice simple fly to tie and upstream wet fly was one of my favorite methods when I was a youth fishing my local rivers.
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Grouse and Orange Spider
My take on the Partridge and orange which is supposed to be a March Brown. I have no confidence in it as it looks too pale and washed out to my eye. Don't know if it makes any odds or not.
Hook: 12 Kamasan B170
Body: Cobbler's waxed orange thread
Hackle: mottled grouse feather.
Tail: as hackle
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Waterhen Bloa
Hook: 14
Body: Yellow silk with lightly touch-dubbed mole
Hackle: Waterhen - but if you wish to avoid a jail term you can use any blue-grey webby feather - I used snipe underwing
The feather barbules are perhaps a bit short on this example, but it should still catch fish.
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Ubiquitous Spider
You can just make these up as you go and they will all catch fish. Like this one: yellow silk body discoloured with cobbler's wax, hackle from a nondescript cheap hen cape like this one:
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Found in a bargain bin in a tackle shop many years ago and bought for about 50p. I wonder if you could still find these anywhere?
These are exactly the type of flies I used 40 years ago on the wee river about 200 yards from here. Never worried too much what we called them. They take about a minute to tie, these are fishing flies, not exhibition flies.
Fred on a roll :) nice flies keep them coming
few from last night, really struggle to dub mole sparingly and evenly, any tips?
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Hopefully I'll get a chance to wet them on the 1st, thanks for looking
Quote from: scoobyscott on March 21, 2013, 11:23:24 AM
struggle to dub mole sparingly and evenly, any tips?
Touch dubbing is the way. See this thread by Scotfly
http://www.wildfisher.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=11416.msg112543#msg112543 (http://www.wildfisher.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=11416.msg112543#msg112543)
With some tacky wax and a dubbing comb to remove a small amount of fur from the pelt it's dead easy.
Thanks for the link Fred and a big thumbs up to Scotfly a quality thread with loads of clear useful instruction. Im working in schools just now so will 'borrow' a pritt stick. Nice one Barfly, never fished the Tay but will keep it in mind for when I do. That ones getting dunked in the Tweed
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Hare's ear DHS size 12
No pattern required, probably the easiest fly of all to tie.
Simple and deadly. Nice tying!
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DHE size 12 - for March Brown time
Deer hairs emerges, deadly pattern. I've an uncle an that's all he fishes the dry fly n dhe I've seen the catches especially up north on watten and toftingall, he seems to get a lot more bigger fish than us fishing wets.
The thorax on that DHE is a bit short, but should be OK. Bob Wyatt has changed the tying method a bit, makes it easier and quicker to tie. A lot less fussy. He no longer ties the wing in at the start and leaves the cut off ends as a support to help cock the wing.
I'll try one of those next.
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Dirty Duster
Another Wyatt fly. These emergers take 2 minutes to tie.
My sort of fly !
Quote from: Colliemore on March 22, 2013, 04:50:59 PM
My sort of fly !
Mine too :)
On the deer hair emerger, I've taken to substituting calf tail. It is far more robust than deer hair.
Alex
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The DHS-c size 10
Deer Hair Sedge-cada :lol:
Quote from: haresear on March 22, 2013, 07:51:37 PM
Mine too :)
and mine .... I really don't want to tie flies that take a lot of time and I'm sure there is no need for it.
Do you use white calf tail or dyed for the DHE ? JB uses it all the time for his mega-tarantulas. What do you believe are the advantages over synthetics? Tapered fibers?
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DHE tied using Bob's simplified method. The wing is the 2nd last part added and the cut wing buts are simply left uncovered. This fly can be tied in a few minutes.
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McFlylon Shuttlecock Emerger
This one is tied with dun McFlylon and hares ear. Tie in the wing first, cut the wing buts in a taper, tie down, dub the thread then wind the abdomen down towards the hook point, rib back using the thread, heavy dub for the thorax, reinforce with a few open turns of the thread. Tie off. It takes less time to tie than it does for me to post this, so if you lose it, it's no big deal.
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Gink the wing only and this is how it floats. If it sinks, then just a few false casts and it's ready to fish with again.
Having a permenant tying station Fred is paying dividends eh? You're becoming prolific tyer now Fred
Those last few flies look like the contents of my fly box Fred - only yours are neater :lol:
QuoteDo you use white calf tail or dyed for the DHE ? JB uses it all the time for his mega-tarantulas. What do you believe are the advantages over synthetics? Tapered fibers?
Usually I use the natural fawn/light brown ones for the DHE. the fibres are that bit stiffer than say McFlylon and so they don't clog together and therefore the fly dries more quickly when casting. Maybe that is down to the tapered fibres, I hadn't considered that.
I do like McFlylon for say parachute posts as you know, but when used for longer wings it can clog together and take a bit of drying. So I find anyway.
Alex
Quote from: Clan Chief on March 24, 2013, 01:40:54 PM
You're becoming prolific tyer now Fred
Like many artists I have to act on the inspiration before the moment is lost Allan. :gay4 Or it might just be I can't get out fishing because of this f*****g weather and I'm bored. :lol:
Quote from: haresear on March 24, 2013, 01:42:35 PM
I do like McFlylon for say parachute posts as you know, but when used for longer wings it can clog together and take a bit of drying. So I find anyway.
That's an observation I have shared. I also think that in longer wings it can look a bit "clunky" because of the lack of natural hair-like taper in the fibers - like clipped hackles or clipped deer hair. I have no idea if that makes any difference or not, it just doesn't look "right" to my eye - it's to do with that hard to define confidence factor I suppose.
Fred what type of deer hair is that you used on the DHE it looks finer than anything i have.i've never been really happy with my attempts at this fly.
Garry
Lovely flies Fred. The Waterhen Bloa is a great flee.
Still personally have never taken to DHE's though, mon the klinks! :-)
cheers
Paul
Quote from: garryh on March 24, 2013, 04:03:35 PM
Fred what type of deer hair is that you used on the DHE it looks finer than anything i have.i've never been really happy with my attempts at this fly.
On those last ones it's coastal, I got it from Cookshill. I think the first ones I posted used elk, not the really pale elk though. Also elk is not the best for DHS because it does not flare and allow you to produce the classic DHS head / thorax effect
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Olive- Hares Ear Dirty Poly Emerger
Ties in 2 minutes.
Get into the "Dirty Poly" 1 habit and you'll never have to worry about life passing you by tying Klinkhamers again. :8)
Notes: 1 name copyright Clan Ford. :lol:
How do you tie them ?
Quote from: Colliemore on March 25, 2013, 05:54:28 PM
How do you tie them ?
http://www.wildfisher.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=10665.0 (http://www.wildfisher.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=10665.0)
Loads of step by steps here.
http://www.wildfisher.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=4729.0 (http://www.wildfisher.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=4729.0)
I like the effect of the hackle. Is that just wound normally and then trimmed at the bottom?
I tie them slightly differently from Norm. Here is a full SBS I just did that copies Bob Wyatt's simplified method of tying his DHE. It is very quick.
http://www.wildfisher.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=20624.0 (http://www.wildfisher.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=20624.0)
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Dirty Poly Hares Ear Sparkle Dun
Tied exactly the same way as this, except for the hook type and tail.
http://www.wildfisher.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=20624.0 (http://www.wildfisher.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=20624.0)
That's a cracking we fly Fred, you're tying up a storm!!
Guys, Just a thank you from me as I have learned so much just reading through the fly tying forum the last few days, I gave up fly tying nearly 15 years ago due to my kit being lost in transit when in the forces and only recently in the last 12 - 14 months started tying again, things have changed so much and all your tips & hints are spot on. Thank you.
Glad you like it George. The fly tying board, has a vast amount of information accumulated over the 10 years the forum has been running. I think we have all gained so much from it. :D
sedgehogs and emergers from last night
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Nice flies Eric.
In an attempt to stave off cabin fever I have also taken to the vice:
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Tied these for today
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'mon the troots :lol:
Great flees. Love the quill bodies.
That quill body looks like the LDO pictured else where :)
Nice flies!
Thanks guys never got the dries out today, plenty on the water but nowt moving for them
Some great stuff being posted on here. Time to lower the bar!
Sat down at the vice for the first time this year and tied four flies, 3 Spiders and a Grannom version of the Streaking Caddis.
Not very productive, but at least I'm back at the vice at last!
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g8/scotfly/step%20by%20steps/StreakingCaddis9_zps1476b3fe.gif)
HOOK - Drennan Sedge #16
THREAD - Gudebrod GX2 GSP
ABDOMEN TIP - Caddis Green SLF
ABDOMEN - Dark Squirrel
WING - Deer Hair
HEAD - Spun Deer Hair.
Had a go a tying something similar to the Master Ayrshire Tyers latest demo.
Great stuff Allan.
Dennis I like that caddis.
Be gentle :lol: my first ever dabble with CDC.
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zZR8oNbQ934/UV3ugnavyfI/AAAAAAAADGI/L41wxvrlxr4/s1600/cdc2.jpg)
A genuine question, what length should the CDC be on most patterns like the one above?
Looks OK to me George! :D
Wing looks fine to me, as does the rest of the fly. :8)
As a rule of thumb the wing is normally the same length (or slightly longer) as the body.
Quote from: scotfly on April 07, 2013, 10:51:06 PM
Wing looks fine to me, as does the rest of the fly. :8)
As a rule of thumb the wing is normally the same length (or slightly longer) as the body.
Thanks mate I appreciate the help as I genuinely dont know its the first time with CDC. :)
not for the purists: "here pikey, pikey....!" :8)
sorry for the picture quality, the camera's not too good at macro and it was hand-held. can't see the eyes lasting the first attack, but it was fun to make
cheers :D i saw the first toad of the season today and it kinda' inspired me!
Theres a few trout wd take that as well.
Paul
Quote from: corsican dave on April 13, 2013, 12:13:09 AM
not for the purists: "here pikey, pikey....!" :8)
sorry for the picture quality, the camera's not too good at macro and it was hand-held. can't see the eyes lasting the first attack, but it was fun to make
Very good. I have done very well on something very similar, mostly pike, but a few big perch and the occasional large brown;
(http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/4170/frog11.jpg) (http://img96.imageshack.us/i/frog11.jpg/)
(http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/6459/frog10.jpg) (http://img59.imageshack.us/i/frog10.jpg/)
following a wee bit of inspiration from Mac and the clydestyle dries i made a small adaption. I do like funnel duns but dont use them much. I also like snowshoe.
Lovely looking flies Paul. :)
Tonight I was making use of those dangerous hooks I got the other day.
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Be careful Allan, I had a go at tying up a batch of flies with these partridge spider hooks. :lol:
I thought you had been eating a Donner Kebab :lol:
Tied up a couple each of these f fly's & owl's last nite....hopefully give them a swim somewhere thisweekend :D
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goggs
Liking them Goggs especially the owls.
Nice flies Goggs,
especially like the Grannom f-fly in the bottom right of the photo.
cheers
Paul
Thanks lads & Yeah Paul ive had a trout or 2 on that fly in the past,First time ive tied my own tho :lol:
goggs
Those owls would be killers on Leven when the curlybums are on lovely looking flies, well done!
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Olive Woolly-less Leggy Bugger Size 10 long shank.
This pattern worked well on big impossibly spooky NZ Creek 61 troot caught off-guard in high water. :lol: Works here too on the rivers to a lesser extent. In high (but clearing) water fish it on a Hi -d 6 line with a 3 or 4 foot leader.
Hook: size 10 LS
3MM Tungsten Bead: held in place with a few turns of lead wire.
Tail: big bunch of olive marabou the buts are then laid along the shank to form a woolly body and tied down. Thus the tail and body are done in one simple operation.
Hackle: dyed olive grizzle – palmered
Rib: gold wire.
Legs: white rubber silly legs tied in behind the bead.
Simple and quick to tie - the two essentials for every fly imo.
I like this one for the lochs as well, using a gold bead rather than the tungsten to make it easier to cast, a friend had a big brownie first sunday of the season on a very similar fly.
I sometimes use the gold bead too, depends on the water. Actually with a fast sinking line and a short leader you can use these lures with no bead at all.
You had better get a few tied up for depth charging the charr at loch Lee :lol:
Did someone mention charr? :D
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The Charr-a-Banger size 12 long shank
The most successful rig for char in Europe is known as a "hegene", I don't know of any English language info, but here are some pictures which should make it clear;
https://www.google.com/search?q=hegene&sa=G&hl=en&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&ei=dudyUY3MD4PYtAaT3IHgCA&ved=0CDsQsAQ&biw=2560&bih=1487&sei=kedyUZ7cLIPRtAbGwoCYBQ (https://www.google.com/search?q=hegene&sa=G&hl=en&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&ei=dudyUY3MD4PYtAaT3IHgCA&ved=0CDsQsAQ&biw=2560&bih=1487&sei=kedyUZ7cLIPRtAbGwoCYBQ)
Found a bit in English;
http://www.erlebniswelt-fliegenfischen.de/en/news/189-hegenenangeln (http://www.erlebniswelt-fliegenfischen.de/en/news/189-hegenenangeln)
Been tying some wets for an up coming trip to Fort William. A few Clan Cheif varients
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and a couple of these fellas :worried :makefun
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All size 10s
cheers Andy quite chuffed with the last one too. Way out my comfort zone tying dabbled, must keep practising
A nice fly to catch nothing on Andy :D
Crackers! I always mean to try Clousers for seatroots but never get around to it.
looks like you got the hang of the epoxy andy, cracking looking flies!
Nice :8)
Now you are just showing off :makefun
:lol:
Aye, these look good. Was tying a bit myself today and managed to stick myself good with a size 10 treble. Quite deep. By the time I'd got the hook round I was up to the hilt with only the very point poking out. I snipped the prong but the butt just vanished into the meat. Pushing and prodding was no good with just the two hands, the neighbour almost fainted at the suggestion of assistance, so I made the trip to the doc's in kyle.
Got seen really quickly and the young doc was great. In the end it was a combined effort, the doc pushing the butt end in and holding some tweesers either side of the point and pressing down and me desperately trying to grip the point with his fancy micro grips. The doc was giving me an encouraging running commentary, "every time you do that it's coming a little more". Got the bastard in the end.
A wee bit nippy, but not as bad as getting it numbed then cut prodded then stitched. That would have put me out of action for a week or so. Looks like the sea trout'll be spared the treble devil this year :lol:
wow super fleas rhubarb, care to share the dressings for those dunkelds???
I have a good lot of the original mosaic :D cheers mate much appreciated, the look deadly, the teal fleas do it for me as well, I take it they are exactly what it says on the tin? superb choice of hooks really sets the whole thing off!!
I tied up some CDC emergers and decided to see if they work!
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I have my doubts, it is very small ...
Nice pic mantog :8)
Thanks Harpo. Credit has to go to my Sigma macro lens :-)
Cracking fly would fish that
hi Andy that fly with the mosaic, it looks to me like the origional stuff that they stopped making and replaced with an inferior product.you would not believe what some of the competition guys were paying for that a wee while back.believing that if they did not have it in their flies they were doomed to failure, i have about a quarter of a hank left and never used it for ages and i seem to still catch a fish or two.it is lovely stuff when the light catches it though.
Garry
Quote from: garryh on May 24, 2013, 06:20:44 PM
you would not believe what some of the competition guys were paying for that a wee while back.believing that if they did not have it in their flies they were doomed to failure,
If I were you I'd sell it to the dopey buggers. :lol:
I just find this kind of fly minutiae hilarious. Humans have such a wonderful capacity to convince themselves of anything and the marketing men are only too happy to exploit it. Wyatt calls it "fly tying stuff" implying it doesn't really have a lot to do with fishing.
The human desire to have the "magic bullet". I'm not knocking it though, I have two fly rods that retail at £1200 that cost me £400 as a result of it. :8)
Fred one guy actually boasted that he had bought the entire stock of cats whiskers from an Edinburgh tackle shop so he could cut down the dressings and recover the mosaic tinsel.you would not believe the panic of these guys if there is a rumor of a fly doing well with a material that is hard to obtain and they dont have it.
Garry
A wee aside : On the "must have" materials. .....
I now never use ribbing of any kind - I find it superfluous. I never use varnish either. I never tie to "patterns " either and basically just adapt my approach. according to the conditions
With that minimalist approach , last year I had my best season ever in 44 years of fly fishing.
Alex
Just seen yer recent flies Roobarb. Those are wonderful looking patterns :D
sedgehog bumble thingy
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Quote from: garryh on May 25, 2013, 12:09:47 AM
you would not believe the panic of these guys if there is a rumor of a fly doing well
Oh I'd believe it alright Garry the fly fishing world is awash with crap - latest "must have" line profiles, pointless flies that are so much like existing patterns they could not possibly make any difference, latest rods, etc etc. Competition fishers appear to be especially insecure and vulnerable, but the bottom line is always going to be the same. The best angers are successful and the wannabees aren't.
Quote from: scoobyscott on May 25, 2013, 09:07:45 AM
sedgehog bumble thingy
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My kinda flee. I can picture the surface splash as a troot grabs that in a wave right now :D
Quote from: haresear on May 25, 2013, 02:28:02 AM
I never tie to "patterns " either
I seldom do, most of my tying is absolutely basic and minimalist. I do use a few standard patterns on lochs though - flies like The Butcher, Elk Hair Caddis etc that have a long pedigree. I just buy those I couldn't be bothered tying them. Dry fly "design" has one outstanding requirement and it's not mosaic tinsel - it's visibility to me when I am fishing it. You can come up with all the magic bullets you like, but if you don't know they have been taken it's pointless.
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very nice :D
I think its one of those flees that catch fishermen not fish! will give it another outing later in the year.
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Brown bodies don't work very well. Try a yellow body. The CDC might be alright as wings, but I prefer hackle points or hair.
The reason for the yellow body;
http://www.wildfisher.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=6394.msg56673#msg56673 (http://www.wildfisher.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=6394.msg56673#msg56673)
Your right enough i will tye some up with cream/yellow dubbing and colour the upperbody with brown pen. I cant see past cdc for drys, and as a hackle for nymphs, its very effective.
Although it looks nice on the bench I don't think the upper body colour is of much importance.
I don't use CDC much any more, I find it has too many disadvantages, but I agree it does make some excellent dries. I don't use it at all for wets. I just never did very well with it. It works alright on some things but no better than other stuff I have used. I like to think that my base complement of flies are as effective as I can make them, and CDC just never fitted in very well. Your experience may well differ.
I just think cdc is a very versitile material, I like the fragile feeling it has and when tyed in properly it is pretty hard wearing, but its each to there own and thats what always produces inovation in the use of various materials.
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Nice nymphs sewin
When you put a CDC collar on some, is that one feather tied on at the tip and given a couple of turns?
Cheers
On size 16 and larger flies I like to wind a couple of turns of cdc tyed in by the tips , gives a good bit of movement to nymphs which in general dont have much movement.
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This is an example of cdc collared nymph.
First post in this section so dont be too hard on me.
I am heading up to Scourie in a couple of weeks and thought I would have a go at a detached body for either a mayfly or a daddy. I have flattened the hackle on this one so that it sits in the water rather than on it like a drowned flee.
First effort and it needs a few tweeks.
Billy
Nothing wrong with that other than the head being too long for me.
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Foam Cicada size 10
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From Beneath
Are the legs tied along the shank or across the back
The tying method is shown here Eric. I just alter it a bit
Foam Cicada fly tying (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUg5a3F3FpM#)
Thanks Fred
I was interested to read in Fred's latest report that his Naomi pattern is his first fly of choice for lochans these days. I decided to have a go at tying something similar to Fred's favourite super model :D. You will note that this version is missing a sight post. This particular model is a size 12. Which is fat for a super model. Do you just fish these static Fred?
Mainly static, but do give them a slight movement sometimes.
guess who's coming to dinner? :8)
Dave - I really, really hope that works because it looks BRILLIANT!
Quote from: Guddler on June 18, 2013, 11:54:34 PM
Dave - I really, really hope that works because it looks BRILLIANT!
cheers! put it to the test tomorrow.... :wink:
Quote from: Guddler on June 18, 2013, 11:54:34 PM
Dave - I really, really hope that works because it looks BRILLIANT!
it did..... :8) i'll put up a report
After getting some telephone tuition from Corsican Dave I'm about set for a first go at salt water fly fishing.
Just knocked these up, all size 2 heavy and nasty looking Mustad hooks and different weights. They only take minutes to tie so no big deal when I lose them :8)
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Not too shabby for a first attempt! Definitely get a fish on those.
perfect, Fred! :D less is definitely more with clousers. use plenty of head cement (i use a good dab of thick ca glue during the wrapping) as those flies take a hell of a battering on the rocks and the eyes work loose. now we just need some mackerel in casting range! :8)
Dave, I sealed all the heads with "hard as nails" so hopefully that will improve the durability. Those types of flies are dead easy to tie, lots of room to work.
By the way it was a pleasure talking to you the other night. I can't think of any other busy forum where there is such friendship camaraderie and mutual respect. :D
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Foam Daddy size 12
Or the improved tying?
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Is that an unsubtle hint Jim? :lol:
Those above are dead easy and very quick to tie - not sure if they are the best or not, but they catch fish. I'm pretty sure that bit of foam sticking out the back is just going to be a decoration and probably not needed. It will likely come off after a few fish. For me the essential of any fly is it must be quick to tie with no faffing about and preferably be zero maintenance when fished. I'll try to do a quick SBS.
Here's another tying this time on a long shank hook in order to get the body length without the sticky-out detached bit at the back. This is even easier to tie.
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Simple Foam Daddy SBS added
http://www.wildfisher.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=21333.msg227342#msg227342 (http://www.wildfisher.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=21333.msg227342#msg227342)
i reckon that one's coming to spain with me and colin (shad) in october.... :8)
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Foam Caterpillar
Size 16 Kamasan B400 light wire hook.
Something to try when all else fails? :lol:
(for advanced tiers only)
I like it, had me brushing my shoulder straight away.
In NZ they use something similar in yellow for willow grubs with great success.
Problem with these flies is that even although they are unsinkable they are pretty much impossible to see at any distance as they lie right in the surface film. I'd fish that on a dropper with a visible dry on the tail. That way even if I couldn't see it I'd know where it was. Do they catch? Nae idea, but if you don't try you'll never know. :D
Under overhanging Oak, Birch or Sycamore should get some action with that Fred. The trees are usually full of caterpillars at this time of year. They hang down on silk threads and end up floating on the surface.
What colour and size are they Sandy?
Usually bright Green but I have seen Olive, Brown and Tan ones.
Plenty of colours here to try :)
http://www.wildlifeinsight.com/Insight/?cat=128 (http://www.wildlifeinsight.com/Insight/?cat=128)
This page is probably better.
http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/species_family.php?name=all&stage=larva (http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/species_family.php?name=all&stage=larva)
It is one that I use occasionally when I can't find it in my Collin's book.
I was given a voucher for the Lake of Mentieth as a fathers say present the flyer attached informs me that pike fishing is available for the cost of a trout ticket, sorted for tuesday evening, hopefully this will bring something up!
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Nice popper! :D
Tied up a few rough and ready wet daddies tonight for use tomorrow.
Nice Clan. With furnace hackle-point wings and butts of flouro orange these wet daddies are one of my favourite back-end patterns and deadly out in the western isles around that time for trout and salmon.
Ian
Nice bananas Sewin! The popper is a cracker as well
Great tying Andy. I just can't get neatness at the level.
This is more my style / skill level. It is my own pattern though :lol:
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Flexifloss & Copper Wire Bloodworm
This will be getting a swim at the silty end of Loch Beanie next time I'm up. :8)
Just think of the life-like action it'll have :lol:
Have you been in my box Fred if it fails at Beanie take down to Rescobie the bows love them :lol:
A good kick in the baws would be far less painful than a day at Rescobie. :lol:
I once won a day ticket for Rescobie.
It was 1st prize in a competition.
Thank goodness I didn't win second prize. That was a season ticket. :lol:
Tha popper looks good. Andy they bumbles are cracking, really like the purple one. Personally prefer your Connemara to the claret though.
Tied theseUSD LDO's tonight really like the look of them but have read they have a sh*t hook up rate, any experience? They aren't half as hard as they look.
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They look great Scott
Lovely looking flies Scooby! :D
i keep a few USDs in my box Scott (not as nice as yours though). I only use them in desperation and can recall one fish that took first time (and was hooked) after refusing a few more standard patterns.
I think that's the only rise I've had on a USD, so they have a 100% hook-up record for me :)
Alex
Thanks guys there a bit big to use just now I think. Can't remember the hook but I think its a klinkhammer in 14 but are more like a size 10. That's reassuring Alex, cheers
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CDC & Aero
Got this out of one of Mac's (east wind) report posts.
The CDC & Elk is without doubt one of the most effective flies I have used. From Scotland to New Zealand it has caught me a lot of difficult fish, far more than the DHE (but others will have their own experiences of course). I seldom use it though because it comprises the materials I hate most in flies and fly tying - CDC and Elk or Deer hair. With this fly once the CDC "legs" (perhaps the essential trigger in this design?) get very wet the hair wing does not support the fly visibly unless it is dressed heavily and dressing it heavily makes a less effective fly. It is hard to dry and continue to fish with once a fish is caught on it.
This I hope will fix the management problems as Mac suggests it does, swapping out the hair wing for the ridiculously expensive, but fine yet buoyant Areo Wing.
It is a ludicrously easy and quick fly to tie which is another essential in my book. No dicking about wasting time with "fly tying stuff" as Bob Wyatt so succinctly puts it. :lol:
Nice Fred, is the aero wing the same as the Mcflyon that you use?
Stu, the Aero wing is a much finer, delicate hollow fibre. It's a bit pricey, but you do get a lot of it for your money. I have never bothered with it before, but Mac recommending it was good enough for me. It is very nice to work with. I bought it in medium dun (see above fly), might also buy some white now that I have seen how good it is. Numerous Ebay sellers have it - for example:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tiemco-Aero-Dry-Wing-Fly-Tying-All-Colours-/251047353334?pt=UK_SportingGoods_FishingAcces_RL&var=&hash=item3a73969bf6 (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tiemco-Aero-Dry-Wing-Fly-Tying-All-Colours-/251047353334?pt=UK_SportingGoods_FishingAcces_RL&var=&hash=item3a73969bf6)
Thanks Fred, will get some (on payday :o)
Just finished tying up a few of my favourate patterns for tomorrow.Hopefully the water will have run off enough for hanging lighter nymphs below my CDC & Elk cripple.They were hard to see against the peat stained water last time i used then.Treated with Silicone Oil & let dry overnight should float well too.
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Buggy but effective where i fish.They like them buggy. :D.Cheers All
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Some nice flies guys. Fred aerowing is quality stuff and you do get loads of flies out a card.
Haunt tried the elk hair cripple yet will have to rectify that. Is that wing post material in the wing?
Scott, that's medium dun Aero wing in the wing. :D
sorry Fred that was meant for Rabs cripple elk n cdc.
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The Naomi Night Vision :lol:
Trouble with most of these foam patterns is they float low in the water. This I am sure makes them more attractive to the fish but makes them difficult to see in poor light. I was on the river the other night which is very low and the fish were in the very fast water far up the runs and pools. It was next to impossible to see the fly most of the time and although I did get a few fish I missed a whole lot more.
This is an attempt to make the fly more visible. It will still sit low in the water, but doubling up the foam should keep more of the ship above the waterline and help support the slightly longer and thicker post. The post is yellow which I have found to be a good colour for poor or low light.
Fly design / evolution in action! IMO this should always be done based on what has happened when fishing and the experience is still fresh in your mind, not at the vice on a cold winter's night. :lol:
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Picked up a bird from the A8 today took her home at lunch time stripped her and knocked up a wee spider from her :lol:
The Junction 6 Spider.
Nice looking beetle pattern there Fred.How do you find that one is for landing the correct way up.When i tied them fairly similar mine would sometimes land upside down.Probably my duff casting though. :lol:There wasn't many flies on the water & a beetle was my best producer yesterday too.
That's if mine actually counts as a beetle (not sure)
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I have just figured out how to make my pictures bigger.Haven't used Imageshack for years.Cheers All. :D
I like the look of that
Quote from: Clan Chief on July 02, 2013, 01:53:59 PM
Picked up a bird from the A8 today took her home at lunch time stripped her and knocked up a wee spider from her :lol:
The Junction 6 Spider.
:lol: what did you cook up from the meat :shock:
Quote from: Rabmax on July 02, 2013, 08:50:56 PM
Nice looking beetle pattern there Fred.How do you find that one is for landing the correct way up.
Pretty much 100%. The post will always trail like the feathers on a shuttlecock.
I tied up some of the (muddler) red head Kate McLaren variants from the FF&FT which arrived yesterday. BTW, do you have a source for the wool used in the Donegal Blue above? I've been looking for some of that. Thanks.
Thanks for the above note and the pm, Andy. Some of today's offerings:
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Nice flies David. :D
Very nice flies not sure of the one top left is that a Fred's Favourite :lol:
Off for a few days away on a Herbridean Fishing trip this week and as ever my mate Tam always wants me to tie some flies for him and it was no surprise to me that he wanted a Loch Ordie Variant. He must have a box full of Ordie variants because every time we go away that's what he wants . This time as you can see he wanted a black and white version.
Nice flies Allan, hope the trip goes well :D
Thanks Fred, Looking forward to it :D
Interesting variants - might have to add some to my South Uist box. One of my Benbecula contacts is currently recommending a Pearly Zulu, if that's any help.
David
Have a ball alan.
Heading down to galloway for a week going to give swff a bash, knocked these up for pollock, bass who knows.
should do the job! let us know how you get on :8)
Quote from: sewin007 on July 23, 2013, 04:26:19 PM
Heading down to galloway for a week going to give swff a bash, knocked these up for pollock, bass who knows.
I'm just back from that region, the locals tell me there are plenty of bass about, I tried 3 nights but didn't manage to be one
Good luck
They look good sewin
Friend of mine was down last year had a 7lb bass to the spinner, from a boat. Last year i had a few pollock on the spinner from the shore, dont know if i will be able to reach any fish from the shore on the fly. Iam hoping i can blag a few hours on a boat just drifting off shore would be great.
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I have Ants in my pants at the moment. :D Been tying up a few more ants today.I am new to fishing with ants but finding that the trout seem to like them.
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Cheers all
Quote from: Rabmax on July 25, 2013, 04:43:59 PM
I have Ants in my pants at the moment. :D Been tying up a few more ants today.I am new to fishing with ants but finding that the trout seem to like them.
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Cheers all
Very nice.
Had a go at the vice the day for a wee change and decided after reading a recent article in a magazine about Imitation Crayfish to give it a whirl & ended up with this.
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Cracking like it a lot
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nice im gonna have to start tying bugs for the winter :(
Good looking fly will take a few fish
Tied up a few similar to that years ago.
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Never caught a thing on them :roll:
Having seen henry gilby fishing for bass in an estuary in irlend recently where he "bumped" a jelly lure down the current to great effect i was thinking it could also work using a floating line / sink tip with a long leader and a couple of shrimpy patterns. I tyed these, doubt i will be anywhere near bass again this season but i dont know if the same tactic could be employed for mullet?[attachimg=1]
Nice :)
My first salmon fly (tied from a Davie MacPhail video!!
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Yup that'll catch them
Something for this coming weekend
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My first salmon fly (tied from a Davie MacPhail video!!
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Macleod's Shrimp? Nicely done whatever it is!
Quote from: Inchlaggan on September 23, 2013, 11:08:30 AM
Macleod's Shrimp? Nicely done whatever it is!
Cheers. Davie just describes it as a non-specific shrimp pattern (unless I missed something in the soundtrack).
Some bugs for the Ladies. Not getting out for another fortnight at least though due to work :x
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Nice nymphs :D
They are nice. Try some small pink beads as well.
well..... i thought posting a fly for my 1000'th post was apt. the best fly I've never tried.
A Watson's bumble variant. Nice job. I like it on the bob for sea trout on those steely grey days.
Tidy wee fly
I've been busy tying up flies for a forthcoming trip to bonefish heaven with another forumite. Here's my efforts so far:
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Now for some shrimps. :)
nice work John! i'll be giving some crab patterns a try for some east coast wrasse next weekend. not quite the same as cuba! :lol:
Those look amazing John. :D
Lovely work John!
Very nice indeed. Where's your Bonefish heaven then?
Quote from: rannoch raider on October 21, 2013, 02:46:50 PM
Very nice indeed. Where's your Bonefish heaven then?
Cayo Romano, Cuba :D
That's Mr Commie Bastard to you comrade! :lol:
Just had a wee nosey at it on google. Goddam LUCKY commie bastard ! :) Stunning place. Tight lines.
Nice flies Comrade !
Away from home at the moment will post my efforts at the weekend.
Quote from: shad on October 21, 2013, 07:44:19 PM
Nice flies Comrade !
Away from home at the moment will post my efforts at the weekend.
Cheers Colin. I'm doing a few Avalon flies next, though the independent guides there aren't fond of them given that the Avalon service represents the forces of evil and darkness, due to its tendency to annex entire flats systems for its own use. Anyway, it's a good fly for permit and worth having on rod number two when fishing from a skiff.
:)
Quote from: River Chatter on October 21, 2013, 07:57:34 PM
given that the Avalon service represents the forces of evil and darkness
A bit like stockie rainbows here then :lol:
They look complicated but lovely. Lookin forward to the report.
A few hours spent tying them, no doubt worth it though good luck
Nearly ready for Cuba-
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Only some Crabs to do, finally came up with one that's fairly easy to make and I like the look of - fish will have the final say though.
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Calling it the Poo Piece , which is a crab sandwich down Eyemouth way .
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Very nice Colin... have you got enough pink ones tho? :lol:
What did you stick the Poo Piece one together with? I'm always reluctant to use glue on flies that might be chucked at a permit given their legendary sense of smell. Having said that I've used epoxy on a few. It looks great btw and should do well over turtle grass. :)
Very nice flies, I was once sent to work in the Cayman Islands for a week. I only got a couple of hours to cast a fly. I ended up at a small beach at a harbour mouth where I managed to catch a French Grunt of around 5 inches long. Spotted a huge barracuda and had a boil at the lure from something with a huge (10 - 12 inch) sickle shaped tail in a small canal like stretch in the harbour. Great fun and so nice to be standing in the gin clear warm water in your shorts while fishing. I've always fancied having a proper crack at it somewhere. Cuba seems popular. Could I ask what you guys think is the best way to do it? Package deal with flights, hotel, / lodge,guides, skiffs etc all included or do it yourself?
Cheers
Jim
Quote from: River Chatter on October 26, 2013, 05:08:56 PM
Very nice Colin... have you got enough pink ones tho? :lol:
What did you stick the Poo Piece one together with? I'm always reluctant to use glue on flies that might be chucked at a permit given their legendary sense of smell. Having said that I've used epoxy on a few. It looks great btw and should do well over turtle grass. :)
Hot glue gun John, works really well .Just tie lead eyes and claws to hook then rubber legs can be added on a bit like tack welding with hot glue.A final splodge of hot glue for the felt carapace.It goes hard in a few seconds and hopefully doesn't smell like epoxy or UV resin.
Thanks Colin, tho I've heard it gets so hot there that these flies can melt again! :lol:
Quote from: rannoch raider on October 26, 2013, 05:48:21 PM
Cuba seems popular. Could I ask what you guys think is the best way to do it? Package deal with flights, hotel, / lodge,guides, skiffs etc all included or do it yourself?
Your sickle shaped tail could well have been a permit!
Anyway, not that I'm an expert, the best way to fish Cuba depends on how deep our pockets are and whether you want to combine fishing with a traditional beach holiday. The most expensive option by far is to stay at a fishing lodge, as you'll be a couple of grand or more for the lodge, guides etc and have to get our own flights. You'll typically need to bring your own booze too if you want anything other than the local tipple. The cheaper way - and my preferred option as far as Cuba goes - is to book a fully inclusive hotel near to where the fishing is and then seek out your own guides, who can be booked by the day. I like to support the local guides, because they have been plying their trade long before these big outfits got there who cater more for the well to do and are aggressive in annexing huge swathes of fishing grounds for their clients and of course profit. Seems to fly in the face of the espoused political ideology from that part of the world too. :?
However you choose to do it beware: this type of fishing is highly addictive and ruinous if not kept in check! Worth it tho. :lol:
Quote from: River Chatter on October 26, 2013, 07:01:56 PM
Thanks Colin, tho I've heard it gets so hot there that these flies can melt again!
Shite :)
Don't go mincing your words now Colin. :lol:
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i used the peel-off strip from a self seal plastic envelope (like a fedex pack) for the back. now i'm working on adding some claws and making the whole thing a more chestnut colour to imitate the signal crayfish we saw in spain. i've also seen some very interesting weighted jig hooks that may help imitate the swimming pattern:
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ha! nothing new under the sun.... just had a flick through dave whitlock's "a guide to aquatic trout food". sure enough there's a crayfish pattern; dave's soft-shelled crayfish jig fly. he's even got the lead down by the eye of the hook to make it sit up. the only real difference is the shell material. brilliant! :8) if i could find a way to make the claws more buoyant then we'd really be cookin'
Senyo's Preyfish:
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and hopefully how the fish see it:
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easily the most complicated thing i've tied. it's got a weighted, hinged tail (i used a genie clip with a split shot whipped on) which is designed to let the front part of the crayfish float upward as if in aggressive posture. i had to play a bit fast and loose with the other materials too, as i didn't have orange ostrich herl or crayfish possum( :roll:).
i'll bet it's gonna be a bugger to cast!
Tied up a few of these:
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Maybe a bit early for next season but thought for once I would try to fill the boxes before the start of the season.
Nice Robbie. One of the all time best traditional wets
The Jungle Cock cheeks adds a bit more of attractivness don't you think Robbie.
Somthing I do with a lot of my Winged Wets but for some reason I only fish them as a a tail fly.
Does to add to it ? I do not know but they do catch fish so maybe they do.
Tight Lines
I think the jungle cock does help, difficult to prove of course. The Dunkeld is a great tail fly.
aye the Dunkeld is a great fly,when tied like that with a palmered hackle.you couldn't pay me to fish one like you sometimes see for sale with only a throat hackle.IMHO it makes all the difference
Garry
I don't know what it is about orange, but sometimes the trout just want it.
Very nice Robbie.
Thanks for the kind comments.
To be honest it's not a fly I have fished much, but last season I had some success using a Doobry. Fancied trying some other flies with a bit of flash about them. Added the cheeks to the size ten flies and like the look. Never really used jungle cock before but I think that May well change.
Quote from: corsican dave on November 27, 2013, 08:58:11 PM
ha! nothing new under the sun.... just had a flick through dave whitlock's "a guide to aquatic trout food". sure enough there's a crayfish pattern; dave's soft-shelled crayfish jig fly. he's even got the lead down by the eye of the hook to make it sit up. the only real difference is the shell material. brilliant! :8) if i could find a way to make the claws more buoyant then we'd really be cookin'
Hi Dave, I've been fishing 'soft plastics ' on the spinning rod for perch of late. Some of the shads I've been using are highly buoyant and stand upright on the loch bed held down only by the weight of a jig head. They come in a multitude of colours and are very supple. It has crossed my mind that they could be cut to shape for excellent floating fry imitations that could be cast by the fly rod. They might also fit the bill for provision of a material to fashion the claws you are after. The Daiwa Duckfin shad and the elastane 'Z man' shads on the 'art of fishing' website are probably the most buoyant. It is also worth considering the use of a very realistic 'soft' crayfish pattern(plenty out there) rather than one made of fur, hair and foam?
couldn't agree more! obviously it'd have some of the die-hard traditionalists spluttering in their corn flakes, but it's just a different method of presenting bait to fish. I will have no hesitation flicking out a senyo's preyfish with a light spinning outfit if the situation arises and similarly using the fly rod to present bait ( I used a sinking line to present bread flake to tench in a clay pit a few years ago. sadly I missed the strike, but nothing ventured etc...)
just as a matter of interest, the new savage gear crayfish has buoyant claws: http://www.thefriendlyfisherman.co.uk/section17083/product28848/PROLOGIC-SAVAGE-GEAR-3D-CRAYFISH.html (http://www.thefriendlyfisherman.co.uk/section17083/product28848/PROLOGIC-SAVAGE-GEAR-3D-CRAYFISH.html)
I've got a couple on my Christmas list in preparation for Extremadura next year! :8)
Nice one Robbie
The Dunkeld is my most successful early morning/day time sea trout fly, palmered like that particularly so.
I like the jungle cock and always include it, perhaps it's just phycological, fishermans' eye candy etc, even so I'd say better with, than without.
Ropbbie those Dunkelds look amazing, need to blag a few off you!
One of my favourite flies. I predominately use it on the rail esp with an inter line, but have had great success with a green tailed version on the dropper with something bushy on the tail using a floating line.
Pearly invicta is a must have as well.
Getting ready for the March Browns
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Sparkle Olive Dirty Aero Wing Size 12
A bit out of focus, but that should not affect the troot. :lol:
And if they refuse the above perhaps they'll go for these last resorters.
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CDC & Areo Wing Size 12
I done really well with this pattern last year in various colours especially in orange.
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Cdc wing ,Cdc body,clipped palmered badger hackle
Inspired by Fred's Poly Wing fly going to carry a few poly wing version to try this year.
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Cheers Fred.
Quote from: Rabmax on December 21, 2013, 10:05:12 PM
Inspired by Fred's Poly Wing fly going to carry a few poly wing version to try this year.
Not my idea that one. I used to use ordinary McFlylon yarn to replace the hair wing in the CDC & Elk as I don't like deer and elk hair, but Mac (east wind) put me on to the Aero Wing. It's a lot less dense, much finer and buoyant (it's hollow) and looks like it will do the trick.
The price of Aero Wing is scary, but when you get it you'll see it will last a long time, so it's not so bad as it first looks.I just bought the light dun stuff and it should do for everything.
I have always resisted buying Aero Wing so far as i am a tight git.Been trying out this stuff & its seems very good.
http://www.fishonproductions.co.uk/category-42/ultra-dry-yarn.html (http://www.fishonproductions.co.uk/category-42/ultra-dry-yarn.html)
I also treat my finished dry flies at the vise with watershed . Cheers
The March Brown Emerger looks good Fred.
I was tying flies all week last week as I was off work. Got about 150 dries and nymphs done which should cover the first three or four months of the season :D
I discovered a spool of Aero Wing I didn't know I had. It is good stuff to work with and although it is expensive, I do like the look of the flies, especially the parachutes. I thought I had tried Aero Wing before and didn't like it, but I think that may have been something called Neve. A case of mistaken identity.
Alex
Quote from: haresear on December 21, 2013, 11:12:37 PM
The March Brown Emerger looks good Fred.
All these dirty poly type flies are great. Dead quick to tie (a few minutes max.) and maintenance free. After a fish a quick wash and a few false cats, they're ready to go again. Above all they are dead easy to see on the water. I probably use them more than any other fly, 16s to 12s up until mid summer.
All good looking flies lads. Fred I tied up an almost identical MB emerger at the start of last season but missed any hatches due to the wet/cold start and work commitments. Here's hoping I get a chance this coming season
In the same vein of simplicity - for the highland lochs in June / July. Actually even this is probably overkill as all you need is a light coloured size 10 DHS, I just dislike tying with deer hair.
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Yes very nice flies there Fred.I did order some Aero Wing to see if i was missing out.My conclusion is it doesn't float any better than the Fishon stuff.It's a little bit finer material & makes a lovely wing.Great stuff.Cheers
It's the fine fibre I like about it Rab
Nice looking flies Fred.
Robbie, I'm not overly careful about getting "perfection" in my flies and I post pictures of flies tied for fishing, warts and all. Doubt I have the skill or patience to tie magazine cover flies. That's a whole different game anyway. :D
And an Adams tied the same way
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Been knocking up countless bugs over the past few weeks and getting a bit bored now. Tied up some egg flies for Grayling and some dries/ emergers for the troot
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and finally the garden nymph :crap
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This has a tungsten xl shrimp back on it so should hit bottom quickly. thanks for looking
I love the garden nymph! :D
Hopefully the fish do too, especially with all this rain :worms
That's very realistic - how did you tie it?
streamer hook bent to shape, lump of tungsten, 3lb maxima and a pink condom :gay4. Shes just went to bed so I'll try a quick sbs. In the meantime plenty vids on youtube type in vladi worm
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The reason I tie flies is it allows me to produce flies I can't buy and / or allows me to modify what I find to be shortcomings in existing patterns. The DHE is a very popular and very successful pattern, but it's one I have never been happy about using. This is not a slight on Wyatt, more a case of problems that I have encountered that affect me and are probably down to the way I tie or use the fly.
First problem with the DHE is deer hair. I cannot abide the stuff and I find that when I use it as a wing on a slimly tied DHE I have great difficulty seeing the fly in anything but still water at close range. The second issue is the thorax. I cannot produce a decent hares ear fur thorax that will make the spiky thorax that is essential for keeping this fly fishing properly.
So here is my modified equivalent. "The Only Bit Like A DHE Is The Abdomen" Emerger
Or TOBLADHEITAE for short. :lol:
Wing: Dun Aero Wing
Abdomen: Hares ear
Thorax: Hares ear over-wound with the tiniest red game hackle taken from the end of a Whiting genetic cape then clipped underneath.
The tiny hackle produces a very "unfussy" profile when viewed from below, just like a regular DHE, but the fly always floats correctly and the wing makes it easy to see on running water.
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Love te look of that AWE (aero wing emerger) Fred.
I love a DHE and they take most my fish but they do have issues with floating correctly and s you say a pain t tie the deer hair
Will have a crack at this version
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Very nice Allan. How did you do the wing?
I actually came across them while sifting through my stuff yesterday. They are all pre cut and shaped etc in a packet. I think i got them from GAC a number of years ago. I tied a few of them years ago. Good sedge pattern at the local. First time ive tied it with a long tail . Just experimenting.
Nice one chief, good to see you posting here again.
Liking them Fred, especially the emerger. Not sure about the leggy olive, time will tell.
Quote from: scoobyscott on January 04, 2014, 09:16:37 AM
Not sure about the leggy olive, time will tell.
You may be right. It probably needs at least 6 legs.
Quote from: admin on January 04, 2014, 03:00:56 PM
You may be right. It probably needs at least 6 legs.
I didn't think the naiomi looked anything special, so what do I know :lol:
Black and Orange
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This is a great fly on my local rivers early in the season. Works well when the river is falling after a flood and the water is still carrying a bit of colour - we call it 'Beery ' water. Might work on some of the peat stained rivers of Scotland.
Tying is:
Body - Orange Glowbrite # 7
Rib - Gold Wire
Hackle - Black Hen
Going to try these hairy chaps for the sea trout in the salt this year. The pattern is a variation of the 'Grey Frede' which was shown to me on this forum by 'traditionalist' AKA Mike. It's just got something I like.
Body is dubbed natural grizzle marabou as is the tail. This is topped with a Grizzle cock hackle palmered and ribbed with copper wire. Body dubbing is then 'brushed out'. Head is bead chain ( this can also be varnished red or finished with red silk). Tie it in whatever size takes your fancy.
Nice, could see that being good in rivers too for the broonies :8)
These hairy things do look good. :D
A fail me never seldom :lol:
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Now that is very nice indeed ! I love the parachute patterns, they are things of beauty.
Quote from: admin on January 05, 2014, 02:46:29 PM
These hairy things do look good. :D
team it up with a fast sinker :8)
Yeah, I think it will be very versatile and could give the impression of a lot of what's in the marine larder . Seems that a number of variations of this pattern are very successful in the Baltic so why not give it a go here?
A simple black sedge hog, very effective round rannoch moor, and also an experiment to see if I can get a photo uploaded from my phone!
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Very nice Andy :D
Quote from: Lochan_load on January 07, 2014, 09:56:20 PM
and also an experiment to see if I can get a photo uploaded from my phone!
I take it it worked? :D
Nice flee and well tied too
Everything seems to be working fine now Fred, thanks. Cheers clan chief, simple one really just a matter of showing the deer hair who's boss!!
Those look wonderful. A style that I'm going to try extensively at my local loch this coming season
Like them both, definitely take fish, think the orange would be my favourite but I have some of that dark blue seals fur ( balinderry black) and really like it for a wee bit of variation, nice ties
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Been tying up a load of these. A pattern I got from Alex that has caught me a lot of fish on rivers home and abroad.
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Brown Wire Nymph
Looks good Fred what is the thorax cover?
Andy, yhe thorax cover is Wapsi "Thin Skin"
I'll have a look for it, looks like it might wrap well for a body material ;)
I got my packet from Alex (haresear) I think he bought it at GAC.
|I don't tie traditional wet flies much these days, but this is one "tail fly" I'd never be without. Throat or palmered hackle, both work for me, this one is paamered. The Dunkeld.
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Like them Fred, I use a wire spider a lot NZ style
This is the version I use mostly Stu. No palmering and much slimmer / more lightly dressed all round. It's one of the best tail flies ever imo.
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Nicely done, classic
The gold and orange always goes great.
Great fly
Quote from: Roobarb on January 04, 2014, 05:57:39 PM
A Pearly Invicta Variant on a stainless hook for the brackish lochs and sea pools.
Just the standard dressing apart from the arctic fox tail.
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Andy
This looks brilliant and great tying, looks deadly for sea trout
Some fantastic examples of tying there! I do like that fly of yours Fred!
Thanks Allan. the palmered Dunkeld is awful, but I hardly use flies like that. I much prefer the more lightly dressed second example.
Like the last one, the teal in the tail gives a nice definition to the squirrel, after looking at your post I've seen you live in south uist, been reading a bit about the fishing over there and dying to have a trip out, your a lucky b@£(;er!
Sorry, arctic fox!
Encouraged by some of the recent flies on display here I tied a couple of these tonight.
My kind of fly, like the extended butt
Quote from: Clan Chief on January 12, 2014, 11:52:14 PM
Encouraged by some of the recent flies on display here I tied a couple of these tonight.
This makes me think of a warm June day with a nice wind. One of these on the bob dragging along the wave before casting and trout splashing at it from all directions- magic! :D
I hope yer right about that! LOL
I don't tie or use traditional flies much these days, but on the very rare occasion I fish wet flies on lochs this is pattern I like to use. In fact this was the fly that caught the very first good fish on a forum outing to a certain area in the northmen highlands a few years ago. it's a pattern by Aberdeen angler Scott Park he calls the "Jungle Claret". Dead easy to tie - golden pheasant crest tail, bright claret SLF body, black palmered back cock hackle, silver tinsel rib, black hen throat hackle, jungle cock cheeks. It is very effective.
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That'll do the trick, never bought jungle cock before but think I'm going to splash out on a cape tomorrow (payday!) when it arrives, consider this pattern nicked!
Nice to see. You tying the trad wet flees Fred :D my favourite style
That pattern is not dissimilar to many other loch style wets, I'm sure it's the jungle cock that mikes the difference.
Been posting up a lot of traditionals but when the weather warms up this is one of my go to's, great when terrestrials are blowing onto the water or just as a searcher
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That's a wee belter :8)
Yes, like that one. What's that mix you've used to dub it with?
Cheers, it's cow dung seals fur from an Irish dubbing selection, prob get a similar effect blending golden olive and cinnamon/fiery brown, if you can get the cow dung it's a great colour
You can see the colour better in this pic
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Very nice could just see it skipping through the top layer on a evening session
I'm not entirely sure why I tied this, in my experience these type of flies catch mainly bandies, so I'll probably never use it. However, I got the urge, so here it is.
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A Clan Chief-esque Fly :lol:
Seriously, when I stopped fishing with flies like that the average size of the fish I caught increased. These flies do work in a wave and when fish are in a suicidal mood, but on the rare occasions I now fish wet flies on lochs I find slimmer tied patterns catch better fish and dry flies of all designs catch yet bigger ones.
Next time you're over Fred, you'll need to come poaching fishing to a couple of the burns, those flies all have" trout that spend a bit of time in the sea" written all over them.
Quote from: Roobarb on January 15, 2014, 09:39:26 PM
chuck it out and drag it across the ripple one day.
The Clan Chief is a South Uist fly isn't it? One of Kennedy's?
OK, here's one for the purists :lol: This has caught me lots of fish early season on Scottish lochs fished as a tail fly.
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Tear To A Glass Eye Size 10
Is that to the original gm skues dressing! Ha ha sure it does the biz
Skues? Heavens no, it's one of Frederic Halford's :lol:
Quote from: admin on January 15, 2014, 09:07:52 PM
I'm not entirely sure why I tied this, in my experience these type of flies catch mainly bandies, so I'll probably never use it. However, I got the urge, so here it is.
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A Clan Chief-esque Fly :lol:
I've had a 7lb wild brownie on a Clan Chief, so it's a fly that's always in my box.
Looks like Fred as succumbed to The Dark Side.
:roll:
Quote from: Highlander on January 17, 2014, 03:08:09 PM
Looks like Fred as succumbed to The Dark Side.
It will only get worse, there are still 57 days to go!
Quote from: Highlander on January 17, 2014, 03:08:09 PM
Looks like Fred as succumbed to The Dark Side.
It's deadly on the drop Alan :lol:
stick it on at Loch Lee they will eat anything.
Quote from: hopper on January 17, 2014, 05:39:31 PM
stick it on at Loch Lee they will eat anything.
Come the club outing to Loch Lee in May I'll remind you that you said that Eric. :lol:
Just to calm Highlander's heart rate after my last fly - I tied a few of these today. :lol:
Still one of the best ever loch wet flies imo. The Blue Zulu. This one has a glo-brite 4 tail.
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Cracker my type of fly
Here's one that has caught me fish on The Don during March Brown hatches. A simple clipped underneath - dirty poly style dry / emerger. No name, but I guess it should have one, let's call it The Horace Broon, or perhaps the Grandpa Broon. Size 12.
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That's a cracker Fred my type of fly
Like that Fred, I do a wet fly very similar, really nicely tied too ;) got my first jc cape so I knocked this up
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Like that Fred, I do a wet fly very similar, really nicely tied too ;) got my first jc cape so I knocked this up
Really nice fly and well tied. I tie a fly like the one you have posted but with balinderry black body and Balinderry black body hackle. The wild troot love it. A will try and work out how to put a pitcher up lol
Does it look anything like this? Put this up before I had the jc, no body hackle tho
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That's a cracker to mate nice tying. Yeah it's like your one but the only diffrance is Iv not put tippets in and mine has a silver tag with the balinderry body hackle and jc to. Will try and post a pitcher later on if I can work it out my pitcher won't be the same standerd of the ones you take not really good with a camera haha. Nice flys you tie keep them coming mate
Cheers brown troot, very kind, get some of your photos up! I take mine with my phone, just need a steady hand!!
No problem lochan_load,
I will get some of my flys posted up, they are good pitchers you take and on a phone will look the camera out and try my best to get a good pitcher it's all about the lighting witch Iv not got a clue about lol.
Two more and that's me for the day! (http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/01/20/y2a4e9un.jpg)
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Sorry schoolboy error there! Nice rhubarb, bodes well for the fly swap ;)
Quote from: Roobarb on January 19, 2014, 07:54:09 PM
but I think it should do the trick.
I should certainly think so- that looks the part! :D
Christ I must be bored! :lol:
Something simple Black Pennell variant with mosaic dubbing body
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Like very much
QuoteJust to calm Highlander's heart rate after my last fly
fechan hell Fred, nearly had cardiac arrest with that lure :lol:
I'll tell you one thing your "traditionals" are very good. Noo as good as Clan Chief's :roll: but good never the less. Simple does it every time. Flies shown recently have been of a fairly high standard.
Not normally one for posting flies as you know but here is a wee variation of mine a Silver Tipped Ke He that can is good on the tail. Bandies so far but you never know.
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Nothing great, tail could be aligned a bit better but proportion is fine
Tight Lines.
I like this too
Me too
Very nice- I use a metallic bodied ke-he as well as the original. I'd never thought of using a hybrid of the two. This is getting tied asap and used this year
been tying jinglers. i dont know about this fly as it looks too big but as a sighter when fishing a nymph it should be ok.
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Very Nice Paul, what dubbing did you use Hare?
What is the dressing for these ones?
I too like this fly a good Tweed/Clyde dry.
Was Davie, Sandfly who used to appear on this forum that first showed me this one but I have them with a thread body not dubbed. Iwas always awareof it but for some reason unbeknown to me I never tied the pattern.
Tight Lines
its haresear. i prefer the emerger but sometimes they take the nymph and i was thinking of this fly as a sighter. if i put it on a proper droper then it might also be successful.
I know folk who swear by it but it looks bloody massive incomparison to other flees.
Some bonny flies there guys. The jingler looks good, all the locals on the tweed swear by them for early season. Don't use a genetic cocky cape though too stiff. As for the size, The march brown is a big beastie.
Been tying a silver invicta. Never have been happy with the normal wing so went for a red squirrel and a hen palmer.
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Very nice Paul. Like the Dunkeld the Silver Invicta is a fail me seldom tail fly.
Aye very nice indeed
just over five years -------- 300 pages --------- 2995 replies.
That is the statistics of this thread up to now.
And 114978 Views :8)
Should the site be renamed- Wild Fishing and Extremely Elitist Fly Tying?
Sorry Andy, Admin, Clan Chief ( I think) and I ensured that there was a PR in there to celebrate another posting milestone.
This ended up taking me f@";/)ing ages!! Literally 1 1/2 hours. I'm sticking to spiders!
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Very nice, but at 1 1/2 hours.- I would not be casting that one anywhere near trees. :lol:
Now that is top notch! :D
Roobarb go to page 251 and you will find what you are looking for a PR. :lol: There is some great flies being tied and posted, just now shame I can't get myself motivated it will come
Had 3 different guinea hackles on it and on the third attempt at spinning the dear hair my thread snapped!!!! Was nearly in the bin at that point, 6/0 thread from now on!
Quote from: hopper on January 20, 2014, 08:34:10 PM
I can't get myself motivated it will come
You should get that killer Loch Lee blue dabbler up Eric. :D
Will have to get some tied up, I always go through the I can't be bothered at this time of the year. :roll:
Apparently this is the most depressing day of the year. Odd, because it's been another very good one for me. :8)
Roobarb was talking a while ago about a stickleback pattern, got me thinking and I came up with this... All thoughts welcome
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....and a muddled deerhair ordie
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Bit of an excess of wild boar at the minute so am trying some new creations out, the tail is boar, the wing is German Shepherd and the body is German Shepherd under fur with just a bit of orange dubbing.
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The simplest can often be the best. I struggle to think of any fly that has caught more early season loch trout for me than this.
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The Pearly Black Pennell
Quote from: Roobarb on January 21, 2014, 08:44:31 PM
So just to lower the tone... a Peter Ross!
That is appalling behavior from a forum moderator. :D
Here's a couple of variants of the peter ross that vintage fly tied for me last year.
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They can be very good on their day. I've had a couple of whumpers on them.
Hi lads,
Some really good flys on show the past couple of days keep them coming :D
That's what a member of the liberal party thought Roobarb and his membership has been suspended, so any more it may well go to the vote of the membership. :lol:
Aye, any more Peter Rosses and roobarb will be right up to his neck in the custard. :lol:
Quote from: Hill loch gold on January 21, 2014, 09:07:53 PM
Here's a couple of variants of the peter ross that vintage fly tied for me last year.
Alan, these are so varied they are nothing like Peter Rosses any more which explains the whumpers. :lol:
Peter Ross's sister Patricia Ross is a good fly though. :D
Lovin the non peter Ross's!
A couple from me
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They're peter ross cormorants fred :D
Quote from: Lochan_load on January 21, 2014, 10:42:57 PM
A couple from me
I take it you went ahead with the jungle cock cape purchase then Andy? :D
I did Fred nice to have a bit at last! Does add a wee bit something to a fly, trying to think of a good use for the hackles round the top of the cape.........
Lochan lad at 1 1/2 hours it took some doing , but the finished article is superb , the muddler head must of took some trimming . Are all you guys retired :D Some cracking wet flies getting showed
Cheers suki, it only took so long cos I kept buggering it up :-0 trimming is pretty quick I just take a line from the eye and point scissors in line with the throat hackle and chop all the way round. Wish I was retired, I'm
35 got a long way to go, I'm stuck doing a 60 hr week for a while yet!!!
Like that Andy, where do you get a deer that colour! ?
Blue deer hair patches advertised at
fishingmegastore.com
Quote from: Lochan_load on January 21, 2014, 10:42:57 PM
Lovin the non peter Ross's!
A couple from me
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Now I like that sedgehog , thanks for the inspiration.
Cheers it's on a b160 and the butt is just the fluoro orange thread I tied it with, must admit I like this one, looking forward to wetting it :)
First fly post hope it works, one for the top dropper
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Simple and effective. Floating Shipman's buzzer / olive emerger. Takes two minutes to tie.
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Good to see you got one up brown troot, nice fly as well ;) Shipmans looks good Fred
cheers mate, its good to get the 1st fly up just have to work on the pitchers. i will get that balinderry black fly i was talking about posted up to let you see it mate.
Balinderry black fly what worked well last season tying some up at the moment
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Nice fly and good photo too. :D
Thanks Fred, yeah the pitchers are getting a bit better :8)
Quote from: brown troot on January 23, 2014, 04:40:46 PM
Balinderry black fly what worked well last season tying some up at the moment
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I may just have to steal that dressing, looks very fishy.......
Cheers mate, it's a good fly when there's a wave on the water a think the trigger point on the fly is the legs
Got some olive CDC at Angus Angling the other day.
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Olive CDC & Aero Wing
Cracker Fred like the body on that
I got some black CDC at the same place. Useful for these kind of midge patterns.
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Hair wing wet fly, playing about with some fox squirrel just now
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Yes I can see that one dong serious damage on the tail.
Nicely tied fly Andy and the photography is getting better with each post! :D
This is getting confusing. I think we must have now as many Andys and we do Alans / Allans :?
Just one Fred though. :lol:
Thanks Fred,hoping it will do some damage as a point fly i have tied it on a kamasan b175 so should get down quick enough. I'm progressing on the picture side of things not to good with a camera :)
Lovin your flies Andy all look very fishable,
Andy!
Great flees all round. Glad to see the newer members gettin stuck in. Keep it coming I really enjoy this thread.
Lots of cracking flies! Need to get back to the vice.
Cheers Andy, I seen your post the other day with the sedge hog pattern and you put me in the mood to tie a few myself :lol:. Will get them posted up soon
Andy
Nice flies Andies :lol:....and Fred
A few more
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Lovin all these new flies ann the new contributers. Im in for lunch from work and tied this one about ten minutes ago using my new resin for the butt.
Very nice CC , My kinda wet ,there will be plenty movement on that one .
Quote from: Clan Chief on January 24, 2014, 01:54:35 PM
Lovin all these new flies ann the new contributers. Im in for lunch from work and tied this one about ten minutes ago using my new resin for the butt.
Another cracker there. I would think that would be an excellent pattern for the loch sea trout. I can see it working with a couple of turns of flat silver rib too.
In fact, as has already been said, there have been many excellent flies and some seriously good tying skills on display here of late. Fred's river flies are awesome but there are so many others that are worthy of that description too. I'm starting to feel the need to dig the vice out some time soon.
Yeah like that cc, really nice profile to it, is that a b160 it's tied on?
Working too much this week to get the vice out, I'll get back on it over the weekend, in need of inspiration if anyone has any ideas?
Ke-He Variant, for the fly-swap.
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Some good flys getting posted up keep them coming :D
Another wee wing wet fly
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Dressing
Kamasan - B175/B170 Size 10,12s
Tag - fire orange uni
Tail - Crest
Body - Fiery claret
Rib - Silver wire
Body hackle - Fiery brown hen
Wing - Bronze mallard
Cheeks - JC
Head hackle - Cobalt Blue Grizzle hen
Now don't laugh .......... :D ........... this fly caught me a 6 1/2lb sea run trout on The Grey River New Zealand and has caught me more modest fish on home rivers.
A small streamer that swims upside down courtesy of the dumbbell eyes and keeps the hook off the bottom.
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The Suzie
Keep it small, this is on a size 10 Kamasan b170. Standard shank = fewer lost fish.
You will need:
1 x spool of red thread
1 x size 10 standard shank hook
1 x brass dumbbell eyes
Pearly Lurex for the body
UV resin or 2 part epoxy to hold it all together
and one of these :lol:
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Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! I do like like than flee Brown troot. Just my kinda thing!
Quote from: borderbob on January 24, 2014, 09:42:17 PM
And your selling Suzie dug hair for ? :D :D
Depends on demand. :lol:
Agh but is it real or synthetic substitute Fred ;D
Cheers Clan Chief, Done well with it last season
Messing about at the vice
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Finally got back to the vice :)
Very fine black deer hair used for the wing
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And a colour experiment with a sedgehog, first with just the olive wing...
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And then finished with blond coastal...
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What do you all think works better? If any!?
Quote from: Lochan_load on January 25, 2014, 09:43:12 AM
Finally got back to the vice :)
Very fine black deer hair used for the wing
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There's been some cracking flies posted recently and that probably is the pick of the bunch for me. A wee cracker O08)
Aye love that wee cracker . I feel the need to tie something similar
Some smashing tying getting showed just now , right i'm away to the local shop before it closes . Time to get the finger out and get the fly swap flees underway ....... :8)
Some lovely flees on here. I particularly like that sedgehog. Have tied a few but find that mine tend to lie on their side in the water. Perhaps I need to dub in more of a body.
Have a recent camera but damned if I can get it to focus onto anything smaller than a small tin of Vaseline. Don't ask! Otherwise I would put some flees up. Have to go and dig out the old Pentax K1000 and close up lenses. If the wife has not got rid of them.
Len
Cheers folks, Len try using a bit less deer hair and when your tying it in hold it really firm, the thread tends to pull the hair round the back of the fly, if you keep the wing central to the hook shank it should sit straight, hope that makes sense!
Thanks for that Lochan Lad. Miserable day outside so probably go and set up the vice now and have another go at some sedge hogs.
Len
Get on it, you know it makes sense!
Andy
Good to see you posting again Lochan _ Load, cracking flys again mate :D
Okkney peach bumble, one for a wave
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Bloody hell! this thread has been busy since my last visit! :shock:
Anyway, a rather rare thing for me today- a Saturday off. So I've been busy and made a start on a box of foamy things.
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They foam flys look bang on bushy palmer, will have to get a few made up :D
Orkney peach Dabbler
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Nice flies.
Have you had much luck with peach enablers?
Alright mr troot, could you repost your picture of the peach bumble, looks good but I can only see it tiny, when I try and view it full size my phone isn't playing ball!
Bushy Palmer did you do all those in one day? That's some going!!
Quote from: Lochan_load on January 25, 2014, 09:41:33 PM
Bushy Palmer did you do all those in one day? That's some going!!
Lets just say there was not much gardening getting done today :D
Hard going mate, my phone was playing up today as well gave up with it in the end lol. no problem mate pic added
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Andy
Sorry bibio1,I missed you'r post. yes the peach dabbler is a good fly for the troot. had good results with it dabbling it through a wave
Andy
I was messing about with bug off and tied this
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Absolutely loving the recent activity on this thread of late. Here's a vid I made tonight. Not entirely happy with it with regards to the neatness of the head etc as I couldn't see the stray fibers from my rigid tying position for the purposes of the vid. Normally i would pay close inspection whilst tying but none the less its not too bad.Please ignore my ramblings I was drinking whisky to be fair!
Trout Fly Pattern (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ipsIQNFdUo#ws)
Good stuff Allan. It's always interesting to actually see how others go about things.
The UV resin really shows that red tag off nicely.
Red tagged Peacock Spider. Minute variations on this pattern have appeared under a multitude of names Machair Spider being one if you use ostrich instead of peacock herl.
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Quote from: Clan Chief on January 26, 2014, 12:34:54 AM
Here's a vid I made tonight.
Nice one! - So glad you took some time out to explain the importance of the whisky- so many newcomers to flytying who don't realise the importance of that! :D
Think the peach bumble is your best fly yet Andy, I'll be tying something similar very soon ;) the wee spider is cracking too Fred, touch of the Hans wheelybin about it! Really tidy and love the chunky look about the body and butt
Andy, I'm a convert to UV resin now for sure. For sealing and reinforcing these butts quickly it's magical. It takes seconds and really makes them shine.
Isle of jura is indeed an important part of fly tying lol . Right quick bowl of porridge then I will attack these fly swap chaps . First time the vice has been used in anger for months 8)
Buhnahabbhain for me :)
Aye Fred looks the part might just invest in some of that, right am gonna get a fly done.............
It's raining today. :D
Still in spider mode. Claret Spider.
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Right I've done this, hares mask used, looks good but not photo ing too well, this is an example of where the resin would work well Fred
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Like the look of that is that your swap fly?
Here's an easy dun I came across on YouTube. Took 2 mins to tie and should float no probs. Cdc, cdl and foam
Like that, looks deadly, need to get some dries tied. This is my fly for the swap, hutch's pennell
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Just wanted to say Lochan, that Hutch's Pennell is stunning!
Some really nice and neat flys tied today like them all. Cheers Andy yeah i like the bumble as well mate when you tie them try a bit of JC and get the pic posted up :D.
Keep the flys coming everyone
Cheers lochgarry, it was number 16 for the swap so id had a bit of practise!
Is that one for pike? Looking for some patterns without buying a load of specialist materials if anyone has any fire them on here :)
I'm on the bumble just now Andy, standby.......
Here's my take on it Andy, had to cloak the guinea fowl which made the head a wee bit bulky, it's a lovely pattern tho, cheers
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Cracker Andy I really like your take on this fly :D !, I wouldn't worry about the head it looks bang on to me mate. I hate working with guinea fowl,that's why I use Cobalt blue Genetic Hen Grizzle for all my head hackles on bumbles Lol
Andy
I better get back to the bench.
Guys, how do you get good quality pictures using your phone?
Cheers
Paul
The blue grizzle would be a good idea mate, guinea is a bit fiddly!
Bibio I just use my tying light and hold the phone about 6-8" away and once I've got a clear image crop it to size in edit, some flies come out better than others
Nice work :8)
Again some amazing patterns on show! Heres my latest contribution for tonight.
Wow that is a cracker, could you list the materials for it, really nice looking fly 8)
Hook. Size 12
Thread. Uni 8/0 Rusty Dun
Tail Dyed Pheasent Tail
Body Mix of green possum and green dubbing enhancer
Rib Holo gold tinsel
Body Hackle Hot green cock
head hackle Metz Neck #2 grizzly yellow
Cracking fly Clan Chief, will need to get a few made up :D
Another wing wet fly
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I think i'll ditch the hairwing version
Lovely Flee Paul!
Nice one Paul. I'm terrible at constructing wings and so avoid them for the most part but I do like looking at well tied winged wets.
Back in the days of boyhood innocence I believed I only needed two or three flies....... This was one of them
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A black spider with a silver wire rib. It probably has a name, in fact it probably has lots of names. While I no longer believe it's all I need, it is certainly still a fly that's hard to beat for simplicity and fish catching.
Wet fly tying time again.
And this was another seldom off the cast back then
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Greenwells Spider
Quote from: admin on January 28, 2014, 12:34:43 PM
Back in the days of boyhood innocence I believed I only needed two or three flies....... This was one of them
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A black spider with a silver wire rib. It probably has a name, in fact it probably has lots of names. While I no longer believe it's all I need, it is certainly still a fly that's hard to beat for simplicity and fish catching.
William's Favourite I think?
One of my beginners start off flies. By adding one new material to each fly you end up with a new fly.
Black Spider ---- black silk and hackle
William's Favourite --- black silk, hackle, silver rib
Black Pennel ----- black silk, hackle, golden pheasant tippets, silver rib
Blae and Black ---- black silk, hackle, golden pheasant tippets, silver rib, starling slips for wing
Four different flies and the beginner has learnt the basics of fly tying :)
And they'll have a pretty decent cast to boot! All the flies posted today are looking crackin, when I get back to the vice tomorrow night I'll be attempting some pike flies for the first time, should be interesting swapping my usual size 10's,12's and 14's for a 3/0!!
Really nice flys getting tied today,I can't keep up with this thread now keep them coming :D
One just of the vice,
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Olive Quill Poly Dun
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Those last 2 are both lovely, the colours on yours looks lovely Andy and think I'll be nicking that poly dun Fred, what is the quill?
The quill is just a stripped herl from a peacock eye feather, un-dyed.
Use a rubber to strip the herl - that's an eraser as opposed to a condom. :lol: I sealed it with UV resin once it was wound on. The wing is dun Aero Wing, tails are olive microfibbets - I appear to have kinked one of them a bit, but I suspect the fish won't mind.
That poly dun is a cracker Fred really like it. Cheers Andy yeah the fiery brown is a lovely colour mate I use it on a lot of my flys
Another wing fly,posted up the fiery brown a couple of days ago which done well last season,this is done with picric and gives a nice olive colour. cant wait to give it ago
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First time at the vice this week and trying out some new blue deer hair, fly number one lochgarry ;)
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Stunning!
Thanks Lads, I've got a few things to try with it, I'll fire a couple up later
Quote from: Lochan_load on January 30, 2014, 10:31:42 AM
First time at the vice this week and trying out some new blue deer hair, fly number one lochgarry ;)
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That looks absolutely beautiful.
Cracker mate love that blue deer hair it goes well with the fly :D
Right done this now, quite a busy dressing so tried to keep the muddle to a minimum, was a wee bit harder to keep it the shape I wanted but turned out ok
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Ps it's just occurred to me that I'm stealing other peoples patterns so cheers Andy and Andy!
Those flies are works of art. :D
Another cracker ! Andy,you should call it the Andy's fly :lol:. That looks a better fly with the blue deer hair on it I think I will be stealing that pattern. Away to the vice to knock a few up lol
Cheers for the comments, love this forum. I must admit I've never fished a blue Zulu but tied this up because I'm running out of ideas for the blue deer hair! Not sure id fish it but anyway....
Zulu sedgehog
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That sedgehog is superb , best one yet with the blue deer hair .
Cheers, just never felt confident sticking a blue fly on, they must work tho!
They say blue is a great colour for sea trout , and am sure the browns would have a nibble at it as well :D
Wow, have just seen what you have being doing with those rare breed blue deer muddlers Lochan, stunning, my fav is the palmered hopper with the lightly dressed blue head, works of art all! Hope this thread does not lead to those canny skyline hugging deer becoming even rarer!
Is blue not the most visible colour in water from a trouts' perspective, sure i heard that somewhere?
They say flies are designed to catch the fisherman as much as fish, i am well and truly hooked.
I have being tying bushy bob/ almost dapping flies this last few days, these are the last of them...
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I would like to thank this thread for re-kindling my interest in fly-tying, it is an inspiration.
Your flies look good mate, bottom one is my favourite. Same for me with this thread tying more than ever and got some great ideas for patterns and materials, I'll send that hopper up to you as part of the half dozen ;)
Inspired by the blue talk stuff. I tied this this morning. I think this could be enhanced with some JC cheeks will tie one later ans get a pic up. Im off out just now
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Like that, nice tie as well, think I've got the globrite for the tail so consider it nicked!
Body is dark blue SLF ribbed with blue ultra wire. :D
First attempt at a pike fly, very time consuming and heavy on the materials, bit more industrial than the usual flies I tie but supposed to be very effective.....
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That will catch, no problem, but do yourself a favour and debarb because you dont want to be footering about trying to get the hook out ( best to debarb before you tye, just incase tbe hook breaks!).
I'll be debarbing mate, if it breaks I'll greet!!
This is basically a copy of a fulling mill pattern, got a version in mind with Perch colours, I'll get it up soon
My JC efforts weren't worth showing. Here's one I was happy with . Ive had success with pink tail flees in the past at Loch Watten in particular.
Like that cc, really nice.
My effort at a flashy perch imitation, think it needs some of those fancy glass eyes but that's probably just polish because I think it's the silver flash that gets the pike going
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Your Pike flies look the part but appear a bit heavy.
Have you seen these tying sites for some ideas.
http://members.shaw.ca/mrpike/patterns.htm (http://members.shaw.ca/mrpike/patterns.htm)
http://members.shaw.ca/clives/pike_flies_gear2.html (http://members.shaw.ca/clives/pike_flies_gear2.html)
http://members.shaw.ca/clives/pikeflies2.html (http://members.shaw.ca/clives/pikeflies2.html)
and a bit about eyes or not.
http://members.shaw.ca/cs47/pike_eyes.htm (http://members.shaw.ca/cs47/pike_eyes.htm)
And a Perch Fry.
http://www.pikeflyfishing.co.uk/flies/dna.htm (http://www.pikeflyfishing.co.uk/flies/dna.htm)
Sandy thanks for the feedback, the flies are tied with 'ultra limp' don't know if you've tried this stuff but it's really fluid and light, kind of pulses in the water, tying with it is like herding cats because you try and grip a bunch it pops out all over the place! we've fished with the mouse type of flies a lot but tend to pick up smaller pike and perch, was talking to the guy who designs pike flies for fulling mill (works at GAC) and he reckons these bigger flies with silver flash are the best he's tried, I'm going to give them a bash and see If we can increase the size of the fish we're hitting
Lovely , been on the kates with an orange tag to mimic andys conemara black bumble
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A soldier half hog.
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Very nice Paul. Is that CDC I see? :D
Nope just very fine deer hair and when finished brush the whole thing backwards.
Im trying to take on the mantra that slim and sparse catches more fish
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I've tied a few dozen very similar to that this closed season. It's a fly I only started using towards the tail-end of the season last year to devastating effect.
Those look very very tied. :)
I went back to a few flies i had not used in a few years. Soldier palmer was a revelation for me as was a silver invicta. You'll never find out why they work but they do. The black pennel is one im going to try this yearor if you read t&s a silver ribbed black cruncher with golden pheasant tippet. It been around 10 years since i tied a bp.
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One for foreign parts, but also catches on certain Scottish Lochs for those who dare . :8)
Size 10 long shank. This is a big fly.
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Foam Cicada
I like it......alot. you can see how that would imitate a dragon fly.
My namesake with a twist
More cracking flies up today!
The posts about pike fly material, i was on youtube last night looking at muddlers and saw the "Funky Muddler", looks like the material they are using... Neer hair and Funkyfibre shed water very easily so went and ordered half a dozen or so colours from them to try out. Certainly the most life-like imitations i have ever seen.
And the reason i was on youtube was all the talk on here of muddlers recently and i have not tied one for over 20 years.
That was before the invention of youtube etc so i was trying to learn from a book back then, turns out it is not as hard as i thought however i would appreciate any constructive critism/advice/tips.
Am trying a fly that was in T&S in December, p30, not bad for my first attempt but they are just not right, top one is first attempt going down in order...
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Other than practice, any advice....?
Mark
Looks like you've spun it right and the shape is good, only thing I would say is use less deer hair (start closer to the eye) and cut it down a bit shorter, like all these things a wee bit of practise and it falls into place, I'll have a look at those funky muddlers, only thing with the pike flies is they take ages!!
My last of the day. A sooty dabbler. Will cut sown on the amount of mallard next time
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as has been said some cracking flies, Fred's beast and the Kate maclaren both very nice
Yep loads of inspiration on here lately. I particularly like Paul's half Hog! Gonna tie a few in a similar vein.
Some really cracking flys getting posted the past few days. I do like the look of Fred's big fly might give it ago and try it out when the season kicks in :D. Keep them coming lads
Yes indeed, great stuff. Some of the tying is really exceptional. :D
Quote from: admin on February 01, 2014, 03:27:07 PM
One for foreign parts, but also catches on certain Scottish Lochs for those who dare . :8)
Size 10 long shank. This is a big fly.
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Hello Fred, awesome fly, can i ask or is this giving away trade secrets... when you're fishing it do you impart a lot of movement in to it?
I have being tying heavily palmered dabblers this last few days with the intension of possibly fishing them very fast to form a big wake.
Thinking something like yours could be fished the same way and obviously closer to the natural food.
The story behind this is i was in a boat a few years ago, we had just finished fishing and on way home so outboard going probably flat out but i still had my fly rod in hand and cast 90 degrees from the boat, obviously the speed of the boat meant the fly [a sedgehog i think] zipped round at a heck of a speed and fish on.
I got several more fish this way on the way home and ever since have been playing with the technique of trying to replicate this, down-stream mending etc
Wondering if your fly was created for something like this?
Mark,
I fish these kinds of flies in all sorts of ways. On rivers I fish them as I would any dry fly. On lochs in all conditions from waves to flat calm. If I see a rising fish or manage to spot a fish I'll cast to it. Sometimes if there is nothing showing I'll fish them blind giving them short erratic movements between periods of fishing them static. Fishing flies like this is all about having the confidence to stick with it even if nothing is doing. They will often bring fish up in classic "hopeless" conditions. I didn't invent these flies, they are widely used overseas where there are very large terrestrials. Even although we don't have cicadas here the fish don't seem to have realized that. IMO Scottish fly fishers and in particular Scottish loch fly fishers are a conservative bunch. The likelihood is I would not be using them either had I not fished in New Zealand on several occasions. Just to be clear though, I use flies like this from summer onwards and still tend to use more conventional imitative patterns when the main spring hatches are on (even although they do still catch then). Flexibility is the key.
Large Dark Olive Parachute. Flexifloss body sealed with UV resin, pink post for better visibility.
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Decided tae get the vice out today and rustled up a few fleas
Bibio snatcher
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Very nice Fred . Nice river fly , do you do them in a 18 lol :D
Down to 16 (the above is a 14). Any smaller than that I'd tie something simpler like dirty poly or an f-fly or similar
Size 8 soldier palmer (gold butt)
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Tartan zulu (red & yellow tail)
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Made up flea size 8
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Very nice Alan. :D
Nice- I've never managed to do well on a soldier palmer over a size 12- I always switch to Zulus or palmered red tags if going big for some reason :dunno
It's good to see some BIG flies being tied. They certainly do work well at times.
Couple of mulraney pig variants
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1 of the most consistent fleas in ma box fur years and 1 i wouldn't be without. The 1st 1 is usually the deadliest. Had a few whumpers on these :D
One of the most basic but wouldn't be without one on a dropper.
Size 14 black spider. My dad used to swear by the silver tag.
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Palmered cock (red & yellow tail)
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Made up flea (claret straggle body)
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Quote from: admin on February 01, 2014, 09:04:25 PM
It's good to see some BIG flies being tied. They certainly do work well at times.
Nothing better than fishing a big bushy wet flea in a big wave fred :D
Last flea today
Green/pearly black palmer
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Tied a few Kates this evening - there getting better :D
That is well tyed and proportioned, the body is slim and smooth and the silver rib is sitting better and well spaced because of that. The finish at the head needs a little work but that doesn't detract from the fly at all. Well done :applause
Got to agree, your learning fast! There's loads of great flies on here just now and that would catch as well as anything
Quote from: Roobarb on February 02, 2014, 12:09:20 AM
One slight worry, have you been trimming your hackles because the fibres were too long? It might just be a trick of the photo but the individual hackle fibres look a bit square on the end. If you have been trimming them you should be burnt at the stake!
I'm guessing that I shouldn't then :) Should they not be trimmed at all? Before tying or after?
Quote from: Kenster197 on February 02, 2014, 12:14:34 AM
I'm guessing that I shouldn't then :) Should they not be trimmed at all? Before tying or after?
Well that depends largely on whether you are looking at the fly from an aesthetic point of view or from a trout's point of view :worms
It is really just a tradition thing and certainly an untrimmed hackle looks nicer to the human eye.
At this stage in your development as a tier, I reckon you would be best to stay fairly traditional in approach to get a good grounding in the basics, which you can then tinker with or ignore, once learned.
Alex
Sometimes the simplest patterns are the best. Tied a few of these for my box tonight. These are popular at my local. I cant see any reason why they wouldn't be successful on a highland lochan too. Need to try em!
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Couple of mulraney pig variants
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1 of the most consistent fleas in ma box fur years and 1 i wouldn't be without. The 1st 1 is usually the deadliest. Had a few whumpers on these :D
Ah, the 'Pig' ! Not many people tying or fishing this fellow these days but what a killer it can be on it's day. Spent a day on a small Argyllshire loch many years ago where four of us had two boats between us and for about 4 hours that day the 'pig' was the only fly that caught fish and plenty of them too. I also tie , I think mine is a standard pattern. I'll dig one out and try to stick up a decent photo.
This thread has maintained momentum throughout it life..... some brillant flees
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Tied a few Kates this evening - there getting better :D
As has been said, that is without doubt a fish catcher, for someone who has recently started that is bloomin good flee!
I have just been watching D.Macphails' detached deer hair daddy video, quite an easy tie....
Love the colour/detail at the end of the body done with a lighter.
That's very well done indeed :D
Quote from: lochgarryfisher on February 02, 2014, 12:42:52 PM
I have just been watching D.Macphails' detached deer hair daddy video, quite an easy tie....
I found some of his videos yesterday and out of all the different instructor videos I've had a mooch at, his were probably the easiest (for me at least) to follow.
Crackin' Daddy there, maybe 12 months away for me :)
That daddy is stunning, I'll need to look out that video, what's the body done with?
Quote from: Lochan_load on February 02, 2014, 01:08:25 PM
That daddy is stunning, I'll need to look out that video, what's the body done with?
Tying a (Detached Bodied) S_HedgeHog Daddy by Davie McPhail is the title Lochan, it really is v easy, first one i did was spot on, no practice needed.
It it a 3mm strip of tan coloured foam 1/16" thick put on a needle and then tied, just check the video, me explaininmg it will make it more complicated than it is, dead easy honest.
So nice to be thinking about daddy fishing when it is so grotty outside!
Mark.
Re tying the body on the needle, one tip i would add is to wax the needle first to make it easier to come off.
Makes me think of a wee bay I like fishing, shirt sleeves and fish rising round the weeds, bliss!! Roll on summer
Blow Fly / Blue Bottle
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Cracker Fred really like this one :D. Been tying up some flys like this myself mate but need to get better hackles as I've been using saddle hackles and don't look right on them.can you suggest a cheap cape ? to tie small dry flys up.
Andy
That fly is not really very small Andy. It's on a size 12 Fulling Mill Super Grub hook. As far as very small hackles go I'm not sure. I have a black Whiting neck and a black Keough cape. Both have a range of sizes. Again, for the above fly, the hackle size was not critical as I was clipping it underneath anyway.
Thanks Fred,
The fly looks smaller than a size 12 must just be the way a was looking at it.yeah I've got a couple of Whiting necks but don't really want to pay that much just now for another one.am just looking for a cheap black cape what will tie dry flys from 12s down to 16s
Try Indian cock capes. They are smaller and have lots of small hackles.
http://www.cookshill-flytying.co.uk/capes.htm (http://www.cookshill-flytying.co.uk/capes.htm)
I've never used genetic capes on any flies just indian or chinese.
Alternative dressing of the blow fly / blue bottle
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Thanks Fishtales, was thinking Indian cock capes as you said they have smaller hackles. Another cracker Fred like this one better than the 1st one you posted
The chinese capes are alright but tend to be a bit softer.
Another outlet for indian.
https://www.anglers-lodge.co.uk/fly-tying/feathers-c113/indian-cock-cape-p318.html (https://www.anglers-lodge.co.uk/fly-tying/feathers-c113/indian-cock-cape-p318.html)
Looking at the picture they appear to have raided my fly tying box :)
Edited: Wrong site :roll:
Thanks Fishtales, am going to go with what you said and try out the Indian cock capes they are cheap enough. Will get I contact with Steve at cookshill tomorrow :D. You have sent the same link as the first one :lol:.
Fixed it :roll:
They look spot on to me Fishtales, thanks for puting up the link :D
Been struggling for motivation when it comes to tying this last week. Got the vice out tonight and actually tied a couple. Never fished these but if this weather continues I might need them for the start of the season :o
BAPTIZER
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(Wet)
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Used mink instead of rabbit as that's all I had
Like yer blue bottle Fred.
Here are three patterns that John SD told me about, I think. Finally remembered about these and tied them tonight. He also had them with a black glister body with the deer wing too and a black hackle. These are the dark olive versions. Maybe slightly overdressed too. John caught a few trout on Watten with the black version.
Not posted in a few days,been at the vice today and knocked a few up
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Balloon Caddis size 12
Brown Troot - they are beauties!
Fred - That looks unsinkable. Is the "head" part of a lug plug?
the head is just a 4mm foam strip folded back over.
Davie McPhail has a video of it. I tie is slightly differently, but it's basically the same.
Tying Roman Moser's Balloon Caddis with Davie McPhail (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vyhZAxEgCs#ws)
Muddlers look great Andy, like that olive one and as always Fred your dries look deadly, if I ever get a day off I might tie some up
Cheers Andy,I took your idea of the blue deer hair on the Orkney peach it looks class.yeah I like the olive its picric I've used and gives a really nice colour to the fly
A wee sedgehog I've just knocked up inspired by the colours of Fred's bluebottle patterns......
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And another pike fly, this ones for the cannibals!!
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Cracker Andy, that sure will take a few fish mate
Northern Midge one of Davie Mcphail fly's with a wee twist added a red butt
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I just luuuv that one Andy. :D
Thanks Fred, these were the fly's I was tying on Sunday that's why I was asking you about capes as i used a saddle hackle and didn't look right so just clipped it down :lol:.
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Northern Midge one of Davie Mcphail fly's with a wee twist added a red butt
Was just looking for inspiration for some patterns and saw this, what a cracker, so will be [trying] to copy it tonight. Thank you!
Aye really nice Andy, what have you knotted for the legs?
Msllard?
Cheers guys,Yeah Andy it's knotted Bronze Mallard it looks good on the fly
Yeah looks good mate, I'll tie this one up and I'll experiment with a black hopper as well, the barring and lighter colour gives a really good effect
Another one,seen Fred's bluebottles which are really nice and he gave me the bug :lol: to tie a few up.was looking through my flytying stuff and seen I had a Jim Milne bluebottle kit so put it to good use.
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A greenish nymphy thing. A rainy day boredom fly. :D
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Klinkhamer Special LT size 12. This is a big fly. Klinks should be big. :D
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Belter Fred
Very nice ;D
The Klink really should have had a longer barbed hackle than that then I could have left the post a bit longer but it will be OK for lochs.
That's a very neat fly Fred!
First try at the knotted mallard legs, not the strongest but look good (http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/02/06/a5ydegen.jpg)
Quote from: admin on February 05, 2014, 07:30:33 PM
Klinkhamer Special LT size 12. This is a big fly. Klinks should be big. :D
Ollie Edwards says that Trout and Grayling must see them as a 'right juicy steak' :D
A wee hopper, got some wild boar bristles tonight ( cheers lochgarry ;) knotted them up and don't think I'll go back to anything else, flare out nicely at the knot and really tough
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First try at the knotted mallard legs, not the strongest but look good (http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/02/06/a5ydegen.jpg)
I like that slot. What camera do you use?
Quote from: Lochan_load on February 05, 2014, 10:53:09 PM
A wee hopper, got some wild boar bristles tonight ( cheers lochgarry ;) knotted them up and don't think I'll go back to anything else, flare out nicely at the knot and really tough
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Those legs are pretty bullet proof and so easy to knot, think boar has a good affinity with deer hair, was thinking of those legs on a deer hair daddy or something similar.
I am interested to see what you come up with using the tail fibres.
I was thinking the same thing, would look great on the daddy roobarb posted last week, this picture doesn't really do them justice the bristles really split and give a nice effect at the end, deer hair is pinned and salted, looking forward to trying it out :)
Bibio I use the camera in my iPhone 5 with my tying lamp to light it. When I finish tying a fly I just snap it where it is, take the picture from about 6-8" away and then crop it in the editor
A beast of a muddler (size 8) for pulling through a wave
Black and Tan
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That was suppose to say size 8 but computer turned it into a wee man with glasses!
That muddler is stunning Andy, what type of deer hair and hook is that?
Just about to start tying some sedge hoggy things, was thinking of adding your boar knotted legs to them.
Then maybe some pike flies cos the weather forecast is great for tomorrow so thought i would launch my boat and try out my new pike fly outfit, first outing of the year :D
Glad you like it mate cos I tied it for you! Know you like a big fly ;)
The hook is a carp hook but it's about the same as a standard 8 nymph hook, just a bit heavier gauge, good luck tomorrow, my first outing is march 2nd for some pike, can't wait!!
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Glad you like it mate cos I tied it for you! Know you like a big fly ;)
:D :D :D
That is without doubt one of the nicest muddlers I've ever seen. An absolute belter. If I could knock them out like that I'd have that on the bob in various sizes for most of the year I reckon.
Thinking forward now to early May on the river. This is the American "Greenwell's Glory" and is a fly that works well everywhere. A design classic. :D
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Parachute Adams size 14
Nice Fred, I need to spend a bit of time on dries, never really got that type of hackle right, this is one based on your foam caddis from the other day, no foam so doubled over a coastal deerhair wing
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Wee olive muddler
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Dunkeld dabbler
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Well it's taken me nearly all afternoon to do one half decent sedgehog.
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Was thinking of the Loch Ordie colours, all the deer hair has come from one bit of hide so quite chuffed with that, only problem is the deer hair is still a bit wet, salty and full of dead ticks and the house now stinks, good job there is no woman in my life to complain, although... perhaps that is why there is no woman in my life!
Quill CDC Klinkhamer
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Couple of nice flies there and yes mark, the deer hair is stinking!!
Attempted a klink here Fred but could do with advice, at which point do you wind the hackle, before you build the thorax or after? How do you tie it down etc? This one might work but not totally convinced and a bit untidy
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There are a lot of methods Andy. As usual Davie McPhail's method takes a bit of beating. That's the one I'd recommend.
Tying the Klinkhamer Special with Davie McPhail. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afABhdimiko#ws)
Quote from: Lochan_load on February 06, 2014, 06:43:57 PM
Attempted a klink here Fred but could do with advice, at which point do you wind the hackle, before you build the thorax or after? How do you tie it down etc? This one might work but not totally convinced and a bit untidy
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I had my suspicions you were a perfectionist Lochan, and that has just confirmed it! Untidy? Bloomin heck, i would be v proud of that one!
I'll have a look at that Fred, meanwhile back in my comfort zone....
Cinnamon dabbler
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Quote from: Lochan_load on February 06, 2014, 07:32:12 PM
I'll have a look at that Fred, meanwhile back in my comfort zone....
Cinnamon dabbler
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Cracker.
You sure tie a braw flea lochan :D
Quote from: admin on February 06, 2014, 07:03:29 PM
There are a lot of methods Andy. As usual Davie McPhail's method takes a bit of beating. That's the one I'd recommend.
Tying the Klinkhamer Special with Davie McPhail. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afABhdimiko#ws)
Cheers Fred watched the vid and I think I get it now! Had been trying to work out the logistics of tying it for ages, a quick watch of that and bingo! Cheers for pointing me in the right direction, bed time so I'll give it a bash tomorrow
Nice Andy, definite catcher. What's the butt?
After a bit if tutoring from mcphail (cheers Fred) I've done this klink, tried these a few times and never really got anywhere, pretty pleased with this one
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That's a grand Klink Andy. :D
Cheers, the method worked really well, tying off round the post was tricky so I cheated with a bit of superglue ;)
Olive flexi floss f fly. Perhaps one of the simplest flies of all, but will often take a rising fish that has refused all else.
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Even simpler. Tied emerger style, olive thread body with UV resin, one olive and 1 natural grey CDC plume
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And one for the March Broons. Size 12, brown thread, UV resin + 2 grey CDC plumes
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Simple is best ;D
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Hot orange dabbler
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Quote from: admin on February 08, 2014, 03:20:05 PM
Even simpler. Tied emerger style, olive thread body with UV resin, one olive and 1 natural grey CDC plume
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I have had a lot of success with this fly. I've never put resin on it but flexifloss is very translucent. A great fly.
Quote from: bibio1 on February 09, 2014, 11:26:05 AM
I have had a lot of success with this fly.
Sometimes a light touch is required when fish are fussy. I always keep CDC flies as a last resort, by and large they are one or two fish flies that require a lot of maintenance. They are deadly though.
Put plenty of cuff on and when it gets wet rub it on your fleece. They last for ages.
Again more cracking flees, inspired im off to get the gear out.
What's cuff?
Sorry should be cdc.........predictive text :(
I get caught out with that all the time lol
Some ldo paras
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Got fed up tying pink bugs, so I thought i'd give Sparkle Duns a go - Still doesn't feel right tying dries as the wind and the rain batters off my window
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I wish my eyes had a bloody macro setting! :)
Tying up some size 14 wets and I'm struggling to keep them tidy :roll:
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Nice flies there guys. Robbie, the fish-eye view of that parachute is interesting. :D
I think the reflection on the wall of the tank behind the fly in the third photo is more interesting :) It shows what the fish would see outside the window as it floated towards it.
Foam backed black hopper
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That's a cracker Fred really like that,what is the rib ?
Fine pearly Mylar Andy. I have not cracked tying these yet, that one is a bit scruffy and bulky.
Quote from: Squigster on February 09, 2014, 05:22:02 PM
Got fed up tying pink bugs, so I thought i'd give Sparkle Duns a go - Still doesn't feel right tying dries as the wind and the rain batters off my window
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Hello Squigster,
never seen deer hair like that, how do you do it? Is it a couple of turns of thread round the hair like a parachute post, i would of thought it would flare out more?
Am guessing the idea is the hair floats keeping it suspended like an emerger?
Once i have put the axle back on the car i will be trying one of these and Freds' foam beetle, belter!
Cheers Fred, nothing wrong with them They look good and sure the troot will love them
Fred scruffy is good that looks a great terrestrial pattern for those slow summer days that seem a million miles away just now
Quote from: admin on February 09, 2014, 10:31:59 PM
Nice flies there guys. Robbie, the fish-eye view of that parachute is interesting. :D
It's quite interesting it see how much darker the thorax is when wet. The fish-eye view really shows the effect of clipping hackles as well.
Got some new materials, Funky Fibre and Neer Hair, great products, customer service not so good, no reply from 3 emails but stuff eventually arrived after 10 days.
Fly took just a few minutes to tie but takes a good 20 minutes of clipping. Moves beautifully in the bath, very fishy looking. The material sheds all its water with just a little shake so hoping it should cast nicely.
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Belters mate, was the stuff expensive?
Quote from: Lochan_load on February 11, 2014, 11:37:33 AM
Belters mate, was the stuff expensive?
Each "hank" is about £3, i bought 5 colours to start with but as with all these things have just gone and ordered another 10 colours so not cheap.
I saw their youtube clip when i was trying to tie deer hair muddlers a week or so ago, they call them "Funky Muddlers".
Am gonna try tieing some on small wet fly hooks.
Colours in the picture don't do it justice, think i may need to invest in a fly tying light as i am restricted to day time tieing at the minute.
Might buy a couple and try it out. Tying light makes a big difference, got one at Christmas and even use it during the day, good for taking pictures as well
Quote from: lochgarryfisher on February 10, 2014, 07:42:33 PM
Hello Squigster,
never seen deer hair like that, how do you do it? Is it a couple of turns of thread round the hair like a parachute post, i would of thought it would flare out more?
Am guessing the idea is the hair floats keeping it suspended like an emerger?
Once i have put the axle back on the car i will be trying one of these and Freds' foam beetle, belter!
The basic pattern I used is in the link below, with the hook being a size 14 B400 Kamasan. It's my go to dry fly, and the bit of blurb at the end explains how it fishes
http://www.palewatery.com/blog/sparkle-dun-step-step/ (http://www.palewatery.com/blog/sparkle-dun-step-step/)
Superb flees lately!
Heres my take on D McP's latest flee from youtube. McPhails Duck Fly
Not exactly the same . I used holographic tinsel for butt and rib.
Not seen the original but yours looks cracking CC
seen davie mcphails video this morning and yours are spot on, was going to give them a go tonight if time allows, but don't know if I have white/light coloured cape for wings
Am running out of superlatives for the flies on here but your duck fly CC just looks perfect, i too don't have any white/pale hackles but wonder if a trimmed jungle cock feather may work.
Mark,
I think that would work well.
Cc, as ever grwat flees.
certainly worth a try
Again inspired by Fred's beetle and his style of dry flies I've come up with this, not really supposed to be anything particular just hopefully look like fish food!
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Reckon those stiff boar knotted legs Lochan will create great disturbance when retrieved/twitched back.
I've been quiet of late as I'm house hunting for my mother, who is moving back to Scotland.
The standard of tying over the forum is quite excellent and although I have my early to mid season flies already tied, I will certainly be using some of the very interesting ideas that you guys have shown over the last few weeks to produce my own much more scruffy versions.
That last mini hopper looks really nice Lochan_load. It would make an excellent hawthorn or heather fly imitation.
Alex
The hoppers are excellent. I have never "got" hoppers as most seem to be tied with the legs cocked above the water line. What's the point in that?
IMO, hoppers and indeed all leggy flies should be tied like the ones above. Legs on the water.
Yip, anything above the shank probably won't be seen Fred, the boar bristles are really springy so should be like having a set of oars sticking out the thorax, hopefully that's a good thing!
And very true hares ear, this thread is full of great ideas
Well after not doing any tying for many years i have been practicing on big-uns this past few weeks to get me back in to it so thought it was time for something a bit smaller, size 14 was a shock to the fingers.
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I did another black foam backed hopper using a much narrower piece of much softer foam. I managed to get the whole thing a lot slimmer and less beetle-like doing that.
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Still grotty weather out, not the best for lying on your back outside trying to get an axle back on the landy so fly tying practice, trying to copy Squigsters Sparkler, size 16, my eyes hurt!
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More of the same, cow dung seals fur this time
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I imagine this will spin like hell when cast. :lol:
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Detached Body Daddy
Hey Fred! you are fast becoming the DMcP of this forum with flees like that. :D
Allan, I don't have the patience, the skill or the visual acuity to ever become a great fly tier let alone a Davie McPhail. I have learned so much watching his Youtube vids, the man is a master tier. I enjoy Oliver Edwards tying too, but he is more of a model maker to my mind and many of his patterns are far too complicated and time consuming for fishing flies. Davie McPhail makes it look so easy!
Would concur with that , Davie has probably helped more people with there fly-tying than any other being on the planet . His videos on YouTube are a delight to watch .
I agree . I have learned so much from DMcP and have had the pleasure of meeting him a few times. :)
His easy going manner is a delight. I always chuckle when he uses his catch phrase - every video - at least once he tells you 'jist take yer time' :D
Aye! he has a few catchphrases :) Well worth having in yer box!
No doubt about it the DMc Phail U Tube videos are very good. What I like about him is his versatility. So often we see supposedly good tyers that are in fact one hit wonders & by that I mean they are good at what they do but give them something out their comfort zone & they can struggle just like the rest of us. I know I do but I can master it eventually but with not having tried before a certain technique takes a wee bit of time to overcome in my opinion. The knack in my opinion is knowing what looks right, if you realise that you are half way there.
Tight Lines
Mayfly
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now, that is a cracker! :D
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Upside Down Dirty Poly Dun
Your flies are disgustingly tidy Fred :)
The USDPD is a cracker. Did you tie and twist or tie it as it is?
Alex
Tied as it is Alex, flexifloss body.
I put the post on first which was a big mistake as it just got in the way when tying in the tail and body. Next one I'll put the post on after the tail and body. Although it looks tricky, it's actually dead easy to tie this fly. The post is dun Arero Wing a material I am getting to love even although it is expensive. The curved grub hook makes the curved abdomen sit quite naturally.
You are clearly a man with too much time on his hands Fred, looking at the quality and the quantity that you are producing at the moment, take pity on the hard working members of the forum and throw us your seconds. :lol:
Eric, if you have time could you post a picture of that killer blue Loch lee dabbler? I fancy tying a few of those.
Quote from: admin on February 15, 2014, 01:08:17 PM
Tied as it is Alex, flexifloss body.
I put the post on first which was a big mistake as it just got in the way when tying in the tail and body. Next one I'll put the post on after the tail and body. Although it looks tricky, it's actually dead easy to tie this fly. The post is dun Arero Wing a material I am getting to love even although it is expensive. The curved grub hook makes the curved abdomen sit quite naturally.
I'm a convert to the Aero wing too. For USD flies, I like the Partridge Klinkhamer hooks. I think they help the fly to sit really nicely and very lifelike.
Not teaching my granny to suck eggs, but if you tie the tails in too thick and too far around the bend, you might suffer from line twist. Just something to bear in mind.
Alex
Upside down poly is cracking Fred, looks like it'll sit on the water lovely, do they hook up ok?
looking for opinions, connemara black bumble type,blackpennel bumble and duckflies maybe, be truthful please :roll:
Quote from: Lochan_load on February 15, 2014, 05:35:01 PM
Upside down poly is cracking Fred, looks like it'll sit on the water lovely, do they hook up ok?
I've had the occasional fish on USDs and they seem to hook up OK. I try to keep the post very thin, if I use a post at all, just in case it impedes the hook point.
Alex
Quote from: haresear on February 15, 2014, 05:48:43 PM
I try to keep the post very thin, if I use a post at all, just in case it impedes the hook point.
Aero Wing will help with that. It's much softer and more delicate
Quote from: haresear on February 15, 2014, 05:29:12 PM
Not teaching my granny to suck eggs, but if you tie the tails in too thick and too far around the bend, you might suffer from line twist. Just something to bear in mind.
True and having done some floatation experiments this afternoon I can see straight hooks and tails sit better too. The curved hooks look great to my eye, but I can see now that for this application straight is better.
"looking for opinions, connemara black bumble type,blackpennel bumble and duckflies maybe, be truthful please"
Lochan Load - they all look like good fish catchers to me. Strong profiles for use in a decent wave.
Cheers bob fly but I never tied em !
Your right tho they look good to me too ;)
Stuck up some close ups coulter and we an get really picky!!
Quote from: Lochan_load on February 15, 2014, 06:57:45 PM
Cheers bob fly but I never tied em !
Your right tho they look good to me too ;)
Stuck up some close ups coulter and we an get really picky!!
if you click on the jpg you might get a close up, i am not sure how to work camera and computer together, i am a wee bit thick but thanks for the comments! :shock:
The same USDPD tied on a straight size 14 hook. Does not look as nice, but floats better and won't spin so readily when cast.
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Stunning flies Fred.
I always liked the look of these and may give them a go myself. I may need to get myself a new box with compartments to hold them though.
Billy
Quote from: Billy on February 15, 2014, 10:00:10 PM
I may need to get myself a new box with compartments to hold them though.
You will need that Billy.I have gone back to compartments for all my dry flies as even slit foam boxes were screwing them up if they were left in for any length of time. This is worse in high humidity. These USD flies will definitely need to be kept un-squashed!
Quote from: admin on February 15, 2014, 11:16:26 PM
You will need that Billy.I have gone back to compartments for all my dry flies as even slit foam boxes were screwing them up if they were left in for any length of time. This is worse in high humidity. These USD flies will definitely need to be kept un-squashed!
Very true. I bought two expensive C&F slit foam jobs, but my "go to" flies are in a cheap Leeda (I think) multi compartmented box.
Alex
Check out the Caimore website. They do a C&F lookalike compartmentalised box for a third of the price of the real thing. Very pleased with mine.
Len
What is good for "loose" fly boxes and keeps things in check is the magnetic sheets that are used by some vehicle sign makers. These seem to have a magnetic side and a "plain" one and can be cut with scissors. If you put the magnetic side upmost you can line the inside of boxes and your flees will not shoot off on the breeze when you open the box. I have some bits at the base of my vice to hold hooks and stuff.
CDC May Fly
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My first go with the deer hair I got from lochgarry, really nice wirey feel to it, think it'll work Great for elk hair caddis type patterns, first off tho a muddler
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Tip that's a great fly. Just the right amount of deer hair as well.
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Putting your hackles to work Fred, cheers
Hairs ear sedge
Wings done with varnished hen pheasant hackle pulled tight
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Was reading roobarbs reports from uist last night and it's got me dreaming of stickleback feeding trout, hopefully get over there one day to try this......
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Nice fleeze Andy. :8)
Crackers Andy, I am nicking your hairs ear sedge lol I like it a lot :D
Cheers folks, a day off so managed to get a few done ;)
Your right Andy, think I have a problem with boar bristles! Currently tying a boar bristle daddy!!
Prince Nymph size 10 (3.5 mm tungsten bead). This is a get it down there fly. I fish it on a dropper with light nymph on the tail. Upstream technique.
Tied not with goose biots, which last 2 minutes or one fish if you are lucky, but with v's cut from the tips of brown and white hen hackles coated with UV resin.
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Right last one today (can you tell I'm putting of tiling my bathroom!?)
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That last one Lochan, the daddy is spectacular, you have far too much patience knotting the legs like that and how you have managed to get the legs to sit so evenly spaced i dinny ken, i have tried and tried and given up.
Cheers mate, the first set I just tied over the detached body, moved forward a couple of mm and lashed on the next set with figure 8's, clipped of excess and superglued, the last set I tied straight forward and the bent back into place, after that just went through with a tight dubbing which holds it all in place, was easier than it looks but am really happy with it. The detached body is the cream hair from your deers arse, stacked and then segmented with olive tying thread, like I said earlier anything put off f@;:<in tiling!!
I know the Peter Ross is a really popular fly on here! had a go at changing it a wee bit to see if I can actually get a fish on one!! Think it needs a wee bit more red
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That's a cracking fly,for a Peter Ross :makefun
Actually all the flies posted in the last couple of weeks have been great, too many flies and not enough time.
Claret bumble
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Rhyacophila Caddis Larva
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Some more small delicate lil flees from me...
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Dunno if it's just me but nothing came up there mark
Scratch that it's just appeared!
Look great, funky fibre?
Quote from: Lochan_load on February 20, 2014, 04:44:04 PM
Look great, funky fibre?
Not just you Andy, i was having a blonde moment, uploaded it with no pic.
Aye, more Funky Fibre but tied backwards and not clipped like the last ones. Backwards as in the material is tied in and superglued with the waste bit towards the hook bend, the wing material covering the eye of the hook and then folded backwards if that makes sense.
No flies from you today Lochan, does that mean you've finally got your tiling started? Get it done, get some browny points from your other half and then cash them in during the fishing season!
Would prefer eyes on all these big flies but am struggling, superglue and "Diamond Hard UV Resin" not working, anyone got a solution?
First attempt at a brown trout copy, clearly not there yet, more like rainbow colours but love the shape and how it swims and how the material sheds all water making them very easy to cast.
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Just the one claret bumble, I've got a leak in my bath so can't et going til I sort it, every time I fix one anther starts, Doing my head in 😫 I'm heading out for pike next Sunday, might get some of the funky before I go, I got self adhesive eyes from GAC, think they're called mirage eyes, seem to stick well
Leak in your bath, have u tried UV resin? Maybe a bit expensive but would do a waterproof and invisible mend.
Am using self adhesive eyes but those big flies are not stable/firm enough to take them, they just keep falling off. Might try the old fashioned epoxy as a cheaper alternative to half a bottle of the UV resin.
Quote from: lochgarryfisher on February 20, 2014, 05:11:22 PM
Would prefer eyes on all these big flies but am struggling, superglue and "Diamond Hard UV Resin" not working, anyone got a solution?
Cracking roach / perch fry imitation above? I'd recommend Bug Bond for a quick and easy head to mount eyes. Particularly good on bigger flies. It also adds a wee bit of subtle weight that can help impart a diving motion that helps get a sink and draw action and movement from long fibre materials.
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That a lovely sand eel pattern Rannoch Raider, the Bug Bond... have been using "Deer Creek Diamond Hard UV Resin", do you know how the two compare?
So far what i have been trying to do is stick the eyes on with either superglue or the uv resin but the flies are so loose and hairy so the eyes fall off. That second pic, the "roach imitation", the eyes are ok cos the head is clipped and more dense.
Am wondering if i am just been too tight with the resin and need to build up a big head.
Hi Mark, I can't compare as I've only ever used Bug Bond. I 've never felt the need to look for any other type of resin. When tying bigger 'flies' I push the liquid into the fibres and apply UV. Repeat as often as I need to then apply eyes then repeat again. I cover the entire head and eyes then cure. Finish is rock solid and it can be used to hold your body / wings at whatever angle you find best. Helps give a fairly lightweight dressing an illusion of bulk.
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When tying bigger 'flies' I push the liquid into the fibres and apply UV. Repeat as often as I need to then apply eyes
Cheers Rannoch, makes sense now, i have been just trying to put the eyes on then build up the head but with nothing solid behind the eyes it just all goes wrong, but your way with uv first, set it and then the eyes yep i can see that working, thank you very much!!
Tyed a few Grizzly Palmers this evening
I like them. Will do well up the resver. I've been tying soldier snatchers, thin and scruffy
Leggy Olive Woolly Bugger. This is the most effective streamer I have used on rivers when the water is up. Fished on a HD line and very short leader.
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A much easier way of using this Funky Fibre than my other pics, wondering if the tail is too long and if i should do some tandem ones too
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Well first fly on here don't know if picture has downloaded done via tapatalk wee March brown dry
Lovin that pair of antenae Suki, curving forward beautifully!
The joys of squirrel dubbing :D
Tried a bit of model making :make fun
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Needs some work on the proportions and a lighter coloured foam and pens would give a better result. Actually quite an easy tie and not that time consuming either.
A march brown jingler (http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/02/24/vu8ebege.jpg)
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Very nice Scott. :D
Some dying I did tonight turned purple instead of claret but thought I would do a muddler with the bits and pieces I dyed before I give them another dip
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Soft hackle pillow Dry Nymph. :D
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What about taking one of your best nymph patterns & sticking a wing on it.It's a killing machine fished as a nymph.Hopefully fished like a shuttlecock it will be deadly too.I can see a few PTN soft hackle pillow nymphs coming on.Cheers All
Claret bumble with a newly dyed hackle
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Very nice :D
Quote from: Lochan_load on February 24, 2014, 12:58:02 AM
Some dying I did tonight turned purple instead of claret but thought I would do a muddler with the bits and pieces I dyed before I give them another dip
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I don't know much about fly's but that is a absolute cracker.
Cheers fergie, here's a streamer along the same lines (http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/02/25/9ygy8emy.jpg)
Very nice ill bet that would bring a whumper up just as its getting dark.
That's kind of what I had in mind fergie, not caught too many bigger trout so hoping this on a sinking line at dusk might do the trick!
Andy I'll pack a few if I ever get over, it's on my wish list!
Some leggie beasties from me today
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First time trying out my new funky fibre, harder than I thought!
Mark I tried following the polish quills video but ended up winging it, was pretty bulky so I just attacked it with the scissors 😮 the fibre took it well tho (http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/02/26/a6ehyjas.jpg)
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You got some lovely colour in there Lochan, what is the crimson round the throat, it's not FF is it, looks sparkly?
To start with i was reticent about attacking them with the scissors like i was with muddler heads, rather just giving them a light trim but yep, the more you cut the better sometimes.
Have been playing with mine in the bath :roll: the more you cut them back the more realistic you can make them but they do loose some mobility, doing some yesterday with longer tails and lots of epoxy round the head so on the retrieve they do the sink & draw thing and the tail has loads of movement. i never realised how heavy epoxy is.
Tied so many this last week am off to town soon to have to buy more fly boxes, weather grotty again today so am gonna try and do a version of Bushy Palmers' leggy beasties, don't have any of that leg material so thinking knotted boar instead.
The standard of fly tying here on our excellent forum really is quite remarkable.
The red is some sort of red flashabou, I tied In a wee bit in between the funky and it showed up like that when I trimmed it down. Gonna do longer tail next time for movement and experiment with some silver through it and different flashes, like everything else I've got loads of ideas and bugger all time!
Want to try the rubber legs but I'm sure the boar will do the business, love that stuff! Bushys ones look deadly
One of Malcolm's killer salmon flies - The Endrick Bug
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Quote from: admin on February 26, 2014, 12:45:43 PM
One of Malcolm's killer salmon flies - The Endrick Bug
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Going to have to beef up the gear to swim that fellow, Malcolm style Fred, dust off the #7 and see if you can't bend it round it's self on a hefty red fellow :lol:
my #8 weight single handed will do the trick :8)
i hadnt tied this style for a while so just for fun.......
Playing with my new batch of various dyed dead animals, maybe a bit garish for the trout but I like 'em
Trying to copy a pic of a "Stone Goat Muddler".
Colours in the pic dont do them justice, think i need a fly tying light.
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Decided to get back to the vice after seeing some cracking fly,s in this post. Was going to tye some ldo,s but the rain thundering against the window has changed my mind, nymphs it is.
Sewin007, that looks like it works as a March Brown nymph. Was that the intention?
Alex
Would like to say yes..but to be honest i like tying with quill bodies and bug bond, buggy looking with some movement generally does it for me, with a nice balance in the use of materials and colours.
Quote from: sewin007 on March 01, 2014, 11:31:29 PM
Would like to say yes..but to be honest i like tying with quill bodies and bug bond, buggy looking with some movement generally does it for me, with a nice balance in the use of materials and colours.
So it's more of a general suggestive pattern than a specific imitation? Very nice in any case.
Alex
Like that, looks deadly, like the tail and the wee leggy bits, what are they?
Alex, i dont have the skill, time or inclination to tye anything other than suggestive, as long as the fly gets to the right depth quickly and it looks buggy, then we are half way there!
Stuart
Tail is coq de leon and leggy bits are partridge neck feathers
Another attempt with the funky fibre for my day chasing pike tomorrow, first time out this year, cannae wait (http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/02/eve8agyb.jpg)
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Sure you will get some action with those flys, hope this rain stops for you tomorrow.
I'm down Dumfries Stuart heading out early to try and miss the rain, not supposed to start til 1......we'll see!!
At least your getting out!
Quote from: sewin007 on March 01, 2014, 11:53:14 PM
Alex, i dont have the skill, time or inclination to tye anything other than suggestive, as long as the fly gets to the right depth quickly and it looks buggy, then we are half way there!
Stuart
That's my way of thinking too.
Alex
Quote from: admin on February 26, 2014, 10:00:31 AM
The standard of fly tying here on our excellent forum really is quite remarkable.
Agreed, time for someone to lower the standard :) A March Bown & LDO dry spider, a bit shabby but very effective.
These two along with some versions of Hare's Lug and PTN nymphs are probably all I will need for around the first six weeks of the season
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I like them....i always larf when people go on about the jingler. Mostfolk have being using that on the clyde for the last 50 years. It was the first fly i used to catch a clyde trout.
A woolly bugger version of Malcolm's Endrick Bug. Size 8 long shank with a 3.5 MM tungsten bead
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Not today but last week tied up some tiny size 14 muddlers
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Like those, the hopper ones with the crystal flash look cracking
Yes, nice flies Steven :D
Me too the idea of the crystal flash is great. I must tie a few like that now
Excellent flies I really like them
(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/04/etumavan.jpg)Gettin ready now. Claret duck fly
That looks great Paul- not long now! :)
Yeah like the look of that Paul
Im unexpectedly on a syndicate at Gladhouse this coming season so got the vice out and came up with this muddled bumble jobby :)) (http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/07/jy5usugu.jpg)
Quote from: scoobyscott on March 06, 2014, 10:52:16 PM
Im unexpectedly on a syndicate at Gladhouse this coming season so got the vice out and came up with this muddled bumble jobby :))
Nice water Gladhouse, never done well on it but great place so close to the city.
Is there day tickets for sale these days do you know?
Not sure about day tickets but will try finding out. I'll pm you a number I was given too. Only fished it a few times myself and never done great, look forward to trying to change that this season
Jingler quills. I like the hackle quite open when imitating duns.(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/10/8ajyrypu.jpg)
Small olive duns incase next week is a heat wave(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/03/10/8a3uzy3u.jpg)
Nice.
What are the hooks Paul?
Grip.....not sure about them to be honest as the wire seems quite thin but will find out soon. Don't ever use varivas.
Kept it as simple as can be today.
Simple is best! :8)
That will take an early fish or two :D
Yip thats a fish catcher
Holographic Cascade I really need to get some decent jungle cock. :D
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Fred there is a varnish that repairs splits in Jungle Cock, in fact any feather.
Floo Glue from Veniard. Been off the market for a while but back "by popular request" I believe. Just a few quid for a bottle.
Tight Lines
PS Fly is fine by the way. Your tying some good stuff.
Dont buy decent jungle cock. Get the shite capes and repair with a smear of floo glue.
Plus one ! Works a treat.
Where can I buy floo glue? I can't find it online.
Fred use your bug off works a treat on split JC :D just done a cape myself with it
Quote from: admin on March 12, 2014, 10:34:19 PM
Where can I buy floo glue? I can't find it online.
Didnae look very hard :)
http://www.flyonlyonline.co.uk/fly-tying/varnish-wax-epoxy-s-glue/veniard-floo-gloo.html?pop=0 (http://www.flyonlyonline.co.uk/fly-tying/varnish-wax-epoxy-s-glue/veniard-floo-gloo.html?pop=0)
http://www.mchardys.co.uk/prodet.php?prodcatind=01&subcatind=036&pageind=1&prodid=195&rowpos=195 (http://www.mchardys.co.uk/prodet.php?prodcatind=01&subcatind=036&pageind=1&prodid=195&rowpos=195)
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PS Fly is fine by the way. Your tying some good stuff.
Thanks Alan, I'm going to need some salmon flies for this new fishing I have access to. Any recommendations on patterns / sizes / tying tips etc?
That Cascade will do the job Fred with or without Jungle Cock, Salmon wont care ! I tend to tie my hackles in much longer to give the fly more pulse in the water, can't say I know it helps or not ? The Cascade is a great fly in streamy water.
How about this then? A bit heavy on the hackle / thin on the black wing perhaps?
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I need some better bucktail as I'm just using scraps right now. I have some on order.
Thats exactly how I tie them, think the black wing is ok, I like it to add a different tone to the body in under all that yellow and orange rather than stand out ?
Silver Stoat
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Black bucktail is good but for cascades i use polar bear. Its a refractive fibre so emits light. Get it is red as well. Perfect for tails on shrimps and cascade type flies. My fav north esk fly was a red shrimp.
Silver Stoat looks perfect !
Don't think I've used Polar Bear ?
These are the first salmon flies I have tied and are not bad considering that. Compared to trout flies they are pretty easy. :D
What sizes would you recommend?
Size 6-14
Yes I think they are easier though I some times struggle trying to do to much at the head and didnt leave enough room. I use Salar hooks just because they were the rage when they came out, and I can't remember what size as they are different, my best size is probably a bit bigger than a normal 8 with a body around half an inch and relatively long tail about an inch, but tie them up in different sizes going down to the smallest size salmon hook available, using different types of hair that suit the size, I prefer doubles. I also like the wee bit of flash at the back of the body only changing to wool or floss to build the body up a bit to give the wing something to sit against when tying cascades. Did Cascades last time offshore but this trip I just brought the gear to do Black Pennell's with seals fur bodies.
I wrote the above while Bibio was writing his shorter version, We agree :)
Quote from: Colliemore on March 13, 2014, 02:16:13 PM
Don't think I've used Polar Bear ?
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When you see it on a cascade youll thank me. Its a great fibre
Never seen Polar Bear, never mind trying it. Must have a shuftie next time up at GAC.
One thing I find about Bucktail is that it can be too stiff for use in the smaller flies 8-12. Fine on larger patterns such as tubes & Waddintons
Much better is dyed Squirrel or similar. It would have to be bleached to take on a solid colour. A lot more movement with these hairs rather than the coarser/ Bucktail. There are a lot of "fibres" on the market, many off which I have not used so can not comment,some I am sure are very good.
Hair by design so can be "very slippy. Too easy for fibres to pull out, so tight thread wraps are very important on this kind of fly. A locking turn or two is handy to use, There will be some info on line I'll bet.
Tight Lines
As for Flies, so many to choose from but you will not go far wrong with these four.
Stoats Tail (Silver & ribbed version)
Willie Gunn
Ally Shrimp
Cascade
A Salmon in the mood would hit a chanty pot handle but to me at least it is a confidence thing as to what you use.
I like Shrimp patterns & my boxes are full of this sort of fly.
Orange & Gold coloured patterns predomnate in late Summer /Autumn
Silver/Blue is good for fresh fish off the tide.
The Ally & it's variants were all the range over the last decade but if 90% of fishers were using them then goes to say a good proportion of fish would be caught on it.
Never the less it is a good fly, a modern take on a Curry's Red.
Wee bug bond nymph, maybe get to use it before the end of the season![attachimg=1]
Like the hook, what sort is it ?
Nice fly !
Hends BL 120 size 18
Barbless Jig
Thanks !
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Wee bug bond nymph, maybe get to use it before the end of the season![attachimg=1]
cracking wee fly Stuart.
Cheers Tommy, maybe getting a ticket for River Leven, if so will use some of your material for sea trout salmon flies.
Quote from: sewin007 on March 19, 2014, 01:53:46 PM
Cheers Tommy, maybe getting a ticket for River Leven, if so will use some of your material for sea trout salmon flies.
Tight lines :8)
This topic is incredible! I'd be embarrassed posting pictures of my feeble efforts here. :lol:
Quote from: Brookie on March 20, 2014, 09:18:49 PM
This topic is incredible! I'd be embarrassed posting pictures of my feeble efforts here. :lol:
Two videos of the last four years of flies on this thread.
m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmYeQYfzB1ThDX5TBfIM9poMib7XtA9jI
Thanks Fishtales I had a quick look at the vids I'll watch them right through later when I have time. :)
Seriously get them posted.
Bibio is right. Get them posted.
Mine look like wee bits of stick no matter if it's a wet, dry or nymph but it might give someone an idea.
Billy
Totally agree it's the patterns that folk are interested in and if they're catching for you I'll be happy to nab them ;) I've been without my tying gear for a couple of weeks but my dad's getting it back to me tomorrow, that coupled with a mate giving me a ton of great materials he no longer uses should mean I'll be chucking a few on here pretty soon :)
Gold Willie Gunn on a 1" tube. I found this hard to tie and to get the hair evenly distributed.
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Quote from: Fishtales on March 20, 2014, 10:05:40 PM
Two videos of the last four years of flies on this thread.
m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmYeQYfzB1ThDX5TBfIM9poMib7XtA9jI
Sandy,how do i get on this link?, it is not coming up blue on your post or it is maybe my laptops fault. :roll:
cheers, Tommy.
Here you go Tommy.
Tyed Today Part1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sz0HEg0Itv4#)
Tyed Today Part2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P29y8DA3WoQ#)
Quote from: admin on March 22, 2014, 12:55:11 PM
Here you go Tommy.
Tyed Today Part1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sz0HEg0Itv4#)
Tyed Today Part2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P29y8DA3WoQ#)
thanks a lot for that. :D
Quote from: loch coulter on March 22, 2014, 12:53:36 PM
Sandy,how do i get on this link?, it is not coming up blue on your post or it is maybe my laptops fault. :roll:
cheers, Tommy.
That was because I sent it from my tablet and it is a mobile link :roll:
Highlight, copy and paste it into the address bar in your browser would have taken you there but Fred has simplified it :)
Quote from: Fishtales on March 22, 2014, 01:30:23 PM
That was because I sent it from my tablet and it is a mobile link :roll:
Highlight, copy and paste it into the address bar in your browser would have taken you there but Fred has simplified it :)
thanks Sandy. :8)
OK, enough salmon patterns - back to the trut(h) flies. (See what I did there? :lol: )
On my local wee river I leave a lot of flies up trees - or to put it another way, anyone can fish the wide open banks of the Don for half a season with the same fly, you have to be a real numpty - and take my word for it there are plenty of them up there (are you reading this Noel? :lol:) - to lose any flies at all.
On the wee overgrown Lunan it's a different story, to fish the best pools you are going to lose flies, so you really don't want to be using patterns that take half an hour to tie.
Forget the Kinky Hammers, The Queer Hair Emergeers, the Detached Brain Duns etc. You want something simple, quick to tie, disposable. These fit the bill and catch fish everywhere - including the Don, but you'll only need to tie one of them if you are fishing there. :8)
Hook: size 14 or 16 Kamasan B170 or similar
Body: Sheer 14/0 olive thread.
Tail: a bunch of natural ginger cock hackle fibers.
Wing: Dun McFlylon or Aero Wing
Hackle: Natural ginger cock clipped underneath
They take a few minutes to tie. The flush clipped hackle work just as well as a parachute- I find it's often better and takes fish that have refused a parachute. It may be they are less dense when seen from below.
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When I was salmon fishing I used these.
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The green bodied brass tube one on the bottom, green metallic selotape and gold twist rib, caught me a salmon and four sea trout in one day on the Earn :)
Quote from: admin on March 22, 2014, 11:47:30 AM
Gold Willie Gunn on a 1" tube. I found this hard to tie and to get the hair evenly distributed.
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Mix the yellow and orange bucktail together then cloak with black. Bucktail goes a long way so you only need a small amount.
Gold and.copper bodies gunns are great in clearing water.
Like that dry Fred will give it a go
Dead easy and quick to tie Scott. Also bombproof and low maintenance. After a fish, a quick wash, a few false casts and it's good to go. A really useful fly when you are fishing places like highland rivers and lochs and catching lots of fish.
Pearly duck fly
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Quote from: admin on March 23, 2014, 06:58:39 PM
Dead easy and quick to tie Scott. Also bombproof and low maintenance. After a fish, a quick wash, a few false casts and it's good to go. A really useful fly when you are fishing places like highland rivers and lochs and catching lots of fish.
not sure from photo, does the fly have a thorax.
cheers, Tommy.
No, but the clipped hackle effectively creates the impression of a thorax.
Couple of Kate snatchers
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Both catchers, I'll be knocking up a couple of the red arsed one
Quote from: admin on March 23, 2014, 10:20:18 PM
No, but the clipped hackle effectively creates the impression of a thorax.
cheers :)
One of the same style size 12 for the March Browns
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A few more for the lochs, essential
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and a wee variant :P
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The Mrs is working tonight and the wee ones in bed so had a play at the vice, mickey :P:))
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That Mouse is a cracker! The first time I ever saw one of these was at a fishery back in my stockie days. This old guy was telling me that he had been introduced to them in Canada, I have to say given the size of the thing he had in his hand I was sceptical. He proceeded to wheedle out a fine collection of natural browns (this loch is well known for them and they must be returned), not a single stockie did he hit all day! Meanwhile I was hoiking out the stockies good style on a size 12 kate! My conclusion was that if you want to catch a big brown use a monster fly.
Yes, that mouse is most certainly a cracker! :D
Some claret bumble variants.
I like them alot. It's such a versatile fly.
Cheers guys don't know if I'll ever fish it. Its something I've wanted to tie for ages, just never got round to it til now.
Nice bumbles, I find them good early season
This may look like a strange fly for wild fisher but I've been interested to see how many folk on here are fishing streamers and I got 2 wild browns on a cats whisker last year in an absolute gale to save a blank, I've chucked a couple of fluorescent rubber legs on for good measure! Question is, who'd fish this bad boy???
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Hear a lot about wooly buggers, think I'll call this the ugly bugger! Not my kind of fly but tying it for a specific place where I'm convinced I can winkle out a whumper!!
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You can't beat legs. :D
My first attempts with legs, Must admit I've never been keen but it's all about catching fish!! What about the cats whisker Fred?
Blasphemy!!! How dare you lower this thread with such filth ;D:P
Where did you catch your fish, river or loch? I've tried a white dancer a few times out of desperation but no luck. I would give it a chuck as a last resort probably >:D
You posted the ugly bugger as I was typing. How are you planning fishing it?
On a small reservoir in a gale casting up to the dam wall, was a true last resort, it was the only decent sized fly I had with me and thought it was worth a throw, got 2 pretty quickly and called it a day, freezing!
The whisker is for a pal who stockie bashes at swanswater etc, I'm doing him a few lures as a thank you for a load of tying gear he gave me. The black and claret is for a wee hill loch that I've seen some good fish moving in and never managed to hit, I'm going up armed with an intermediate and some bigger flies! Been thinking about it all winter so it better bloody work!!
As the great Ayrshire poacher Rab Burnsbrig once wrote : "A flee's a flee fur awe that." :lol:
i have caught lots of wild brownies using white and black cats. some of them have been good fish. as a bob fly in the autum its rarely off my cast on a blustery day.
Adams - original dressing.
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Really nice, like the tippet tail
Andy, I hadn't realized that was the correct tail material from the original pattern until I saw that video by the grandson of the guy who first tied the fly.
Looks good and makes sense, most traditional wets use tippet so why not dries, I'll have a go at that, if I can get time!
A Cervidae free Yellow Humpy
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The Humpy is a great fly for fast water, pretty much unsinkable however the Elk / Deer hair back lasts for two fish if you are lucky. This makes the fly useless in my book. This is an attempt to tie a more robust fly by replacing all grazing animal parts in the materials list.
Quote from: admin on March 30, 2014, 06:09:07 PM
A Cervidae free Yellow Humpy
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The Humpy is a great fly for fast water, pretty much unsinkable however the Elk / Deer hair back lasts for two fish if you are lucky. This makes the fly useless in my book. This is an attempt to tie a more robust fly by replacing all grazing animal parts in the materials list.
Fred I agree with the concept, nice idea and nicely done! I am awful with deer hair and I have done a few caddis patterns using synthetic materials in the past. Unsinkable and easy to handle. :)
Haven't posted on this great thread for quite a while, so here's some flies I tied up for the current season. They're tied for fishing mind, not showing!
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Nice flies John. :D
Nice flys like number 7 the best :D
Very nice. They've all got the fish catcher 'look'.
Ive been tying a few spiders recently or I should say experimenting.
These are my red and green arsed spiders although they need tweaked a little.
I managed a fish with the res arsed version on opening day so I,m hoping for great things with them.
Sorry for the quality of the photo.
Billy
Managed to get to the vice today to put this together for my trip up to loch Garry tomorrow :)
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Some from this morning. Sorry about the quality.
Good looking flies guys. Billy they spiders look good what's the thorax on the green one?
Quote from: scoobyscott on April 02, 2014, 01:58:25 PM
Good looking flies guys. Billy they spiders look good what's the thorax on the green one?
Its an ultra micro fritz type stuff. I used a blue version on the red-arsed flies and it really shows up well.
I'll double check the label tonight just to make sure.
Billy
Cheers Billy will give them a bash. I had some success with a stewarts spider on the Don last season ;)
Quote from: SoldierPmr on April 02, 2014, 01:49:18 PM
Some from this morning. Sorry about the quality.
Nowt wrong with that Liam. :D
Quote from: scoobyscott on April 02, 2014, 01:58:25 PM
Good looking flies guys. Billy they spiders look good what's the thorax on the green one?
I checked the material this morning and its a UV micro straggle.
Billy
Quote from: admin on March 30, 2014, 02:37:05 PM
Adams - original dressing.
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GP tippets, authentic retro-chic, love it.
Inspired by my trip to see lochgarry at erm lochgarry yesterday I've tied these three today, two straightforward lure types and a chunky sedge that was a bit of a bugger to tie, hope you's like
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Keeping it simple, like the colours on this one
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Lovely flies Andy!
That deer hair/boar creation made me smile! Similar to the one the ol guy picked out of his old tobacco tin in the pub with a glint in his eyes and which i caught my first char on.
The orange headed dog nobbler type one i reckon is definately a winner, is that cock or hen hackle at the front?
Tied up another 1/2 dozen of the fly that I took the 3 pounder on yesterday. Simple, quick to tie, easy to see, floats like a cork, zero maintenance. :8)
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Is that just a thread body Fred?
Garry
Cheers mark, cock for the body and couple of turns of hen to finish off at the front, hot orange thread. And yip that was indeed my inspiration, think I'll call it the baccy tin sedge! Size 8 to bring up the big boys ;)
That's a lovely looking dry Fred and sounds like it works just fine :D I'll look out for your report
Yes Garry dead simple
Hook: 14 or 16 (I use 14 at this time of year)
Thread: Sheer 14 /0 olive
Body: as thread
Wing: Dun Aero Wing
Tail: Natural ginger hackle fibers
Hackle: Natural ginger cock clipped level below
I do something similar ,but use brown olive superfine dubbing.but I can see its not really needed.
Garry
Quote from: Lochan_load on April 06, 2014, 08:33:54 PM
think I'll call it the baccy tin sedge!
Well it will certainly scratch the surface and with the boar bristles maybe a "Pork Scratcher"?
Not posted in a while had an urge to go sit at the vice tonight and tied up a few dabblers. (http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/04/07/yrusaped.jpg) (http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/04/07/zumy2ysu.jpg)(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/04/07/ubapahu3.jpg)
Quote from: lochgarryfisher on April 06, 2014, 08:50:03 PM
Well it will certainly scratch the surface and with the boar bristles maybe a "Pork Scratcher"?
Like it, when you see the width of it you might think 'pork pie' might be more appropriate, it's a serious mouthful!
The flys with the orange tail am I correct in thinking they are called a Irish dubery? As I tied them from memory and have no idea on the name.
Cheers.
I tied these up last night for wetting on the Don later on.
Gold and copper tungsten bead PTN with a hairs ear collar.
Billy
Those are neat Billy. What's the hook?
I'll check the pack tonight when I get back after work.
Billy
Quote from: admin on April 09, 2014, 04:18:56 PM
Those are neat Billy. What's the hook?
Fred,
These are the hooks I used.
[attachimg=1] the hairs ear with the extended pheasant worked for me yesterday on a brownie of 1lb on a old mineshaft what's flooded with water over time so I thought I'd make another.
Tied this claret and black dabbler this afternoon
Nice, looks the part and nice to see someone posting on this thread
I tied some more today I call this the Cruix Dabbler
That is a beauty Allan :D
Cheers! Hope to use these patterns at the local this weekend.
(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/04/26/va5uta4u.jpg) been tying these today for a flyswap.
Love the nymphs :D
Cheers, I'll be sure to post more pics hext time I'm tying
May Day and winter returns! A good opportunity to draw breath and tie a few flies.
A slim haresear Klinkhamer with pink post to aid visibility in white flecked water. Hope this will do the business when grannom pupae are emerging. I tie these using a much simplified method, not quite as tidy, but just as effective and that's what counts. Only takes a few minutes to knock these up.
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They look great Fred, I'll need to try and copy a few. Is the hackle a dyed grizzle? Saw a few grannom on my local river the other day, but nothing to compare with this, taken mid-May last year...
Grannom hatch (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_o9UnxqEp8#ws)
Yes, it's a dyed dark olive grizzle genetic cape. I use it a lot.
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Looks good, sure it will be taken for a number of insects. I tied OEs MB nymph and a couple of leggy hares lugs. Im slowly getting better at the stone clingers :o
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Tied these to try on my new intermediate, for when three flies loch style ain't cutting the mustard!
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Looks good Andy, not used them yet but when I was tying them I kept the bristles parallel to the hook and I used a wider gape (b160 maybe?) I see you've left a fair bit of the shank clear which will help, dont see it being a problem but will be fun finding out! :)
Ha ha yeah we live In hope! If those fat fish from last week are anything to go by i think they would prob swallow the lot!
The intermediate is just to give me another option, spend a lot of time thinking that I'm flogging a dead horse with a floating line, makes sense to try and get down amongst them, not gone for a hi-d line yet!
Been preparing for another bonefish stravaig in June. Here's some of my efforts, together with a wide shot showing just how many more I've got to do for this box alone. The photo quality's a bit ropey, but I used my aging iPhone for convenience while the notion to post still gripped me.
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Very good John, first class. Nae Permit flies? :lol:
My God you have an untidy desk, surprised you can find anything on it :roll:
Tight Lines & enjoy the trip.jammy biscuit.
The way the fly hatches have been going this year I may yet tie up a few of those John's specials for the trout. :D
Quote from: Highlander on May 06, 2014, 08:52:54 PM
Very good John, first class. Nae Permit flies? :lol:
My God you have an untidy desk, surprised you can find anything on it :roll:
Tight Lines & enjoy the trip.jammy biscuit.
The permit flies will be next, once the bonefish box is populated. Having said that, for permit it's mostly crabs and I have quite a few left from last time. Crabs are a pain to tie, so I'll maybe just do a few. As for the untidiness it's a fair cop gov'na, although all the materials you see lying around - furs on the right and legs on the left - are the materials currently in use for the Simrams, Peterson's Shrimps and Crazy Charlie type flies I'm making at the moment. I owe a big thanks to my fishing buddy Brian for giving me a couple of his beautifully tied flies as samples, which has made me up my game a bit in terms of the tidiness of the actual flies. So it's not all bad! :)
Hi there, I've just joined the forum. I'm really liking the whole setup. Congrats to all.
I've just tied this one among a whole lot of others in preparation for Lough Corrib at the end of May.
That should do nicely in a bit of a wave - bushy! :)
Great flee. Welcome to the forum.
Great fly early on in the season. Welcome to the forum :)
Knocked this up tonight, a dirty duster, hopper buzzer type thingy :o
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Sorry for the poor photo. Should do a turn on Gladhouse
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Some real mouthfuls there Chris. :8)
Those look very useful Chris. I do like the look of those.
Alex
Best make a start with these for going upto Tongue
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Very nice tie some up in olive and brown . They are the colours that usually do better for me up there [emoji6]
Thanks will do. That ones sunburst, are the waters peaty?
Nicely tied, they're a cracking pattern for searching
One for the Iron Blues that are coming off in numbers around here. Kamasan B160 sizze 16. Not the classic pattern, but it works.
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Nice, only saw one yesterday. Dressing?
I don't think the dressing matters that much, a small greewells or Adams works just as well. The above uses a grizzle hackle for tail & hackle dabbed with a blue pen, dun Aero wing, Adams grey superfine dubbing and a red spot added at the tail end of the body with a red pen. A small black gnat pattern works too. I like using grizzle hackles they break up the fly, to my eye anyway. I think with Iron Blues size is the most important thing, the naturals are very small flies compared with say LDOs
The unsinkable Rubber Long Legs. Bit early for daddies, but I had an empty corner in the dry box.
Nice :)
lovely!
lovely flies, you must be a bit of an artist. :8)
Tommy.
Very nicely tied. They look great.
Been tying up some more saltwater patterns.
This for the permit:
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some very nice flies there, John! aren't saltwater patterns fun? :8)
Thanks Dave. Sorry about the pic quality - I'll stop using my phone as a camera now and go back to my compact to improve things. :)
It has taken me a couple of days to read through and gape at this wonderful thread. Hope to share my own humble tyings with y'all shortly :8)
Quote from: Roobarb on May 14, 2014, 11:42:41 PM
Cheers guys :)
You mean they look like used paint brushes :lol:
Andy
naw, you turn out some cracking flys :)
i've been having a fair amount of success with the aliens on this:[attachimg=1]
as you can see, it's pretty battered! it's also on a size 12 hook, which is possibly why i'd had some problems getting the takes to "stick"
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Some of the locals might like the first fly!
One for Element
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one for the non-tiers...
before you all reach for your keyboards in disgust, this is a "pattern" by martin joergensen. he's got lots of other interesting ideas, too! http://globalflyfisher.com/patterns/plipper/ (http://globalflyfisher.com/patterns/plipper/)
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go on, give it a try! :8)
I could do that one!
Nice 'tie' Dave. Be interesting to see how you do with it. My Dad asked me to tie some oversized shipmans for his local stocky pond to hold up buzzers so hit the vise tonight. Tied a few fleas for myself too
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CDC Olive Dun size 24 :shock:
Just thread and CDC, nothing fancy. I also tied up a few with light grey thread and with grey and with white CDC. Very useful for summer evenings on the local river provided you can actually see them on the water.
Nice fly Fred.
I tied a few similar flies last week.
I used quill for the bodies and looped the CDC. I'll give them a wee wetting next time out on the river.
Billy
Tied a few duck fly for Tongue this weekend
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any other suggestions most welcome, cheers
I like them slot. They'll do very well.
I love the look of those duckflies, ScoobyScotty.
Thanks guys
Heading up to Uist in a few weeks, but i'm looking at a change of tactics from pulling traditional wets so I tied a few of these. Just need to get a couple of different colours and i'm sorted :D
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Nice buzzers are you planning on using a bung :shock: :worms
Quote from: scoobyscott on May 29, 2014, 11:55:16 AM
Nice buzzers are you planning on using a bung :shock: :worms
Nah, I much prefer a bubble float and beachcaster combo :D
Sounds like a plan :8)
Replenishing my wet flies a wee bit today, this is one that's been working well so far on the tail, usually tie with a gold butt but thought the blue stood out better against the gold b175, not a perfect tie but I like the pattern
You can certainly tie a fly.
Quote from: Lochan_load on May 30, 2014, 02:39:03 PM
Replenishing my wet flies a wee bit today, this is one that's been working well so far on the tail, usually tie with a gold butt but thought the blue stood out better against the gold b175, not a perfect tie but I like the pattern
cracking fly, i am green wi envy!
Cheers for the comments folks, love this orange/blue combination now. Andy I don't know if you've tried it yet but that wee sedgehog I sent you up in the winter got it's first outing the other day and it was cracking, this is the flies I fished the other day (slightly tweaked) took fish on all of them but the sedgehog out fished the other 2 3:1. If you haven't already tried it get it in your bob, works best sitting high in the water
And a wee variant, took out the palmer and added in the wing to make it more point flyish!
Tied these size 12 balloon caddis for use at the local.
Like that, how do you from the 'bubble'?
First tie in the foam forward of the eye then do all the other work then fold the foam back secure with whip finish then trim the waste piece of foam :D
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Like that, how do you from the 'bubble'?
This a good SBS for th balloon caddis
Using the right foam is the key or they sink :roll:
http://www.wildfisher.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=6522.msg58101 (http://www.wildfisher.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=6522.msg58101)
Put legs on it to make a madam X / beetle thing
http://www.wildfisher.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=10475.0 (http://www.wildfisher.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=10475.0)
Quote from: Roobarb on May 31, 2014, 06:14:43 PM
I'm turning into Alan :shock:
Have you got a golf buggy and fertiliser sacks on your legs :D
Quote from: Roobarb on May 31, 2014, 06:14:43 PM
Funnily enough it picked up a nice fish just this morning :D
In fact I started using it about two weeks ago and I am now in full sedgehog mode. I have even been fishing a single sedgehog on occasions, I'm turning into Alan :shock:
Andy
I'm glad your getting use out of it, I like the idea of my flies fishing in uist even if I can't!! Had a cracking day on some of the rannoch lochans the other day but working right through til Friday before I can get back out again :x
Aberdeen Angus
Grizzly snatcher ( no sniggering at the back please)
One for Roobarb.......Connemara black
Sure this has a name but not sure what, answers on a postcard!!
Claret snatcher
Hot head viva
A wee bushy bob flea
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A zulu variant
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Ke-he variant
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Keep them coming
Cocky Kate
Some excellent looking flies appearing on this thread recently!!
first attempt at a really big flea; this one's on a 4/0 :shock: i've gotta work on getting the heads neater with nothing near the eye, but the synthetics are really tough to cut. the uv resin is a revelation![attachimg=1]
Tying a few flies for my trip up north in a weeks time
Skinny black dabbler
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Gold Alexandra
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Green Peter
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Skinny olive dabbler
Leggy Kate mclaren variation
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An olive fly I just made up
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Zulu variation
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Skinny claret dabbler
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I see some of the pics are upside down, I've no idea how to turn them around :?
nice flees. uv been busy
cheers
paul
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Naomi modelling a little gold sequined number :lol:
Quote from: admin on June 08, 2014, 03:20:04 PM
Naomi modelling a little gold sequined number :lol:
Fred, that's got big
everything written all over it! :8)
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got the head much better this time. just a matter of taking your time and trimming as you go
i'm still working on my "fluffy kitten" fly, especially for Alan..... :lol:
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Foam Head Popper
loving that, Fred! and i know some alien mates of mine who would, too... in case anyone's interested, john norris at penrith still have ad swier pike fly hooks at half price: http://www.johnnorris.co.uk/?template=search&search_term=ad+swier (http://www.johnnorris.co.uk/?template=search&search_term=ad+swier) :8)
I didn't spend too much time getting it tidy Dave. One or two aliens and it will be wrecked, so not much point. I'm sure it will be an absolute pig to cast. :lol:
i think that's the joy of it, Fred. just indulge yourself and have a laugh :D and if (when) you hook up, it's a result! although i hesitate to give anyone casting tips on here, let alone your good self, try a 3-4' leader of 25lb (0.50mm) nylon, a 8-12" wire tippet and slow your cast right down, even the haul. i regularly forget this and think i've lost whatever touch i might have had; until a tired arm and frustratingly dumped casts force me to remember. or go home and sulk..... :lol:
how about a new fly pattern? came up with this idea during the day and have just spent the last couple of hours working out a prototype: [attachimg=1][attachimg=2][attachimg=3][attachimg=4]
the "detached" tail probably won't survive the first attack, although it is constructed around 25lb nylon. for obvious reasons i'm thinking of calling it the "water dragon", although i'm happy to take suggestions from the floor.... (like "bin it you moron!" :lol:)
What about the 'ten legged frog' Dave? :lol: Whatever you decide to call it, you can bet it will catch pike Plenty of movement, plenty of presence and it'll 'push' the water. I reckon it's a winner! It'll be interesting to find out how you get on with it.
Frogzilla :shock:
Have been having loads of takes but not many hook ups on my big flees so here is plan B, much lighter so easier to cast, still got the volume but with the flying treble am hoping a fish will actually stay on.
Looks good mark, think the flying treble might do the trick ;) still to watch the April vokey videos but certainly enjoyed looking at her photos!
A seriously heavy stone fly nymph. Size 10 hook with lead wire under-body and 3.5 mm top mounted tungsten bead to make it swim hook-up so it has less chance of snagging as it bounces along the river bed.
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Same as above but with no lead under-body to make the profile slimmer. Right way up this time.
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Mini Streamer using olive marabou and a Fish Skull head, tied to swim hook-up. Fish Skulls and not too expensive and dead easy to use. You need a waterproof superglue such as Zap A Gap
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Now that would make an excellent sandeel head ! Are they available in various size and weights per chance?
Loads of sizes, colours and weights. The ones above are the smallest. I posted about them here
http://www.wildfisher.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=23297.0 (http://www.wildfisher.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=23297.0)
After a cracking day with mark(lochgarry) at erm lochgarry yesterday I tied this up to try and keep bulk low for casting and impact and size high, mark came up with the idea of spinning hair and I've had a go at spinning marabou in a dubbing loop, the claret is a lot darker than it appears in the photo
The vokey tingler.....
Silver nun
You must be chuffed with them Lochan, they're lovely!!
Lovely touches as well in your Silver Nun, the jungle cock and that tail hackle.
Your names for them made me chuckle!
ps It wasn't me that came up with the idea of spinning stuff like that, it was after hours of watching the lovely lovely Vokey on repeat that i finally watched what she was doing as opposed to just staring at her, anyway... the style of fly pattern i believe is called "Scandinavian", ie spinning hair to give volume in appearance but minimal material.
I've been trying to copy a Shad pattern i saw on youtube with Funky Fibre, i tied the ones on the right first, too much material i think, my fav is the last one i tied with the least amount of material in on bottom left. What a difference a few strokes of a black marker pen makes.
I've watched that video as well, never seen anyone else using that style, maybe its a Steel head thing ?
Bottom middle for me mate, perfect proportion on that one.
Cloaked the tail in grey squirrel, just bought it and wanted to use it but think it works.
Your right about the steelhead thing, that was the inspiration for the flies, the spinning technique is a bit fiddly but I'm going to watch a few more videos and see if I can pick up some tips
Quote from: Colliemore on July 04, 2014, 05:23:53 PM
I've watched that video as well, never seen anyone else using that style, maybe its a Steel head thing ?
Many of the steelhead patterns are tied that way yep, or at least when you type "steelhead fly tying" in to youtube most of the patterns are tied the Scandinavian style.
It seems only logical to me that the bigger fish are statistically more likely to be caught on bigger flies/lure/baits what ever because they dont get big by eating insects, they get big by eating other fish so all the flies i have been tying recently have been trying to imitate prey fish.
The problem i have found however with all my big flies is that they are a pig to cast. All this synthetic material floats so then i added lead dumbell eyes etc to make them sink and they just got heavier and heavier and na, it just aint fun casting a 9wt all day so after a rethink and a lucky search on youtube my flies now are trying to look big but with a minimal amount of material to keep the weight down so i can go back to my 6 or 7 wt.
Quote from: Lochan_load on July 04, 2014, 06:06:38 PM
the spinning technique is a bit fiddly but I'm going to watch a few more videos and see if I can pick up some tips
Yea right, you just wanna watch more April Vokey videos and call it "research" :P
Some lovely flees. You catching ferox with them?
Quote from: bibio1 on July 04, 2014, 07:40:08 PM
Some lovely flees. You catching ferox with them?
Certainly trying to!!! Lochan was up yesterday and we saw and felt fish but no fish graced the boat :(
However conditions were pants in my opinion, too blowey, excuses excuses i know but we were trying to fish from anchor but the anchor was dragging cos too small cos some numpty the other day threw my good anchor over board but didn't think to hold on to the other end :roll:
Although splitting hairs but very interesting i think... i dont think the Garry trout i have been catching are ferox, i think they are just big browns. Only DNA is gonna settle this one but just going on appearance they dont look anything like the "normal" pictures of ferox other lochs have.
Tell you one thing for sure, Mrs Vokey is a lot easier to watch than Davie McPhail ! :D Her steelhead tyings are interesting and certainly thought provoking. I can imagine some of her techniques working well on some traditional salmon patterns. Having said that I think her long hackling with marabou has already been incorporated into traditional 'spey' patterns.
I can see why they 'd be good medicine for 'fish eating trout' even if they do look a bit 'delicate'.
I like your funky fibre fish imitations. They'll do the business for sure.
A super-buoyant Elk Hair Caddis tied for use with the duo method. Size 10 Kamasan B160 (shank length 12, gape 10). Got this idea from the onstream-guide site, uses Tiemco Aero Wing wrapped as an under body. Seemed like a good idea to me.
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Nice fly Fred,
I have a few of these in my box, they seem to sink quickly though
Perhaps mot enough deer hair or wrong hook
Like the idea of the aero wing as body
On stream-guide vids are good.....he does like to talk though!
Yes he knows his stuff. You have to be good at catching fish to become the English rivers champion. No matter what you think about competition fishing (and I cannot abide it) the top guys are very good anglers.
Same thing again with an under-wing of olive Aero Wing added for yet more buoyancy.
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My take on an intruder, first time using this type of hook
The Char Sui
That is one awfully bonnie neat fly! Almost harking back to traditional classic salmon fly tying with a modern twist, cross between a General Practitioner and a Green Highlander?
How you have managed to place those 3 strands of black (ostrich herl?) so neatly i will never know!
Yes nice fly but need to see what it looks like in the water ?
I was trying to tie an intruder streamer in char colours for Garry but the only hook that had a long enough shank was this trad salmon hook, it came out looking quite classic but that wasn't the intention!!
It's a bit rougher in 'real life' than the photo shows but if I did fly fish for salmon (I don't) I'd be happy to give it a chuck, the colours work quite well together so I'll use them together for something a bit more useful
A friend saw my new fly box and was horrified by the size of some of them so tied him some more traditional smaller ones he could chuck with his 5wt
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Whilst i had my stuff out though i couldn't resist trying to copy Lochan's Black Nun above, don't have any silver squirrel so substituted it with German Shepherd neck hair, never been a fan of marabou before but think i may be converted with the Scandinavian spinning technique
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Lookin forward to seeing the fishing results . You are certainly trail blazing.
stealth bomber; this one's on a #4, but i'm gonna do some size 8 "babies" for muckle troot....
Looks good for the big trout from the bigger lochs like Lochy for example. Problem with Lochy is getting a boat on it but as you can carry that Kayak of yours ..... :wink:
Posty arrived today with yet more fly tying stuff, took a while but here is my first attempt at a Vokey inspired tube fly in what i think are good colours for this loch. [Unfortunately the camera flash seems to have wiped out the colours]
Believe it or not it is one of the most lightest dressed flies i have ever tied, the technique of spinning all the materials however gives it the appearance of bulk/body, off to give it a wee swim...
Teal Blue And Silver streamer with a silver Fish Skull head. One for the sea trout.
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Nice looking fly Fred, whats it like casting on a 5wt?
A pig. :lol:
Actually, it's OK as long as you just slow things down and don't begin the forward stroke of the cast until you feel the tug on the back cast. Put it another way it's not like casting a size 16 dry fly, but it works. :8)
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Please note the flat calm conditions, enuf said Stan.
thats a peach....both the fly and the fish
Quote from: bibio1 on July 18, 2014, 12:55:32 PM
thats a peach....both the fly and the fish
Sure is :shock:
Alex
A fine bit of 'matching the hatch' there! :) Belter of a fish. You're having a brilliant season Mark. Well done.
Great fish...and fly !
Some big LT Klinkhamers for a visit to a favourite river this week. Peacock Herl replaced by Peacock Ice Yarn.
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Belters Fred and great consistency
A small dry fly for the faster water on the local river in the evenings. Tied on a Kamasan B160 size 16 (shank 18, gape 16). Tiny and fiddly.
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A light Elk Hair Caddis tied on a size 13 Tiemco 103BL barbless hook.
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Working on the Beauly this week, after a terrible start to the season a few fish are now being caught, the 2 most successful patterns for my party have been the Sheila (orange and near black) and a Sheep Dog (blue and yellow) so i tied these in the Scandinavian style as practice[attachimg=1]
The wing is a mix of dyed silver fox, sparkle, ostrich spey plumes and Lady Amherst, the front hackle is American hen saddle.
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Hi Vis Olive-Brown Elk Hair Caddis
Tied with a fore-wing of Tiemco Areo Wing (florescent yellow). This shows up well in poor light and in water flecked with white foam. Tied on top so the fish can't see it, but you can.
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Nice looking fly Fred. Must say I prefer a pink sight-post for foam flecked water.
Same as above in black
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2.00 and 2.50 mm CDC tungsten bead head nymphs black and olive.
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Size 14 black CDC, black ice dub nymph with black 2mm tungsten bead.
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Size 14 olive CDC, ice dub pheasant tail nymph with olive 2mm tungsten bead.
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Brown Wire Nymph
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An olive Streaming Skull. :8)
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My favourite searcher, claret sedgehog
Just tied this to try on the middle dropper, sometimes can't find anything in the box that's skinny enough, this should fit the bill!
i really like that sedgehog. is that a thread tag. it looks red in the photo?
cheers
paul
It's fire orange tying thread Paul, I just give it a few layers and a quick varnish to keep the colour bright, great on the top dropper
A couple of black Zulus, never actually fished one of these.
Black sedgehog with chartreuse tag, wee bit of white deer hair for visibility on the water, this was a bugger to photo, must be the contrasts
thanks, im goin to give that a go. you can certainly tie a flee.
last week the yak gave me the chance to see my fleas working at first hand in the gin-clear waters of the moray firth. even in a relatively shallow 4 metres, it was pretty obvious they weren't getting deep enough quickly enough. so i decided to whack on some tungsten eyes and do some "baby mackerel" patterns.
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these are tied clouser style. incidentally, i found a spool of gudebrod rod winding nylon A on a foam spool, which proved to be the best i've used for these heavy duty fleas. anyone know where i can get more, or an equivalent?
My version of a pattern I read about recently. The Sparkle kate. Looking forward to trying it out!
Its a basic Kate McL but I replaced the tail with flashabou tinsel as well as tying on a wing of flashabou tinsel too.
Belter!
That is a very beautiful fly!
CDC & Pheasant Tail Nymph with 2.5MM tungsten bead.
This nymph has been super-effective for me recently fished upstream under an indicator or NZ duo style with a big dry fly. This is tied on a size 12 Fulling Mill barbless hook, I also fish them size 14 and 16 with a 2.0MM tungsten bead.
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do you like big boobies? let's face it, who doesn't..... :lol:
standard reservoir style on left ('bout a size 12), silicone chick on right, #1/0. (easily KK?) foam earplug again, tied like a standard dumbbell. sure there's a joke in there, somewhere.... :8)
Stonefly Nymph. Size 8 barbless, 3.50 MM tungsten bead, lead under-body, designed to swim hook point up. Don't drop it on your toes. :lol:
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Quote from: corsican dave on August 26, 2014, 07:04:25 PM
do you like big boobies? let's face it, who doesn't..... :lol:
standard reservoir style on left ('bout a size 12), silicone chick on right, #1/0. (easily KK?) foam earplug again, tied like a standard dumbbell. sure there's a joke in there, somewhere.... :8)
I like big boobies :)
Don't mind a good handful myself. :lol:
Quote from: admin on August 28, 2014, 08:41:27 PM
Stonefly Nymph. Size 8 barbless, 3.50 MM tungsten bead, lead under-body, designed to swim hook point up. Don't drop it on your toes. :lol:
how did you attach the bead, Fred?
Thread the bead onto 40 lb nylon, melt the end with a flame to form a mushroom head. Pull the head into the countersunk end of the bead, run in UV resin, cure it. Then flatten the nylon with pliers and tie it onto the hook shank leaving room at the eye, apply some Zap A Gap. The bead is going on back to front, you need the countersunk end to hold the mushroom head and resin. That's the way I do it, there may be other ways.
Alternatively, just use jig hooks! :lol:
cheers Fred! that UV resin's quite versatile stuff, isn't it?
a heather flee
Nice one Paul, that'll sort 'em out. :8)
Buoyed up with the success of catching a sea trout on Malcolm's Dr Who bug the other day I thought I'd give the design the added skull treatment. I'll be expecting a few salmon on this over the coming weeks. :8)
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silver daddies
That's the best finished head I have seen in a long time. What hackles have you used. Is the cut hackle same for wings.
Tight Lines
PS Fred what the fecks that?
thanks. the hackle is the same as the wing.£3 out of a bargain basement bin.
Great tying Paul! :)
Yes it's really nice and looks very well tied. I like the red head. I have been told that a 'red daddy' is an excellent Lomond pattern for the back end. I have never seen a Lomond red daddy myself. Anyone know the pattern? It may just be a standard daddy with a red body but it would be nice to see one from a Lomond regulars box. Anybody?
thanks for sharing Paul.now i just need to get my arse in gear at the vice now i have the recipe :8),only a week to go.
Garry
my favorite half hog, the red hog with a dash of orange deer hair.
The next one is my hedridean kehe.
Very nice, as an angler who likes to pull a hopper or two they wouldn't be out of place in my box.
Size 14 jig hook, orange hot spot PTN. I just used a black 2MM tungsten bead then formed the hot spot thorax using globrite floss and sealed it with UV resin. Dead simple, got the idea from Rab. As usual I added some CDC I'm certain this adds life that is absent from a lot of nymph patterns.
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i do like that
The beauty about it Paul is you can make loads of different coloured hot spots without having to buy loads of different bead colours. The paint wears off beads anyway.
Quote from: admin on September 15, 2014, 07:40:10 PM
Size 14 jig hook, orange hot spot PTN. I just used a black 2MM tungsten bead then formed the hot spot thorax using globrite floss and sealed it with UV resin. Dead simple, got the idea from Rab. As usual I added some CDC I'm certain this adds life that is absent from a lot of nymph patterns.
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Fred i do a mixture of different hot-spots especially for Grayling although trout love them just as much .I tie some like you have but normally have a very small hot-spot at the tail for low clear water.I tie a PTN with a cdc collar & fl pink or hot orange UV Ice Dub thorax.It does particularly well in high water runoff times especially in the fl pink.Cheers
Quote from: Rabmax on September 16, 2014, 07:37:42 AM
I tie some like you have but normally have a very small hot-spot at the tail for low clear water.
I'll tie a few of those up today Rab.
[attachimg=1] a daddy hopper variant using deer hair and seals fur. Bored behind the vice tied this for them mine shaft brownies.
Another deer hair daddy this time a dry version
both of them look great. mine shaft brownies is a first for me.
Quote from: bibio1 on September 20, 2014, 07:26:35 AM
both of them look great. mine shaft brownies is a first for me.
couple of over grown ponds I fish are full of browns and the odd sea trout use to be coal mines many years ago. :)
there's a fine line between genius and madness; I may just have crossed it.....
Nothing original or unique here just a wee soldier I tied yesterday lunchtime to mark the start of the fly tying season! :lol:
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i rediscovered this fly this season. just a brilliant flee.
That's a very neat tying Allan. I sometimes think that most traditional palmered loch wet flies are a bit chunky, that tying is not.
Brilliantly tied fly and a old favourite for me as I caught my first brown on one. Sort of ironic in a way as I didn't even know it's name at the time. :)
Quote from: admin on October 07, 2014, 06:54:43 PM
That's a very neat tying Allan. I sometimes think that most traditional palmered loch wet flies are a bit chunky, that tying is not.
Could not agree more . Nowadays its more how they look on the eye and are usually totally overdressed . Iv'e always went along the lines for wet flies of sparse and plenty of movement . Never let me down yet :)
Quotei rediscovered this fly this season. just a brilliant flee.
Me too. only Just the other week. I have foolishly dismissed this pattern for a while now but decided tie one on at the loch of the buttery troot. Most of my fish were caught on this pattern as well as the loch of the secret canoe too.
Couple,of dodgey salmon flies I tied tonight first time I've ever tied salmon flies as I usually get them from a friend.
I've started on the New Zealand trip tying.
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A modified San Juan Worm. Size 10 Fulling mill strong barbless hook, 3.5MM tungsten bead, brown thread, suede chenille burned at the ends with a lighter. Ill be tying a few of these in different sizes, weights and colours. This is the easiest fly ever to tie and I'm certain it will be a deadly "nymph".
Think out of the (fly) box. :8)
whats the male end? the one with the balls?
Paul, that question is overly testicle :D
Tends to be the simple ones end up being the most effective ones ....it does look good like an over sized blood worm
A can-less can o' worms
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The Pink Pig Maggot
14 Jig hook, 2.5 MM pink tungsten bead, pink wool
and one of these
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The silicon rubber "hairs" are beautifully shaped, very soft and mobile and I think they have possibilities. One of these pigs costs a few quid from a pet shop or on Ebay and will provide 1000's of maggots.
Only downside is they are a "pig" to tie in and difficult to set in position.
That looks like a 'pig' to tie Fred! Boom boom!
Not been on Wildfisher for ages but it's fly tying season so thought id chuck this on, hope you all like.
Boar bristle muddler tied for my uncle for salmon on Lewis
Brilliant......is there an under hackle or is it just deer hair?
Lochan load, I think you may have hit on something there...but for pike :)
For pike in weedy areas, I think that collar style withe deerhair would be an ideal and simple way to get a weed guard to protect the hook point.
What do you reckon Corsican Dave?
Alex
Theres an under hackle to give support to the deer hair, the deer collar looks heavy in the photo but there is only a single strand right round if that makes sense, there's very little dressing at the back of the fly to allow fish to take but really it's just meant to draw fish up to hit the tail fly.
I reckon if you put a muckle tail on it the pike would love it and would be great sport!!
And just for good measure a couple of wee doubles I've tied up to use in my new found passion for salmon fly fishing, so far I've caught nowt but it's saved me worrying about what to spend my money on! ( rod,reel, line and fly tying stuff have seen to that!)
Very Nice. I'd happily fish that muddler with the wee black double for Loch Salmon and sea trout anytime anywhere. The 'Texas Rose' muddler was a first choice for many on Argyll's Loch Eck back in the day. It certainly drew the fish up but they were keen on taking it too.
Thanks, I've just google the Texas rose, I'll tie one up when I get the chance, I'm dying to try some of this type of fishing whether it be Lewis, uist or assynt, sounds brilliant rising salmon and sea trout on a loch
Yes, it is brilliant.... when it happens ! Unfortunately in many lochs that type of fishing isn't what it used to be. I'm sure there will be places where good loch salmon sport can be had. I guess that the estate fishings on the Scottish Islands and Ireland will still be worth a dabble at the right times but the likes of Lomond and other west coast lochs will be very hard work. A real shame when you consider the quality of sport they used to provide.
Some soldiers and a Zulu for next year.
Soldiers have fiery brown cock hackle palmer and red game hen hackle.
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Tarantula, copied from a fly John Boyles tied fr me and that caught me a large number of big fish. This is a BIG fly. :D
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That is a pretty faithful copy of John's cock sparrow Fred. What size hook?
Alex
Size 8 long shank Alex, I have left the barb on. I'll have to experiment and see if I can replace the clipped deer hair head with foam. I really do not like working with deer hair. It's only function I can see is to streamline the tying and stop it spinning when cast
Same thing with foam replacing the deer hair head. The proportions are a little different, but I don't see that making much difference. This version is probably more buoyant.
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It's a big beast of a fly for sure! Is it effective over here or are you talking New Zealand?
"Teal" Ace of spades out of mallard and guinea fowl. Hoping it has a similar effect though.
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I'm sure both of those cock sparrows will work Fred. :D
rannoch raider, these are for our NZ trip, but these big flies are worth a cast here in Scotland too.
SoldierPmr, I have yet to find a trout that cares about fly patterns or materials used. That mallard Ace of Spades will work just fine.
Alex
Quote from: SoldierPmr on October 26, 2014, 07:33:56 PM
Hoping it has a similar effect though.
As Alex says the fish don't worry as long as the look / fly action is right the materials are fine
Quote from: rannoch raider on October 26, 2014, 06:39:08 PM
It's a big beast of a fly for sure! Is it effective over here
I caught a few reasonable fish ( pound +) on that cock sparrow in a corrie loch on the side of Ben Mor Assynt way up the top of the Cassley river a few years ago. It is astonishing how big a fly even quite small trout will take. I have had salmon parr attack huge tarantulas on The Don.
I like to keep a couple of size 8 cormorant/streamer type flies in my trout box, if all else fails it's always good to have something else to try!
Dying to get the b175s out but going for salmon tomorrow so another double, if t has a name I don't know it, all the salmon stuff is new to me
While delving into the deeper depths of fly fishing definition distorting depravity I came across this material, "Squirmy Wormies". It is not widely available in the UK, but I found one supplier. As you might imagine it is ridiculously over priced, but what the hell? I tied this little beauty.
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That's a brown version. The hook is a size 8 Fulling Mill barbless wrapped with lead wire. The wormy stuff is tied down over the length of the shank and dangles over each end to your preferred length. That would do it, but I put some rabbit dubbing on to protect the material from fish teeth where it is most vulnerable. I'm also going to tie some heavier ones with tungsten beads.
It comes in various colours.
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I have no doubt this will be a good "nymph" pattern.
This video I made best shows the mobility of the material.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59S1LYKKPsA#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59S1LYKKPsA#ws)
F**k you Frederic Halford. :lol:
Looks exelent for most still water situations especially if it's choppy. can you get it in red/lob worm colour?
There were 4 colours available, I bought 3. The redder ones would do I think.
Got it here
http://www.deercreek.co.uk/DEER-CREEK-MATERIALS.html (http://www.deercreek.co.uk/DEER-CREEK-MATERIALS.html)
Fred how do you find those Fulling Mill barbless are for holding fish.I have been tying some nymphs with Fulling Mill jig hooks.They have the same shaped curve with slight upward points.Haven't fished with them yet .Hows the Fulling Mill hooks holding fish for you.Cheers :D
Have only used them a few times Rab, but they seemed OK. I like them because they look very strong whereas some of the jig hooks I have used don't look as robust. I'm going to tie the tungsten bead worms on jig hooks as I want them to swim hook point up. Are the Fulling Mill ones strong looking? Going to NZ I don't want to end up with straightened hooks.
Yes they feel very strong & sharp too.I bought them in size 16 & 14 to try first.I would say that a size 16 looks more like a size 14 in Hends jig hook sizes.I think the size 16 will be my most used size they do look very good quality.
Came across this for squirmy worms.
http://www.ginkandgasoline.com/tag/squirmy-wormies/ (http://www.ginkandgasoline.com/tag/squirmy-wormies/)
Not sure if you can buy those Puff Balls over here.Cheers
I've found out it's a cascade! This is the one on the previous page plus a black and silver version, both with chartreuse cock wound through the hackle, cheers for looking
They are lovely. Two things. Double the hackles at the front and use less hair in both the wing and tail.
You certainly have a talent for tying a flee
Alright cheers, I'll try another couple. Watch this space! And thanks for the kind words
Bit hungover this morning after a curry and (too much) beer last night so tied up this little fella to focus the mind on something else, orange dabbler
Right basically having a wee experiment here, tied the last one normaly by just spinning the mallard round the hook shank but remember from somewhere that you can tie the mallard forward first and then sweep it back like a hackle, thoughts this might save the hassle of trimming and tidying the head, which it did, but was equally fiddly in other ways. Gives a different effect, a sort of leggy goats toe type hackle, can't say I'm that keen, waste of time really. And at about a quid a fly for the mallard I don't think dabblers are all that but some people swear by them.
Nice. I find that tying the hackle fibres along the shank to sit forward over the eye works very well with the blue Jay feathers in some bumbles. It makes for a very uniform length, good distribution around the shank and a small neat head. I have used it for peacock, grouse and lots of other feathers. It gives good results with partridge too.
Tieing up some bloody butchers I got an idea for a butcher zonker and tied it unfortunately after googling it's already been done :lol:
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Can't see that going wrong, butchers colours are classic.
This is another cascade type fly but on a size 12, either to be used as a point fly for the muddler I posted up last week or for sea trout in dusky rivers!!
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needs a bit of tidying up, but you get the general idea
Quote from: corsican dave on November 02, 2014, 07:06:20 PM
needs a bit of tidying up, but you get the general idea
This is the stuff Izack Walton dreamt of :lol:
Seriously though it's amazing how simple things can be to work.
Inspired by the 'best flee' thread I've done a bibio, never fished one much but I'm sure they're good
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Bibio is one of my go to loch flies especially on the Backwater, even when there's no heather flees on the go, I like that one.
I'm gonna give it more of a chance next year and see what happens.
Sat down to tie a Kate Mclaren but this is what I ended up with! Substituted gp toppings for sunburst marabou and all my brown/red hen hackles were crap so used a white one
Cock eyed claret
Cheers andy, I've signed up for the uist trip now so any recommendations for flies to tie, sizes etc would be appreciated 😉
Quote from: Roobarb on November 04, 2014, 10:03:59 AM
Nice work Andy, nice to see some proper flies on the thread again :D
Andy
Fred, it would appear our innovative patterns are not appreciated.... :lol:
Quote from: corsican dave on November 04, 2014, 10:15:45 AM
Fred, it would appear our innovative patterns are not appreciated.... :lol:
Ignore them Dave. Years on and the chuck and pull blindfolded bumble brigade have clearly learned nothing :lol:
Ouch!
To be honest I love fishing 3 wets loch style but only did it a few times this year, I fish all sorts of flies but these are the ones I enjoy tying most, brace yourself there's plenty more to come!! :makefun
Quote from: Lochan_load on November 04, 2014, 10:29:35 AM
I fish all sorts of flies but these are the ones I enjoy tying most, brace yourself there's plenty more to come!! :makefun
likewise..... :twisted: :8)
Your flies are works of art Andy. Keep tying, keep posting. :8)
Cheers Fred, now it's winter I'll be clogging this feed!
Summer duck and claret
Is there not a Scottish version - Drookit duck and claret? :lol:
Right one more and then I'm off out!
In respect to the Scottish summer Im calling it the rusty nail!
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Wow need sunglasses for that one
Nice flees.
Aye not one for matching the hatch! Cheers
This fly used to catch me a load of fish back in the days when I went loch fishing ............................ :lol:
I think it's called Harold's Grouse And Claret.
It worked very well on the Assynt lochs.
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Like it Fred, I'll tie one up but I'll need to change the tail colour tho.
Ps no one will think less of you if you want to go back to pulling 3 wets ;)
Quote from: Lochan_load on November 04, 2014, 08:11:57 PM
Ps no one will think less of you if you want to go back to pulling 3 wets ;)
I know, but it's just so boring. :lol:
You're right Andy, I should have said it lacks precision. :D
Thinking about early season on the rivers now. A North Country Spider, simple soft hackle flies that will take fish when others fail. Malcolm used this style of fly to great effect on The Clyde.
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The Winter Brown
Another on the same theme
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Snipe & Purple
And another
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Waterhen Bloa
That wet fly has caught me more fish than any other.
Cheers
Paul
Paul, these sparse flies often work when dries, emergeer etc fail. They are more difficult to fish than dries and the takes can be hard to see.
These all look great Fred, and nice restrained tying
With a few exceptions less is more for river flies Andy.
I struggle with the restraint bit Fred, my flies are a bit more bett lynch!
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Quote from: Lochan_load on November 05, 2014, 08:32:18 PM
I struggle with the restraint bit Fred, my flies are a bit more bett lynch!
I don't know who Kate Mclaren was but she's caught a few trout in her time
Charles McLaren's wife I think, Lochan Load. http://www.anglebooks.com/the-art-of-sea-trout-fishing-by-charles-c-mclaren.html (http://www.anglebooks.com/the-art-of-sea-trout-fishing-by-charles-c-mclaren.html)
Lovely flies by the way :D
Late edit: I just checked and Kate was Chic's mother, not his wife.
Alex
The New Zealand tying has now started in earnest.
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A flock of sparrows
Foam Cicada
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Fred those flies are a bit crazy but I like em! Still have your Naomi in my box bat have yet to unleash it.
This is the fly i put in the 'best flee' thread, ten minute tie. Great movement through the water.
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These terrestrials are bizarre Andy, but you have to remember that in places like New Zealand there are huge insects like this
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Just goes to show that trout are trout, as Scottish fish also take them and there is nothing like that here.
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These terrestrials are bizarre Andy, but you have to remember that in places like New Zealand there are huge insects like this
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Just goes to show that trout are trout, as Scottish fish also take them and there is nothing like that here.
Nothing says summer more than hearing them sing, and they can get rather loud. Black, dark green and orange all work well for me.
Utter simplicity, takes minutes to tie ( I don't even bother with head cement) and I'll bet it out-fishes most other dry flies on river and loch.
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Hares Ear - Deer Hair Sedge (Wyattt)
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Agreed Fred, got a few just like it in my box, find hackled dries are fiddly and don't sit as well as something simple like that with the deer hair on top, can only float one way!
Andy, these flies are really just like an Elk Hair Caddis with no hackle. They work well because they sit in the water as opposed to on it. I don't gink the body, only the wing. They can be harder to see though. When they sit low the wing may also look like legs. It's astonishing something so simple can be so effective.
Same thing only darker. Years ago I was fishing on Loch Sletil during a green drake hatch and caught more and better fish on this fly (which I was first given by Bob Wyatt) than another guy who was using a "proper" mayfly with the gay fan partridge wings and the correct colouration.
The body of this fly is a 50/50 blend of claret and black seal fur and the wing is dark roe deer. I don't bother with a rib, just dub the body then spiral the thread down and back up again to reinforce it as Bob suggests. No head cement either. Takes a minute to tie.
Why would this fly work better than a complex, hard to tie, highly styled imitation?
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Less to put them off maybe? If it's all bells and whistles the fish might be more suspicious, but who knows, I've got some natural whit deer hair sometimes put a few strands of that on to help sighting it
I fish ones like this quite a lot, can use them like a wet fly or touch of gink in the wing and twitch it semi dry. In this size knotted pheasant would probably be better but it doesn't last, boar bristles are bomb proof!
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Just a wee lightly dressed bumble
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The smaller the hook the trickier, or more fiddly these deer hair winged flies become to tie. I got this on a size 14, I'd think 16 would probably be the limit.
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I'm certain this will be effective in a spring LDO hatch.
And on a 16. Fiddly but still quick to tie.
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Quote from: admin on November 08, 2014, 02:28:36 PM
Utter simplicity, takes minutes to tie ( I don't even bother with head cement) and I'll bet it out-fishes most other dry flies on river and loch.
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would you mind telling me what kind of deerhair this is and maybe where to purchase.
tommy.
That's a very good question Tommy. I'm no expert on deer hair, I have often said I don't enjoy tying with it, I have mild allergic reaction to some of the stuff I have used in the past (streaming eyes that feel like they have something in them - I have also had that with some cats so I don't tie with cats :lol:!) although the current stuff I have seems OK
I have used a few types on the DHS flies shown above. The dark stuff is roe deer, the other is medium texture - no idea what species of deer it's off.
Coastal deer hair tends to be much softer and finer, does not flare as much and is probably better for the smaller flies.
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A coastal deer hair patch- from Cookshill
To be honest it's a bit of a lottery and you are probably better seeing it before you buy. That said Cookshill is a good supplier (or at least used to be) of various kinds of deer hair, so it might be worth asking there.
This next fly is tied with soft coastal deer hair on a size16, you can see it's possible to get a bulkier wing on the same fly because it is a much finer hair. This fly will float better than the size 16 above.
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So, I suppose the bigger the fly the coarser the hair you can use - but remember if you want it to flare for making muddler heads etc the fine hair is not great - it also has to be deer hair as Elk hair does not flare
Quote from: admin on November 09, 2014, 12:42:08 PM
so I don't tie with cats :lol:!
best use for cats, IMHO.... :lol:
joking aside, is it possible to spin fox hair, or is it too soft? I was thinking it might make good bread flies?
Quote from: admin on November 09, 2014, 12:42:08 PM
That's a very good question Tommy. I'm no expert on deer hair, I have often said I don't enjoy tying with it, I have mild allergic reaction to some of the stuff I have used in the past (streaming eyes that feel like they have something in them - I have also had that with some cats so I don't tie with cats :lol:!) although the current stuff I have seems OK
I have used a few types on the DHS flies shown above. The dark stuff is roe deer, the other is medium texture - no idea what species of deer it's off.
Coastal deer hair tends to be much softer and finer, does not flare as much and is probably better for the smaller flies.
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A coastal deer hair patch- from Cookshill
To be honest it's a bit of a lottery and you are probably better seeing it before you buy. That said Cookshill is a good supplier (or at least used to be) of various kinds of deer hair, so it might be worth asking there.
This next fly is tied with soft coastal deer hair on a size16, you can see it's possible to get a bulkier wing on the same fly because it is a much finer hair. This fly will float better than the size 16 above.
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So, I suppose the bigger the fly the coarser the hair you can use - but remember if you want it to flare for making muddler heads etc the fine hair is not great - it also has to be deer hair as Elk hair does not flare
thanks for the info will phone cookshill and get their advice, really like the look of those flies
i'm sure some of you were doubting my ability to actually tie "proper" flies (as opposed to sticking bits of artificial stuff on hooks to look like potential fish food :roll:), so here's a "proper" flea for y'all. the midnight creeper, a frog pattern developed by Ed McCoy for catching aliens at night. you can see where this is going here, can't you...? :8)
Quote from: corsican dave on November 09, 2014, 06:07:32 PM
i'm sure some of you were doubting my ability to actually tie "proper" flies (as opposed to sticking bits of artificial stuff on hooks to look like potential fish food :roll:), so here's a "proper" flea for y'all. the midnight creeper, a frog pattern developed by Ed McCoy for catching aliens at night. you can see where this is going here, can't you...? :8)
Must of cost you a fortune in zonker strips to tie that Dave.
Quote from: SoldierPmr on November 09, 2014, 06:10:08 PM
Must of cost you a fortune in zonker strips to tie that Dave.
aye, a few less bunnies in strathspey right enough! :lol:
Do you not need a beach caster to get that out once it's wet?!!
To go back to the deer hair I like to use coastal for everything ( although I've run out just now) except muddlers, fond it easier to tie in, trim and tidy. It also lies a bit flatter and that makes it a bit better for sedgehogs and wings
Looked at that fly that Dave and thought he had cut off his trade mark handlebars. :lol: I like the different things you keep producing for those toothy creatures.
Quote from: Lochan_load on November 09, 2014, 07:01:56 PM
Do you not need a beach caster to get that out once it's wet?!!
apparently Ed McCoy uses an 8wt! :shock: I have to say I tend to agree with you and i'll be looking to lose some weight on it. i'm going to try a synthetic for the body (like a tinsel) and drop the size to a slightly more reasonable 2 or 4. searching through the materials as I write this! it don't half look like a frog tho' :8)
Quote from: corsican dave on November 09, 2014, 08:15:56 PM
it don't half look like a frog tho'
It looks to me more like the bass player in the muppets. :lol:
Unweighted brown wire and haresear nymph. No wing cases or other "fly tying stuff". By my reckoning leaving the thorax mobile will be more effective. To be honest I doubt the tails make much difference other than perhaps add a bit of movement to the overall effect.
Takes about a minute to tie.
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Same thing with an added hot spot.
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One with olive wire and hare fur for added movement.
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Deer Hair Emerger on a new Fulling Mill barbless curved hook I found and using coastal deer hair. Tied using the simplified method. Again a just a few minutes tying time.
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A lure to end all lures :lol: took one of my late grandads meps apart to create this.
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Grizzly claret snatcher
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These aren't fly tying hooks, they are for carp fishing so the shank is a bit broad making the last fly a bit chunky, tied this one with just thread hackles and wire
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That greenwell snatcher looks good. I've done well with a similar one to that .
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With the Turrall hackles, make a nice effect. Dunno what you would call this but think it would be a good sedgey top dropper
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A damsel fly nymph tied as Bob Wyatt does. Much smaller, slimmer and more lightly dressed than the commercial versions which are really more like wooly buggers than insects
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You going stockie bashing Fred? :makefun
You're right the ones you see are just green lures, nothing much to do with a damsel
I witnessed a damsel nymph in a loch this year. They can fairly move but a size 10 with a tail as long as the body is about the right size. The other thing that struck me was how opaque it was. A nice olive yellow colour.
Cheers
Paul
I've got some golden olive seals fur and marabou, might have a wee bash later
Judging by the numbers of damsel flies you see in the air above and around our lochs in summer there must be a hell of a lot of nymphs in the water. They must form part of the fish's diet.
I think damsel nymph s account for a large proportion of a trouts diet early summer. I fished a loch last year where the better fish were definitely locked on to this source. I am struggling to find a gogood imitation though.
personally I think a bead is too heavy but it does create a swimming action trout find irritating or irresistible. Rubber legs might be a good addition to the dressing.
There is a huge selection of bead weights available in various materials Paul..
You have hit the nail on the head. What is most important in fly fishing is presentation. Presentation is not casting, casting is only part of it. Presentation is everything including fishing the correct size of fly in the right place or depth, weight is a big factor in that.
What I'm saying is a box of a just a few patterns of different size, profile, dressing material density and weight is a lot more important than a box full of different fly patterns.
Looking back over 40 odd years I believe that unless you tie flies you cannot ever be an adaptable fly fisher, that said fly tying is mainly bollocks and although it is enjoyable bollocks it has a lot to answer for in the creation of confusion and clutter.. :lol:
I agree with that and because of it find myself fishing greenwells glories every spring on the river. I don't know why I ever throught this fly could be beaten.
As far as getting a good damsel nymph imitation goes I reckon anything of about the right size that is olive / brown will work as well as anything else. Mobility by way of silicon rubber legs / marabou is good. On most of my nymphs I add a turn of CDC at the head. That design of Bob Wyatt's uses a turn of very soft woodcock wing covert feather.
I really don't believe going for close imitation is productive, in fact it's not possible. For a start I have yet to come across any insect with a tempered steel hook sticking out of its arse. :lol:
One of the food sources from a South Uist machair loch.
There were loads of these in the water.
Billy
Quote from: admin on November 12, 2014, 03:32:25 PM
I really don't believe going for close imitation is productive, in fact it's not possible. For a start I have yet to come across any insect with a tempered steel hook sticking out of its arse. :lol:
I find that if you cut the bend of the hook off you get a lot more takes.
Quote from: Billy on November 12, 2014, 03:37:39 PM
One of the food sources from a South Uist machair loch.
There were loads of these in the water.
Billy
Billy,
No doubt that beastie is still waiting for you to return. You sorted yir misses out yet.
Cheers
Paul
Its becoming an expensive few days but I'm trying.
I'll make my move this weekend. the bruises should be away by Christmas :banghead
Billy
Apart from being far too heavily dressed the damsel nymph of the stockie basher is usually also too big. That one in my photo is about 25MM - about an inch long.
I measured the one in my photo as well Fred and it was about the same.
I reckon marabou is the way to go with the tail but maybe tied to show the segments. A bit like a detached mayfly body.
Billy
Billy, the hook I tied it on is a size 8 Fulling Mill barbless which has a shortish shank and a wide gape. It's just right for that type of fly.
A slimmer, lighter all olive version with a smaller 2MM green tungsten bead and olive CDC "legs". The fly is just over 1" long.
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Like it Fred, I've got one in my head but iv spent the night dying and tidying all my stuff, I'll get it done in the morning
Tried tying one of these crippler flies, the red golden pheasant is too short so you lose the effect, used the newly died hackles tho and liking the colours
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Think this is more like it, claret crippler
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That's it. I sometimes dye the pheasant feathers for this as well.
Get some of your flies up on here bibio! One more before work, fiery brown
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I'll start tying at the weekend.
I look forward to stealing, I mean looking at your patterns ;)
This morning I have mainly been tying Kates!
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Wyatt's Dirty Duster Emerger. A simple and very quick fly to produce, but one you certainly do need good quality hackles to tie.
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Similar to the above, but using a grizzle hackle and some florescent Aero Wing to aid sighting.
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Mylar tubing bait fish
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Keep those nice flies coming Fred. Mind and tie some extras in case any fall out your fly box in New Zealand :8)
Alex
nice flies, i am jealous of your tyings but i am trying to get there, wee question, would the mylar tubing not start to unravel after a few casts? or am i being picky? :worried
Tommy, it's sealed with hard as nails, so hopefully it would last a bit. It's just a copy of Bob Wyatt's "Desolation Baitfish". I'm going to tie some with olive marabou and gold tubing.
Another mylar tubing bait-fish lure , this time with marabou. It also has a 3.5mm tungsten bead and lead wire under body.
Another fly that was fun to tie but will probably never be used. :lol:
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Started on the nymphs today.
Top row unweighted, 16 to 12 lower row lightly weighted 1.5MM tungsten, 16 and 14 .
Enough - I'll start on the 2.5MM ones tomorrow
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Tonight I tied a few variants of the Dark Mackerel.
I need to get my gear sorted and get tying.
Lovely flees Alan.
Nice to see someone other than me and Fred on here! Nice flies too :)
Been tying a few Kate's lately so decided to have a go at a variant, Kate crippler
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Those Dark Mackerels have got Uist written on them !!
Ive been at the vice tonight. I set out to tie a few dark macks with the red holo tinsel but realised i hadnt left enough room to tie in the wing so just never bothered with it and just tied three with a claret hen hackle at front to form a bumble of sorts.
The other three flies have greenish holo tinsel sooty olive hackle and an orange partridge collar hackle
These look the business !! :D :D
A bit of everything here, Kate or die hopper
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Should have read Kate ordie hopper but was autocorrected to 'or die' quite like it!!
Using the black pheasant again, a wee skinny one for the middle dropper
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And a simple point fly, grey mallard wing
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Aero Wing Willow Grub
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Nymph box for the New Zealand trip
From unweighted to 5.5MM tungsten, some willow grubs and worms.
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Fred how long ago did you tie up those squirmy wormies.I have read that they dry out & disintegrate if kept in a fly box.Have seen it suggested to keep them in a plastic poke.I have been tying some of them up today.Are you taking any Pink & Green Weenies with you.I bet they would work well over there too.Cheers
I tied them a week or two ago Rab, they are OK so far.
A black n blue theme tonight!
Is that the bruiser or has a bruiser got a blue body also?
I like those Allan, very tasteful. :D
QuoteIs that the bruiser or has a bruiser got a blue body also?
Not sure. Just tied with the colours that are associated with sea troot flees.
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Quote from: Roobarb on November 24, 2014, 09:49:09 AM
The Bruiser has a dark blue seal fur body but that fly of Clan Chief's is almost exactly like one of the flies used by the most experienced Uist ghillie all season for the salmon and sea trout. So it should do the business :D
Andy
is he by chance the same chap who took Paul young out and showed him the doobery and a fly the looks exactly like the one we are talking about. Think he runs a angling hotel there.
Quotealmost exactly like one of the flies used by the most experienced Uist ghillie all season for the salmon and sea trout. So it should do the business :D
I better get some more tied then :lol:
A goats toe, never tied or fished one but supposed to do the business. And I'll be doing a doobry next thanks to the comments above :lol:
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The doobry is another new fly to me, love this pattern
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Lochan Load, your flies are well tied but why do you photograph them with the tying silk hanging down?
:shock: I just snap them with my phone while the varnish is drying, sometimes wait til later and do them sitting in my hand, is this better?? Bit blurry but sans thread!
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I like the thread. It's an iconic mark of Andy's flies. :D
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A goats toe, never tied or fished one but supposed to do the business. And I'll be doing a doobry next thanks to the comments above :lol:
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My mate and I did well with the goats toe on the Uists a few years ago.
Billy
Ha ha cheers Fred, can't say I've ever given it any thought but now I have THE THREAD STAYS!!
Where did you fish it on your cast billy? I'd be tempted to fish that on the point but is it considered a bob fly?
I think it would have been on the dropper.
I was in the Glasgow angling centre a few weeks ago looking for hackle feathers for the goats toe. Its on my list of flies I want to tie during the winter.
Billy
i got these from this guy ,much better value than the paltry number of feathers from veniard etc.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Peacock-Blue-Plumage-feathers-RARE-approx100-flytying-crafts-trimmings-/351095293526?pt=UK_BOI_Packing_Postal_Sup (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Peacock-Blue-Plumage-feathers-RARE-approx100-flytying-crafts-trimmings-/351095293526?pt=UK_BOI_Packing_Postal_Sup)
Garry
Managed to tie just one fly this very busy afternoon so imagine my surprise when I cam on here and saw Loch n Loads doobry. heres mine. Gonna tie more in size 10's as I have a few in 12s in my box.
Great minds :lol: don't suppose your next fly is going to be a machair claret is it !??
Nah! More Doorys and a few loch ordie variants :lol:
10s and 12s are big fleas 14 seems to work best down this neck of the woods. For trad wets how big will the trout take them?
When fishing trad wets I normally use 12s but use 10s ocassionaly especially in a big wave. I recall a few years ago, 10's doing very well on Watten from the boat in a big wave.
All I'm tying just now are 10's and the odd 12, I've got the south uist trip in mind tho (even thought it's nearly a year away!) so thinking of boat fishing and a wave. If I'm fishing wets I usually start with 10's and work down but if it gets to 14's I'm usually fishing a different type of fly, dries, sedgehogs, hoppers etc I'm by no means an expert tho, far better folk than me to comment.
Here's that machair claret, lost my b175s so this is on a barbless hook, nice hook but no downturn at the eye so hard to get a tidy head
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Quote from: SoldierPmr on November 24, 2014, 06:18:26 PM
10s and 12s are big fleas 14 seems to work best down this neck of the woods. For trad wets how big will the trout take them?
I've seen myself using size 6 wets in a big wave on known whumper waters :D
Seeing how neat all these flies are stresses me out lol, i need to be less ham fisted with my tying. :whistling
Cheers for that andy, baring in mind what you just said it might be a bad time to add this behemoth of a muddler Kate, size 8 long
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sorry to disagree with you, but that is not a behemoth..... :8)
That must've been some size of deer!
Is this the "bog brush" fly Dave?
no point arsing around, eh?
Just completed these quartet of bibios this very lunchtime!
Like the red tag on those, nice flees.
Had a discussion on here a while back about damsels with Fred and someone else and said at the time I had something in mind, well finally here it is. Really simple, golden olive seals fur and marabou, olive rib at the back and a tungsten bead, think this could be really useful and not a palmered hackle in sight!
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This fly is called a bin laden I think, dead simple 2 tone seals fur body, marabou wing and couple of turns of hackle.
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Jungle bunny
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And a scruffier hopper style version
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Love the look of those last two flees. Must try to tie something similar
some lovely flies appearing just now, and also in the past!
Another scruffy hopper, like these. I'm out of b175s so using veniard osprey wet fly, have a slightly longer shank that lends itself to this type of fly
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And a black claret
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like the jungle bunny and beautifully tied,same body as an old favourite of mine the woodcock and mixed.
Chris.
Cheers, change to a brown/red hackle and it an Aberdeen Angus, another nice fly
John, Paul, George and Ringo
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They look great Fred, I had a great day on that Perthshire stream one summers day with a pattern like that.
And so easy to tie Stu, takes a minute.
Wrap down some foam on a B160 size 10 or similar ( wide gape) ending at the bend with the foam sticking out the back, tie in a hackle at the bend, dub some olive ice dubbing wrap it up to the eye. Palmer the hackle up to the eye and tie it off. Pull the foam over up to the eye to form the shell back and tie off. Blind old buggers like me add a sighting post. I trim the hackle level underneath so it sits low. The hackle "legs" stick out the side Could not be simpler.
This is the kind of fly I like these days - simple, effective and disposable.
I'll go do some black ones now using peacock ice dub and black foam. They will cover me for both black beetles and blow flies. :8)
Blow Fly / Bluebottle version with blue tinsel replacing the dubbing
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Really like these Fred, where do you get the foam? Is it hobby craft? 2mm?
Just cheap hobby craft foam off Ebay
The sight post is essential I find Fred as they sit low in the water, especially in broken water
Will tie some of them up!
Quote from: Harpo on November 29, 2014, 09:27:33 PM
The sight post is essential I find Fred as they sit low in the water, especially in broken water
That's what I find and not just in broken water! :lol:
Every fly box should have one!
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A lovely tying Andy. :8)
One tip I would offer with nymphs is that by vastly reducing that beard hackle to just 1/2 dozen fibers if not removing it completely the nymph will move down through the water faster and catch more fish. These days I usually only have 3 or 4 fibers if any and add a turn of CDC to give it a bit more "life".
Cheers Fred, aye it's a bit beardy! I usually tie in the hackle last but did it before I pulled over the thorax cover this time and used it to pull the hackle down, made it a bit harder to judge the amount of hackle but tidier, I'm going to do a few so I'll try keep it a bit sparser ( something I have a problem with!)
I did a lot of experimenting with nymphs this year and caught a hell of a lot of fish. I no longer bother with wing cases and other such detail as they are fiddly to tie and I am certain they make no difference at all.. As long as the nymph is slim, is roughly the right shape, looks like it has life and gets down fast to the correct depth I'm sure that's all that matters. If you are not picking up weed and snagging now and then you are not fishing heavy enough. If the fish are obviously high in the water unweighted nymphs or soft hackle spiders are probably better.
I still use wing cases often with Olive Nymphs & PTN,s.It's usually something durable & dark plus adds a bit of flash.Usually a material called Black Flat Diamond Braid pulled over.In heavy flows my PTN will often have a mylar flash-back & a pink hot-spot.Even in those very low river conditions last summer they still favoured a PTN with pink hot-spot.The PTN is still one of the best.Cheers All
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That is perfection and will catch loads of fish. I create hotspots by finishing the head with globrite floss - (pink and orange work well). If I am using a bead (I do almost all the time) I add the hotspot behind the bead. In both cases I seal it with UV resin.
Like this. This one uses CDC which moves more freely than a hackle. I'll probably tear some of it off when I tie it on to fish.
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Cheers Fred your input (and everyone else's) is much appreciated.
This is how I've been adding a bit of weight, bringing the rib up, tying it off and then building up a thorax with the copper and tying off again. This was on a wee black one I've just done. I've got fire orange thread so I'll use that to make the hot spots, cheers
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Here it is finished, the weights invisible but not sure if the copper is dense enough to make a difference
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Lochan dub some with Fl Pink UV ice dub for the thorax if you have some.It's absolutely deadly on all the rivers i fish.I will often use one turn of white hen hackle slightly over-sized on some patterns.It's especially effective when the river is slightly coloured up.I think white must show up well in coloured water.I used to use lighter coloured Partridge feathers for this in the past.The trout seem to eat white hen hackle as readily as they did with Partridge.Do you not use any Tungsten nymphs Lochan.Cheers All
I wouldn't worry too much about hiding the wire, beads etc. The fish have no idea what they are. How could they? What about the tippet and the hook? How many insects have you seen with 1/2" of bent tempered steel wire sticking out of their arse? :lol: How do you hide that? You can't and it does not matter.
These embellishments are just, as Bob Wyattt puts it, "fly tying stuff". The bead makes as a good thorax / wing case as anything. The most effective wet flies are very often the chewed up ones. The more chewed they get the more fish they seem to catch up until they fall to bits completely. It may be because they are by that point sparse and mobile. I think the embellishments that catch fish are things like hot spots or tinsels / flash dubbing to aid viability / catch the eye of the fish, rubber legs / CDC / very soft game hackles to give etc impression of life.
I love watching Oliver Edwards or Davie MacPhail tying flies, they are artists and the finished fly is a delight, but I don't think for a second that most of what they do has anything at all to do with effective or successful fly fishing.
My dad doesn't fish much apart from the odd day with me spinning for mackerel but every now and again likes to tell me that the only fly fishing he has done was with a seagull feather tied to a hook with fishing line and brought across a pool in a big 'V'. This was up at Kyle of lochalsh area when he was a boy and used to catch loads apparently! I've heard this story hundreds of times but does serve to highlight that most of what we do at the vice is pretty redundant. I must admit though that I always want to improve my tying and my fishing. Id like to become better at both and all the wee bits of info that come through the forum helps loads.
Most of the flies I fish are a bit scruffier and bedraggled looking efforts because like you say the ones that get chewed up are often the ones that get hit again and again, i do like knocking out the sleek, glossy looking ones though ;)
The forum, people like Edwards and MacPahil are great aids to better tying. Being a reasonable tier helps you produce effective flies. Even simple flies require some tying technique.
I watched a MacPhail video the other day he was tying a " female Adams" . There is no natural fly called an Adams, so how can there be a a female? This is nonsense.
What the fly really was was a general dun pattern with a hotspot. It has nothing at all to do with male or female. Fish cannot possibly understand such entomological concepts. It either looks like something they can eat or it doesn't.
Don't misunderstand me, fly tying is fun and I believe it is an essential skill if you are to be a complete fly fisher, but much of it has little to do with fishing. It has more to do with abstract art than angling.
Totally agree, my mums into crafty stuff; sugar craft, needlework etc and I think fly tying falls into that sort of category ( lot more manly of course! ) :gay4
Trying to fill my box this year with flies that are actually useful and think the pennell dressing with a marabou wing falls into that category, love marabou and by all accounts so do the fish!
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Love a pennell i do! I've just started tying some up over the last couple of nights, keep meaning to try a wee variation!
Teal blue and silver, trickier to tie than I though and a pain in the arse to get a photo of :x
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Nice fly. The wing can be a pain to get right. How did you do it? Cut a wide section and fold it?
Tonight I tied four more scruffy flees for my box
Took the full feather and snipped out the tip and then folded the two opposing sides over the stem to make the wing, does that make sense? Tried cutting a wider section as that's the way I do mallard but didn't work for some reason :roll:
They're lovely flies, is it a hen hackle on the lighter ones?
This ones just for you Fred, tied the original way, just wire and one bunch of pheasant tail, pure function!
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Quote from: Lochan_load on December 01, 2014, 11:53:31 PM
Took the full feather and snipped out the tip and then folded the two opposing sides over the stem to make the wing, does that make sense? Tried cutting a wider section as that's the way I do mallard but didn't work for some reason :roll:
thats the way I seem to get the best result with teal otherwise the fibres seem too soft and move around.
Quoteis it a hen hackle on the lighter ones?
Indeed its a hen. Light Dun .No specific pattern just liked the colour combination
Quote from: Lochan_load on December 01, 2014, 11:53:31 PM
Took the full feather and snipped out the tip and then folded the two opposing sides over the stem to make the wing, does that make sense? Tried cutting a wider section as that's the way I do mallard but didn't work for some reason :roll:
I find teal to be one of the most difficult feathers to work with for making wings. I'm not sure why that is, perhaps it's just a bit soft.
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Hans Weilenmann's CDC and Elk
This is a dry fly everyone should have in their box. Seriously, it will take fish that have refused everything else. I don't use it as a matter of course, because I avoid CDC dry flies when I can. It's a last resort fly that seldom fails and is dead easy and quick to tie. Oddly, it does not actually use Elk hair, rather it uses deer hair, this one is tied with coastal.
I fished this pattern quit often on my top dropper when French Nymphing in the Trout season past.
http://www.riverbum.com/Sheep-Creek-Special-Biggs-Fly/ (http://www.riverbum.com/Sheep-Creek-Special-Biggs-Fly/)
It's very similar to one of my top fly patterns called a Renegade anyway & it seemed to work just as well.I have loads of Teal & Mallard flank so used one or the other.Well not a fancy wing like the nice looking ones posted by Lochan but the trout love it.I often like fishing unusual looking fly patterns that trout aren't used to seeing.Cheers All
Great fly Fred i like the crippled version too.
Like that Fred, do quite a lot of deer hair dries but never with the CDC as well, looks nice and leggy!
I'll also knock up this riverbum fly rab max, unusual but I like it ;)
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I fished this pattern quit often on my top dropper when French Nymphing in the Trout season past.
http://www.riverbum.com/Sheep-Creek-Special-Biggs-Fly/ (http://www.riverbum.com/Sheep-Creek-Special-Biggs-Fly/)
It's very similar to one of my top fly patterns called a Renegade anyway & it seemed to work just as well.I have loads of Teal & Mallard flank so used one or the other.Well not a fancy wing like the nice looking ones posted by Lochan but the trout love it.I often like fishing unusual looking fly patterns that trout aren't used to seeing.Cheers All
Yes, that's a Renegade with the front hackle replaced with the duck feather. I like look of that and will knock a few up.
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Like that Fred, do quite a lot of deer hair dries but never with the CDC as well, looks nice and leggy!
I'll also knock up this riverbum fly rab max, unusual but I like it ;)
Seemingly it's a famous US lake fly as is the Renegade too.I tie it with a bit fuller wing but sparser rear hackle.I often add a chartreuse glow-brite hot-spot at hook bend.It works well as an egg laying caddis & works well other times generally.Trout just love peacock most of the time too.Cheers
Right Fred I've just had a go at that CDC and elk but after looking at yours it's nothing like it, mine is on a heavy hook too but I do like the dressing and as you say it's simple and looks effective
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And the river bum one, added copper rib to protect the peacock a bit, weird but wonderful!
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Hares ear wet, cracking fly when fish are taking just about any emerging fly. I fish it on a dropper with a dry on point, wee six inch pulls and let it sink and repeat.
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That a nice looking fly.
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And the river bum one, added copper rib to protect the peacock a bit, weird but wonderful!
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Very nice tying Lochan.I go a wee bit sparser with the hackle & use hen or henny cock hackle.With the hackle at the back i don't want to impede good hookups.Cheers
Fair does, I think I would probably cut the hackle square at the bottom and fish it dry but wanted it to look nice for the photo ;)
Invicta........
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Alex was telling me there is a mouse plague in New Zealand this year. There are a few nice lakes surrounded by beech forest quite near our pal John's place. New Zealand is still covered by 6.5 million ha of native forest and it's years of high yields of beech mast that produce these mouse plagues.
So, here it it is: No tail (to tangle when casting), no ears, no eyes, no nonsense, just a very big, shaggy DHS with legs tied on a size 1 Aberdeen hook
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There's a moose loose aboot this hoose
I don't tie or use conventional loch wet flies very often, but like to have a few in the box in case I fancy a change; for example if there is a big wave and I'm in a boat.
Back in the old days when I used to take the kids fishing to Assynt regularly this was our top fly in June and July. I just knocked it up at the vice before one trip, it has no name and does not need one as it's no different from a 100 others that look much the same and work just as well.
It worked well for two reasons. Firstly the fish can see it, secondly it was always on top dropper of the cast. Flies you fish with always catch the most fish!
Globrite no 10 tail, yellow seal fur body, gold rib, palmered light ginger hackle, white hen hackle at the head. This is a 10, I'd tie them up to size 8, perhaps even 6.
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Got some Ice dub for the first time and some b100's, like the shape of these. Got the dub for mixing with other things to give a bit of glint to flies but on this one just used it straight out to see what it was like, this is the brown one?? It looks purple to me! Anyway a snatcher, really struggled with this one, found it hard to not trap all the fibres on the palmer :x
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Looks purple to me too, but the colour is a bit like a dabbler Eric did very well with up at Loch Lee some years back
Sitting out of light the bag looks brown but as soon as light hits it glows purple, would prob be good mixed through black seals fur for a wee sparkle, same fly but mixed the dub through some claret seals fur, ain't pretty but they've got that well chewed look about them!
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Looks like UV ice dub, all UV has that purple flash, supposed to be the latest dogs bollocks.I did very well on Swannay this year with a claret sedgehog with a little UV mixed through the dubbing.I didnt have one without any UV to compare catch rate so dont know if it does hold magic properties.
Those B100s are good for snatchers ,I like the gold ones though ,work well for me .
Aye I think it could be pretty useful stuff, not done any sedgehogs yet but I'll give that one a go. I like blue, black and orange together. Don't know if this fly is named, sure it is somewhere
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Right I'm getting the vice out.
Like a Camasunary Killer type variant. I like it.
Look forward to seeing em paul.
Ive just finished tying while waiting to go out very shortly. Will tie a few more like this tomorrow.
Oh aye, half way between that and a doobry!
Just noticed yer last flee there Lochan n load. Lovely dressing. I must tie a few of those also. Right im off out.
Finally got round to tying some useful patterns for next year.
Brown palmer which is my best loch pattern. Peter Ross which is great in a buzzer hatch and a fiery Brown flee.
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Everyone seems to be tying these squirmy wormies including me.What did you use Scoobyscott one of those puffer toys.
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I bought a couple from" the range" .They never had many different toys in kilmarnock & i would like to find some with longer tentacles.I have been using the fishing shop bought squirmy wormy stuff.I wont get to use them until the trout season starts.I have a suspicion that pink & chartreuse & white will work on the rivers i fish.Cheers
Promised my uncle some flees for his Xmas to use on his annual trip to Harris, he likes a muddler so here's a starter, simple gold body, amber marabou wing, brown hackle and muddled! Spend as much time trimming as you do tying!
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And one in claret, I've mixed seals fur and uv for te body and teased it well out, this one looks like a bit of a dogs dinner but it's meant to, honest :D
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If i remember correctly you fish the River Avon Lanarkshire.I always found they loved a green weenie on the Avon.
http://www.theflyfishingforum.com/forums/general-discussion/25800-pink-weenie-recipe.html (http://www.theflyfishingforum.com/forums/general-discussion/25800-pink-weenie-recipe.html)
Pink green & white weenies work good in Ayrshire but on the Avon they prefer chartreuse.I will fish them in spring & summer especially effective on a runn-off water.I tie them on jig hooks,red thread,chartreuse ultra chenille,make a big red or hot orange thead hot-spot behind the bead & varnish.If you have any chenille give them a wee try.Cheers
No I fish the tweed and Midlothian esk mostly. Thanks for the suggestions though will give them a bash. Where is it you fish yourself?
My best fly for rannoch moor by a mile but never had much luck with it elsewhere :shock: but the bandies up there love it! Cow dung sedgehog
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A few Beauts there Lochan!
I was @ GAC yesterday and amongst a few new materials I picked up I got some purple floss which caught my eye. I hope the troot fancy it too.
Tonight I give you the Ultra Bumble. Tied one with a tinsel rib the other three with a blue wire rib. I think I prefer the wire ribbed ones.
They're quite nice! Purple isn't a colour I've used very much for flies. The snipe and a spring tube fly that originates from the Spey and I think that must be about it. They've got something about them that says loch sea trout. Bet the addition of small JC cheeks would really give it the 'wow' factor ?
Nice flees and I like the colour of that floss, like RR says quite unusual to have purple but can't see any reason why! Is it a globrite?
Stan's purple sedgehog has been a known killer for years. But of course it would be. :D
Aah sir stan, was that the guy that invented scottish fishing? :roll:
Spun the deer hair on this one 3 times before I got it right, this is why sometimes I hate doing muddlers!
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Cheers I've only got a couple of them but it's good stuff. I got some b100s to tie snatchers but thought i would have a go at doing a shrimp pattern. Does anyone use these for loch trout? You often read that they are a big part of the diet but never see anyone use a pattern like this. This is my second one, the first one was a disaster!!
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The New Zealand tying carries on apace. A dozen size 10 Elk Hair Caddis in brown and black with glister bodies. Tied on heavier wire Fulling Mill 35025 barbless. I'll also do a dozen 12 and 14, plus of course some big ElkZillas. The black versions will also do as blow flies.
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Quote from: Lochan_load on December 09, 2014, 12:10:30 PM
Cheers I've only got a couple of them but it's good stuff. I got some b100s to tie snatchers but thought i would have a go at doing a shrimp pattern. Does anyone use these for loch trout? You often read that they are a big part of the diet but never see anyone use a pattern like this. This is my second one, the first one was a disaster!!
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Never tried 1 but i can remember 1 day my nephews neoprene waders were covered in them when he was wading in a whumper loch with me. That was the 1st time i had seen them in that loch.
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Cheers I've only got a couple of them but it's good stuff. I got some b100s to tie snatchers but thought i would have a go at doing a shrimp pattern. Does anyone use these for loch trout? You often read that they are a big part of the diet but never see anyone use a pattern like this. This is my second one, the first one was a disaster!!
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I use them on some Sutherland lochs that have a good population of shrimp in them and found that they work pretty well. Tied on the point of a 2 or 3 fly cast, I let it sink then use a jerky retrieve. Pattern is loosely a leaded Goddard shrimp with a natural haresear or tan sealfur dubbed body.
Do you mean by that you wouldn't target them with a shrimp pattern fachan?
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Quote from: Lochan_load on December 09, 2014, 10:19:21 PM
Do you mean by that you wouldn't target them with a shrimp pattern fachan?
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It will be interesting to see how you get on with it LL - when you head north next season let me know and I can suggest some lochs with plenty shrimp in them for a trial :) I use those colours (light tan/sandy brown) in an attempt to match the shrimp I see in the lochs.
I'll definately take you up on that, any elbows in the right direction gratefully received :lol:
Some small no hackle deer hair sedges
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A Dirty Duster with grizzle hackle and florescent -yellow post, so in fact it's not a Dirty Duster at all. :lol:
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crackers, trying to reach this standard :roll:
Keep at it Tommy, the more you tie the better you'll get. I'd also advise watching some Davie MacPhail videos, not for the 40 shades of green dubbing nonsense or even the vastly over complicated patterns, but getting the tying tips and techniques. The guy is an artist.
Quote from: admin on December 10, 2014, 03:11:39 PM
Keep at it Tommy, the more you tie the better you'll get. I'd also advise watching some Davie MacPhail videos, not for the 40 shades of green dubbing nonsense or even the vastly over complicated patterns, but getting the tying tips and techniques. The guy is an artist.
watch him regularly, he makes it look so easy.
Quote from: scoobyscott on December 08, 2014, 05:23:04 PM
No I fish the tweed and Midlothian esk mostly. Thanks for the suggestions though will give them a bash. Where is it you fish yourself?
I normally fish localround Ayrshire these days as the Rivers seem to keep getting better with less pollution these day where i live.The weenie is such an easy fly to tie but deadly in those heavy spate waters.I think it's something to do with giving them something visible in those conditions.If you find the colour or colours for where you fish you should do well.I even get the odd Salmon attacking them when fishing for trout too.Cheers
Your flies are looking cracking Fred, I'll be doing some of those at some point, here's a blue Delphi using my newly dyed blue cape. I ditched the jungle cock tail, don't think it would last long, went for tippet and jc cheeks, don't think the fish'll mind
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And a wee blue and silver muddler
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That fly has caught me a lot of fish.
8 long muddler. Sunburst and orange as an attractor
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Dirty Poly March Brown
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It's amazing to think that the two flies shown above will catch the same fish on their day ! I really like them both. That Muddler looks fantastic and you can bet it will work well on the bob as a loch salmon / sea trout attractor. The March Brown will be presenting a great profile or 'footprint' and it's just got 'the look' . Some really nice tying being shown off on here.
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Fred I tied basically the same pattern as that march brown and it serves me well on the few occasions I used it floats like a cork too.
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8 long muddler. Sunburst and orange as an attractor
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i'm going to catch a lot of pike on this! :8) and maybe even a scourie whumper...
Dave, Tied it up for my uncle, he'll be hoping for a salmon on it. I like it though think I'll do myself a couple :lol:
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It sets it off really well I reckon. Looks like a nice colour combination to me.
Bring loads of them to south uist
I'll definately be tying up a few and variants, I reckon a silver mirage tinsel rib would be decent instead of the red floss, blue hackle?? Possibilities!
Olive Dun. A no nonsense 2 minute tying.
Olive grizzle hackle, olive thread, yellow Aero Wing yarn. No pointless biots, no fragile quill, no dubbing, not even any head cement! If you loose it in a tree, it's no big deal.
These are the kind of flies that catch most of my fish. I'd tie a dozen in 12, 14 and 16 - give some of them a dun Aero Wing yarn wing and a ginger hackle. I'd trim some of them flush underneath - it's then functionally a parachute fly and a decent spinner pattern.
Flies really don't have to be complicated
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It don't get better than easy flies to tie that work Fred . My kind of fly.
Fred could you recommend me (and everyone else) a bob wyatt book to have a look at?
I'd buy "What Trout Want: The Educated Trout and Other Myths" it's an epic work.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/What-Trout-Want-Educated-Other/dp/081171179X (http://www.amazon.co.uk/What-Trout-Want-Educated-Other/dp/081171179X)
For the flies he has 2 DVD's "Flies That Catch Fish" This is an example from one of them
Fly tying Bob Wyatt ties his Snow Shoe Hare Emerger (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rx2HSN_-Njc#ws)
Quote from: Lochan_load on December 18, 2014, 09:46:57 PM
Fred could you recommend me (and everyone else) a bob wyatt book to have a look at?
I think he's only written two as far as I know - the one Fred mentions and Trout Hunting. I'd buy them both; trout hunting has the bit in it about fishing a certain wee river in a spate :wink:
Cheers I'll have a look tomorrow. If there's any more info like that it should be worth the money :D
I've bought what trout want but trout hunters seems to be a bit of a collectors item and the cheapest I could find it was £40 :shock:
Before bob puts me off wet flies forever ;) here's that blue and silver goat I was talking about
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I would not worry about it. What Trout Want covers a lot of what was in Trout Hunter - he seems to have refined his ideas, so the new book really replaces the old one.
4 goats from this morning, blue and silver, black and gold, claret and red and orange and er....orange!
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I knocked up this one today. The Baker's Irresistible.
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I don't want to see the fifth stage particularly.....
The third stage should have been an empty plate bar the crumbs..................DUN
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Quote from: Highlander on December 19, 2014, 04:29:15 PM
The third stage should have been an empty plate bar the crumbs..................DUN
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Haha that's what I thought
Always nice to get a rise! Boom boom
This is simple as it gets, hairs ear with ostrich wound over the last third and a thick gold rib wound over the lot
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Been tying a few of these.. last night and today.
A great pattern well tied CC, sticking with the deer hair theme I've tied up this scruffy little bugger
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I bought a t&s today to pass 2 hours on a train, not much in it other than a fascinating article about catching trout at grafham by a very clever chap called stan :worried
Apart from that I saw this little snatcher which I thought was nice, dropped the jungle cock cheeks, thought they were a bit pointless
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Quote from: Lochan_load on December 28, 2014, 05:47:29 PM
I bought a t&s today to pass 2 hours on a train, not much in it other than a fascinating article about catching trout at grafham by a very clever chap called stan :worried
Apart from that I saw this little snatcher which I thought was nice, dropped the jungle cock cheeks, thought they were a bit pointless
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I'm liking that blue sparkly dubbing. Tied a snatcher my self the other night but how do you fish them? Same as a trad wet or more static?
I suppose the answer to that is however you want! I don't fish anything static but might slow down or speed up my retrieve, I would fish this just the same as other wets, would work well on a washing line I think with a dry/hog on the point. The dub is hares mask mixed with Ice dub.
This is basically a mini lure, think I'm going to fish more point flies like this.
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This is kind of multi purpose, probably what you would call a buzzer but I would use as a nymph or emerger as well
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Lucky enough to get my wife's hand me down phone so pictures should be better.
Here is that snatcher
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Quote from: Lochan_load on December 28, 2014, 06:32:56 PM
This is kind of multi purpose, probably what you would call a buzzer but I would use as a nymph or emerger as well
looks appetizing! I might try that with a couple of very thin strips of brown foam over the top instead of the feather. should float like a b"%*ard then!
the snatcher as devised and fished by the guys who developed it was much sparser than most of the pictures i see on the internet.it was developed as a hatching buzzer and fished static or very slowly,pulling just fast enough to take up slack line caused by a drifting boat.dress it too heavily and it is just a palmer on a curved hook .of course these will catch fish .but they aint really snatchers.on a size 10 hook no more than 4 turns of hackle down the body including a full turn at the head.use chinese hackles for best effect or strip the fibres from one side of a genetic .that is advice i was given straight from the horses mouth.
Garry
You're totally right Gary, it's been developed now and used as a palmered wet fly, good fly too but not the original intention, the one I posted is from t&s and it listed a cock palmered body and hen hackle at the shoulder so it is, like you say, a traditional wet on a curvy hook.
Another mini lure, blue and silver for peaty water, cant wait to try these
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A wee trio of muddlers, size 10 long. For my own box for a change :P
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Loch ordies
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Your certainly on a roll just now ll some cracking ties
can just see those ordies bouncing over the waves
Something nice and simple about an ordie, love fishing them too!
Cheers scoobyscott, Trying to get my box in order now and stop tying randomly, back to work tomorrow though :x
Usually just tie this streamer with black seals fur and black marabou but run out just now so pimped it up with black mirage and claret marabou
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For want of a better name.....the bog brush!
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Quote from: Lochan_load on December 31, 2014, 10:00:29 AM
For want of a better name.....the bog brush!
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I have no idea why but reminds me of an Alaskan malamute :lol:
First of the year....claret pearly muddler....awrabest!
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Claret and pearl wet, pleased with the way this turned out, very simple but it's turned out just as I wanted (doesn't happen often!)
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One with silver thorax.......
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And a wee dry
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Pheasant tail Pogo Nymph with pink hot spot. I tie CDC into pretty much all my nymphs these days. I am convinced the extra life it gives them catches more fish.
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This is the way I like my snatchers. Brown Turkey and furnace.
Fiery Brown thingy.....been a good fly for me in the spring on very clear lochs
A red straggle hog . I've never tried the material but I think it will work well as it seems very translucent.
Theyre all nice flies mate, the snatcher and hog would be great on rannoch ;)
Thanks.... A deer hair greenwell.
And a soldier snatcher. My best fly last yr by a country mile.
That snatcher is a cracker, I'll be doing myself a couple of those :)
Finishing off tonight with a dhe. A fly I've not fished for years but did well with. I wonder why we can't just accept a fly works instead of searching for the holy grail.
Quote from: bibio1 on January 02, 2015, 11:11:11 PM
Finishing off tonight with a dhe. A fly I've not fished for years but did well with. I wonder why we can't just accept a fly works instead of searching for the holy grail.
That's a fine example of a DHE. Exactly how I would like mine to look :)
Holy Grail - now there's a fly :lol:
Alex
Thanks guys. Tried a phd. This style of hackling I think is as good as a parachute and more robust. Need more practice though. Too heavy on the hackle.
I love a DHE and that one's a cracker....still my go to fly when olives anything...is hatching!
Passion Vine hopper for an imminent trip to the Motueka River.
Or a CDC & ELk by any other name. :lol:
Very fiddly to tie on such small hooks
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The river looks dreadful eh? :lol:
A red duck fly. This has done great for me on some lochs especially in small sizes.
Quote from: admin on January 04, 2015, 11:42:27 AM
Passion Vine hopper for an imminent trip to the Motueka River.
Or a CDC & ELk by any other name. :lol:
Very fiddly to tie on such small hooks
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The river looks dreadful eh? :lol:
Looks like the Perthshire Garry :tongue2
Where there's red there's always olive
A bit bored as the TV is rubbish so tying up some flashback PTN's with Pogo style thorax cover.
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Not pretty but designed to catch Trout.I have a load of them tied up with a pink ice dubbed thorax.My local trout just love a pink thorax often.Cheers All :D
Nice one Rab. That CDC will do the trick :8)
Have you tried the foam lagging for copper pipe yet Fred.It seems to float much better than any foam i have bought from fly tying shops.Cheers
Do you wind the cdc as a hackle?
Haven't tried that Rab, but I will :D
Quote from: bibio1 on January 05, 2015, 10:23:36 PM
Do you wind the cdc as a hackle?
That's what I do. Tie it in at the tip.
Quote from: bibio1 on January 05, 2015, 10:23:36 PM
Do you wind the cdc as a hackle?
I sometimes wind like a hackle or split the thread & spin the cdc then wind.That one is split thread & spun.I have a few tied with a white hackle instead of the cdc.I find a white hackle shows up well in off coloured water.Cheers
Rab, I sometimes use white CDC
I'll try some March Brown nymphs with cdc. Looks good.
A few 'bombs' for getting down. These are great for the tweed to get flies down in strong currents, tied with different sized tungsten shell backs
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Quote from: admin on January 05, 2015, 10:35:33 PM
Rab, I sometimes use white CDC
I will need to buy some next time.I think cookshill sells white Cdc.I think it's the movement & ability to trap air that makes it a good fish catcher.Just look at how effective a Cdc & Elk is.I have always found it to be effective on my nymph patterns too.Cheers All
I buy bulk packs of both grey and white CDC from Cookshill. You get about 400 plumes for 9 quid or so. Lasts for years and the quality is good. Oddly enough I just ordered some more grey stuff, it should be here tomorrow. Folk tend to think of CDC as being for dry flies - it is also very good for wets & nymphs.
His orange & olive is very good too been using it for years.It's nice big feathers is the white big feathers Fred.I like the bigger feathers for spinning for my wets & nymphs.Cheers
I've just started adding CDC to a few nymphs recently, will be interesting to see if I notice much difference. Do you guys notice a marked improvement?
I think they are especially effective if they are fished just below the surface.Although i find they work well with bead head patterns too.Cheers
Productive session tonight, 14/16s
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First in a while, soldier palmer with a white rib, first time I've used it but think it'll show up well I the water, probably better than silver/gold
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That looks great. Very well tied and will show up in the water well.
I'm going through a hog phase. These look claret but they are fiery Brown over fluorescent orange dyed seals fur, which comes out a funny claret. Strange.
Decided to finish off with a March Brown nymphs with a bit of sparkle and cdc inspiration from these pages. Cdc is light and I double back the pheasant tail cover to create a big head.
Very nice particularly like the hog, I've still to get to doing mine for the season. Tonight I've been lining up my soldiers!
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Like them all but the soldier muddler really shouts out to me. I use a similar beast and while it catches a few fish , it is really good at bringing fish up and getting their attention. This often results in a slash, positive take or a splashy 'slap' at the fly but very often results in a take of the middle dropper..... as long as it's the correct middle dropper !!!! ;-)
Got some new materials last night, really like this nymph skin
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Tied a few of these in case the water is high :8)
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Quote from: admin on January 14, 2015, 11:11:23 AM
Tied a few of these in case the water is high :8)
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Going stocky bashing Fred? :lol:
If it's for NZ he will be :lol: :worried
Quote from: Lochan_load on January 14, 2015, 05:35:29 PM
If it's for NZ he will be :lol: :worried
now your looking for trouble :lol:
Quote from: SoldierPmr on January 14, 2015, 05:36:53 PM
now your looking for trouble :lol:
Nah, Andy is OK and being the understanding type I make allowances for envy. :lol:
Aye jealousy is a terrible thing :(
The knobs would have you call this fly a 'reverse Kate muddled crippler' or some other mouthful, I just started tying a general fly to try out new hackles and ended up with this...
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Quote from: Lochan_load on January 14, 2015, 05:53:32 PM
Aye jealousy is a terrible thing :(
The knobs would have you call this fly a 'reverse Kate muddled crippler' or some other mouthful, I just started tying a general fly to try out new hackles and ended up with this...
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that would be very successful as a bob or middle dropper here.
I'd call that one fish food 👍
Cheers, red and uv hog, good versatile pattern, always got some of these in my box
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And from leftovers of the last 2!
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I prefer the lightly dressed one.
Some nice flies there.
I really need to get into tying some bushy flies myself.
Billy
I like all of them especially the hog. I give mine a real doing with a Velcro ststrip. It's a personal preference but gives me more confidence. The tag is a good idea too
That one is still on the vice, it'll get well teased out before I fish it, always like a wee tag on the hogs as a wee trigger.
An ordie muddler, does the same job as the hog
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And a dhe in the bob wyatt style (see I've been paying attention Fred 😉)
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Mayfly Dun. Very pretty and like most fly patterns utterly pointless. A two minute tie deer hair sedge will work better and last longer. :lol:
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First post as my tying still isn't up to scratch but tried tying some bibio's tonight as they were good for me last year, I'm still just not neat enough with heads and I struggle with hackles for some reason! (http://i538.photobucket.com/albums/ff344/jimjams69/flies/FF0DBCDF-D5DC-45F2-9B64-0B77865FB6CA_zps0jbsdvjb.jpg)
That looks pretty good to me, sure the fish will agree
Absolutely nothing wrong with that fly, a pretty good starting point for your tying!
Looks perfect to me, not overdressed, will catch a lot of fish.
Looks fine to me, the largest trout (14lb) of recent years in my local waters was taken on one of these.
Ordered some jig backs and they arrived today so knocked these up
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Those look great. Certain killers. :8)
They look great. Are they woven or are they latex bodies and pen jobs ? Either way they look like they will do the damage.
Thanks guys it's virtual nymph skin and markers. Really like the effect with them and easy to use. They have jig backs on them too. Ordered late on Sunday from joel@ tungsten beads and they were waiting for me when I got in today. Would definitely recommend
Been tying loads of these recently, three sizes beaded and unbeaded.
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Some lovely flies gents - particularly like that DHE Lochan-load. Started off my pre-season tying tonight with some early-season corks. Unfortunately, the 3rd bottle of Black Isle Blonde seems to have affected my detail vision, just as I was getting going. Ahh well, that's enough for one evening anyway (flees I mean; I'm sure I'll manage another beer!)
Andy
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Got a couple tied up in the last hour, hackles a bit big perhaps! Still new to this!
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They will catch fish, don't worry!. Getting the hackle barb length "right" takes practice but probably means more to us than it does to the fish. Keep it up, you are getting along just fine :D
A cicada swarm for New Zealand
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some cracking dries on this page, I like the leggy foam types but I've yet to tie any, and Jim jams your flies are looking good, doing the right thing and keeping it simple and like Fred says they'll definately take fish :D
Quote from: JimJams on January 25, 2015, 01:33:10 PM
Got a couple tied up in the last hour, hackles a bit big perhaps! Still new to this!
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like the colours on the first one :)
Thanks you's, the first one has some black and orange dubbing mixed together and believe it or not there's a copper wire rib in there aswell.
My first fly for a while and my first go with a kamasan b270 traditional double, this is a size 12, good sturdy hooks I just need to start the top end of the fly nearer the eye to keep it neater
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My first ties of the year :? Also my first sedge hogs so advice please the black one is awful but I think the 2nd one will fish ok.
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Can't pick fault with them, They look like they'll do exactly what they're supposed to. the black ones nice and scruffy too and I actually prefer it :shock:
Head is so damn neat on that double! Sedgehog's look good too, haven't even attempted one of them yet!
On the march browns.
Nymph and emerger
Size 12 bibio variant, nightshift tomorrow and vodka and energy juice is keeping me at the bench! :)
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Love the MB emerger and nymph Paul, my kind of flies.
Jamie, you've got the head on that bibio variant just right, in fact the fly is about perfect, nice straggly body :D
Jamie,
That's very like a heilen fly. One I use in small sizes and does brilliant for me.
Cheers
Paul
Quote from: bibio1 on January 26, 2015, 09:24:32 AM
Jamie,
That's very like a heilen fly. One I use in small sizes and does brilliant for me.
Cheers
Paul
It defo is . If im not mistaken it is called the Heilan Man . Only diffrence is colour of head hackle . But very nice all the same :D
Cowdung crippler
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Orange, gold and blue wee double
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A dhe, is there enough deer hair on this to keep it afloat?
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Lochan...... You read my mind. Olives tonight
I'm goin back the original dhe. A bit more fiddly but I feel better about it.
Quote from: Lochan_load on January 26, 2015, 09:52:04 PM
A dhe, is there enough deer hair on this to keep it afloat?
Andy, with the DHE the thorax is the key to keeping the fly afloat. The key is getting the right kind of hare mask fur of good quality. I recently bought a mask from Cookshill cut off the fur, mixed it in a coffee grinder and ended up with fur that looks like the stuff in this video. Bob told me that's what he does.
Fly tying Bob Wyatt ties his Snow Shoe Hare Emerger (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rx2HSN_-Njc#ws)
I use pine squirrel mixed with some wool, which is the right combination of spikyness and dubability. Sometimes I add a bit of flash as well It imitate the gas welling up in the abdomen. It's an emerger after all.
Mines is a mix of mask, wee bit of sow scud to bind and a pinch of uv, dubs well so just hoping it doesnae sink!! :shock:
I'll watch the wee vid when I get in from work, cheers
Some size 16 barbless spiders. Simple but very effective.
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Ammo!
Me and my mates used to buy pearly muddlers from patties in Dumfries in our lunch break ( now closed!) and Fish them at glenkiln. We viewed them as a kind of mystical fly so it still gives me a massive chuffy that I can tie them now, done this one in the style of that shop with a relatively large, tight head.....when's it summer???!![attachimg=1]
A cow dung dabbler, done with grey instead of bronze mallard
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What varnish do you use? I use veniards but it doesn't seem to come out as clean looking as yours.
It's called head strong, I get it at Glasgow angling centre. It's cheaper than veniards and that's why I bought it :8) but it is better and has a wee brush with it instead of using needles or whatever else
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How are you finding the new vice by the way?
Love it Fred, no more slipping at vital moments! Works really smoothly, does it's job well and suppose the best compliment I can give it is most of the time I don't notice I'm using it.....if you know what I mean!?
The results speak for themselves
Cheers 😳
Yeah, you're rattling out some nice fleas! In fact there's a few folk rattling out some nice patterns at the moment. :applause
Yip there's loads of good flies on the thread just now and lots of folk contributing, great to see :)
A leggy Kate muddler, got the migratory lochs on uist on my mind.....when's it September??!!
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And another dhe, mixed some white deer hair in to make it easier to spot but made the post far too long, hence the haircut! Quite like it so thought id post it up
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Nice fly but the background's horrendous :D
That's very decent of you andy, save me the trouble 😉
I'll swap you a few for some decent intel come September!
Soldierpmr's soldier palmer
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My kinda flee! :D
Gave the bench a tidy up today and got a few tied, been tying alot of pikey flie's too.
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Nice set up there Jim. Some good fish catchers there to :D
I like those spiders.....brilliant.
How do you guys get your picture so clear mine just go blurry when I go that close in.
Quote from: hopper on February 01, 2015, 09:58:04 PM
How do you guys get your picture so clear mine just go blurry when I go that close in.
I usually take a picture from further out and then crop the image, seems to work better than getting in too close, I use my iPhone to do it so it's easy to edit pictures, don't know what it would be like on an actual camera.
Ps those pike flies are spot on jimjams
Thanks, I have a lens for my bridge camera and a tripod to take the pics as my iPhone wasn't doing the job lol.
Yes Harpo, I've just got a set of cheapish gemini's, with a big behringer mixer! :)
Now that's a man cave!!! I'm a wee bit jealous Jim jams :lol: some great flies posted lads
Quote from: JimJams on February 02, 2015, 05:21:02 AM
Thanks, I have a lens for my bridge camera and a tripod to take the pics as my iPhone wasn't doing the job lol.
Yes Harpo, I've just got a set of cheapish gemini's, with a big behringer mixer! :)
:D I've got 1210's and a small Behringer mixer!
Better keep this to the 'what have you mixed today thread' :lol:
Scott, it's just an empty cupbboard with storage from lidl and a shelf thrown in! Simple's.
And yeah harpo! 1210's are the dog's danglies but i gave up my vinyl's a long time ago! My set up's on gumtree at the moment trying to gauge interest!
nice fleas, Jim! how are you attaching the goo-goo eyes? I've found giving the head a bit of pre-treatment with uv resin provides a more resilient seat. when I've just stuck them on with insta-gel (proper waterproof stuff this! :wink:) they still tend to get ripped off after a couple of attacks?
I've tried different ways of attaching those eyes and never seem to last, the last time I was fly fishing for pike I tied tube flies so it had the trailing treble and used jungle cock for eyes, lasted all day. Don't know if the eyes matter to the pike??
Quote from: Lochan_load on February 03, 2015, 10:15:46 AM
Don't know if the eyes matter to the pike??
they seem to prefer ear-plugs in my experience... :lol:
Same as you Dave! I tend to build up a little base with uv, then super glue it to that, then a dab of uv again aroun the edge!
That rumbling sound you hear is Frederic Halford spinning in his grave :lol:
He will be all right in his grave if he has got Dave's ear plugs in !! :D :D
Quote from: admin on February 03, 2015, 12:14:57 PM
That rumbling sound you hear is Frederic Halford spinning in his grave :lol:
does he write for T & S?
Dam Jim jams that's a neat little tying corner you have their very nice sir
A cc with a muddled heed.
A kingfisher butcher. Seems to be good for some lochs and not others.
Liking that, i never seem to fish wet flies that often!
No tying for me this week/weekend, too busy at work! :(
now be honest: what self-respecting fish could refuse these beauties? :8)
Can only say the fish will love those, looks just like the 'fly' my granpa used to fish while he had his roll and can of beer at lunchtime, his used to wriggle a bit more tho ;)
How, where will you fish it?
You should call it the sheep leg dave :lol:
Quote from: Lochan_load on February 20, 2015, 09:53:26 PM
How, where will you fish it?
anywhere I can get away with it.... :lol:
A hebridean double
A sea trout classic with a twist.
Soldier bioter :lol:
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Never heard of the grey hen hackles either. Today is a school day. Nice flees.....I like the hopper
A turn of grey partridge on the bibio can work wonders, great flies being posted just now.
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kates have brown speckled hen at head, looks a better fly than the normal in my opinion?
Dhe the old way. A simple hares ear version.
Not been at the vice for ages, had this fly in my head for a couple of weeks, dead simple way to tie something 'shrimpy' three grizzle hackles, some pheasant tail and pair of black beads. Size 12 single salmon
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Same fly from behind
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Size 12 again but a double this time, a bit more of an agitator. Bit overdressed but I like it!
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Last 2 from earlier, another couple of weeish doubles
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Robert,
Theylll do well. Mb and olive written all over them.
One from late last night, starting to get somewhere with these now, another 12
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Red shrimps are great. That and a cascade are all you need.
Cheers
Paul
Cheers, same pattern but black and gold with the same red, orange and uv mix at the front portion. Take a bit of time but I'm pleased with this one :D
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And side on......
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Quote from: Roobarb on February 25, 2015, 10:52:15 AM
I like them. Its not often folk bother with hackle point wings on dry flies these days, it's all CdC and tuffs of hair now!
Andy
Thanks Andy
I have been reading a fair bit and looks to me the idear of an upright wing has merit and I like the way they look lol the other one has light duck side feathers as the wings sorry pick is not so good I need to practise
Quote from: bibio1 on February 24, 2015, 06:44:39 PM
Robert,
Theylll do well. Mb and olive written all over them.
Grate i was a bit nervous putting pics up as still very new to tieing , but felt as if read so much I should make an effort to contribute and a bit of advice may help me along also.
Robert
First attempt at one of these, it's a red devil Spey, a davie mcphail fly. Made the head a bit long but I'll know for next time.
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Cheers, I followed the mcphail video and he tied his this way in case folk use the turle. Done this one in black but te golden pheasant was shorter so the leggy effect is not as pronounced and also a black and silver cascade with a sunburst marabou underwing. That's me working til next Thursday so I'll give you all a break from looking at my wrappings!!
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Finally made a start on trout flies. A nice change from heavy bugs. Not sure there big enough though size 15?
Jingler
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Quote from: scoobyscott on February 28, 2015, 08:23:09 AM
Finally made a start on trout flies. A nice change from heavy bugs. Not sure there big enough though size 15?
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Nice and leggy. I reckon you're on to a winner with those. 14's or 12's ?
Aye they're nice with the wee bit of partridge through them, I'll needs to add these to my ever lengthening list of things to tie!
Cheers there 103bl size 15, I fear they may be too small need to get bigger hooks. A bit fiddly too
Very well tied to do them in that size, anything smaller than a twelve stresses me out-sausage fingers!! Another shrimp pattern, junction shrimp colours I think, it's stripped blue dun hackle for the feelers
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I like that.
Always had problems with damsels. Succumbed to some rainbow ideas but kept it sparse for one particular clear loch.
partridge hackle at head and pearl tinsel body, maybe could have done without the tag i think?
They look "buggy" to me ---- and fish eat bugs !!
Simple but proven to be effective. March Brown Spider
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Mac
Do you do well with spiders? Looks fishy and got me in the mood to tie a few.
Cheers
Paul
Hi Paul, hope your fit and well.
I've been using spiders increasingly over the last three or four years, and I think it's a confidence thing, the more you use them the more effective they seem to be :)
They have their place, and in my experience outfish emergers and nymphs when conditions are right. What I like is how gentle you can drop one over a fish, even the flies with a turn or four of wire around the thorax to take it under an inch or so.
Mac
Spent the weekend tying spiders, managed to fill a box so they should last a good few months...tho I'll be gifting the odd tree a few im sure.
A few here
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A very nice bumbly type thing at that!
I bought some new orange materials for tying salmon flies, in my haste to try them out I fired them all on the first hook in my vice, The fifty shades of orange! :lol:
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I didn't tie this today but a long time ago but I was going through my nymph box and was wondering is this sandys hill loch nymph?
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Quote from: SoldierPmr on March 04, 2015, 07:30:01 PM
I didn't tie this today but a long time ago but I was going through my nymph box and was wondering is this sandys hill loch nymph?
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It is.
Hers is the original.
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Quote from: Fishtales on March 04, 2015, 08:00:24 PM
It is.
Hers is the original.
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is that sparse hen hackle or cock looking at mine it has got a couple too many turns of cock.
I only use Indian cock capes for hackles. For that one the hackle is from the front just above where the beak would be. They are very short there so only one turn, or at most one and a half.
Sticking with the orange theme, hot orange Spey
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mice. saw lots of these poor little devils trying to escape the floodwaters on the spey at the weekend. I reckon there'll be some fat pike around somewhere. maybe even some lunker browns?
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Quote from: corsican dave on March 10, 2015, 09:55:13 AM
mice. saw lots of these poor little devils trying to escape the floodwaters on the spey at the weekend. I reckon there'll be some fat pike around somewhere. maybe even some lunker browns?
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Bet they look great when they're wet.
I was going to tie a few mousy type things myself for some summer night fishing this year
Black Octa-Naomi. Size 10 Fulling Mill barbless. I have changed the way I tie this to improve buoyancy by almost invisibly adding another layer of foam.
This was the fly for me in New Zealand this year. Alex had a few fish on it too.
More irresistible to big trout than a deep fried Mars Bar and a pint of heavy is to a Scotsman.
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Nice one Fred, that looks the business. Just my type of fly. What's the leg material?
Do you fold both ends of the foam into the middle?
Legs are black flexifloss. I'll do a new step by step when I get a minute
That does look good......I'd go for a pink antron sighter though. :gay4 Is it peacock dubbing?
Yeah, Veniard peacock glister, it's good stuff. Gives the fly a bit of a bluebottle effect.
Have you ever tried them here Fred?
Yes, they are especially effective on lochs in summer. I tie them both black and olive
Quote from: markirv on March 10, 2015, 11:36:26 AM
Bet they look great when they're wet.
I was going to tie a few mousy type things myself for some summer night fishing this year
cheers Mark! after some field-testing this evening, the foam needs to be a lot broader across the back to support the zonker, although it sure looks like a mouse! i'm out of #2 and #4 hooks now. any recommendations? I have been using tiemco tmc881s, but they're not easy to get and getting expensive. anyone used daiichi hooks?
Im tight I just use Kamasan for almost everything apart from small dries.
The foam overhanging the eye of the hook will give it a nice popper effect when stripped in?
Talking foam flies this is the type I tried out on the Tay last year, worked pretty well in the riffly parts near trees when the river was low in Aug/Sept...can suspend a nymph or two off it as well. Biggest is size 6 or 8. probably just over an inch
Same sort of thing as Freds, peacock glister underneath to give it a sparkly bluebottle effect.
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Quote from: markirv on March 10, 2015, 06:59:01 PM
The foam overhanging the eye of the hook will give it a nice popper effect when stripped in?
quite right. same principle as jack gartside's gurgler. just a variation, to be honest.
Aye I know what you mean. I like his soft hackle streamer pattern too, so simple to tie and very effective.
Quote from: corsican dave on March 10, 2015, 06:47:39 PM
cheers Mark! after some field-testing this evening, the foam needs to be a lot broader across the back to support the zonker, although it sure looks like a mouse! i'm out of #2 and #4 hooks now. any recommendations? I have been using tiemco tmc881s, but they're not easy to get and getting expensive. anyone used daiichi hooks?
I tied some fish skull streamers on Daiichi hooks for NZ Dave. Very strong and I will be tying more as Fred kept breaking off on fish with the few I had tied :)
Alex
Mice!! Streamers!! Foam surface lure!! I feel it's my duty to cleanse our collective palate with a Kate maclaren, all be it one with a pink arse! :shock: first of a few I'm tying for a forumite, he may or may not get them for the season kicking off :?
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Kate muddler of sorts
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Looks great........just needs a zonker tail, foam head and some mouse ears and it'll be perfect :)
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This is for Sunday and was meant to be a small brown it's about 3" long. If the trout are a bit hungrier I knocked this up to at 6-7" . Quite pleased how this turned out
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I was congratulating myself on making some big beefy flies to tempt some meat eaters - then I saw some of these monsters! Anyway, my zoo cougar...
Quite some streamers there guys I got last years biggest fish on a Zonker 2nd day of the season.
Tying a few Utah killer bugs for sunday.It's the only pattern i am running low on.
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So simple yet so deadly especially at this time of year.Cheers All
Quote from: Craigie17 on March 13, 2015, 07:39:38 PM
I was congratulating myself on making some big beefy flies to tempt some meat eaters - then I saw some of these monsters! Anyway, my zoo cougar...
I've had Pollack, pike and salmon on a zoo cougar. cracking fly and amazing movement with that horizontal wing :8) still no lunker trout tho' :roll: maybe scourie this year if I scale one down a bit. I don't think a 1/0 hook is allowed!
I'll be doing a few 'big uns' soon but usually do mine on tubes now, intruder style. Like having the treble right at the back. For now a double that would probably pass for lily savages ear ring but I fancy it for dusk
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Nice, but I don't recognise the pattern ? Front hackle, French Partridge dyed lemon ?
I made the pattern up mate, French fancy is probably quite a fitting name!
Pattern:
Butt: globrite no.4
Body rear: gold holographic
Rear wing: (tied in halfway) red arctic fox
Body front: globrite no.4
Wing: orange arctic fox
Hackle: silver pheasant wing cover died sunburst
The silver pheasant came out of a bag of stuff a mate of mine gave me with tying stuff from the seventies, it also included things like skunk, woodpecker and condor! The silver pheasant is roughly the same size as French partridge (I'll attach photo) I chucked in a few loose when I was dying some stuff sunburst and you're right came out lemon, I dyed a load of stuff and it all comes out different, some good, some bad :roll:
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A flamethrower type thing, a struggle to keep the head small on these, loads of materials at the front end :?
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finally managed to take some photos of a few wets. new camera, and macro lens. sometimes the quality is ok others not. Have tied plenty but don't know when they will see water.
Those are beautifully tied flies. Winged wets are not the easiest flies to get right.
Fred the hard part is i like to tie different patterns as have lots of the standards, but i have a pretty poor imagination
Early season dry size 14. No name, 3 minute tie, hi viz post, thread body, no varnish, no bullshit, catches fish. :lol:
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Quote from: Roobarb on March 18, 2015, 10:35:08 AM
They are works of art, some of the best looking winged wets I've seen. It would be a real shame not to give them a swim soon.
It might be worth playing about with the white balance on the camera to get better colours, set it to tungsten if photographing them under a lightbulb even if you are using the camera flash as well.
Andy
Thanks appreciate that and will try what you said with the camera, as I said only starting with the photographs not even loaded the disc yet.
Some of the flies are drab colours
Those wets look great.
Keep them coming.
Cheers
Paul
Quote from: admin on March 18, 2015, 09:49:35 AM
Early season dry size 14. No name, 3 minute tie, hi viz post, thread body, no varnish, no bullshit, catches fish. :lol:
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Looks spot on, what type of hooks are these, need to wait till home to get anything. What size do you down to
Fulling Mill 35025 Grab Gape. I seldom go smaller than a 16, but now and then, in high summer, I'll fish down to 20 or 22
Quote from: Roobarb on March 18, 2015, 10:35:08 AM
They are works of art, some of the best looking winged wets I've seen.
They are probably the best tied flies ever posted on here.
Quote from: admin on March 19, 2015, 08:12:34 AM
They are probably the best tied flies ever posted on here.
I agree, up there with anything I've set eyes on
Yip totally, paired wings are the hardest thing to master imo, never managed to do it well, tips welcome :8)
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Quote from: Roobarb on March 19, 2015, 06:58:09 PM
Don't bother!
Use the best quality feathers and use the pinch and loop method. Pull the thread down tight very smoothly.
Narrow wings are easier, a single fibre can't fold up :lol:
Really we need Clayton to do us a step by step :wink:
Andy
Quote from: Lochan_load on March 19, 2015, 06:44:49 PM
Yip totally, paired wings are the hardest thing to master imo, never managed to do it well, tips welcome :8)
Guys
Watched for a year or two what you all tie and they are excellent,
You have said it exactly, good feathers, narrower slips is very important as for a long time I ,like many used too broad a slip.
The advantage I have at tying I do it almost every day as here there is no fishing except in the dirty gulf. I get fishing maybe 4-5 times a year when home, so I would rather be a bit rougher at tying and better at fishing.
Will do step by step for sure but bear with me as we had major fire and evac last night, like whole tower block engulfed in acrid smoke from main incoming power lines and junction boxes, so will have no electric for a few weeks but main thing was no casualties
It does not matter how pretty the flees are, if they're no in the water they will catch nothing, and some rough and battered flees have caught some lovely fish
Killer bug style nymphs in various weights. Real technical tying this lot. :D
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I can confirm the big stockies on The Lunan love these killer bugs especially the ones with the pink bead.................................................... :lol:
Pink for grayling has been a revelation for me. Brownies like that colour too. I am going to give the pink zulu a go this year.
Quote from: bibio1 on March 21, 2015, 05:57:29 PM
I am going to give the pink zulu a go this year.
Pink glo-brite tail. I'm sure that would work well.
Glo brite butt and a hint of pink underwing on this one! Tied for tomorrow, going for a cast on the leven, 10mins walk from my house and I fish it about once a year :roll:
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Quote from: Lochan_load on March 22, 2015, 07:26:04 PM
Glo brite butt and a hint of pink underwing on this one! Tied for tomorrow, going for a cast on the leven, 10mins walk from my house and I fish it about once a year :roll:
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nice fly, good luck on the Leven :8)
Quote from: bibio1 on March 21, 2015, 05:57:29 PM
Pink for grayling has been a revelation for me. Brownies like that colour too. I am going to give the pink zulu a go this year.
Not sure if a pink zulu is a still water fly or not.But i discovered years back when fishing for grayling that trout love pink.I will often add a pink glo-brite tag at the rear of my favorite patterns.A ptn with a UV Pink Ice dubbed thorax works very well for me too.I used to find that grayling preferred hot orange over pink where i fished for them.Give silver beads a try if you have some.Silver works very well for me even in very low river levels.Doesn't seem to spook them on the three rivers i fish.Cheers :D
Quote from: Lochan_load on March 22, 2015, 07:26:04 PM
Glo brite butt and a hint of pink underwing on this one! Tied for tomorrow, going for a cast on the leven, 10mins walk from my house and I fish it about once a year :roll:
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Smashing fly let us know how you got on
Here are a few Clyde style flies and couple of wets and other assorted from last week. Still to get the camera sorted out maybe different color background
If you want a blue back ground your gonna have to send me one :lol: otherwise you will have to put up with the fire place or dog or what ever else is happening in the back ground :P
It's always a jungle cock cape andy, it's just usually the backside :8)
Nice to see you've got the vice out again
So who's going to do the Pink Zulu? :D
I've got pink almost everything but no hackles...I feel like im walking into a joke with that statement :worried
I'd imagen it would have a pink hackle and pink tail you could even call it the tutu. :lol:
Quote from: Roobarb on March 23, 2015, 08:56:14 PM
Watch this space.
The Tutu Zulu will appear in the next day or two.
I reckon it could be the next Peter Ross...
Andy
It could never be that unpopular :shock:
I don't think you want it all pink. You need some contrast in a fly. I'd go for pink glo-brite tail, pink dubbed body, black body hackle, silver rib, black hen head hackle
Hmm Maybe we should all have a bash and put them up would be interesting to see what folk come up with, would be particularly interested in Corsican saves earplug alienater pink Zulu!!
Quote from: Lochan_load on March 23, 2015, 10:20:08 PM
Hmm Maybe we should all have a bash and put them up would be interesting to see what folk come up with, would be particularly interested in Corsican saves earplug alienater pink Zulu!!
Sounds like a fair idea, but with no pink capes and no leckie can only watch, and a cold shower at 4 in the morning is no fun
Right here's mine, nothing too radical, I like a white hen hackle at the front of a dark fly, like Fred said it's all about contrast.
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Beautiful tying Andy. That will catch fish for sure. :8)
Quote from: Lochan_load on March 24, 2015, 10:34:37 AM
Right here's mine, nothing too radical, I like a white hen hackle at the front of a dark fly, like Fred said it's all about contrast.
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That is stunning! How did you do the body?
First class lovely fly
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Cheers lads, the tail and body are globrite no.4 floss, tied the floss in at the front to give a double layer then just palmered with black cock and fine copper. Thought the pink would be a bit ott but works well with the other colours
My take on the Pink Zulu is a little different. Traditional other than a pink tail and body. I like a big tail on these type of flies, not that I use them much of course. :lol:
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I would do one with a pink hen hackle and pink wool tail though I have none of the above but I will leave you with image in your heads.
Sorry I'm trying to envisage it but all I can see is your fireplace :lol:
Quote from: admin on March 24, 2015, 07:40:56 PM
My take on the Pink Zulu is a little different. Traditional other than a pink tail and body. I like a big tail on these type of flies, not that I use them much of course. :lol:
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very nice, well proportioned. tidy tying, maybe a little more suited to lochs than your local river
Quote from: Lochan_load on March 23, 2015, 10:20:08 PM
Hmm Maybe we should all have a bash and put them up would be interesting to see what folk come up with, would be particularly interested in Corsican saves earplug alienater pink Zulu!!
I like a challenge. i'll be at the vice tonight. pun intended, obviously..... :8)
okay, bit of a work in progress; but that's me straight in from work. got the elements of a Zulu: tail, palmered feather and a rib. just not your conventional materials :8) and it's on a 6/0 hook.... :shock:
the palmered marabou was a bit difficult and obscures the rib. i'll do a mark II version with a pink zonker body instead and palmer a big pink hackle over the top. too much fun!
That should do the business Dave, is that how you usually attach the earplug? Never had any luck with popper plugs but never tried a fly
Quote from: Lochan_load on March 25, 2015, 06:36:29 PM
That should do the business Dave, is that how you usually attach the earplug? Never had any luck with popper plugs but never tried a fly
this sort of earplug can be used either way. if you do it this way round you get what's often referred to as a slider. the other way round it becomes a popper. I chose the slider method 'cos I wanted to put the head collar on, although I think hair of some kind may have worked better. to be honest, it'd probably be better without the earplug at all.... i'll bet the pike don't give a damn, tho'; it's all in the wiggle!
Na if they see it they'll smash it!
Fish it 'booby' style on an eighteen inch leader off a Hi D line and hold on tight !
just to prove it's not all grappling irons and craft shop bits, here's a rather more conventional fly. a zoo cougar in "baby doll" attire #2:
I might need to lie down in a darkened room after seeing some of these fellas !!!! :) :)
Been playing with camera, seems better but can't find tungsten setting yet, this was blue background (tea tray) but turned out grey, except the red and random background. Any photographic pointers welcome.
Last 4-5 flies are same one but varied settings
It's worth seeing a few times ;) like the really sparse one with the red head, flies like that are often the ones that do the damage.
It's amazing how changing the background can totally change the look of a fly, i tend to use either my hand (for easiness) or the back of a jungle cock cape I've got that's grey/brown, these seem to give the most 'real' representation of the actual colour of the flies. I think the blue background looks a bit like 80's school photo backgrounds :worried
lovely flies, 3rd from last photo looks the best, imho :8)
beautiful tying. shows mine up for the clumsy lumps they are! I like the 4th one down from the top in terms of focus, depth etc. do you have a macro setting on your camera? seems to give me a good depth of field. I use a background of black foam which doesn't reflect too much light. there's fluorescent lighting from the top and a bright halogen desk lamp from the side and slightly above. no flash; found that burned everything out. by semi-pressing the shutter button, I get a pre-focus. I also used the 2 second timer, so I wasn't touching the camera when it fired, even though it's on a desk-top tripod. i'm using a little lumix dmc-ft3 point & pray.
not saying mine are in any way perfect, btw: just letting you know what I did! i'm sure a proper photographer will be along soon... :8)
Quote from: corsican dave on March 26, 2015, 09:06:17 PM
beautiful tying. shows mine up for the clumsy lumps they are! I like the 4th one down from the top in terms of focus, depth etc. do you have a macro setting on your camera? seems to give me a good depth of field. I use a background of black foam which doesn't reflect too much light. there's fluorescent lighting from the top and a bright halogen desk lamp from the side and slightly above. no flash; found that burned everything out. by semi-pressing the shutter button, I get a pre-focus. I also used the 2 second timer, so I wasn't touching the camera when it fired, even though it's on a desk-top tripod. i'm using a little lumix dmc-ft3 point & pray.
not saying mine are in any way perfect, btw: just letting you know what I did! i'm sure a proper photographer will be along soon... :8)
It's a Nikon D3200 but bought a macro lens, sat for 3 hours today with instructions so getting a little better. Seem to remember a while back, article on the lighting from admin and his set up. Think the lighting is what I need to look at next
Can also press half down on auto or manual focus but sometimes looks great in viewfinder but then can be out of focus or, really precise.
playing around with cougars today: this is a bit of a "toad cougar". I have no idea what the 'leg' feathers are. I found them at the bottom of the box! I may see if I can knot them for the next effort
They look a bit like ostrich hackles Dave, is it is they should knot fine, quite a wirey stem
here's the mark II version, complete with an alien's-eye view
Dave you should do a fly tying bible for progressive tiers :8)
Hopefully here's a step by step of how I tie. Same as many other people.
Start the thread away from the hook and take up to somewhere between the point and barb.(up to you)
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Tie in the tail, I use coq de Leon dark/light pardo extensively.
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Tie in your preferred body, this is stripped quil.
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Wrap up towards eye but leave a decent space.
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Tie in hackle this is a brahma hen by whiting.
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Take a few turns to suit yourself, and tidy eye area a little.
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Cut the wing slips, I use a razor blade a lot, pick an area on blade (like the base of the letter A) this helps to keep both slips the same size.
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This is the point that I do a little different from the talented davie mcphail, line up the points the same way, but except for sedge patterns I fold over the two slips before presenting to the shank of hook. This way I can line up the slips easier.
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Now use standard pinch and loop and take a few turns towards the eye if you want the wing to stand out, or a turn or two towards the bend if you want wing to lie a little lower.
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Form the head.
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Varnish, I like Sally hansens, two coats. This head is too big and made an arse of the varnish, but the wing is ok, concentrating too much on the fotos.
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Hope this helps a little.
Nice sbs there's only one problem, you make it se so simple. I hate tying winged flys just dont have the patience
okay, I promise I won't bore you with any more toads for a while; this looks like the final version. firstly, I wanted to darken it all down a bit, since my local aliens aren't really used to emerald tree frogs. most toads are actually a rather dark brown/olive, bordering on black. I knotted an olive ewing hackle on top of the leg. this is probably bordering on sacrilege to proper tiers; but it worked! I shortened the yellow marabou at the tail, and substituted brown marabou at the body where i'd used green earlier. the main body is as per the Kelly galloup original, which is a white braid. our local toads are quite pale underneath. the brown marabou is tied in a small clump either side of the body, none on top or underside of the hook. I use this technique quite a lot with other patterns to give a bit of width without adding weight. once the mallard flanks are tied in on the back (transverse style), I put a blob of superglue on and let it dry before finishing off the head. now I just need to take one for a swim somewhere! :8)
If I do go out tomorrow here is a harey cast I've just come up with.
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I've been tying up a load of my go-to early season dry duns, the ones I use when LDOs are about. Dead simple. I can knock them out in a few minutes so if they get lost or chewed it does not matter. There are always lots of them in the box.
It's quite lightly coloured, but that seems to work better for me that darker olive patterns for some reason or other. I'm certain they work well because they are lightly dressed. The materials mean that even a lightly dressed fly is not hard to see on the water.
Hook: Fulling Mill 35025 Grab Gape Barbless Size 14 (I use a 16 from late May onwards)
Tail: Ginger hackle fibers
Thread and Body: Olive Sheer 14/0
Wing: Dun Aero Wing
Hackle: Ginger
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Clip the hackle flush underneath so the fly sits low. I never bother about getting these flies super-tidy with every wing fiber in exactly the right place. It's pointless. After a few casts and especially after a fish they won't look pristine any more. What matters is getting the dressing evenly balanced so that they sit square on the water and the right way up, not on their side. As soon as the fly no longer does that chuck it away and tie on a fresh one. I'd be less keen to do that with an Oliver Edwards model that took me 1/2 hour to tie. :lol:
Like it Fred . Does exactly what it says on the tin
promises are made to be broken allegedly.. I got to thinking about what I really expected this fly to do and realised I wanted it to float about on some real skinny water and be dragged over lilly pads and reed beds without hooking up. so I did a new version on a bendback hook, with the idea that it would ride point uppermost. the legs hang down quite nicely too.
of course I've now got to wait for the weather to warm up a bit..... :lol:
Clever stuff Dave. I like it !
My take on a sunray shadow
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Like that. A strange fly that can catch you nothing but give you the best day's fishing ever. Salmon launch themselves at it sometimes.
Olives today
Nice flies, is the bottom left one a paraloop?
A flame cascade.....
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Can't wait till tomorrow.... Tied some Mac's emergers
A variation on Mac's grey and red dry spider. I don't have a good grey or blue dun cape so I spun on some dun Aero Wing then wound the red game hackle through it. Quill body with a UV resin coating.
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These 4 have been stonker's for me in the first week, fish seem to like um!
The zulu's tied with a bit of red ice yarn in the tail, has a bit of flicker and seems to work well!
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Nice flies like number 3 but 4 is the type I use when given the chance, tidy.
Number 1 for me, like the two time body and nice tidy head, you using cock hackles?
Thank's, yeah cock hackles, some 14's just dropped through the door, they'll be fun to try tie with!
Quote from: JimJams on April 11, 2015, 06:12:06 PM
Thank's, yeah cock hackles, some 14's just dropped through the door, they'll be fun to try tie with!
14 is my most used size especialy for palmered wets it's rare I tie any size 12s now.
Since all the talk of leggy wets I decided to make a sparkley leggy SP size 12 for the legs
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With flash.
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I often fish a 'gingked' up 'soldier muddler', on the bob and tend to go a size beyond what conditions would suggest. It doesn't always take the fish, that can depend on what sort of mood they're in but it certainly draws them up and I often find that a fish will have a swirl at the big soldier only to come short. However, that fish often turns it's attention to either of the other two flies on the cast. I find that if I fish a smaller more imitative pattern on the middle and tail I often get a positive take.
Your SP's are bulky enough to get the attention of the fish and that is a big plus for a bob fly in my book. :wink:
Soft Hackle Dry
This is a variation on Jonathan Barnes' (onstream guide) soft hackle dry which is in turn a variation of a Jingler.
I used pheasant tail ice dub for the very slim body as I'm sure this can make a difference - I catch a lot of fish with it anyway. Tail - grizzle hackle fibers, wing is a single CDC plume. Hackle red game clipped beneath then a soft partridge hackle is wound through it. Barnes claims this style of fly out fishes all other dries for him. It's nothing new - soft hackle = movement = jingler = CDC & Elk etc etc etc. There is not a lot in fly tying that is new. I'm going to tie a few up with a white CDC wing to aid visibility on the water.
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Love that Fred
Connemara blacks sz14
Quote from: bibio1 on April 13, 2015, 08:27:00 PM
Connemara blacks sz14
always liked the look of that even have a few in the box but never fished it.
Love the look of those Conn Blacks. Paul! :)
A hebridean kehe
Getting excited about the spring loch fishing now.
Could you put up the pattern for that, I've got room yet for a couple of muddlers!
Red tag
tippets for tail
peacock glister body
Brown deer hair muddled head
Will finish the other side of the box tomorrow
This was supposed to be a kehe muddler but I was experimenting with how I lay the bed for the deer hair, after several attempts I admitted defeat and just wrapped on a fiery brown hackle :lol: peach globrite for the tail
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Looks great. For the muddler you need to leave about a third of the shank free for the head. Otherwise it becomes unmanageable.
I usually leave a bit of shank just for the head but thought I would try tying further up the shank and laying the deer hair on a shorter, fatter bed of thread.....doesn't work! Hair wouldn't spin or spring up, you live and learn :roll:
I've seen this in a few places.
It would be interesting to fish it next to a Bibio and see what they go for the most.
I think that fly would benefit from a teal wing. :crap
A jura soldier hog.
The stripped down wingless version of the Peter Ross has been around for at least 35 years. I knew it way back then as the 'Pet' It worked well as a small fry imitation but it also done the trick fished as a buzzer when the black fellows were hatching. It isn't terribly unlike some of the Irish Duck Fly patterns. :wink:
Quote from: rannoch raider on April 17, 2015, 09:46:12 PM
The stripped down wingless version of the Peter Ross has been around for at least 35 years. I knew it way back then as the 'Pet' It worked well as a small fry imitation but it also done the trick fished as a buzzer when the black fellows were hatching. It isn't terribly unlike some of the Irish Duck Fly patterns. :wink:
im sure I've got one in my box hidden between all the unused peters and the teal blue and silvers. I should really give it a swim.
They are called the Church Window Feather.
http://www.jackgartside.com/art_pheasant_feathers.htm (http://www.jackgartside.com/art_pheasant_feathers.htm)
The Mrs. Simpson trout fly uses them.
Mrs. Simpson Fly (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIJlUlXykgo#ws)
all sorts of old shite, off the tailgate of my truck... fleas to follow :8)
yo! back o' the truck :8)
A couple of scruffy hare DHEs one has added olive and sparkle also quick question does any one have any success on big lunkers like this top one.
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My first fly in a while, French potty I saw it in ff & ft, a long shank bob fly
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Generic size 14 duns.
And a couple of slightly larger dreh flehs for Dave :D
Quote from: paulr on May 03, 2015, 01:46:36 PM
And a couple of slightly larger dreh flehs for Dave :D
much more like it! :8)
what foam do you use Paul?
Hey Dave,
These are cut and shaped from a block of Veniard's plastazote stuff.
Cheers
Paul
That Green Peter variant is very nice. I'd be happy to give that a swim on an august evening.
The effect of the raven hackle is nice, bit more spidery than a hen hackle, both nice ties.
I really like that Ravens beard.
Love the Ravens beard. Id happily fish that most of the year in smaller sizes for trout and grayling, on a team of spiders.
Alrighty, inspired by Daves fast sink and booby tactics at scourie I've lashed up a blob, done with palmered sunburst and olive marabou and a chunky black hen hackle. Looks a bit odd but can see it working, I'll let you's know
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like these flies from Roobarb would use these, especially the ravens beard, may tie a few later.
Echo the others, the Raven's Beard looks like a real all purpose trout catcher
A few from today.
Black ptn
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Black buzzer
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Blood work buzzer wrapped in peacock hearl
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Scruffy yellow owl
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Long tail HE diawl Bach.
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Shuttlecock buzzer
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Scruffy Gnat
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Blue winged olive.
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Squirmies
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Nice flies Liam, they will work.
I have tried these squirmy worms quite a few times, here and in New Zealand. I have yet to get even an offer on them. :lol:
Quote from: admin on May 09, 2015, 08:14:50 PM
Nice flies Liam, they will work.
I have tried these squirmy worms quite a few times, here and in New Zealand. I have yet to get even an offer on them. :lol:
i was going to set the deck chair up and fish them up a bung :lol:
I was going to try them out by a weed bed I know where the trout seem to nibble the worms rather than take it.
Couple of hogs. Question is why do we tie them green? I've never seen a vivid green sedge?
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Quote from: SoldierPmr on May 10, 2015, 06:33:55 PM
Question is why do we tie them green?
'cos it works! :8)
Two for the lochs for May from the vice tonight. Haven't been tying for some time ! You will be able to tell ! Photography needs a bit of a tweek too !
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Loch Olive
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Loch Olive Nymph
All nice but particularly the last one, nice proportion
Thanks, I'm having some difficulty with photos. I've only been using my phone but can't seem to get the colours across. What do you do to get the quality pics then ?
Absolutely nothing wrong with these flies at all, would happily fish them, had kind of same problem with the fotos, was advised on this thread to use blue background, seemed to help, and macro setting on camera/phone if available.
Try using different backgrounds as well, sometimes a flat colour is best and I often use the back of a cape. Sometimes though just sitting the fly in my hand seems to be the best way, take loads and pick and edit the best
Nymph with killer bug wool body with pink and centipede legs for extra movement.
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Those centipede legs are nice
http://www.veniard.com/product2574/section172/ (http://www.veniard.com/product2574/section172/)
Fiery snatcher... A great fly for me and never of my cast on a loch.
something for our saltwater brethren
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So which way is "up" ....... :D :D
Quote from: admin on May 20, 2015, 06:53:49 PM
The only way. :D
Quote from: Bobfly on May 20, 2015, 06:48:08 PM
So which way is "up" ....... :D :D
this is where we miss the "like" button :lol:
I tied a few Dunkelds and a few Hedgehogs today, but I'm trying to keep it quiet. :D
I bought 12.sz16.sedge hogs today. Makes you wonder why you tie flies when they cost £5.99
Cheers
Paul
I bought a few dozen loch wet flies from Selectafly the other day. Things like white moths, butchers, silver invicta etc.
At 35 pence each it makes no sense to me to tie them.
After tying the sedge / hedgehogs the other day I was reminded how much I hate tying with deer hair, I seem to have an allergic reaction to it. I'll buy those too from now on.
Where did you buy them Paul?
A few Duns for the river. These have been my most successful flies this season the few times I've been out and simple to tie [attachimg=1]
Quote from: scoobyscott on May 26, 2015, 08:37:23 PM
A few Duns for the river. These have been my most successful flies this season the few times I've been out and simple to tie [attachimg=1]
My type of fly. Simple and no frills.
Is that cdc or snowshoe hare
Alex
Cdl tails, cdc body and four cdc feathers for the wing. I split the wing with two of the Cdc stalks pulled forward over the top and then the other two ends are pulled forward round the side to lift the wing back up. Sounds more complicated than it is.
Quote from: scoobyscott on May 27, 2015, 12:58:13 AM
Cdl tails, cdc body and four cdc feathers for the wing. I split the wing with two of the Cdc stalks pulled forward over the top and then the other two ends are pulled forward round the side to lift the wing back up. Sounds more complicated than it is.
Thanks, got you.
I do a sort of cdc comparadun which gives much the same effect.
Alex
A good afternoon watching the test match and tying up some UV crunchers - destined for a mate who gave me a couple of concrete slabs! Fair exchange is no robbery....
Very nice and very fishy looking flies there Andy
Is that hackle raven? I like the shimmer on it.
I thought it was I was going to ask on the FFF but thought better of it. With all these Ravens hanging around at the moment I might be able to find a feather or two now :)
A few for a river
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Rob Kolanda's Bellycrawl. quite possibly the most complex pattern I've ever tied! :8)
Looks like a Bonefish pattern Dave ?
Quote from: rannoch raider on June 19, 2015, 08:48:22 PM
Looks like a Bonefish pattern Dave ?
meant to be for carp, but i'm fairly confident i'll get a trout on it by the end of the season :wink:
That's a nice looking fly, should be a hit with the trout. The wound hackles might offer some protection to the peacock sword as well.
Lovin the Alexandra bumble toe andy! :lol: all your flies have been lovely.
Not tied anything for a while but I'm starting again out of necessity, first one out is one that caught most of my fish on my recent stint on knoydart, switching to three flies and putting this on the top dropper (I know revolutionary stuff!) really changed my fortunes in some really poor conditions, simple pearly muddler
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Very nice! That's got trout killer written all over it!
Put hopper legs on it and you have an unbelievable fly.
That sounds like a challenge (and a bloody good idea!). standby!
Biggest loch brownie I ever caught was on that fly
No palmer, just black hackle and the hopper legs, the palmer is usually the first think to get chewed up and not sure it makes any difference on a muddler
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Looks ace! I struggle tieing hopper legs, still havent found an easy way!
There is a very simple way to tying hopper legs, buy them ready knotted .
I like that one Andy. I'd have one of these muddlers of yours on the Bob at all times on the Lochs.
I fell back in love with them last week at knoydart and corrour, most of my fish went for them, I was considering fishing one fly at one point cos the other 2 were just something to tangle up!
Jim jams try holding the tip between your thumb and forefinger, loop the fibre over and catch it in at the same point as the tip creating a loop and the you just feed the cut end through and pull tight.......or what hopper said :lol:
That's perfect
Can only call this a fiery muddler, fire orange rib, fiery brown cock over red seals fur and tan deer hair. Can't get fishing this weekend but a glass of Vino, a bowl of nuts and a couple of muddlers before the wife gets in is a fairly good substitute :D
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Second and last of the night, tied this one with standard grey deer hair and dropped the heavy orange rib, prefer this one
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Quote from: Lochan_load on June 26, 2015, 08:13:15 PM
Can only call this a fiery muddler, fire orange rib, fiery brown cock over red seals fur and tan deer hair. Can't get fishing this weekend but a glass of Vino, a bowl of nuts and a couple of muddlers before the wife gets in is a fairly good substitute :D
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Thats a sexy fly. :D
Sexy :shock: takes all sorts I suppose ;)
Blue Zulu muddler
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Butcher muddler
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Where's the legs?
Quote from: bibio1 on June 27, 2015, 03:15:26 PM
Where's the legs?
I'll probably do few of those as well, it's just finding time. I'm a bit slow, especially when tying muddlers! I've got a day off Monday but I want to fish :lol:
Hey it's still a Bobby fly
This fly has accounted to around 18 fish for me over the last fortnight, bit heavily dressed but on a windy wavy day it seems to work well!
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Quote from: JimJams on July 06, 2015, 03:37:01 PM
This fly has accounted to around 18 fish for me over the last fortnight, bit heavily dressed but on a windy wavy day it seems to work well!
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what do you call it? The bibio sparkerly zulu goose biot fish killer? :lol:
Pretty much bang on! Haha!
Caught a beautiful pound and a half trout on that fly today, then stuffed it in the reeds and lost it! Ho hum!
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Pink Zulu
Yet another fly I'll never use. :lol:
Dont be so hasty. Give them a go. I think youll be surprised.
The last one looks as if having the whole body blue tinsel would make it look better.
Claret sedgehogs......
Gay Zulu hogs next.
Not so sure about this one.
Pink is the new olive. :D
A goat's toe chief mclaren muddler
Some cracking flies, I need to get the vice out soon!
The corrour sedge, so called because I've used deer hair I scavenged off the hillside there and when I was fishing a certain pool there this is the fly I wished I had in my box!
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That is a very nice bob fly. I reckon that would do a bit of damage in a decent wave. Could be just the ticket for the Stravaig too.
Yip..lovely fly
Cheers lads, I tied it as a big (10) dry to twitch. On a completely different note this is a point fly for uist, andy might have a name for it!
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One for the sea pools on uist but would be good for the pike at menteith I reckon, genuine piece of piss to tie, lightweight funky dumbbell eyes and funky fibre with a wee bit of flashy stuff
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That I do like. :8)
Yip.....bring your tying gear to uist.
A shoal!
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Aye I'll be taking a wee box of tying gear, I'll warn you though I'm not very good with a drink in me!
crackers!
All very nice Andy, I like that sedge a lot and your wee fry selection will charm a response out of anything with teeth and an appetite. There's a quality about the way you tie your fleas that I like.
Claret sedgehog bumble
Irn-bru hog
I do like those IrnBru hogs Paul. :D
Thanks Fred......they did well last year for a very jammy weegie friend. Let's hope the troots like them in uist.
I'd be tempted to tie a sedge-hoggy thing with a lot of long, fine silicone-rubber legs. These would add a lot of movement to the fly when pulled and even impart movement when virtually static. I know they make a big difference to, for example, woolly buggers. Bob Wyatt ties them like that and Bob is not a proponent of fancy fly tying for tying sake. The last 3 or 4 years of using a variety of self tied / modified patterns have convinced me that legs can be the difference between success and failure. But the legs must be long and flexible, short and stubby is pointless.
A fly cannot have too many legs! :lol:
Those bumbles are lovely, really nice and the sedgehogs are very like ones that do well for me on the rannoch lochs.
I've tied a sedgehog with rubber legs before but don't think I've fished it, they're great on streamer/cormorant type patterns though, really bring them to life,
:crap
Quote from: bibio1 on September 06, 2015, 08:49:43 PM
Thanks Fred......they did well last year for a very jammy weegie friend. Let's hope the troots like them in uist.
That wee jammy wedgie must be getting on in years. Is he still managing to get about. :roll:
Billy
He is and we'll just need to look after him a wee bit better with each passing year. No doubt we'll be told his age by Tuesday night. Anyway, he can still cook a breakfast so he has his uses.
Quote from: bibio1 on September 07, 2015, 12:40:15 PM
He is and we'll just need to look after him a wee bit better with each passing year.
He's still raiding unattended fly boxes then? :lol:
I'll bring a wee tartan blanket to put over his knees.
Wee soul.
Billy
Quote from: admin on September 07, 2015, 01:08:28 PM
He's still raiding unattended fly boxes then? :lol:
Hes better than the pink panther.
A Leg-hog
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Another fly I will never use. :lol:
Nicely tied and looks deadly!
I'm a hopeless tier when it comes to deer hair flies Andy. I just can't get them neat, although in truth it does not matter much as even the neatest fly is soon untidy once used.
Quote from: admin on September 08, 2015, 11:50:11 AM
A Leg-hog
Another fly I will never use. :lol:
got "carp" written all over it, Fred. just sayin'...... :8)
Yeah, I agree with Andy , that looks dangerous. I'd fish it without hesitation at the first sight of cowdungs or sedges. In fact I'd give that a go as a general attractor on the bob.
I fish a tatty old soldier muddler that looks well past it's sell by date with a lot of success. It's survived a few seasons in my box and the more torn and tattered it gets the more effective it seems to become. I've got plenty other nice neat versions but the old wreck has got a quality that can't be tied in.
I agree that you can get away with a lot with deer hair but it's still nice to see a well tied muddler type fly fresh from the vice.
Quote from: corsican dave on September 08, 2015, 01:55:52 PM
got "carp" written all over it, Fred. just sayin'...... :8)
Is it next April in sunny Spain then? :lol:
Hey Dave, Quick question for you. What is the brand of your 'go to' wire leader ?
Quote from: rannoch raider on September 08, 2015, 02:04:58 PM
Yeah, I agree with Andy , that looks dangerous.
That one is golden olive, I have found in the past the most effective colours for hedgehogs to be purple and orange. Quite why these unnatural colours work I have no idea.
Quote from: admin on September 08, 2015, 12:27:35 PM
I just can't get them neat, although in truth it does not matter much as even the neatest fly is soon untidy once used.
That's about as neat as a sedgehog gets really and as soon as you've had a fish on they get chewed up pretty quick!
On the wire thing i was using partridge pike wire earlier this year and found it really good it's not cheap (it's partridge!) but it's fairly fine, dark brown sort of like maxima. You knot it with a stop knot so no clips, swivels etc
Ive found the sparcer dressed or chewed sedgehogs have been far more effective than some heavily dressed ones I bought.
One for the closing days of the season.
The SedgeDad :8)
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There's something quite nice about these leggy versions when you get over their initial strangeness. I'll need to knock a few up and give them a swim sometime.
I deliberately make the dubbing straggly as I am convinced it makes the fly more effective. After two days when it's been like November the sun is shining here today, I'm going out to put this to the test. :8)
Inspired by the stravaig I got the vice straight out this morning, here's the two flies I fished most. Te muddler took the vast majority of my fish
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and here's on that did well for others, I gave one a bash on the last day but it didn't save me from blanking :roll: it's weighted with underwire, the drop daddy....
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Nicely tied you tie a cool muddler. Got good news today that the sister in law has a job in Edinburgh and will be moving out of my spare room Just in time for the fly tying season. Be good to get back at the vice
Good news mate, get on it! After talk of dying while we were away I decided to give dying grey mallard fiery brown as a bronze mallard substitute, I'm guessing because of the oils in the feathers the dye didn't take too well and they went a kind of light brown/summer duck type colour. Still looks pretty good. Tried to do some claret and it came out bronzer than the other!! Might have to just pay for the bronze mallard, just a bit expensive :( anyway here's a wee claret sedgey thingy tied with the first dying
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I like that. Did you wash the feathers in washing up liquid before you dyed them?
Na Paul I used shampoo, think something stronger like washing up liquid might have been a better shout. Cheers I've still got some grey left so I'll try with washing up liquid and post up the results. Everything you dye is a little different, rarely works first time :roll:
Took on more colour but not much, just a shade of claret (almost pink!) wanted a deep claret, did a golden pheasant shoulder at the same time and it's come out pretty dark. Mallard might just be one of those things that doesn't dye well, anyway here it is on a fly......
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You never know your luck andy 😉
One tied with the golden pheasant shoulder that was dyed in the same pot, just shows how different they can turn out, claret crippled dabbler (thought I was on fff for a second there!!!)
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I like the crippled dabbled. Strange how the mallard didn't dye well.
Ach the grey mallard cost a couple of quid and I've got a range of lighter shades out of it that'll be useful, I'll just need to buy some in, I've already had a wee look at cookshill, cheers for that
It is tricky. I find deer hair dyes better wet but feathers when they are dry. You can never get it right.
Cheers
Paul
A wee classic.....
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And another :worried
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Nice flies. Particularly like the real and red with a silver tag
Quote from: bibio1 on September 18, 2015, 12:27:30 PM
Nice flies. Particularly like the real and red with a silver tag
:lol:
Lovin those trad wets Andy!
Yes, the simple, traditional loch fly is a thing of beauty. I recall that in days gone by nearly everything had a black, red, green, yellow, hare's ear or silver body with a tippet or topping tail, a silver or gold rib and a wing of teal, woodcock, grouse, mallard or starling.
If you had those materials you could add a hackle of your choice and were well equipped for anywhere ! :D
If you were a right 'Fancy Dan' you could add a jungle cock eye and a roll of gold tinsel for the flashy Dunkelds and the like.
Feck, I've got stuff in my kit that I don't even recognise anymore!
Something simple and nice about them, makes me think of my granpas fly box! These were the types of flies you could get in my local shops and you're totally right, jungle cock was very rare and extremely fancy!!
Right I usually shy away from paired wings because I struggle with them but I've decided to grasp the nettle and try and get somewhere with them, iv started with the kingfisher butcher, it's come out ok for a first attempt. I usually varnish a tinsel body because it makes it tough and the tinsel won't burst when a fish chews on it, I decided not to this morning for quickness and the copper rib has slipped :x lesson learned!
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Cracking fly and the king fisher butcher has always been on of my favourite wet flies (not that I ever catch on it) but I think it's one of the most eye catching flys.
a slip of mallard blue has slipped down to the tail on the photo.
You've picked one of the hardest to start with. Try turning the wing upside down and rib much closer.....maybe 5 or 6 turns.
It's a beautiful fly.
as you might have seen, I caught a couple of pike on a very nicely done commercial fry pattern the other day. but, let's face it; it was a bit naff, wasn't it? I mean, what self-respecting mutha of a pike would risk itself for that tiny little morsel? now, spinning hair like that is definitely an art form, but I reckoned with a bit of ingenuity and some marker pens I stood half a chance.... £4 worth of fox tail and a pile of trimmings later here's a 5/0 version:
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next time i'll add the fins in as I go and get some bigger eyes. but first i'll save up for some more hair!! :8)
Yaass! Brilliant job Dave :D
Nicely done! That's bigger than a lot of fish I catch Dave :roll:
Appropriate you should be posting cos I've done a fly that you might approve of! It's only a size 8 long (that's massive for me!) but it's ugly as sin and got rubber legs, bit like Fred's rubber legged sedgehog from last week but BIGGER, think it's called a sedgezilla.
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And from underneath
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proper sort of a flea that, Andy :D I can imagine some lunker carp chasing that :8)
Nice pair of perchy fellows there Dave. I could see them killing pike and trout on somewhere like Mentieth around this time of year. Hold on tight! :lol:
Your rubber legged sedgezilla has a real interesting 'footprint' Andy. It would be good as a grasshopper in a pale green / brown ? You can bet it will bring them up for a look at the very least. I've just taken delivery of a bag of materials for the winter tying. One of them is olive centipede rubber legs ! I fancy a red arsed green peter rubber leg hog !
Believe it or not that uv goes brown in water but it's mixed with black seals fur here. do trout eat hairy frogs? Let's hope so, it's just a provoker I think, I'm hoping it riles up some feisty tongue trout come Wednesday :D
Just made this one up as I went along, again something big to get some attention!
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I think it was Joe who came up with the SedgeZilla and used it with great effect up around The Crask.
That does look.like a.frog.
Big trout eat frogs
Quote from: Roobarb on September 21, 2015, 10:14:53 PM
Nice work but 5/0 :shock: You'll not be casting that on a 4wt!
Andy
no point going about these things half-arsed, Andy :8)
Managed to tie a flee at lunchtime. Something for the weekend. Will hopefully get a chance to tie some more
Size 12 hook black dubbed body silver rib. Red crest tail Black cock body hackle partridge collar hackle
Nice. I like the look of that one.
Kamasan B175 size 12
I daren't show you. I think I might actually have over-stepped the mark this time :shock:
I hope you haven't desecrated my silver pheasant :x
:lol:
Quote from: Lochan_load on September 25, 2015, 08:23:41 AM
I hope you haven't desecrated my silver pheasant :x
:lol:
nope, that'll be this evening's mission :lol:
sorry for the delay. CD version of Muskie Mash. I need some bigger tinsel for the head and i'm not convinced by the "bend-back" method of tying in the bucktail. i'll try again tonight, maybe with a normal tie-in/flare. 6/0, just in case anyone's interested
Thought you had impaled your budgie on a pike iron until I got my specs on Dave! You're getting right in about these alien patterns. I'm looking forward to seeing a few toothy pics this autumn. :wink:
mkII version. I could do with some black, green or red tinsel. roll on Christmas & the pound shops, eh?
Just can't see that one on the Derbyshire Wye Dave. :think2
maybe this one then? found a use for those tinsel pipe-cleaners at last :lol: still not entirely happy with these. I think it's a proportion thing?
You must spend a fortune on feathers Dave :lol:
cheap as chips actually. there's only six feathers in each. the hooks are another matter :roll: :lol:
I like those Dave. Your MK11 is really nicely tied and pretty much true to the pattern, as is your third pattern. I must confess I do prefer the bigger tinsel head as per the MK11. I think it makes for a more pleasing finish. Probably wont make a jot of difference to the fish though !
What's your preferred hook for these big fellows then ?
that last one is a ringer for a siamese fighting fish.
Quote from: silverbutcher on September 26, 2015, 10:50:25 AM
that last one is a ringer for a siamese fighting fish.
:lol: :lol: So it is!
Alex
My tying has been curtailed of late as my tying room is temporarily under new ownership by my sis in law. Hope to get it back soon.
However I managed to tie a few on the garden table. The light was tremendous!
All 'real' useful flies and very nicely tied.
very nice indeed! I do appreciate nicely tied proper fleas, too :D
just a wee heads up to everyone: we're fast approaching the party season (Halloween, Christmas) so keep an eye on your local pound shops, garden centres and supermarkets for fly tying materials. I came out of a pound store today with a small pile of fluoro fibres for a fiver. have look at the wigs, hair extensions etc. of course it helps if you're into bright colours and big, outrageous patterns.... :8)
if anyone sees anywhere selling foil wigs, please let me know. I can get through a pack of crystal flash in about half a dozen streamers!
Yeah lovely tying, are they on b160s?
Aye B160's I like the wide gape on them.
Easy-peasy pom-pom fly head:
I came across these synthetic pom-poms in hobbycraft at £1 for 25 yesterday
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they come in a variety of sizes and colours. I wasn't sure if the idea would work, so I only got green. I can see i'll be making another purchase or two soon.... this is on a #4/0 hook, but you get the idea...
you'll need to start the fly back-to front ie head first. if you look carefully you'll find a central point to the pom-pom which you just impale on the hook and push hard towards the eye. if you're worried about the eye being obscured you could always tie some wraps first to stop it, but I didn't find it necessary.
then whip on a dumbbell eye of your choice, tight against the pom-pom. figure eight or whatever works for you. tie off & secure with super-glue.
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remove the hook from the vise & impale another pom-pom (if you wish; you could just skip this step). push it hard against the eyes and then re-start your thread as usual, ensuring you make a number of wraps hard behind the pom-pom to lock it in place.
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run the thread back to the usual starting point near the bend and complete the fly as you wish. tie off behind the pom-pom. be creative! :8)
Looks good Dave, once you've secured in the first pom Pom you could tie in funky fibre top and bottom, pull it forward to keep it out the way and then tie in your dumbbell and anything else you want behind, once it's finished draw the fibre back and should all be pretty neat.....I like these, you've got me thinking :D
absolutely. anything that saves me fannying around with spun deer hair is a plus in my book. they'll cast real easy and shouldn't pick up too much water. i'll maybe have a try at stacking a load on a hook and trimming them down to a fish shape. I just wish I'd bought all the other colours while I was at it :lol: the white or yellow ones would give excellent scope for two-tone colouring, too. I just drew some stripes on mine with a black sharpie. awesome :8) i'll post it up after the rugger
ive got a mate who ties pike flies ,he uses this stuff .much cheaper and lots more of it than the stuff packaged for fly tying.
http://www.hairtrade.com/jumbo-braid-c-92_392.html?gclid=CJia_pmqqcgCFaOy2wodcBoJMA (http://www.hairtrade.com/jumbo-braid-c-92_392.html?gclid=CJia_pmqqcgCFaOy2wodcBoJMA)
Garry
nice link, Garry! makes my £1 wigs look expensive... :D
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the hackling could be neater, but we all know it'll catch fish :8)
Subtle :lol:
Enough of this exact imitation waffle.
Meet the Flying "M" :8)
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I like to think i'm more of a purist, Fred
Quote from: corsican dave on October 05, 2015, 12:33:35 PM
I like to think i'm more of a purist, Fred
I just ordered a new spinning rod. 8 foot 10 - 30G Daiwa. Perfect for The Bervie when this week's spate fines down. Just cleaned up the old Abu Cardinal fixed spool reel. :8)
not sure what the aliens would make of an oranda; but there's only one way to find out :8)
It's big, it's white and orange and it's got eyes. It's going to work Dave. :lol:
Now that the 2015 trout fishing season has been concluded I thought I would herald the start of the Winter Fly Tying sbeason with a couple of simple ginger and gold patterns
I know it's called loads of different things but I call it the islay olive. It demolished fish one day in June this year on islay during an olive hatch when nothing else caught.
I know a horrible fly but by God murder on a hook.
Heads up Dave! Get down to poundstretchers!
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I think Dave must be at Poundstretchers. :lol:
:lol:
:lol: nope, I was having a blank, if you must know.... but i'll be there tomorrow. whereabouts is poundstretchers in inverness, Jamie?
There's 2 Dave, there's the annoying one in town and there's a big new one opened up down the Carse industrial estate round the corner from the new b&m store.
cheers Jamie! :D
The pink in the pink and black wigs is really neon, doesn't show up well on the photo but cracking colour!
that iridescent shred has got my name on it. loading up a dubbing loop with that stuff could prove interesting :wink:
Like those Islay flees Paul! :)
Cheers....I think this thread is going to get to 400pages soon. Some effort on behalf of the members.
Quote from: bibio1 on October 11, 2015, 08:16:48 AM
I think this thread is going to get to 400pages soon. Some effort on behalf of the members.
Yes, it's got more posts than some complete forums. :lol:
Quote from: borderbob on October 10, 2015, 11:48:10 PM
I had a remarkable day on Watten with an orange fly and mentioned it to Hugo Ross , he reckoned that olives have an orange period between nymph and fly which would account for my success
I find the Dunkeld to be one of the most successful loch flies. The combination of gold and orange just seems to work.
Its a great thread, great for some inspiration like those Islay olives which are stunning. I like gold and orange flies on the point but those would be a great bob
not tied today but one I have had success with.
Ian, you should post yon great gaudy yellow beast you gave me at Loch Beanie. It takes a fish or three. :lol:
which one was that? I have a few gaudy yellow beasts, jeez I was using a yellow bunny leech in uist!! :shock:
not really classy enough for Ian, but not a bad little haul for under a tenner:
first attempt at one of these. piece of p*** when you know how...
Good Job Dave. Nice colour scheme too.
That looks great Dave. How does it hold its shape when in the water?
What brand of fibre did you use for that one Dave ?
all credit has to go to Martin Smith of mscustom flies for this one. it's a leap of faith to believe that the fibre will be held in place by a few wraps of thread in front; but it is. here's Martin's video which tells you everything you need to know. drop him a line if you find it useful
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMkQVOVCZ2I (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMkQVOVCZ2I)
That video is good.
Quote from: admin on October 21, 2015, 08:39:33 PM
That video is good.
yep. it's pretty raw, but i'd looked at flies like this for ages wondering how it was done. now we know. definitely a case of 'less is more' with the fibre, too
The guy did well considering he obviously had a very bad head cold. :lol:
Quote from: admin on October 21, 2015, 09:45:38 PM
The guy did well considering he obviously had a very bad head cold. :lol:
yeah, I got that too... :lol:
Oliver Edwards' Footprint Dun. Supposedly good for fussy fish in slower water. We shall see. If it has legs it works for me. :lol:
This one used microfibbets for the tails and legs and they are a bit tricky to see in the photo. I'll try another with deer hair or something. It is actually quite easy to tie.
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This is the above fly in water. Ginked. It does float and the loop wing makes it quite visible. I can see this fly might have potential in long smooth glides with rising fish.
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looks great Fred!
Pattern in the water is superb!
Looks great for glides Fred and straightforward for an a Ollie pattern
Quote from: Harpo on October 29, 2015, 06:47:01 PM
straightforward for an a Ollie pattern
Indeed. It's one of the few that takes under 5 hours to tie. :lol:
Quote from: admin on October 29, 2015, 06:49:16 PM
Indeed. It's one of the few that takes under 5 hours to tie. :lol:
"like!" :8)
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Backstabber Carp Fly
Swims upside down due to the dumbbell eyes tied on top.
This is the polar opposite of my last fly posted in this thread.
Note - that reads CARP :lol:
Quote from: admin on November 06, 2015, 05:35:08 PM
Backstabber Carp Fly
This is the polar opposite of my last fly posted in this thread.
Note - that reads CARP :lol:
"like!" :8)
One for those Spanish carp in April. Swimming nymph.
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Been away for a while guys but here's my latest ties as it is now grayling season
a more sensible version of my oranda. any resemblance to your little brother's fancy goldfish is completely intentional...
and this barred zonker was irresistible; let's hope the aliens think so too :8)
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Dave, did you have to apply for a radioactive materials handling license for that fly? :lol:
okay, a shade more conventional: grey ghost, first attempt. that golden pheasant topping is a bugger to keep under control. i'm sure it'll catch fish but Carrie Stevens must be turning in her grave. cheers to Andy (lochan load) for the silver pheasant; i'm gonna have to do better next time because I've only got another two feathers left...
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ps you don't want to see the other side of this. it's crap.....
Wow that's very pretty and dare I say it........classic looking :shock:
I would fish with that with all confidence :D. If you want to make golden pheasant topping behave itself then saliva on your fingers run through the fibres keeps it in check. Once it dries if it springs away again then just repeat the process. Keep doing this and eventually it just gives up and does what you want. The other major factor of course is which fibres you select.
cheers guys! :D the golden pheasant topping is a nightmare to tie in properly, but I've had a bit of a brainwave on that; I've got some nice modern, synthetic fibres that'll do the job just fine :lol:. now I've got the idea I've got some other feathers that will do nicely for the cheeks. silver pheasant is really difficult to get hold of! i maybe need to try and find some REALLY long-shanked hooks too (or maybe add in a stinger... :shock:) and take the rib further back down the shank. not that the aliens'll care particularly :wink:
I love the translucence of the hackle wings, which is the essence of the patterns along with the action accorded by the slab-sided profile. i'll maybe do another tonight and try to backlight it so you can see what I mean. has great potential for anything predatory, fresh or saltwater. not bad for a 1930's streamer pattern :8) (this while Skues & Halford were bickering about gnat-sized things)
Quote from: corsican dave on November 17, 2015, 09:41:48 AM
silver pheasant is really difficult to get hold of
I would not get too hung up on that, the fish won't know if it's genuine silver pheasant or a substitute. After half a dozen casts and one fish it will be unrecognizable in any case.
could work quite well for bleak-eaters, Fred :wink:
I tried to back-light this one a bit so you can see the translucent effect. a bit ancient & modern; still got the golden pheasant topping, but bunged in a bit of funky fibre and added some eyes.
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Alrighty Dave, guessing this is a dead rubber but GAC has a full silver pheasant skin but it's sixty quid :shock:
cheers Andy! as you can see i'm having fun using unidentified shite from the bottom of my feather box :lol:
Oliver Edwards' Snappy Poodle. Before setting out to tie one of these be sure to get a Scammell full of marabou delivered before you start.
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did you start that back in March, Fred?
Don't exaggerate Dave. April. :lol:
It's actually dead easy and quick to tie, which for one of Oli's flies is to say the least unusual. Tied in a similar way to a sedgehog, but a bit simpler.
I think i'm beginning to get the hang of this. I shot it with a white background so you can see the translucent effect that's the essence of these patterns
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i'm out of silver pheasant now.... :roll:
You are definitely getting the hang of it Dave. It would be shame to use that and risk some alien spoiling the look :)
Alex
Quote from: haresear on November 18, 2015, 09:52:40 PM
You are definitely getting the hang of it Dave. It would be shame to use that and risk some alien spoiling the look :)
Alex
cheers, Alex! :D i'd trade it for a pb tho', no worries. i'm not about to start framing the things :lol:
There's something really nice about that last one Dave. I can see that working well fished deep on loch Leven. It's not a million miles removed from the Elver patterns either. What size of hook are you tying them on ?
#3/0 kamasan uptides b950u. reasonably cheap @£1.50 for 6. i'd run out of salmon hooks :lol:
Yip all of them are great tyings. When you look at the flies on this thread the diversity is just amazing.
Page 400 gets ever closer as well, which is equally amazing.
Beautifully tied fly Dave. Unfortunately after 1/2 dozen cast it will look like mince. :lol: The good news however is it will still catch fish, in fact often the scruffier wet flies are the more effective they become.
My first for quite some time and includes two new components for me. Firstly a veniard osprey Scandinavian double hook which is excellent, really tough and well forged. The osprey hooks are a bit hit and miss but i tend to try them out because they are a good bit cheaper, these though were 10 for £10 but you can tell the quality is there. The other is blue lure flash, £1.80 for a big hank and it's a nice 'seatrouty' teal blue. Probably quite useful even for a wee fleck in a teal blue and silver. Nothing ground breaking but it's broke my duck, prepare to get fed up of looking at my flies again!!
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it might be a long time before you see the next one. a very, very long time indeed. I've just been introduced to the dubious delights of oliver Edwards :lol:
on second thoughts, life's too short; i'll stick to the foam ear-plugs and 5/0 hooks :8)
Same materials but muddled
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I like that.....a lot.
Looks like a September fly.
Cheers, yeah it's got that look about it. Reckon you would see it any wave!
Trying to get my eye back in so I've finished off with a 1" brass tube... Same materials
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very nice! :D
There stunning lochan, if there all that calibre I won't get bored looking at them
back to the usual old shite. this one's just shy of 11"
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Ooft ! They wont miss that one Dave ! I've never seen a fly that length. I reckon it would be the biz for the salt as well as the 'aliens' ?
To revert, just for a moment, to the language of my east Angus childhood - that fly, Dave, is a raker! :D
Quote from: corsican dave on November 22, 2015, 06:07:33 PM
back to the usual old shite. this one's just shy of 11"
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You catch gannets with that.
cheers folks! (I think.... :lol:) for some reason I couldn't really get the colours to show correctly; the belly is a beige/tan and the back is a dark green/blue. so yes, Jim I absolutely thought both mackerel pattern & juvenile pike. stainless hook, so suitable for salt and fresh. I added a touch of red pen to the throat after this and it really brought it out. these are very easy to tie, btw. there's just a couple of pointers that make the difference; firstly, pulling out a few strands of the fibres to produce a taper (magically that produces a taper at the other end, too. obvious when you think about it.... :roll:), and then the 40:60 ratio when you tie it in. tie in 40% of the length first, then the remaining 60% goes back over the top. a bit pernickety? yep, maybe so but it makes the difference. (only in looks: the aliens won't give a 4X :8))
a couple of bleak patterns on a #4
You're tying some cracking flies just now dave, are you using dumbbell eyes on those last 2?
cheers Andy! nope, it's just that my heads are so shite I have to fill the gap in with glue so it just looks like it. I didn't want dumbbells on these 'cos I wanted to fish them with a sinker and let them billow about a bit. that's my excuse anyway :8)
Fair does, wondered if you were using the funky flytying dumbbells eyes, they're not weighted so you just tie them in like normal ones and they have the durability of a dumbbell, they're pretty good
SNAFU, a pike popper on the cheap (see the Ali's Handbag post)
bunny clouser; a barbel special. hopefully.... this one does have dumbbell eyes Andy :wink:
and another bunny fry pattern. this one's so simple; if you can tie on and do a whip finish you can do it :8)
That'll be the forty pound Spanish Barbel catered for then Dave ? Strange to think of a barbel taking a pike size fly when you consider how they are fished for over here.
Quote from: rannoch raider on December 01, 2015, 11:15:30 PM
That'll be the forty pound Spanish Barbel catered for then Dave ? Strange to think of a barbel taking a pike size fly when you consider how they are fished for over here.
aye, no imagination most folk eh? there's a discussion on facebook at present along the lines of "will barbel take a fly?" it's also funny that the very few who have caught on the fly seem to think they've discovered something new.... it was the same for pike and swff over here (uk) a few years ago :roll:
this pattern will be perfect for pike and swff too, btw. i'll whizz one up in pikey colours this evening, maybe with some magnum zonker on a #5/0
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Very nice. I've got a fly box full of them that never seen the water last year !
nice! :D
whilst your waiting for the rivers to settle:
I like that one Dave, very nice. I'm waiting on an order of different coloured Zonker strips being delivered. I've previously tied simple black Bunny Leech type bass patterns in the Davie McPhail style with the body being made from 'palmered' strips. It doesn't look much until you get it in the water then the volume and movement kicks in !
I imagine the Barred strips would look great palmered. I've got some with fluo Chartreuse with black bars planned ! Get your sunglasses on :shock:
excellent, Jim! I was just thinking if I could get a bright emerald green, barred of course, then combine it with an orange body..... loving these simple patterns, too :8)
Cliff Harvey Angling have a lot of interesting colours Dave.
http://www.cliff-harvey-angling.co.uk/search_prod_list.asp?maingroup=Hair+And+Fur&secondgroup=&thirdgroup=&forthgroup=&search=&category=&cha_product_category=8&clearance=&curpage=3 (http://www.cliff-harvey-angling.co.uk/search_prod_list.asp?maingroup=Hair+And+Fur&secondgroup=&thirdgroup=&forthgroup=&search=&category=&cha_product_category=8&clearance=&curpage=3)
Great service and quick delivery too.
Quote from: rannoch raider on December 02, 2015, 08:04:43 PM
I imagine the Barred strips would look great palmered. I've got some with fluo Chartreuse with black bars planned ! Get your sunglasses on :shock:
I just ordered up some mahi green :wink:
Got the notion to get the tying going again because I can't afford Pike flies ! :shock:
Never done this type of fly' on this scale before........ Meet Erchie Perchie and Ron the Roach
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Query to Scoobyscott ..... I like those CDC nymphs a lot ! :D :D
What hook are they on? Is it the Fulling Mill Grab Gape ?
Fluo Yellow monster Bunny. :shock:
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nice one Jim! :D
just a thought; which way does it ride, hook up or down? just looking at those eyes on the top of the shank. the only reason I mention this is that co-incidentally I was doing something very similar last night and had blissfully whipped on the dumbbell and the body when I realised i'd put the eyes on the top of the shank. doh... :roll: I solved it by rotating the vice 180 degrees before dressing the zonker.... i'll post it up when I get in this afternoon
The eyes on this one are the lead dumbbell type Dave. It will fish deep with the eyes down and hook point up. However, it is fairly symmetrical with the palmered body and an all round centipede leg collar so not much difference in presentation other than in the tail area which is pretty mobile in any case. I suppose I tend to fish lures with a heavier head / eyes in a sink and draw style so it'll probably be moving on a fairly irregular up and down vertical path most of the time.
I'll typically use lead eyes, bead chain and coloured plastic beads to get the beastie to different depths. Lighter plastic or bead chain eyes will swim up on heavy wide gape hooks and will allow a much slower retrieve in mid water so worthwhile in shallower waters.
I've just taken delivery of a rotary vice this very morning so I might be tempted to be a bit fussier with these things now that it'll be easier to position them. :wink:
just bear in mind that the zonker tail can foul the hook if it's tied on the point side of the shank. or are there two tails there, one each side of the point (double bunny style)? I stick the hook through the zonker before tying it in if i'm doing it point up. you don't get quite as much movement, but it doesn't foul as often :lol: i'm probably telling you stuff you already know, of course.... :roll:
Ah! Good point Dave, I never really gave that a thought. I've tied in a few flash fibres along the top of the shank before tying the zonker strip in. It has added a little stiffness but probably not enough to support the strip or stop it wrapping on a point side up set up. I can see that's definitely worth considering on patterns this size and length now that you point it out. :)
I've also seen people tie in an anti-foul loop (like a weed guard) of mono to reduce the problem, but i'm not a great fan of weed guards. I've lost a few fish with them that i'm convinced would have stuck otherwise. likewise barbless hooks, but that's a down-the-pub discussion sometime..... :8)
I have never tied a weed guard on a fly / lure yet Dave so interesting to hear your thoughts on them. To be honest I have very little experience of tying large Pike flies. I've tied plenty of saltwater patterns but nothing the size of these comb back synthetic hair fish imitations . Most of my pike have come on the lure rod or going way back, on baits. My fly caught pike have nearly all come on rainbow bashing lures :worried so any advice on materials, tips on construction techniques etc, would be much appreciated. :)
here you go Jim; I pulled the hair forwards for the photo so you could see the allowance I made for the hook with the looped-up bit at the front. the little one on the top was just something I dashed off to use up a bit of the bunny skin that was left over. I couldn't bear to waste it! there's a close up of the hook through the zonker strip, too
Thanks Dave, I can see the benefit in doing that. Simple and effective! Right up my street.
Bobfly that's the fulling mill but not the grab gape, buzzer or grub hook I think it's called. The pics a bit blurry too but it's a squirrel 'hackle' tied in a dubbing loop. Probably not as much movement as CDC but I think it looks buggy
They look like nice hooks whatever they are. I have the grab gape and also one they call their barbless "ideal dry fly". Both seem a good shape with a deeper point to bend for better holding (hope so anyway !).
400 pages of an unbelievable array of flies. Says a lot about the forum.
Well done cc for starting this.
400 pages and counting is one heck of a lot of good ideas and many many flies. :D :D
I have probably looked at this thread more than any other. It's been great.
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The 2nd nymph looks like a Perdigon style nymph.I caught really well on Perdigon nymphs in the summer months.Cheers
Quote from: Bobfly on December 05, 2015, 10:36:34 AM
400 pages and counting is one heck of a lot of good ideas and many many flies. :D :D
And two videos :)
As already said a great thread for ideas and inspiration......keep em coming!
Easy tie until I tried to cloak the blue Guinea, herding f-in cats springs to mind! Mixed claret with Donegal blue for the dubbing gives a lovely plummy claret. Claret bumble
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Last pic shows the colour well but this probably shows what the fly looks like better
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The poster who puts up the 4000th reply in this thread gets to comment on this offering.
So your reply had better be good!
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The wife has always said I have a feminine arse :8)
I've been tossing the idea of an alternative saltwater version of the Teal Blue and silver / medicine fly around in my head tonight. This is what fell out ................
The white looking belly has a silver sparkle that I can't seem to catch in a photo.
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Tied on a size 8 stainless hook
I like it I'd imagen it will be good for the bass even sea trout.
Tied with saltwater Sea Trout in mind. Maybe a wee tad small for the Bass.
Nice that, would do for the Bass where I fish, what synthetic fibre is it, unique hair or super hair maybe?
yep, like that Jim! :8)
Hey Shad, The blue is DNA Fluro Fibre, the white / silver body is Halo Hair in silver baitfish. It would do fine for bass in a bigger size. Has there been many bass around your neck of the woods this year ? There's been very few where I normally fish.
Quote from: rannoch raider on December 11, 2015, 10:36:11 PM
Hey Shad, The blue is DNA Fluro Fibre, the white / silver body is Halo Hair in silver baitfish. It would do fine for bass in a bigger size. Has there been many bass around your neck of the woods this year ? There's been very few where I normally fish.
No , hopeless for Bass this year round my way even at the power station , didnt go very often with the crap weather and lack of fish.
Quick bass sized equivalent (ish) 1/0 Stainless hook.............
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They look good Jim, particularly like the grizzle hackle against the blue ( that means il probably Nick the idea ;) )
Taken a few days to get round to it but here's the muddled equivalent of the claret bumble I did on the previous page
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Done a few variants now, the fire orange goes well with the claret I think
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Thought it was time I took up tying a few flies. Munro Killer. Sorry about poor quality photo taken on an ageing iPhone.
Spent the weekend in London and went to see my brother in laws beloved West Ham while we were down or as he calls them "the 'ammers" wee bit of the claret mix left so a little claret and blue number......
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A muddler that did well for me on uist last year, no name
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Hi Andy, Your Uist muddler is pretty close to a Muddled 'Willie Ross' . I like that wee touch of orange / peach on your bumbles, it works well. They've all got a 'Lomondy sea trouty' look about them.
Cheers andy, I'll knock you one up for next year ;)
I didn't know the willie Ross Jim but googled it and does have similarities, I was fairly certain it had been done before but I'll prob do a couple to the original pattern, cheers
A willie Ross, forever overshadowed by more familiar brothers Peter and Jonathan :lol:
Followed other dressings I've seen hence the rather hefty tippet tail, I would probably slim that down a bit, I like the mix of contrasting hackles at the front similar to a hutch's Pennell or a doobrey
That has to be the new fly tying challenge.
The Jonathan Woss. The design parameters are straightforward, it must be overrated, irritating and very expensive :lol:
Thanks to the excellent sbs by speydulika earlier I've made a flamethrower, my jungle cock is getting a bit iffy just now really need a new cape :shock: maybe after xmas!
Nice Andy, by the way, there is a glue type product called feather weld on the market. It is very good for repairing the splits in battered and bruised jungle cock. Just a slight smear on forefinger and thumb and draw the feather through between them and it looks as good as new.
It's a fulling mill magni double salmon, straight point, nice hooks. Think I bought them because they were cheaper than partridge ;)
I'll have a look for that Jim I've got 2 capes now that have tons of splits on, one that's well used and one that I got cheap and tried to dye sunburst, the dye took well but the heat split most of the cape :x
One before bed, exactly the same but sunburst jc this time and fire orange fox tail wing
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a bit of blae' & black. following on from Speydulika's post yesterday, here's a streamer pattern with a thin veil of blue over a black head. this is funky fibre, but i'm just beginning to experiment with merino which is a bit easier to control yet still sheds water quite well. cheap as chips, too.
The merino looks excellent Dave, looks like it would be useful in all sorts of flies, where did you get it?
Quote from: Lochan_load on December 18, 2015, 05:05:53 PM
The merino looks excellent Dave, looks like it would be useful in all sorts of flies, where did you get it?
had a look online, wasn't sure about colours or pack sizes; so went down the village craft shop at lunch time and bought a mixed pack of around 15 different colours for the princely sum of £1.95. each little ball weighs about 2-3g and that's enough for a lot of flies. the crafty set use it for felting. not all the felting wool is merino, so check first
Nice one Dave, I'll need to give that stuff a wee look. By the way, I used that link you gave me for the eyes. Great prices and excellent quality products. :)
Cheers ears!
Mention of felting reminds me that craft shops often sell felting needles which are long things that often have a bent "foot" for going into felting machines. Anyway the needles are three sided and have tiny upwards pointing mini barbs along the three edges so the when the needle is pushed in it carries a few fibres with it for felting things together. For that reason they are good for fuzzing out your dubbing on the bodies of bugs or whatever. Better than a smooth needle.
a couple of bunny-ends. this stuff is too good to waste!
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and because I couldn't bear to throw away even some trimmed strands. this is on a size 4 sakuma manta, which has a great gape
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Still cant do muddler's! Keep trying and failing, cant shape the head right or work with deer hair in general!
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Quote from: JimJams on December 21, 2015, 01:09:27 PM
Still cant do muddler's! Keep trying and failing, cant shape the head right or work with deer hair in general!
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That will catch fish. What's wrong with you man? Its not the clearest photo in the world but from what I can see the material distribution in terms of the deer hair should be less in the wing and more in the head. In terms of clipping the head there ain't much wrong with yours just needs a bit more material.
I would go pulling that through a wave and be expecting a result !!!
For sure! That's got fish killer written all over it. :wink:
Aye looks good for twitching through a ripple to me!
If you're struggling with how to spin the hair you could do worse than checking a Dave Macphail vid on YouTube, I could do a step by step but it's hard to show the technique in a photo.
You basically form a wing with the deer hair you want to spin with two half tight turns of thread and then wind the thread round and tighten at the same time, it brings the deer hair around the shank and makes it Spring out to form the muddler head. Also important to be laying the hair over an even bed of thread, if it's leaning down towards the eye you'll struggle to get the spin even. If you were sitting with me I could show you easy, it's harder to write!
Yeah Ive seen videos and understand the concept, it's just putting it into practice!, need to get more deer hair to practice with!
Yeah it took me a lot of failed attempts til I got it right, just got to stick with it. Doesn't look like you're far off and that'll certainly do the job!
A couple more since im now off till the 5th of january, time off doesn't come often for me! Gives me a little time to work on my tying and photography. Any tips for the photographs? Currently there stuffed in a shoe box and im buggering about with settings on the camera!
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Yep, they'll do the trick. :wink:
Quote from: JimJams on December 21, 2015, 11:37:49 PM
A couple more since im now off till the 5th of january, time off doesn't come often for me! Gives me a little time to work on my tying and photography. Any tips for the photographs?
If you want a couple of dead simple tips for fly photography the first I would recommend is losing the white card background. I always used to use white but invariably the camera makes it look dirty grey and in my opinion detracts from the colours in the fly. It was suggested to me that using a blue background works better and to be honest it really does. You can buy blue card for about 20p per sheet from any craft shop or stationers such as Staples. Another consideration at least for me is the fact that light blue works much better than dark blue. A second consideration is that in your photographs your have cast a shadow with your fly. I think that this is caused by the flash on your camera. A suggestion that was made to me was to not use flash and use some additional external lighting. I tried this but could not get the lighting correct. I found a far more practical solution was to move the background further away from the fly.
By the way the shrimp pattern looks a bit tasty :D
I'll give it a bash and see how I get on! Ignore the synthetic jungle cock on the shrimp, waiting on a cape arriving!
Quote from: JimJams on December 21, 2015, 11:37:49 PM. Any tips for the photographs?
not that i'm any expert, but when I can be bothered I use black foam (from the craft shop) as the background, a normal tungsten desk lamp above and slightly to the side of the fly and the fluorescent light of my tying room as the ambient. I don't use the flash, put the camera on something solid as a stand and use the macro setting with auto focus. I then select the self timer for a couple of seconds. pre-focus with the shutter half down, then press the button, let go of the camera and let it do its stuff.
the black foam dissipates the light quite nicely and the timed release eliminates any shake. this is a point-&-pray camera, btw
when I can't be bothered (mostly :lol:) I just put the sheet of foam on the desk, lay the fly on top and shoot. still no flash, tho'. great thing about this, apart from being lazy, is that you can't get a shadow as there's no gap! :8)
I have just posted a step by step called 'Squeal Piggy Squeal'. I have used a blue background for the main sequence and finished off using a white background from some older step by steps from back in the day. I hope it proves useful to emphasise my point.
Comizo-a-go-go :8)
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They're nice Dave. I never thought of the Barbel being fish eating predators.
Yip very nice, how will you fish them?
Quote from: Lochan_load on December 30, 2015, 03:06:57 PM
Yip very nice, how will you fish them?
in the sun.... :lol:
either sinking line and short leader or floating line, fluoro tippet of about six to eight feet and sink & draw. or just aim at the fish & skim it past its nose if I get lucky enough to spot one cruising
Weather keeps us in yet again.
Two Black and Orange tube flies and a variation on an Atkins Badger.
A wee double based around one of my favourite trout flies to tie, the hutchs Pennell
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And from below (fish eye view)
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Gold and sunburst muddler
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Uist dabbler
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Lochan-load they are lovely ties. Particularly like the Hutchs Pennel.
Len
Cheers :D rounding off with this, I've seen it listed as a grey ghost bumble but it's just a Kate variant, I think the grey mallard improves the original :worried
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Hopefully Atkins Badger after reading manual for camera and FAQ for forum!
Every one a belter ! You've got the tying mojo back then Andy ! :) Never heard of the Atkins Badger but you've done a nice job of it Len.
Rannoch Raider
The Atkin's Badger although not mentioned in my copy of The Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Salmon and Steelhead Flies is in a great wee book I came across recently called A Practical Guide to Tying Salmon and Sea Trout Flies which is available via the Solihull Flydressers website. The book even comes with a DVD copy of all the flies and a number of You Tube videos showing various techniques. Most of the videos are by Davy McPhail but also a very good tyer known as Oneflyman. Highly recommended for about £13.
All I have to do now is catch a salmon!
Len
Love the badger, wee bit different.
I had my mojo back but my wife's pals are coming for the bells so all my tying stuffs away til next year :lol:
We've had a toddling grand daughter over since Christmas until new year so I'm barred from 'messing the place up with hooks and feathers' until normality returns :roll:
An orange shrimp. it has 2 rear paddles, the other is round the other side. :lol:
A dead easy and quick tie, I'll knock up a few less garish ones for Espana. :8)
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Incidentally, I made the eyes, 2 minutes using these glass beads I got on Ebay for pennies, nylon and UV resin. A mix of glass beads and rods with all kinds of possibilities. It's extraordinary the range of cheap "fly tying" materials these sewing suppliers have. :8)
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I saw the 'proper' glass bead eyes last time I was in GAC, ridiculous price!
That pack of 500 mixed cost 0.99 with a further 0.90 P&P :8)
Looks a lot like what the Danish sea trout anglers use for swff I would love to give it ago but always fear my casts failing in the constant winds also the fact I would not even know where to start for sea trout apart from river mouths around here
a variation on the classic Double Bunny. the keen-eyed amongst you will note the use of a strip of foam to prevent the zonker strips fouling. not a particularly elegant pattern, but comes into its own in the water
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Hairy one for a windy day, last seasons stravaig springs to mind!
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Good to see a proper flee. Need to get tying myself
Great pattern Andy. I need to get tying too!
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Cheers lads, might be time for a change of style though :roll: :lol:
Thats brilliant, pure class :D
Approved by The Great Lord Stan himself. Nothing more needs said. :lol:
this is a baby pike imitation. blend of ancient & modern 'cos I know how much some of you appreciate it. can't imagine many plaudits from STM tho' :lol:
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At last! for the first time in months I managed some time at the vice today. Nothing special just the usual loch style from me!
A wiggly carp bug size 8 mk1. An essential 2 minute tying. I refuse to tie any fly that takes longer than 4.5 minutes. :lol:
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yep! gets the CD vote of approval :8)
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I reckon you spent too long on that one :lol:
just as a matter of interest, have you considered dressing them so they'll ride hook up? maybe a bit of lead on top of the shank. just a thought.
Yeah, I'll tie some like that too. Just as long as they don't take longer than 4.5 minutes to tie. I could push that to 5 - if pushed. :lol:
Quote from: admin on January 02, 2016, 08:57:17 PM
Yeah, I'll tie some like that too. Just as long as they don't take longer than 4.5 minutes to tie. I could push that to 5 - if pushed. :lol:
you're a machine, Fred :lol:
They are what I wanted that wiggly dub stuff for. Looking at the price it seems to be a rip off so I probably won't bother. Got the idea here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tDjxdxBOms (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tDjxdxBOms)
You must promise to give us all a swatch at what's in your fly boxes before you and Dave head off carping and barbeling in the sun.
I think their having us all on jim, it'll be wall to wall black Pennells and Kate mclarens :lol: :worried
Nothing wrong with a black pennell!
Dave wouldn't be seen dead with a standard Black Pennel on his line. It would need to be a black rabbit Pennel or similar :lol:
Anyway, I managed to get rid of the family today so got the 'disgusting box of dead birds' as the wife calls it, back on the table. I'm still thinking saltwater Sea Trout so here's one I'm hoping will work in Scottish waters. It's called the Bloody Nosed Magnus and is probably the salty Sea Trout equivalent of the hares ear in that it represents nothing in particular but suggests aquatic food. It's very popular in Denmark and Sweden.....................
Staying on the salty Sea Trout theme, an alternative Magnus with two hackle tips tied in to replace the standard Grizzly Maribou. This fly also gets fished with a lighter body dressing and a pink neck hackle, That version takes the name 'Polar Magnus'.
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Followed by what must be one of the simplest pulling / stripping lures to tie, the Xmas Tree, Danish style. For such a simple lure it has a great following over there where an alternative tying in shocking pink known as the flame is said to catch a lot of fish..............
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Has anyone ever tried these 'foreign' patterns over here ?
These look good Jim. I have used similar flies. In fact i reckon all of these flies posted recently would catch perfectly well fished loch style. After all what is a Blue Zulu pulled through a wave? I have never seen a fly that looks like that. It's a general attracter / lure pattern that either provokes a response or doesn't. It's most certainly not an insect representation and the same surely applies to most traditional loch patterns.
I used to catch a lot on this early season on lochs. It was often taken on the drop.
I called it "A Tear To Glass Eye" because it was certain to make conservative traditional loch fishers weep! Sometimes I used a pink glass bead, sometimes plastic bead chain like on this one.
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Carp fly tied on a jig hook to swim this way up.
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And another. No idea what it is, but then neither do the fish. :D
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nice that Fred! now you just need to get hold of the Australian possum crawdad scruffy micro-dub fibre and you're away :lol:
Quote from: rannoch raider on January 03, 2016, 02:13:50 AM
Dave wouldn't be seen dead with a standard Black Pennel on his line. It would need to be a black rabbit Pennel or similar :lol:
not at present Jim! not much of a meal for toothy aliens.(although I might tie up a CD-bastard version just to appease the traditionalists :8)) they'll be back in my box in march. besides which I can pick up 1/2 doz black pennels for a couple of quid from any tackle shop/petrol station/hardware store.
the magnus is a great woolly bugger variant. here's a rather battered one that's a survivor from spain last year
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now you've reminded me i'll do some magnus style too :D probably in a mad panic during the first week of april.....
Quote from: corsican dave on January 03, 2016, 09:36:18 AM
you just need to get hold of the Australian possum crawdad scruffy micro-dub fibre and you're away :lol:
Give it a name someone will buy it.
"Bloody hell boss have you seen that latest batch of roosters - very poor quality necks."
"No problem, let's give them a fancy name and try to pass them off as something special"
"What about Spey hackle then?"
"Nice one, they will be fighting to get them"
:lol:
from the tying beta for senyo's preyfish; Tie in a small clump of Frosted Crayfish Orange Australian Opossum,
you couldn't make it up... :roll:
Did it indicate if the size or shape of the clump was critical?
One with 4 lead wires tied onto the top of the hook shank to make it fish point up.
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Speaking of rare tying materials...Roobarb needs to get going on this fellow-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-35217515 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-35217515)
The American carp guys seem to go in for these hybrid worm flies quite a bit. The metal bead chain eyes will make it swim point up. Another essential quick tying. :8)
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Nice flies Fred,really like the burnt orange one , have done well with that colour.
Are those some of those Angus nymphing super specialist hooks?
yep, super stuff there Fred! they'll all catch :D
here's the CD Predator Pennell, along with a more std version; just to prove i'm not a one-trick pony :wink: all the original elements are there
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Quote from: shad on January 03, 2016, 03:38:17 PM
Are those some of those Angus nymphing super specialist hooks?
Indeed. Fulling Mill barbless. They are stout hooks.
Quote from: corsican dave on January 03, 2016, 04:01:32 PM
here's the CD Predator Pennell, along with a more std version; just to prove i'm not a one-trick pony :wink: all the original elements are there
Does that std version have the correct number of fibers in the tail? :D
Quote from: admin on January 03, 2016, 04:43:10 PM
Does that std version have the correct number of fibers in the tail? :D
guess I should'a gone to the hardware store, huh? :roll:
Another embryonic modern classic. Leaded to swim point up, flexifloss tails, peacock chenille fritz body, brown hen hackle. I can almost hear the reel (and the traditionalists) screaming.
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There's a certain something about that last one that says 'eat me' . I reckon that would fool a lot of Scottish fish. I can see that anchoring a wet fly cast from the boat or bank. Rubber seems to be the new wonder material.
And another for the carp
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yep :8)
Quote from: rannoch raider on January 04, 2016, 02:29:19 PM
There's a certain something about that last one that says 'eat me' . I reckon that would fool a lot of Scottish fish.
I'm sure it would, after all most loch flies are lures. I am old enough to remember the time when muddlers were considered beyond the pale by some. I prefer modern fly designs - for example post wings and not split wins on dries - because I find they are more durable and easier to maintain in good nick when fishing. Less time faffing about, more time fishing.
I like that flexi tailed one too and sure the fish will! Jim, those swst flies are really nice, love the colours...and Dave your months only one diversifying, I'm heading out for pike for a few hours today, mostly be spinning but got a nice wee stretch where I want to give this a swim [attachimg=1]
Ps size 2 was the biggest hook I had! And there's some lead under the black dubbing
should do the trick Andy! hope you get a monster; they're out there! :D
First crack at the Pattengrisen..........
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Wow, top class! Did you buy the elusive and expensive spey hackles?
What ! You mean you canny tell ! :lol: :lol: :lol: Yes, that's the very hackles.
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I kinda could! They look sort of synthetic, not in a bad way :D
Really nicely done.
Nice looking fly Jim and I agree with Andy, it looks like it has been tied with some kind of synthetic hair which actually open up all kinds of possibilities.
Carp Dough Boy
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Quote from: admin on January 06, 2016, 09:15:09 AM
Nice looking fly Jim and I agree with Andy, it looks like it has been tied with some kind of synthetic hair which actually open up all kinds of possibilities.
I think it might be possible to get an interesting and useful effect from some synthetic hair used in a dubbing loop style although I can't see anything giving exactly the same effect as the hackles which are pretty unique. In fact they are so unique that I can't see them being used for anything other than Spey flies and shrimp patterns. It really excels at that.
Wee olive number
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The last two tyings (Doughboy and the Olive Bumbly thing) are aesthetically speaking, polar opposites :)
Fred, that is just disgusting :)
Lochan Load's is a belter as usual. :D
I'll bet they both catch fish though....
Alex
Some folk just have no taste :lol:
Haha sorry Fred :lol:
Cocky clan chief. First clan chief I've ever tied I think
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I do like that !!!!!!!!!! :D :D
You'll never keep this up LL. Better pace yirself till september.
Quote from: Lochan_load on January 06, 2016, 06:47:36 PM
Haha sorry Fred :lol:
Nothing to worry about Andy all you need is a bit of practice and you too could be churning out the Dough Boys with the best. :8)
It's Alex's lack of aesthetic appreciation that's my real concern. :lol:
Well that's the Uist tying started then. :8)
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Quote from: admin on January 06, 2016, 08:38:56 PM
Well that's the Uist tying started then. :8)
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I don't feel quite so embarrassed about the contents of my fly boxes now. :)
Alex
There's a sort of 'Mad Max' meets roadkill about that last one Fred. :lol:
personally I think it's amazing that you're tying flies for next September... :shock: talk about wishing your lives away :roll:
I've already started tying for New Zealand 2017 Dave. :lol:
Love the Loch Flees Andy! They'll be perfect for September!
Quote from: corsican dave on January 06, 2016, 10:30:42 PM
personally I think it's amazing that you're tying flies for next September... :shock: talk about wishing your lives away :roll:
We're looking for you to tie us 16 alien lures for the cd challenge. Peter Ross's were rubbish.
Cheers Alan, Fred that is what I imagine the terminator would tie if he had time for a hobby! :lol:
This is a shrimpy nymphy messy thing with lead underbody for when the wets aren't working! :shock:[attachimg=1]
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Lovely tying, I love a nice clear eye ;)
That looks great. Welcome to the forum Dave.
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Lovely dave! And again Welcome!
Very nice Dave, Don't see many tied in these styles nowadays. Keep them for your hat and throw a stoats tail at the fish! :wink:
After seeing those loch flies tonight I just had to pull the vice out! Ive juist tied this in the last ten minutes. Think I'll tie a few more like this.......
What hook is that? I really like the large gape on it.
As I'm out of Kamasan 10's and 12's I tied my latest patterns on a Kamasan B 160 size 8 would you believe. Yeah I like the wide gape too although the shank is probably equivalent to something between a 10 and a 12.
Very nice fly! Would never had said that was a size 8!
The B160 is a medium short shank hook!
Quote from: rannoch raider on January 06, 2016, 11:59:41 PM
Very nice Dave, Don't see many tied in these styles nowadays. Keep them for your hat and throw a stoats tail at the fish! :wink:
I tie these to fish! They will all get a swim very soon. I use a 13' hardy split cane rod and a vintage G-Loomis 910 reel. This winter I been trying to get up to speed with these old flies. I'll post more when I get a chance.
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They are beautiful Dave. I couldn't bring myself to fish a fly as nice as that! Imagine how bad you'd feel catching it up a tree or something :shock:
I love the low wing, any fly i tie i dread catching in a tree, i've seen me overhanging water hanging onto branches trying to retrieve the bloody things!
Nice flies Dave :D
Thanks guys. Glad to show them off. I just get a roll of an eye at home!! The girls just look at each other slightly side ways , "yesssss dad, they are lovely!!"
I'm just wondering where I can get some natural red (brown) schleppen?
Quote from: troutmaddave on January 07, 2016, 01:09:09 AM
This one is the Culdrain
now then;
that's a pattern with potential! I can see something toothy latching onto that :lol:
all beautifully tied Dave :8) thanks for sharing them. makes me feel a bit embarrassed about the featherwings I sent out as crimbo presents tho... :roll:
Quote from: rannoch raider on January 06, 2016, 09:45:05 PM
There's a sort of 'Mad Max' meets roadkill about that last one Fred. :lol:
proper flea then. guaranteed to catch! :8)
Quote from: troutmaddave on January 07, 2016, 01:02:04 AM
I tie these to fish! They will all get a swim very soon. .
precisely. good work fella!
Quote from: bibio1 on January 06, 2016, 10:41:25 PM
We're looking for you to tie us 16 alien lures for the cd challenge. Peter Ross's were rubbish.
don't worry Paul. I've got something
extra-special lined up..... :lol:
I would definately fish that, is it schlappen palmered?
In terms of a supplier it might be worth looking at costumiers for natural schlappen, depending on how much you are buying you can save a good bit on stuff like that and if you need lady Amherst and other fancy stuff it's a fraction of the price, if I have time later I'll have a look about for you, on the meantime just google natural schlappen and it should come up.
http://www.amazon.com/Rooster-Feathers-Natural-Strung-Schlappen/dp/B00R57O8M2 (http://www.amazon.com/Rooster-Feathers-Natural-Strung-Schlappen/dp/B00R57O8M2)
A link to some on Amazon, coming from America where they seem easier to find. Featherfactory.co.uk will prob do them as well
One with a proven track record. This simple streamer has caught me loads of fish and lots of them have been big fish. A simple olive woolly bugger with white legs for added movement and visibility. 3MM tungsten bead. Another essential very quick tie, it is not even dubbed, the body is formed from the but ends of the olive marabou. Olive works best I guess it looks like a bullhead, a dragonfly nymph or similar.
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Quote from: admin on January 07, 2016, 10:07:24 AM
it is not even dubbed, the body is formed from the but ends of the olive marabou.
yep, I do that too. often leave the straggly bits of the hackle as well. flies to catch fish.... :8)
I've got a couple like that With different coloured legs, the Icelanders use that pattern for the big brownies on thingavallar
Quote from: Lochan_load on January 07, 2016, 09:48:17 AM
I would definately fish that, is it schlappen palmered?
Hi yes it's black schlappen, tied in by the tip. Incorrectly by the way, should be by the but so you get more fiver length at the back. Looks ok though. I love tying these old Spey patterns.
Quote from: Lochan_load on January 07, 2016, 10:06:23 AM
http://www.amazon.com/Rooster-Feathers-Natural-Strung-Schlappen/dp/B00R57O8M2 (http://www.amazon.com/Rooster-Feathers-Natural-Strung-Schlappen/dp/B00R57O8M2)
A link to some on Amazon, coming from America where they seem easier to find. Featherfactory.co.uk will prob do them as well
Thanks for the link, I'll check it out later on.
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Spey snow fly. Simple tie but lethal early season in dark high water
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Clyde style woodcock and harelug on a size 15 mustad limerick bend.
But rough but it will catch
And that's what counts :D
I've got some red schlappen so I'll have a go with that, lovely pattern
I love this pattern, machair claret. Not sure if this is the original dressing which might have had a jc tail but I like the French partridge with a jc cheek
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This one is an Akroyd, tied on a Bartleet 1/0. Another great early season fly.
Quote from: Lochan_load on January 07, 2016, 07:30:14 PM
I love this pattern, machair claret. Not sure if this is the original dressing which might have had a jc tail but I like the French partridge with a jc cheek
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Love the colour combo, would look great over here. Nice fly!
Quote from: troutmaddave on January 07, 2016, 08:19:01 PM
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This one is an Akroyd, tied on a Bartleet 1/0. Another great early season fly.
Is that Spey Hackle I see :worms :crap
Quote from: shad on January 07, 2016, 08:31:42 PM
Is that Spey Hackle I see :worms :crap
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Sorry the last two I posted are dee style, the Akroyd and secondly The Balmoral with a dark turkey wing. I hope I'm not posting too many here!!
Never too many! All contributions and gawked at! :8)
Don't be shy about getting your flies up, always good to see more flies on here, you've inspired me to try one of these!
Never mind these salmon flies, master the Dough Boy :lol:
What's the dough boy?
Fred is trying to get me over to the dark side.....See page 414 of this thread!
Andy, remember, the darkest hour is just before the dawn............................. :lol:
Krazy Carper :8)
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yep! :8)
did you get one of the books Fred, or are you just scouring the American trash-fish sites? you'd like my book-shelves.... :wink:
American trash Youtube Dave. I just adapt the flies to use what I have. There is far too much emphasis put on "the right" feather or fur.
Americans are very adventurous in their fly designs. We Scots like to believe we are radical, but the truth is we are one of the most conservative countries on Earth. I doubt if there has been a new idea come out of Scottish fishing in 100 years. It's easier to stick with old myths, do the same old thing and blame lack of success on flat calms. In the UK all advances in modern fly fishing have come from England, especially from the coarse fishing and reservoir scene.
Nothing wrong with tradition of course, I still use traditional flies and techniques (although I'm long past the stage of sitting in a boat pulling flies) but being flexible is both enjoyable and successful.
Quote from: admin on January 08, 2016, 09:50:48 AM
Americans are very adventurous in their fly designs. being flexible is both enjoyable and successful.
:cheers; been saying that for years, as you know :8)
I still rate the good old Dunkeld as hard to beat. Brown, gold & orange are a killer mix, but flexibility is the key and if nothing else makes things a bit more interesting. :D
Com'Mon.....the weeg gave the world parachute flies only a few decades ago. Now that was innovative and successful. It's spawned a whole different approach to imitative fishing.
(Ok it was a weegie that ties the first one based on an Americans input.....but it was still a weegie)
Nah! It was Leonardo Da Vinci who invented the parachute. :lol:
Precisely......leonardo mac vinci was a weegie.....he just chose to live in Italy where.the weather wasn't so fkn awful.
Paul, I'm pretty sure you are getting mixed up with Leonardo Mac Wino :lol:
Something with a silver dumbbell eyes and bit of squirmy in it. What more could a Spanish carp ask for? :8)
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Or perhaps they'd prefer shocking pink?
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Just finished tying a bunch of these for a man in cork!
Partridge and black on a size 13 mustad limerick hook.
Sorry about the photo, playing with a new macro lens for my iPhone!!
Cheers.
Looks good Dave. What's the wing material? Partridge I take it? :D
Looks like a Clyde sandfly pattern.....nice
Quote from: admin on January 10, 2016, 07:21:06 AM
Looks good Dave. What's the wing material? Partridge I take it? :D
Partridge tail feather
Growing weary of these carp flies some light relief was called for. I dislike winged wet flies for loch fishing, they make no sense. If you pull a winged fly the likelihood is it will spin unless it's tied to thick nylon, the wing is a propeller. It may also spin when being cast.
So here is my take on a Dunkeld style wet for loch fishing. Golden pheasant crest tail replaced with gold crystal flash, wing replaced with a very dark furnace hen hackle to give the contrast.
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That's nice, simple and straightforward with confidence inspiring colours. :8)
A good hook too. :8)
Nice, I think my local trout would like that. What is the hook?
Dave, it's a Fulling Mill 35025 Grab Gape Barbless black nickel size 10. Good solid hooks that hold well.
Got the Doobry look about it ...... I like Doobries !
Quote from: Roobarb on January 11, 2016, 12:30:31 AM
I've always found heavily palmered flies to be the worst spinners.
Agreed, they can be very bad. I seldom bother with palmered flies.
Quote from: Roobarb on January 11, 2016, 12:30:31 AM
Would it matter if a fly span? We would worry if a Mepps didn't!
Spinning flies twist fine leaders which will weaken them. Not as much of a problem in a wave on a loch of course where thick leaders can be hidden. In fact this is the weakness of Mepps style spinners - line twist. On the very rare occasions I spin I use swivels and an anti-kink vane to try to prevent it.
A couple of Racoons for the saltwater sea troots......
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like those Jim! funnily enough I bought some racoon zonker in Edinburgh at the weekend. it's huge!
Yes, I do like those. :8)
Tell me, can anyone still tie a split wing Greenwells Glory or has that art been lost? :lol:
Haven't felt the need to tie a split wing fly for years now. CDC or hackles these days !
Neither have I Jim. They have been superceded by superior modern patterns. They do have a classical beauty about them though, but it only lasts a dozen casts or one fish, then they look like shit.
Another interesting Baltic Sea Trout shrimp I'll be trying on Scottish fish this year. :shock:
Bornholm Shrimp........
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This is another shrimp pattern that goes by the name of 'Brenda'. The traditional tying is with the copper bead and three seperate hackles as shown. I haven't come across another with a weighted bead head.
I think she's also got a bright future minus her bead and tied in a smaller size as a palmered loch style fly for browns. :wink:
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What do you mean by a split wing? Is it similar to a rolled wing like the Clyde style?
This is what i mean Dave, two separated slips
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No I gave up that style of fly 30 years ago. They do look nice though. :lol:
Definately not one of Fred's.....that'd be well over the 2 minute limit!
Quote from: Lochan_load on January 12, 2016, 11:48:07 AM
Definately not one of Fred's.....that'd be well over the 2 minute limit!
You are learning fast ............................ :lol:
I know i'm a philistine, but at 40p a pop i'll let someone else tie those. like using them tho', especially in a flat calm when i'm eating my sandwiches :8)
Same goes for just about all flies Dave, if I can buy it I will. I don't tie flies I can buy for 40p either. I like to concentrate my tying on stuff I can't buy or have bought and am not happy with - that might include standard lures that I modify to my own spec. I also prefer proper barbless hooks so that would be another reason to tie my own.
Alex and I both buy from the US from time to time where the range and choice is much wider.
Alternative six inch 'split wing' :lol:
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VERY nice Jim.
Quote from: Roobarb on January 12, 2016, 09:59:03 AM
Good Lord.
I'm guessing that is not one you've tied, there is enough stuff in it to make half a dozen perfectly good flies!!!
I think it is a pity these old styles are dying out. They are things of beauty and they still catch fish, our cutting edge stuff of today will soon be forgotten and then looked back on with derision :wink:
Andy
Not if I can help it they won't.
I like fishing for salmon with a proper fly, not a shaving brush and the old trout flies still work well. Some of them could do with a hair cut though.
I am a wet fly man. Spiders and clydes mainly but I do have a couple of dries that I tie and fish. The dark watcher dry and a blue winged olive. Oh and sometimes a sedge.
That's my dry fly rod over my shoulder in my avitar!!
:lol: :lol: :lol:
If your dries are as nice as your salmon flies they'll be worth seeing Dave.
Come on Dave, get them posted! :D
We love seeing all kinds of flies here and Highlander will especially appreciate some good old classy traditional stuff! :lol:
Jim those flies are brilliantly tied and yes get your dries up Dave, I'm always looking for patterns to steal....i mean admire :lol:
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Great wee fly for the rivers Dave. Saved the day for me on the Lyon last year when things were quite difficult. Nicely put together. I take it the abbreviated body means that it's tied in the 'Clyde style' ?
Quote from: admin on January 12, 2016, 12:16:36 PM
Same goes for just about all flies Dave, if I can buy it I will. I don't tie flies I can buy for 40p either. I like to concentrate my tying on stuff I can't buy or have bought and am not happy with - that might include standard lures that I modify to my own spec. I also prefer proper barbless hooks so that would be another reason to tie my own.
Alex and I both buy from the US from time to time where the range and choice is much wider.
Dont know why but I never buy flies, I actually find tying tedious at times but I would not feel right using a bought fly. Most commercial flies are great these days , but I wouldnt trust the hooks on those 3 for a pound Kenyan jobs.
I don't want to detract from dave's beautifully tied classics, so i'm going to start another thread with what I tied tonight. purists should resist the temptation to peek :8)
nice tie btw Jim! I caught the last pike on something almost identical to that
Quote from: corsican dave on January 12, 2016, 10:47:35 PM
I don't want to detract from dave's beautifully tied classics, so i'm going to start another thread with what I tied tonight. purists should resist the temptation to peek :8)
Thanks for the warning Dave, this must be an extreme case. :lol:
Quote from: rannoch raider on January 12, 2016, 08:48:59 PM
Great wee fly for the rivers Dave. Saved the day for me on the Lyon last year when things were quite difficult. Nicely put together. I take it the abbreviated body means that it's tied in the 'Clyde style' ?
No not really the Clyde style, just like to keep spider bodies nice and short. I'll post some dries tomorrow evening after I get home and stuff my face with some grub.
Hey Roobarb, Better close your eyes :lol:
A couple of Five inch Roach streamers.........
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aww, go on Andy! :lol:
Quote from: Roobarb on January 13, 2016, 10:40:14 AM
I'm away from home at the moment and I can't even remember if I've still got them but I'll have a look when I get back.
When I say rough and coarse - I think I used embroidery thread for tying silk on some of them :worried
Andy
I use molnlycke goliath thread for some of the really big stuff... :wink:
Funny you say about flying trebles on your pike flies quite often use an intruder style tube fly. Salmon/steelhead pattern, although just with a single hook, means it's much further back in the pattern. Caught plenty pike on them but never the intended target of a big brown :roll:
Olive and Copper Perch. Five inches long on a 2/0 Sakuma Manta extra..........
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A beautiful tying.
yep. very nice! :8)
Thanks gents. The postie arrived with some materials I've been waiting on this afternoon so here's the mark 2 version. It's only got one additional material in the dressing but it really brightens the pattern up. Saying that, it may be a good option to have a duller perch pattern for clear waters and spooky fish.
What do you prefer Dave bright or dull (above)?
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Don't know about Dave, but I prefer the first one. It looks more perch like IMO.
Billy
Both are crackers, but I too prefer the first one.
yep, me too. but the second one will create a bit more disturbance. should chug quite nicely :8)
I actually like the second one better but I like my flies a bit more dandy! Both great tyings. This thread is really whizzing along just now, I've not had a chance to get the stuff out.....maybe tomorrow!
Yeah, maybe less is more with the olive patterns. I do like a bit of orange in a pattern though, it's particularly striking when its sitting on the vice like a budgie ! :shock:
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This pike fly tying is quite addictive but I really need to get back to the saltwater sea trout patterns. Does anyone have a favourite fly for that sort of fishing for them ?
Back to the coastal flies. One for when it's baltic in the Baltic! Vinterkiller variant.
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Love it.
yep, that should catch anything that swims :8)
Quote from: rannoch raider on January 15, 2016, 01:49:49 PM
Back to the coastal flies. One for when it's baltic in the Baltic! Vinterkiller variant.
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I like the looks of that myself. It looks quite shrimplike.
Could be a good one to have in the box for Uist, both in the salt proper and in the brackish lochs.
Alex
One of my own shrimp patterns. Tied on a size 8 partridge shrimp hook, its a bit smaller and less garish than the Baltic patterns.............
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It'll get a swim sometime soon.
Aye, those are nice. :8)
Those shrimps are beautiful. Nice work
Eezee sandeel. Easiest pattern ever ! EZ tubing, tying silk, saltwater hook of your choice, bug bond and a couple of sharpies. :8)
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yep, I've always found the most difficult bit is tying off the tail end :roll:
I do like those.
Brilliant flies again
Quote from: corsican dave on January 18, 2016, 05:04:19 PM
yep, I've always found the most difficult bit is tying off the tail end :roll:
If I'm going to do a lot I cut the EZ braid to length and form the tails on each on a tube fly tying needle attachment before tying the patterns.
If you don't have one or can't be bothered you can always do it this way........
Tie the tubing to the head of the hook and finish with a whip finish, I then turn the fly around and put the tail end of the tubing in the vice leaving about a half inch or so sticking out.
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I then attach a good tight set of hackle grips and use these as a brace to stop the loose tail end slipping while I tighten down to make the tail flare.
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I don't tie it off, I just give it a very small dab of super glue which locks the tying thread and strands of tubing together instantly.
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Locked!
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I trim and tidy it up before the sharpies and bug bond are applied.
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Superb tip.
Lovely sand eels.
Never used them here but those are the best Barracuda flies going if your ever go anywhere that has them.
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Dark Watchet or iron blue dun
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Blue winged olive. This one is one of the first dries I tied, caught a nice trout with it an hour later!! Beginners luck!
I like them....... What's the body for the bwo?
Quote from: admin on January 18, 2016, 07:08:22 PM
Superb tip.
yep, that's a great tip Jim :D just never thought of it....doh! :roll:
Nice fleas Dave. I've never seen a Dark Watchet tied with split wings. In fact, as we said earlier, split wing flies are rare as rocking horse sh1t these days. You're obviously on a bit of a mission to keep the old traditional patterns flying. :lol:
Nice to see them though!
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Another essential part of my wild fishing tackle. Trad all the way!!
Good old British 4x4 will go where Japanese models fear to tread. :lol:
Quote from: bibio1 on January 19, 2016, 08:44:43 AM
I like them....... What's the body for the bwo?
The body is as I remember hares ear with golden olive and light olive guard hairs mixed, starling wing and a badger cock hackle.
Quote from: admin on January 19, 2016, 06:07:04 PM
Good old British 4x4 will go where Japanese models fear to tread. :lol:
do you want a lift to the airport, or not...? :lol:
Quote from: corsican dave on January 19, 2016, 08:30:18 PM
do you want a lift to the airport, or not...? :lol:
Good old British 4x4 will go where Japanese models fear to tread which of course, as we all know, is never airports. :lol:
Quote from: admin on January 19, 2016, 08:34:02 PM
Good old British 4x4 will go where Japanese models fear to tread which of course, as we all know, is never airports. :lol:
slick, Fred; slick... :8)
Oakham Orange variant today. Supposedly good medicine for Scottish coastal sea troots. I think it's success is likely to be something to do with its shrimpy appearance so I've omitted the short stubby orange tail it usually gets and I've added longer and thicker than usual GP Tippets to add a wee suggestion of black eyes and feelers. Probably won't work at all now ! :lol:
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nice tying and a wee variant of a soldier palmer for the broones maybe on a summers day? :8)
Hanging out with a couple of big blondes tonight ! The platinum type :lol:
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Nice Jim, whats the wing material ? Im looking for something similar to polar bear and that looks very similar.
Hi bud, the wing is angel hair. It's a very fine synthetic fibre available in various colours including this one which is a mix of white, pearl and has some blue 'ish' sparkle that's quite hard to see on photos. It is very mobile and doesn't absorb water. The tail and beard are arctic fox tied fairly meaty.
Wing material looks good, what's the kind of hackles are the orange ones above? I need some decent ones, i bought a cape but the orange was too soft and the stems were really thick.......you pays your money you takes your chances on eBay :roll:
Hi Andy, the orange hackles are nothing special, just a cheap dyed indian cape. There won't be too many worthwhile feathers on it for palmering. I've bought a couple of decent capes for dries and a spey cape but I usually don't go overboard for dyed feathers for wets. It's probably better viewing or at least discussing what you want with sellers before buying.
I usually buy cheap natural capes from eBay and dye them myself if there's a specific colour I need, for whatever reason I find some of the ones you buy coloured are pretty ropey. I've struggled to get decent teal blue and claret in the past so it was the best option. Might do the same with the hot orange but I see I have a pm.......
Quote from: rannoch raider on January 23, 2016, 02:43:42 PM
Hi bud, the wing is angel hair. It's a very fine synthetic fibre available in various colours including this one which is a mix of white, pearl and has some blue 'ish' sparkle that's quite hard to see on photos. It is very mobile and doesn't absorb water. The tail and beard are arctic fox tied fairly meaty.
Cheers Jim , Ive plenty of that although mines is all flashy does it come in just plain colours? Your fly looks nice and translucent in the photo.
I was given some pink, white and chartreuse polar bear fur years ago, it makes great clousers but really hard to find a match and Im not cool with harming anymore polar bears!
Craft fur is pretty close but I cant find it in the deep magenta Im looking for, If youve any ideas let me know -
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That wee clouser looks great Colin. It's got that translucency you speak of. What 's best to use to achieve that look with synthetics is hard to say. It's probably a matter of personal preference and what's in the eye of the beholder. There are so many synthetic options out there it has become difficult to choose. I use a few different ones for different things.
For sandeel type clousers I find DNA materials pretty good but it doesn't have the 'bounce' that some crimped fibres have........
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Another one I like is Halo Hair which comes in polar white. It works quite well with the Angel Hair wing and flash material which comes in a good bright pink. The clouser with the gold eyes is tied with that combination. The other is done with a combination of transparent ice supreme hair which is marketed as white and pink supreme hair. I think it works quite well but it won't have the same movement as the finer materials.
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There is now a lighter, finer version of this out there from Wapsi, it's called Unique hair. It looks the part but I've yet to try it.
Another really good material I've just got my hands on is the Steve Farrar's flash blend from H20. It is sold in a huge range of colours with and without flash.
Corsican Dave put me onto the Funky Fly Tying company and I've found they hold a wide variety of winging and flash fibre materials. It's definitely worth a wee browse through their site. The guy who runs the shop is called Toby and he is very helpful and happy to offer advice on the phone.
Maybe someone else out there could offer more advice ? Corsican Dave certainly knows his way around synthetics and he's been tying saltwater patterns for a lot longer than I have. What's your thoughts Dave?
Guys I'm goin to be chasing sea bass this year on the west coast. I'm going mid June. So.....what flies would you recommend. Don't want to spend a fortune but some of the tyings look great.
Shad
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Quote from: bibio1 on January 24, 2016, 04:56:00 PM
Guys I'm goin to be chasing sea bass this year on the west coast. I'm going mid June. So.....what flies would you recommend. Don't want to spend a fortune but some of the tyings look great.
Lets hope there are some bass to fish for on the west coast this year. There were very few around last year. In some of the better more reliable marks they did not show at all. Anyway ! Tie yourself a small selection of clousers in a combination of white belly and any of the following colours on top, chartreuse, olive green, tan, white, blue, pink. Size 4, 2 and 1 hooks with weighted bead chain or dumbells to suit the depth you want to fish at. They don't need to be neat or fancy. If they are there you will catch them on these.
tight lines!
Sorry, forgot to say you can get a pack of mixed bucktail at a reasonable price that will probably do the whole job for you.
Just saw on Countryfile that rod and line anglers kill 25% of all bass in northern Europe. An astonishing amount.
I cannot believe that ! Certainly not the case here in the UK. Bullshit methinks.
I intend to fly fish for bass at Elliot beach Arbroath this summer. Some big fish get caught there every year. Burnie had a 10 lber last year (on bait). I also expect I might get hassle from the Tay bailiffs, but I will not be intimidated as every fish I catch will be returned regardless of species.
I am going to give it a go on islay, where I'm told there are some good spots on the north of the island.
I will call Toby at funky tomorrow and get a small selection of stuff. I can see another addiction taking hold.
Quote from: rannoch raider on January 24, 2016, 04:19:42 PM
Corsican Dave certainly knows his way around synthetics and he's been tying saltwater patterns for a lot longer than I have. What's your thoughts Dave?
somewhat worryingly my young niece turned up this weekend with her "my little pony" toy (quite a large one). it's now minus a few strands of its wonderfully translucent pink mane..... :8)
You are outrageous Dave :lol: Her mum and dad will be telling her 'get to sleep now before uncle Dave comes to cut up your pony and dolly's hair with his big bad scissors ! :shock: :shock: :shock: :lol: :lol: :lol: Poor wean!
Quote from: bibio1 on January 24, 2016, 10:11:24 PM
I am going to give it a go on islay, where I'm told there are some good spots on the north of the island.
I will call Toby at funky tomorrow and get a small selection of stuff. I can see another addiction taking hold.
I camped at Kilchonan and Kintra a couple of years ago. The west coast of Islay has some stunning beaches that just scream out bass. unfortunately I never had a chance to fish them. You really don't need to spend much to make a few of these clousers. They would be the first choice of almost every bass fisher in the UK and are very easy to make with bucktail. Even if you restricted yourself to chartreuse and olive over white you would still be very well equipped for bass.
Cheers for the ideas Jim,I will try some of that Halo stuff,I have plenty of the Unique hair it's been around a while.It works better on bigger flies though, theres a fly called Juros deep eel which is basically a unique hair clouser, with some mirage flash.Ive caught hundreds of Striped Bass on Cape Cod with it,in fact it's all I use there.
Back to the pink thing though,I might try dying some bleached calf tails as I've read thats about as close as I'll get without really pissing of a polar bear.
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Another classic salmon fly. This one is a Durham Ranger. A few faults on this one but overall I'm pretty happy with it. Tying a few up at the moment as the season starts in a few days on the first of February.
That's a beauty !! You should be making fly brooches and selling them.
Very nice Dave, almost a shame to put that in the water ! :shock:
I do tie to order if it's ok to say that here. I have a few patterns dialed. I practice at the vice every moment I can. Practice makes perfect!! Thanks for the great feedback guys. I like it here!!
Beautifully done and I have to say I'd definately give it a swim, be a shame not to!
That is a lovely fly and a dying art. Keep it up. I'd you want any mawcaw pm me you address. It's not the best but I don't use it.
very nice Dave! :D great photo, too :8)
Very nice. The webby dressings must add a lot of life to these flies. I always think that flies tied in this style look a bit shrimpy in profile and that can only be a good thing for sea trout.
I like that style, particularly the bottom one. I've been meaning to get the stuff out and tie something similar. I did this one the other day, a bugger to photo a bit like my all black dogs! It's an all black muddler, it just looks like a black blob but should give a good silhouette in the water
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always catch on those early season at scourie Andy. nice.
Nice muddler as always Andy, I'll bet it would do a good job on the bob and fished high in the water at night for the Leven sea trout. :wink:
Funny enough I was just thinking about that :D
Well, you've had the beauty of a classic, must be time for a beast !
The 'Alive Borsteormsflue', coastal sea trout ragworm pattern that has a great reputation. Probably one of the hardest things to tie I've done for a wee while. It does have great mobility though so hopefully worthwhile.
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Hey rhubarb thanks for the feedback, the rangers are true classics, tricky to tie but worth the effort. One day soon I'll move on to married wings!! Have to build myself up to it. Love the 2 flies you posted, especially the bottom one. Love the spey shape. It would make a great low water salmon fly, very killing.
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This one is called the skirmisher. Tied on a size 4 Bartleet.
That's a nice colour for a peaty water Dave. Can't go wrong for salmon with orange , yellow and black.
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Tried again las night . This one much better overall shape and proportion. Better ribbing, topping, head. Sorry to show the same fly again, but I had to share this one!!
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Quote from: Roobarb on January 29, 2016, 10:32:32 AM
Don't worry we won't get bored looking at this sort of stuff, another great but of tying :)
Almost! It took me about six weeks to get the hang of forum image uploads but then I am unusually dim!
Give us a bigger picture because the tying looks pretty good :)
Andy
I am useless with computers.. Hopefully this is better. Picture slightly blurred
Been thinking about a booby type fly fit for pike for a while now. Here's the mk 1 'Booby Roach. It's about 4 inches long tied on a Sakuma Manta 4/0 hook ...........
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It's ballast comes from two foam booby eyes placed on the hook shank with most flotation on the upper side to make it suspend the correct way up;
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The ballast gives it a bit of volume and more realistic profile.
Fingers crossed !!! :lol:
Now that is nice! Fished on a sinker slow retrieve has to be a winner!
should do the job nicely :D i'm sure jack gartside would be proud of you :8)
Thanks guys, Has Jack Done something similar Dave?
Ah, Just found it, the wee floating minnow ? :8). There's nothing new in fishing or fly tying is there ! :lol:
Quote from: rannoch raider on January 24, 2016, 07:06:44 PM
I cannot believe that ! Certainly not the case here in the UK. Bullshit methinks.
think if you got to the kyle of Tongue you will maybe find it is not bullshit :roll:
Quote from: loch coulter on January 30, 2016, 08:42:54 PM
think if you got to the kyle of Tongue you will maybe find it is not bullshit :roll:
You think so ? How many did the commercial netsmen catch and how many did the local bass anglers catch during the 2015 season ? There may be isolated areas where anglers abuse big shoals of small fish but these catches don't get close to the numbers taken by commercial fishermen.
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This one has no name.
The dressing is from the 1894 Hardy's Ballina catalogue. I love the colours. This one is tied on a vintage size 3/0 short shank mustad limerick bend hook.
Lovely !
Quote from: rannoch raider on January 28, 2016, 12:02:13 AM
Well, you've had the beauty of a classic, must be time for a beast !
The 'Alive Borsteormsflue', coastal sea trout ragworm pattern that has a great reputation. Probably one of the hardest things to tie I've done for a wee while. It does have great mobility though so hopefully worthwhile.
somehow I completely missed this one, Jim. it's great! :D have you got a link to a sbs by any chance?
Quote from: corsican dave on January 31, 2016, 09:01:24 AM
somehow I completely missed this one, Jim. it's great! :D have you got a link to a sbs by any chance?
I'd be interested in that too. Mr Google & Mr Youtube both come up blank.
Here you go gents............
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cz-6ATecsh8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cz-6ATecsh8)
This is the original step by step in Danish which opens a You Tube page with a number of alternatives including a pattern made from ring neck hackles that looks good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_A-dgsLfiw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_A-dgsLfiw)
English version.
One today, a hair wing silver doctor. Really need to get more time at the vice :(
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Very nice, are we to take it that you are now tying for that double hander and the Leven now ? :)
All you need to catch salmon is black, orange and yellow bucktail, black silk, gold and silver tinsel. Just tie a selection of Willie Gunn tubes, singles, doubles and shrimps in various sizes. That's it. All you will ever need, wherever you go, at any time of year. :lol:
It's just one I'd seen and fancied a crack at, it's a bit over elaborate with three different fox tail colours and a false hackle over the hackle, the challenge is keeping the sequence right to keep down bulk on the head. But yes primarily tying for the leven with possible odd day on the Isla and maybe even the Tay if I get in early enough to make it affordable!
I want to get some Spey style ones tied, I'm thinking a sort of doobry Spey, still to flesh it out though, just need some time at the vice :roll:
Have a look at the orange, black and gold shrimp. There's a few versions of that on the go that you would easily mistake for a big webby doobry. all the right colours.
Ok doke I'll have a look, cheers
That's a brand new mangy cape I'll have you know :lol:
Quote from: rannoch raider on January 30, 2016, 10:36:24 PM
You think so ? How many did the commercial netsmen catch and how many did the local bass anglers catch during the 2015 season ? There may be isolated areas where anglers abuse big shoals of small fish but these catches don't get close to the numbers taken by commercial fishermen.
dont know about 2015 but i know me and a mate had plenty in 2014 and only a few small ones, maybe we were lucky :8)
First attempt at a spey style, the body and Palmer went well and all was good but the golden pheasant shoulder hackle is a bit on the long side and turns out I only had grey mallard and not bronze ( and no opposing feathers!) anyway always good to have room for improvement!
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That's nice that is. The pheasant works quite well tied like that.
Cheers yeah the effect is quite good but too long I think. The fly looked great just with the Palmer. Kinda wish I'd left it. Interested to see what folk think of this, kind of had the willie gunn in mind ( thanks Jim) but didn't really have a plan when I started :shock:
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Quote from: Lochan_load on February 01, 2016, 07:25:14 PM
First attempt at a spey style, the body and Palmer went well and all was good but the golden pheasant shoulder hackle is a bit on the long side and turns out I only had grey mallard and not bronze ( and no opposing feathers!) anyway always good to have room for improvement!
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I like the spey style a lot, great overall shape. Maybe a black head would look better? That's not a criticism by the way! How did you form the wing? Is it a big bunch removed and folded back on its self?
Nice looking fly, I would fish that for sure
Hey Dave, I put a folded wing on first to support and then put a slip down either side to try and give the flat profile, didn't quite work but I'll definately give it a swim :D
Another hair wing silver doctor, size 4 single this time. Think I'm done with these now...far too much like hard work! :shock:
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That's a nice fly. Beautifly tied!
Keep them coming. Maybe we should have a threat for the classics!!
I don't tie many salmon flies Dave, was just a bit inspired by some of your flies and jims speys, I like the classic style ones but there's a lot of work in them!! . This is basically the Spey style I posted yesterday but with the wing replaced with a jc cheek and a black hackle, could come in handy at some point
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Is that a claret body with a pearl rib Andy ? Whatever it is , its a good combination that goes well with the copper. Bet that would work well as a sea trout bumble. Nice.
It's orange guard hair mixed with hot orange slf and uv, robbed with gold holographic and copper for the Palmer, tired just typing that! Tried to upload a pic from below to show it closer but it won't upload. And cheers :D
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it's a nice effect that. There's a lot going on there. I like that.
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Something for the mountain streams.
Yellow silk, jay primary and underwing covert.
I've had great success with this style, taken from Pritt's book.
My take on a junction shrimp, the white on orange shows up well in the water
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Yes, that's got the look. The gold hook works well too. Nicely done Andy.
Cheers Jim, got round to doing a willie gunn
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Yep, nice one Andy, that's one way to do it! It probably makes tying flies boring but it really is true that the colours in that wee fly can be mixed up, stacked , palmered, done on all the various tubes, coneheads, singles, doubles, added to with flashabou, done in combinations of black/ yellow, black / orange. All can be tied over black /silver / gold or black ribbed with Gold / silver and many other combinations tied to suit the water and season. You can be confident that any one of them will catch salmon anywhere.
I am not greatly experienced with salmon (couldn't afford to be) but I honestly believe that fly's aren't terribly important to most salmon. The trick with salmon is getting onto a river where there you will actually find salmon rather than empty pools! You'll probably remember that there was a time when you couldn't read a report in T&S that didn't have the humble stoats tail hailed as the greatest fly ever. The Ally's shrimp was next to become 'the fly', that was followed by the Temple dog tying style, then it was the cascade followed by the park shrimp and now it looks like the Snaelda series.
I've tied loads of salmon flies and probably just like everyone else on here I stick them in a box and forget about many of them. When I did fish for them, mainly spring and autumn, I invariably went for a suitably sized and appropriately dressed Willie Gunn. I like it on mixed bucktail wing over a gold body on a plastic or aluminium tube. I always had heaps of confidence in the pattern and I think that allows you to fish more effectively. I never done any worse than anyone else.
Here's a couple of well battered Willie Gunn tubes from my spring box that I'd fish quite happily right now..............
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Caught a few fish on this wee pattern
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I got rid of my big rod a while ago but browsing through the fly boxes has got me sort of feeling the urge again :shock:
first attempt at a really big articulated fly. you can buy ridiculously expensive articulated spine kits or, like me you can use sea fishing bait clips; cheap as chips. same result :8)
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That looks a big bad mama! That 'll sort the big ladies from the jacks! What's the favoured line weight required to get these big 'artics' cast out comfortably Dave ?
Quote from: rannoch raider on February 03, 2016, 10:55:25 PM
That looks a big bad mama! That 'll sort the big ladies from the jacks! What's the favoured line weight required to get these big 'artics' cast out comfortably Dave ?
i'll let you know! :lol:
this is completely synthetic so it's a lot lighter than some things I've cast (big clousers for instance). should have no problem whipping it out on my std #10wt pike rig. I only use a fairly short (4-6') heavy nylon leader with a wire tippet, so turnover isn't a problem. don't expect to cast ultra-tight loops with these huge flies tho'; you'll be wearing 'em round your ears!
the chocklett body wrap is superb, btw
Love that fly Dave. Great design too. It could double as a draft excluder on those cold and windy highland nights. :lol:
Looks like something from the BBC special effects department. Dr Who prop from the 70's
I dont know what it looks like but it needs a name Dave! I put forward "acid flashback" .
Acid-House Fly ..... ??
Quote from: troutmaddave on February 04, 2016, 05:55:12 PM
Looks like something from the BBC special effects department. Dr Who prop from the 70's
I think I remember that one. "Dr Who And The Attack Of The Mutant Draft Excluders" :D
of course one can't be entirely certain how many goldfish the scourie trout have seen, but they're definitely going to get a good look at this one! :8)
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Quote from: corsican dave on February 04, 2016, 11:34:56 PM
of course one can't be entirely certain how many goldfish the scourie trout have seen, but they're definitely going to get a good look at this one! :8)
Brilliant! :lol:
Alex
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That's a quality job Dave. Some mean hairdressing skills on show there! The keeper will shoot you if you approach a good trout loch with that on your cast :lol:
just in case you thought I was going soft, here's a proper size one on a #5/0. bear in mind my local duck pond once had a number of specimen orfe. had..... :8)
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Does the RSPB know you have that? :lol:
Quote from: admin on February 05, 2016, 09:23:42 AM
Does the RSPB know you have that? :lol:
not osprey season yet, Fred. but when I get one you'll all know about it..... :8) :lol:
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Got my natural red schlappen fro amazon today, so I tied up this.
The purple king. The wool is a bit dark and shiny but I'm pleased with the overall look. I hope the salmon don't mind!!
Nice irons that you put these flies onto. Good thing that you can still get them.
Quote from: Bobfly on February 11, 2016, 12:06:47 AM
Nice irons that you put these flies onto. Good thing that you can still get them.
Yes, love 'em, a rennet from the Glasgow angling centre. Limited sizes though, only 1/0's left. Anyone have a sus on larger ones??
I like that one Dave. I think I mentioned before, there must be a sort of shrimpy look from these spey patterns when they're fished. It must be quite appealing to the fish.
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Nice job. Quite an attractive and unusual pattern. I've never seen that one before.
It's a new one on me but think it's one he fishes himself, recommended it for sea trout. Quite a lot going on for a size 10 but I think the colours work pretty well. Just done my first willie gunn tube, standby.....
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Superb ! Very nicely tied Andy. It's the only fly you'll ever need :lol:
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A wet Durham ranger after a couple of runs down the bridge beat of the drumcliff river
Gives a bonny profile :D :D
Nice to see a fly which would normaly be wall mounted be dragged through the water like it was designed for :8)
Well, this one will be swimming in the salt tomorrow :wink:..........
Tan Shrimp
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I hope the EA know your going to be hauling in more sea trout than the Scandis can haul in a year with that :8)
Thats really nice, simple and natural looking.
Quote from: SoldierPmr on February 12, 2016, 09:06:43 PM
Nice to see a fly which would normaly be wall mounted be dragged through the water like it was designed for :8)
Exactly! As I said before, I tie to fish. Nothing is too pretty to be dragged through through the water.
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Wet dee snow fly. Love the look of the wet peacock herl
Superb looking shrimp there Rannoch. I haven't had the vice out for ages but that has got the fingers twitching a bit - what's the tying?
Cheers,
Ian
Hi Ian, The tying is pretty simple really.......
Hook is a partridge saltwater shrimp 6 or 8. I've also added a few strands of lead wire tied along the bottom of the hook shank rather than wrapped around.
Feelers are tan supreme hair with two or three strands of light pink / green pearl gliss and glo.
Mouth part is speckled brown partridge.
Eyes are 'easy eyes'.
Body is Polar Dub, light tan.
The legs are a synthetic material called Pseudo Hackle in light brown olive. This is also what provides the rib effect.
Finish by giving the entire fly a 'comb' with your dubbing brush.
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the predator becomes the prey; a couple of bandies
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Just the ticket for these Pike filled highland lochs Dave. What sort of length is on them ?
Quote from: rannoch raider on February 15, 2016, 02:52:44 AM
Just the ticket for these Pike filled highland lochs Dave. What sort of length is on them ?
these are on a relatively conservative #4. that's 4, not 4/0. should be ideal for pretty much anything that swims, including early season brownies, carp & barbel. very easy tie. mostly a wrap of white cactus chenille and some marker pen
A pike fly inspired by a pattern used by the guys at Dyckers Pure Fly Fishing.
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Some clouser minnows.
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They look terrific :D
That's the first flies I've tied in about 4 years. I had a few practice runs and found I had a tendency to overdress them, really easy when using the synthetic fibres.
Spot on Robert. Very nicely done.
Quote from: rannoch raider on February 14, 2016, 03:07:34 PM
Hi Ian, The tying is pretty simple really.......
Hook is a partridge saltwater shrimp 6 or 8. I've also added a few strands of lead wire tied along the bottom of the hook shank rather than wrapped around.
Feelers are tan supreme hair with two or three strands of light pink / green pearl gliss and glo.
Mouth part is speckled brown partridge.
Eyes are 'easy eyes'.
Body is Polar Dub, light tan.
The legs are a synthetic material called Pseudo Hackle in light brown olive. This is also what provides the rib effect.
Finish by giving the entire fly a 'comb' with your dubbing brush.
:D
Cool - thanks for that Rannoch, will give it a shot,
Cheers,
Ian
Pike streamer using H2O Slinky Fibre on a Gamakatsu SL12 size 6/0.
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Spot on Dave, the tail action the stripped zonker strip gave in the Mighty Mouse video was great, simple idea but works well. I was dead baiting the other day :worried
So, here is my first attempt at The Jock Scott.
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nice one Dave! :D those golden pheasant over-wings are buggers aren't they? :lol:
I can't match that for class, but here's a very thrifty fry pattern dashed off with a bit of zonker waste and some sparkle dub
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Thanks dave, I'll give it another go soon when I've recovered!!!
I used to have hair like your last fly, back in the day!! Nice fly looks very fishy!
This one is The Gary Scott. On a Bartleet size 4.
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ah! you've recovered then? :lol:
Quote from: roberth on February 16, 2016, 07:20:09 PM
Pike streamer using H2O Slinky Fibre on a Gamakatsu SL12 size 6/0.
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That's a really tidy fly, nice work.
Thanks, here's another similar pattern. Could maybe do with more trimming.
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Yeah Robert, Nice. You're very neat with the slinky fibre.
Thanks, it's the final trimming I find difficult with these patterns. I've ordered some Enrico Puglisi fibres in olive, off white and bronze so expect some new baitfish creations next week! :D
yep, getting the proportions right is tricky. and the synthetics knacker your scissors pretty quickly, too.
bit of a top tip I picked up from a pro-tyer: tease your fibres out from one end of the bundle to create a taper before you tie it in. magically the other end of the bundle is tapered too! bloody obvious when you think about it, but it hadn't occurred to me....doh! :lol:
Bring them on Robert ! I love to see new patterns. I'm not very experienced with that style of tying so it's good to see what can be done with it.
These are my first attempts at this type of pattern. I was buying a fly reel from Dyckers in the Netherlands and noticed this style of fly for sale so decided to copy some of them. The guys that run the shop catch some monster pike on the fly, their most successful pattern being a black and purple streamer called Kers. I'll have a go at one and post the results.
Funny Robert the Dyckers blog /shop/videos really caught my eye as well, they catch some serious fish in the Netherlands and overseas.
They seem to do well with the ep flies for Bass as well.
Quote from: shad on February 19, 2016, 03:11:16 PM
Funny Robert the Dyckers blog /shop/videos really caught my eye as well, they catch some serious fish in the Netherlands and overseas.
They seem to do well with the ep flies for Bass as well.
The guys really know their stuff and are happy to offer advice on gear or fly patterns. I've been getting most of my fly tying materials from them.
Robert
Picked these up from HobbyCraft today, far cheaper than the GAC. Not sure if they'll be as durable but worth a go. £5.50 for 225 eyes (7mm, 9mm and 12mm)
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I bought a bunch of those some years ago. They work fine and must add extra movement
Those eyes are fine, used them on loads of pike flies!
Talking of Pike flies ! First attempt at a Niklaus Bauer pattern with detachable 3gm head and wiggle tail. It does a lot of damage in the video Dave just posted so let's hope it works for our Scottish toothy critters too !
Weighing in at 33cm !
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The hollow construction style gives it good volume. Might be hard to see from my poor phone photos....
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Very light and fairly streamlined for casting for a fly with such presence.
GAC were 3.50 for 20 self adhesive eyes so it's good to hear that these cheaper alternatives will be fine.
Rannoch Raider, that looks fantastic. I've been trying to keep the weight down on my pike flies, the first I made about 8 years ago were a nightmare to cast on a 10 weight rod. I was using them for stalking pike so had them heavy leaded and had dumbbell eyes. They could have been cast on a light spinning rod.
quality! :8)
Quote from: roberth on February 19, 2016, 10:17:00 PM
Picked these up from HobbyCraft today, far cheaper than the GAC. Not sure if they'll be as durable but worth a go. £5.50 for 225 eyes (7mm, 9mm and 12mm)
they're fine Robert. the only issue I've found is that they'll craze ie cloud over if you get superglue anywhere near them. uv cured resin is fine. plus getting the backing paper off can be an exercise in frustration! :lol:
Quote from: roberth on February 19, 2016, 11:05:39 PM
GAC were 3.50 for 20 self adhesive eyes so it's good to hear that these cheaper alternatives will be fine.
Rannoch Raider, that looks fantastic. I've been trying to keep the weight down on my pike flies, the first I made about 8 years ago were a nightmare to cast on a 10 weight rod. I was using them for stalking pike so had them heavy leaded and had dumbbell eyes. They could have been cast on a light spinning rod.
fairly easy to tie mahussive flies with lots of bulk and very little weight with modern materials.at the risk of teaching you to suck eggs, try slowing down your casting and opening up the loop a bit.
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Talking of Pike flies ! First attempt at a Niklaus Bauer pattern with detachable 3gm head and wiggle tail. It does a lot of damage in the video Dave just posted so let's hope it works for our Scottish toothy critters too !
Weighing in at 33cm !
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The hollow construction style gives it good volume. Might be hard to see from my poor phone photos....
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Very light and fairly streamlined for casting for a fly with such presence.
Nice very nice. :D
I've not done a lot of fishing / tying over the last few years, predator fly fishing seems to have become very popular. A lot of the synthetic materials available now will allow big bulky flies with less casting issues. My old pike flies were basically heavily leaded Xmas trees.
Dyckers recommended an adhesive called E6000 for attaching eyes. I bought some from eBay but haven't used it due to the carcinogen warning on the label, need to get some protective masks first.
Out of curiosity, where are you guys getting the waggle tails?
A slightly bigger pattern for the big girls ! Again tied on a tube and can carry the wiggle tail and weighted front nose cone. This has a tremendous amount of volume created by a synthetic called Big Fish Fibre. Still very light despite the size.
The 'Kraken' :shock:
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That's phenomenal! Great bit of tying. Used to dubbing loop marabou and foxtail to create a bulky tear drop without the weight but never looked anywhere near as good as that :?
Hi Andy. thanks, but truth be told, it is much more to do with the 'base' materials of this pattern than any skill of mine ! There is a 'halo' of bucktail tied in and surrounded by a generous amount of 'big fly fibre' which is like supreme hair that's had a 'Jackson Five perm'. Once its on, one material supports the other and you can add the flash and in this case ostrich feathers. The tube probably also helps to maintain the structure of the base. The great thing about this style of dressing is that it's very light.
glad you mentioned the ostrich; I was going to ask about that. presumably that's the barred green feather over the top? I went looking for some today in inverness. no luck! no feckin' white zonker, either... I reckon there's a shortage after all that hare culling :lol:
Yeah Dave , the green barred feather is ostrich. It is just an alternative to saddle hackles. It is light, doesn't soak up much water and it's highly mobile. It comes in a variety of qualities , lengths and colours. The price tends to go up with the length of fibre.
This was the pattern I mentioned earlier, had to use a different material which wasn't as rigid as slinky fibre, should still be effective.
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The black and purple seems to popular in Holland. It's not something you see much over here but maybe it's time we tried it ! That's another nice bit of ' fur whittling' Robert ! How did you find the glue that was recommended for the eyes ?
The black and purple is supposed be very effective for pike, I'll try it out when the local ponds defrost! That's the googly eyes from HobbyCraft, I'm hoping they add some extra movement to the lure.
I got 110ml of E6000 for 5.95 on eBay with free postage. It's very popular with jewellery makers apparently.
nasty alien thing with a sting in the tail. not small..... sorry about the photo; really difficult to get the lighting right with these highly reflective synthetics
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Nice one Dave, You can bet that one will meet a few jagged jaws ! I take my fly photos at the vice with my phone for convenience but as you say it isn't easy to get a proper shot for reflection off some materials. I haven't got the time or technical know how for cameras and fancy lighting ! Any tips Fred ?
cheers! to be honest, it was a rushed photo as I wanted to get to bed... :lol: couple of top-tips I used for this. use of a large pen barrel to fold the various types of hair backwards (had previously done it by hand), use of bulldog type hair grips to hold the bunched hair back in place while you make the lock wraps (ditto) and finally, a light application of uv bond to hold the hair back permanently, especially at the head. bit of a cheat this last one, but it works! :8)
Some great flies coming on the thread just now, I'm dying to get the vice out and try some of these, I'll need to get some new materials though :roll:
Hoping to give these chaps a swim very soon !
Fire Perch on a tube
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This is a pattern of my own. It's a Rainbow lookeylikey for the trout waters. It is also tied on a tube and can take a wiggle tail and front nose cone to ring the changes. It is approx. 8 inches long , 12 with a tail mounted. :lol:
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very nice. i'd laugh if you caught a huge rainbow with that! :8)
I could see a big brownie nailing one of them on a sinking line. :shock:
My mate is gonnie have a crack at some chernobyl ants he i told him about them. :roll:
He just text asking what colour is best.
The ones i got from fred kick ass and are just black. Any advice for Peter guys.
Cheers
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My mate is gonnie have a crack at some chernobyl ants he i told him about them. :roll:
He just text asking what colour is best.
The ones i got from fred kick ass and are just black. Any advice for Peter guys.
Cheers
I've had big fish on yellow chernobyl ants (yellow underside, black back). I can see how this might look a wee bit like a big stonefly, but I think black or brown would look more "natural" :lol: when there are no stoneflies about.
Alex
Thanks Alex.
I'll need to try the Chernobyl Ant. I'm a fan of a big dry but usually use a big mayfly, never fails on Loch Awe.
Robert
A saltwater pattern that is said to be effective for sea trout. It will certainly have plenty of sparkle and mobility. It'll be getting a chance to prove itself very soon :wink:
The White Magic Head............
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Quote from: rannoch raider on February 22, 2016, 07:12:33 PM
A saltwater pattern that is said to be effective for sea trout. It will certainly have plenty of sparkle and mobility. It'll be getting a chance to prove itself very soon :wink:
The White Magic Head............
That looks an interesting pattern :) - I dont remember seeing anything like it for saltwater seatrout before. I'm guessing the plastic cone will make it dart about quite a bit. Can I ask where do you get the plastic cones from? - I fancy giving that pattern a try myself :)
Hi Bud, It's not a fly I'd ever seen before someone sent me this video and asked me to tie the fly for him . There is a step by step for tying this incorporated into the video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AP_Vw1L-sCI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AP_Vw1L-sCI)
I have used white wooly buggers and the white IPN has a good reputation over here so I wasn't surprised that it was a successful pattern elsewhere. It is really nothing more than a IPN with the weight removed and a 'Magi Head' added.
The heads themselves are called 'Magic Heads' , they come in a number of sizes for use with different size hooks. They can be difficult to find online.
They are one of Marc Petitjean's inventions and like everything else that is connected to that name they are a ridiculous price. You can pay over a fiver for a pack of six of these things. Are they good ? I don't know but I can see the logic behind them and I'm keen to try them out here. It seems to me that they will do their best work with simple flies tied with mobile materials. I've fitted a couple to longer soft worm patterns but haven't used them yet.
Cheers
Jim
Some more pike lures.
Garfish blue and white.
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Frog green and light tan.
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Quote from: rannoch raider on February 22, 2016, 08:24:45 PM
Hi Bud, It's not a fly I'd ever seen before someone sent me this video and asked me to tie the fly for him . There is a step by step for tying this incorporated into the video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AP_Vw1L-sCI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AP_Vw1L-sCI)
I have used white wooly buggers and the white IPN has a good reputation over here so I wasn't surprised that it was a successful pattern elsewhere. It is really nothing more than a IPN with the weight removed and a 'Magi Head' added.
The heads themselves are called 'Magic Heads' , they come in a number of sizes for use with different size hooks. They can be difficult to find online.
They are one of Marc Petitjean's inventions and like everything else that is connected to that name they are a ridiculous price. You can pay over a fiver for a pack of six of these things. Are they good ? I don't know but I can see the logic behind them and I'm keen to try them out here. It seems to me that they will do their best work with simple flies tied with mobile materials. I've fitted a couple to longer soft worm patterns but haven't used them yet.
Cheers
Jim
Many thanks Jim, I liked the videos and the movement the magic head gave the fly was better than I imagined. I'll have a tour around some ironmonger/DIY places and see if I can find something I can adapt before I go for the original - some thin plastic tubing and a bit of heat might work or even a cut down plastic pipette.
Cheers
John
Hi, this one is one of the classics. The Green Highlander. Love this pattern this is a version by Kelson.
Well, kinda my version of his version, didn't use any bustard, don't have a spare £50 for a pair of wing quills!! Happy enough with this one, another first attempt
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All the best
That's lovely Dave as always. Jim really enjoyed that video and the fly looks good, maybe Roobarb should be giving these out to his rods on uist :worried
I would love to see Roobarb's sea troot selection and any for the salt up there ? :wink:
Dave, that's a beautiful looking fly. The Green Highlander is one of those legendary flies I connect with old black and white photos showing his lordship standing in front of his 20 fish haul for the day ! :shock:
I honestly don't think I've ever seen a green coloured fly being fished in a river for salmon !
Hi thanks for the kind comments, the GH really is a classic, along side the jock scoot and the ranger. Green coloured flies are quite popular over here in shrimp styles. I don't use trebles, I just don't like them, kinda ugly and mean looking if yoy know what I mean. I need to practice the wing side a bit more, the bodies are pretty easy. I'm looking fir dyed Sean if anyone knows/has any?
Loving the forum by the way!!
Cheers
Dave
looks great Dave! :D the golden pheasant topping behaved itself for that one :lol: I would have no hesitation flinging that out, but I might want a wire tippet..... :wink:
Perch imitation
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Very neat again Robert. That material looks the business. Do you think it has the density and properties required to build an elliptical type profile or just give the shoulders and back more height ?
I'm tying up some small mice patterns (size 2s long shank) for some big trout on my local river. Been reading they work not just at night, but during the day too. It's called the Rydare mouse is to tie, see YouTube..
Brown foam strip over a brown or black wound rabbit strip. Long rabbit skin tail, with hair removed. Think I will have to go up to a 5/6# rather than my normal 4#.
Richard.
go big, Richard :8) 6/0...
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go big, Richard :8) 6/0...
Guinea Pig pattern ! :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Very neat again Robert. That material looks the business. Do you think it has the density and properties required to build an elliptical type profile or just give the shoulders and back more height ?
The top half is funky hair which doesn't have great density, it's quite sleek and should give good movement. The bottom material is slinky fibre and has much more density.
Hi Andy, Yes, the cone is made of a very soft silicone and you just push it back over the head of the fly to allow threading.
I wasn't bothered about what you were tying for this year Andy, Like every other angler who appreciates a drift on a hebridean loch, I'd just like to get a swatch at your fly box to see what you think is worthy of a place. I don't much care about style. There's a style for photographing and there's a style for fishing ! I'm guessing you will have a few in there for fishing ?
Go on, gie's a flash ! :wink:
Quote from: roberth on February 23, 2016, 11:20:39 PM
The top half is funky hair which doesn't have great density, it's quite sleek and should give good movement. The bottom material is slinky fibre and has much more density.
You've done a great job of aligning the different materials Robert. You are making it look easier than it is. It would be great to find a material that was stiff enough and dense enough to allow a fibre length of about one and a half inches either side of the shank so patterns could be tied with decent 2 to 3 inch flanks but narrow widths to get the small roach/ perch shapes. Any ideas ?
Quote from: rannoch raider on February 24, 2016, 01:10:17 AM
You've done a great job of aligning the different materials Robert. You are making it look easier than it is. It would be great to find a material that was stiff enough and dense enough to allow a fibre length of about one and a half inches either side of the shank so patterns could be tied with decent 2 to 3 inch flanks but narrow widths to get the small roach/ perch shapes. Any ideas ?
Probably the H2O Slinky Fibre. I would be concerned that it might obstruct the hook though. I'm waiting on some EP fibres coming, I'll post some creations when it arrives.
Quote from: rannoch raider on February 24, 2016, 01:10:17 AM
You've done a great job of aligning the different materials Robert. You are making it look easier than it is. It would be great to find a material that was stiff enough and dense enough to allow a fibre length of about one and a half inches either side of the shank so patterns could be tied with decent 2 to 3 inch flanks but narrow widths to get the small roach/ perch shapes. Any ideas ?
try putting a tapered bunch of slinky fibre either side of the shank first, to give you the width. or a small bunch of merino hollow-tied at the head to build it up; if i'm understanding what you want to do? if you're talking about getting height & depth without width using the hackle style then chocklett body wrap has
very long fibres, but you'll need to trim a lot from the flanks. trimming my "golden orfe" pattern trashed a pair of scissors. it's not cheap either!
or you could just tie one of these the "right" way up, with the body in the vertical plane rather than horizontal?
I've been opting for the hollow tying styles and while I do like the effect, length and volume, I can see where there would be a benefit in being able to make something with a narrow back and broad flanks like a bream type shape. The chocklett Orfe is probably the sort of thing I'm thinking of.
I get your point about obstructing the hook gape Robert.
Quote from: rannoch raider on February 24, 2016, 11:05:29 AM
The chocklett Orfe is probably the sort of thing I'm thinking of.
I get your point about obstructing the hook gape Robert.
as soon as i'd finished it I realised I should've put the hook at the tail, rather than at the head.... it was a bit late by then of course! :roll:
Hi guys, another classic salmon fly. Oh no, not another one!!
This one is a famous pattern from the late 19th century.
The Gordon. One of the best high water flies from that period.
Sorry about the head, total car crash!!
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Just a quick pick of my recent efforts. This is my first winter tying classic flies. I'm happy with my progress, but there is a lot of room for improvement.
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Dave, You should have them in a frame mounted on the wall of your man cave ! When you're an old codger they'll remind you that you once had a steady hand and could see ! :lol:
Very nice.
Haha!
These are going for a swim this Friday afternoon. It's not rained here now for 3 days and the water is looking much better, at last. I'm already an old codger, with shakey hands and I have to wear both pairs of my specks. That's why in surprised they look as good as they do!!
It's nearly that time...........
Chartreuse Diver. Just sub surface or Booby style deep in the lair of the 'water wolves'. Barbless.
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I was looking at this pattern last night Jim. did you use a pre-formed head or make it up from foam sheet? i'm going to go for the latter...
Pre formed Foam Head Dave. The tying video I watched suggests the use of a Partridge Attitude Extra 4/0 hook which is what I've used. It's a fair size hook so you'll get an indication as to size with that in mind. They are pricey so I might give making one a wee go myself !
yep, 4/0 is a go-to size for me. the two stage head on this is pretty neat and looks great once you've tied it in. note the foam strip build-up on the shank first! unfortunately you have to wade through a bit of guff to get to it. got a couple in a box somewhere. I take a shot or two once I can wean myself away from fly vs jerk videos! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GRJp7OUWWE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GRJp7OUWWE)
ps the eyes are naff, aren't they?
First attempt at a Chernobyl Ant. Tied on a size 10 Partridge Streamer hook.
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Thats identical {well nearly}to the ones i just recieved from ebay. :D Size ten on mine too and they seem very small for the size of body.
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Thats identical {well nearly}to the ones i just recieved from ebay. :D Size ten on mine too and they seem very small for the size of body.
Very similar, I opted for the plain legs because I'm cheap and the barred version were more expensive!
These big foam bodied dries are really starting to catch on. The guys who've been to New Zealand seem to rate them quite highly. Has anyone got any patterns that are proven over here they'd like to share ?
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These big foam bodied dries are really starting to catch on
Indeed. Scotland as usual is about 10 years behind the rest of the fishing world. :lol: I have been using these home and away for many years now. My Naomi is hard to beat and deadly. I sometimes use big foam cicada patterns which is the design the Naomi is based on. Big dries also don't have to use foam, see SedgeZilla - ElkZilla. What they all need is legs.
Quote from: admin on February 29, 2016, 02:57:20 PM
Indeed. Scotland as usual is about 10 years behind the rest of the fishing world. :lol:
i'd make that the UK in general and add another 20 years to it. SWFF, coarse fish on the fly, kayaks, big streamers.... can't wait for our scourie trip this year! :twisted:
Quote from: rannoch raider on February 29, 2016, 02:45:37 PM
These big foam bodied dries are really starting to catch on. The guys who've been to New Zealand seem to rate them quite highly. Has anyone got any patterns that are proven over here they'd like to share ?
I can vouch for freds naomi. Very effective for all sizes of troot.
Quote from: admin on February 29, 2016, 02:57:20 PM
Indeed. Scotland as usual is about 10 years behind the rest of the fishing world. :lol: I have been using these home and away for many years now. My Naomi is hard to beat and deadly. I sometimes use big foam cicada patterns which is the design the Naomi is based on. Big dries also don't have to use foam, see SedgeZilla - ElkZilla. What they all need is legs.
I was watching a sea trout video on you tube recently. Some of the venues were small rivers and streams in Denmark. The fly of choice was a dry foam beetle with big dangly rubber legs. It was deadly.
I've searched and found 'Naomi'. I'll be tying a few of them up for a wee shot this year. :lol:
OctaNaomi is better
http://www.wildfisher.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=21746.0 (http://www.wildfisher.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=21746.0)
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Hawthorne fly using my Chernobyl Ant materials.
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I like that.
Im a big fan of foam flees. I bought some foam heather flys still to use them though. They looks like they might do some damage though.
Fingers crossed the weather behaves itself on Friday when I'm hoping to put these chaps in danger of serious harm :lol:
Bleeding Grey Roach on tubes...........
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excellent stuff Jim! :D I need another big fly box.... :lol: everywhere's still frozen up here
Found that out with 2 different venues on Sunday Dave.
Another Roach pattern. This time a variant on Nik Bauers 'Dirty Roach' , again, on a tube.
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I think the strong northerly wind will be my biggest problem on Friday. The area that I think will hold the fish will be open to the full strength of it. Wind has been the biggest issue in spring for the past few years, certainly in west central Scotland.
yep, I was going to risk it all on loch morlich tonight. within 5 mins of leaving work the wind had picked up again... :roll:
back to the tying, those fish mask heads certainly make the materials behave themselves nicely!
Yep. I wouldn't be without the fish masks Dave. Tied plenty without them, building up heads with uv resin, bonding eyes to feather and fibre ! A lot of hassle and extra weight when you can pop on the mask and get a perfect, very robust finish every time. Great platform for eyes too. They are a bit pricey but that's their only fault that I can see. They make my mediocre efforts look acceptable so I'm happy to pay a wee bit for that.
Bold, I know, not just for a dry fly man
Hey Francis, What's the name of that one then ?
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Hey Francis, What's the name of that one then ?
Well, just one guess ...
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That's Bonny Dave! What did you use for the tail?
cheers Jamie! :D some hollow braided leader with a bit of 30lb nylon shoved through the middle. sealed the end with a flame, used some marker pens to colour it, then finished it off with a light coating of bug-bond. I haven't had a beer tonight, so feck knows how I came up with that idea.... :lol:
this one's got "carp" written all over it
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quite a large half & half (half deceiver, half clouser) for, hopefully, a very large barbel :8)
Don't know if you get green dragons and damsels in Spain, so I have ordered some red and blue foam.
Another of my quick, no f*****g about ties. :D If a fly takes more than 5 minutes to complete I'm not interested. :8)
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i think ordering blue & red foam is taking attention to detail a bit too far, to be honest..... :roll: :lol:
Nowt wrong with detail Dave as long as it's quick detail. :lol:
Rogan style fly with the mixed wing
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that is a beautiful piece of work, Dave! :D
unfortunately, it's a bleak outlook for April
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Now that's a proper clouser Dave ! I do like the simplicity of that green foam bodies fly as well. That would be a sound base for red foam bodied daddies.
Where are all the troot fly men then ?
Predator flies. Purple/white using EP fibres and black using frog hair.
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Now, something a bit different. The rusty rat.
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A few subs in this one, no silver fox and grizzle hackle, so I used buck tail and guinea instead.
Looks good Dave. Looks very good !
This one is a spey version of The Jock Scott
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First attempt, I'll try another one of the evenings
that's pretty Dave! very neat head; i'm suitably jealous :8) what size thread do you use, btw? i'm normally using 6/0 or bigger. of course my monstrosities are so crude the finish on the head is irrelevant, but I can still appreciate a good one when I see it
Thanks dave! All my heads turn out different, some are a car crash an some are good like the rogan style back up this page. I use 2 different threads for the salmon flies. If I have some I use the white dyneema from Steve cooper at Cookshill fly tying supplies, well worth a look, but at the moment I'm useing utc 70 in black and white. This thread flattens out nicely, but I struggle with catching it on my rough stonemason hands and it fraying. Also keeping the number of thread wraps down to a minimum. I try to do 5 wraps on and then back off 3 for the next element. For my trout flies I always use pearsalls silk.
Dave & others you want to try Benecchi thread. I stumbled across it some years back, it is an excellent tying thread. The Canadian UNI is probably the most used though worldwide.. Never been a fan of UTC, too shiny & slippy in comparison two the former. Nylon in my opinion is next to useless as a tying thread much preferring Terylene or Polyester based threads.
Pearsalls is a link to the past & is nice to work with but has been superseded by moderns for general tying. I still use it on occasion on my Clyde & Spider patterns.
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A wee Pearsall's tied Clyde of my own. I used Black Naples here which if I was honest is a bit too thick for the smaller patterns, the herl hides it well enough & the head is adequate Benecchi 12/0 is ideal for smaller patterne, 14s & below
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Lovey fly Alan, for what it's worth I use uni thread and have no real reason to change, I bought utc a few years back but didn't like it. I don't want my thread to flatten and split and it really felt like tying with a fine floss. Never tried bennechi but you never know....
Got the tying gear out this morning, tied up this sedgehog. Simple and dead useful, multi purpose kind of pattern. Used a mix of seals fur, Yellow, golden olive, fiery brown, white and a touch of claret. Trying to replicate the cow dung colour that I've used in the past, think this will work just as well.
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Ps Fred it took under 5 minutes ;).....spent 10minutes mixing the seals fur though :roll: size 12
And a point fly, black, gold orange and some peacock....can't go wrong can it??
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All you need are a dozen of those sedgehogs and a ticket for the Orkney ferry !!! :D :D :D
Quote from: Lochan_load on March 20, 2016, 11:10:57 AM
.....spent 10minutes mixing the seals fur though :roll:
Best way I have found to mix fur is a coffee grinder. I mix a bulk load of it and keep it in a ziplock bag. Brilliant for making good hare mask dubbing. The grinder also still makes great coffee provided you clean it out first. :lol:
Quote from: Bobfly on March 20, 2016, 11:18:36 AM
All you need are a dozen of those sedgehogs and a ticket for the Orkney ferry !!! :D :D :D
Or a dozen of the point flies and a ticket for the Vancouver Island ferry :D
Either of those destinations would be great....just need to get it past the wife :shock:
Fred i just mix in my hand by separating and mixing and rubbing, bit laborious but dos the job, don't have a coffee grinder. I mixed enough to keep me going though....used some to tie this one, size 10 this time and a bit chunkier with a touch of natural seals fur at the front as a sighter, for when the winds up a bit more
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This is one I got from one of the guys on the stravaig last year and worked for me in tongue soon after, it's called the drop daddy and is basically a wet daddy with a lead underbody. Handy for a change of tactic when nothing's moving
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Very nice ! I do like the sedgehogs but the wee point fly would certainly get a swim too.
Only a matter of time before I tied a muddler :roll:
Hares ear wet, I like this on the dropper with a sedgehog on the point
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Beautiful flies lochan, especially the hares ear wet.
My kinda fly on a 16! More,more!!
The Green King. Simple classic and pretty easy to tie
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One beast that is already on the streamers thread
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A few lovely patterns there guys. What sort of eyes is that on the clouser Andy ? They look great.
Hey Jim it's these it's these 3D epoxy eyes, I've super glued them onto a brass dumbbell, you get them at GAC, think they were pretty cheap. I was up there today and they had some good deals on some of the funky stuff and other synthetics, I got massive Hank's of funky hair for £1.20, there was plenty of different colours
They take on a whole new look when added to the dumbbell. Nice one, I'll need to remember that. :)
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Quote from: Lochan_load on March 26, 2016, 04:33:19 PM
Is it still a stoats tail if there's no stoat?
Do you mean that when you throw it against a wall it does not bounce? :D
You saying it's not a stoater? :x
A swarm of Octa-Naomi about to descend on Spain.
These flies are known to have wreaked havoc within fish populations in Scotland and New Zealand. Now it's Spain's turn. :8)
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looks like an invasive species to me, Fred. hope they're not seized at customs :lol:
It won't be a big deal. After all they only take 5 minutes to tie. :lol:
Doing a few ElkZillas for Spain just in case there are any hatches that need matching. :8)
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Nice that
Thanks Andy. It only takes 5 minutes to tie by the way. :lol:
Yeah, that is nice. Are the legs done with flexi floss?
Aye flexi floss. I use that for just about everything although I do have some very fine Veniard legs for smaller flies
First time behind the vice for awhile but I knew what I wanted todo, so alas I call it Dave after the inspiration. :lol:
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sweet! :8)
Wee willie gunn tube for a day on the Isla tomorrow, tied a few variants but this straight up old fashioned one is my favourite, even ditched the gold holographic in favour of some flat brass tinsel :D
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That will do the job. Beautifully tied. Wish I could get my heads as neat as that.
Len
Cheers! A couple more...
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Those are nice tubes, Im looking to make some similar for Canada ,last year I met some Danes who were doing well on Chinooks with wee tubes just like those.
What tubes/sleeves do you recommend?
These are the ones I've used, I've tried a couple of different ones but like these, simple to use and no messing about putting bits together. The lip at the front is good for keeping them tidy too
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I think this is a flamethrower style fly, done on the Veniard brass tubes again but this time a 22mm super slim
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This thread has now been read over 150,000 times.
Quote from: Inchlaggan on April 03, 2016, 06:53:44 PM
This thread has now been read over 150,000 times.
and I've
still not received my invite to the fly dressers guild!!! :? :lol:
Quote from: Inchlaggan on April 03, 2016, 06:53:44 PM
This thread has now been read over 150,000 times.
Some entire forums have not had that many views :lol:
Most of them are me checking if anyone's commented on my flies.....total approval junkie :( :lol:
Well I will comment on that flamethrower style fly. Excellent.
Len
After losing the Dave fly today I decided to go abit mad with black rabbit no skill involved here :lol:
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sometimes simple is deadly ! :wink:
How will you attach a hook to the one on the left :lol: look like they will do the business
It's a bugger to cast but it makes a great wake :lol:
my fly boxes fully charged for Extremadura. more "conventional" barbel & carp patterns on the right, big comizo patterns and the odd special on the left. couple of damsels for feisty bass, one or two alien tempters. note: only two boxes.... :8)
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Don't see many Tupps Indispensables there, where are you taking me? :lol:
Quote from: admin on April 06, 2016, 09:53:27 AM
Don't see many Tupps Indispensables there, where are you taking me? :lol:
not many sheep in extremadura, so it wouldn't be matching the hatch
There's some interesting stuff in there Dave ! I should think if a 'tupp' got a look in those boxes there would be a swift involuntary retraction of the said indispensables :shock:
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Quote from: corsican dave on April 06, 2016, 09:46:17 AM
my fly boxes fully charged for Extremadura. more "conventional" barbel & carp patterns on the right, big comizo patterns and the odd special on the left. couple of damsels for feisty bass, one or two alien tempters. note: only two boxes.... :8)
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I sometimes look at the streamer flies individually and don't get that excited but that fly box collection is impressive.
No rabbit strip carp flies Dave? had most of my fish on that last spring.
Quote from: shad on April 06, 2016, 12:05:36 PM
No rabbit strip carp flies Dave? had most of my fish on that last spring.
yep, there's a couple tucked away in the box on the right. probably one of yours to be honest :lol: I've nailed my colours to the mast of the woolly bugger and those shell-backed marabou things you can see. and the grasshoppers, of course. worked last time, but I know I can rely on you and Fred to keep me topped up! :wink:
Psycho ants
they'd do the job very nicely, actually.... :D
okay Colin, you kinda shamed me into it. I don't feel under-gunned any more:
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bit fiddly, these size 6s.... :lol:
Jealous of your trip away, sunshine and fish....sounds good to me!
Junction shrimp tube
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Another junction shrimp, this time done kind of Francis style
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I can just picture those wee orange rabbit bugs twitching along a sand lake bed and getting snaffled by something enormous. I will be thinking of you three as I stand baw deep and chittering in some freezing loch wiping the snotters from my running nose with my fleece mitts. :(
Good luck, hope you all get a few fish.
Quote from: rannoch raider on April 08, 2016, 01:44:03 PM
I can just picture those wee orange rabbit bugs twitching along a sand lake bed and getting snaffled by something enormous. I will be thinking of you three as I stand baw deep and chittering in some freezing loch wiping the snotters from my running nose with my fleece mitts. :(
Good luck, hope you all get a few fish.
thank you Jim! :D
Quote from: Lochan_load on April 08, 2016, 01:00:37 PM
Another junction shrimp, this time done kind of Francis style
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Nice Andy, very tidy. I've tied a few 'white wing' patterns in the past including the original Junction Shrimp and the Tri colour. They are easy on the eye, look good in the box and I've read that they are a good option in failing light into darkness. This might be the case but it does sort of go against the commonly held belief that black is the best colour for failing light into the dark. I've never had enough belief in them to actually fish one of these white wing flies. They are as new as the day I tied them. I would guess most of us have loads of patterns in our boxes that fall into this category. Maybe I should be a wee bit more adventurous with fly choice :).
It would be interesting to hear what people would choose if they were limited to using only three flies for spring, three for summer grilse and three for Autumn ?
Well aware the hackle is far too long but I was bored and fancied playing around!
Too long for what ? It may not be the required length to grace the pages of a magazine but it will certainly attract and catch plenty of fish. There are many flies that benefit from a longer hackle so don't worry too much if yours are a wee bit longer than some others, they will still work. :wink:
I think that's great, Jamie! I certainly wouldn't hesitate to give it a twitch across choppy water anywhere :D
Lots of magazine flies don't catch fish....that will.
Looks the bizz to me !! :D :D
That's a nice fly Jami. It has all the essential ingredients of a good loch fly.
It's not big enough and it's lacking rabbit hair james :lol:
Haha if I get a chance this weekend I'll be tying up some like monstrosities! My box for them is a tad depleted!
Nothing wrong with the fly, could do the business when heather flies are on the waterr :8)
couldn't resist tying up a couple of last-minute carpy things......
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see you around six-ish, Fred :8)
The curry is ready. :8)
Upside-down Carp toad thing Dave - neat idea.Knock up a few for me when you're at it.
Not today (not tied for a few days), but recent efforts as follows:
Baetis nymphs for the spring fishing.....
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.....and something for altogether dirtier work!
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They really are lovely.....what's the dressing for the beatis?
Cheers
Paul
Quote from: shad on April 09, 2016, 04:31:49 PM
Upside-down Carp toad thing Dave - neat idea.Knock up a few for me when you're at it.
ha! bit late, sorry. but there's 1 2/3 each if we share them around...... :lol:
curry was very good, btw. on the ipa now :wink: :cheers;
Quote from: bibio1 on April 09, 2016, 09:21:18 PM
They really are lovely.....what's the dressing for the beatis?
Cheers
Paul
Thanks Paul. Dressing as follows:
Hook: Varivas wave bend #14
Weight: 2mm gold tungsten bead lodged in thorax area
Tails: CdL
Rib: fine silver
Dubbing: Masterclass #2
Thorax cover: thinskin in mottled oak
Legs: dyed dark olive partridge
Hope that helps!
Matt
Those are both lovely flies and nicely done
Lovely flies Matt.
Quote from: mattheweastham on April 09, 2016, 10:47:28 PM
Thanks Paul. Dressing as follows:
Hook: Varivas wave bend #14
Weight: 2mm gold tungsten bead lodged in thorax area
Tails: CdL
Rib: fine silver
Dubbing: Masterclass #2
Thorax cover: thinskin in mottled oak
Legs: dyed dark olive partridge
Hope that helps!
Matt
Thanks, I'll give it a go.
Some leaded nymphs for my current euro nymphing experiment.
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I guess you just chuck the stump in and see what comes up?
Quote from: corsican dave on May 01, 2016, 08:52:52 PM
I guess you just chuck the stump in and see what comes up?
Sort of, you have it on the point to act as a sort of bomb to get the nymphs to the bottom quicker :lol:
Filling a box for islay......still a bit to go...but given the heat wave better tying than fishing.
Nice fly box Paul.
Should do well with them.
I have Islay on my radar so I,m looking forward to your report.
Billy
I'm also heading to Islay so watching for that report too . Did you get a bit of info on patterns or are you going for what you think will do the biz?
I have always found orange to be a very good colour on islay so orange hedge hogs , half hogs and the islay olive. The daphnia washes up on the shoreline after a big hoolie. Olive is also good.
My usual scruffy inconsistent standard but these have been useful just now on a couple of visits to a loch.
Can do a turn on rivers as well late July/early August if I'm lucky enough to catch it right.
With the help of some waterproof sellotape.
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They look like they'd be very effective on sedge feeders. Is the wing made from woodcock attached to tape to get the roof effect?
Quote from: rannoch raider on June 21, 2016, 01:50:49 AM
Is the wing made from woodcock attached to tape to get the roof effect?
Yeah, small feather shaped longways. Form a point at the eye end or the wing flares. I used to have the shiny tape on the underside but the fly got shredded too easily. Fold along the stem with fingernails.
Trailing CDC for the body.
I've been having great success on my local river with this balloon caddis pattern. I bought a couple from the angling centre at £1.50 each then decided to knock some up as I lose them frequently when fishing overgrown rivers.
that's a cracking fly: I would happily use that for almost anything that swims in fresh water :8)
Scruffy soldier muddler, first fly for months
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they're lovely. have never got the hang of proper muddler heads, but fishing them has always been very productive. nice tying! :8)
Cheers folks, the long barred feather is grey mallard dyed pink (was supposed to be claret!) just a few strands tied in randomly, gives a kind of leggy look.
One more before I stick the stuff away, hopefully not for months this time!
Invicta muddler
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Andy, good to see you're tying again. They're the 'dugz bawz' as we sometimes say in the west! I like them all but I really like the Invicta Bumble job. I've never seen a muddler with the full 'bumble' Guinea or Jay hackle before. It's usually one or the other. I'll bet it's a killer. ;-)
Cheers :D I ditched the wing because I thought it was pretty pointless on a muddler and spun the Guinea much like I would cloak mallard on a dabbler, that's how I usually do it as it means you can control the length without trying to find a perfect feather, pretty chuffed with the invicta
Silver invicta variant
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And a dunkeld of sorts, bit untidy at the head but hair adds a lot of bulk on a smaller fly (size10)
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A j/c ballcock, stole this off Stan headley :worried
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Your flies are among the best tied I have ever seen Andy. You have a gift for it.
Thanks Fred, appreciate that :D
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yep, like that. always feel confident with a muddler on the end :8)
Rarely have one off my cast if I'm fishing wet fly these days, caught all but one of my fish on a muddler on Thursday
Now that is a lethal looking fly. :D
Lovely fly! Really wish i could do muddlers! I've tied alot recently, but usually just before i go out on the water so haven't captured any on photo!
Couple of ties last night, waste of time as im off to Oman for the next 2 months tomorrow. But meh, they'll be used one day!
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Quote from: JimJams on August 10, 2016, 05:48:33 PM
Couple of ties last night, waste of time as im off to Oman for the next 2 months tomorrow. But meh, they'll be used one day!
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Crickey your off to Oman ! do you get time off ? some great fishing over there if you take a 4x4 down the coast.
Nope unfortunately not, I'll have time at nights but I'll be in the middle of the desert unfortunately!
Tied a couple of Claret bumbles today!
Nice Alan, saw the clan Chiefs you put up on face book they were perfect, suppose you should be good at those though ;)
Very nice....not long till you get to try them out.
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Nice flies, whats the quiz?
On the uist trip, highlander does a fishing quiz. Sticking in some flies as one of the prizes
Quote from: Lochan_load on August 14, 2016, 12:13:49 PM
On the uist trip, highlander does a fishing quiz. Sticking in some flies as one of the prizes
cheers and good luck.
Not posted for a while but still tying. Home in a few weeks, so hope to use some of the many tied.
Stunning
QuoteOn the uist trip, highlander does a fishing quiz. Sticking in some flies as one of the prizes
That will two of a Bakers dozen I hope :roll:
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Nice one! That might get you a Uist Sea Troot!
Quote from: Lochan_load on August 15, 2016, 10:55:20 PM
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So am I.try using half the material. It makes a biiiiiig difference.
It's still a stunning flee.
Cheers, I'll give that a bash, I was trying putting a central wing with a slip down either side, worked ok but lots of material to try and keep neat. I find the best technique is just to avoid tying winged flies altogether :lol:
Quote from: Lochan_load on August 16, 2016, 12:52:07 AM
Cheers, I'll give that a bash, I was trying putting a central wing with a slip down either side, worked ok but lots of material to try and keep neat. I find the best technique is just to avoid tying winged flies altogether :lol:
I think it's great :D I've certainly bought far worse. with you on the wings thing, especially paired ones :lol:
I think your wing looks good on that! However I tend to agree with your quote when im tying flees
QuoteI find the best technique is just to avoid tying winged flies altogether
I'll do a teal, mallard or a hair wing. Paired wings are dead to me! Too many alternatives and they don't last when you're fishing, having said that they do look nice :gay4
Made from artificial grubs I received as a holiday gift from a family member years ago! Not for the purist.
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Quote from: admin on August 18, 2016, 07:35:32 PM
A flee's a flee for a' that! :D
Well they will be fished under a sort of float!
Quote from: roberth on August 18, 2016, 06:57:57 PM
Made from artificial grubs I received as a holiday gift from a family member years ago! Not for the purist.
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Oh dear :crap
Quote from: bibio1 on August 18, 2016, 07:54:09 PM
Oh dear :crap
These are the sinking grubs, stay tuned for the floaters!
I know you fish the Clyde so there's a Clyde style fly tying. But those grubs are dumbarton style tying.
Quote from: bibio1 on August 18, 2016, 10:57:38 PM
I know you fish the Clyde so there's a Clyde style fly tying. But those grubs are dumbarton style tying.
I attempt to fish the Clyde, it's the most frustrating place I've ever been. I need some local knowledge or divine intervention!
I'm often inspired by Davie McPhail's tying demos on youtube especially traditional wet patterns. His latest fly tying demo which I watched today was no different. It was a variation of an old Irish pattern called the Ballinderry.
Therefore I decided to have a go at tying my version.I'm not great with wings but was pleased with how this turned out. I'm hoping that the Hebridean trout will like em!
Pretty pattern, what kind of hook is that?
Kamasan B175 10
Nice Alan, think it's just a case of persevering when it comes to wings. I'm away this week but home tomorrow, considering buying a new box and starting again :shock: ....just don't know if I have time
That's a lovely flee. The traditional wings are becoming a dying art
Very nice. The Irish patterns always do well over here. I'm a big fan of the Connemara Black.
I think that's a good flee :D Sort of a cross between a Peter Ross and the Irish Cock Robin and that is good parentage !
This one is a bit more true to the original pattern although looking at pics of original dressing it should maybe be more heavily dressed. I don't suppose it will make any difference to the troot. I imagine the only time you need to stick to an original dressing is for display purposes and the like. Far too much is made of sticking to exact original dressings for success with troot.
the original fly was tied with the darkest blue pigs wool which looked black and the true colour could only be seen when held up to the light.these are the words of E J MALONE author of Irish trout and salmon flies. any modern versions of Ballinderry black seals fur that i've seen just seem to have a little dark blue mixed in with black. whether this makes a better fly i couldn't say .
Garry
That is a cracking looking fly, very nicely tied.
There needs to be a category called "Hybrid Flies - The Real Killers" :D :D
Love that Andy, my Tippett is all hot orange just because that's all I've got but I do prefer it. The mallard is nice blue
Embracing my inner scruffy after doing a load of traditionals!
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They're lovely mate! Do the job nicely!
Refined it a bit.....can't bloody help myself!
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I'm also getting into a leggy phase in an effort to get motivated for south uist.
Based on absolutely nothing I quite fancy them for the machair...... Cue roobarb popping up to say that it's got to be sparse lightly dressed flies for the machair :roll:
I'm at the vice tonight gearing up for the trip with some size 12 wets . First off the vice this evening are these......
They are lovely, wish I had that consistency with my tying!
Next from the vice are a couple of green tailed Kates.
I do like your bruisers. They look good with the double head hackle rather than the blue palmered style that's often tied. Very nice.
Next a couple of Zulus. Used wire instead of flat tinsel as I find the tinsel just crushes the hackle while winding on the size 12s
Cracking flies , I really need to get some time at the vice.
It'd need to be really blowing for this one! I'm messing about now...must concentrate and start tying flies I'll actually fish with!
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Quote from: Lochan_load on August 23, 2016, 11:25:39 PM
It'd need to be really blowing for this one! I'm messing about now...must concentrate and start tying flies I'll actually fish with!
i'd fish that :8)
It'll get a swim at some point Dave!
Thanks for that Andy, you've really nailed it down there :shock: :lol:
Gotta make sure there's always a couple of fresh Soldier Palmers in the box!
Invicta bumble
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Not the most exciting fly in the world but think it'll be decent on the point, wee fry imitation thimgmybob.
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Very nice Andy. The black and silver fella is really just a long winged variant of a silver stoats tail. I would be very happy to fish it on rivers. The thought of all theses lovely bob flies is giving me the notion to join the stravaig !
There's still places, get your name in!
It's just meant to represent any fry or stickleback the trout are chasing about, need to counterbalance all the bob flies and muddlers I keep tying as well!
I can see that fry imitation workng Andy.
I tied a couple wee loch ordies this afternoon which have been successful in the past.
Nice! I've got a couple of those in the box 👍🏻
Claret bumble before bed!
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That fly really looks the business!
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They're nice Andy. They're very similar to Stan Headley's Octopus pattern and some of the Loch Melvin 'leggy' patterns.
just tyed a sedge hog pattern of sorts! Might work in a big wave.
I was needing to stock up on size 12 wets. This weeks work!
Beginning to get into it
Muddlers look good, you tying for the Peter Ross challenge? :lol:
They're not Peter ross's....they're sliver Pennels with a teal wing and red thorax.
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Nice flees Paul. Like the muddlers especially.. Which reminds me I must try tye some. I've been tying more bumbles today.
The trouble with tying these muddler type flees is you never know when to stop trimming the head. I tyed the slimmer one last night and the other this morning im not sure if i should trim it further as I dont want to ruin it. Or perhaps its a good idea to have the option of both.
You'll probably find in about a week you'll need to trim them both, they tend to fan out a bit when you leave them. They've come out really well, one thing I do is start from the eye and always have the scissors towards the tail, means you keep the taper going back the way, if you try it you'll see what I mean. I've got some to do but putting it off, tying them off and trimming them is a bit fiddly
yeah I start trimming from the front but as I go along its just hit or miss as it gets messy. It's just luck if it turns out ok. I think I will trim that 2nd head down and hopefully not ruin it.
Leggy claret bumble
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Very nice Andy!
Hope I'm not boring you lads. Here my latest flees. Thats me done meddling with muddlers for now. I'm looking forward to using them on the Uists and Benbecula
Beautiful flies never bore anyone ! There are some real crackers going up at the moment. Those bumbles and muddlers are superb! :-)
Cracking flies guys. Given me the kick up the arse I needed to spend some time at the vice. Never really been one for muddlers but thought I'd give a few a go aswell.
Superb Robbie, would like to get some orange and red deer hair
Cheers Andy. To be fair the photo seems to have enhanced the appearance of the red, in the flesh it is more of a rich pink. The risk of ordering materials online. Was considering dyeing some deer hair myself, but suspect there may be issues with it falling apart.
Great stuff Robbie there will be no stopping you now. I especially like the orange muddler. I hadn't tied for a while either but with the EOSS looming I started once again, really enjoying being back at the vice again. I'm gonna bring the vice and some materials etc to the Stravaig. Be great to sit at night at what appears to be a big table at the hostel and tie a few flees whilst enjoying a wee drappy!
Yeah The impending EOSS has added to the incentive. Taken some tying stuff along sounds like a grand idea.
Had a bit of a play with a sedge hog using claret straggle fritz, quite taken with the effect.
Nice! Good idea! very leggy!
Looks really good, still to do some sedgehogs. I've only dyed deer hair once but it didn't go well, the colour took great but it dried out the hair and it lost all its buoyancy, not sure if there's a specific way to do it
Looks like.the eoss it getting everyone revved up....grt flees. Love the.muddlers.
thinking ahead to warmer climes, here's a POP poly-yarn bread fly. your 5-year old could tie these :8)
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Noted Andy, heather fly...need to think of a way to do a detached daddy
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Tied another few. I was going to tie more Muddlers but changed my mind mid tying. Instead of going ahead with the deer hair head I thought red and black collar hackles would do.
My variation of the goats toe. Tied a blue hen hackle behing the blue peacock. Red hackle fibres for tail . Peacock body ribbed with red wire.
Right! That's enough tying for now, I'm off out on the bike , gotta keep the fitness up for the Stravaig!
Not the best photo, but it gets the idea across. Previously used dyed black pheasant tail for the legs but thought I'd try something a bit more robust this time.
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Tied a couple Muddlers tonight this one is OK but the 2nd was not so great!
Another muddler, about to tie a few more.
These didn't turn out as expected but they'll do!
They'll do very nicely!!
Having a go at a detached foam daddy, went to hobby craft for some foam. Doing the body was the easy bit but winding the hackle through dubbing wasn't my best idea and kind of made a mess of it. Anyway it'll float and hopefully take a fish or two! [attachimg=1]
Thanks for the link on how to make the tail btw Robbie!
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A pair of dabblers, one fiery red one claret. Bronze mallard is funny money so bought a bag of died brown grey mallard, think it was 2.45 and the difference is minimal.
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lovely pattern and great idea with the dyed mallard.
Inspired by a Facebook page called alchemy fly tying, no instruction or anything just nice flies and the guys got a really nice style. Got the mallard in gac, few different colours
[attachimg=1]Had another attempt at this daddy, the one last night was a first attempt and a bit scrappy, this ones a bit better. Quite a quick and simple tie once you've got all the bits together, it's kinda like model making though
Very nice flies Andy, those Daddies are looking good.
My word those daddies look incredible!
Andy's Dabbler reminded me that I need some, heres the first of a few! I Need new bronze mallard as the mallard I have is fairly light and im struggling to find suitable freathers to use in the bag I have, however as suggested by Andy I might get some grey mallard dyed brown..
To be honest the barring not the bronze is much better, I've seen some on eBay, 30 feathers delivered for a fiver so a lot better than the ten you get form Veniard, I'll let you know if it's any good
I did a detached body using deer hair a long time ago. It is similar to this one but I tyed mine on a size 18 or 16 hook, I can't remember which :)
http://www.wildfisher.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=4871.0 (http://www.wildfisher.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=4871.0)
FAO of Andy re bronze mallard.
Have you considered purchasing from Cookshill Flytying? I've bought lots of stuff from them they are very good.i
I'm gonna get the bulk bag again.which is good value for a money.
I got a bulk bag years ago but I ruined most of the feathers in my formative flytying years. It cost me six quid I think back then.
http://www.cookshill-flytying.co.uk/duck.htm (http://www.cookshill-flytying.co.uk/duck.htm)
I would've done but I've jumped in and bought stuff off eBay, the guys emailed to say it's in the post already, so far so good and it's graded so I'll let you know how it goes. You can see on this one you don't get the same barring as you do on the natural. Wee peach and olive dabbler
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Oh and sandy I've done it with deer hair before, it's a bit like herding cats but it does look good, there's one on this thread somewhere I did but I'd be here for days trying to find it. I like that guy hans weilanman (if that's the spelling) some of his tyings are a bit out there but he's a great tyer
You got any pictures Andy?
Was reading through "Tales from the angler"s retreat" (fishing stories from South Uist) and saw mentioned, The Connemara Black Bumble. I thought I better tye a couple!
Can't have too many! That's a nice pattern, have you used dyed blue partridge at the front?
Yeah that's dyed blue partridge. I got a bag of it from Cookshill a while back
Good idea that 👍🏻
Nice ! Love the Connemara Black .
Quote from: Clan Chief on August 31, 2016, 11:16:08 PM
Was reading through "Tales from the angler"s retreat" (fishing stories from South Uist) and saw mentioned, The Connemara Black Bumble. I thought I better tye a couple!
I was talking to one of the guys who did a story for Billy Feltons book. He was staying on the caravan site at Liniclate for about 10 weeks and then was going back later in the season.
Peter taught Billy's sons at school down south and that,s how he got to know about the Uists and the fishing.
I really need to get more into tying when i see some of the flies you guys turn out. I like that Connemara Black.
Billy
Just an update on the bronze mallard I bought on eBay, £5 delivered for 28 feathers. Got an Email to say it'd been posted within a couple of hours and it arrived next day (today) feathers seem decent too! Excellent service, was going to post up a link but he's out of stock :roll: ill stick one up when he's got more
First Bumble off the vice for a while. Fingers crossed I get a chance to use a few on Uist. Better get busy!
You're bumbles look like my blue zulu's :wink: :lol: Either way, cracking fly. And a lovely tie too by the way.
Yeah, There's not much difference really is there! Just the dyed Guinea Fowl . I think that blue Guinea means you get to call it a 'Bumble' :-). I doubt if the fish will care much :-)
This could be a thread all itself 'when is a bumble not a bumble?' :lol:
Here's a wee mini lure type for the sea trout lochs[attachimg=1]
Neat blue Zulu.
Like your mini lure type thingy, Andy.
Messing about tonight I came up with a couple trad/mod style patterns. jazzed up trads lol.
Cracking flies guys. The problem is I keep getting ideas for flies I should tie but don't have time to do 1/4 of them.
Another mini lure type, wee double this time, they're funny lookin flies on the double [attachimg=1] but I quite like em
I like that Andy! When you think about it marabou wings probably work better than paired wings and rolled wings etc and probably more durable.
Some real masterpieces in here recently, makes me wish I had both the patience and the dexterity!!
Andy - Same flea in Dunkeld colours with a green tail and gold straggle is deadly on its day for Brownies and Sea trout.
I'll be knocking up a few so ill see what I've got in those colours, cheers
Marabou gives good movement in the water, it's a heavy hook so should give it that dip and pull motion
Tied this afternoon, not exactly invicta bumbles but something along those lines!
Some selections from recent tie-ups for a trip to Vancouver Island with Shad at the end of this month.
Should be enough to frighten the horses. Did I mention that they are supposed to like pink over there?? :shock: :shock:
Smallest hook is an 8, if you can find it !!
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Couple of tyings from today.
Len
Quote from: Bobfly on September 03, 2016, 06:03:25 PM
Some selections from recent tie-ups for a trip to Vancouver Island with Shad at the end of this month.
very nice Vaughan! I shouldn't go overboard on the 8s. a bit namby-pamby.... :lol:
Quote from: Tyro on September 03, 2016, 06:28:49 PM
Couple of tyings from today.
they're nice, Len. I keep thinking I should do some whopper articulated tubes sometime
I have enough trouble casting a single tube never mind an articulated one :D
Len
PS Up north to see Thunder in the Glens last week. Walked past the pike loch we have discussed. Amazed at how the reeds have taken over in the last two years.
Shad gave me some stuff and a few flies to give an idea. The rest is made up from Coho and King salmon flies that you can view on line and they seem to go for some bright flies !!!
Some lovely flies posted up recently. I bet the the Canada selection would catch our salmon as well?
Very envious of that trip Vaughan! And I'm guessing if everyone here started fishing for salmon with hot pink flies that's what they'd get caught on....messing about this morning, had planned to wing this but did the hackle and liked it so just tied it off as it was!
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There's a wee bit of the Silver Wilkinson happening there Andy. A small jungle cock cheek and it would be hard to tell the difference at a distance!
What do you get if your out on a Friday night buying cocktails for woman and tying flies on a Saturday.
The Kate Mc-ke-toe.
Without the muddled head
They certainly look like they'll do a bit of damage.
Really nice Paul, a boozy theme is emerging! I've been slowed down today by the worst hangover I've had since the last stravaig, even had a wee chat with God down the porcelain telephone this morning :roll: this is an Alexandra variant but should maybe call it the 'morning after' :lol:
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That looks great.....well worth the hangover
Just managed some soup, feeling a bit better :? Must have been the pakora 🤔 Dunkeld double
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Lovely flees, Paul n Andy.
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A wee change now,onto a few sedgehogs
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They're nice Andy. What sort of hair is that on your hogs?
It's just a patch of veniards standard deer hair, it's a Fred fly....if it takes more than 5 minutes you're wasting time :lol:
They are really nice....do you put three bunches in?
Cheers, Usually do three but these I just put two near the front.
Quote from: Lochan_load on September 04, 2016, 07:06:34 PM
Dunkeld double
Beautiful fly Andy, better than the shop bought that has done the trick for me in the past, on the tail long slow pulls, you'll be hoicking them out!
One from the evening.
The Palmer on that is perfect Robbie 👍🏻
nice one Robbie!
Wet fly box all ready for the off :lol:
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Great stuff Andy. There's bound to be a pattern or three that will tempt the Hebridean trout next week among those flees.
Thought I 'd better have a couple of these in my box! You never know!
A wise move Allan. :D
Hah....do not leave for the Hebrides without a few of them! I have netted a lot of sea trout and finnock in the last month that had scoffed the much derided Peter Ross!
Andy, That box of flies is sure to account for more than a few fish!
Nice flies Alan, a Peter Ross did pretty well for me last year. Still got the fly as well.
Been tying a few of these of late......
Texas Rose, Claret Bumble and Claret Hog.
Very nice, looks like you're getting ready for a trip 😜 Getting my last bits done, a couple of muddlers for me and a couple for highlander
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Well I suppose it is a start.
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You're welcome :shock: :lol:
selection of carpy, maggoty things
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Those are interesting Dave ! Bet they'd be great in one of these places where people have been ground baiting for a while. ;-)
Anyway, I've never tried this pattern before as I don't really fish dabblers at all. I thought i'd knock a few out as it's got a good name , the 'Roag Dabbler' .
That's nice that, might nab that pattern!
Pretty much got my boxes ready for the upcoming Stravaig so just messing around with some materials tonight!
Really simple this. Decided with foam to do a soft hackle daddy. Foam cut to shape, hares ear body with a hen hackle wound through and knotted pheasant tied in at the front. Piece of piss!
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That does look effective.
A cornucopia of Cascades and variations.
Len
Couple more for highlander, I'll see if I've got time to knock you up a couple more before the off, working right up to Wednesday now :roll:
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they'll catch anything that swims, Andy :8) one day you'll have to show me how to do proper muddler heads like that....
Happily Dave, get a days fishing somewhere and I'll bring my stuff for the night time, it's just about keeping the hair in control but letting it spin...and practise!
No doubt about it Andy, you have a way with the deer hair. Your mini muddlers are some of the best I've seen.
ok I'll get my coat! Might try this next week if all else fails!
I've got one like that in the box (8 long) and it'll get a chuck at some point! Big is beautiful :lol:
Big Wind!! .... Big Flees!! .... Big Swirls !! .... :D :D
Talking of big flees...highlander you asked for this last year (might not remember) a leggy Kate muddler for the Bob
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That really is a cracker :allhail
Haha it's not as good as that emoji 😂
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Talking of big flees...highlander you asked for this last year (might not remember) a leggy Kate muddler for the Bob
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Now that is a fishing fly, lovely tying.
Thanks 😬 One for the sea trout that roobarb says are turning up
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These are stunning Andy!
Cheers Alan, one more and then I'll leave you all alone! Orange muddler[attachimg=1]
A couple of Paul rosses........deadly
Some Peter rosses and magpie tails.
That extra wee bit of sparkle in the dressings really 'lifts' those patterns. Very nice.
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Superb flees. I must get some tuition from you on tying muddlers. I'm taking some tying gear with me for after dinner tying and drinks! :D
I'll take mine as well...just need to do the tying early or I might not be much use 🍻
not exactly today, and not all mine; some of the spun hair flies are shop bought (not all!) and there's a couple of Shad's beetles in there too. however, this is the selection that'll be accompanying me to Gran Canaria next month, along with a small box of clousers for swff.
it's essentially the same selection as i'd use for carp & barbel on the mainland, but a bit heavier on the carpy things. if pushed, i'd just take the uppermost box with a couple of the grasshoppers and woolly buggers added. hopefully an interesting & exciting trip :D
A few daddies for a trip on monday.
They are on the daddies up the hill Chris. :D
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They are on the daddies up the hill Chris. :D
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April was the last time i was out Fergie,seem to have lost interest recently,looking forward to it though.
If that wind stays away it will be perfect. :D
Tied these two at the apres fishing whilst on Stravaig!
some carpy things
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Those top ones look like they could do the biz for the Grayling too. :D
Lovely clarets Alan! Those grizzly worms would probably do well for the trout as well.
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From above, the tail is just a wound golden pheasant shoulder (hot orange) same as you would use in a crippler, gives a good effect [attachimg=1]
Liked this one so did a couple more, it's an easy tie but comes out well
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Liked this one so did a couple more, it's an easy tie but comes out well
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Would be more than happy to fish with that fly.
Len
Cracking flies Andy. You have developed into a great fly tier.
Quote from: admin on September 22, 2016, 01:19:10 PM
Cracking flies Andy. You have developed into a great fly tier.
Not half
Today I acquired a new tying lamp which my mate got me, it's a big f***O** industrial looking thing but is a great light.
I had asked my mate if he could get me a clamp for my current light as my wife threw the damn thing out out months ago whilst having a clear out. My mate doesn't do things by half measures and got me this new lamp. God knows what my wife will make of it when she comes home from work and sees it.
Anyway I digress.
Whilst on Stravaig last week some of us tied in the evening and I recall Robbie tying a a nice pattern, however I can't recall exactly what materials were used, although I remember he used yellow straggle fritz.
So having got this new lamp in the last hour I thought I would tie some flees and in particular something using straggle fritz.
Here's the first one. Oh and this light appears to be great for taking pics too.
funnily enough, I've been playing with straggle chenille this evening, too :8)
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Very tidy those last 2! Cant wait to get back on the vice, ordered some stuff while ive been away and cant remember what so should be a nice surprise when i get home!
Quote from: bibio1 on September 22, 2016, 07:31:07 PM
Not half
Tanks for the kind words folks :D
Alan the light looks like one my dad had on his work bench for doing circuit boards and stuff, cracker and a lovely fly to boot, French partridge is lovely stuff. Never used straggle fritz but liked the look of Robbies peacock stuff, no doubt a matter of time before I buy some :roll:
aye! my mate got the lamp from his work, it weighs a bloody ton! Lol. It will do for now until I get my new desk and get a clamp for my other lamp
Last two of the night!
There's been some really creative patterns and some fantastic tying on display here recently. I can't seem to find a spare minute to do anything at the moment but I always manage a wee nosey at this section of the forum. Great stuff guys.
Substituted a red game collar hackle for a dyed golden olive partridge hackle.
That'll be a killer for sure.
That one needs a swim or two in Stilligarry :D :D
Palmered wet tied during the EOSS, couple of trout have had a go at this one already:
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Body: Golden olive straggle fritz
Body hackle: yellow cock
Head Hackle: Pheasant church window (quite appropriate for Nunton
Also tied a couple of variants with yellow and pink / red tails.
A winged wet, also tied during EOSS, this one picked up a couple of fish for me on the Sunday.
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some head-standing blood-wormy type things
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Love that wee mallard wing one Robbie nice and sleek, would be ideal pin fry representation. Dave does that sit on the bottom or is it buoyant enough to be fished with a sinking line like a booby? Bet it would be deadly like that. Just stocking my box after uist, it took a battering but more from anglers than fish! Claret dabblers [attachimg=1]
Jeezo! those are braw, More inspiration!
Quote from: Lochan_load on September 24, 2016, 09:00:24 PM
Dave does that sit on the bottom or is it buoyant enough to be fished with a sinking line like a booby? Bet it would be deadly like that.
sits on the bottom and makes wee puffs of silt if you twitch it. you need to see the "flats" in Extremadura to get the idea.
but you've got me thinking;plastic bead chain eyes and a booby foam tail would do the trick. i'm off to the lab... :8)
Saturday night and I'm in the house flytying! This is the best from my vice tonight.
Size 10 hook
Black thread
tippet tail
yeĺlowish possum body
copper rib
amber body hackle
french patridge collar hackle
Very nice it is too. It has an Irish Mayfly look about it.
Hopefully this pic shoqs the flies a bit better:
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Good stuff Robbie. I've been tying again today.
Size 12 hook
Black thread
Tippet tail
Mirage tinsel body
Silver wire rib
Black body hackle
Partridge collar hackle.
Hopefully get a chance to give these a cast before the season ends.
A couple after work for me too, inspired by the yellow/French partridge of robbies ans another dabbler for the box[attachimg=1]
It has often been said with flies that there is nowt new under the sun .... and I was reminded of that when looking at the very first fly in the picture in the first entry on page one in this topic dated October in 2008 from Clan Chief ... a nice soft olive yellow partridge fly :D :D
Always worth a swim !!
Quote from: Robbie on September 25, 2016, 05:59:35 PM
Hopefully this pic shoqs the flies a bit better:
Exactly the style and colour of fly I would use on a loch Robbie
Quote from: borderbob on September 27, 2016, 12:06:11 AM
Aye Vaughan, remember the subtle colours of the `Sparkler`,worked a wonder on Benbecula !!
Sometimes you just have to get their attention :D
Trying these little salmon singles tonight, might do me on the endrick[attachimg=1]
One to finish the night, three hackles and some tinsel![attachimg=1]
Feeling a little muddled tonight!
yep, that's neat :D
Looks like I might be heading North in pursuit of wild brown trout on Saturday with a night under the stars too.
Tonight Ive tied another couple of patterns which were successful recently in hope they will fool the trout one last time this season.
They look like the muddler equivalent of the anorexic buzzer. Sparse and suggestive, I like it !
Jealous of your trip Alan, where you going?
I was looking at ko ho flies with Vaughan recently and they got me thinking, lots of pink and fluorescents and some a bit like blobs, couldn't sleep due to a sore back but came up with this idea so got up and done it. Pink flash abou tail and then arctic fox in a dubbing loop for body/wing finished off with a pink hackle. Couple of strips of lead under the shank as well. Bit unconventional but dying to see it in the water[attachimg=1]
Ps this is on a fairly modest size 10, I did one for Vaughan on a 4 :shock:
Now thats attractor!
Andy, im heading up to the Lochan na h-Achlaise area with the float tube and gonna camp in Glencoe on Ssturday night
Nice one, the forecast is looking pretty good for the weekend so fingers crossed for you. Never tubed it but it's ideal for it
Size 10 double, yellow orange and black with flash layered through.
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From underneath, the black gives a background for the flash and brighter colours
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The trout season is over but the flytying season has begun. First of the season from me!
love that. and i'm sure some big fish will, too... :8)
My ammo for tomorrow on the endrick, my first days fishing for a while and could be my last the way things are panning out so I've decided to go bold! Quite a heavy underwire as I've no sink tip for my 6wt :roll:
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like that :D so that's effectively using the hair as a transverse wing, yeah? nice idea and I reckon the aliens would go for that, too :8)
Err dunno what a transverse wing is dave 😬 Dubbing looped the hair (really soft fox, soft like rabbit) and wound that the whole body, basically makes a big fluff ball until you tease and comb it back, used flies like this for pike before but much bigger. There's not a huge amount of hair but the technique gives volume and means that the fly pulses in the water...will see how it looks in the water
I like that Andy. It's orange, has sparkle, will have movement, It's October on the Endrick. I reckon it's got a good chance of tempting a fish if there's any water. Keep watching the skies ! ;-)
I'm going whatever but hoping for the overnight rain that's forecast
Some black dabblers, seals fur or pearl bodies. Sizes 8&10, the 8's are pretty big :shock:
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Oh btw went up the endrick the other day. No water Whatsoever :roll: there had been no overnight rain and he heavy rain forecast for the morning didn't arrive either! Fished through some of the polls and walked the whole beat on the ticket....it's probably in good nick today and I'm tying flies!
Shame about the fishing but hey! Those are very smart dabblers!
I do like Pearly Dabblers .... and those are very nice looking Pearly Dabblers :D :D
I prefer them without a body hackle as a point fly, make a nice fry imitation
Well tied dabblers them!
Yip crackers.
The dabbler is a fly I don't use much but those look well worth a swim and they're nicely done too.
They do look really good dabblers. I think the pearl with less body hackle would make a good point fly.
I've nearly tied something today.....maybe finish one or two tomorrow!
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Quote from: Lochan_load on November 01, 2016, 11:49:09 PM
I've nearly tied something today.....
I thought about it too. wrote an article instead.... :lol:
First four of a dirty dozen for a forumite...red and peacock pearl dabblers[attachimg=1]
Nice ones Andy. Stocking up the box for 2017? :D
Thanks, they're for forum member crestie to his specifications, like them though so will probably do a couple for myself as well! :lol:
Good job Andy. That's a nice looking pattern.
First of a few dunkelds
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That is outstanding.
Cheers Jim! Here's another but dressed a bit slimmer and with far less wing, would be happier fishing this one [attachimg=1]
They're both damn nice flies.
Andy,
I am well taken by those " red and peacock pearl dabblers" on the previous page.
Which bit is the peacock in that dressing ? The front is mallard?
Now that is one sexy fly. :P
Cheers, kind words appreciated as always.
The tinsel for the body is called peacock Vaughan, it's a uni-Mylar. It's quite a dark green pearly kind of colour. Sticklebacky....if that's a word :D
I put in a lot of effort to ensure my flies are OK :roll: :lol:
Cheers Andy, very kind
Andy, the pearl & red (peacock) dabblers and the dunkeld's look amazing, they are so well tied. I am sure that the silver & red dabblers will look just as good. I am sure that they will catch a lot of trout for me next season.
George
something autumnal. wouldn't want to be accused of a lack of ambition
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I had to scroll right to see all of that! :lol: big is beautiful and it'll definitely get noticed with the orange and white. Probably sick of looking at these but really pleased with how this silver dabbler has turned out, the profile is just what I like [attachimg=1]
And on a slightly different note i tied this, never fished for grayling much but when I did it was with this fly when I was a young lad, first fly I remember tying and doing well with, brown hackle for tail and hackle and seals fur and summer duck wing (although at the time I probably used teal) makes me a bit nostalgic looking at it [attachimg=1]
Hi Andy,
that silver & red dabbler looks like it would catch a lot of trout.
George
I know it's a long way off but tied a wet mayfly, on reflection I think it should have more tail but we all make mistakes.....just look at America :shock:
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I tied a few Donalds up this morning.
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Quote from: admin on November 09, 2016, 11:40:50 AM
I tied a few Donalds up this morning.
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You after Mexican species Fred? :lol:
Quote from: admin on November 09, 2016, 11:40:50 AM
I tied a few Donalds up this morning.
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I find Archie macphersons are better
Something a little less traditional....
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Love it, Was that the fly you caught with on roag? Needed something bright, the water was like treacle!
Similar the wing on this one is softer, used a hanked flash material rather than unravelled mylar tube. Body is also changed, fritz instead of tinsel.
QuoteSomething a little less traditional....
Not really it's for the Christmas tree after all is it not.
:roll:
getting there Robbie... you just need to ditch those piddling little hooks :lol:
It's been a tough year for fishing for me with lots of plans being thwarted right left and centre due to ill parents and ill In laws. However, I can see a wee window possibly opening up this week and I've tied this little chap specifically to take a wiggle tail in the hope of tempting a decent 'alien' as Dave would say! Roll on Friday !
I remember you doing some of those last year, phenomenal looking flies!
I'm doing some flies for crestie of the forum, wanted dabblers on a double which I didn't think would roll because of the flat shank but went fine, here's the first couple[attachimg=1]
Those look deadly. I can imagine them in 12 or 14 size. Good tail fly.
Quote from: rannoch raider on November 15, 2016, 01:48:47 AM
It's been a tough year for fishing for me with lots of plans being thwarted right left and centre due to ill parents and ill In laws. However, I can see a wee window possibly opening up this week and I've tied this little chap specifically to take a wiggle tail in the hope of tempting a decent 'alien' as Dave would say! Roll on Friday !
that looks a cracking pattern, Jim! let's hope you get a chance to chuck it out :8)
Hi Andy,
those pearl dabbler doubles look amazing, I am sure that the trout will love them too.
George
Dunkeld double from underneath, the marabou tail is tied in as an underwing to give it more pulse....or so the story goes!
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10 wee doubles ready to post
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And cos I've tied nothing but trad wets lately thought I'd make use of a couple of new materials, boat bristles I've dyed sunburst and some blue holographic, and do a salmon fly. Shrimp fly on a sz 10....[attachimg=1]
And from above you can see the bristles
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This what happens when you've been tying Bantons Whistler Pike patterns all day and you let your discipline slip, take a bit more caffeine than you're used to and catch sight of a stray Wullie Gunn in your hook box ! :-)
now THAT sir, is a pattern!!! :8)
that looks great Andy! :D it's got a real sparkle to it. bet it catches! :8)
Yeah, I like that too. You can just tell that's going to catch. That's nice material that silli legs stuff.
You'll be telling us you use superglue next 😱 Should show up well in the peaty water, blue flashabou is great stuff as well
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That's lovely robbie. There will be lot of movement in that.
Nice that Robbie, is it teal you've used?
Cheers guys. Head hackle is teal, my only venture to the dark side is the tail on this one which is orange Fish Scale.
i'd fish that second one for almost anything, Andy. looks superb! :8)
That's nice. The grouse hackle really lifts it.
The teal blue and pink is well worth a throw, as others have said the little peacock and grouse number is really nice andy
Not my usual output but I may or may not be making a deal with the devil next Monday. Bung!
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nice! you found some carp to chuck at? :wink:
Afraid not dave, the proper dark side........stockies 😱
If you know anywhere near me I'd be happy to have a go though.....
G'day 'Ando' !
Quote from: Lochan_load on December 01, 2016, 03:43:03 PM
Afraid not dave, the proper dark side........stockies 😱
If you know anywhere near me I'd be happy to have a go though.....
you and me both!
Quote from: corsican dave on December 01, 2016, 05:09:37 PM
you and me both!
You can't say you were not warned Dave. Coarse fish lead inexorably to stockie bashing. :lol:
Trailer Trash :8)
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Erm :shock: wow!
Is that a dumbbell and foam?
You not manage a wee bit of stockie bashing at Rescbie today Fred, plenty of boats. :worried
Cracking pictures
Certainly thought provoking Dave ! :-)
Quote from: hopper on December 01, 2016, 10:28:11 PM
You not manage a wee bit of stockie bashing at Rescbie today Fred, plenty of boats. :worried
I noticed the boats were still out when I was down taking photos Eric. I thought they would have had them inside out of the weather.
Don't know if they take them in there wouldn't be enough room in the boat house, it would make sence to get them out of the water and stored somewhere.
Quote from: Lochan_load on December 01, 2016, 10:17:52 PM
Erm :shock: wow!
Is that a dumbbell and foam?
white foam booby tube with black pen on the end. i'm gonna do some in size #12 for troots :8)
Festive warning ! Do not drink and tie ! :-)
Stunning....those are some flies
I should crack open a second bottle, for good measure! :8)
Those pike flies are superb Jim, did you get out on Monday?
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Hi Andy, No, I never made it out to fish on Monday. I had two trips to hospital with the old fella between morning and afternoon. He won't use patient transport and he needs a wheelchair when he gets there. Yesterday was more of the same. Can't moan though, my parents have always been there for us so only fair to help them out now. The fishing has been cancelled right, left and centre recently but there'll be plenty of other days to come. Tied a few pike fleas while I've been hanging around. I'll get to use them soon!
That's a nice colour combination on the spey fly. I like that.
I got out for a few hours but it was hard going with no fish and a really cold day to contend with, enjoyed it but really made me wish it was summer! Six layers and a set of gloves covering numb fingers give fly fishing a very different feel!
Messed about with the colours a bit, sitting a bit bettter too
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I was speaking to a very experienced and successful pike fly fisher recently. He told me that the Blanton Flash Tail Whistler patterns were heavy hitters wherever he fishes. Had to have a go at a view......................
The tails are supposed to be trimmed fairly flat at the ends rather than streamlined in the more usual style. Some are finished like this some have yet to be trimmed.
I've had whistler patterns in my boxes since I started experimenting with swff around 15 years ago. wouldn't be without them. easy tie, great action and very versatile. chuck in some clousers & deceivers and you don't really need anything else. but of course it's no fun unless you're experimenting :8)
You could be onto something there. I used to fish the river Fruin years ago and often met a guy who nearly always had a sea trout or two. He told me that he only fished one pattern for daytime sea trouting and that was a grouse and claret with a big bright yellow tail. He reckoned it was deadly. I only ever met him as he was coming off the water so never got a look at his cast and he always had a smile and an excuse for not showing me the killer fly. I think he said he said he used grouse as a longish hackle.
once again, I reckon anything that swims' go for that. I would almost guarantee carp would chase that down if I could only find some to go for
Couldn't resist having a wee go at that andy, I'm always looking for ideas! Yellow and claret would never have been in my head but it works well. I'll have a bash at the other one you described as well
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I really like that one andy, simple wee change but it looks crackin. Wouldn't mind transporting back to 67, the music and the fishing were far superior!
Here's the other one tied like a bumble as per the instructions, bit fiddly this one but always is with a thicker stemmed hackle, again the colours work well[attachimg=1]
Check out the Irish fly the Cock Robin with a yellow rear and claret behind the hackle. A popular flee in those parts !!
I've got a couple in my box Vaughan but don't think I've ever fished it, another nice flee!
Nice job Andy, I'd be happy to fish either of those. I can see them working well in a peaty water ?
Can't confirm or deny but I'd give anything to chuck them at some trout just now and find out!
I used a flat tinsel, stretched it slightly because it was a bit broad on a small hook, would be fine on an 8. After fiddling about with it I thought I could've just spun it like you would when doing a dabbler, that's what I do with guinea fowl instead of trying to get the right length. Never thought of doing it your way but I'll have a bash at it.
Folks,
We are getting close to 5000 replies on this thread.
I'd suggest we watch out as this milestone comes closer, then hold off and let the originator- Clan Chief- have the honour of that reply.
Ken
He'll need to tie something extra special for that one!
Cabin fever is getting bad, was hoping to get out and about next weekend but it's not looking good.
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That's pretty damned good Robbie.
I like the look of them Robbie, I bet they'll work a treat.
I can see the grayling liking them. :D
Nice idea with the Frits there Robbie 👍🏻
Couple of soldiers for me
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I need to get tying.....some great flees.
Decided to bite the bullet and face my nemesis....paired wings! Always hated them and folded them up like an accordion 😩 This is my fourth attempt at a red arsed green peter, got bored so this is actually an orange arsed grey peter, and getting somewhere with the wing. The others have been mince! Really mince so I'm pretty pleased, amazing what you can achieve with a bit of insomnia!
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Some recent ties. Roll on opening day.
Len
500 pages and 5000 posts and still going :banana :banana :banana
Best thread on here for advice and ideas, I've done some serious thieving from this thread! Great idea by Alan (clan chief) to start it all those 500 pages ago! Here's a wee soldier palmer, unlike the lighter dressed ones from last week all in cock I've dressed this one all with hen
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Picked this up from a pike fishing forum.
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That is a real fancy bit of art ! Its as good a copy of a wee broonie as I've ever come across. Great colours.
Done a load of Kate's lately so fancied just messing about with one, claret tail and body with fiery ginger hackles, colours go well
Love the Kates Andy
Still thinking of grayling...
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Nice Robbie, you been out?
Cheers Andy, not managed to get out yet. Had been planning to get out either between Christmas and New Year or before going back to work on the 4th, unfortunately mini me has stated in no uncertain terms that I shouldn't be going away during holidays. Hoping weather will sing my way next weekend.
I saw on face book we share a birthday Robbie! (4/1/79) That would be the ideal day for some 'me' time instead of going back to work!
Funny that, unfortunately already got a couple of deadlines on Friday so need to get back into the office by Wednesday.
Yet another nymphy thing...
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Quote from: Robbie on January 02, 2017, 07:03:56 PM
Yet another nymphy thing...
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Try that on the dropper on a #16 or #18 right below the surface during a Caenis hatch with a #14 or #12 dry dark sedge on the tail to keep it there; draw it in with long slow pulls with a few seconds pause between. Grease up everything except the dropper which should be about 4 inches long :8)
that's a belting pattern. i can see me using this for early season trout in the dulnain and (you're gonna' hate this...) carp in spain :8)
Last minute tying last night and this morning. Trout and kahawai flies for NZ.
I leave on Saturday but wont get any fishing done in earnest until about the 8th of February.
Alex
Good luck with the trip !! Look forward to reading the reports and seeing big fish with one of those flees in its jaws :D
Thanks Vaughan. That makes two of us! :)
Alex
You must've been busy! What is a kawahai? Very envious of your trip
Quote from: Lochan_load on January 03, 2017, 08:28:51 PM
What is a kawahai?
It's a fish that once you have hooked and played 2 you secretly hope you don't hook another one. :lol:
Quote from: Lochan_load on January 03, 2017, 08:28:51 PM
You must've been busy! What is a kawahai? Very envious of your trip
It is my usual "ammunition over quality" approach. In other words I'm a lazy fly tier :)
A kahawai is a sea fish also found in the river estuaries in NZ. The Aussies call them "salmon". They fight well and so do the fish :lol:
Alex
Very good Alex....no match for someone fae cambuslang though.
Anyway I'm still on my orange phase.
Not posted pics for a while
A few wee wets and buzzers
Vaughan was the inspiration for this. What better way to imitate the hemoglobin in a buzzer than a wee glass bead.
The one above is claret black and red. This one is flouro orange and an orange claret with orange bead.
Cracking flies Paul.
I copied this one from Mak flies on YouTube:
There are no fish safe now that the glass beads are in the mix :D :D :D :D :D
I've still got some of those beads that Robbie have me over on uist, still to try them. Look great on those buzzers, Robbie what's the body on that? Brilliant effect
Andy its white antron yarn, here's a link to the video I copied it from:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4EIBVn5q8A (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4EIBVn5q8A)
I don't have antron yarn on a spool, but managed to use a loose hank easily enough. You do have to tist it a lot and tieing it off with thread after is a bit of a fiddle.
There's some lovely patterns there guys. I really like that orange hopper, in fact I really like them all. There's been some great stuff posted on here of late.
Quote from: Robbie on January 04, 2017, 01:25:29 PM
I don't have antron yarn on a spool, but managed to use a loose hank easily enough. You do have to tist it a lot and tieing it off with thread after is a bit of a fiddle.
Just tried this pattern again but this time I put the yarn on an old empty spool. Makes a big difference as it's far easier twist the yarn tight giving superior segmentation. Added bonus is that this also stops the pen ink bleeding too far through the yarn ,making it easier to control the colouring.
Lots of lovely patterns, will be copying a few of those.
Got a green highlander grizzle cape off fleabay (whiting cape for a tenner :lol:) so thought I'd give the wets a rest and do a wee double, love these boar bristle/pheasant crest tales, it's a simple tie but gives a great effect[attachimg=1]
That fly looks the business Andy!
Moving over to the dark side for a wee while.
I have been thinking about a stickle back imitation for a wee while. I bought some plastic fish skulls and with a wee bit rabbit and silver dubbing that's me. Might try a pearl body.
Not sure how robust they'll be but will give them a try. Inspired by our trip to south uist where the trout were hammering sticklebacks on the grassy margins.
I was fishing close in a lot looking for the stickleback feeders, one trout on Hallam was chasing them all over the shop about 15 feet in front of me, really good to watch and exciting to cast for (never bloody caught it though! :roll: )
All my salmon flies seem to end up orange so did the green one the other day and thought I'd have a mess about with claret and brown and a couple of touches of sunburst to brighten it a bit, I'll do an sbs for these one day, it's such a simple tie but looks good.
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Very nice chaps! Great shrimps Andy.
Nice one LL.
Forgot the stickleback imitation.
thats a cracking looking fly Paul, can see that doing some damage.
Yeah, I agree, that's a belter. That'll take all sorts of fish.
Got to agree, should fish really well with that soft fur 👍🏻
A couple of Kates :shock:
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Quote from: Lochan_load on January 13, 2017, 10:40:21 AM
A couple of Kates :shock:
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Belters, is the tail cock hackle?
Yeah, I've got some really bright ones that I only use for Kate's tails, more durable than tippet and a hell of a lot cheaper!
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I.like them.....alot.
Haha I was trying to think of a suitable collective name for them! They're an easy enough tie Paul but heavy on the hackles!
some of the fly-for-coarse crew have a bit of a problem believing that fish will take imitations of natural food. they've been brainwashed into using deer hair pellet imitations exclusively. i thought i'd try and wean the barbel guys off with this bit of luncheon meat (does anyone use luncheon meat nowadays or is it just boillies...? :roll:)
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Full bodied order of ordies, size 10's so you'd need a wave!
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Lovely flees....it's always amazed.me that fish actually tale that fly. The 19th century sedgehog I suppose.
I fished one singly in achiltibuie a couple of years back and it got me a fish in a full on gale but not one I ever really use, like the traditional look of them though, They really decimate a cape!
I've always found the Ordie to be a successful pattern. MYPy mate Tam is never without it when on highland lochs.
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Decided to have an afternoon on the leggy hogs
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First time i have tied in a couple of years
Looks like it's been a while since i posted a picture as well. :roll:
Looks OK to me Eric. Nice flees!
Really nice flees.
Very nice. the addition of the hopper legs really adds something to a fly.
Good to see the stuffs back out Eric, you stocking up for uist? :D
Green peters today
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That's one i would like to repeat but the time is just wrong for me. I am off to the Tain area in May and Orkney mid August. Started to enjoy tying again, just got out of the habit.
You are tying some cracking stuff, your boxes must be bursting at the seams.
Shame Eric be good to see you over there. My box is pretty bare Eric, none of it's for me :roll:
I'll get round to doing some for myself when the season kicks off
That's a shame Eric. Much later beyond the middle of September and it's winter up there. Anyway those hogs will do the business. They look very fishy.
Cheers
Paul
Plenty of inspiration for some proper flies recently ;) too many flies and not enough time.
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You've been reading the same websites as me.
Camasunary Killer. What have you been reading then? Sea Trouty stuff ? ;-)
Aye that's about right, Just about any website featuring Hebridean fishing mentions this fly!
That fly is a blast from the past Robbie, used to use it on the Luther and North Esk years ago and it held it's own for sea trout.
I'm certainly not trying to compete with Andy and i like his green peters, I got this pattern from a ghillie on Loch Conn many years ago and this was how they liked theirs, hairy red arsed green peters. Works great when you have mayfly or sedges about and a good wave.
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Tonights work, it's a bugger when there if football on at the same time.
Very nice. it's a pattern that has quite a few variations. The muddler version is a cracking fly too. The traditional green that Andy has used is my usual choice for the body too but as the saying goes 'variety is the spice of life' !
A fly I have not really used before, will hopefully put it to good use this season.
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Nice one Robbie
Cheers Eric.
Time for something a bit simpler:
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The Sea Trout bug is definitely biting on you Robbie. ;-)
The EOSS thread got me looking over the maps and thinking of flies. To be fair these flies will probably get thrown towards a few brownies long before September.
I've been on spiders. These are a bit heavier in the hackle than has come to be fashion, and all but the lapwing and peacock jobs are tied on old Mustad snecks. Feeling a bit sentimental you see....
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Very nice, I'll be tying and trying something similar this season
All lovely flees....I need to get back on the pony.
Robbie, do you find your Donegal blues rib is a tad fragile,I prefer the look of flat tinsel but end up tying with a heavy oval tinsel,it doesn't look that bad as it blends into the dubbed body well.
One of my top 3 sea trout flies, especially in smaller sizes
found the tying for these on u tube, think they might be ok for brownies and maybe sea trout.
Nice pattern.
Quote from: Roobarb on January 29, 2017, 04:15:17 PM
I like the look of those. Small ones (12's and 14's) for trout on the buzzers and slightly bigger ones for sea trout. Do you have the tying?
Andy
red thread for tag, black thread body with lurex rib and then covered with thin coat of uv resin to help protect the body, blue lightbright for the thorax and i have used black cock for the hackle, hen might be a better option. look up Mac flies on u tube, he ties some nice flies.
Quote from: johnny boy on January 29, 2017, 03:16:36 PM
Robbie, do you find your Donegal blues rib is a tad fragile,I prefer the look of flat tinsel but end up tying with a heavy oval tinsel,it doesn't look that bad as it blends into the dubbed body well.
One of my top 3 sea trout flies, especially in smaller sizes
First time I've tied these and have similar concerns over durability of the rib. But it's a quick tie so not real trouble in churning out a few. Will give heavy oval a go though.
Quote from: loch coulter on January 29, 2017, 03:37:59 PM
found the tying for these on u tube, think they might be ok for brownies and maybe sea trout.
Similar to my red arsed spider that I tie.
Billy
You could probably get away with using hard as nails instead of the resin, just have to wait a bit for it to dry.
Quote from: Roobarb on January 29, 2017, 06:53:20 PM
Cheers :)
I'm not really a fan of UV resin and glues (too lazy) bu the colour scheme is something I will try for sure.
Andy
just use silver wire or tinsel.
You want to be looking for MAK-flies operated by Arshad Khan who sells his flies on Ebay. He's a very talented fly tyer and he also has a YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDcefaho8uvkV8asL_sQdPQ (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDcefaho8uvkV8asL_sQdPQ)
It's well worth a look if you get the chance.
similar colours to the connemara black, b160 size 10, black thread, red tinsel for the tag,silver wire rib, black hackle at front and dyed blue grizzle at the head.
A good colour combo on that 👍🏻
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perfect.
:P
Jeez! Everyone's a critic :shock: :lol:
To be fair if it was for me I'd have the wing flat to the shank
Big is beautiful. Have to admit I also tend to tie mine a bit slimmer, but might have to do a few a bit heavier now.
"Everyone's a critic" ...... that'll be why you don't see many of Bobfly's flies on here :D :D :D
Fresh from the vice mine have that lived-in look of what you might say is "summit already chewed up and half eaten". Not that that is planned, they just come out that way :? :? :? Mr Trooty does not seem too bothered.
That said, there are some cracking good flees on show here.
With a flash of silver and a swirl it's gone, I'm sure the sea trout didn't bother, as long as your line goes tight neither will you.
Slim, bulky up or down wing it's a personal preference.
Cracker. :)
Like you say Eric personal preference I don't think the trout give a monkeys , I think the main thing is that blue and silver mix, it catches every bit of light, here's some sitting on my desk among loads of other reds, clarets, yellows, greens etc and they really stand out from the rest. [attachimg=1]
Yip getting there......just the 200 to go :shock:
lochan load what is the name of the fly on your avatar the one with the golden pheasant tippets in the tail. have you got the tying for it thanks. it looks like a fly that would work well. cheers andy m
It's basically a mallard and claret with the back quarter in yellow seals fur, it's a new one to me but I really like the look of it, it has a name but I forget now but andy roobarb knows......
thanks for that pal. will let you know how i get on with that fly this season. cheers andy m
The wee yellow tag looks like a good trigger point, I'll be giving it a go too!
some Kates, cant get the hang of taking a half decent photo! any help would be appreciated, camera is a pentax optio vs 20 optical20x zoom.
You just have to get the subject lit a bit better Tommy. Try moving beside a window or use the flash on your camera. Better to have a blank background, light grey or light blue card works well.
Quote from: admin on February 02, 2017, 04:49:27 PM
You just have to get the subject lit a bit better Tommy. Try moving beside a window or use the flash on your camera. Better to have a blank background, light grey or light blue card works well.
Cheers Fred, will try this.
not that mine are brilliant, but i use a piece of black foam, a4 from the craft shop, same stuff i use for fleas, as my background. it reflects a certain amount of light without glare or shadows. i also make sure my camera (a compact) is resting on something and use the timer function so there's no shake. try it with the timer & without and then zoom in on the image. you'll be amazed at the difference.
Quote from: corsican dave on February 02, 2017, 07:46:50 PM
not that mine are brilliant, but i use a piece of black foam, a4 from the craft shop, same stuff i use for fleas, as my background. it reflects a certain amount of light without glare or shadows. i also make sure my camera (a compact) is resting on something and use the timer function so there's no shake. try it with the timer & without and then zoom in on the image. you'll be amazed at the difference.
thanks Dave,will have a look for a timer option.
I just put them on my hand under my tying lamp and then crop down to size, use my phone.
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My favourite fly of all time. Nice tying!
That fly , a kate mclaren and a brown palmer are all you need for a cast.
I would not worry Andy ........... the fish don't have glasses :D :D
Shame, that would've been lovely without the fluff :makefun
The wing should be a bit more robust than the usual peacock
I think that Alexandria could out fish the original. The softer materials are going to give it great movement, its got flash and works well with the JC as does the traditional. I really like that, its an absolute belter.
Quote from: Roobarb on February 03, 2017, 05:23:31 PM
An Alexandra of sorts.
Hackle fibre tail and dark green crystal flash wing.
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I seem incapable of tying a fly without getting bits of fluff left around the hook eye these days. I think I might really need glasses now :lol:
Andy
a wee touch with a cigarette lighter will get rid of the fluff!
Never thought of green flash in that way before. I really like that
Bibio crippler.
A muddled thingy:
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Tied a few cripplers but I've never fished one, nice looking fly LC. Nice one Robbie, I find tying and fishing muddlers quite addictive!
Cheers Andy, not a fly I tie or fish very often. Taken a while to get a useable shape to the head and even(ish) distribution around the collar, but can see how it becomes addictive tying them.
Just send the rejects down here Robbie i will fish that all day every day. Nice.
Nice one Robbie. When I atempt muddlers I find it difficult to decide when to stop trimming them.
cracking muddler that, Robbie! i'd be happy fishing that for almost anything that swims :8)
They are addictive. I blame Andy Lochan Load you're a bad influence.
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That's a cracker Robbie! Happy to lead you into temptation :lol: Did I give you some of that blue deer hair?
Cheers Andy, I think I got the deer hair from Flytyingboutique Boutique. Also got some in red, been meaning to try some from natures spirt as recommended by Paul.
I've got that colour but no idea where I got it, thought I'd maybe cut you a bit off on the stravaig, natures spirit materials seem to be really good not tried the deer hair though
That is a cracker Robbie. Lovely job !
Something a little bigger, room for improvement in a few places but quite pleased with the look of it.
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like that Robbie! :D :8)
Looks good Robbie, Across and down on a swollen burn!
Great patterns Robbie!
Photo may be deceptive , it's a 3/0 hook. the fly is bigger than some of the bandies I normally catch.
Quote from: Robbie on February 17, 2017, 01:21:00 PM
Photo may be deceptive , it's a 3/0 hook. the fly is bigger than some of the bandies I normally catch.
i'd already worked that out, Robbie :wink: i'm sure it'll work well tomorrow :8)
[attachimg=1]You fishing tomorrow Robbie? Thought it was big but not 'Corsican dave' big :lol:
Few stoats tails today
Well that's all you'll need for the Leven Sea Trout Andy. :wink:
Was planning on some alien hunting, but that may alter to chasing ladies in a stream.
Really like those Stoats Tails
Cheers mate, either way it'll be better than what I'm doing....working 😖 Thought about going for pike earlier in the week but ended up putting it on the back burner :roll: now I'm back at work I'm wishing I'd bit the bullet!
Always the way isn't it. Made that mistake a few times myself. One day we'll learn to take our chances and fish when we get the chance.
A couple from tonight
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They've got a nice 'buggy' look going on. Just the ticket for a bit of a wave on a summers evening. :wink:
They look like they'll do the job nicely Eric, silver invicta for me today, happy with the wing but the heads got away from me a bit :?
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Eric those flies look extremely fishy, can see that first one doing a lot of damage.
Cracking tie there Andy, wing looks perfect. Is that a hackle fibre tail rather than GP topping?
I've got a packet of old yellow cock hackles I use, it's got a good colour and more durable than tippet which I find a bit delicate when fishing and pricey!
Second attempt, gave myself about 2mm extra space for the hackle, amazing the difference it makes. As soon as you start having to wind over the front hackle it's impossible to keep the head size down :roll:
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Thanks guys, just sat at the vice and tied out of my head, nice invicta's Andy haven't tied winged flies for ages.
Must be almost a year since I last tied a fly. Did a fast water hackled version of an Octanaomi, should make it float a touch higher and make it easier to see.
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Nice Fred, I really must persevere with them never seem to work for me.
Very nice Fred.
I'm in a bit of a rut. Think I need to scale back the head on these:
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You are turning into a deer hair junkie Robbie. When you start 'muddling' Greenwell's Glories and Grey Dusters you will need to seek professional help and therapy. :lol:
Now there's an idea! :worms
Quote from: hopper on February 21, 2017, 06:53:28 PM
Nice Fred, I really must persevere with them never seem to work for me.
Fred gave me a few to try and they can be very effective. I couldn't believe the size of some of the wee trout that totally gorged those big things.
Nice muddlers. :D
Donegal Bumble:
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Reminds me a lot of the Irish bruiser.
Love that Donegal blue colour Robbie
Looking around for Donegal blue dubbing and came across Frankie McPhillips web site. Thought I'd give his dubbing a go , it's pretty good stuff. Also got some in purple:
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Those look deadly Robbie especially for where we are going in September!
OK, here is the plan. Some folk get Andy L-L and Robbie diverted with some amber liquids in a couple of glasses the Alan and myself can raid their fly boxes. So .... everyone keep quiet about this so they don't know it's coming :8) :8) :8)
The trick to that strategy is to keep them tying meantime.
Great flees
Quote from: Bobfly on February 25, 2017, 04:36:39 PM
OK, here is the plan. Some folk get Andy L-L and Robbie diverted with some amber liquids in a couple of glasses the Alan and myself can raid their fly boxes. So .... everyone keep quiet about this so they don't know it's coming :8) :8) :8)
Same as the last couple of years then :lol: Alan and Paul can take care of themselves it's john sd you need to look out for!
Robbie I bought a frankie mcphillips dubbing box years ago, Donegal blue was in it along with other clarets oranges etc and a great one called cow dung, sadly mostly finished but I still use the box for ones I've made up myself, it's really good dubbing.
There are four of these box sets with twelve in each. I use them for the big Irish mayflies I used over there some years back. I think they are still available. some of the mixes are fairly fine and some seem pretty coarse but the colour mixes are great.
They are still available Vaughan and you can get the colours individually from his website. Still tying traditional wets with south uist in mind...goats toe....anyone know why it's called that?
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No idea where the name originates, but those are damn fine flies!
Cheers Robbie, I've been putting them off thinking they would be time consuming but they are really quick.
Erm it's the only response I've had so I'm going to go with that andy :lol:
Claret bumbles today
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Some really beautiful fleas there chaps. Every one a belter!
Quote from: Roobarb on February 26, 2017, 10:25:58 PM
Thankfully nobody has tied any other sort of animals toe fly... so far.
i love a challenge :lol:
I've been trying to work on a camel toe for a while :P
Have you been watching Fortitude? :worried
I haven't but if there's a camel toe..... :lol:
More extreme DIY castration, but some thing would get in the way of a camel toe.
I believe you are right with the devil connection Andy. I recall reading it somewhere but i cant remember where.
Garry
Another fly with a reputation that I have not fished often:
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Love that Robbie, really nice!
Nice tying Robbie. Looks like a Clyde style flee but a pattern which was developed for the Tweed I'm sure!
Now for something completely different ! Granato's Truffle Shuffle Fire Tiger. Originally an American bass pattern but makes a good pike and perch fly in various sizes.
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That is a real cracker.
I commented on that yesterday must've got lost in the ether! It's a great looking pike fly, are they funky eyes on it?
I seldom tie "patterns" believing most of it to be bollox. Tying patterns is fun for sure, but bollox nonetheless
I like keeping it simple. Here is a very effective early season dry which I find rising fish will take when they ignore Klinks, parachutes etc. The only problem this fly has is it's not easy to see on the water and adding a post or wing makes it less effective.
Body olive thread, tail and main hackle red game, front hackle a few turns of blue dun hen, Hook Fulling Mill Grab Gape barbless 14 and 16.
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Lovely fly Fred
Functional and elegant, a Lovely fly! I would love a peek inside the fly boxes of the river men on here. it would be great to see your top 5 Fred ? Alex (haresear) and a few others ?
Thanks guys, very simple to tie like most of the flies I use.
Jim, a "photos of your fly box" would make a great topic. I'll look into that.
That would mean that we will be posting 10 photos each !!!!! :( :( :(
I have 2 boxes. One with river wets and a few loch flies, one with dries. I have a third small box with streamers. Even that is too much You really do not need loads of flies.
Thinking about patterns for loch Garry. I'm guessing the big browns in there must be fond of a minnow or two so thought I'd try to knock up something that might do the trick ? This is Mk 1 :lol:
I think a wee touch of yellow on the belly and a smaller eye would make for more realism but I like the big eye as a trigger point ? Oh, the hook will be barbless before it goes in the water (if it makes the cut )
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Brilliant! Had a good day for pike on Garry with a tube fly with a black lateral and grey either side, that fly is similar in style to the one that got me a big brownie ( which broke me eventually 😩) but it was in much more vibrant colours. The flies you put up the other day will do you well too
Here's a 'wee' black and silver grey tube hot off the vice Andy. The hook on this can ride point up in the dressing. Was your successful pattern tied in this style or hollow tied ?
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Not a fly yet...............
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This chap is a Troll, he was once the property of my Grand Daughter who lost him in mysterious circumstances :whistle2 . He had a name but it didn't suit him so I've re named him 'Chartreuse Clouser Head'. :wink:
That's deadly looking jim, the one I was talking about was tied with fox tail and a few bits of flash in a dubbing loop to give the teardrop shape with little weight. Very much like the ones on the Garry website but I wouldn't worry too much about that, yours will fish as well as anything! Much better than the stuff I was throwing at them.
Quote from: Lochan_load on March 06, 2017, 10:14:45 AM
Very much like the ones on the Garry website but I wouldn't worry too much about that, yours will fish as well as anything! Much better than the stuff I was throwing at them.
Tie a couple with a little weight to them (lead foil body) for a sink and draw retrieve. They will work, and are cheaper than the £10 a pop Loch Garry Fishing charges for flees!
Really nice minnow copy there. Inchlaggan was something else when they were on the minnows. They just gorge on them. I never fished the natural minnow there but any lure that resembled a minnow was soon nailed.
I'd put Money on that fly doing some damage. :D
Send me any of those boys that don't make the cut - - - they all look great to me :D :D
Garry Minnow MK2
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Perfect! Stop now you'll be fine :lol: just have to work on your casting arm now, you need to put in the hours up there!
Haven't posted in ages due to this working abroad nonsense, but this time I took a few materials with me, I'm only verging on 30 but didn't realise how much I need my magnifier for tying small flies! Trying to varnish a head on these just isn't fun for me trying to strain!
Purple haze.
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No doubt about it, tying the tiny river flies can be challenging if the eyesight ain't what it used to be. I know ! :shock:. There are some 'micro' threads on the market nowadays that are super strong and these help a lot as you can really bear down hard and don't need to bulk up heads etc by tying extra turns into securing materials. Another wee tip I was given is to moisturise your hands often as hard or ragged skin from 'working hands' can be enough to fray and break some delicate threads and materials used to tie small patterns. Just don't let the Mrs catch you in her cosmetics bag :wink:
My hands are absolutely destroyed with peeling finger tips etc, pricking my fingers several times a day (diabetic) coupled with the heat out here and the heat from flamespraying just dried them right out, I've got a pumice stone in my fly tying bag, give my hands a quick washing and scrub with that before tying and it really helps!
That o'keefes working hands cream does well too!
the standard of tying on this thread is a better collection than anywhere else i've seen from traditional brownie fare to crocodile lures.
keep it coming.
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I needed a 'fly' that could be fished two or three feet from the bottom of the channel or bed of a former river that is now submerged in a large hydro loch. A booby type tying that had plenty of life and movement and offered a reasonable impression of fishy life that would ring the dinner bell for pike and possibly very big trout. Came up with this.
The hook has been heavily weighted then given buoyancy by the addition of foam above the lead to make it sit upright .
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Some very mobile flash was added then the foam was covered in white rabbit strip palmered along its length. A couple of light plastic eyes form the head area before a strip of barred olive 'zonker' is tied in at the head only. The strip is stretched and the hook is then pierced through the strip of skin and pulled down onto the bend of the hook. When this is done under tension the skin shrinks back to its pre stretched form and this causes it to remain securely positioned on the bend. If you want you can also get a sort of barbless effect by nicking the point of the hook back into the zonker strip in the same way as you would mount a soft plastic on this type of hook. Can't wait to give this a swim. Hope it works as planned! :)
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i'm sure it'll work just dandy, Jim :D i used the same idea for my CD Evil Genius and i can assure you the foam over lead idea works. they're a b~~ger to cast, tho'.... :lol:
Hope so Dave, The casting issue won't be too bad as It'll be used from a boat so should get away with it :8)
Quote from: rannoch raider on March 14, 2017, 09:51:32 PM
Hope so Dave, The casting issue won't be too bad as It'll be used from a boat so should get away with it :8)
feck me; might as well use a bait-casting set up & have done with it.... :lol: :lol:
joking aside, tight lines! :8)
Oh, I'll have the lure rod in the boat too. It'll be next to the fishfinder! :lol:
Quote from: rannoch raider on March 14, 2017, 10:08:22 PM
Oh, I'll have the lure rod in the boat too. It'll be next to the fishfinder! :lol:
sweet!
Extremely interested to see how you get on with that tactic, not heard of anyone trying it. Have a feeling it could be really productive!
Quote from: Lochan_load on March 14, 2017, 11:21:08 PM
Extremely interested to see how you get on with that tactic, not heard of anyone trying it. Have a feeling it could be really productive!
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from last year Andy. unfortunately nothing's latched on yet, but then i didn't do much sunk line work last year :8)
A couple of hollow tied Pike muggers. :)
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Those are very nice!
Thanks Robbie. Another one in the 'booby' style. The belly is loaded with foam on top of some lead wire to keep it sitting belly side down.
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These flies are really superb! Can't wait to see how you get on with the sunk line
Nothing gets me in the mood for fishing more than tying muddlers! A soldier palmer one......[attachimg=1]
There's something really pleasing about traditional loch flies. That one would be a strong contender for the top bob on my rod. I find it's a great pattern for drawing fish to the rod. they may not always take it but they do pay it attention. I just can't find the inspiration for wee loch troot at the minute :|. It'll probably return when the weather turns and we get some heat in the air. :think2
Yeah it gets attention especially if it's fishing right through the film, I seem to get most of my fish to a muddler these days although often the better fish hit the point fly.
Cracking flies guys! My local stream doesn't open for trout until April, but doesn't look like I'll get much of a chance for a cast before then anyway. Tied a little something for moving water:
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That's very nice Robbie. There are quite a few really experienced river fishers on here. I'd love to see the flies they favour featuring on here. C'mon chaps, show us your March Browns and Olives ? :)
That will catch Robbie. I'm certain the slim abdomen is the key with these flies.
Trout Minnow Mk 3. Cheaper materials in this one.
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I must be one of the worst fly tiers out there. I catch fish despite rather than because of my flies.
In anticipation of the arrival of March browns and grannom I conjured up some works of art......[attachimg=1][attachimg=1]
The fish are the true judges of the quality of flies. By the fish you catch the flies can't be bad, but can't see the photos just now.
I've been tying a few nymph's
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Those will work Robbie :D
I am struggling to use a new phone and Windows whatever this version is. Bring back XP :lol:
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Your flee box is almost as boring as mine Alex. :lol:
I think we river fishers miss out compared to the pike anglers and loch fishers with their tinseled budgies and florescent multi-coloured lavy brushes. :lol:
On to olives now. This is a hi viz version.
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It's very sombre but what's there is clearly worth its place in the box. You are a big fan of the deer hair then Alex ? It's a material that I often dodge if there's a reasonable alternative. I reckon I must be underestimating its effectiveness. I'll need to get over my phobia and use it more often. Very nice of you to let us have a look in there ! :wink:
That wee Olive is beautiful. Nice split tails !
Quote from: rannoch raider on March 21, 2017, 11:08:11 PM
It's very sombre but what's there is clearly worth its place in the box. You are a big fan of the deer hair then Alex ? It's a material that I often dodge if there's a reasonable alternative. I reckon I must be underestimating its effectiveness. I'll need to get over my phobia and use it more often. Very nice of you to let us have a look in there ! :wink:
That wee Olive is beautiful. Nice split tails !
I got lucky with the tails. The next one will be entirely different I can guarantee.
Aye, the deer hair works fine for me... not that I am any good at tying with it. I don't usually bother stacking it, as you can see. I often use snowshoe hair or calf tail instead of deer for sizes 14 down.
Most of my flies are drab, sombre affairs. When the yellow may duns and the olive uprights come out I will use lighter shades for the bodies when tying but usually a dirty olive superfine dubbing (I think it is blue winged olive) is what I use. Sometimes natural rabbit too for march browns. I rarely bother with ribbing and never varnish.
That olive is a cracker and some interesting flies in that box. Thanks for sharing, it's always interesting to see others fly boxes especially when they are more experienced or successful in a particular branch of our sport.
Quote from: Robbie on March 21, 2017, 11:23:24 PM
That olive is a cracker and some interesting flies in that box. Thanks for sharing, it's always interesting to see others fly boxes especially when they are more experienced or successful in a particular branch of our sport.
Thanks Robbie. I tried extra hard to make the olive presentable :)
the hackle is a wee bit long but it will catch fish.
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Quote from: admin on March 21, 2017, 10:52:39 PM
Your flee box is almost as boring as mine Alex. :lol:
I think we river fishers miss out compared to the pike anglers and loch fishers with their tinseled budgies and florescent multi-coloured lavy brushes. :lol:
here's one of my boxes Fred ........
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Quote from: rannoch raider on March 22, 2017, 12:18:08 AM
here's one of my boxes Fred ........
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That reminds me...where are my sunglasses? :lol:
Alex
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Really interesting to see that Griffiths Gnat you've put up Alex. I met three guys up at Tomdoun years ago and we got blethering about flies for the area. They told me that they were going to fish Poulary with dries. They had done it the previous day and had some success with an almost identical pattern. They gave me a couple to try on the river section above Inchlaggan where I was headed for and they had also cut the hackles along the belly as you've done with yours. They also pulled up the hackles into a sort of V shape and they reckoned it made a massive difference to the standard tying.
I blanked that day, I'll blame conditions !
I tied a stack of them but up until now I've never really given them a chance ! It's good to learn that I didn't waste my time and that they do work , well at least in the right hands !
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Quote from: rannoch raider on March 22, 2017, 12:47:40 AM
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Really interesting to see that Griffiths Gnat you've put up Alex. I met three guys up at Tomdoun years ago and we got blethering about flies for the area. They told me that they were going to fish Poulary with dries. They had done it the previous day and had some success with an almost identical pattern. They gave me a couple to try on the river section above Inchlaggan where I was headed for and they had also cut the hackles along the belly as you've done with yours. They also pulled up the hackles into a sort of V shape and they reckoned it made a massive difference to the standard tying.
I blanked that day, I'll blame conditions !
I tied a stack of them but up until now I've never really given them a chance ! It's good to learn that I didn't waste my time and that they do work , well at least in the right hands !
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Aye they work on the Clyde anyway. I don't usually trim them all. I leave some untrimmed in case the fish prefer a high floater as they sometimes do.
Quote from: rannoch raider on March 22, 2017, 12:18:08 AM
here's one of my boxes Fred ........
A very nice box of flies Jim. That reminds me I have not yet started the topic for fly box photos. Must get round to that when I get a moment.
Quote from: borderbob on March 22, 2017, 02:33:21 AM
Jings Alex , I was always told never to `clip ` hackles , but that was a few years ago . :lol: :lol: :lol:
I will never be a good technical flydresser Bob . I do feel guilty when I give the fly a haircut and there is no doubt that the properly dressed fly looks much nicer to the human eye.
Thankfully the trout don't seem to mind. :worms
A proper box of flies.
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None of your drab stuff
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A Style I have been thinking/tinkering about for some time now
Pheasant & Orange (Tummel Style) Size 16 Head/wing a bit big but all in all in keeping with the marque
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Beautiful flies Alan.
Traditional to the bone ! lovely flies. I'd be very happy chasing loch sea trout and wild browns with that box in my pocket. :)
Brawest box of flies I've seen. As Robbie says..beautiful.
Billy
Some more functional ammo.
I like the F fly for casting into a wind. They may not have much mass but they are aerodynamic. I sometimes add a spiky thorax as I have with two of these. The other one has a thorax of dubbed cdc. [attachimg=1]
It's great to see these Alex. I've been using very similar F fly patterns and unusually for me, I've managed to fool the odd troot into thinking they were food. :) I have given up tying traditional feather winged dry flies as my eyes aren't what they used to be. CDC is much easier to tie in and makes for great emergers. I think those of us who don't fish running water regularly often have a belief that experienced, successful river men like yourself and some others on here are using highly detailed secret patterns that lesser mortals can't tie or buy . I think a lot of people get put off fishing rivers with dries because there is still a bit of mystery surrounding what successful river anglers are using. Really enjoying your input here. You are giving me the notion to visit rivers more often.
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Is that an offer? :lol: it was actually alright Andy and tying all those flies has been good practice, definitely speeded me up!
Cleansing myself with some spiders for a trip in may, first time tying these so all comments welcome
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Quote from: Lochan_load on March 25, 2017, 10:26:27 AM
Cleansing myself with some spiders for a trip in may, first time tying these so all comments welcome
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Those look perfect. Just what I would expect from your hands :D
Thanks, I could get used to tying these, thread and hackle and maybe a bit of fluff!
Quote from: Lochan_load on March 25, 2017, 12:32:28 PM
Thanks, I could get used to tying these, thread and hackle and maybe a bit of fluff!
They do work :) even on lochs.
I'll never palmer a b175 again! :lol: :lol:
Quote from: Lochan_load on March 25, 2017, 12:58:18 PM
I'll never palmer a b175 again! :lol: :lol:
Think of the money you will save on genetic hackles :)
Quote from: rannoch raider on March 23, 2017, 01:37:44 PM
I think a lot of people get put off fishing rivers with dries because there is still a bit of mystery surrounding what successful river anglers are using. Really enjoying your input here. You are giving me the notion to visit rivers more often.
Thanks and you are very welcome. :D
For me, my choice of dry fly is quite straightforward most of the time. It is a case of keen observation regarding what is happening on the surface. Sometimes there is a hatch and yet no fish showing. In that case there is little point in soldiering on with imitations of the flies they are ignoring :) A nymph will likely be a better bet, or even a big terrestrial might bring up a fish.
when nothing was happening yesterday (snow melt meant hardly any rises) I snapped a coupe of photos of my two boxes. Neat fly tiers and the faint hearted might want to look away :)
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Domestic duties are preventing me from getting near water this weekend. But did heap a few minutes To tie this:
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Lovely Robbie, what's the hook?
Cheers Andy, it's a a Partridge Patriot fine dry, wait for delivery of some Fullingmill hooks.
Need to get some dry fly hooks, meantime here's a teal and red or dare i say Peter Ross spider :worried
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Interesting fly Andy. I was just abut to tie something similar to represent a drowned / emerging March Brown. :8)
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I'd make the wing shorter as it might topple over if it's too long.
Cheers Fred, gave it a haircut :lol:
The teal looks good btw, well marked. The bits I usually chuck away :D
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Your latest offering looks like a Madam X Robbie.
The B175 should be fine. I often use these in preference to "dry fly" hooks which are often too fine in the wire for my liking.
On your DHE... I agree with Fred that the wing is too long. In future you could try tearing the tips off instead of snipping them if you have gone too long. It gives a slightly better look - not the fish will care :)
Quote from: haresear on March 31, 2017, 11:57:55 AM
Your latest offering looks like a Madam X Robbie.
The B175 should be fine. I often use these in preference to "dry fly" hooks which are often too fine in the wire for my liking.
On your DHE... I agree with Fred that the wing is too long. In future you could try tearing the tips off instead of snipping them if you have gone too long. It gives a slightly better look - not the fish will care :)
Oops sorry. That was in response to your latest posts Lochan Load, not Robbie. :)
That's a shame, I thought a madam x Robbie sounded like an interesting fly :lol:
Quote from: Lochan_load on March 31, 2017, 12:37:53 PM
That's a shame, I thought a madam x Robbie sounded like an interesting fly :lol:
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Quote from: Lochan_load on March 31, 2017, 12:37:53 PM
madam x Robbie sounded like an interesting fly :lol:
More like the stuff of nightmares, very very disturbing nightmares!!
But a cracking fly Andy.
Madam Robbie does Conjer up some strange mental images :shock: :lol:
Thought you might like a look at this Fred, olive thread and the tiniest bit of seals fur/hares mask and the teal hackle again. March brown esque
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They're a bugger to get a photo of btw, was quite happy with this one but it's impossible to get a decent angle!
Wow! You guys have been busy churning out some belting flies. I had 50+ pages to catch up on! Great thread
Nymph rubber thing :lol: a wee bit of weight added but not much, should get it down.
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This should float :shock: stimulator, I've seen them online a lot but think it's an American thing, does anyone fish them over here? [attachimg=1]
Andy, you have developed into a great fly tier. These neat flies put us auld duffers to shame. :lol:
Quote from: admin on April 01, 2017, 03:31:27 PM
Andy, you have developed into a great fly tier. These neat flies put us auld duffers to shame. :lol:
Absolutely :)
Andy, that klink looks fine to me. It would make a good fast water fly.
As for stimulators. I have used them with some success, but mainly in NZ and Canada. I hate those hooks though...200r I think? I have had priblems hooking fish with those and have lost a lot of fish using them.
Thanks always appreciate the positive comments, I've been enjoying doing some river flies after doing loch style all winter. Very different and a bit out the comfort zone but good to try. Those hooks are a bit like the jlinkhammer extreme without the bend, can see them being a bit shit but like the bend :roll:
Yeah looks like the Tiemco R200 hook. A nice shape for Sedge imitations as well but as Alex says a poor hooker. I have used Stimulators greased up as a dry "wake" type fly for night fishing for Trout & Sea Trout.
The Stimulator Fly style usually has a front hackle in contrast to the rear palmered one
IE A brown/ginger body hackle & a front hackle of Badger or similar. A contrast. I believe the original American pattern was a big Stonefly imitation something like a Golden Stone or used in The Salmon Fly hatch on the big western rivers.
Tight Lines
Don't know the make off hand but it's a 10 and the gape is like a 14 and Looks ideal for leverage :roll:
Alan the hackle on it is a cream and brown grizzle but the light caught it and makes it look really white, contrast makes sense though.
Andy if you're struggling for flies I know someone local who's selling some good ones :P
Just started playing around with these - a bit rough and ready, but starting to get a feel for them now . . .
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Few CDC duns that have been doing the damage lately
Really like those duns, I'll have a go at that.....one before bed, klinkhammer hook (not extreme!) sz16, red thorax
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Peacock tinsel with black thorax, easier to get the profile with tinsel.....wonder if they do an olive one 🤔
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Peacock Kline is a belter. You can get olive tinsel but only seen the holographic stuf. Hends body quills might be worth a look
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Cracking flies guys!!
Just kinda messing about now, 2 CDC plumes looped and tied back as a wing with some hares mask mixed with the waste CDC and dubbed. Looks like something and nothing[attachimg=1]
Bit of a contrast here :shock: got some quills for doing nymphs but thought I'd try a traditional style dry. Doesn't seem that practical but nice to tye.....[attachimg=1]
Nice work ok that bubble wing is a definite catcher anywhere
Been rattling up some LDO emergers recently
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Tidy! Is that mole?
Nice flies guys. :D
Quote from: scoobyscott on April 09, 2017, 09:02:29 PM
Tidy! Is that mole?
Yep...think it's a PP pattern I seen online.
Playing with some cat gut:
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Simple Adams style parachute tied with a single hackle from this rather fabulous cape. A quick and simple tie.
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Nice fly Fred and that cape is a thing of beauty 😍
Life, work and my own stupidity have been conspiring to keep me from any water recently. Cabin fever is starting to set in.
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Cracker Robbie, finally managed a couple of days fishing myself, tough going butt still nice to be out. Spend more time tying flies than fishing these days :roll:
An old flee the Kate, not to be confused with the Kate McLaren.
Not unlike the Woodcock and Mixed which worked well on loch Tay once upon a time !
Very similar, the wing on this one is from the fawny brown feather from a Jay wing.
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Very tidy !
scourie special: a modified carp pattern for trout. hopefully. rob kolanda's bellycrawl caught more than half of my carp last year. it's basically a fairly funky deep swimming nymph. this one's tied on a 2x long-shank 12 with the idea of tempting, well, anything at all really looking at the forecast for next week! :lol:
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Given the forecast is as good a bet as anything, big enough to be worth the effort of chasing.
Quote from: Robbie on April 22, 2017, 08:30:46 PM
Given the forecast is as good a bet as anything, big enough to be worth the effort of chasing.
cheers Robbie :8) i thought the size 4 or 6 original was maybe a tad OTT....
Don't see why that wouldn't catch trout Dave. A big black Wooly Bugger or Montans with rubber legs does ! I take it the hump back is weighted ?
it's a tungsten shrimp body. sorry, the first photo wasn't too good. gotta watch it when you're casting; possible rod killer...
Bob Wyatt's Deer Hair Emerger.
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Couple of deer hair sedges, one ginger, one olive
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Ginger quill dhe
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Last one, ginger quill Klink. The quills are a bit delicate and a Pain to use but the effect is nice
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Very nice Andy. Where do you get your quills?
Cheers, they are veniard ones Jim in ginger. Don't know if I would go as far to recommend them because I've had a couple of brittle ones but maybe thats just the nature of the beast? First time using stripped quills so hard to know what's the norm
Very nice flies, quill bodies do look the business!
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CDC and Aero Wing. I have found this effective for difficult fish in smooth water where they are easy to spook. Just a variant of Hans Weilenmann's CDC & Elk replacing the heavier Elk / Deer Hair wing with a small amount of dun Aero Wing.
Hard to see in fast water, but very easy to see on a smooth surface. I might tie it even lighter or pull off a few of these CDC and Aero Wing fibres before I fish it
Hans ties the original here. It is very simple and quick.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iXWIS9dprM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iXWIS9dprM)
Loving that one Fred. These simple patterns are great. I like the way the body is constructed with minimum fuss.
Got fed up doing these drab river flies :P so had a go at using a couple of new materials I've had for a while, firstly kingfisher blue grizzle hen on a bumbly thing
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And some claret bronze mallard from natures spirit, good quality and a decent bag
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Now that is a cracker, what's the body? The claret bronze mallard is really nice.
Just silver holographic Robbie, black pheasant tail fibres and black hackle. Few strands of uv as well.
A copper John:
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Hi-viz Dirty Duster Emerger Size 16.
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Lovely Fred, used one very similar that I copied from you on the deveron, worked well. Nice new vise ( or is it vice? 🤔)
Missed that copper john Robbie, nicely done
No Andy, that's my old Apex Anvil (or should that be Anvil Apex) non rotary vice
Aaah sorry thought you'd treated yourself to an atlas
Lovely stuff chaps. It never occurred to me that it was possible to tie a Hi Viz dry fly in any way other than with a hackle post and para hackle. Live and learn eh!. There has been some great input from the river fishers of late. It's made me realise just how basic and lacking my own knowledge of river fishing actually is. It's also giving me the notion to get into it in a bit more depth.
Not dissimilar to yours Fred this one, liked the dhe but was a struggle to see on the water sometime so have done this one with elk to make it more visible (an ehe?) probably has a name but I don't know it![attachimg=1]
Pa the body is just the dubbing you see well wrapped in thread
Pps size 14, and this might show it better, simple as fook!
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A flee which has been giving excellent results on Highland lochs on bright days.
Nice! It has the 'look' .
First attempt at Freds suggested Pattern Hans Wellmann CDC and Elk. .....
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Nice and sparse. :)
Quote from: Lochan_load on May 13, 2017, 08:05:47 PM
Pps size 14, and this might show it better, simple as fook!
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Nice slim abdomen which should pierce the surface film.
Quote from: rannoch raider on May 13, 2017, 11:07:50 PM
First attempt at Freds suggested Pattern Hans Wellmann CDC and Elk. .....
Very nice I'll do a couple of those myself. Got some nice pink CDC which should look nice :gay4
Quote from: Lochan_load on May 14, 2017, 12:57:49 AM
Very nice I'll do a couple of those myself. Got some nice pink CDC which should look nice :gay4
You are taking this too far now Andy :)
Seriously, deer hair can be hard to see, but you can enhance the visibility of the elk hair caddis and similar by simply adding a colour strip or a few fibres of poly yarn or the like on top of the deer hair wing.
I've been stuck at home today so knocking a few of these out this afternoon. Size 14 is hard to get used to after tying 4/0 Pike flies ! :lol:
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Quote from: rannoch raider on May 14, 2017, 06:17:42 PM
Size 14 is hard to get used to after tying 4/0 Pike flies ! :lol:
i know that feeling! 12s are a bit titchy, to be honest.... :lol:
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The peacock and white clousers are approx. 3 inches long as are the pink and chartreuse . The rest are all around 6 to 7 inches.
Simple,and a total bugger to see on the water. Works great on a smooth surface or when they won't look at heavier dressed patterns. Jut a few turns of red game and one of blue dun hen then clipped below.
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I'm loving these trout patterns Fred. Had a look at a few other patterns by Hans Weilmann and Bob Wyatt that you've flagged up and they are so functional, beautiful and simple. Can I ask what hooks you favour for these flies? I've been been trying to get my eye in again in for smaller flies by playing around with some similar patterns. I tried the Fulling Mill Ultimate Dry hook but I don't like it. I think its too fine and has too much flex. I've reverted to the simple no frills Kamasan B170's and B100's until I find something else.
These are Fulling Mill Grab Gape 35025 which is a strong wire barbless hook.
Quote from: admin on May 15, 2017, 01:20:38 PM
These are Fulling Mill Grab Gape 35025 which is a strong wire barbless hook.
I must say that to my eye the gape on that hook looks too big on that style of fly. I prefer a standard gape.
Mind you I am not a trout :)
Looks huge Alex, but it's not really it's a macro photo and way above life size. The hook shank length is a 16, the gape a 14. It's a matter of getting used to it, to my eye now standard hook shanks look too long. :lol: I'm convinced that the wider gape hooks hold fish better and I lose fewer fish on them.
Duster Variant.......
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That's a nice tie. :D
Stole it off you ! :lol:
Comparadun. First one I have ever tied and I'm thinking the wing might be a bit thin?
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Maybe 'Sage Circa' could show us his successful Paradun pattern that he was using to good effect on the Don ? It would be nice to have something to aim for. :wink:
Some cracking flies. I've lost my mojo a bit need to get the finger out and tie some up or get out fishing
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I think you've got some sort of rubber fetish Fred ! :lol: Nice fly though.
A couple from todays quick run round the vice. One with a dark thorax, the other lighter.....
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Quote from: rannoch raider on May 16, 2017, 06:03:49 PM
I think you've got some sort of rubber fetish Fred
New Zealand can do that to a guy you know................................... :lol:
Fly tying gear got looked out and organised tonight after 2 years, was tough blowing off the cobwebs but stuck with it and has a few beers to accompany me.
Few of my little wire nymphs (Ran out of my last batch at the burn on Saturday)
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Having a go at size 16 Grannoms today. Someone told me that they can be important right now so I I tied a 'cloud' of these two types. CDC wing and body and Floating poly yarn wing and dubbed hare mask body. Never caught a fish on a Grannom so suggestions as to a proven pattern would be welcome. :wink:
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They look a bit 'chubby' in the pics but they are both on the same type of 16 hook and are actually fairly sparse.
That elkzilla looks good for lochs Fred.
I tied a few last night
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Some hawthorns and small gnats for use today
Some cracking flies you guys are making, I won't embarrass myself posting some rather clumsy looking gold headed nymphs I did recently, luckily the fish are starving round here and take even my attempts.
Are you fishing the rivers with them Alex?
Quote from: scoobyscott on May 18, 2017, 02:13:34 PM
Are you fishing the rivers with them Alex?
Sure am. They seem to be workink ok. I have just landed this on a wee gnat...
Good job that is a bonnie trout. Might knock a few up before I head out tonight
Quote from: haresear on May 18, 2017, 02:19:56 PM
Sure am. They seem to be workink ok. I have just landed this on a wee gnat...
Aye, I think you're right Alex, they're working ok ! Feck me ! what a fish ! :lol: I'd start selling them right away if I was you.
Cracking trout there Alex. You have been doing very well with those gnats :D
(Almost but not quite as heavy as my cast iron wagon wheel deid thing out the river which has scrubbed up nicely and after a Kurust treatment is looking very smart in the garden. :8) :8))
Tried tying a few 'Jinglers' today. It's a series and style of fly I'd never heard of until recently. Described as a soft hackled dry fly it uses a partridge hackle to provide movement and hopefully attraction. It can be tied in your choice of colours. I think its quite an unusual dry fly and I'm not sure how it settles on the water but it seems to have gained a bit of a reputation so it'll get a swim. I'm pretty sure I've tied it in the desired style with the bigger hackles, etc but I'd appreciate a bit of constructive criticism from anyone who ties and fishes the pattern. :wink:
All three are tied on size 14 Fulling Mill Ultimate Dry Fly hooks.
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Those jinglers look fine to me. The olive one would make a good mayfly dun in a size 12
That's good to hear Alex. I'm still unconvinced of it's worth to be honest. I can't really get my head round fishing a dry fly that needs to be a wet fly to get the best out of the soft partridge! It just reminds me of an oversized, over hackled spider. Having said that, it does seem to have a lot of fans. There are a lot of very good fishers out there singing it's praises. I am trying to build a decent modern dry fly box for Scottish rivers so it will be in there. Strange you should mention the mayfly. I spoke to a guy yesterday who was telling me about Scottish mayfly hatches. :wink:
I tie something very similar to your jinglers and have done well with them at the start of the season in LDO and MB hatches. There are still some large flies around on the rivers but the fish are getting picky and most fish I am gettinf are on smaller stuff.
I might be doing a bit of mayfly fishing myself shortly so I'll tie a few olive jimglers too
My first attempt at a Paraloop Dun. Size 14.
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Paraloop is a tying method rather than a pattern I must say I really like this style of fly. A bit like an "airy" Comparadun tied without deer hair to some of which I have a bit of an allergy and try to avoid. It should be possible to tie these down to really small sizes.
Nice Fred . I've never done one either. Do you need a gallows tool for that ?
A gallows tool makes it easy. I just bought this one, works a treat.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Gallows-Fly-Tying-Tool-for-Parachute-Flies-/221921248901?hash=item33ab898685:g:1pIAAOSw14xWKj54 (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Gallows-Fly-Tying-Tool-for-Parachute-Flies-/221921248901?hash=item33ab898685:g:1pIAAOSw14xWKj54)
I've tied one before Fred but can't remember how i did it :roll: didn't use any tool though. Inspired by Alex's exploits with black gnats I've tied these, black thread, superglue and a grizzle hackle on a tiny buzzer hook...[attachimg=1]
And a proper fly :lol: invicta bumble
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Klinkhamer tied paraloop style. Not easy to do and utterly pointless as the end result is pretty much the same as tying it conventionally. :)
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Agreed, good concept but largely pointless. They may be a Wee bit.more robust though.
Great flies guys.....im going to crack open the vice this afternoon....might also have a few half's.
Cheers
Paul
Paraloop Dirty Duster. The method works great for this style of fly, better imo than clipping a standard wound hackle and pretty easy to achieve if you have a gallows tool. It really sits well on the water and floats like a cork.
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Very nice Fred. I think the hackle is 'fuller' in some way done in that style. I've got a gallows tool but haven't been near it in years. I'll need to dust it down and give them a go.
Quote from: rannoch raider on May 20, 2017, 12:33:52 PM
I think the hackle is 'fuller' in some way done in that style.
For sure, that was what struck me too. The fly is also likely to be much more robust.
Quote from: bibio1 on May 20, 2017, 12:04:30 PM
Great flies guys.....im going to crack open the vice this afternoon....might also have a few half's.
Sounds like a plan! :D
That works Fred......will also be good for small sizes
Quote from: bibio1 on May 20, 2017, 04:51:08 PM
..will also be good for small sizes
It will for those not as ham fisted as I am. :lol: There are a few issues I have yet to resolve, mainly leaving enough room at the head to finish it off. I think the loop is probably best tied in about 1/3 down the body from the hook eye.
Trying to get some smaller stuff done.......
Size 16 Iron Blue Comp Duns today. .
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And hares ear and claret muddlers, really like these ones
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Love those muddlers. Great combination with the hare lug and claret. :8)
Cheers, couple of March browns, one wing a bit too long long the other a bit too short :roll: in both cases I couldn't be arsed taking them off to start again :8)
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Some cracking flies being posted guys.
Here's a last minute tie for tomorrow:
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Yellow, you gong to uist? ;)
:lol: No, Highlands but not Islands this time.
Lovely flies. Good idea to tie at least 2, I was doing the same for a while but now try to do 5-6 of the same as I'm always losing/ giving flies away
5-6 would be a great idea but I have a very short attention span :lol:
Couple of sedgehogs
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I'm still on the small river fodder.......
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A hatch of Grey Dusters for the streams.
I'll need to do a few more of them myself. Very tidy :wink:.
Still trying to get into the way of doing these small Comparaduns.......
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Looks good to me.
I'm finding that its easier to tie these patterns on a hook made of bigger gauge wire. The fulling Mill Ultimate Dry Fly is very fine and quite 'unstable' in the vice. It is so thin that hair wing doesn't bed down on the top. I'll use them for something but I doubt if I'd buy them again. The type you recommended is nice to tie on Fred. Didn't have these issues tying 9 inch pike tubes :lol:
Some of those "dry fly" hooks are too fine. I want to tie a fly I can use here and in New Zealand. Partridge are the worst I have seen. You would not have to be Uri Geller to bend those I can tell you.
Quote from: admin on May 21, 2017, 10:33:59 PM
Some of those "dry fly" hooks are too fine. I want to tie a fly I can use here and in New Zealand. Partridge are the worst I have seen. You would not have to be Uri Geller to bend those I can tell you.
Absolutely. I like medium wire for flies. Losing fish to a straightened hook is so annoying so fine wire is something I avoid.
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Still trying to get into the way of doing these small Comparaduns.......
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Those look spot on to me
Tried some snow shoe duns tonight. Will take a bit practise with the ssh. Any pointers on the wing welcome
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There's a Bob Wyatt vid on you tube in which he ties a Snowshoe Dun. That's sure to be worth a look.
I often used forged hooks designed for coarse fish, primarily because I've got some, they'll never bend. Often wondered why there seems to be way more variations for both sea and coarse fishing than there seems to be for flies.
Gradually building a river box. A few more from today.....
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very nice Jim. any number of species would go for those. what's the yellow on the body? a thread base?
It's dyed Turkey biots Dave. they come in all sorts of colours. They can be a wee bit brittle but they're easier to manage than stripped peacock quills.
Looks like a good fry pattern. I tied a couple the other night they were shocking way out of practise.
I'll bet the cut down peter ross would catch fussy fish.
That's a great hatching midge imitation....inspired.
There's not a better fly tying forum on the internet.
Quote from: bibio1 on May 23, 2017, 11:24:39 AM
That's a great hatching midge imitation....inspired.
It would also make a good male stickleback imitation.
Had to cancel a fishing plan today so tied a few consolation fleas instead. Mainly BWO's in various sizes with CDC and some with simple hackles. Had a notion to tie a Greenwell as an emerger with CDC and a para on CDC post. I'm sure there's plenty out there but I can't say I've seen it in these styles before. Not sure what to make of it to be honest :?
The BWO'S look very dark in the pictures but the bodies are olive green.
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Nice Scott. I'm not ready for size 20's yet ! :lol:
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Nice Scott. I'm not ready for size 20's yet ! :lol:
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Looks a. It fiddly to me alex! Bought some coq de Leon, some partridge standard dry fly hooks and some veniard synthetic stripped quill, tried them out on these. Hooks are a good medium sort of gauge, like the Leon for the tails, nice and slim and stiff. The quill isn't as nice as natural but it's a whole lot easier to use and don't suppose the fish will mind!
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The olive one is a spinner btw hence the angle of the aero wing and I'll prob trim the hackle on the bottom flush before I use them.
Very nice Andy , now all you have to do is to compress that dressing into a size 22 ! :shock: . I've never seen that synthetic quill before. It looks like it could be quite useful for ribbing in particular. Could I ask where you found it ?
All great flies, looks like the river trout are going to take a hammering soon.
I have some small hooks on order, might get to have a play before the weekend.
Hopefully tomorrow robbie :D
It's veniard stuff jim, got it at GAC. It's not bad but think a 14 would be about the limit as it's a lot thicker than natural stuff, doesn't snap just as you are about to tie it off!
Thanks Andy, I've found it, it seems to be in stock everywhere. I've never noticed before. I need to get myself up to speed with what's out there for modern trout fly tying! :)
I just saw it when I was in there, I'd be interested to hear of anyone has used any other synthetic ones, think hends do one
Back at it again
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My new hooks arrived yesterday, just managed to grab 15mins for a quick play. Smallest hook is a 24, don't fancy trying anything too elaborate on these! Something simple was not too bad:
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Also tied up snow shoe emerges in 16, 18 and 20.
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Nice work... simple is key I think with such small hooks
Quote from: scoobyscott on May 26, 2017, 08:27:19 AM
simple is key I think with such small hooks
Absolutely.
Like those robbie, I need to add some smaller stuff to my box
Im morphing into Fred with every passing fly!
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Quote from: Lochan_load on May 28, 2017, 01:56:56 PM
Im morphing into Fred with every passing fly!
You could do worse.
Not a lot worse admittedly. :lol:
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Just to prove I've not gone totally soft here's a wee robson double for the migratory lochs :D
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Discovered this morning that I was getting low on Pogo Nymphs. Tied a few this afternoon.
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Pogo nymph? Take it it hangs just under
Yes, the foam wing case gives it some buoyancy.
It's in its inventor's (Scottish of course) video here at 14.01.. It's worth watching the whole video.
He is barking. :lol:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OMOuDeS5Sg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OMOuDeS5Sg)
Some more size 16 Pogo Nymphs in various colours.
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These are probably one of the quickest nymphs you can tie which is handy as I lose a lot of them in trees! :D I don't bother much about neatness as long as the proportions are reasonable and I try to include some CDC in the nymphs I tie to give them movement and life, in this case it's the tail.
I like those Pogo fellas ! Got to do some of those. Just got back from a long weekend away with the Mrs. Didn't pack a rod and I've been watching the clouds and forecasts in the hope there would be a wee rise in the rivers. Hoping to get out at some point, hopefully tomorrow, for a wee stab at the running water somewhere so tied a couple of wee spinners to add to the box. They're on lightweight 16's.
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Like!
Jim, if you are tying Pogos make the foam wing cases a touch bigger than on mine in photo above, those still work, but are not buoyant compared to the Stu Trippney originals I have.
Effective flies don't get a much simpler than this nymph. Tail is hare fur, abdomen is copper wire, thorax hare fur dubbed onto the copper wire. No thread used.
Tied on a size 16 Fulling Mill grab gape which is 16 gape, 18 shank length.
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The need to tie small stuff has opened my eyes to some really simple but supposedly very effective patterns. That wee nymph is right up my street right now.
Done a few simple Black Gnat type spinners with the simple flattened Grizzle wing in size 16.
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Couple of bead spiders:
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I've never seen that one before Robbie. I've been looking for the red beads to do a red headed Diawl Bach pattern.
Brilliant robbie, bet Vaughan would like those! I've got some of these beads, keep meaning to tie some up
Shoosh !!!!!!!!! :8) :8)
Actually I think the ones to go for are the ones made by Tyers Beads from Colorado but they are hard to find. They make various glass beads and some have a silvered inner tube lining that is a bit like a mirror effect. That means that when you put on a lined bead its reflective glow back is always there but with an unlined bead put on a black hook or black thread or whatever then the glow is less strong.
Few ties from today, managed to take ALOT more material out to the desert this time, should keep me busy for the next 8 weeks.
Stonefly nymph
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Random tie
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Purple haze
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Very nice JJ, I do like that stonefly nymph. Your desert tying den looks very well organised and not quite the hell hole I imagined from your previous posts :lol:
For being literally a portacabin with a bed, bathroom and an aircon unit, it's surprisingly comfortable!
Balloon caddis
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Tying some nymphs. This one, a size 16, has a 2MM tungsten bead fitted on top of the hook to make it swim point up and reduce snagging. Just a bit of 30lb nylon melted with a lighter to form a mushroom-like head at one end then threaded through the bead, the nylon stalk is then flattened with pliers to make it easier to tie down. I also put a drop of super glue on it whilst tying it on.
I like to add some CDC to my nymphs to give them some extra life. Don't know if it makes any odds but it gives me more confidence. :D
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I like that Fred, used to tie a peeping caddis with a split shot like that years ago. Yours looks neater tho :D
On a nymph theme. I normally only carry 3 nymphs but this one has forced its way in, looks a total mess but on fast or dirty water it works great.
Hook, bead, 2 colours of ice dub and wire rib to hold it together. Velcro it so it looks a mess.
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Very nice Mark. I enjoy tying nymphs, great if you are like me an untidy tier! :lol:
It's a rainy day here so tying a few flies.
A mixed pheasant tail and haresear nymph. Size 16 Fulling Mill jig hook, 2MM tungsten bead, pink globrite floss hotspot and CDC legs.
What is it about pink hotspots that fish like? I have tried yellow and orange, but I'm sure pink is better.
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That scruffy nymph looks good.
Fred I find orange works best for me.
Another couple of dries from last night
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Wee heads up guys, Harvey angling are selling liquid glass Uv resin. It's reached expiry date but worth a go for 1.99.
Some cracking looking flies there. They've definitely got the 'X' factor.
Some size 16 pheasant tail pogo nymphs and a few size 12 pheasant tail and haresear jig nymphs with 2.5MM tungsten bead and white CDC hackle. This latter pattern has caught me a lot of fish in heavy, slightly coloued water. The white CDC legs add movement and are easily seen.
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is this you preparing a few casts for the water starting to clear Fred ? :8)
Could be. :8)
Very nice nymphs Fred.
I've been tying a couple more wee flies:
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A few size 16 Pearly Pogo Nymphs
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Nice nymphs Fred.
I'm thinking more of lochs now:
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Nice Robbie, always got a few like that in the box
Cheers Andy, not a fly I've used before. Combines a couple of cracking patterns so should pick up a fish or two (hopefully).
That's nice Robbie. Very nice. Looks like a pretty wholesome hook too.
Thinking of the stravaig and the migratory lochs....
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Very 'grilse'ish' Andy. :8)
I hope so!
Ever since I started tying I've never been able to do muddlers, just something about deer hair and shaping the heads.
This ones turned out not too bad I think.
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Nowt wrong with that one JJ !
Cracking flies Andy, can see those doing some damage.
That muddler also looks just the ticket, like the colour of the deer hair.
Bit of a leggy muddler.
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Completely out of zonker strips I decided to molest gyp with the scissors.
Here are some as I call them hideous collie dogs
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I was surprised at how well it pulsates underwater. I found the trick is the fur behind the ear as the base layer then the fur from the tail for bushyness.
At that rate you're poor dogs going to end up bald.
Those stinger hooks look to be quite long shanked.
Quote from: Robbie on June 15, 2017, 01:25:02 PM
At that rate you're poor dogs going to end up bald.
Those stinger hooks look to be quite long shanked.
They are just streamer hooks I've used to add a little more weight.
This dog hair business makes me think that all local vets must be a great source of material since they are always using electric clippers to shave patches off cats and dogs before doing any ops. :worms :worms
Or putting down pet rabbits etc..
Liam got me thinking and tied up a few soldier palmers this morning. Should have used a thicker rib and the tails a little offset but it'll fish.
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Nice looking soldier Jim
Nice Soldier Palmer, think the fish will be hooked before they notice the tail and rib.
Robbie that muddled is a beauty!
Few nymphs tied up tonight whilst blind date was on :shock:
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Oh yes! I do like those! :)
A blast from the past - Kite's Imperial. I wonder if anyone still uses old dry flies like this?
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Would happily fish that
Did a few of these for the sea trout in the South Esk estuary if I ever get round to fishing there.
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From one extreme to he other Fred :lol: of fish both of those happily but I'd prbabsly trim the dry flush with the hook :8)
Do you put fliatant on both Fred :D
Its a funny one, I've sometimes found dries being ignored when they are on/ in the surface but fish will take without hesitation if if floats on its tip toes.
Old anglers seemed to be more obsessed with getting a fly to sit high, modern thought has went the opposite direction to a large extent.
One with white marabou and a few grizzle hackles.
About as subtle as a kick in the nuts. :D
These fish skull heads are good though. Tie on with a Rapala / Lefty Krey loop and they move well.
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Looks good. Are the skull heads super glued on?
Yes glued on, I use zap a gap as it's waterproof. The eyes are stuck on then covered with UV resin and cured.
This is a useful dry fly. An American pattern called The Renegade. The contrasting hackles make it a bit easier to see on the water. Size 16.
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some wee nymphs for the broonies, size 20 jig on top, size 18 jig below and bottom 4 are size 16 grub hook, i have been told the ones with the silver bead are the dogs baws!, but havent tried them yet.
Very nice chaps. Those wee nymphs are really interesting. There was a time that those colours would have been given the thumbs down by trout fishers but they seem to be getting brighter and bolder all the time now. Is it a pearl over red silk body on the silver heads ?
Quote from: rannoch raider on June 22, 2017, 04:14:40 PM
Very nice chaps. Those wee nymphs are really interesting. There was a time that those colours would have been given the thumbs down by trout fishers but they seem to be getting brighter and bolder all the time now. Is it a pearl over red silk body on the silver heads ?
Correct, touch of varnish on the thread before winding the tinsel, thorax is rainbow dubbing. :8)
Quote from: loch coulter on June 22, 2017, 04:24:47 PM
Correct, touch of varnish on the thread before winding the tinsel, thorax is rainbow dubbing. :8)
have a look for Lance Egans rainbow warrior on u tube.
Thanks for that. Found it. Some really interesting 'Euro Nymph' type patterns as well. I'll definitely be tying a few of these Rainbow warriors. Cheers! :)
Quote from: rannoch raider on June 22, 2017, 06:07:56 PM
Thanks for that. Found it. Some really interesting 'Euro Nymph' type patterns as well. I'll definitely be tying a few of these Rainbow warriors. Cheers! :)
i made my own dubbbing,used about ten different bits/ colours of any litebright or similar in the coffee grinder think the real stuff is hard to get,
If you haven't already seen it, Lance Egan's film on Euro nymphing is well worth a watch if your that way inclined.
Some nice flies there.
Quote from: Mark on June 22, 2017, 07:34:33 PM
If you haven't already seen it, Lance Egan's film on Euro nymphing is well worth a watch if your that way inclined.
Quality DVD well worth a watch
Is it on Youtube?
Just a trailer for it. I got a copy of a mate and am clueless when it comes to techy stuff or if have sent you a copy
Playing with magic quills tonight. Thought they would've been better
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They seem a bit dull, or is that just the light
Personally I preferred the look of the ones you tied with biots I think?
Not heard of those, would you not recommend them? I've got veniard synthetic ones and they're easy to use but don't look like real quill and no good for smaller flies. Would like to find something decent, the real ones are expensive and break a LOT!
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Have you tried using thread and colouring the thread rib to give a quill effect
Like this - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx1OPZvbH-U
Stripped quill breakage .... would that be reduced if the quills were dampened a while beforehand to soften them up ?
Not sure Vaughan but I'll give it a whirl, nothing to lose and it is because they're pretty brittle.
Enjoyed that video, always learn something watching davie! Simple solution but looked good.
If you rub them with a smear of baby lotion or similar cream that works.
Tight Lines
It's not the best light mark but they are a bit dull too. They have a sticky side so my grubby fingers have dulled the quill. I've marked the thread with marker before just thought I'd try these.
I like the synthetic quills too but they don't look real.
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Lovely flies
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nNice, going to tie a few up today.
Half a dozen of my CDC hotspot PTN with 2.5M tungsten bead, size 14 jig hook. My most used nymph and a very quick tie.
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perfect :8)
Quote from: loch coulter on June 25, 2017, 01:44:50 PM
nNice, going to tie a few up today.
Cheers, there a doddle to tie and the drab ones work a treat. Not tried the hot spots yet.
They look good Fred, will try a few with CDC collars
Cracking nymphs guys. Those Dunkelds reminded me to pack a Velcro glove for the EOSS.
Bit rough, some have seen fish but these nymphs account for 95% of my fish.
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Just back from a wee trip 'up country'. There has been some really beautiful and effective looking patterns posted over the past few days. Brilliant tip about softening the quills prior to use too. I'll need to try that. It's great to see such a variety of nymphs appearing. My nymph collection was always a bit limited to be honest but I'm quite enjoying using them at the moment so it's brilliant to get a few tips and patterns. Great thread this. :)
Since I've been dabbling around the rivers again I've been leaving a few flies up trees here and there :roll: Anyway, I've been playing around trying to find an easy and quick to tie pattern to top the box up. I tied a few of these chaps in various sizes and gave them a swim at the weekend in a river near Crianlarich where I've always found the trout extremely difficult. I managed six fish around the 9 to 10 inch mark all on this wee pattern. :)
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The body is made from Pseudo hackle which can be trimmed to any length you like and it gives a good segmented effect that shows up well when wet.
That is a very nice nymph!
Love that!
Some unweighted size 16 nymphs
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You like your hotspots Fred ! I see they are appearing on all manner of flies and particularly nymphs these days. You obviously feel they improve the pattern ?
Quote from: rannoch raider on June 27, 2017, 02:26:07 PM
You obviously feel they improve the pattern ?
I think they do, but I have no way of proving it. :lol:
Rather than bother with having loads of coloured beads I just add the hotspots with globrite floss
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Half a dozen of my CDC hotspot PTN with 2.5M tungsten bead, size 14 jig hook. My most used nymph and a very quick tie.
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They are superb.
I really need to tie a few of these. I like the CDC Hotspot PT too.
As simple as it gets. Hares ear grub
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Those look useful. Must tie up one or two.
This one looks a total bloody mess, but can be really good during summer or anywhere bugs are likely to fall into the river
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Quill nymph.
Well these 3 and an ice dub nymph are all I use so that's my very limited contribution.
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Those three look very capable indeed. There's a bit of the 'black magic' look about the second pattern. Very nice.
Did a few of these. Sawyer's killer bug on a grub hook with a 2MM tungsten bead. They don't get much simpler than that.
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Now that is simple. Have you tried it yet?
I sometimes fish it early season, any stockies that are around love it. :lol: I have not used one for a while, but will give one a swim as soon as the river clears, which looking at the forecast might not be until the weekend.
Yes looking like it will be a few days before any fishing possible
Will be interested to see how it does Fred. I'm a sucker for a simple fly.
The colour is not accurate in that photo by the way. It's much more grey than that and darkens nicely when wet. Not the original Chadwick's 477 yarn, rather a re-manufactured substitute which cost a few quid rather than the hundreds some loonies pay for the "real" thing.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fly-Tying-Semperfli-Chadwick-477-wool-substitute-/222557395169?hash=item33d17458e1:g:62UAAOSwd~RZTkVL (http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fly-Tying-Semperfli-Chadwick-477-wool-substitute-/222557395169?hash=item33d17458e1:g:62UAAOSwd~RZTkVL)
Frank Sawyer's grandson wrote a piece on the "Killer Bug" in his Fishing on the Front Line. he regards it as a go-to pattern for a number of species. i'd certainly vouch for it for barbel & carp :8)
Grouse Ordie, simple tie but not quick and very feather hungry.
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I've never seen one of those in the flesh ! You going to the Shetlands Robbie ?
Had never heard of that Robbie, I like it. Looks labour intensive and you'd want to know someone that shoots if you were doing a few!
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Grouse Ordie, simple tie but not quick and very feather hungry.
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Is that not just a grouse tied onto a hook :lol:
Quote from: corsican dave on June 27, 2017, 10:25:35 PM
i'd certainly vouch for it for barbel & carp :8)
I believe it was originally designed for grayling Dave, but it is so non specific I would expect it would work for any fish. They look really good when wet. I really like simple patterns.
Quote from: haresear on June 28, 2017, 12:05:53 AM
Is that not just a grouse tied onto a hook :lol:
Just about!
No plans to head for Shetland (we must have visited the same website), hoping the tout won't know which Island they are on :lol:
I came across the fly on the following website, quite a few nice patterns on there that I might have to give a throw.
http://www.shetlandtrout.co.uk/shetland-fly-box.html (http://www.shetlandtrout.co.uk/shetland-fly-box.html)
size 16 hends pheasant tail nymphs with orange tungsten collar as a hot spot.
Nice. Good idea that :8).
Quote from: rannoch raider on June 28, 2017, 09:44:09 PM
Nice. Good idea that :8).
Not my idea, something i picked up from another forum, called " :8)upstream nymph"
Very tidy!
We should change the name of this thread to 'what nymph have you tied today' :lol:
Aye Andy, but does this mean we are becoming nymphomaniacs :shock: :lol:
Quote from: admin on June 29, 2017, 12:41:18 PM
Aye Andy, but does this mean we are becoming nymphomaniacs :shock: :lol:
My wife suffered from it really bad I found the cure was marriage :lol:
:lol: :lol: :lol:
Size 14 quill body nymph with shuck
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Nice.
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Like these :8)
Yes, very nice.
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Sorry uv resin not epoxy
beat me to it Andy :lol:; i was just about to say "have you tried resin?" along the same lines, have you tried silicone? i haven't 'cos it just seems so messy. i suspect uv resin is a better option anyway...
I thought that was one of your Inchlaggan trout flies Andy ! :)
It is! Size 2 ;) hooked but sadly lost my best fish up there with a fly the same as this minus the resin. Never tried silicon dave but it does sound messy, the hardness of the resin might be an issue with hook ups, silicon might help with that.
Elkzilla Size 10 Partridge fine wire barbless. Not a hook I'd use in New Zealand.
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Some mini lures for the estuary. All synthetic material, size 10 and size 12 hooks, all barbless. I used up some of the silver Kamazan "Animal" carp / barbel hooks I have had lying around for some time.
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had a bash at some beetles, not a pattern I've had a chance to fish yet , worth a space in the box, i hope, has anyone had many days fishing this kind of pattern?
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hook,fullingmill s/s barbless 12
black craft foam
black peacock hearl body 2/3rds
peackock dubbing thorax
p.t fiber legs.
My kind of flies Pete. I use big terrestrials very often.
im glad to hear that, when you say big!! how big?? these ones are quite small.
Size 8 or bigger. This is a 10. Long legs don't do any harm either. Sometimes they want them big, sometimes not. It's good to have a mix of sizes in your box.
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wow,that's quite a mouthful..thanks,I'll bare it in mind.nice tying!!
All nice, I really need to get some foam, bought some from hobbycraft last year but didn't realise it didn't float til i cast a big daddy on roag :roll: couple of dark mackerels I've done following on from the discussion on estuary sea trout. Struggled a bit with this pattern, partly down to the poor bronze mallard I've got left and partly down to a bit of a hangover!
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Nice flees Andy!
they look crackin flees,very well dressed,hope the hangover has passed ...
Cheers, I'm fine now just a bit fuzzy early on :lol: wee dunkeld muddler.....
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Cracking flies Andy.
I've been reading a bit of Sea Trout Fishing. Wonder if this will need a spoonful of sugar?
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Expensive hooks robbie, shame not to show them off :lol: looks good to me.
Some great flies on show, mine do catch fish, but they are scruffy looking things
Andy I liked the idea of using the hook shank rather than tinsel. Also have some in gold but not used any yet.
I'm no great tyer but it's easier to grab a few minutes to tie a fly or two than it is to get a few hours fishing, so flytying has become a bit of a hobby in its own right. When alps said and done I'd rather tie successful flies than neat flies.
Same robbie, sometimes a few weeks when I can't get out fishing so grabbing a bit of tying keeps me going!
When I used to go out in the wee dark hours for sea trout we used to use the Hugh Falkus medicine fly which had a silver painted body to keep the fly slim, worked a treat.
I've got one of those Eric with a little treble trailing behind it, I keep it as a souvenir, it's not been in the water.
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looks nice sir..deadly..size hook are you tying on?
All tens Pete, for sea trout
Very nice Andy, flash in the tail gives it a nice kick.
Daiichi no2 saltwater hook,black goat hair winged seatrout flys.
Nice Pete. Can't go wrong with black and silver for sea trout. Your pattern is like a souped up and slimmed down executioner.
Very nice Pete
Lovely tying and they look deadly, like the slim profile
thanks lads, appreciate that, first time with goat hair, its really nice stuff.easy to taper the wing etc..to be honest i don't really know what I'm doing regarding flys that will work in the salt but I'm working on it.
Stunning flies lads. Loving the muddlers especially
Those are cracking flies Pete.
I have had a bit of a play with some McFlylon:
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Looks ideal for dusk that robbie, what's mcflylon?
It's a synthetic yarn, kind of like polypropylene but given name suspect it is nylon.
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What do you think of it? Any good for posts?
Never used it for posts, but it would do the job well enough. The strands are quite thick, I split one in half for the fly I put up earlier, splitting for posts on smaller flies could be a faff.
nice work robbie,,very fishy.. I've seen that stuff but never fell in with it yet..i like it.
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Be careful to check the McFlylon before you buy it. One or two members, including myself, have had some ropy stuff. Full of twists and while not quite knotted the strands were tangled together at various points up its length resulting in a lot of waste. They seem to have had a quality control issue as the first batch I bought was OK.
http://www.wildfisher.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=22468.msg241513#msg241513 (http://www.wildfisher.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=22468.msg241513#msg241513)
first effort at tbs.
i like your muddler robbie, what hook is it on?
Thanks, it's tied on a B170.
Thanks for the heads up on the McFlyon Fred. I've had that packet for years and that is about the first time I've used it. Also got some in black again unused.
A Thunder and Lightning variant tied for trout:
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Rather shamefully, I haven't been near the vice for what I realise must actually be a couple of years :shock: But a planned trip in September to Uig on Lewis (and agreement from my better half on a few day passes during the week there) got me daydreaming about wind, lashing rain and targetting silvery migratory things in peat-stained Hebridean water. A few orange muddlers knocked up as start. Next up, some wet silver daddies and stoat's tails :)
Cheers,
Ian
where did you get the orange deer hair....great flees
Cheers Bibio. Think the flou. orange deer's hair piece was just bought from somewhere like the GAC years ago.
Ian
great tying Robbie
Braw muddlers too!
Tyed a muddler of sorts this lunchtime,
A couple of wee Sutherland rivers in mind this weekend...
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They will do it David. Say hello to your uncle Alan for me. :D
nice tying lads, very impressed indeed. those hi viz drys are very tidy. Ive tied a few early season pretenders. 12#
Cheers Alan, that muddler looks very sea trouty!
Those dries are sure to do some damage.
Going to have find a pattern for those pretenders they look very fishy.
page 35 of George Barron's book "at the end of the line" if you're interested sir!
Those wee sedge look great
Quote from: pedropete on July 20, 2017, 07:37:05 PM
page 35 of George Barron's book "at the end of the line" if you're interested sir!
Might have to get myself a copy, thanks for the reference.
Haven't been on for a week or so. Just seeing some really lovely flies over the last few pages. Some cracking tying going on chaps ! :8)
Did a few more of my marabou & mylar tubing mini streamer / fry patterns for the estuary. Size 10 long shank.
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Thought you might be interested how the under-body is made. Basically I tied lead wire along the shank, one on top of the other, above and below tying it down as I went. When I had 4 strands above and 4 below I tied-off then flattened the construction with pliers. Then Superglued the lot. This is an old Oliver Edwards trick. You can see the finished under-body below, sorry about the poor image.
Once the tubing had been tied on I stuck on the self-adhesive eyes then UV resined the fly in stages finishing with a coat of "Hard As Nails". It all sounds complicated and lengthy, but it's not really and these lures can be quickly knocked up. Leave lots of room at the eye of the hook otherwise it is a pain to finish and leave the hook eye clear.
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It certainly seems to be doing the business Fred. White 'tadpole' type patterns like the IPN and wooly bugger have a good record for estuary fish so why not !
some killer bugs
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Those sedges remind me of a pattern I had seen before, tied by a guy with a limp from Drumchapel?
betterget tobered up for lewis
Very nice Paul, you must be after the silvery troot!
Those are very nice Paul.
lovely tie there Paul. Silver, blue and magenta is a beautiful colour combination for anything silver. It reminds me of a scaled down version of the Silver Wilkinson ? Was that your inspiration per chance?
I bought a rubbish magenta hen cape off eBay so just playing about with it. Its amazing how it mutes the blue.
Cheers
Paul
some super tying going on here lads, those teal winged wets are very tasty sir.. two patterns I never got the success from was mylar body technique and the killer bug style, just couldn't get the look I was after so sacked them both,you lads don't seem to have a problem, maybe should have persevered. I'm still making my way through Mr. Barrons book, some beautifully fishy dabblers, this one he calls Jerry's dabbler, from the south of Ireland originally.
That's a beautiful pattern Pete, it looks like it will have a bit of movement in the water. What is the soft olive feather in the hackle ?
the book asks for a golden olive hen, it's as close as I have to it,lovely as it is though.
Cracking flies as always Pete, they look deadly.
those killer bugs couldn't be easier, Pete.
2x hook, wire (from inside electrical flex) run a couple of times along hook shank, leave tail end at bend. wind on yarn (like a 2-ply wool) from eye, a couple of times along shank to build up body, finish at bend. tightly wrap wire over tag end three of four times. trim, add a dob of varnish or super-glue (!) to stop it unravelling.
no thread required. simples! :8)
thanks for the instructions dave, ill dig out the yarn i have and have another crack..just struggle to keep the maggot profile haha..
thanks, scott..as always mate!!
i think the yarn's quite specific. or at least having the right type helps.
Jamiesons Shetland Spindrift works for me. gives a nice ribbed effect with no ribbing required
Aaah, now we're talking, thanks for that dave, appreciated.
any shade in particular ? some of those oatmeal tones look usable.
Quote from: pedropete on July 24, 2017, 04:58:38 PM
any shade in particular ? some of those oatmeal tones look usable.
take your pick! i just robbed the wife's knitting bag! i'm going to be looking out for a bright green & a pink next time i'm in town. apparently the 290 oyster is the one that's closest to the original Sawyer pattern
pretty good sbs here
http://www.tenkarabum.com/killer-bug.html (http://www.tenkarabum.com/killer-bug.html)
thanks, Dave, I've bookmarked that page, good bit of reading too. a few green peter vars, red arse{olive} 10,s & 12,s, tied today, not a style of fly I do very often but I do enjoy the hackle work.
Those look very nice Pete. I also like a muddler version of those (with a slimmer shorter wing, small deer's hair head and nymphy profile) on a grub hook.
Ian
Very nice indeed!
cheers robbie,and crawhin, will bare that in mind as a var,not sure how much work these full dressed efforts will see but at least ive a few in my box.
Those flees look very good Pedro for a nice blowy day on a highland loch
Those peters are beauty's
Quote from: bibio1 on July 23, 2017, 05:44:04 PM
betterget tobered up for lewis
I have had a few in the last couple of weeks on a Watsons Bumble and a Goats Toe with a silver body. Just saying....
Been away on holiday and missed some great flies. Those peters are particularly nice Pete. I'll be at the vice tomorrow morning to knock up some for loch eye :lol:
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Size 10s btw
Don't fish for salmon but those are nice looking flies
salmon flies look ace mate, never tied anything like that myself, look tasty.. "a windy day on a highland loch" sounds good to me!! ah when are you away to eye? was going to visit for the first time this summer but was advised not too because the water quality wouldn't be great..maybe leave it till early next year now??
Beautifully tied Andy. Grilse Killers !
No idea about water quality but the weather looks perfect for Wednesday when we're heading up, never fished it so will have to see how it fishes. If it's mince it's a good excuse to go back earlier next year ;)
that's true, ill be keen to hear your report andy!! hope the wind stays down for you!
Quote from: rannoch raider on July 27, 2017, 06:05:05 PM
Beautifully tied Andy. Grilse Killers !
Cheers Jim, fingers crossed!
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Both Look excellent, what's the body?
once you've tied in the deer hair don't be afraid to sweep it right back and pinch it tight to the shank. I always keep my scissors pointing to the tail, keeps the shape of the head tapered back into the fly, if you point the scissors up and down it makes a step.
I'm guessing its Organza ? Never seen it used for that right enough but it's a very good idea and would make for a quick and robust tie. Nice patterns Scott :8)
Quote from: rannoch raider on July 28, 2017, 12:18:41 AM
I'm guessing its Organza ? Never seen it used for that right enough but it's a very good idea and would make for a quick and robust tie. Nice patterns Scott :8)
Spot on, pearl body with organza wrapped over the top in open turns.
Quote from: Lochan_load on July 27, 2017, 11:36:39 PM
Both Look excellent, what's the body?
once you've tied in the deer hair don't be afraid to sweep it right back and pinch it tight to the shank. I always keep my scissors pointing to the tail, keeps the shape of the head tapered back into the fly, if you point the scissors up and down it makes a step.
Thanks will keep that in mind next time. Just practice I suppose
It's a nice effect, never heard of it and could be very handy.
You're right it's down to practice. Deer hair can be fiddly but don't be scared of it. Once you've done your double wrap and spun the hair just draw it all back vertical and put a wrap of thread through it and then draw it back again and put a wrap of thread through it, I usually do it 2-3 times till I'm tight to the eye and then draw it back again and form a small head. Once you're comfortable with it you won't think twice about doing it. The one you've done is good by the way, would take fish all day long.
One of my favourites, a pearly muddler. One tied pretty light in the head the other a bit heavier. I'd probably be quite happy just fishing these on a cast :8)[attachimg=1]
Those are tidy. I've not been tying many loch flies at all of late. I'm still building up the nymphs.
Some size 14 squirrely bugs with tungsten 'nuts'............
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Perfect!
Something a wee bit different. Tied on 16's this time.............
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The squirrel bugs look ideal. Id happily fish those all day.
Yeah I would be happy with them as well. To be honest I'm far more comfortable with the tried and tested more imitative nymphs than many of the 'frenchie' types I've been playing around with lately. I think the superfast sink Spanish perdigon types and the American takes on the French competition nymphs will be limited to VERY fast water simply because I don't have a massive amount of confidence in them. Maybe they'll win me over but I'm going to find it hard to move on from the PTN and hare lug styles. I was thinking about what to tie the other day and it occurred to me that I could be best employed making a few favourite patterns in good numbers in a wide variety of sizes.
The peacock neck jobs and a few others may not see much water truth be told ! :lol:
Nice flies lads
I agree, always fish better with flies you have confidence in.
I love hares ear buggy type nymphs, have a selection in size 10 to 16, bead sizes 2.5mm - 4mm. That covers almost everything I need, other patterns have their day for sure but personally with the rivers i fish Im convinced its more about weight and sometimes size rather than pattern.
Some great looking nymphs on here at the moment.
Been persevering with muddlers recently. Tied this one this afternoon. Might go up the local tonight and give it a go!
Nice one Allan.....let me know how u get on
A variation on a donegal blue
that's tidy sir, I like that combo of materials, leggy wets!! :D cracking river bugs too,love tying that kind of thing..and a muddled peter..,I'm taking notes...
Yes, very nice guys. Minds are obviously wandering towards the lochs and sea trout. :)
Thosr are very nice Paul #troottempters
A goats chief
Chiefs Goat, canny fail ! :) It was more nymphs for me today..........................
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the goats chief...love that,cracking var. looks like a fish catcher?? I'm just out my bed, been nights all week, I've been working on" leggy" Zulu vars, nowt new, ill post a pic once I'm finished
Quote from: rannoch raider on July 29, 2017, 06:34:16 PM
Chiefs Goat, canny fail ! :) It was more nymphs for me today..........................
Beautiful tied nymphs. Is that a natural quill?
Id be scared to fish it incase I lost it :D
Indo like those nymphs
Lovely nymphs again and I'll be knocking up a couple of those hoppers Paul. Love the dyed Jc. I've got a few goats in my box but never wet one, I'll need to give one a go. Been doing a few today as well I'll stick a couple up in a bit.
The 'quills' are synthetic. Real quills are a right pain in the ass!
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And this could be a pairing if the fish are rising, wet fly hanging on the dropper (it's smaller than the dry but the perspective is all wrong :roll: )
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those chiefs goats look fantastic! i could imagine them being very effective for barbel & carp, too.
i've been experimenting with trying to get heavy gauge hooks to sink V-E-R-Y slowly....
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Thats simply beautiful Dave :makefun
Quote from: Lochan_load on July 29, 2017, 09:09:59 PM
Thats simply beautiful Dave :makefun
:cheers; :roflmao
Quote from: rannoch raider on July 29, 2017, 07:59:21 PM
The 'quills' are synthetic. Real quills are a right pain in the ass!
Look good, quite natural . They veniards?
Quote from: Mark on July 29, 2017, 10:43:17 PM
Look good, quite natural . They veniards?
Hi Mark, Sorry about the short reply. I was getting orders from the Mrs while trying to reply! No, they are from an American company called Hemingways. They are the best synthetics I've come across, much better than Veniards. They are an adhesive backed vinyl and are very easy to work with. The full product name is Synthetic Tapered Peacock Quill. Lots of colour choices available and also a holographic range for a bit more flash. Like every other quill they are a bit prone to trout teeth damage so I'd suggest that if you use them then give them a coat of Sally Hansen of clear UV cure resin.
You will never touch another real quill in your life after using this stuff. :wink:
"leggy" melvin style zulu's with various ribbings,10# fulling mill fm51 05 barbless hooks
Brilliant! Like those hooks too
Those look class Pete
Nice work Pete. The 'leggy webby' irish style shows through in all the patterns you've posted lately and it's very attractive. Can I ask where you are getting your hen hackles? They look so soft that they're nearly like wisps of fine marabou.
much appreciate all the nice comments lads, I'm in very good company here with the standard of tying on show, I've dyed golden pheasant breast feathers black and wound them on as a shoulder hackle,thats the leggy bit.. then added the blue partridge..the hen hackles are Whiting Hebert.
I've got some breast feathers I dyed black a while back and not even sure I've used any, those look excellent so I'll knock a couple up before we head to the Hebrides!
A goats toe with a few modern materials
That's the 'doggies' :)
perfect andy i was the same, so I've a few flies in different styles to try out now. need to have a bash at the toe of the goat too at some point,looks ace !!
Not been behind the vice properly for over a year and it shows first couple were dodgey but I soon got into the swing of it my first river bugs.
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Nice nymphs...on the Bibio hopper muddlers
Nice one Liam, it'll soon come back to you. Those will murder the welsh troots.
I thought the muddled head was a bit heavy
That really looks the business. :8)
cracker..furnace bibio.. i made some myself, have yet to try them, looks fishy as hell.
Nice work guys! Tonight I Knocked up another muddler for the Hebridean flee box! Perhaps a bit bulky, but never mind!
Tying some of these guys today. Anyone ever fish them ?
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cracking Zulu muddler sir,I wouldn't mind a look inside a Hebridean style fly box, I'm kinda on that / Irish myself the now, I have no experience of fishing on the islands of Scotland, but I'm enjoying learning about the flys and the fishing...
very nice hydropsyche, nice profile, I've tied similar but never used them yet, they look the bizz right enough.
Passion Vine Hopper.
Tapered foam body and organza wing. Not sure about the colours, I have a limited range of marker pens. The fly is 1cm long, which is apparently the size of the actual insects.
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All great flies on this page, love the furnace Bibio Paul and that muddler will push plenty water Allan, ideal when the winds up.
Quote from: admin on August 01, 2017, 05:28:12 PM
Passion Vine Hopper.
Tapered foam body and organza wing. Not sure about the colours, I have a limited range of marker pens. The fly is 1cm long, which is apparently the size of the actual insects.
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That should be pretty effective Fred.
Quote from: haresear on August 01, 2017, 07:27:39 PM
That should be pretty effective Fred.
Thanks Alex. I went to some trouble to get it right. :8)
Found a top view image of a PVH online. Loaded it into Photoshop, resized it to 1cm.
Printed it out.
Cut roughly round the print out, glued it to a bit of stiff card then varnished it with Hard As Nails - several coats to make it stronger.
Cut it out when dry, leaving a long stalk on the head end.
This template was the result
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To make the wing I cut out a square of white organza then varnished it with Hard As Nails so it would not fall to bits.
Placed the template on the varnished organza once it was dry, cut round it leaving a stalk at the head for tying in.
Coloured the cut wing with markers then gave it another coat of Hard As Nails
Cut a small triangle of foam, tied it in at the bend of the hook, wound it forward over superglue to form the steep taper body and tied it off.
Tied in the organza wing
Tied it off forming a head with the thread.
Sounds complex, but now I have the temple can tie these reasonably quickly. :lol:
Quote from: admin on August 01, 2017, 07:45:54 PM
Thanks Alex. I went to some trouble to get it right. :8)
Found a top view image of a PVH online. Loaded it into Photoshop, resized it to 1cm.
Printed it out.
Cut roughly round the print out, glued it to a bit of stiff card then varnished it with Hard As Nails - several coats to make it stronger.
Cut it out when dry, leaving a long stalk on the head end.
This template was the result
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To make the wing I cut out a square of white organza then varnished it with Hard As Nails so it would not fall to bits.
Placed the template on the varnished organza once it was dry, cut round it leaving a stalk at the head for tying in.
Coloured the cut wing with markers then gave it another coat of Hard As Nails
Cut a small triangle of foam, tied it in at the bend of the hook, wound it forward over superglue to form the steep taper body and tied it off.
Tied in the organza wing
Tied it off forming a head with the thread.
Sounds complex, but now I have the temple can tie these reasonably quickly. :lol:
Excellent. I will take half a dozen :lol:
:lol:
bumbling about this morning with these clan chief style bumbles, not a pattern or style I've tied or fished yet, but I'm sure they will get wet soon, I'm still learning the ropes regarding wild fishing... 8# short-shank barbless hooks. a busy pattern, I'm sure it will be just as rewarding fishing it as it is to tie up.
Very nice indeed!
Nice Pete. There's a whole lot happening in those bumbles !
aye cheers lads, I enjoy messing about with this style of tying, what do you think the Uist seatrout would say to these?
Not much, they'd probably be too busy eating them :lol:
:tongue2 haha,yea very good..hope so.
Lovely......im goin to get the vice out tonight
Quote from: pedropete on August 02, 2017, 12:44:09 PM
bumbling about this morning with these clan chief style bumbles, not a pattern or style I've tied or fished yet, but I'm sure they will get wet soon, I'm still learning the ropes regarding wild fishing... 8# short-shank barbless hooks. a busy pattern, I'm sure it will be just as rewarding fishing it as it is to tie up.
Very, very nice. Apart from the barbless bit.
thanks very much roobarb,i will do..ill get there..
ok, so things to bare in mind while I build my fly box is flys in a range of sizes and dressing states..from sparse to fully dressed in order to cover various water/weather conditions...I apologize in advance I know this might sound a bit of a basic question but would someone like to have a bash at explaining the theory behind the choice fly style versus conditions to me. has boat drift /wind speed/retrieve at the bottom of your choice of dressing style?? thanks.
Those bumbles look amazing Pete! Good Work!
makes perfect sense thanks for that, ill keep that in mind just in general terms. I haven't tied anything really bigger than a 10 yet, the 8 s/s special is an 8 gape and a 10 shank. not having a massive amount of wild fishing experience, looking at the flies available commercially they all seem well over dressed, so I'm glad I asked at this early stage.i don't mind looking daft!! :roll:
I have many, many flies that are looking quite a bit distressed when they leave fresh from the vice. The trout seem to take pity on them frequently enough to prevent me from attempting to do a more "proper job". :D :D :D
Hey Pete, You don't look daft ! You are clearly a fantastic fly tyer ! Those bumbles would grace the pages of any magazine in the country ! We are pretty lucky to have some highly experienced fishers and ghillies on here who REALLY know how to catch fish in all sorts of places and they are worth listening to! One thing I noticed when I came on here is that the successful guys always place presentation and pattern size well above elaborate fly patterns in terms of priority and they really do catch a lot of fish. If you can keep an open mind and accept advice you will be offered lots of wee nuggets from people like 'Roobarb' who are the 'real deal', that will have you knocking out killer fleas all day long. :wink:
thanks gentleman for all the replies, I'm here to learn, and share as well, I can tie in a few styles,one is for show and the other for fishing, like Andy I too have seen some " efforts" catching trout over the years, I don't think ill go far wrong around these parts,I appreciate your advice and the manner in which it is given.
Passion Vine Hopper - (take 2)
I emailed Bob Wyatt for his thoughts. Bob's advice is a chunky body DHS. I tied this one in 2 minutes - hare's ear body, roe deer wing, fanned out.
I think I agree with Bob. :lol:
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Nice and simple . I do like that, it looks like it would do well here too.
I think that's the beauty of Bob's flies Jim, they work anywhere. Fun as it is to be creative in fly tying I'm not sure I'd use my organza PVH here, but I'd use that dark DHS for sure. I like to keep things simple. As Bob said in his email it's more about presentation and less about fly tying. Fly tying is important insofar as tying something with the correct imprint / profile.
Quote from: admin on August 03, 2017, 12:30:00 PM
As Bob said in his email it's more about presentation and less about fly tying. Fly tying is important insofar as tying something with the correct imprint / profile.
definitely the case with the pike flies. get the movement right and they'll pretty much nail anything
Quote from: admin on August 03, 2017, 10:58:53 AM
Passion Vine Hopper - (take 2)
I emailed Bob Wyatt for his thoughts. Bob's advice is a chunky body DHS. I tied this one in 2 minutes - hare's ear body, roe deer wing, fanned out.
I think I agree with Bob. :lol:
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looks the business, whats the hook?
Fulling Mill 35055 Ultimate Dry bronze Tommy.
Flattened and spread the wing on this one using a tiny spot of UV resin to hold it like that
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Thoughts are turning to September and some tourists:
Quote from: admin on August 03, 2017, 10:58:53 AM
Passion Vine Hopper - (take 2)
I emailed Bob Wyatt for his thoughts. Bob's advice is a chunky body DHS. I tied this one in 2 minutes - hare's ear body, roe deer wing, fanned out.
I think I agree with Bob. :lol:
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That looks more like my style of fly :)
I do like the simple ( or perhaps lazy) approach to fly tying.
Quote from: admin on August 03, 2017, 02:33:46 PM
Fulling Mill 35055 Ultimate Dry bronze Tommy.
thanks.
A bit scruffy, size 14 35050 black nickel
Scruffier the better ! Bet they work a treat.
On the bugs tonight, enjoying playing about with nymph skin and tinsel underbodies. [attachimg=1][attachimg=2][attachimg=3]
Very nice Scott. I've been monkeying around with some of that sort of stuff myself. You've got some really clear segmentation going on there. Can I ask what you used for the bodies on two and three ?
nice bugs Scott, looking really fishy! nice combination of materiels.
Thanks... it's nymph skin just wrapped up in overlapping turns then coloured with sharpies
There seems to be quite a few different brands around who are offering vinyl and latex materials for nymph bodies and backs and some are clearly better than others. I've not yet found a flat sheet type that is thick enough to provide the clear and defined segments that you've managed there. I used to have a piece of material from a burst inflatable beach toy that was great for it but I think the wife must have binned it :(
Nice bugs Scott :8)
Sorry RR just noticed your reply. This is the stuff I use, they do it in a range of colours but the clear (pictured ) is most versatile. Pm me your address and I'll send you a bit to play with[attachimg=1]
Thanks for the kind offer Scott, much appreciated but no need as I've just managed to get some including two packs of the clear stuff. :)
No worries
Nice bugs! Heres another muddler for the Stravaig flee box
I like that one a lot!
lovely muddler, great shape to it, and a wee twist to the wing too, well done sir!!
Think I need a little more work on the proportions, but hopefully will fish OK.
whats the wing material robbie?? colour combo is a killer for sure..
The wing is Arric Fox.
not a pattern I've tied or fished before but they are going into the new box, original and McPhail var.
Very nice! I have a few in my box too but never fished them, maybe next month!
same here, to be honest, i can't wait to get a chance to fish them when ever that might be,im back to work tomorrow so that probably August out the window.
Excellent, like that variant too. Making a conscious decision to try one next month!
Very nice Job Pete. There is another variant that has a 'stiffish' black cock hackle tied in before the peacock. The idea is that it provides a little bit of support for the softer peacock and helps provide more movement. I've no idea which one is best but it is a fly that I've had one or two on. I dare say Roobarb has seen them all fished regularly. You can't really go to the islands without one !
thanks for that Rannoch, yeah i can see how the addition of a hackle will help, there is a chartreuse var too but I'm gonna have to hit the wool shop again..I'm happy to add to this box as and when.andy, go for it mate, I'm just jealous, ill be foaming at the mouth by the time I get the bloody things wet.
If anyone's tying a few goats toes you can get the neck feathers on eBay 3 quid for 50 of them delivered. I've bought these, good quality and packed flat so they're not all twisted.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/371825906038
brilliant mate cheers for the link.. :D
It's 'daddy' time .....................
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Loving that daddy, going to knock a few up I think
Quote from: pedropete on August 08, 2017, 12:36:02 PM
not a pattern I've tied or fished before but they are going into the new box, original and McPhail var.
I have had a few grilse on them this year. But shorter hackle and not so much of it. And no JC.
For all flies of that sort, I cut the tail right down to just a tiny hot spot.
It is one of my go to flies when there is no wave to work a muddler properly.
thanks, laxdale, I have zero experience fishing or tying this pattern yet so I'm at the mercy of whats out there already.. since I've posted i have had some interesting vars suggested so we shall see what happens .
Daddie Cool!
Another one of these muddlers! Not sure if they would last long if the troot take an interest in them as the wing is rather flimsy! It just two hackles from an old cape tied in with the curved face of the feather facing into one another.
Fun to tie though!
That's nice. It'll have quite a presence in the water.
I think the thinner rib and addition of a hackle improve the fly a fair bit:
Nice! Sure to temp the tourists!
nice looking beast Robbie, I had a bash at something different, was inspired after watching Alan Liddle on youtube.Turk's tarantula. has anyone used them on Highland rivers? looks a bit of a monster but apparently, they work.
I'll link the youtube vid.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XKQoMAI1Ew
Quote from: pedropete on August 09, 2017, 12:00:08 PM
nice looking beast Robbie, I had a bash at something different, was inspired after watching Alan Liddle on youtube.Turk's tarantula. has anyone used them on Highland rivers? looks a bit of a monster but apparently, they work.
I'll link the youtube vid.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XKQoMAI1Ew
I am willing to bet Allan learned of the effectiveniss of the tarantula from the members of this forum. :)
Yes they will work on lochs and on rivers too :8)
Alex
Knowing Allan he likely tells folk he invented it. :lol:
Quote from: admin on August 09, 2017, 09:34:36 PM
Knowing Allan he likely tells folk he invented it. :lol:
:lol:
The result of several disparate sources of inspiration:
Nice! Those are unusual!
Pretty unique Robbie. The orange Guinea fowl doesn't feature in many flies but it a great colour for migratory fish so why not? Add a touch of blue and you have orange , black and blue which is a good combination to have. Tummel shrimp springs to mind. Who knows how it will go but definitely worth a swim, :wink:
Not tied today, but a few weeks ago. I was experimenting with colour much like Robbie. I actually met a bloke/ guide, a few years ago on the Durness lochs who told me of a pattern with a similar colour combination for troot. I was sceptical but he does have an example on his website!
No reason to be sceptical Allan, yours and Robbies both look good catchers to me. Would've thought a bit duller for the Durness lochs but the trout don't read the magazines ;) orange and black muddler for the Salmon, trimmed all the deer hair below the shank to give a good contrast, should show up alright in a size 8 :shock:
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And a blue and silver. I know these are designed to create a wake but these should have their own tidal surge :lol:[attachimg=1]
nice muddlers as always Andy.
will try to tie something similar this week while on holiday as im taking some tying gear with me to the Caravan @ Dornoch tomorrow. Wife says i wont be fishing . We shall see!
I'd pack a rod they always give in eventually :D
Something for the point, just a bit sleeker than the last two. 12 double[attachimg=1]
Nice muddlers - I particularly like the look of the blue and silver job for fresh run fish.
Ian
Alan the orange and blue make an interesting colour combination, I think it has a certain fishy look to it.
Those muddlers are nice Andy, as you say they look like they'll shift some water. Also like the sleek double, is the wing stoats tail?
It is Robbie, the first time I've tied a stoats tail with stoats tail!
These muddlers are just about right. Ditto the silver stoat.
A fly to try putting together is a stoats tail tied on a size 8 B175.
Normal body and tail, with a wing and underwing the same length (1/3 longer than the hook) made of black goat hair. It looks like shit, but the guy that uses it (Ivor Macari) catches grilse and sea trout, more than his fair share, everywhere he goes. It (best description for the fly) is the same shape a tear drop when wet. Or just a black blob thing. Bloody effective though!
Think i know what you mean! I'll give it a bash tomorrow. Here's a wee stoat variant with copper tinsel and a blue grizzle hackle
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cracking flies lads, always enjoy seeing the fruits of labour at the vice.
No long shank 8's so this is a size 8 single Spey. Don't know if you can tell from the phot but this is a beast!
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Andy try Bassarisk Monkey for Stoats Tails in fact anything requiring a black hair wing.
Bucktail is too stiff & dyed Squirrel a bit on the soft side though you can get away with that one.
Hair can be problematic in that it so easily can slip out the head after a few casts.. What I do is prepare the hair lengths before & lock them together with Veniard Floo Glue. A length of black tread pulled tight & knotted with a reef knot. Leave over night to dry. Also when finishing head a turn or two behind the wing & then a whip at the end.
Tight Lines
braw flee Andy! Here is my first of the day! Persevering with the muddler them. best effort to date I think. Keeping it simple with one large hackle swept back then spinning the deerhair head!
Alan I'll give that a go, With hair i Usually bind it down with 3 turns of thread trim it tapering toward the eye and then put on a few dabs of superglue and then more thread, also superglue the whole head before varnishing. I've finished a hairwing before and pulled the wing right out, pain in the arse, happens mostly with stoat and buck tail, fox is usually alright. Anyway here's another little stoats tail, copper stoat this time. Like this simple style[attachimg=1]
And Allan that muddler is spot on, perseverance has definitely paid off.
a soldier muddler, size 8, with blood Claret head. Got the deer hair from robdenson.co.uk. The deer hair is a bit dry but there's some interesting colours. This one did well for me up north last week in a size ten. No tail.[attachimg=1]
Still on the muddlers!
Lovely mufflers. Quick tie while waiting on the family getting ready :roll:
Lance Evans carrot fly
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Quill wings can be a real pain in the backside, some of these turned out ok:
Yip definitely, right annoying at times! Those have turned out well though 👍🏻
A lot of very nice flies there guys. Very nice indeed!
evening gents, been on nights all week so not had much free time, just looking through all the cracking flys posted, best thing I ever done was joining this forum.fine work!! will post some flys later.
It's a great wee forum Pete, lots of knowledgeable fishers and good tyers
Those look damn fine Robbie!
Cheers Alan, as do those muddlers. Don't think there's any persevering any more, they're very nice.
Cheers Robbie! They are getting very addictive!
That's another cracker.
I know what you mean about them being addictive, I'm trying to resist the urge to copy some of the ones which have been posted recently.
I hold Andy wholly responsible for my decent into muddler addiction.
Yeah! He's the reason why I'm so into them too!
Haha you're both very welcome :lol: they are addictive to tie but thankfully the troots love em too!
This little dry has caught me a good few this year, just grey seals fur with olive thread wound tight over it a few times, looks like everything and nothing. Incidentally there's lots of flies of this type so I never know what to call this....klink, parachute, parawhatsit.....answers on a postcard![attachimg=1]
that's a nice wee floaty thing andy..I don't have much in that style so I'll nick that one thanks!! i really need to tidy uip this tying room, its a disgrace, cant find anything. some soldier sparkly wets. on 12#
They'll show up well Pete, good in Peaty or murky water :8) that wee dry is good fished static in flat water
Andy, that is a nice emerger/klink/dry/thingy. I usually default to hares ear or squirrel dubbing but the grey seals fur looks like a great alternative.
Pete that added sparkle gives a relay nice highlight.
With all the great flies appearing on this thread I'm not getting time to clear my tying desk. Wife is going to kill me if she looks in the spare room.
I've always mixed up hares ear with it Robbie but then I'm just binding it down tight and trimming away all the excess so waste of the hares ear. My stuffs out in the living room Robbie so the wife's giving me grief, ach well! :makefun
Nice soldiers Pete! Here's another scruffy muddler!
i think tippet tailed muddlers look great!! are they catching patterns or prototypes?
My recent patterns on here are nothing specific and havent been used yet!
Tied this morning a muddled Kate and something or other!
cracking muddlers sir...very fishy!!
You're all over these Allan, let's hope there's a wave! That something or other looks the part
I think it's fair to say that you have become a 'master muddler maker' . They're looking great.
this wee dunkeld sparkler has served me so well over the years ,i got it from a chap called jimmy millar,a fine fisherman and fly tyer him self..size 12# for me.
Can see how it attracts attention! Lovely ties
Now those sparklers are sure to catch the attention of the troot! Nicely tied too!
Those sparklers looknthe biz....whats the wing material?
Looks like flashabou?
Very nice Pete!
Here's something a little more traditional:
Nice one Robbie! I think I know what this is intended for! !
its dave downies sparkler stuff, in gold and copper, also just gold , a few quid a pkt.if you need a link let me know.
Another two flees tied this morning! Might be getting to use them tomorrow!
You're in fishing country Allan, it'd be criminal not to wet one these flees you've been tying! Wee Claret and pearl muddler from last night when I'd had a few whiskys, it's turned out fine but I remember it taking me bloody ages!! [attachimg=1]
And his one done right now, doobry muddler
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Very nice Andy, You're clearly putting the money on there being a good wind for the Stravaig. :).
Yip me and Allan will be snookered if it's flat calm!
cracking colour combos on those muddlers andy..tasty..
Top notch muddlers Andy!
Better tie some size 8and 6
I'm on it Paul ;)
Couple of 8's today....another orange and a cinnamon and gold [attachimg=1]
Quote from: Lochan_load on August 18, 2017, 05:10:39 PM
Couple of 8's today....another orange and a cinnamon and gold [attachimg=1]
10/10 for this one.
Cheers Gordon, I'll bring you over a few to try.
A few for the Bob. I love tying these big hairy Bruts.
Sound work Paul, Big and Leggy! Sure they will do well!
Nice Paul, going to do a couple of clan chiefs myself then I really need to leave the muddlers alone!
This morning I was muddling!
My attempt at the rob Denson clan chief crippler that laxdale posted a link to, his websites worth a look, excellent fly tier
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An orange and gold calf hair muddler
The variant had a tail of the same to colours of GP topping.
Almost all the muddlers I see getting used for salmon around here are tied on long shank hooks with no tail and the wing no longer than the hook (think moth profile).
I like the Clan Chief muddler, but the first thing I would do to it is cut the legs off!
I like legs....ok...ill get some bigger hooks....do the long shanks not lose alot of fish?
Still a bit to go
An irn bru katie
Woi katie
I've got some woi deer hair, not used it yet. Supposed to be good. Nice those Paul
Lovely Kate variants, Paul! Like the crippled too Andy, I'm gonna have a go at those!
A thunder dabbler
Cheers Allan.....im going to finish this off then pearly invictas for the stickleback feeders
A couple of Clan Chiefs! Now I'm gonna have a go at the variant Andy posted!
well done lads, that's some flys tied, love them all,iron bru Kate..yep.. they are all nice, I tied up sunburst octopus Orkney style but I've not had a chance to photo it.. so for the mean time here's an Orkney peach hog from the Alchemy vaults...a ridiculous colour of dubbing but boy does it work..
I like that.....where do you get that dubbing
originally it was a Gerry McDonald Artifly product..but I've seen A.M.C tackle norn iron selling some of it, not sure about laitley, ill have a poke about and get back to you..
loving those clan chiefs....big hairy beasties...perfect proportions..
Loving them all ! Some really beautiful fleas there lads. That Peach Hog is stunning! In fact they are all pretty stunning :8)
Have a few stoats tails so decided to tie this in case i fancied something a bit jazzier, flame thrower of sorts maybe?
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Ps love the sedgehog
the level of tying on here is superb...i love it.
Keepin em big n bushy!
All these flies are brilliant. Problem is I don't have time to copy half of them!
Fingers crossed we're not becalmed in three weeks time.
Quote from: pedropete on August 20, 2017, 08:54:20 PM
well done lads, that's some flys tied, love them all,iron bru Kate..yep.. they are all nice, I tied up sunburst octopus Orkney style but I've not had a chance to photo it.. so for the mean time here's an Orkney peach hog from the Alchemy vaults...a ridiculous colour of dubbing but boy does it work..
I got some of the last stuff so thanks for posting.
Quote from: Roobarb on August 21, 2017, 08:42:43 AM
Regional variation or just fashion?
Here in Uist our grilse love legs and I've still to see the day when anything bigger than a size ten standard shank is needed!
We had three Irish guys here for a few days last week and they got grilse and sea trout mainly on a Bibio with legs (size 10).
I have NEVER seen a muddler with legs being used!
Muddler....long shank
Mini muddler.....short shank
Long shank muddlers for salmon are the norm, up to long shank 6 is not considered too big, it just depends on the wave. Visiting anglers turn up with them too.
Rummaging through my big wooden store box I came across these flees which I tied a number of years ago, which are loosely based around a Davie McPhail streamer pattern after watching one of his demos. They have never been wet but I reckon they might be useful on my upcoming Hebridean trip!
from this afternoon!
I like that....Need to finish off my clan chiefs tonight as well.
Really nice Allan, I'm going to do a version of that. I'm surprised that's not a recognised fly already!
Having a potter around with different ways to do a reasonable Heather fly. First go at these so a bit tatty. Will it work though ?
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Still playing with the Heather flies. This one ties up easily !
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Nicely done! I like it.
Both very nice flies.
Having a play with somethis a little different.
Has anyone tried tidying a muddled tube fly?
Cool! That is a bit different!
This is my last flee of the day!
You're turning out some belters Allan. Plenty of movement in that one Robbie, never tried muddling a tube and suppose the big difficulty would be getting the deer hair spinning round such a big circumference.....I'm gonna have to try it now :roll: :lol:
There's a bit of an Irish style to a lot of the palmered flies shown lately. They are very easy on the eye. I hope these work a treat for your trip guys.
Tied today
#10 hook
Claret Uni 8/0 thread
Claret SLF & Possum dubbing
Silver wire rib
Dyed orange tippet tail
Claret body hackle
Peacock blue collar hackle
Claret partridge head hackle
some tying lads, can't see a dodgy one among them..I tied a few hogs for a trip shortly but a hogs a hog so here's a few sunburst octopus in 10# .ive not fished them myself yet but 2 lads I know did well on Orkney this season..so worth a few in the box at least..
wow! that's a pattern & a half. i could see that being successful on any number of levels :8)
Lovely pattern, would be a nice colour to add to my box
Beautiful Pete. You've got that style mastered. The Claret and Blue Bumbles are superb too.
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That's a nice colour combination on that one Scott. Are you going to tackle the grayling over the winter ?
Scott lovely Czech bug, I love doing this style, can be a bit "footery" you have it looking nice... thanks, lads, red tail coming right up..in the box.. yeah it's a style I haven't been familiar with so I've enjoyed getting to grips with the proportions and new materials. it's not my pattern originally, I added the s/b partridge just for effect.
Pete that fly is beautiful. Followed by a cracking nymph by Scott.
Have it a go at a muddler on a tube, hopefully save me having to buy big f-off long shank lumps of metal.
Looks good Robbie, was it tough to spin? Inspired by Petes I've flung together some sunburst and golden olive and banged on a red tail. This is the rob denson woigo (west of Ireland golden olive) deer hair
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Actually wasn't bad at all, head is tied on a XS tube so it not too big a diameter.
That's a nice muddler, red tail sets it off nicely.
Quote from: Robbie on August 23, 2017, 10:45:40 PM
red tail sets it off nicely.
The idea just came to me :lol:
That Tube muddler worked out well Robbie!
Plenty inspiration and ideas on here recently, keep em coming lads!
I must be the only person on here that's never caught a fish in a muddler.
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Quote from: Roobarb on August 24, 2017, 09:04:49 AM
just use a few turns of a good stiffish hackle, it will move as much water :worms
Phillistine!
Quote from: rannoch raider on August 23, 2017, 09:24:41 PM
That's a nice colour combination on that one Scott. Are you going to tackle the grayling over the winter ?
Yeah I'll be going for the grayling. Had a nice one at the weekend. I always find they really start to show in numbers around September/ October before disappearing lol
Quote from: pedropete on August 23, 2017, 09:43:06 PM
Scott lovely Czech bug, I love doing this style, can be a bit "footery" you have it looking nice...
Footery indeed! thanks
These style of flees are my Forte, really enjoy tying this style!
Those are lovely CC . My sort of bob fly .
A couple of Black Grizzly Bumbles!
For those of you too scared of the wife to mess the carpet :makefun here's that golden olive fly done dabbler style with summer duck
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A couple of Camasunary Killers for the Stravaig!
Like the background material Allan has used really shows of the flies well I take it is some kind of packaging. Many moons ago I was speaking with Hans (Flytier) & he preferred a light blue card as a background for photographing flies. Having said that it really depends on the flies colour as to what suits best so maybe a selection of coloured cards would be handy.
Tight Lines
Still at it with the bumbles!
Very nice!
I do like a bit of leg:
Very smart Robbie! Nice n leggy! Something I shy away from and must have a go at!
Here is my morning's work!
#10 Kamasan B175 hook
Uni 8/0 wine thread
Pheasant Crest tail
Silver Holographic tinsel butt
Silver wire rib
Black possum and black glister mix dubbing body
Dark red and orange body cock hackles wound together
Black hen collar hackle.
great flys as always gents, andy,Robbie and Mr clan chief,I'm having some internet issues of late, my connection keeps dropping out , no sure whats up,anyway...seasonal fare...foam daddys!
Braw! Those look effective, Pete!
That's me done for today!
One for stickleback feeders and a simple claret hog.
Stickleback........they were going hard at them last year.
Yet another muddler.
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Nice one.......uf I remember yellow was the colour last year
hoping for more stickleback feeders this year Paul! Lovely flies folks
Paul, think you right. I was just trying to come up with a use for a chartreuse grizzled hackle. Both those stickle back flies look the business. Second one looks quite similar to one of Mr McPhail's pattern but with a little extra flash.
I have been meaning to look back at a magazine I had kicking about somewhere with an Icelandic stickle back fly I wanted to give a go.
All great patterns guys! Did you dye the deer hair Robbie?
Here's a couple of Kate McLarens! One on the left tied with a black hen body hackle. I much prefer that as it offers more movement in the water!
Didn't dye the deer hair myself. However, at an Orvis tying evening a couple of months ago I was assured that it really no different to dying capes. Apparently just need to be really careful with temperature. Might give it a go over winter.
Both those Kate's are very nice.
It got kinda frazzled the time I did it but maybe it was too hot, also thought what Pete said in the dying thread about using glycerine to stop the skin in capes drying out might also be a good idea with deer hair, I'll give it a go at some point. Allan I've been using hen to palmer my wets and particularly muddlers more and more, like you say more movement.
I've never tried any of this before so reading with great interest guys. Woops , sorry ! Should have posted on the dye thread !
Back @ the Muddling!
evening lads,always find something to inspire me back to the vice on these pages, thanks for posting, just on the stickleback theme, I've always done well with an old favorite from the orkneys "sandy mconns ace of spades" either a pearl rib or a silver rib..great fly..
Cracking flies.
I've tied an adaptation of a fly I first tied during last years EOSS. Only change is switch of tail from same material as underwing to tipper.
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Also thinking of stickle backs I finally got round to tying an interpretation of a Rektor (Icelandic pattern). Couldn't find a pattern so loosely based on a photograph:
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There was a Rektor pattern given in an article in either T & S or FF&FT just recently. Might see it on line ?
Great work as always guys!
Quote from: pedropete on August 28, 2017, 09:44:01 PM
evening lads,always find something to inspire me back to the vice on these pages, thanks for posting, just on the stickleback theme, I've always done well with an old favorite from the orkneys "sandy mconns ace of spades" either a pearl rib or a silver rib..great fly..
I really like them...
You should be coming to south uist.with us
bibio1 id love to trust me.. i can't wait to fish new waters, I need to be in from the start so i can plan my time off from work..im a relative novice on wild waters,be great to meet you lads and learn the ropes...ill be at the next one for sure..
Would be good.to have you come along.....keep.tying
just finished off topping up on the sedges." foreman's favorite" served me well over the seasons, nice and simple with a great sedgy profile.
lovely....is that one clump of dear hair tied in or more than one?
cheers
paul
just the one paul,wee bit hare at the head to tidy everything up..
Those are awesome Pete. Lovely bit of tying.
Yeah! lovely hairy sedges Pete!
Love those!
Excellent ... :D :D
Those are very nice indeed.
thanks very much chaps,always nice to pass on killer flys,ive been reliably informed from sandy mcConnachy the guy who named brians fly"foremans favorite" in the first place that the original had a gold rib and hopper style legs...so mine is a var...2..4...1
a couple of small clousers. one "trad", the other marabou. these are fairly small, #10; so pretty much suitable for anything that swims. i'm thinking flatties in the Moray harbours
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Freshly off the vice!
Quote from: corsican dave on August 29, 2017, 09:10:09 PM
a couple of small clousers. one "trad", the other marabou. these are fairly small, #10; so pretty much suitable for anything that swims. i'm thinking flatties in the Moray harbours
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Can't beat the good old Clouser Dave . Have you been out in the salt much with them this year mate ? I've done very little. :(
Tying these I really did feel a child of the 70's
Aye those remind me of the tackle shops of my youth! Not cracked out the long shanks yet, few flies to tie and running out of time!
Nice clousers Dave, the second one looks it will have a very enticing movement to it.
Paul, those muddler are very nice too.
Came across a packet of dyed orange deer hair among my materials, first time Ive used it. Think there will be a few more muddlers getting tied!
mini-clouser on a size #14
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A #8 Beastie
#8 Kamasan hook
Black Thread
Dyed Orange pheasant tail. Tail
Mirage tinsel Body
Red wire Rib
Black hen hackle
Dyed Orange deer hair
Cracker Allan, your best yet! Doobry variant of sorts so should be good for the silver :D
That's a belter Alan.
This a fly I have not used much and therefore not had much success with:
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That's a very well tyed pattern Robbie!
Yeah! Andy Im pleased with that one! practice! practice! practice!
Nice proportions on that Robbie, great tying. not one I've fished a lot either but a nice pattern. The practise shows Allan
Cheers guys.
One of the best stickleback patterns there are.
Some great tying lads. Loving Pedro's hairy sedges and Robbie's invicta. A small wee-double pearly invicta is one of my go-to point flies when prospecting a new water - seems to imitate a whole range of stuff. The Texas Rose muddlers fair take me back - but has anyone ever caught anything on a TR muddler?!
Have been infested with a fall of daddies here today! Tied a bunch of detached-body jobs - some single-boobed (as it were) and some muddler-headed, which can also be pulled.
Cheers
Ian
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Excellent, you've inspired me!
Those daddies look the business. I have tied up some with standard pheasant tail bodies, may have to do some with detached bodies as well.
Excellent Daddies!
Inspired by Pedro! Here's what I'm tying now!
evening lads, nice wraps as per, be interested in how you get on with that clouser Dave, never fished a gold bodied invicta..im gonna tie a few..fine hatch of daddy's too, Alan, that's a good looking sedge.., you can tie them half hog style too...legs/ribbing it's all up for variation , I need to go fishing haha..
I've tied up some hoppers, slim and sparse, also a wee black cormorant pattern stickleback esque, not my pattern but one that will be going into my box, ill try and photo them soon.
cheers Pete! i was thinking flatties originally, but i reckon it might do quite nicely for troots. & i saw some mullet in the local harbour today... :shock:
Inspired by this thread I knocked up a daddy, tried to fish one last year when roag went flat calm but all the ones I had sank :roll: dodgy foam. This one will NOT sink! Booby eye post and a parachute hackle :D bugger to photo so fish eye view boys!
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That's impressive Andy! Great work!
Cheers Alan, kept it pretty simple and stole bits from everyone else's versions :lol: manages a pic from above so you can see the parachute post
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thats the money shot andy.. brah daddys..
A couple of Goats Toe variants! Ive used fire orange thread, dark green possum a glister dubbing mix, red holo tinsel rib and the pattern on the left has the inclusion of a black hen hackle behind the Peacock neck head hackle!
Quote from: bibio1 on August 30, 2017, 08:38:44 AM
Tying these I really did feel a child of the 70's
Proper muddlers!!!
That simple pattern has caught the majority of the grilse, sea trout and finnock at Hamanaway during the last three weeks. Morsgail too.
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A very rudimentary attempt at wet daddy
A couple of dabblers......daddies next
Those last four flies are all nice. Need to get some more daddies tied myself.
A Hebridean daddy
Getting there.....claret hogs...some spades and sticklebacjs
Quote from: Robbie on September 02, 2017, 05:46:18 PM
Need to get some more daddies tied myself.
Ive only got one :shock:
Last of the day
sorry, i missed you paul, that long shank muddler is a flee, right back to the "baby doll" and "appetiser" era.. great to see, andy lovely work mate as always, also a var kicks about with a claret body Palmer too, never used it myself yet.
some skinny scruffy hoppers gynk them up or fish them damp, a style I've borrowed heavily from one of my fishing buddies.with a twist.
Lovely scruffy soft flies .. yours are intended to be attractive like that .. mine come out like that no matter what was intended. :?
well id say your a natural at it then sir!! its taken me years to tie scruffy lookin flees hahaha
You guys are fairly turning out the flies for this trip.
If you need help with storage I have a box with lots of spaces. :D
Billy
:D :D Nice try !!!!
Quote from: Billy on September 03, 2017, 05:31:30 PM
You guys are fairly turning out the flies for this trip.
If you need help with storage I have a box with lots of spaces. :D
Billy
You being the cheese and we'll bring the flees......deal
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Hot legs Robbie weet weel
Im on a leggy theme tonight too after tying this pattern based roughly on a Davie McP demo I watched recently.
Brilliant leggy flies from you all and plenty more ideas that I have no time to make a reality :roll: Allan that fly is an absolute topper, great proportions
Some great flies lads. Am particularly liking the various Daddy interpretations. I've tied some wet Silver Daddies which are a back-end favourite of mine on wilder days.
Ian
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That a nice silver daddy.
Trying to beat the clock now and know I'm not going to manage. Threw this together in a spare five minutes this evening:
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Lovely patterns guy, sure to catch the troots attention!
I'm tinkering with wet daddys , I'm pleased with this one so will type a couple more in the same style!
Like that Allan, might tie up some sort of wet daddy at some point, struggling for time this last couple of weeks but knocked this one up after work, sort of leggy fire tailed grey mallard blue dabbler type thing (admittedly the name needs work :lol: )
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For sure "I'm fishing a size ten a LFTGMBDTT on the point" is a tad hard to roll off the tongue. :D :D :D
Easy for you to say :lol: apparently it's a roag dabbler variant, rolls off the tongue a bit easier! Wet daddy largely based on Allan's up the top but with golden olive muddle
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that'd catch pretty much anything that swims, Andy :8) i'd certainly lob it at barbel, carp, bass & trout in central spain
It's as much an attractor as a cats whisker dave, just looks like it should be eaten. Last time I checked daddy's don't swim through waves :lol: but if it takes a fish I'll be happy! Saw these today and thought of you sneaking about Amazonia with a fly rod :8)
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Sedgehog, I've taken to using a different dubbing for each section of these now. Create a hot spot with orange or red and then mix it up any way I fancy. Gives a nice effect. Started using less deer hair too and teasing out the dubbing and brushing it through the wing. Do the trout give a shit?.....nope!
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Lovely flees Andy!
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For sure "I'm fishing a size ten a LFTGMBDTT on the point" is a tad hard to roll off the tongue. :D :D :D
I bet the LBGT flee would be a right colourful pattern?
Nice flies Andy.
Couple more leggy wets tonight:
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My laptop is subbed at the moment so haven't had much of a chance to look in. Some interesting and well tied stuff on the last few pages. It'll be good to hear how these patterns work on the trip. they all look great.
Loving these loch flies. Some recent ties for the rivers
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Nice mixture of nymphs, wets and dries. :8)
nice collection scott, fair mixture too, very well tied as usual sir!!
Size 16-22 single plume CDCs for an upcoming trip!
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Very nice David, the photo doesn't do them justice. Having had the pleasure of viewing and using one of them to good effect last week I can honestly say they are some of the nicest and well tied small flies I've seen. I'm now re assessing my own collection of what I thought were tidy 'small' patterns ! Oh well ! Specsavers here I come . :lol:
Quote from: sagecirca on September 10, 2017, 07:19:41 PM
Size 16-22 single plume CDCs for an upcoming trip!
Very nice. Where is it you are going?
Cheers Jim
Off to the San River at the start of October Fred.
Quote from: sagecirca on September 11, 2017, 09:50:04 AM
Off to the San River at the start of October Fred.
Excellent!
Thanks guys.
Those wee dries are lovely 👌🏽
those wee quill drys are beautiful...how many cdc plumes per fly?
some "gold arsed" hogs in W.O.I.G.O AND Orkney Peach,
Excellent Hogs! I saw them on your page earlier today which inspired me to try something similar this afternoon however mine were not great!
I Love the colour of the body in those!
thanks, alan, I'm no different, takes me a while to get my "eye in" with hogs..I try to keep the pinches of hair and seals fur wraps to a minimum. Everyone has their own look and what they like.
Not your traditional sea trout flys
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Near 'Nuff Crayfish.... near enough. fiendish tie, this one. plus SWMBO was asking awkward questions about her nail varnish :lol:
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Even the more fiendish when you try to incorporate a big nail varnish red club arm on one side for use Darn Sarf :8) :8)
good point actually, Vaughan. i'll tie the next one with some red hen claws :cheers; they're all over extremadura too
That a cracking fly Dave.
Replenishing my stock of hoppers:
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arguably FAR more useful, Robbie! what size is that; looks small...? that'd do some damage for the barbel, too
Not too small, size 12.
perfick! :8)
Orange is the new yellow :8)
dave that crayfish looks like a really complicated beasty, have you fished it? good skills, Robbie whats the story behind your orange hopper sir? interesting color choice, for wild trout right?
Quote from: pedropete on September 26, 2017, 08:27:23 PM
dave that crayfish looks like a really complicated beasty, have you fished it? good skills, Robbie whats the story behind your orange hopper sir? interesting color choice, for wild trout right?
i've not fished this one, but i have caught on other cray patterns. it's a bit heavily dressed. i have real problems getting a nice tight dubbing rope. never seem to get enough wax on the thread....
but yeah, it's a complex pattern. it's part of the carp scene; no idea why, just the way it is :lol:
Quote from: pedropete on September 15, 2017, 08:25:03 AM
those wee quill drys are beautiful...how many cdc plumes per fly?
Apologies for the late reply....I use one for the very, very wee stuff and 2 plumes for the 16s. Lightwire hooks are key as to not sink the flea.
Quote from: corsican dave on September 26, 2017, 09:03:37 PM
real problems getting a nice tight dubbing rope. never seem to get enough wax on the thread....
Try b&w super tacky dubbing wax, comes in a pritt stick type thing. Apply it straight to the thread and it's easy to apply as much or as little dubbing as you like Dave, a tiny bit on your finger and thumb and you can wind it down as tight as......well as tight as you like.
Quote from: pedropete on September 26, 2017, 08:27:23 PM
Robbie whats the story behind your orange hopper sir?
Had some success in the past on a few hill lochs with a size 14 in same colours. During the EOSS this year orange was also a go to colour on a few days. I think it shows up well in water carrying a peat stain. Most of the fish in the last video I posted were taken on a size 14 orange hopper, fish appeared to be rising to some wee olives or their nymphs but were happy to nail the twitched hopper.
I got my fish on the same loch with an orange dabbler on a fast sink tip on one of the really wild days and like Robbie says the orange shows up well in the water. Billy got his fish on the last day on Peaty water with a fly with a fluo yellow/green tail, suppose if they can't see it doesn't matter what it represents!
Spent half the day filling in a few gaps in my nymph boxes.....
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Bet your kitchen cupboards are in great order!
Quote from: Lochan_load on September 27, 2017, 11:15:04 PM
Bet your kitchen cupboards are in great order!
:D
I blame my job....makes one suffer from OCD!
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Flies look superb as always
Nice neat tying and boxes but ooooooooozes OCD! lol
Reminds me of something we called the 7 P's. ..........
Proper preparation and planning prevents piss poor performance. :wink: Smacks of 'fish Assassin'.
a thing of beauty.cracking ties too.
They look great sage. Look forward to your report once your back.
Some flies for a swap on pussbook
Size 20 perdigones. These done well for me in a 16
lovley nymphs scott, i have tungsten on order..
Quote from: Lochan_load on September 27, 2017, 10:27:39 PM
I got my fish on the same loch with an orange dabbler on a fast sink tip on one of the really wild days and like Robbie says the orange shows up well in the water. Billy got his fish on the last day on Peaty water with a fly with a fluo yellow/green tail, suppose if they can't see it doesn't matter what it represents!
thanks,andy, Robbie appreciate that, bit of an odd color its worked for me in the past too.
Thanks Pete
I've made an early start to a half/hog and general deer hair dry box, ill add to it over the winter months, always looking for inspiration I found this hog var on the Shetland anglers asc. website.Originally tied by Billy Reid, takes the Orkney peach dubbing and adds pearl litebrite and the addition of a G.B no12 tag. i like the look, but what do I know.. anyone using this already???
Excellent Pete, I'd fish those with total confidence, used to put a globrite tag on mine but haven't recently but not for any reason. The ones i tied this year I put a hot orange seals fur butt on, same idea
totally andy, actually I think Id prefer a seals fur butt.. same idea tho...some sort of tag/butt seems de rigueur...
I've some white hen capes on route for dying teal blue, any of you guys fancy posting some useful patterns in the teal blue range for me to" butcher."..no pun intended...ive a few ideas myself but always nice to listen to folk more experienced...
Those sesgehogs look the business, really like the body colours. Orange sedghogs are a reliable colour, I tried tying some up with a uv straggle fritz body a couple of years ago, had a few fish on them but no stand out days. Think I prefer a dubbed body and may not have complete faith in the fritz.
Have a surf candy type thing a go this evening:
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That looks good Robbie. Pete those hogs are the mutts nuts! Little play about tonight myself, needs a bit of practice though
scott that's an unusual body technique well done..looks good, thanks for that Robbie, hogs in various orange shades,I can manage that. love that surf candy, reeks fish , what size is it?
Scott the full effect on that fly is really nice.
Pete it's a size 4.
Quote from: Robbie on October 04, 2017, 03:07:30 PM
Scott the full effect on that fly is really nice.
Thanks. Couple of purple tag nymphs tonight
nice jigs scott, i need to try that tail out over the winter...some quilled half hog style from earlier on in the week, 12#b170 and 10# S/S
They are very nice Pete, especially like the leggy ones.
Have you put a coat of UV resin over the quill bodies?
robbie, I did, I've been using solarez UV resin for the last year or two.out of habit I still give them a lick of sallys for good measure..
Deadly, really useful looking fly. What quills are you using? I ask this all the time cos I've never found ones I like!
nothing fancy, just plain quills I picked up at a tackle shop..cookshill do nice quills.
eventually got round to trying my hand at the "crippler" style of wet, it's quite unique in the respect that the original has no tail, the colors are in the g.p. shoulder hackles... I've never fished these, and I've hummed and haaa,d about a tail or not.. time will tell, Melvyn woods has great success with tails so ill go with that until I know different.. "CLAN CRIPPLER VAR"
Top drawer Pete
Quote from: pedropete on October 08, 2017, 01:23:05 PM
eventually got round to trying my hand at the "crippler" style of wet, it's quite unique in the respect that the original has no tail, the colors are in the g.p. shoulder hackles... I've never fished these, and I've hummed and haaa,d about a tail or not.. time will tell, Melvyn woods has great success with tails so ill go with that until I know different.. "CLAN CRIPPLER VAR"
Melvyn did really well with them, either on the top dropper or point.
it's a meaty fly, with plenty movement ill, say that. cant wait to get it wet in the right circumstances, of course, I've made a start on topping up the river nymphs, I'm relatively new to river fishing in earnest but I have a few friends pointing me in the right direction, hopefully, catch my first grayling this winter. some polish nymphs on dohiku 16# jig hooks.
Just back from holiday and haven't had much chance to look in lately. I've got to say, there are some really beautifully tied patterns on again. I honestly believe that if anyone ever wanted to see some of the best looking loch flies around at the moment they could do a lot worse than have a look on here. From lochs to rivers and from salt to specialist there are cracking examples of them all. Great stuff folks :applause
you're right, Jim; there's everything from traditional to radically experimental & everything in-between. & some exquisite tying, too. we are lucky to have such a talented (& downright weird) bunch of friends on here :8)
Quote from: corsican dave on October 11, 2017, 09:14:07 PM
you're right, Jim; there's everything from traditional to radically experimental & everything in-between. & some exquisite tying, too. we are lucky to have such a talented (& downright weird) bunch of friends on here :8)
Next season I'll be trying monster streamers for larger trout so I'll be looking at you zoo cougars giant buggers and what ever else you tie :lol:
id also agree with your comments, loads of great tying goes on here, keeps me busy and inspired lads, thanks!...!orange hogs they said... a staple of wild trout i hope...
Stormers Pete. That's very nice seals fur you've been using. It adds a great deal to that style of pattern.
thanks, kind of you to say, I've been using rob densons of late but these orange ones are bog standard veniards,i like them too.
not done much for some time, done a few of this type to get me going again. photos very poor, need to get the camera back out
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not done much for some time, done a few of this type to get me going again. photos very poor, need to get the camera back out
Those gnats look very good.
Alex
The foam backed fellas look dangerous :8)
like those, look like fish food to me!! are they prototypes or tried and tested? look great.
Quote from: pedropete on October 15, 2017, 06:59:47 PM
like those, look like fish food to me!! are they prototypes or tried and tested? look great.
Just messing around, if ever I get to test a small portion of what I tie, I'll be a happy man
Some of the best patterns come from having a blank followed by a 'Post Mortem' a wee idea, a little libation and playing around at the vice for a spell while you really should be sleeping. I've got a good Blae and Black pattern that was born of failure, a wee bit of thought and lots of beer. It works a treat :lol:.
It must be said though, I've also got a box of complete and utter shite 'patterns' which were born in similar circumstances and look as though they were tied by Keith Moon on acid between drum solos. :shock:
meant to attach this view, that's the part i think is best.
They look like sure fire trout catchers.
Quote from: rannoch raider on October 16, 2017, 01:42:59 AM
Some of the best patterns come from having a blank followed by a 'Post Mortem' a wee idea, a little libation and playing around at the vice for a spell while you really should be sleeping. I've got a good Blae and Black pattern that was born of failure, a wee bit of thought and lots of beer. It works a treat :lol:.
It must be said though, I've also got a box of complete and utter shite 'patterns' which were born in similar circumstances and look as though they were tied by Keith Moon on acid between drum solos. :shock:
hahah id agree with all of the above, i tend to keep my drinking and my tying separate these days..i don't mind the acid though .. :D :D
Previously tied this with a gold tinsel tag but went with floss this time. Probably an overly complicated tie this one as a fly with only dear hair and seals fur is equally successful. Guess sometimes tying isn't about fishing just as fishing isn't always about fish.
I like that Robbie. Sometimes its a good to indulge yourself and tie what you fancy. :wink:. Anyway, It's not a million miles removed from a Kate McLaren really and has all the attractive qualities of the sedgehog. I'll bet it's a winner. I wonder how it would do on the bob for loch Salmon ? :8)
that's nice Robbie, nice colors too, winner!! yea id agree, speaking for myself its very easy to "guild the Lilly" as it were when you're trying to be creative at the vice..that's fine in my book. some end up on the cutting room floor others make it to the box..
I've been filling a gap in this box of mine, I didn't own a teal winged wet, so I've done a few to try out.i took my inspiration from a chap called Ross Murdoch, whos angry peter(peter ross var) wet really got me thinking...
Beautifully tied Pete. Lovely patterns. All you need to do now is find someplace that still has an occasional sea trout or two visiting it !
thanks yes very true, although the peter ross var from ross Murdoch I talked about took good big trout on the Machar lochs this year, I've tied a few ill put a pic up tomorrow. failing that ill just keep filling my box till its" stappet foo"
Ross ties some lovely wet flies usually with a wee twist on the traditional. Yours are very inch as good and look great for all sorts of situations. You've done the almost impossible and made a peter Ross look fishable! :lol:
thanks very much andy, ill be honest ive never fished or tied one so its new ground for me..the trout will be the final judge though..i like ross,s tying too..nice guy as well..
Those are cracking flies, think we all know what the fish will think of them too!
Never spoke to him in person pete but he emailed me a few times about prices when he was starting tying orders......he's done a lot since then!
Really like those Peters. Teal is a difficult material to play with. You've done brilliantly.
Need to get The vice out.
thanks folks, they are quite bonny things, hope they fish half as well as they look on paper then ill be happy.
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Nice Scott, Purple seems to be gaining in popularity of late. Have you been out after the ladies yet ?
No not yet. Starting to get cabin fever not wet a line for about a month! Going to try get to the Annan day next month if I can't get out before that
been busy with shifts, still working away at my wild brown box..I say box, it's my old triple wooden number, I've pinched this one from my mate on Orkney Thorfinn Muir, one of the most creative and forward-thinking guys at the vice in my opinion.Clan cat..? size 10.
Ooh sexy :gay4
yea they are silver, I found a Cpl of pkts of fulling mill comp heavyweight 10# silver in the shop, I've just checked on F.M website, they have 8# and 10 in silver available..
Whatever you call it its a cracking looking fly. Marabou is one material I under utilise, probably due to subconscious association with flies aimed at stocky bashing. yet another thing to remedy!
robbie, I use it sparingly these days, I have no problem pulling a black and green or white and green/silver cat double for leven brown trout.
Just a comment on "silver" hooks from a friend who is an engineer and knows a bit about metals. He was voicing a bit of a warning one day that silver nickel hooks can often be a softer hook and thus more likely to straighten than either a black nickel or a standard carbon steel hook. What you were using here was a comp. heavy weight so I guess no problems but worth thinking of for a light silver nickel type.
Pete, I think I will need to make more use of marabou. Cormorant type flies could be very useful.
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oh right, cormorants for browns, its something I must try,I have a box full. those palmers are tidy Robbie, just enough flash showing through..fishy a.f.
Nice ties Robbie. Pete they cats would definitely work for browns early season
scott, hope so, looks like a winning color combo will rig it on a wee double too.
Been tying up bugs recently. Here's a few, the last one I havnt fished but really like the idea. Not my idea I have to say.
It's a tungsten jig back tied in reverse.
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loads of great nymphs there mate, well-tied too..
I like those copper back ones, really nice.
Robbie that peacock tinsel is one I use loads, works with loads of different colours. Stretched thin it makes a good pearly blue rib.
some peacock swords from cookshill filled a corner of my box, I've always loved the look of these style of trads(paul Caslin var).10# singles and a few doubles..
Nice job Pete. I like the vivid colour of the cheeks. Did you dye the JC yourself ?
thanks, jim, yea i did the red and hot orange myself, the chartreuse and the magenta were other fowks..no idea of there fish catching potential, probably better sticking to something a bit simpler..
Lovely, like Paul you do have your own style
that's very true.if you do something long enough you will find your own style..not having much experience in wild trout pauls flies are an inspiration to us all.
They're very nice Pete.
I've been thinking of playing around with some coloured wires and holographic tinsel to add some highlights to flies:
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very nice Robbie that works.. its a nice idea, there's a wire bodied dabbler that does the rounds, ill try and find it.
That's tasty Robbie. It's got a bit of an Irish Olive look about it.
Cheers guys, wire bodied dabbler is a new one to me. Could be interesting.
Tied a couple of deer hair emerges this evening. The standard tiring is quick, robust and deadly on running and still water, what's not to like. The stripped herl bodies took longer to tie, wrapped herl over super glue and gave two coats of hard as nails so should still be robust.
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Now were talking Robbie. Lovely ties. I'm just about to get the tying kit out myself. Going to stuff the river boxes for the season ahead.
very nice emergers mate, well done,love the profile on them, are they tiemco hooks you've tied on?
Yeah they are tied on Tiemco 2478.
The best hood ever for emergers
very much a prototype, clash of the patterns as it were, teal dabbler esque...prob needs something else...
it's easy to see that its well tied Pete. It's quite an unusual colour scheme, while it's quite common to see a touch of blue and orange on salmon flies it's not something you see everyday on trout style flies. When you see that combination as such a big part of the dressing it sort of takes the senses by surprise ! I had to look at it for a wee while before my eyes settled down! Blue, orange and silver are all good colours for sea troot, especially in salt water so why not ? when you look at the colours of some Orkney flies you could even say it was quite subdued. I'm thinking bright and windy day in clear saltwater ? :8)
jim..im with ya ..I think you described it in a fashion. I still think there is something missing maybe a cloak of some description...its a test pattern..it would be great to get a series of pattern that appealed to all species.might be a turn to muckle orange...maybe something else who knows..
haha yep i had a feeling you might andy, ill put it back in the vice for a rethink.
I like it, perfect for some coloured water. Addition of bronze mallard is a great suggestion.
Nice fly I think a head hackle of bronze mallard woukd set it off nicely.
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i like the wee frenchie style nymphs,never tried it with a cdc collar.looks nice scott.
The black with silver bead and red tag seems very popular Scott. I had a few on a simple silver ribbed black with silver bead this year. I can see how a wee red hotspot might add a little to the pattern but I'm not sure about the addition of CDC ? I know it's a very popular addition and that a lot of fishers swear by it but in my minds eye I just envisage it wrapping itself round the fly in a sort of messy untidy way and it robs me of confidence. I've tied a few but I don't know if they'll ever get a swim unless I nip the CDC off. :lol:
Thanks guys. I'm not sure if the cdc makes a big difference to the fish. In angling active they have a tank with several flies in it and a wee motor making a current. There's a cdc nymph in it and the barbs of cdc flutter in the current. Certainly adds 'life' to the fly. The red tag gives a nice hot spot as well and is worth adding, a good fly if there's a bit colour in the water
Quote from: pedropete on November 06, 2017, 09:14:33 PM
very much a prototype, clash of the patterns as it were, teal dabbler esque...prob needs something else...
Looks ideal to me, no tinkering required! Great colours, would show up well in peat stain, It's got roag written all over it but would work in all sorts of situations. Like!
I like the look of that nymph Scott, slim enough to get depth quickly whilst the CDC provides movement and life.
Quote from: Robbie on November 07, 2017, 09:34:32 PM
I like the look of that nymph Scott, slim enough to get depth quickly whilst the CDC provides movement and life.
That is one of the good things about cdc on a nymph. It folds upwards when sinking and goes down quicker than stiffer materials.
Alex
it does seem to have a lot of fans. I'll need to bite the bullet and give it an extended try soon.
nice one andy, knew you'd have faith in me hahaha, i did have another look at the teal and orange though, one with a standard solid dabbler wing, the other ive wound back on the orange a bit,still like the effect teal brings so I've kept it in with a turn of mallard too..time will tell what works,i like both styles..
That's a definite improvement in my eyes Pete. I like them both...a lot .
aye Jim,i think we're nearly there...looks a bit more balanced, it does sometimes take a few goes at a new pattern, especially one you haven't christened yet.
That final photo really shows it off. It's got me hooked anyway. I'd be very happy to have that on my cast. In fact , I will certainly have that on my cast next season.... no copyrighting now ! :)
hope so too Jim, i can't wait to drown a few in the right environment... :lol: :lol mind and let me know if it snags a few!!
Braw!
hahaha you probably do andy, im ok with that !! :tongue2
very nice indeed, but i wouldn't leave the mk1 at home either!!
robbie..."I think I'm gonna need a bigger boat"!! :lol: :lol:
Cant have a grayling box without a few gaudy flees :gay4
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crackers mate, whats the dubbing mix?
Pink and purple slf and ice dub in the same colours roughly mixed. Not tried that blend yet so time will tell if it's any good
If they were apples for grayling you could call them "Pink Ladies" :D :D :D
Both cracking flies Scott.
Having a bit of a play with detached bodies:
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That's tidy 👌
nice skillz robbie, thats a nice fly,what size is it?
The hooks are stated as size 14 but hard to judge due to their shape, here's a couple of photos for scale:
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oh yea, very nice, lots of work on a wee hook, Varivas do a nice wee hook in that sort of shape.
"CAT" mclaren?? :roll: :roll:
Few more for the grayling box
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Nice. :D . I fish gold heads a lot for trout in lochs - I wonder if the jig-hook style would work for them too..... :think2
Very tidy Scott, I've just managed to get a minute or two to sit down at the tying table. Hectic stuff at the moment! Anyway, I'm on the Grayling as well .....
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Jigs would work on the lochs but I don't think they would be any better.
Those bugs are nice rr, where you off to? I'm nith bound on Sunday :8)
Thanks Scott, I'm not sure where I'm off to. I think the Clyde is most likely just because I have an idea where there's some decent areas where I can park my van. It's a bit of a pain in the ass. I thought the Nith didn't open to Grayling fishers until the end of the month Scott I take it Sundays are available as no salmon anglers on the water ?
The nith doesn't open but think it's a private beat that allows Sundays just now. Not 100% tbh never fished it.
If your fishing the clyde and parking at the poppinjay hotel beware there was a motor broke into last month with fishing gear taken
Loads of nice flies lads, particularly like those hairs ear type gold heads Jim. The cat MacLaren would do a job as well pete.
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cracking nymphs jim, really tidy, few ideas in there i can do with,Scott looks a wee bit like a corixa nymph..
Cracking flies guys, the grayling won't stand a chance at this rate!
I do like the two tone effect on those Scott. I'm still on the Bugs and Tags myself.........
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Crackers, leave some grayling for the rest of us!
I do like those ones down below RR. Is the back on the middle set with pink undersides made with a strip off rubber bands or is it a proper fly tying material?
Thanks, The material on the backs of the Czech style bugs is a shop bought fly tying product called Nymph Skin. It's just latex strips that come in a variety of colours. Those in the photo are described as 'natural' . The material can also be coloured with a sharpie. I have actually tried to use elastic bands for segmented bodies and backs in the past but it's very difficult to find suitably thin ones for smaller patterns :)
Cheers. I had something sort of similar a while back but it had a bit of a sheen to it and I went off it. What you have there looks far more natural. I actually got given some thick natural gut violin string of whatever is the thickest on a violin and that looks good too. Have to soak it to make it soft and it goes a bit translucent when it gets wet again in the water.
cracking bugs haven't played with the nymph skin for ages, great effect though!!
Hope they like orange ! :) Size 14 Carrots and Hare lug hotspots.......
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Bugs Galore! Nice and simple! :)
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superb Jim, lovely bugs, whats the ingredients for the peacock glister nymph with the red tail? i cant get on the vice the now wee my sore arm hahah so ill just watch your flees mate!!
Brilliant Jim
Quote from: pedropete on November 21, 2017, 07:58:07 PM
superb Jim, lovely bugs, whats the ingredients for the peacock glister nymph with the red tail? i cant get on the vice the now wee my sore arm hahah so ill just watch your flees mate!!
Hi Pete That's on a size 14 Fulling Mill Heavyweight Grub hook, 2.3 tungsten bead, tail is Globrite no3, body is Copper wire rib over a Sybai Fire Peacock dubbing and the collar is Fox Squirrel well brushed out. just a glorified red tag :lol:
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Bugs Galore! Nice and simple! :)
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simple but deadly!
thanks for that, nice var.. I've made a fly tying career out of glorifying legit patterns, so more power to your elbow....eeek..no not elbows!!
Claret Bumble cripplers for the swap .
Nice bumbles.
A leggy Kate, not for the swap:
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That's a dead cert to catch. You'd better tie that on behind a tree or they'll be throwing themselves out the water at you :)
Size 20 nymphs, trout and grayling.
like those claret bumble cripplers Garry, very tasty indeed :D
My first fly in a good few months (and it probably shows!) went for a dubbing rope, teased it out and then trimmed it tight. The pink should give away that I'm going to try for grayling tomorrow for the first time since I was in high school. Bloody freezing but it's a rare chance so I'm wrapping up and going for it!
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like that, Andy! i'd fish that with confidence.
I can see that doing well in a buzzer hatch Andy. :8)
I've been trying to get on the water since last week but alas the old fella has been an in patient at two separate hospitals since I spoke. He's now in the Beatson for a few more days so can't see me getting out before well into next week. Tied a few more wee patterns that I hope might excite the grayling.
Some wee slim spikey gamarus shrimpy things.....
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Putting my efforts to shame Jim, I find them hard to fish and tie!
Those "gamarus shrimpy things" are the very business. Really nice :D :D
well done lads both nice beasties, can't wait to get back at it now, thanks for the inspiration!!
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I've been trying to get on the water since last week but alas the old fella has been an in patient at two separate hospitals since I spoke. He's now in the Beatson for a few more days so can't see me getting out before well into next week. Tied a few more wee patterns that I hope might excite the grayling.
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Very nice Jim...they will defo work. The wee addition of a hot-spot either in the abdomen or thorax would also be a welcome addition IMHO.
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Very nice Jim...they will defo work. The wee addition of a hot-spot either in the abdomen or thorax would also be a welcome addition IMHO.
Thanks David, I agree, a wee flash of something red or orange would add that wee extra attraction. It is quite a drab pattern despite the shiny back. I'll have a play around with them.
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Thanks David, I agree, a wee flash of something red or orange would add that wee extra attraction. It is quite a drab pattern despite the shiny back. I'll have a play around with them.
I have several wee hot-spot shrimps that seem to work through pools when other, are typical nymphs don't! Rarely see anglers fishing gammarus patterns these days. It's all tungsten, tungsten, tungsten!
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Very nice Jim, sure to do a turn when when flashy bead heads aren't working
they look great Jim,very fishy!! :D
THose would do a turn on the Machair, that orange is perfect. Nice tying Jim.
Some days small beetles are worth trying :8) :8)
Nice Jim..that's what I am talking about :D
Quote from: Roobarb on December 03, 2017, 04:49:42 PM
We'll have none of that nymphing here! Wet fly only and pull like a bastard :lol:
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Andy
some Katie vars for the loch swap!! kamasan b175 12#,s
Nice :8)
Quote from: Roobarb on December 03, 2017, 04:49:42 PM
We'll have none of that nymphing here! Wet fly only and pull like a bastard :lol:
And if there's trout rising in flat water put down the 8wt and wait for a decent wave :lol:
Some experts just get the opportunities all back to front :D :D
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Very nice Robbie. Very nice indeed !
that's nice Robbie, a good few skillz going on in that one, well done. i tied some basic river beasties.
Very tidy. loving the colour of your olive quill there Pete . Did you dye that one yourself ?
yea just bog standard med olive veniards dye, come out really nice,use these eyes for a multitude of quilled bodies.
Nice wraps Pete. Those hooks are really taking off as well. Almost all the river guys I know have been using them recently.
aye ,ive noticed,30 for 4 quid rather than 20 or 25 maybe have something to do with it..still buy Hanak and dohiku tho just for the banter..
Cheers Pete, those are very tidy wee nymphs.
"clamber dabbler " claret and amber.. from Arthur McDonald whos been a mine of info and a great help over the recent months..the cloak is ment to be summer duck but at the time of tying i subd it with mandarin duck .the effect isn't far off. an amber hen as part of a double body palmer was a home dye job for me with the dyes in the pic..not a colour i normally use but it really works with the claret..can't wait to wet these !!
Those are actually sexual! Dying to tye some flees
they are bonny wee things andy,have you found your vice yet?
Tied a couple of parachute dries for a mate last week as part of his secret Santa but that's been it. Will get it out soon and knock out some wets for the swap and hopefully get time to mess around with a few ideas too :D
hurry up andy I'm running out of ideas here haha, here's a few more from the Arthur McDonald stable..belters..can't wait to drown them.!! size 8# shortshanks..
Lovely Pete. I'd imagine our Island dwelling silver hunters would approve of the colour scheme. I'm gagging to get going again but we are about to revamp the house from floors to ceilings so there'll be limited chances for me to get in front of the tying kit.
hi jim im sure,bit of a fiddly tie but worth it i think, good luck with the revamp, suppose its got to be done,it'll all be here waiting on you when your finished pal.
Those are superb lookin' patterns Pete!
Quote from: rannoch raider on December 31, 2017, 04:01:33 PM
Lovely Pete. I'd imagine our Island dwelling silver hunters would approve of the colour scheme. I'm gagging to get going again but we are about to revamp the house from floors to ceilings so there'll be limited chances for me to get in front of the tying kit.
Very much so........even the muddler with the green til would do a turn after a bit of scissor work!
The dabblers get a 10/10!
haha thanks lads, they aren't tied for uist, Arthur created the "bregah" muddler and the "g12" for the lochs he fishes in and around northern scotland..appreciate the advice as always andy!! they are 10,s..shortshank specials 10 in the shank 8 in the gape..
My first post on here for a long while and one of very few flies I've tied, this time last year I was half way through an order of 300 this year it's my 3rd fly of the winter :shock: doing this one for the fly swap. A snatcher, I Came up with this one at the stravaig last year where orange seemed to be 'the colour'. Hot orange seals fur, fiery brown hackles and sunburst Jc cheeks. Shows up great in the water and gave me a great day on West ollay, stayed on all day. #14 Czech nymph hook.
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nice one andy, good to see you back at the vice, that looks like a wee cracker!!
Cheers pete, not my best tie but it's amazing how rusty you get! Few more to go :lol:
Simple and deadly.The wee snatchers have always been good fish takers. That's a nice colour scheme too.
Here's a wet one......put it on as a shrimp pattern when we were fishing around the weed beds and boulders but it did so well I kept it on and it worked just as well on the long drifts as well.
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It's one of those 'fishy food' patterns that could be taken for almost anything. I've had good results on a GRHE pattern.
i did one like that with a greenish body. works a treat in the high lochans
Good wee flies dave, I like a hares ear one and a grey one with the fiery brown hackle. I'd never used them til a couple of years back when i read a guy who's done a guide to the north uist lochs. He was talking about how he likes using them around the machair margins for shrimps and like Jim says general food. That guys guide is good btw I'll see if I can find it and post the link.
mine are scruffy as hell. but the fish don't mind, fortunately! :lol: they're kinda' semi-buoyant & then sink slowly with a bit of a tug.
All the better! :D when we were at ollay around the weed beds it was nearly flat calm, twitched under a sedgehog it worked a treat.
I use a similar fly with an orangey red body and a similar hackle. Lochs with shrimp do well.
Very nice snatcher that. Not tied or fished them for a few years used to do well with them in claret with a red butt or late McLaren colours minus the tail with a hot green butt
Like the colours of that one so I've done a muddler, #10. It's that west of Ireland golden olive that's all the rage, to my eye it's more yellow but what do I know 🤷🏼♂️
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Black Zulu woigo muddler? :lol:
Goes well with these colours to be fair but the hair seems a bit dry, possibly the acid dye??
Very nice Andy. They'll catch all day long!
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Lovely Andy :D
skinny dabblers are great, superb andy!!
Cracking flies Andy!
It's about time I pulled my finger out:
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Now for some river flies.
Plenty of movement and life about those Robbie. :8) Is that a French Partridge hackle ?
its actually cock pheasant shoulder (aka Church window). I bought a pack of loose feathers years ago and never used them until the EOSS a couple of years ago.Feather stalks are thick so not the nicest to tie with.
It certainly produces a nice lively hackle. One for the magic tool ?
Excellent Robbie, those stalks are a nightmare so a brilliant job to keep them so tidy. Still messing about with hot orange, copper and fiery brown I've done a much bushier muddler.....
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Robbie try them with dyed yellow French Partridge, gives a nice Mayfly pattern.
Tight Lines
sake robbie..lol welcome back sir!! they look brilliant..whats the tail???
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The tail is a pink globate floss, originally I used a tippet tail but a certain Uist Ghillie suggested a pink tail would be an improvement.
Pheasant should has similar issue with getting feathers to suit smaller hooks, just about ok for a size 10 but too big for a 12. The magic tool would probably be a great improvement as you could remove the feather stalk and easily adjust barb length to suit smaller hooks.
I like that one Andy, like the sword wing makes for a very fishy fly!
That's a nice pair of patterns there Andy. I've seen a similar looking gold bodied Alexandria with an orange hackle and a jungle cock cheek before. I'm sure it was called the Irish Alexandria and I can also recall someone calling it the 'Paddy's Fancy'. Good choice when the perch fry are on the go.
Yeah there was no way it hadn't been done before Jim, its one of those patterns that combines so many common elements it's always going to look very familiar. I'm still persevering with these colours......I'll change be record soon :lol:
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nice one,love that colour combo!!
Not been saying much lately because I'm run ragged with domestic stuff. Managed to get the tying gear out for a wee while tonight which was great as I've really fallen behind with tying plans for the coming season. Anyway, I've sort of decided to cut back on the amount of patterns I use and concentrate on a few good ones. For me, nymphs for trout are really going to be Pheasant Tails and Hare's Ears with a couple of others such as something simple, easy and quick to knock up along the lines of the Baetis that Oliver Edwards does.
I think the two tone body in his pattern is a dead cert trigger point so I've been trying a few ways to get that effect..................... Does it work and is it necessary ?
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That is a cracking looking fly, I'd bet a fair bit that it will work and well!!
I've no idea how much of a trigger the two tone effect is but it look good.
Recently came across a pattern called a game changer, looks like a great fly and I intend to try and tie a couple for pike. Also came across an article in a magazine about mini-minkies, this gave me an idea for a small articlulated fly for brown trout. Still very much a work in progress but here's the MK1 prototype:
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The use of streamers seems to be gaining in popularity Robbie. Scott (Scooby) has been tying some serious fur and feathered metal for swinging through them. I think I'll have a go at it come summer. I like that wee minky esq job its bound to take fish. One of the best river brownies I've ever caught came to a 3 inch copper tube Willie Gunn while salmon fishing on the Tummel. :shock:
Still playing around with nymphs. I do like movement and skinny bodies but this probably needs a tidy up, shorter legs and a wee bit fatter might make it a contender for a March Brown type pattern ? The Mk 2 will be hatching shortly
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you might like this one chaps. aiming for the big barbel in spain with this, although carp & bass like them too. certainly the streamer idea for trout is catching on, not just from a "chuck-it-and-chance-it" salmon-style swing, but also as a targeted approach with a varied retrieve. Kelly Galloup's book was way ahead of its time for the UK and Oliver Edwards was a dab hand with them :8)
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Plenty of attraction built into that one Dave.
hi Robbie good to see you back at the vice, what have you used on the first baetis body?? I've been busy tying loch style chironomid nymphs, not really wild trout fodder.
Hi Pete, The nymph body material is called Bead Cord. Available online. The one I used is a clear which is coloured by an underbody of primrose thread and topped with a sharpie.
thanks robbie, nice nymphs jim, like the body effect too.
The search for an easy one continues ! The body is a bit 'footery' and while you can see segmentation on the photo, it is not very visible to the eye. I suppose it gives a good two tone effect but I wonder if a simple silk body or dyed pheasant tail would be just as good and less hassle ?
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managed a few wee 16 CDC scruffy Olives to break the nymph monotony....... 37 days! :)
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Your churning out some cracking flies Jim!
Hopefully this cheers you up Vaughan, just made a start on your skinny dabblers.....all the best for the op.....
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Tasty Andy! Dunkeld Dabbler !
Lovely Andy! Look forward to tying them on. I might get home today.
That's a cracker Andy, might just have to copy that one.
Nice and simple. Pheasant fibre tail, copper tinsel, orange hackle and sparse cloak of mallard. Will pull in nice and slim in the water.
Having a bit of a play with a new toy, finding bing enough CDC feathers is a big of a pain. Also a bit heavy on the wing:
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Looks pretty dangerous to fish in my eyes Robbie :8). I'm using the bigger of the magic tool 'tables' and it's a real pain trying to set up short feathers . I'll probably invest in a smaller one to make life simple.
Thought I'd try to stick to the two tone body effect in quite natural colours for this March Brown Jingler. It might not make much difference to the fish but you just never know ! :)
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That looks a lovely fly Jim, they all do! With that body will it not cause the body to sink? With the hackle sitting on the top like a parachute? Maybe it's buoyant, I don't know but lovely tying as always.
Day 2 Vaughan, I'm busy about the house just now so doing theses while I have a cup of tea in the morning :lol: slow progress but at least 35 days til you can use them ;)
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Thanks Andy, The body is made of a strip of very light 'nymph skin' twisted into a 'rope' which is wound on tightly to give a segmented efffect it shouldn't absorb water and will have the support of the two tail fibbets but having said that, it could still sink in which case I would hope that the two hackles at the head would hold it up. I've always felt that many Jinglers probably do become 'emergers' at some stage in their use so not terribly worried about that. The suspended body and big hackle wouldn't be unlike a klinkhammer. I'll stick a couple in the 'specials' box and give it a swim when I'm desperate. :)
I've really just been monkeying around with materials for a bit of fun and to be honest its hard to come up anything that's any real improvement on what's already out there. The break from the traditional gives the mind a wee treat. :lol:
Still playing around with March Brown colours but a more traditional look and materials this time! Top and 'fish eye' views.....................
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That's very nice!!
Been have a play with wulff type flies and the petitejean magic tool, came up with this CDC mayfly wulff type thing:
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I really like that Robbie. Its a great style that you could apply to so many patterns. lovely job. :8)
Is the magic tool a type of dubbing loop? The flies are excellent by the way, Jim that last dry you put up is a belter.
Magic tool is a set of plastic clips, some kind of like flat bulldog clips and others are "table" clips for want of a better description. You pull CDC feather, or any other feather, into slot in table clip. This doubles the feather over leaving the barbules sticking up vertically. Then take the flat clip and grab the barbules, release the table clip. You can them cut off the stems of the feathers, insert the barbules into a dubbing loop.
There will be some good videos on YouTube.
nice one robbie that cdc looks real smart..top notch mate.
Sound handy Robbie, I've used a dubbing loop a fair bit but to try and keep big flies lighter with spun hair etc never really used it for trout flies. Something like that would've been hand cos it's a bit hit and miss trying to put stuff into the loop by hand.
some #16 jigs for the brownies
Nice. Hard to beat a 'wee black one' for the trout Tommy. Not long now !
nice jigs Tommy, trout food right enough!!
Wet mayfly: dyed sunburst partridge, seals fur and pheasant tail with a brown hackle to settle it down! [attachimg=1]
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Lovely tying Andy.
I know a certain loch that fly would do very well on.
Billy
Cheers billy....that's the plan ;)
Andy, you have been looking in one of my boxes!
Take that one to Storr in early June ... no ... put three on :D
Nice tie Andy, I'll bet we could all think of a loch that would work on . You are producing some lovely dyed materials these days. :8)
very tidy andy,really nailed that one !! looks great!!
That's some damn fine tying Andy!
Cheers folks, the proportions worked out really well on that one. Kept it simple, can't go wrong really.
Still building up the river stuff. No nonsense , in yer face MB bubble wing emerger..........
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I would not be a bit surprised if I don't even see one this season :lol:
Another wee cluster of bugs for the rivers. Done on a barbless hook that I've a bit of confidence in, the Partridge Patriot Wide Gape Jig size 14.
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Inspired by Jim's mb emerged (but totally different!) I've done a mayfly emerger this morning. Like you Jim I'm starting to worry I won't see one :lol: the cdc loop on this is a mix of blue dun and pink but they don't show up too well in the photo, anyways.....[attachimg=1]
That's very nice Andy. Great colours. The DHE style is a really good platform for all sorts of patterns.
Cracking flies guys, a really great source of inspiration.
I should really be tying for March and April not June, but hey ho I am enjoying playing with these
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cracking may flies/emergers lads.watching with interest here..thanks for sharing!!
Those are lovely Robbie. I managed to get a MP standard magic table so I'm looking forward to playing with the CDC myself. I'm not the least bit embarrassed to tell you that they will be uncannily similar to your own . :wink:
Like those robbie, warm day, light ripple, slow retrieve......I'm having a day dream here :8)
Cheers guys.
That clan chief is a cracker.
Lovely classic Clan Chief. The old traditionals seem to hold their own on the Scottish lochs. I'll need to be doing a few soon myself. In the meantime........
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some class patterns being tied lads, nice to see andys handy work,love a clan,jim what size hook is that tied on? very smart fly.
Hi Pete, it's a Partridge Patriot Emerger officially labelled as a size 10 but formerly a 16. To my eye it is more of a 12 size. I try to pick partridge hooks on what they look like because there are so many different shapes, lengths and gapes in a single size range.
They're a pain in the arse to buy online, never know what's coming!
ah nightmare, been down this road myself, why would you not standardize your hook size in such a niche market thing as hooks..i have a pkt of Klinkhammer hooks like meathooks sitting there..14,s... allegedly
trying to get a few of these guys done today. Hogans SMN with a bit of flash.
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Very nice Jin, lovely slim profile on those.
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Desperate to give this wee fella a swim. Simple and quick to tie, I think I'm going to settle for this as my Baetis nymph for 2018...... if it works ! :lol:
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let us know how you get on with it jim, looks like a "stick on" to me!!
Trying to come up with a really simple version of a Stone Clinger . Its certainly not intended to be 'realistic' just suggestive in terms of colour and profile. Got a bit of practicing to do to get it refined and tidy but it might just be a simple solution for what can be a tricky pattern......
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Both nice Jim, the Beatis looks to be a real hit with the trout.
Having a play with the stuff I dyed last night:
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Nice Robbie :8). It's amazing how much of a lift a wee splash of colour gives to a fly.
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Trying to come up with a really simple version of a Stone Clinger . Its certainly not intended to be 'realistic' just suggestive in terms of colour and profile.
Funnily enough I have been having trying my hand at Oliver Edwards pattern. It's been a bit of a chew so far. But the way he applies the flat lead to the fly and then squashes it flat is easy enough to do and achieves the profile quickly.
I also found this article which may help simplify the tying a lot:
http://flyfishing-and-flytying.co.uk/articles/view/the_final_instar/ (http://flyfishing-and-flytying.co.uk/articles/view/the_final_instar/)
Sticking with the spring river flies. A wee Grannom Emerger.
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Nice to tie a nymph without a tungsten bead !
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Both cracking flies! That emerger look really buggy and seems to scream eat me. The double wire body on the nymphs give a lovely effect.
Took day of to help SWMBO with ponies at a local show, the (not) beast fae the east has put paid to that. Not going to complain about chance to get some vice time.
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That is just what I was using from 98 to 07 on Lough Mask. You must have been sneaking a look in my fly boxes ! Just the ticket :D
love the G.F. hackle,looks sweet,nice tie robbie!!
Having a go at some dries. Simple one coq de Leon tail, quill body and cdc wing. 2 natural dun, one brown. Looks like it'll do the trick.
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lovely stuff chaps. Those will certainly tickle the troots fancy. :wink:
I've been looking for a simple, easy to tie, hi floating pattern to use as a sighter for the Klink and Dink stuff. Something that would stay on top with minimum maintenance and which might pull the odd fish up for a go too. Here's a nice simple pattern I found on the net. It's an American pattern that does well over there. It's called the 'Moodah Poodah' which seems to translate as some sort of Spanish insult inspired by a dour faced waitress !
Do it in your own choice of colours.........
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Those foam patterns intrigue me - Chernobyl ant type stuff etc. I adopted a Paul Procter pattern he calls Ghandi's Flip Flop a couple of years ago and have been converted to its effectiveness. It oriniated as a NZ cicada pattern but it translates well to UK terrestrial stuff when tied a touch smaller. I might be about to take the plunge and try a full blown big foam ant/hopper thing.
Nice tying Jim!
Thanks Matt, Other than foam bodied daddies I haven't had too much to do with the bigger foam patterns. I just fancied this one because its so simple and quick to put together. I spoke to someone yesterday who described them as Lego flies :lol:. I reckon it'll be hard to sink so it'll do as an indicator. Our Alex (Hare's Ear) on here has had some big fish from the Clyde on bigger foam hopper type things, the Fat Albert being one that's made entirely from foam.
You definitely won't sink that Jim! Like you other than a foam daddy I've not really used these at all. look ideal for that set up.
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That's an interesting fly Andy. I've never come across blue dun biots before. CDC can be a bit of a pain. Looking at your fly I'm guessing that you have stripped the fibres from a cdc stalk to build your wing ? The reason I say that is that it's pretty sparse and is in different lengths ? Am I right or wrong ?
Nope that's two feathers doubled over but the hackles are pretty sparse hence the need for some decent ones, I've watched a couple of videos to see if I was going wrong somewhere and noticed the feathers getting used were much fuller than mine.
Have you left the stalks on the feathers Andy ?
Yeah was thinking about trying taking the fluff off the stems to try and get more volume
It's fine to use the stems but depending on the size of hook you are using you would probably need three and often four tips to give you enough to float your fly. If you are going to take the plumes from the stalk you really need to be looking at the Petitjean magic tool and a stacker or it will become a real struggle to control the CDC.
The best cdc I've come across is the Packets marketed by Petitjean like all his stuff it is great quality but also very expensive. Cookshill and Lakeland also do good quality CDC a wee bit cheaper.
Have a look at the vid and you will see the benefit of the tools he uses.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsuXuHneG9k
I recently bought some CDC from Lakeland, its reasonable but not as good as Petitjean stuff I bought a couple of years ago. Trout line (https://www.troutline.ro/ (https://www.troutline.ro/)) also doo some excellent CDC, but it does cost a bit.
Nice flies by the way.
I've got a dubbing loop that I could do a similar effect with Jim but I'd prefer the 'wing' on top. Robbie that stuff looks decent so I'll provably get some of that, if only I'd thought ahead and bought it at the same time as the dubbing earlier in the week I could've saved myself a fiver delivery :roll:
Andy if you go back to trout line for the CDC you may want to have a look at their cut gut bio thread while you at it :whistle2
Aye I've got a couple of those in a couple of sizes and some CDC's to try and some hooks that seems very good value :lol: maruka (I think) barbless dry fly hook. Just got one pack of 14's til i see what they're like.
Sorry Maruto :D
Andy: check out pettitjean stacker, that works with the magic tool, it stacks the CDC nicely so to sit on top of the fly. Another 20 quid on top of the 30 for magic tool, but if you intend to do a lot of CDC its maybe worth it.
I'll have a look at them as it sounds interesting but I'd probably rather spend the cash on some nice materials. While I'm waiting for the new cdc i thought I'd try with deer hair, much more comfortable with this stuff. Like this one but think the 'wing' might be a bit long?? Constructive criticisms very welcome. [attachimg=1]
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thanks Robbie and andy for inspiring me off the stillwater nymphs and onto drys/cdc, "doubledecker grunter" style dry on a b160 12.
Very nice pete, would be good as part of a pair fished static. I've still never done a jingler style hackle, I'll get on it one of these days. Emerger to match the dun I did last night.....
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that's really tasty mate!!nice work!!
Some cracking tyings there guys. Very nice indeed. :8) I've just about done with tying nymphs so it's time to get a move on into a few proper dries at last!
think the wing length looks fine on the dun Andy, that and the emerger are both crackers.
Not heard of the grunter, going to have to remedy that as it looks interesting. Great tying Pete.
Thanks guys, keep it simple is the key I think! Have to mimd and wind the dubbing through the deer hair, I was trying to rush one Before the football and wound it round the deer hair by mistake, looks mince! Makes all the difference winding it through 2-3 times.
Tied a 'Jumble' of Jinglers to start the season.
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After a doing a dozen or so boredom set in, the mind wandered and this wee solitary fellow at the bottom popped out ! I quite like the look of it.
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Buggy Hare's Ear. Done a few of these.
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More March Brown type nymphs unweighted.
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Seems to be a big hit in the USA and popular with competition fishers if the internet is to be believed ? The 'Walt's Worm and the 'Sexy Walt'
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been busy jim, jinglers look ace mate, nymphs too, look excellent.your box will be heaving now.
Cracking flies Jim, got me thinking about the rivers. Need to get some more tied and some nymphs.
Nice robbie, done a couple in that style too. Waiting on that cdc and then I'll do a few more. Did this mayfly emerger last night, foam body and elk hair wing but not a full dry really, I'd probaly fish it wet/twitched
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Cheers, Andy. That emerger looks like it will do a fair bit of damage.
Hopefully in Caithness :8) cdc arrived today, seems very good. Wasted no time in knocking out this f-fly. Seriously can't see this going wrong! The quill is Veniard natural, and the head is finished with the black pepper dubbing that matt Eastham recommended. So thanks forum you've sorted me right out! :D[attachimg=1]
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Lovely stuff chaps! Those quill bodies are super Andy.
lovely work, very fishy indeed. not long now hahaha
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Cracking flies Andy. Those hooks look quite nice, as does the price.
Yeah I like them, il get some 16's 18's next time. Dubbing and Cdc is really good too.
Hopefully you're not sick of seeing them yet.
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Not at all! When I saw your name I thought it'd be deer hair thigh :lol:
:lol: fair assumption, I've got enough of the stuff to get through. But been dyeing some French partridge as well.
SWMBO may have just about gotten use to me taking over the kitchen to dye stuff. However using her hair dryer and a spare pillow case to dry feathers may have been a step too far... :worried
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certainly not Robbie, fly porn, looks sweet!! I've never used f.p. before,that's nice.
Cheers guys.
Havei f had fish take a Kate McLaren almost as soon as it hits the water or when it is almost fishing like a dry, I have been thinking that the Golden Pheasant crest tail may look like a shuck to the fish. Been meaning to try adding a similar tail to a DHE for a while now, as I have a little bit of deer hair burning a hole in my desk I thought it was about time to act on the idea:
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kate mclaren var!! boosted wing with some chartreuse flash and a wee pinch of yellow deerhair tips. size 10#shortshank hook.
A meaty mouthful there Pete. Looks like a decent offering for a day of big winds, a good chop and a bit of peat in the water. Very nice.
That is lovely Pete - might steal that one. Looks like a fiddly tie though - a lot going on for one hook!?
Ian
thanks, Jim, aye actually teeny wee things, cropping pics so close in always makes them look massive..cant wait to get out now, looks like its a slow start to season 2018 hahah
wee bit footery with an under wings etc, just take my time with them..thankyou!!
Aye that'll get them lookin up!
Got Big Wave Broonies stamped on them those ones :D :D
Wee claret and pearl dabbler
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You might make one or two more of them :wink:
Now that's a thing of beauty. :P
that's one sexy dabbler andy!! spot on min..
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You might make one or two more of them :wink:
I've only made one Vaughan but it's for you ;) Cheers folks, the colours work well
You have set me a challenge ! I'll not be posting any piccies :shock:
Andy that skinny mayfly looks really nice, there'll be plenty on movement in that hackle. For some reason got me thinking that it may be worth tying a few large nymph patterns.
The dabbler is a cracker, going to have to try and replicate a few of those.
Pete those muddlers are excellent, the colour mix given by the under-wing gives a really nice effect. yet another thing I want to copy. at this rate i may never get to fish..
Some real cracking patterns there lads. I haven't tied a loch fly for as long now. looking at these has given me the notion to do a few but they'll have to wait because its time to stop tying and start fishing ! :D
Cheers Robbie, I stripped the fibres off one side of the fp like you would with partridge for a spider pattern, let's you lay down the hackle much more deliberately and sits up nice.
With the dabbler just use about a centimetre of mallard and line it up about half way along the tail, once you tie it in it sits about the right length. I used to use a load doubled over but much easier with less and look better.
cheers robbie, the crap weather gives me time to arse about with stuff..im torn between deerhair and andys skinny dabs..
still mucking about with deer hair ,bit of a mouthful.. Clan Chief sparker muddler!! I've added orange mirrorflash to a few trad wets and I'm happy with the results so far.let the troot decide!! 10# short shank hooks so effectively a 12#,i like a wee compact pattern on these hooks.
Those look fantastic Pete. You'd bet on them being killers :8).
Those look the business Pete!!
I've been tying a few wee pheasant tail nymphs in the hope of getting near some running water soon.
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what would we do without pheasant tails ..i mean the feather and the nymph,must be one of the most used!! im still tying flashy trads.
soldier dabbler!! 10# hyabusa 761 comp heavy.
A rare post from me on this thread. :)
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Nice one Alex, nothing wrong with those and in any case, the "brown spotted prizes" are the only ones that matter! Clearly getting the sniff of the March Brown hatch then ? :wink:
sweet d.h.e. look good to me!!
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Nice one Alex, nothing wrong with those and in any case, the "brown spotted prizes" are the only ones that matter! Clearly getting the sniff of the March Brown hatch then ? :wink:
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sweet d.h.e. look good to me!!
You are too kind. I know they are scruffy. Typical of my flies :lol:
I have only had one day out and no March Browns were on show that day. Speaking to Paul Procter at GAC yesterday and he has no MBs down on t' Eden either. It has to happen soon ....
I've been putting a few flys together for a trip to loch eye in may, been one on my list to fish for a bit.some flashy wets,fiery brown dabblers on crack!!
They're certainly attractive to my eye! I do like the colours and that Clare Bumble is beautiful. I'll be interested to hear how you get on with them Pete.
I just hope the weather improves soon so we can get out and use some of these flies. Last year at this time I was catching sea trout on dries on the South Esk. It's fucking snowing here right now. :roll:
Global bloody warming I guess. :lol:
agreed with yea its brutal, snows back on but hopefully it won't last and the sun is forecast for later in the week, the weather surely has to turn soon. the claret thing in the pic is not really for eye, I tied it to use up some home dyed g.p. rump in an octopus style leggy wet. nice colour scheme for wild Scottish island trout. but the trout can decide..
Aye, it's got a sort of Orkney mini lure look about it Pete. Very nice.
As for the weather! First time for a while I've had a decent bit of time to do something and we get hit with this shit! If there is anybody up there looking down on us, he sure likes ripping the pish out of anglers. :roll:
haha true, my friend is tying them for boardhouse.. so we will see.. used up a few hooks!!
wee "Katie" style dabbler with some flash added as an underwing. on 10 and 12,s Hayabusa 761,s
The quality of you guys' flies is daunting. :shock:
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The quality of you guys' flies is daunting. :shock:
Agreed. Better than any magazine you can buy.
Billy
Those Katie dabblers are the dog's bolloxx :D :D
id agree the standard of tying on here is fantastic, keeps me inspired..here's a wee 12# claret bumble from the George Barron stable.!!
The is a belter Pete, lovely tying!
cheers Robbie, yet to fish a bumble pattern but it won't be long now. i did some mini muddlers 14# bit fiddly but rewarding. in claret and golden olive, dyed deer hair was from rob Denson!!
Lovely stuff Pete. They look like they'll do a bit of damage. :8)
cheers,i hope so Jim, just need some willing surface feeding browns to pester!!
cheers andy,i can't wait to try that style of fishing out, it took me a few to get my eye in on proportion, definitely a challenge for me anyway.
good tactical fly's andy, these are on a more sensible 10 short shank fulling mill so a 12# not standard, dyed sunburst GP crest, seals fur blend for the rear third and picric jungle cock.. Watsons bumble var..
OH YES !!!! :D :D
Oh yes indeed!
Stunning Pete. :applause
thanks, guys..right that's my lot,nae mare flees, time to get out and catch a few troot..
I've not had time for either! Try and remedy that in the next week :8)
i hear ya andy,ive had a couple of days on my club water for bows, nothing fantastic but it pulls yer string!!
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that's a great idea..very smart..
A fairly hefty #10 cdc and elk for twitchin' after dark. Dubbing looped the fur.
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I could eat that myself ! The CDC& elk has a nice natural look about it. It's shouting out for a still summers night.
That's the hope, bit of fishing after dark :8)
look brilliant,very fishy!!
I don't know what it is. But I think Dave might like it.
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One of these big Welsh Sewin will just inhale that some night! :lol:
Found a dark olive grizzle cape in a stallholder's rummage bin a while back. Odd colour mix which looks olive or ginger or rusty brown depending on the light. Have been using it for Griffith's type gnat flees in smaller sizes. Had 9 troots last Wednesday in a right cold blow but still fish going at black gnats near some trees. Best fish at 17 " but still quite lean looking.
Wee black flees not taken but these wee Ginger Toms were working fine instead !!!
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Nice one. Catching nine fish on a crap night says it all. You're onto a winner there. It's got that 'something and nothing' straggly look that trout usually like.
The "straggly look" bit comes from my highly advanced fly tying skills :shock: :shock: :shock:
Just peacock herl, ginger grizzle hackle and a fine nylon mono for a rib.
'hoppers mostly. proper ones :8)
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Are you going off Stateside ? :D
A bit of dry fly carping ahead Dave?
Central Spain at the end of May. getting twitchy. might float one down the Dulnain
Sounds fab Dave. Guided or DIY ?
Quote from: rannoch raider on April 28, 2018, 11:58:58 PM
Sounds fab Dave. Guided or DIY ?
always DIY Jim. search the forum for "Spain" ;)
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Superbly tied flies Andy. :D
Cheers Fred
nice one andy, very original, looks great!!
Some more of the dark arts.
Black and orange ptns
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And just to prove how short my attention span is.....mayfly emerger #14. One for Fred, it's literally a 2 minute tie :lol:
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Was that mayfly a few piccies down using the "Irish" stuff I sent Andy? Looks good!
It's a pheasant mottler (I think you called it) dyed sunburst. Similar to the French partridge but a bit easier to tie and not as chunky. It's good stuff
great ties lads, nice colour combos!! wee dabbler is sweet!
Something skinny for the point. I've always got bob flies and muddlers in the box but struggle for point flies.
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that's a very interesting combination of bits mate, its good!! I've had a bash at john tyzaks para emerger, the hackles are partridge and cdc,bit tricky at first but they look great.. did a few jinglers in the same colour scheme
Oh yes! Truly the Dogs Bollocks Pete! love them !
Brilliant. Bet that's a pain in the arse to wrap round a post!
cheers lads, it is a bit of a pussy to be honest,ok after your first dozen 14# hahah
still tying for Spain.
i've never made a secret of the fact that Rob Kolanda's Bellycrawl is my favourite carp fly of all time. Fiendishly complicated to tie, potentially lethal to cast and funky as f#ck 😎 catches plenty carp, too ;) but those tungsten bodies are expensive, REALLY heavy and often difficult to obtain. so i set about coming up with a stripped down version that would use cheaper & easier to obtain materials and maybe sink that bit slower. i hit on common or garden bead-chain. so here it is; the Bellycrawl Light. hell, it might even work for trout.....
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I imagine that will catch all manner of bottom feeders and anything with the slightest bit of interest in shrimps or crayfish. If fish will eat a FAB Blob in fluo pink and electric blue, they'll certainly eat that :lol:
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that's a very interesting combination of bits mate, its good!! I've had a bash at john tyzaks para emerger, the hackles are partridge and cdc,bit tricky at first but they look great.. did a few jinglers in the same colour scheme
Nowt to do with Tyzack, them. It's a pattern from much nearer your home called the FMF and it's been around a good deal longer than you might think. Saw John had claimed it as his own on Twitter recently....or at least implied so by calling it the JT FMF, cheeky swine! But then again he took a generic cdc dun which most river anglers had been fishing for years and called it the JT olive! I don't blame him - he works in fly fishing and needs to uphold a certain reputation. I've seen plenty of guys who obviously 9feel they have to have flies named after them to have properly 'arrived'.
I had a pop at his 'fish on' twitter page over this. It would seem prefixing any existing pattern with 'JT' in front of said pattern, changes it!
The FMF (F*&king Magic Fly) came from the border boys and was bastardised from the CAM emerger that Steve Thornton detailed in his listen to the river books. I was given a copy when fishing with John Maclennan and Grant Gibson, both who live on the banks of the Tweed and was sworn to secrecy. It is a very good flea for fast, boisterous water and for the likes of the Tummel as it is so buoyant and very visible. I haven't had it work on my home river though....
Coming soon the JT ptn and the JT grhe :lol:
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Nice fry! Can I ask where you go for such nice bright GP crest feathers? Despite trying a few suppliers I've always ended up with comparatively washed out looking jobbies.
I was gifted it by Ross Murdoch who runs harelaw fishery. He sells some capes and crests that he dyes under the name "alba fly tying" this is fluo yellow and it's good stuff.
He does it through Facebook I think.
inspired by andys fry, I rattled up a few for myself in a more obvious guise,"shuggy" flavour in 10# Hayabusa hooks.
Nice pete, think yours would make a good partner for mine ;)
yep. a fine pullin cast all right mate!!
Quote from: Lochan_load on May 14, 2018, 10:27:50 PM
He does it through Facebook I think.
Thanks. Will have a loòk.
if you don't get anywhere phone the fishery
Playing about on the vice last night but I think I need to bend the hook.
I might even get a chance to chuck it onto some water.
Billy
That'll do the job! Very nice
Those wings give a really nice effect.
Nice one Billy. There's been a lot of mayfly patterns popping up lately. Looks like there could be a few attacks on the cards soon? :wink:
that's tidy billy, got to work!! nice profile.
Having a play with Pheasant skin I picked up at the fly fair:
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oh yea..nice one Robbie, i like flashy bodies on my weets..not a huge fan of that pattern of hook but i dare say it will do the job admirably.
Cheers Pete, I've been using the FM barbless hooks for a few years now always found them to be very good, strong, good hook set and seem to hold fish well. What don't you like about them?
I'm glad to hear it, Robbie, i have a Cpl hundred i bought, its nothing rational, maybe i just have to fish them more to gain confidence..I'm sure they are perfectly good hooks. just me being daft.
I always Debarb my hooks or use barbless hooks so that part is not an issue for me. I did initially wonder about the slightly reduced gap due to the upturned point, but have not had any (noticeable) issues with this.
I always tie my wets on barbed hooks and my dries on barbless, no real reason other than I think they look better :roll: never have any problems losing fish on barbless/debarbed though.
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That is a cracker! Lovely tying.
very tasty andy, can see that on a cast soon!!
Cheers lads. Trying to to have different options in the box. Hares ear wet #12
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Lovely tying again guys. Very nice indeed.
Very nice again Andy, may have tie a few up myself.
Today I have mainly been tying Deer Hair Sedge. Quick, simple and hopefully deadly....
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oh lovley stuff..what kinda hair have you used for the wings? a fine addition to the flee box Robbie.
Used Elk hair for the wings, Fred recommended this to me some time ago.
I'm going on a trip where the main flies are skating sedges that are green. The scruffier the better.
More green caddie but not for skating
Smashing fishy looking selection there guys. I used a heavily dressed and really big Elk Hair Sedge as a sighter / indicator a few times last year. I was quite surprised how many fish took it !
I'll see if I can dig it for a piccy. It's a really unlikely looking thing :shock:.
Looks like a few of us are looking to fish dusk/night . Not a bad idea, evening is when the big boys come out to play :roll:
Paul I have used sedge for oh 50+ years but other than a female Grannom with it's green egg sac I have never seen/used a green bodied one I take it you have had success on these. Having said that & this applies to night I believe size & shape are more important than colour.
Think Paul's flies are for foreign shores alan but they'd do just fine in Caithness too.
That skater would do alright as a stonefly imitation on the Clyde, there was loads yesterday but only saw one get hit, looked a good fish though.
QuoteThink Paul's flies are for foreign shores
Aye I forgot he was "overseas" this summer he did mention it last year. Good looking flies
never the less as are Robbies.
Tight Lines
Tying for a wee trip abroad. I've been told it's the usual Clyde flies abut add green sedge dries and pupa and feck off big black and silver streamers. Been watching kelly galloup a lot. Streamers next
Look great Paul. Have a great trip. :D
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Trying to tempt someone over to the dark side......pulling flees!
:lol: :lol:
A little something that will hopefully work on the point:
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That'll do the job robbie, like the sparkle wings that you do. I've only done the blue ones for sea trout I should really try some with gold/silver and see how they look.
Can you pull flys and still call yourself a dry fly man......asking for a friend :lol:
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Can you pull flys and still call yourself a dry fly man......asking for a friend :lol:
More trout fodder
Very nice if you like that sort of thing :lol:
Pulling flees on the surface ... a great plan ... how did I think to call myself "Bobfly" :tongue2 :tongue2
Quote"I have the highest respect for the skilled wet-fly fisherman, as he has mastered an art of very great difficulty."
Edward R. Hewitt
I rest my case :roll:
Without wishing to be controversial, I have the highest respect for the dry fly fisherman who can bring a dozen belters up to four pounds to the net over three days having mastered the art of observation, stealth, presentation and fishing in ridiculously poor conditions, as he has mastered the 'feckin near impossible' and hath left many of us scratching our 'Tam McGraws' as to how this is done! :lol:
No need to look to the past when forward thinking anglers are in our midst :wink:
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Without wishing to be controversial, I have the highest respect for the dry fly fisherman who can bring a dozen belters up to four pounds to the net over three days
Ahem....that catch was in
one day and it was three
over 4lb :oops:
Quote from: Highlander on May 24, 2018, 11:41:40 PM
I rest my case :roll:
Each to their own favourite method, but that said, I will be pulling flees on Watten if that is what the fish decide they want. :)
Alex
Yep, adapt and overcome :wink:. I'm a believer in that but there's an old saying in my line of work that is 'never overlook the obvious'. :wink:
I think there's a lot more to wet fly than some think and fly selection, where to find fish, fishing the conditions etc add a lot of problem solving and subtlety's to the sport that people don't always recognise. Having said that watching someone who has mastered dry fly fishing on a river is a thing of beauty and I for one have the greatest respect for the more feminine end of our sport :lol:
Before we get into a lather here :) I think most of us would agree that the angler who has mastered all the disciplines and can switch according to conditions is the one who is most likely to catch more fish over a period. I have a great deal of respect for all rounders such as our own sagecirca who has fished for his country at the highest level.
Over the years I have come to realise what methods I prefer to fish so that is what I do. That doesn't mean I don't appreciate the skills of others who prefer to fish differently. Quite the reverse in fact, as there have beeb many days whenI wondered what my boat partner was doing to catch fish whike I struggled :?
Just by way of clarification....
Lochan Load is tying some wet flies for me for my forthcoming trip to Caithness. Any apparently disparaging comments by me
regarding wet fly fishing are just my dry sense of humour coming out. :)
None of this will matter shortly anyway once Trump provokes ant number of countries into WW3.
Alex
P.S. What have you tied today? :)
I'll do whichever suits the conditions, dry fly on lochs is deadly and exciting at the right times. I do it on rivers (badly!) and I enjoy it all. I just like to yank people's chain :lol: and if I could fish a dry like Alex I'd die a happy man. I'll be honest I don't really see the distinction, you fish what will take you fish on a day.
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Alex
P.S. What have you tied today? :)
Bugger all, some of us have to work for a living :makefun don't worry I'll be on it, might even do a couple of dries ;)
One for the Neath trout.
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One for the Neath trout.
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Man that will take a lot of floatant :lol:
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.........greatest respect for the more feminine end of our sport :lol:
:lol: :lol: :lol: burst out laughing at that!
Good banter lads.
I bet I get a parr on it :lol:
Wee contrast here Liam! Trying my hand at a shuttlecock so tested in a glass.....
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What kind of clear liquid was in that glass? I find a light gold sort of tint in most of my liquids.
It's not much use for drinking Vaughan but it was alright for resting the flee in :lol:
Olive and gold lure type thing:
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fine work lads, broad range of wraps on show, haven't really tied much-been busy at work. will get back on it soon..
had a bash at D. Mcphails olive allrounder also in natural flavour too..
I'll do a few of those pete, very nice!
#10 silver muddler
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Pete, those look really nice. Thorax is very buggy looking.
Cracking muddler Andy, the blue crystal flash in the tail give it a nice kick.
that's nice andy, ill have that one, anyone use a muddler minnow at all? like the trad one with a wing?
Pete,
Those are lovely.
Andy,
I'll steal a few of those
P
I'll do you a couple up there.....all major credit cards accepted ;)
Fry tied on a 12 natural nymph hook, standard 10 wet fly hook for scale
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That hook makes for a lovely looking fly. But I think people have often complained about the hooks not holding fish well. No direct experience and many American tyres seem to use this type of hook for stimulators.
Its the TMC 200R hook that many American anglers use & yes it is popular for Stimulators. Few years back & bought some for that same purpose. Did not really get to try them out but good hooking may well indeed be an issue with this shape. I would tend to avoid them.
Tight Lines
Well that's my bubble well and truelly burst :lol:
To be fair the narrow gape and long shank is probably a bad combination but there's not much dressing on this fly so might get away with it a bit better than you would with heavily dressed stimulator type fly.......only one way to find out
This is a pretty tried and trusted one for me, started of as a dabbler but I tie the mallard along the shank behind the hackle now to keep it slim
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Quote from: Robbie on May 30, 2018, 05:37:06 PM
That hook makes for a lovely looking fly. But I think people have often complained about the hooks not holding fish well. No direct experience and many American tyres seem to use this type of hook for stimulators.
Yes, I lost a lot if fish in NZ with a fly tied on the 200R one day. Ended up flaring the point oiut to get a hook up but was nervous about the hook sttraightening. My guide pal told me all the guides avoid the hook for that reason.
Alex
that's nice andy, like the colour combo!! thanks for sharing!!
Wanted to tie up a light weight shrimp type thing. Decided to use the Petit-Jean magic tool to combine some olive dyed partridge and several mutual and synthetic dubbings to produce this:
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This was the first attempt, I have since made several attempts to tie another using slightly different colour blend but each have been a complete disaster. :banghead Think the problem may be that the latter blends don't have enough natural materials and the synthetics slip out of the dubbing loop too easily.
Tying like mad. Dyrets
Mmmm very tasty. Never heard of that one before but it sure looks like it would make a great loch dry. It smacks of improved Shiphams Buzzer. I'll bet it's a really good one for the sedge feeders?
That's exactly what it's for. Emerging Sedge pupa
Scandinavian beasties I fancy :D :D
More Russian to me. :roll:
Tight Lines
Lovely flies Paul, is there a rib in there?
No just a hackle wound in from the rear. Will be interested in seeing how it fishes
They certainly look like they'll do some damage, I'll look forward to hearing how you get on.
Thanks guys. This afternoon has been cdc caddis
Very nice. That's a nice green colour on the bodies. I can just about see a wee glimmer of flash there too. Is that incorporated into the bodies or is the camera just picking up trimmings lying on your table ?
Where's the expected Caddis fest ?
nice wraps paul, you have those caddis down to a fine art!! I've not been doing much fishing or fly tying for that matter, had a mess about with a new picric dyed Metz saddle from sam McGowan @ I.F.S.on these golden olive and picric dabblers.
They are stunning. Yip a wee bit of dubbing incorporated into the cdc dubbing loop. It does lift it a bit
Yeah, it does add something for sure. Sometimes CDC can have a 'blandness' about it but that bit of sparkle brings it to life. Like I said, very nice Paul.
Those dabblers are lovely Pete. The dabbler is a pattern that I don't have much experience of. I know many swear by them but for some reason I just never seem to be able to find space for them on a cast! Having said that I think I'd find a spot for one of those.
Thanks for sharing your source. He does some nice materials.
JIM, its a really versatile pattern both to tie and fish, on wild and stocked fish i might add, a set up i quite enjoy is fishing 2 dabblers 10ft apart on a 2 fly cast. from a floating line to an inter..its been productive for me. p.m me your details and ill pop a few flys your way , least if you have them in the box you might try them.
Pete, do you always split your jungle cock feathers. i always have a bugger of a job to get them to sit in, have seen them at a 45 deg angle.
:lol: Thanks Pete that's a very nice offer and it's much appreciated as your patterns are beautiful:8). However, it's not for the lack of patterns in my box that I don't fish it much. There's just something about the dabbler that turns me off :lol:. I think the general body dressings look fantastic until the time comes to put the Bronze Mallard or whatever on in that Dabbler 'cloak / top/ bottom style and at this point I always feel the pattern is screaming out for that to go on as part of a soft webby shoulder /collar hackle. I like Rob Denson's Crippler series which are fairly similar to dabblers in some respects but have that softer, rounder profile that I think might lend the fly more mobility?
I'm probably a bit OCD about wee silly things like that but you know how it is! It's difficult to fish something with confidence unless you really believe its the best you have in the box.
Having said that, I'm going to get a few materials from your supplier and I'll make a point of copying your pattern as I do like the look of it. You never know it might convert me :wink:
don't get me started on jungle cock.. where do you start.. i like splits purely because i can use more of the cape.don't get hung up on single nails for trout..ive tied them in at angles .upsidedown and back to front at times, all work and sometimes not..it looks good to the eye ill give you that..but how are we to know what the troot think about it..oh...and a wee bit wax on your thread works wonders tying in j.c.
kool, if you have no confidence in dabblers then fair enough,..im sure your box is heaving with plenty decent catching patterns!!
For me in relation to dabblers less is definitely more. I now put very little BM in the wing
Same as Paul, started off with a full cloak but now I hardly use any at all when I'm doing a cloak and have taken to just putting a very small slip of BM behind the hackle for my skinny dabblers. Not really a dabbler at all I suppose but that's where it's evolved from. Was initially inspired by some of Petes on Facebook a few years back, really lovely dabblers
some corixa patterns that might be of some use,did these last year..wee short shank 12# hooks,
Very nice Pete, they look the business. How did you get on with them?
Those are nice Pete. I've never tried them suspended.
Nice imitation and like the suspended idea, top notch! I've not tied or fished for ages :( sucks!
same andy, between work and the weather..im off for 3 weeks shortly so hope to rectify that, if anyone going anywhere decent let me know!! robbie never used them in anger,yet.
i can't speak for anyone else I'm not that traditional in fly choice, tried and tested brown trout slayer.. gold shugg..
Nice wee pattern Pete. A bit like a cross between a Cats Whisker and a Humungus. That sort of pattern has been quite a popular choice for the point fly during early season on the lochs for a long time. The loch Brownies love a wee bit of black marabou fished deep. The Loch Leven Brownies love a BIG bit of black marabou fished deep. :wink:
agreed Jim, nothing new certainly not from me, i nick all my ideas from everyone else hahah as long as they catch, here's a few more ive begged and borrowed heavily on, "George" style leggy seatrout/isles wets on 10# various bodies and hackle configurations to suit.
Lovely flies as usual Pete!
Those look very tasty Pete. The palmered white hackle works really well there. Plenty of movement built in as well.
cheers lads, ill bare that in mind if i ever get a bash at it properly..
That won't go wrong! Really nice Pete, just need to get yourself on a sea trout loch now!
aye cheers andy, yip that's it,all the geat..etc...haha
Pete,
They are stunning.
Cheers
Paul
cheers paul. :D
tied these today, not one of my own but from a fellow fisher and flytyer from Ireland,Martin McCoy, I really like his style of wet fly, this is one i really liked, trout, salmon and sea trout, these are on 12# love the colour combos. dare say its all been done before but i like them anyway. sort of a bumbly/georgy palmery wet..
It's amazing the difference between the black and white Palmer.
Need to get the vice out
for sure paul, the white really pops.. body palmer is a really dark claret as are the legs, I've put in a black hen shoulder hackle behind the blue just because!!
Love those, like you say bits and pieces of different things but a lovely pattern in its own right.
Really nice Pete. A great combination of a few good 'banker' colours and plenty of attraction about them. I like them. Bet they'll take a fish or two.
i felt the same jim ,thats why i wanted to share them here cause i know plenty guys will tie them and fish them..
Bit rusty folks but hopefully the troots won't notice! #12 sedgehog and #14 snatchers.....there's gold in them there hills!
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oooh.nice trio, everyone a winner,good to see you back at the vice.
Tasty troot morsels there Andy. I like the wee drab harelug'ish snatcher. :wink:
Very nice Andy, it would be rude of the fish not to snaffle those!
Cheers boys, the sedgehog got me a couple the others didnt :roll: :lol:
Got fed up drying the cdc so ended up opting for a dhe. Was nice to do some tying and fishing again.
i need to get back onto hogs this winter, finished off a bag of peacock blues messing about with mini muddlers, Zulu meets Peterson's Pennel ,vars..ill stick them in my box regardless.
A wee duck fly
You're a dark horse with the fly tying John.....nowt lucky about that one, lovely fly
Nice one John. I always associate the duck fly with Ireland . Are you a fan of the Irish loughs or is the pattern one you use here ?
Although not a good tyer my self I'm a great fan of Alice Conba on Hans Weilenmann Flytiers Page that is usually my first port of call when the mood takes me cheers
nice pattern john thanks for sharing.
last week of my summer break I've managed some time on the vice, some skinny fry dabblers, silver holo body with pearl over it.
Sea trout written all over those guys :D :D
Late season fry munchers on hallan Vaughan! Great wee ties Pete
Were taking sea trout on Lewis yesterday with very skinny small flees. Almost down to a tinsel hook :shock:
Good to hear you're getting a few.
Red tailed hopper dry I do quite well with this fly in a flat calm
Pete, the body on those dabblers gives a nice effect.
Nice flies John, great to see more people posting on this thread.
Lovely flies there Pete. I like those a lot and as has been said they definitely look like contenders for a place on the sea trout cast. That's a nice hopper pattern too John. I see lots of tiers are incorporating the gangly hopper style legs into many traditional loch style patterns these days. Got to try some of them myself.
Golden bumble today photos are better don't know if that's a good thing :D
John I like that. Any chance of about a hundred to replace all the ones I've given u?
Speak next week.
Paul
Size 16 sighter sedges. A lot of material for not a lot of hook!
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Very nice I like those 👍
Very, very tasty indeed. Lots of 'floatability' and trigger points in that pattern. I'm not the least bit ashamed to tell you that I'll be downloading those photos right away and copying a few of these as soon as I can get to the tying gear. :wink:
Skinny claret comorant
superb sighters..craigs flys are sublime.., a master of his craft. john nice bumble, sparsely tied and very fishy.
Some food for the locals. Size 16s
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They'll do the trick for you Liam. Sea trout will take the wee gold heads quite well at times too.
A couple from last night rather than today:
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Very nice flees Robbie 👍
Could be a good wee combo in a wave robbie, hope you get a chance to wet them :lol:
Nice bit of feather bending there Robbie. That wee black and silver flashy fella will catch fish anywhere. You like your loch Ordies
nice wraps robbie,done a wee dabbler v similar to your wet..
We got a mate salmon fishing for his 40th and he goes on Monday turns out eh hasn't got any salmon flies so I'm quickly knocking him up a few. Googled for inspriation, this is a kapow shrimp but can't believe it's not been done before with a more mundane name, anyway here it is....
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And a sunray shadow of sorts
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they look amazing andy.. not a salmon fisher at all so stoopid question no1.. whats the deal with single double or treble hook choice in salmon fly choice?
Not really a salmon fisher either Pete, only go out once in a blue moon but usually I tie and fish doubles cos I like em better 🤷🏼♂️ Tied the sunray on a single because I thought it suited the pattern better. Can't really give you a more technical answer than that but sure someone else can........
While I had the stuff out thought I'd do a wee kate. This ones got a few bits of claret in it, just cos...
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Lovely Andy ! That wee salmon double is nicely done too.
the dugs bawz andy, make it look easy!! i started on a virgin J.C cape today with wee 12# silver holo dabblers.
Great pete, id be very happy with those on the point :8)
That's my kind of Dabbler Pete. :8)
Lovely ties Andy.
Like those Dabblers too Pete, did you use bronze mallard?
Sound work chaps lovely tying!
Here's a flee I tied today. It's a Kate variant that Vaughan had success with on Bernera!
That won't gonwrong Allan, you've not lost your touch!
Fish eye view of a hares ear dabbler......
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And the tyers view :lol:
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Those are all looking great guys. I can't remember the last time I tied loch fleas! Looking at the patterns on this thread always inspires me to get my ass in gear.
thanks, lads, andy whats the background to the hare's ear dabbler ? is this one you fish the now? it looks great. thanks for sharing Allan was hoping someone would share a few patterns from your trip...
I had some home dyed bronze mallard in black, I'm not a massive fan of it but used sparingly its not too bad.
Tyed a couple of muddler style patterns today!
Lovely bit of work :8) there. Hogs, muddlers, G&H sedges , they all seem to be must haves for the islands. That one works well with the goats Toe hackle on it. :8)
Like your muddler Al👍
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i need to get back onto hogs this winter, finished off a bag of peacock blues messing about with mini muddlers, Zulu meets Peterson's Pennel ,vars..ill stick them in my box regardless.
Where can you get good blue dyed deer hair?
My understanding re the Salmon hooks these days is that when Salmon are allowed to be taken, folk think trebles give them a better chance of a hook up holding. In this day and age most beats are catch and release, so barbless doubles and singles are the norm as a conservation method. I prefer de-barbed doubles myself as the swim nicely in the water, though once the leaves start falling from the trees a single can be better. The fish don't seem to care what you throw at them, if they are there and you can irritate one into having a go, you'll get one, so far the only thing irritated is me, not a pull...yet.
Quote from: bibio1 on August 26, 2018, 12:48:59 PM
Where can you get good blue dyed deer hair?
I got some decent stuff from GAC a couple of years back, they've usually got a fair range of colours.
Pete there is no real background to it I just wanted to use the dubbing which is actually wapsi fox squirrel dub. Brilliant stuff for hares ears, lot easier to use and plenty spikeyness to it...,,I've probably subconsciously stole the pattern from you somewhere along the way :lol:
thanks for the explanation on salmon hooks, na not me andy hahaha it looks great ,very fishy!! paul what kind of blue you after?kingfisher,teal,cobalt etc?
A teal or Cambridge blue from a bleached patch. Definitely not after royal blue......too dark
Quote from: burnie on August 26, 2018, 01:14:45 PM
My understanding re the Salmon hooks these days is that when Salmon are allowed to be taken, folk think trebles give them a better chance of a hook up holding. In this day and age most beats are catch and release, so barbless doubles and singles are the norm as a conservation method. I prefer de-barbed doubles myself as the swim nicely in the water, though once the leaves start falling from the trees a single can be better. The fish don't seem to care what you throw at them, if they are there and you can irritate one into having a go, you'll get one, so far the only thing irritated is me, not a pull...yet.
I was kindly gifted a good few flies from a mate last season All the barbless ones he sent went right in the bin pdq! I have never fished a beat that insisted on either singles, doubles or barbless. Regardless of recommendations from local fishery boards. Hook type tends to be decided by what pattern/ method I am fishing.
eg. Muddlers always singles.
Monkeys/Sunrays always doubles
Frances always trebles.
Tied tonight! A couple of bushy Clan Chief variants
Paul, I got a nice-ish patch of blue deer belly a couple of years ago. Might be Wapsi, pretty sure I picked it up from Angus Angling.
Was also thinking of dying up some of my own, but was going to try kingfisher blue on some lighter I bleached roe.
In the mean time I threw this together, thinking it might be useful towards the end of the season and/or coloured water:
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Robbie,
That looks good. If it works keep me a bit.
Paul
Quote from: bibio1 on August 26, 2018, 11:11:39 PM
That looks good. If it works keep me a bit.
Thanks Paul and I will do.
Quite a nice brown there Robbie. That wee muddler has a nice sort of Invicta thingy about it. I bet it works just as well.
nice weets allan,whats your choice on the head hackle?? also have k/f blue over bleached if you need a piece!! i dyed it for zulu muddler type of things. tidy robbie,is that w.o.i. deer hair?
With regards to head hackle it's a claret hen. it was fairly dark but in the pic it looks brighter!
It looks great with the claret hackle.
couldn't work out if it was deep red or claret..cheers Allan!!
a few more skinny dabbler vars on 12#
Quote from: pedropete on August 27, 2018, 03:11:10 PM
tidy robbie,is that w.o.i. deer hair?
It's actually hot orange, came out a bit darker on natural roe.
Love the skinny dabblers Pete
cheers Allan,just colour combos, never been wet.
Just the one wee hog tied tonight!
nice one Allan, is that red seal's fur?? I'm keeping it seasonal with daddys.
hahaha cheers andy much appreciate your comments.. i have a" stunt handle" just for the job!!
Yeah red seals for Pete
I see your wee hog did the business Allan, no surprises there.
Lovely daddies Pete, really like those.
Going to do a couple of those daddies for a day out tomorrow :D
can't beat sedge-hogs Allan, handy and deadly!
There you go pete, robbed again :lol: like the look of these, think they'll fish pulled or static. These ones for an old guy I fish with sometimes
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Was aiming for something along the lines of an alder nymph and came up with this:
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May also have to try a rubber legged version.
Nice robbie, what size? Dhe, think I've done it to the original bob wyatt style ie rough as hell :lol:
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Wonderful tying lads I especially like those daddies Andy!
Tied a few more of these today!
Andy it's ties on a size 12 long shank, had seen something similar on a size 10 LS but figured size 12 might be more appropriate for hill lochs. Nice DHE.
nice ties lads,Robbie adding your fly to my tie list.. andy they look magic, can't beat a day on the daddies, don't have red hogs either so I'm on it. cheers allan.
QuoteThese ones for an old guy I fish with sometimes
You are too kind :roll:
Do you know Andy I have never found those Hugo Olives I bought up at Wick despite turning my car & gear upside down.
Been tying on and off all day today! Im pretty much sorted for sedgehogs now. Last flee of the night!
nice one Allan, i had a bash at hoggs today and binned them..ill get back to it.. ended up on winged wets, first time in ages so workmanlike but well fishable.
12# silver invicta var..
Agreed !!! I would put one of those on any day. :D
Think you put up the wrong photo Pete, nothing workman like about those crackers!! Beautiful tying.
Got to use some of the blue deer hair I dyed the other night:
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The dying process looks like it turned out well. Great tying too. Let us know how you get on with it this weekend!
Blue is a hard colour to get right. Looks like you've mastered that. Thanks for the offer and looking forward to tying blue goats toes.
The tying season isn't far away.
Paul
Absolute belters Pete. One of my favourite patterns and really well tied. That's a fine muddler too Robbie.
Was casting a line with young Alex on Tuesday first time in six weeks was at a water he has a ticket for anyway the place alive with daddies guess what the fly box I threw in my bag had no daddies in it thankfully I managed to get one from Alex now I know what you're thinking it is unlike me to pounce a fly from someone but I'm glad I did the takes in this place is explosive so this is my offering for tonight
I'm not even there and you're managing to steal my flies :roll: :lol:
Glad to read that you are back on the water John, and "borrowing" flees :D :D
Thanks Vaughan ,Andy I think that was your fly I lost on the high bank the killer flee was Alex's famous grey body foam daddy :lol: :lol:
Haha fair play John, I left one embedded on the dam somewhere, last straw before I walked of with a blank :x good to see you're back out and amongst the fish 👍🏻
John,
You know with the luck you carry you could have used a bare hook and still caught your limit.
I don't know why you bother with all that tying mullarky :makefun
Billy
Nice tying John and good too hear your out fishing again!
allan can i get a look at your loch ordie muddler please?
:lol:hi Pete! I wasn't using a loch Ordie muddler. My grammar may have misssled you. I was using Loch Ordies, Muddlers and sedgehogs! Sorry for the confusion..
Here's a pic of the battle weary flees!
brilliant thanks very much, your ordie is hackle tastic..thanks for sharing.
Quote from: johnsd on September 05, 2018, 09:52:29 PM
Was casting a line with young Alex on Tuesday first time in six weeks was at a water he has a ticket for anyway the place alive with daddies guess what the fly box I threw in my bag had no daddies in it thankfully I managed to get one from Alex now I know what you're thinking it is unlike me to pounce a fly from someone but I'm glad I did the takes in this place is explosive so this is my offering for tonight
That looks good John. I migt have to "borrow" one :)
Alex
You put me in the notion to tie an ordie muddler pete! I've got one in my box but it's an 8 and a bit of a beast! This ones a 12. I just tie them the same but replace the white hackle with a muddled head
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haha yea i was thinking about that too Freudian slip .. i don't have any so I'll have to see about that, I've a few non-muddled..that's a great looking 12 mate, I'm tinkering with w.o.i katies the now. andy do you like your hackles long or extra long?
bought the deer hair from Rob Denson, west of Ireland Katie muddlers in 10 & 12 on comp special hooks inspired by a facebook friend who done quite well recently on uist, thanks Allan Faye!!
I've got that deer hair, great colour........inspired by oor Billy's nephew!
is it really..... I've just spoken to Allan,he's still on uist, last day before heading home.
I normally shy away from tying winged wets but gave it a bash tonight. Reasonably happy with them. Proportions not quite right oh and I folded the wings! But they'll do!
well fishable allan, like your style sir!!
Like you Allan I avoid tying them, should really get the finger out and practice, very nice mate
Quote from: pedropete on September 08, 2018, 01:27:10 PM
bought the deer hair from Rob Denson, west of Ireland Katie muddlers in 10 & 12 on comp special hooks inspired by a facebook friend who done quite well recently on uist, thanks Allan Faye!!
Allan is my nephew. He is a good lad.
Billy
hi billy, he's a super fly tier to boot.. can anyone share a productive orange muddler i can tie for my own box please.. just to give me an idea of size and style for uist ..cheers.
This afternoon I'm tying Kate McLaren Muddlers #KMM I very pleased with the first one off the vice today! A style that is really enjoyable to tie!
nice on allan, lovely tie mate, what hook?
Its a kamasan B160 size 10 which looks like a 12 with a larger gape!
Big claret dabbler for the browns of islay.
Nicely done!
Like that, nice
That should hit the spot !!!
Got some dark brown deer hair from GAC this afternoon. This is the latest flee I tied with it!
that's a nice one paul.
There's been some really great tying and patterns posted up over the past few days. Great to see what's doing the damage for everyone. Keep them coming chaps ! :applause
Tied a couple of couple of Dabblers last night
Lovely colour of claret.
A very tidy wee pattern indeed. Smacks of browns and sea trout on a grey day.
Half hog claret hoppers
Excellent looking patterns!
I tied a fiery brown bumble at lunchtime today!
half hog hoppers paul?? they look the bizz..good skillz
Those half hog hoppers look really nice Paul. Is that orange deer hair in the first wing?
Yip, thought it would imitate the orange wing buds of a buzzer.
Makes sense and looks great.
A daddy for big buggers. I dyed the ginger cape Aztec gold to give it an orangey glow.
Big n leggy! Will be well useful!
like that, looks great paul.
Came across a pattern called the Orkney peach tailed coch zulu (which is a bit of a mouthful for a human never mind a troot)Its a pattern I don't have so I tied a few up however I didn't have any peach so a light orange tail will have to do! Looks like a useful and interesting pattern to have in the box!
sparkle dunkelds, original was tied and made popular by my friend jimmy millar, no7 tailed var is my fave.heres the no 7 version. and 2 wing vars..these are on F.M. comp special 12#
What material do you use for the head is it a gold Fritz?
allan,
shuggy chenille from dave downie
I've made a start on my winter tying..lol.. £15 bulk bags of quality bronze mallard from Ireland if anyone is interested give me a shout. best quality and value for money and ive ordered from a few..... onyway....Dalehead dabblers and claret dabbler vars..on fulling mill 10 & 12's comp heavys.
Less is definitely more. Stunning....keep me a pack.
Paul
Very nice Pete. The black fellas are lovely.
Perfect pete, as always! I would take some as well, can be expensive to get good quality
ANDY ,agreed, always good to have a few sources, just drop her an email and she will post bronze and bulk cdc out to you. her name is dympna clements email at...dympna222@gmail.com cheers lads.
Nice one pete, thanks for that
Been at the vice fair bit recently. Here's a couple of bumbles I tied this afternoon I intended using blue jay at the front but the fibres on the jay I have weren't long enough to suit this size 12 hook. So i used dyed blue partridge instead.
Lovely ! :8)
allan , you are red hot on the vice the now, lovely mate, quality wraps too!!
night shift is playing havoc with my vice time lately, just doing bits and bobs here and there. some doobry [vars] on 12# f.m. comp specials.
Excellent Pete. Those are crackers!
Some really nice flies being put up recently, really need to get back to the vice myself.
Been trying to get better at Muddlers recently my best so far
looking great allan, looking sharp.
And another!
That will certainly leave a wake
mucking about with Katie style dabblers obvious vars..
I love the red tail variant.
cheers. I've high hopes for the red-tailed fella, here's a wee peach muddler with pedigree, my mate James Simpson who took a fine brace of leven browns on this style of fly...worth a few in the box. this version is similar to original apart from some deer hair tips as a wee wing. also attached the original fly pic.
Those are braw muddlers Pete!
Here's my variation of the Kate McLaren! With a gold tag, gold rib and rusty brown hen head hackle!
From the description in Peter O'Rielly"s book Flies of Ireland here's my take on the Ballinderry Black!
box fillers Allan, what hook have you got those kates on? never tied a Ballinderry before..or a connemara for that matter
The Kate's are on a bog standard Kamasan B175 size 10.
just the right amount of dressing on those for me Allan, really nice! I've found the hard way that less is more with mallard and teal. Think Paul Bibio1 said on here use about half wht you think you need, good advice.
Pete as always love seeing your flies, always good ideas to borrow/steal :lol:
My stuff is gathering dust at the moment, hopefully not for long!
Some cracking patterns there guys. Great tying. :8)
That's my tying season about to start. Two of these box s....one for trout and the other for silver loch fish
The dark nights are on their way. You won't be long in filling them up!
Fresh off the vice! Another couple of flees for my Loch Box! The Dunkeld!
My attempt at a sandfly
I've only been able to locate a dressing for the sand fly. It was so vague to be almost worthless. Where did you find your recipe John?
Here
This maybe better hopefully
Fresh off the vice. A grouse and claret! #whiskyandwine :D
An old favourite.....amazing how our tastes change
Another old trad!
Lovely tying Allan, grouse and claret also used to be one of my go to flies when i fist started flyfishing.
Those are excellent allan
Cheers Andy ive been practicing tying winged flees! So has John SD . So he shouldnt have to borrow anybody's anymore. :lol: maybe he'll post them up here soon!
Whilst SWMBO was looking through the bookshelves in a charity shop today I noticed stuff in a drawer labeled Darning Wools. So I had a rummage and saw straight off loads of old Chadwicks wool cards with their colour numbering. Guess what ???
Yup, I came away with two and a half cards of Number 477 !!!! This is the famous yarn for the Sawyer Killer Nymph.
Some cards of this stuff have been sold on eBay for rather silly money :shock: Some substitutes have been made up by fly tying suppliers but if anyone would like a foot or two of original send me a PM note of your address
Here is the stuff. Killer Bugs for rivers being a fresh water shrimp pattern I guess.
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Back @ the vice tonight and first off is a Coch Zulu! The Zulu family of flees is a wide and varied tribe!
I'd love a few inches of that Vaughan just to tie a few up. I'd keep the half roll and get the other two on eBay if I was you!
Happy to send you some Andy so long as you don't try to knit up some baby booties :tongue2
:lol: I can tie an alright flee but don't think ny knitting would be up to much!
Midge? Size 22
Teal and black
Nice tying John. I have finally managed to grab a few minutes at the vice and had a go at a floating damsel:
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Very nice Robbie the tail is interesting can't imagine how you tied that cheers
Bibio variation
Tied this tonight!
That's a real lovely fly Allan!
nothing at all! but with this fantastic selection of ironmongery, kindly sent to me by Bobfly, I'm inspired to create something suitably horrific for the alien season ahead..... Cheers Vaughan! :8)
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I am sure you can come up with something glitzy with those red hooks :D :D
You're like the fishing Santa Vaughan my 477 arrived today :lol: thanks very much! My wife failed to share my excitement about some old wool :roll:
Excellent! Been reading up on this 477 stuff for Killer Bugs. Tied with copper wire and the wool which does indeed change colour quite a lot when it gets wet. I will be making some bugs next week.
Come on folks ... there is Chadwick's 477 on free offer. Seems like it is worth £10 a yard :shock:
one of my favourites. don't need thread or even know how to tie knots.catches almost anything that swims
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They are deadly Dave. Simple and efficient. I sometimes add a tungsten bead.
I was going to get all fancy and use thread :shock: but I'll fire wire into a bobbin and do them that way, might even do paul a couple and see how the Patagonian monsters like 'em!
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I was going to get all fancy and use thread :shock: but I'll fire wire into a bobbin and do them that way, might even do paul a couple and see how the Patagonian monsters like 'em!
Andy, you don't even need a bobbin. just wire and wool. it's the bollocks!
Are the butts wrapped with copper?
Quote from: SoldierPmr on October 13, 2018, 10:02:20 PM
Are the butts wrapped with copper?
you just wrap wire down the shank as you would to start off thread. build up some body if you wish. catch in some wool with the wire. build up the body with the wool, use the wire to catch in the end of the wool and do a few more wraps of wire to finish. you can add a dab of varnish if you wish....
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the last one is with polyester toy stuffing, but i'm sure you get the general idea
My latest flees!
A favourite of mine
Very nice Allan/Paul never have much luck with snatchers for some reason
A favourite of mine too, a black 14 fished slow got me a nice fish on watten. I've fished them loads the last couple of years.
In fact that fish on my profile was a snatcher too, cow dung sort of colour
Putting my chadwicks 477 to (hopefully) good use with a couple of killer bugs. Really lends itself to the grub shaped hook, both size 12
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Nice snatchers Paul used to fish them a few years ago when they were in vogue at the local loch.
Nice profile on those bugs Andy. I like thise a lot. Do you have wire as an underbody too?
Yeah just built the profile a bit with the wire. It's really slim copper, just stuck it in a bobbin holder
One extreme to the other! Don't know about a woolly bugger, more of an ugly bugger! :lol: size 6 classic streamer hook
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both excellent, Andy :8)
Cheers dave, think you might approve of my fly tying output over the next few months :lol: lots of foam, rubber and tungsten!
nice paul,katie snatcher is in my box too,been a steady fly. nice to see you back at the vice andy!! nice streamer/bugger
A Doobry from last night
Lovely Allan, those are the flies I love to tie :D
Cheers pete, Big mental things but fun to tie. For someone with a more exotic fishing budget than me!
Yeah Andy my favourite style to tie too!
Purple bugger, again on a #6 classic streamer, 7x shank :shock:
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a bit on the titchy side, Andy.... :lol:
"The following pictures may contain violent colours." !
We need to have an alert message like you get on the telly :shock:
I thought it was a subtle use of colour :lol:
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a bit on the titchy side, Andy.... :lol:
I've got some 4's as well :8)
Quote from: johnsd on October 12, 2018, 03:08:08 PM
Very nice Robbie the tail is interesting can't imagine how you tied that cheers
John, the honest answer is badly in the case of the pictured fly. Tied in the tips of two CDC fathers onto a detached body tool before forming the body. Didn't take much to pull them out so it was back to the drawing board. For the latest attempt I stripped barbules off the bottom of the feather but tied the whole stalk in as i formed the body. This left the thicker end of the feather stalk and two tags of thread to be tied onto the hook. Means the feather tips are physically tied to the hoo so should be more robust. Slight drawback is that the feather stiffens the detached body, only a little and the CDC feather is fairly flexible.
Hopefully the above makes sense...
Cheers Robbie :8)
A flee that was brought to may attention last night is "The Red Arrow"
Its a fly of Irish origin devised by Longford dentist, Syl Higgins. Apparently this pattern is deadly on the point early in the season. I was advised that I had tied the hackles too long on the first two I tied. So I tied another couple which are hopefully closer to the original.
I like that Red Arrow. Might try that with claret tippets too. :D
My ocd is kicking in
Ah a two fly man
Blue zulus next :lol:
Its filling up Paul. Im just passed halfway through my latest box!
A couple for the highlands & Islands!
Blue Zulu of sorts and a pennel. Not used a pennel in years but the fly I caught my first trout on. Lewis sea trout box.
nice weets lads as always!!
All good stuff! Put onto this davie Mcphail pattern by oor paul (bibio1) it's a Haresear diawl Bach bit with a bit of pearl tinsel down either side, simple but looks a great wee pin fry imitation. Looks great in 10s and 12s, the pattern gets lost a little on a 14
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Nice one Andy! Funnily enough was just watching that vid last night!
Quote from: Clan Chief on October 19, 2018, 01:36:56 AM
Its filling up Paul. Im just passed halfway through my latest box!
FFS Alan.
I brought some tying gear up to Shetland and my sum total is one fly (not Box).
I need to give myself a shake.
Billy
Had to put my sunglasses on once I whip finished this one! 😎
Tied another!
You're really on a roll just now Allan, lovely flies!
That would work on Stiligarry in September.
Got to agree! Would be happy with that on the bob.
Something a bit different for me, never fished one but think I'll do a couple for my box, foam beetle with a pink arse!
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That beetle will work :8) I would shorten the legs a wee bit, mind you.
Alex
Quote from: haresear on October 25, 2018, 07:05:41 PM
That beetle will work :8) I would shorten the legs a wee bit, mind you.
Alex
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.......... cut them at the riverside
Aye they're not for me Alex, can be cut/chewed to size as required :lol:
Tied a couple of these today! They didnt turn out as intended but theyll do!
Trying something a wee bit different today! A Dabbled Kate! If there ever is such a thing!
glad to see everyone's busy on the vice, cant have enough inspiration.. 12# claret hopper
Excellent craftsmanship Pete! Braw!
QuoteA Dabbled Kate! If there ever is such a thing
There is now :roll:
Heres another i tied!
cheers Allan, keep up the great work, loving your wets, seeing a definite style appearing,lovely stuff.
Heres a flee of Irish origin I became aware of from an Irish fisherman and flytyer online. The Claret Bog Fly Bumble
Hook 10
Thread black
Red/orange Tippet tail
Body 2/3 claret dubbing 1/3 red dubbing
Gold oval rib
Claret body hackle
Red collar hackle
Partridge head hackle.
Gifted some lovely peacock neck feathers by an Ayrshire flytyer and inspired by another Ayrshire flytyer heres the latest flee from my vice this afternoon ! A Goats Toe Variant!
Latest flee! It has elements of the Cock Robin so perhaps it could be described as a cock robin dabbler!
I like that ! :D
Lovely tyings
A great wee fly Allan and that's perfect
Lovely flees being tied lads :)
Cracking flies Allan, how the hell are you going to choose which ones to use?
Quote from: Robbie on October 30, 2018, 01:23:15 PM
Cracking flies Allan, how the hell are you going to choose which ones to use?
he only ever uses a Clan chief the rest stay in the box :lol: :lol:
😂 some more!
Just had to tie another couple of Chiefs up!
Very nice Allan if you run out of fly boxes let me know I can lend you a couple till you fill them :)
:D :D
That almost looks a claret hackle. i know it's not but I might try that.
Yeah it is red but looks dark in these lighting conditions. Claret is a good idea! Does McP not tie a variant using claret?
A couple.of olivey wets
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A Machair Claret variation! taking elements from the original dressing and other well known tiers versions too! This is my spin!
Im a cheap skate Allan, always do the tail with French partridge :lol: it's a lovely pattern
Might need to do that in future as iv not got much jc
One of yesterdays flees. A furnace bibio
And with this pearly palmer! My Highlands and Islands box is complete! So now I move onto a new box!
Going to tie a few dries
Nicely done Paul!
I tied a couple of Irish style flees today! One with JC one without. This is a good example of how JC really gives the flee a lift!
A Raymond style flee. Lovely
Yeah tied it in that style but not the exact materials
Another beetle pattern, beetle juice hopper. Basically a half hog hopper. Quite a lot going on so the hardest part is keeping it neat and the head size proportionate. Another davie macphail pattern, these are 10's 12's and 14's
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I do like those! Superb tying too! Sure to attract the troots attention!
Cheers. Won't lie Allan they're a bit of a pain in the arse to tie but they look good when they're done. The back half is peacock herl with a strip of peacock tinsel, good colour match for a beetle
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Looks well effective great colour cobination and as you say very beetle like!
This is very similar to what I have using from August onwards. Two on a cast 5 ft appart. Body of black with a peacock rib so a sort of black Shipman's then black deer and black legs. Worked well !!
Cracking flies Andy.
Cheers :D Vaughan this dressing is a bit over complicated tbh was thinking it would be just as gold tied as you describe or with the back half just peacock tinsel, effect would be the same, I just do what I'm told though :lol:
The famous advice ... If in doubt, use something smallish and black.... !!
Castle Retford variant, not sure if the original was a palmered fly but as it was fished on the tail of a cast I'm assuming not.
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Like that Robbie on one of our waters an Alexandra with a pink malabou tail does very well is that a peacock sword wing cheers J
Yeah peacock sword wing with Golden Phesant crest either side. Very like an Alexandra, I believe the original pattern had Indian crow tail which I swapped for red floss.
nice retro feel to that. and the photo, too :8)
Yeah thats a cracker Robbie! I like it!
What hook did you use it as it really suits the pattern and adds to the whole profile of the fly.
Nice robbie, I don't use peacock sword enough, it's great stuff. Been tying a lot of stuff to pattern lately so fancied one for myself, been in my head since I did the hares ear diawl bachs. Basically the same thing with Cree cock hackle and tail with a wee slip of teal, wee stickle back/fry imitation type thing.
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Very nice Andy
Cheers John......back to the crazy stuff! :shock:
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These are great Andy. I especially like your wee fry pattern!
Quote from: Clan Chief on November 04, 2018, 09:39:42 PM
Yeah thats a cracker Robbie! I like it!
What hook did you use it as it really suits the pattern and adds to the whole profile of the fly.
Thanks Allan, the hooks is a FullingMill heavyweight barbless.
Latest flee.
Size 10 hook.
Tippet tail.
Black uni thread.
Orange seals fur body.
Oval gold rib.
Irish golden olive body hackle.
Greenwells hen head hackle.
Then give it a good soak in a Highland Loch sometime next year!
Quote from: Clan Chief on November 04, 2018, 02:04:32 PM
Nicely done Paul!
I tied a couple of Irish style flees today! One with JC one without. This is a good example of how JC really gives the flee a lift!
I am liking just about all the flies appearing recently, but you get 10/10 for this one. A fish catcher if ever I saw one!
Agreed
A wee green tailed Kate! Not fished this pattern for a while but do recall using it to good success at my local loch a good few years ago when it was the in vogue flee there!
Funny how the popularity of fly patterns come and go!
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A wee green tailed Kate! Not fished this pattern for a while but do recall using it to good success at my local loch a good few years ago when it was the in vogue flee there!
Funny how the popularity of fly patterns come and go!
Always did quite well for me early in the season.
Billy
Quote from: Clan Chief on November 07, 2018, 10:05:29 AM
A wee green tailed Kate! Not fished this pattern for a while but do recall using it to good success at my local loch a good few years ago when it was the in vogue flee there!
Funny how the popularity of fly patterns come and go!
very nice i like something with a bit of green in it
Today I attempted to tie a flee as described in Tom Stewart's excellent book "fifty popular flies" Vol. 2.
This is his variation of an original pattern called the Bloody Mary. He states that there are many regional variations of this pattern. He mentions that this one is from Perthshire! Im always reluctant to declare that Ive tied a specific pattern that I dont really know very well! As we all know far too well, the Flytying Polis might be watching! 😂 Anyway I think this flee is attractive enough to fool a troot or two!
i finally got to grips with one of Vaughan's hooks today. this is on a red ( :shock:) Mustad Ultrapoint #4
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Variety is the spice of life and that is proved on this page of the thread :lol: having fun tying these rather colourful grasshoppers! [attachimg=1]
grasshoppers are GOOD! :8)
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planning a trip somewhere interesting?
Afraid not, tying for someone who is :?
Thats a whole heap of foam. Nice tying!
Pretty sure the fly box won't sink!
nice work andy, something different!!
Wow
Jeezoh! Bet you were feeling buoyant after tying all those! 😂
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Another new type to me, hares ear and uv shrimp......
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Those look fantastic! Might need to tie something similar now! !
Cheers Allan, sort of followed davie macphails video in that I built he under body with copper wire in a bobbin but then i switched to thread. Clear skin for the back. Wee bit fiddly but not a hard tie.
nice Andy! those should be killer for swff, too.
Nice flies Andy, I can think of a few lochs they'd do some damage in.
As said on many occassions i tend to stay away from tying wet winged flees as im never pleased with the way my efforts look.
However i recently had a good video chat and a one 2 one video lesson on the technique of tying in wings from a very talented Ayrshire fly tyer who has encouraged and helped me.
The last few days ive got stuck in and persevered with them. Im now starting to understand and getting to grips with the method. This blae and black is my best to date!
looks superb! :8)
Yeah nice work Allan, I shy away from paired wings as well but the tie the odd one here and there. I've promised myself a few times to do what you've done and grasp the thistle, never quite got round to it :roll:
Is that paired slips Allan or a rolled wing. Great result whichever.? :D
The shape of that wing looks like beautifully paired wing slips. You should not be shying away from winged wets Allan, keep them coming!! That is a lovely fly, love the shape of that wing.
Cracking taper on the body to boot, top notch!!
Yes Vaughan these are paired slips from grey duck quills. Havent mastered the techniqiue just yet as i tied another couple tonight and they were rubbish.😂 back to square one! Need to keep on practicing!
Thanks guys! @ the vice this morning! Consistency is the problem. Im not sure that winged wets will fish any better than hackled wets. I look forward to finding out next season.
I haven't used wing slip wets in years. Not sure what they represent. The one I still have confidence in is the silver invicta.
Great tying
Tonight I was inspired by the water of life!
cracking allan, and that spool of gold....got any more ?
I had a try at the Grey Monkey. Taking the idea from John Stewarts Book Davie McPhails video and some online images.
Finally managed to grab a few minutes on the vice today. No specific plans just trying a couple of things that have grabbed my attention recently. Sort of one extreme to the other
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Whats the Big Beastie Robbie? Where do you intend using that?
I had a go at another Grey Monkey and three Clyde night flies as referenced in the Anglers book of the Clyde by James Milne
More good stuff Allan, your box must be bursting!
You really covered the bases with those two robbie :lol: both look good. Is that a mouse pattern? What did you use for the tail? I've got some to do
Big thing is a mouse pattern the Master Splinter. Had heard it can work on rivers and lochs for trout, apparently pike will also have a go.
The tail is a narrow zonker strip with most of the hair pulled out.
Would i be able to purchase one or two of those mouse pattern master splinters. :?:
I have plans to fish a shallow weedy loch next season and looking for a decent surface lure. The mouse patterns for sale on eBay look like too much effort has went into making a replica mouse with eyes and mouth whiskers etc. I just want something that will make a wake with a tail.
Tying some salmon flees.......ness c with a pink heed
coupla' real easy mouse patterns here, Fergie. strip some zonker, whack some foam over the top and you're away :8)
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They've got "Banned" written all over them. :shock:
Superb tying all the same :lol:
They look like they could do some damage Dave.
There's something unsettling about that bottom one. :lol:
Nice tying Paul.
Hey Dave! Those are seriously scary looking beasts!
I think I saw that bottom black one from Dave in a cowboy movie staring Bob Hope in long furry chaps ....... :D
Quote from: Bobfly on November 26, 2018, 12:31:30 PM
I think I saw that bottom black one from Dave in a cowboy movie staring Bob Hope in long furry chaps ....... :D
Remember it well don't know if I should own up to that and they where off white I think 😂😂
My take on the The Jungle & Silver as desrcibed in Tom Stewart's Fifty popular Flies Vol.3 No 50.
And my vetsion of the blue hackled Jungle & Silver.
I need to tie some bugs, what foam do you guys recommend?
Quote from: burnie on November 26, 2018, 06:07:16 PM
I need to tie some bugs, what foam do you guys recommend?
i buy the sheets from Hobbycraft. super cheap, does the job. as you can see above. btw, the impressive looking black thing lasted about three or four casts in the dark and got hung up at the base of a reed bed somewhere. that's a lot of bunny drownded.... the simpler ones are just as effective and far cheaper!
Ive been tying a few patterns from Tom.Stewarts "50 popular flies" books.
Heres a couple of Sam Slicks and a Yellow Owl from volume 1&2.
Last night's tying.
A fancy stand for bonny flees. :D
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A fancy stand for bonny flees. :D
Well spotted. Roe buck the old man shot. They really do make nice fly clip holders. Need a stag antler to make a tool holder
Just back to the UK after six week motorhome tour of France and Spain. Needed it! No fishing rod and no tying for me. Great to see some really lovely flies being knocked up ! Need to crack on with some. Love that Sam Slick CC, its a pattern that's done the trick for me more than once :wink:
Back at it!
Cracking tying Allan, lovely fly as well.
Not feeling well. Hopper poppers and pink dawl's
Palmered march browns....love this fly for shrimp filled lochs
Getting there. Will do the last three at the top today then a clean up of the tying materials
nice box of bait paul.!!
Aye that's a nice wee set Paul!
A hot head bugger!
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What's the collective for buggers? Bunch of buggers? A shower of buggers? Either way here's some.....#10 long, lead underbelly
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Not tied as such but prepped for some conehead buggers #6's and #8's
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front-loaded...you mean business with those fellas !!
Should have a nice dip and pull :D they'll be getting flung about Jurassic lake, unfortunately not by me!
Nice tying Andy, that is a fair bit of heavy metal in the last pic.
Tbh they're not as heavy as they look, fairly lightweight cone and the lead I'm wrapping, pushing into place and then teasing out with a needle to hold the cone in place so I can superglue it all. I'm the pic it looks like they're stuffed with lead but not really......i still wouldn't like one on the back of the head though!
Olive quills.
Nice Paul, solid looking hooks. #8's dressed
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paul, tidy wee shuttles, i see you like to leave a bit of a tag off the cdc post in the pattern, looks good.
andy, Jurassic lake eh, one of those places !! looks amazing..if a little blawy.. the olive buggers turned out really tasty!!
They look great.
You will get arrested at customs for being a terrorist if you turn up with these things. Safer with half a dozen black pennels.
Drugs and prostitues are much safer...I agree :D
Jurassic snatchers
Haven't been tying many loch style patterns of late. Thought i'd better knock a few out in case I forget how ! loch style Wee Willie Gunn 😉
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That's a lovely fly
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Great flies, like a soldier tied really skinny for the point sometimes, did well with that around the weeds at Loch eye when I was there. Soldier muddler with a claret Deer hair head is another favourite
my second favourite flee....crackers
cracking soldiers, i like those boys, had decent success on a mirror flash winged version too. anyway Headleys "Clan Goat"
Lovely stuff Pete. Like I said on your FB page, they've got all the colours.
great fun to tie jim, really enjoy multi hackle patterns.
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Orkney ??
Nope ! On the mainland :wink:
It's a Watten Warrior so I reckon Caithness.
Top Marks ! :clap; It's a fly I have never tied before but I doubt if my mind would allow me go there without having a few in the box. :lol:
Well spotted Alan, I tied a few of those last year and didn't recognisee it :roll: :lol:
When you heading up Jim?
Hi Andy, The recipe is ......
Tail Glo Brite number 4
Body Dubbed Fiery Brown seals fur or similar
Rib Oval Gold rib
Palmer hackle Fiery brown
Head hackle White hen (Cock is fine too).
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Hoping to get up for end of May into June if all goes well. You going back up yourself ?
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Tried both of those on watten Jim but they got nowt......don't worry there wasn't a fish off the Loch that night :shock:
Yeah heading back up in June Jim, hoping the cold easterly from last year isn't about this time.
Cracking flies Jim, will have to give the muddled version a go myself.
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AS the next post will be number 7000, here we go- who is this?
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Lovely flies RR. A few years ago the Watter Warrior caught a few troot for me at Watten. Like the look'of the muddled version!
Thanks Chief. I'm quite enjoying getting back into some of the modern styles of loch pattern on the go now.
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That's a lovely fly Jim
Thanks Andy. I think there's something quite nice about loch style flies in general. They make good eye candy :).
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Both lovely ties and cracking flies, blue jay a little lost in the first one. Wings are spot on.
I like them both, be very happy fishing either. Always good to have options!
Yeah , I think you're right there Robbie, the blue jay is buried in there. I don't think it would look right tied as a beard on top of the head hackle. Might be better put on longer in a sort of bumble style which might be quite nice actually.
A bit longer would have been my preferemce, but it is just that: my preference.
A bumble varient sounds very interesting as well, behind the head hackle might give a nicely subtle effect.
Think I've tied enough for the coming season hopefully but you never know
We can all take our flee boxes out in johns company now. Looks good
Steady on, some of those compartments still have some spare room. !!! :D
A lot of spare time spent tying all of those. Looks a great collection.
Organised as well ! :shock:
Quote from: bibio1 on February 12, 2019, 09:01:10 PM
We can all take our flee boxes out in johns company now. Looks good
:lol: I was thinking the same :lol:
Quote from: bibio1 on February 12, 2019, 09:01:10 PM
We can all take our flee boxes out in johns company now. Looks good
don't know about that there's always a flees you don't have 😂
Quotedon't know about that there's always a flees you don't have
There's always others peoples flies you don't have :roll:
That nailed it :D :D :D
Quote from: Highlander on February 13, 2019, 12:38:26 PM
There's always others peoples flies you don't have :roll:
yes true and I hope no one is offended I've not asked them for a flee😜
You must have put in a lot of tying hours to build up that amount of flees :D How are you doing after the bad scare last year?
Quote from: Bobfly on February 13, 2019, 05:33:49 PM
You must have put in a lot of tying hours to build up that amount of flees :D How are you doing after the bad scare last year?
feeling great built up some leave days that i have to use before April after being off might do something end of march if weather is kind cheers Vaughan
Pleased to hear that :D
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nice flees and photos :8)
Glad you're better John. Plenty lochs (and fly boxes 😛) left for you to plunder!
Finished with the weird an wonderful stuff so looking forward to getting back to some traditional flies like Jim's. Finished off with some prince nymphs today with lead underbody, quite like these.
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Nice one Andy, i've Always considered it to be an American rivers specific pattern but there's so many people tying it that I'm not so sure now ! It's certainly got the look.
Cheers Andy the Prince was one of the first flies I ever tied but never used it much nice tie as always
Never tied or fished one but easy enough and they look the part. Could be a handy wee point fly with the weight in it.
Not exactly "today" but over the last few months......bare in mind this is a competition box and most of the flies are 4 to 6's! Lot of work but fun at times and learnt something about tying foam and rubber......bring on the traditionals :lol:
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Hmm ! 4 to 6's. Where are you off to Andy ? Big rainbow land or Sea trout somewhere foreign per chance?
Not for me Jim unfortunately, for Paul's trip to Patagonia so you were right about the big rainbows!!
Looks more suited to mackerel fishing, that last box! :shock:
Don't think you'd get many mackerel on this next one :lol: a wee antidote to all that rubber and foam, claret mayfly for June.
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After being desperate to tie some wet flies I did a sum total of 1! :roll: :lol: got sidetracked by Alex's comparaduns. Did a #12 with dyed elk wing and tail as a mayfly pattern.......[attachimg=1]
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Very nice Andy, I was also inspired by Alex green Mays . I even had a wee go at them grey bodied one.
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Great minds! Very nice Jim
Wee 16 dhe for good measure
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Nice to see some proper flies for a change :lol:
Seriously, the general standard of flies on this forum- traditional, fancy and "buggy" is outstanding.
Alex
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Hi I've got to agree with Alex the standard of tying is world class.
Not to single any one out but Rannoch Raider Evan the photographs fantastic.
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Wow. I love those. Especially the spinner and the clipped dun.
I think I will be copying these (poorly) for yhe coming season.
I haven't tied a fly since last May so the results should be even more shoddy than usual.
Alex
I may be ahead of you there Alex. My speciality is the expert unintentional tying of the "crippled natural" , a skill now highly developed. Seems to fool the odd numpty fish and it is hard now to achieve a tidy proper job. Too much skill required for bent fingers. Oddly I got fed up with a right hand finger last week and gave it a serious working over. After a sudden squishy sound it is now pain free and bends better than any time in the last year :shock: I might advertise in Chiropractor Weekly.
You any good on knees Vaughn, signed off for another month.
Have got back it to my tying after a few years away from it but my pictures are crap, there are some stunning tying going on at the moment.
I am good for knee exercises having appointed myself as supervisor for Mrs B who got a knee replacement two weeks before Xmas just past. Hard going for the lass but she is very determined and the physios are impressed with the progress. Knees seemingly much more tricky than hips and a longer recovery to get things back in play. Hope yours can get on the mend soon.
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The thought crossed my mind that I could open a Healing Hands Of God church in the Southern USA and make a million or two dollars before being chased out of the country. But then I might have been gunned down first by a rival healer. :shock: :shock:
Still on the Mayfly theme. A more traditional Spent Gnat pattern, the Deerstalker. It's jazzed up a wee bit with the omission of the thin silver wire and the use of CDL as the spent wing . I see Ryan Houston uses it in a spent pattern tied for Lough Sheelin. I can't get over the size of these things !
Quite a lot seem to be tied on long shank 8's and 10's :shock: I like the look of this pattern but I doubt if it's practical. It's 'footery' to tie and having a deer hair body, it's going to shred up quickly.
The first photo below has the CDL wing. The second is the more traditional hackle.
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Not allowing myself to tie flies till I get the rod done. Really need to pull my finger out so I can try and copy those spent patterns!!
Season starts here this weekend. So I need to get back into practice.
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Couple from today
Getting the Orkney box ready
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That is a canny compilation :D :D
Haven't really done any flytying for about 3 years, being off work has given me the time to get back at it.
Got the mojo back :D What is the red one far right in the collection picture ?
Just a colour I like to have in the box.
Tail red dyed pheasant tippet dyed
body light claret slf dubbing
claret hackle palmered
silver rib
dyed guinea fowl hackled
red deer hair swept back and cut muddler head
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After about 3 years away from it still a bit fingers and thumbs
Looks good :8) Great colour mix.
Nice selection Eric, lots of colour seems to be the thing up there. Like those white headed muddler/mini lures with the sunburst marabou, think I'll do a couple of those :D
Peach Norski Lad a Shetland fly and can work well on wild browns Andy.
Quote from: hopper on February 21, 2019, 04:47:42 PM
You any good on knees Vaughn, signed off for another month.
Have got back it to my tying after a few years away from it but my pictures are crap, there are some stunning tying going on at the moment.
For Me this is the best tying thread on the www
Been bumbling about today.
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So I will keep on practicing looking like another month off work, got the MRI scan today so things moving forward.
The flys on this thread are the best I've seen. Last year seeing Paul, Vaughan and Allan tie in person was a real treat and a huge learning opportunity for me. My tieing is horrendous at best but thae advice I've picked up here has me improving all the time.
Cheers guys.
Still practicing.
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I like an orange fly Eric, I tie one almost identical but with just a thin wing of summer duck.
It is a novel way of checking your hook points and putting the flees up to the camera :D :D
Quote from: bibio1 on March 09, 2019, 06:55:29 PM
For Me this is the best tying thread on the www
By far.
That is a summer duck substitute front hackle, orange is good up in Orkney.
That's it there Eric, good wee point fly, it's summer duck sub too
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Like the twinkle through the tails as well
Olive
Good old soldier!
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And a claret headed one
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Nice, the often get left in the box but there is nothing to beat the old favourites.
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I really like the look of that one!
Claret hoppers today
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Lovely hoppers Hopper !!! Great colour mix :D
They look deadly!
Cheers, I do like a hopper dry or pulled
A hopper/emerger type thing and a wee emerger in cow dung. Probably do as a wee pair for mayfly
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Nice, is that two different colours of deer hair on the hopper ?
Some of my efforts today.
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Nice flies Eric. I finally got the vice set up again, been too long.
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Couple more muddler things
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Cracking looking flies. I have uplaoded a couple of photos and struggle with decent quality images (whcih could be a good thing with my flies!). Any tips on how to take close up photos on a phone?
Crackers Eric
After being off work for 9 weeks so far Friday madness set in today.
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I know some ørret that would love those!
Still filling in time
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Some great flies on here recently guys! braw!
New thread and tinsel caddy! Lets get tying! Made for me by a friend!
Your churning out some number of flies Eric, watch you don't do yourself a mischief carrying them all when you get back out fishing :lol:
Allan, that's a lovely looking caddy.
Your churning out some number of flies Eric, watch you don't do yourself a mischief carrying them all when you get back out fishing
Operation on the 11th of this month then a couple of weeks to get back on my feet. You could be my sherpa for my first trip out to the hills Robbie.
Been back at the vice today so will bore you all with some more pictures later. :roll:
Hopper- I am going to have to buy you some fly display devices as in the centre of Clan Chief's caddy.
Those self-harm pictures have to stop.
Advice taken Inchlaggan on the self-harming :D
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Now back to the vice
That orange hopper looks the biz, must tie some of them up.
Leven kate
Back at the vice
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Quite the army your acquiring :lol:
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Quite the army your acquiring :lol:
A few more soldiers
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Fly that accounts for 50% of my wild loch brownies.
Sorry for poor photo body is green holo tinsel
Anew version of an oldie....love that fly but not used it in ages
Some variants from today.
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Nice tying Eric.
I managed to grab a few minutes at the vice this evening but need to get plenty more soon.
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Followed up with a two tone pheasant tail nymph:
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Like that PTN Robbie could see me using that one.
Rattled up a few more for a frieng who is off up to Orkney soon, donation to club funds on the way.
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You can fairly rattle them out Eric! I'm sure he'll do well with those, I was looking at some stuff about Orkney yesterday I'd love to get up there.
Knocked out a few this morning although these first ones were done the other day. Wet mayfly, hopefully they'll be on when I get to Caithness!
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Couple of silver mayfly......
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Size 8 comparadun mayflies on a mustad standard dry fly hook that I picked up cheap but it's a nice hook
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And finally a couple of comparadun emergers (if that's a thing!) #16
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Cracking flies Andy. Especially the silver mayfly and comparaduns.
Those would work well on Toffingall loch up in Caithness Andy, have seen cracking hatches of mayfly there.
Not fished it yet Eric but it's a possible this year.
Cheers robbie, it's a dead quick and simple one.
Tail: pheasant tail fibres
Body: silver tinsel
Shoulder hackle: french partridge
Collar: green highlander grizzle hackle but you could use anything
Not for the purists :lol:
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It's a handy loch Andy, if you get blown off the bigger lochs or they silt up, used to be surrounded by trees so pretty sheltered.
Before I ran out to wash the coupon in the morning dew I took a couple of pictures of pictures from last nights efforts but I think it needs legs.
A wee May spinner.
Well seeing I don't post here often.
Billy
Cracker billy
That is a very nice fly Billy!
Nice fly but if you keep it up i can see you getting he haw flees from the boys :lol: :lol:
John,
I only get your duds anyway.
I think you give me them to make space in your box for flies from Andy, Robbie and co.
Billy
I'm getingbonto c&f to see if I can get a finger print recognition fly box made 👀
Problem with that is if you get you're fingers wet you won't be able to get into the bloody thing either :lol:
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very nice Robbie
Just back from a couple of months motorhoming in sunny Spain. Great to see so many cracking flies getting posted up. Some real cracker there ! :8)
A little caddis mad today.
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Nice Robbie. Lovely 'buggy' look about it. :8)
Cheers Jim, I like the look the French Partridge gives.
Tried a Mayfly Stimulator last night:
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Olive snatcher tied tonight:
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Oh yes ! :8)
I am likely to burn in hell in any case :lol:, but to seal the deal:
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Get behind me Satan!
Snatchers in different colours are never far from my cast now robbie, great wee fly
All great flies. That last one is for the daphnia
A couple of mayfly wet/nymph type things
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And I hear there's an epidemic of wee black Bibio type flies up Caithness way so just in case the trout are filling their boots....#16
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Palmered Mayfly Crunchers ? :lol: They've got 'the look' anyway. :8)
What about a half hog Bibio snatcher nymph?! :lol: 16's again
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All great flies. That last one is for the daphnia
That's the thinking, may also have to tie a few foam arsed variants :crap
Nice midge things Andy, there are a lot of Hawthorn fly around here just now guess its the same further North.
Really like those nymphs, would also do nicely for a damsel.
That will be me needing to buy another fly box. :makefun
Billy
Both the wee foam black ones and the half hoggy combo ones would do great up north right now :D
Wish I was up there now Vaughan! Billy I'll be keeping it under lock and key!
A wee gaggle of snatchers. So simple but great Flies where there's good feeding.
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Very nice indeed.
Copied from Mak flies you tube channel, worth a look for some inspiration. Have an idea to adapt this for a nymph...
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Mk1 Mayfly nymph tied this evening, needs a little work:
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Been tying up a few size 16 Pennell (not pebble) variants. Small hen hackles are infuriatingly fragile!
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There was me thinking the "pebble" was a new fangled fly I'd never heard of :lol: :makefun
Had the same problem with hen hackles doing those snatchers!
Great tip, I'll have to give that a go.
Moved onto something a little more substantial and less frustrating.
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Cabin fever may be setting in...
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Those are very tidy Robbie. :8)
Yeah both nice robbie. Should be pretty handy
Olives are on the menu tonight. 14's and16's Still playing around with Mayflies too.
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On the subject of Mayflies, I found this interesting pattern from Kelly Galloup online. It's called 'The Found Link' and was designed to give the impression of a struggling crippled fly but due to the addition of flat wings on either side, it does a decent job of looking spent as well. Would it work here ? Why not !
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A wee Irish traditional wet for this month..
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That's a nice selection RR.
The RAGP was invented by the father of the man we stayed with in Ireland for 6 years. Tidy job ! :D
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The RAGP was invented by the father of the man we stayed with in Ireland for 6 years. Tidy job ! :D
:8) It really is a small world ! I think it's a great pattern. I used to fish it regularly years ago. It is a great attractor as a muddler and it also works well as a dry fly with a full cock hackle clipped flat beneath.
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First crack at a Yellow Owl Shuttlecock , size 16 Hannak hook. I've tied lots that were very similar but wasn't familiar with the latest name .... :? Think I need to buy more magazines :lol:
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lovely tying!
Yep! That muddler in particular looks a cracker!
A few for the summer evenings when the Caddis are popping up :)
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It's been years now since I've tied flies, so I'm trying to get my mojo back there as well as with the actual fishing - I had no idea how much prices have gone up BTW!!
Anyway - that's my excuse for the quality of the tying.
These are three variants on a fly I developed quite a few years ago. It is on a 14 B400 emerger. Claret thread; tails - red feathers from a Golden Pheasant back; body is a mix of claret seals fur and red flashabou; wing in the middle fly is claret squirrel tail, and the hackle in all three is brown saddle.
I like "buggy' flies with lots of movement - especially for mergers. I have hopes for these!!
It won't take you long to get back into it . Good colours and plenty of 'kick' in those. I'll bet they get plenty of attention. :8)
A few traditionals for a pal heading north, done 10's and 12's as well but these are some 14's. Claret bumbles, kate Mclarens and bibios.
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Heading to France - and managed to get permission to take a rod, so hoping to get a shot at some Zander on the Soane.
These Sculpins are my first real shot at using a muddler type head and zonker (although this is artificial rabbit). Hopefully they'll do the trick. Good fun to tie and the missus thinks they look like rats!
I do like the old faithful loch style traditionals Andy. They give a feeling of confidence, especially when tied as well as those. :8).
Those Sculpin beasts are odds on to get a reaction too :shock:
I had been planning to tie up some Doobries, my last one got shredded on a certain bog loch. Whilst in sommers in Aberdeen to get some glow-bright floss I came across some orange and pearl flat braid which sparked an idea for a variant:
Standard Doobry:
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Nice tying Robbie. Hard to say what one I like best, they're both braw. I often used strips cut from the wrapper from the 'Crunchie' Chocolate bar to replace the standard gold on the Doobry. It was pleasing on the eye but I doubt if the fish were bothered much !
Dug one out of the box. It's well battered and the shine has worn off the plastic wrapper body but you can still see the colour. I always thought it stood out a lot better in peaty water than the standard gold.
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Reading one of Bob Wyatt's books right now and having a bit of fun with the DHE and generally monkeying around with deer hair. This isn't one of Bob's but I've got high hopes that it'll do a wee turn when the buzzers are getting picked off. Tied on a size 14 FM Czech Nymph hook, I think it will have a nice 'hang' .
A couple of nymphs I hope to give a swim next month:
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Something a bit more substantial than my usual fair:
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I've not tied a fly in months but my mother in law wanted some for her pals husband as part of a gift so got the stuff out he other night. Not knowing where he fishes or what he fishes for I thought I'd do a wee selection of muddlers, thought it would be a safe bet. Did feel a bit rusty at the vice but got there in the end
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A couple more muddlers, this time for my own box. Tail is claret tippet and claret pheasant tail. Claret shoulder hackle, hairs ear body palmered with Cree cock. #10
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And a wee stoats tail for the point, blue grizzle hackle
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Those muddlers look great, the combined tail works nicely. The Stoats tail also looks top notch.
Cheers robbie, managed to get the tying stuff out, few and far between at the moment, trying to stave off C.S.A.D :lol:
haven't tied anything for ages. Thought i'd better top up the box in case the rain goes off, the water isn't like oxtail soup, I am not snow bound, there is no black ice on the roads, it isn't a Sunday and the wife lets me go! :lol
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Some lovely bead headed bugs there Rannoch - I like the black and peacock ones with the red tags particularly. Hope the stars align and you get a chance to fling them at something soon!
Ian
Never fished this style of fly before but thought it might be worth having a couple for those difficult days when your willing to try anything:
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I've seen many a big troot caught on them robbie. The black and silver is my favourite, the black and gold is good as well.
Will have to tie up a couple in black and gold.
Tried to post this wee black snatcher yesterday. Body is a mixture of a few colours of hare and some ice dub highlights:
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Nice one Robbie. The wee snatcher is a great wee fly. The Ice dub will give it a nice glint . :8)
I've been playing around with shrimps again.........
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Those are brilliant.
Those shrimps are as good as I have seen. Superb
I had five in my starter on Xmas day but the flees look a tad more tasty. :D
Thanks very much folks. To be honest they're not too hard to tie.
I gave the UV Tan fellow a swim today, it got a lot of interest and took a few fish.
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Nice. Was that in the sea. ?
Hi Fergie, Yes, it was the salt. I was really just getting some fresh air and trying out rod / line combos. None of the fish I had were Kelts which was a pleasant surprise, no sign of lice either!
Great way to blow the cobwebs away. :D
Those are top notch flies, proof is in the pudding!
still on the salty stuff.........
A wee 'transparent' herring style baitfish.
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Is that a trimmed out coq de Leon feather? Great effect. Lovely tie
Very nice bit of tying there Rannoch.
That fly looks brilliant, really nice effect.
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Still nibbling away at the shrimp patterns. I am trying to find a decent looking tying that isn't full of super fancy materials but still does the trick. The eyes are a wee luxury, they really glow in UV light and I can't replicate them the way I can with black eyes.
Anyway! this is the latest evolution of the tan shrimp that had fish interested last week........
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Very much out of practise
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New tying area :D
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I have been slowly adding to a soft wets box for late May. Ever the optimist !!
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Here are a few I've tied in the last couple of days:
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Bit unconventional for broon trout! But I'm gonna experiment with these Kingfisher Sparklers, when we get out the other side of this nightmare!
I only tied them on doubles because I've ran out out of suitable hooks!
They look like perfect wee seatrout/trout /grilse flys for the river. 👍🏻 :)
Nice flies Allan. :)
Lovely wee Peter Ross there, I do like them :D
QuoteLovely wee Peter Ross there, I do like them
The Forums fav flee if i mind right
Just off the vice! A couple of cdc sedges! Not sure if I'll get to use them when the Big Sedge makes its annual appearance in June @ my local Loch! 🤔
Cruncher style for when this virus eventually gets crushed! #Lockdownflytying
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Just off the vice! A couple of cdc sedges! Not sure if I'll get to use them when the Big Sedge makes its annual appearance in June @ my local Loch! 🤔
That was my first thought when I saw them, Alan :)
My take on a Bruiser!
Very clever the way you have laid it out.
Tight Lines
A leggy half Ordie
Nice Alan, I like that.
Today I tied a trio of wets to soak when the lockdown is over!
I must be bored. First fly I have tied for well over 2 years. I think I need some practice before I try another size 18. :lol:
I am waiting on delivery of a new x5 illuminated magnifier from amazon. The eyes are not what they once were.
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Been tying a lot recently
Some very tidy flees there Clan, nice.
Ian
Sadly this will probably be my last post on here. it's been a great thread (pardon the pun) to see how my flytying has developed and improved over the years. It's been a great source of info, hints and ideas from everyones flies and variations etc.
I will miss it!
Usually my first stop when I logged in, always good to see what folk were tying and get inspiration and nab their ideas :lol: a great thread Allan :8)
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Here's a few flies I have tied up in the last couple of weeks:
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Those are lovely Robbie, very tidy indeed.
Top class,things of beauty :)
A few more tied up recently. Working from home lets me take a few minutes to tie a fly or two each lunchtime. Going to need more fly boxes soon.
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Nice tying Robbie :D
Ayecsome nice patterns there Robbie
Stunners, must get my box and vice out, I've lost loads of flies, especially Salmon ones.
Do any of you guys still tie & fish Poly Emergers.My box is full of various Poly flies.
Here's a cripple Poly emerger.
My kind of fly Rab. :8)
I have been meaning to tie up a few dirty polys.
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Lovely tying! Sure to tempt the troot!!!!
Nice :8)
Got some new materials delivered recently.Here are a few recent tyings.
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Got some new materials delivered recently.Here are a few recent tyings.
I like the look of them.
So I got to the vice and tied up a couple of fresh Doobrys for my box!
All nicely tied and proportioned flies there Clan. :)
Ian
A flat wing sand eel imitation I tied up yesterday.
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Nicely done! Should do the trick!
Claret hogs using deep claret/chestnut brown roe deer dyed by Robbie.
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A very well tied and useful flee! 👍
I've been fairly busy @ the vice recently.
Here are a few of my flees...
Good colour combos :D
What hook are these on?
I cant remember the make to be honest I bought them from a member of my fishing club who pre covid ran tying nights in a school in West Lothian.
I will message him and ask him. They were certainly from the far east. Not Whitburn 🤣
Lovely flies as usual Allan. :)
Cheers Fred! 👍
Vaughan I got a quick reply he said they were barbless partridge hooks which surprised me as I was sure they were from the far east
I thought they were seconds. The barb is missing.
Continuing to fill my box
Nice ones Clan, I really like the look of the ones with the flat red rib. Must look out my tying gear at some point - might even get a chance to fling some of them out at some trouts next year if we're lucky!
Cheers,
Ian
Not all tied today:
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Some nice tyings there, the one at the top photos name is forbidden to be mentioned on our fishing trips...kind of like thesps referring to "that play"
Braw flees Robbie! 👌
Heres my latest vice work!
Lovely flies...number 4 down would deffo do the business on the Orkney lochs.
Yeah Clan, also really like the look of the half hogs with the orange butt - nice.
Ian
Some recent tying!
Just for some semi-lockdown light relief ...... here is a fly I tied up earlier today :D :D
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:D :D :D
A hybrid fly blending a short Shipman's with the hanging body of an emerger.
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That looks a very useful pattern! Very well tied too!
At long last I managed to get my hands on some dyed blue deer hair!
So over the weekend I've been tying quite a few muddlers with it!
Heres a couple of Blue Zulu Muddlers and one called the Voshimid Muddler which is basically a Teal Blue and silver muddler!
A busy wee spell at this vice this morning. A load of weighted nymphs, not bonny but very effective. :D
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They look like they'll definitely do the job Fred. Nice tying. :D
Ian
A bit scrappy but they will do the job. :)
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Hoping these will do a turn for Iron Blue Duns
My kind of flies Mac :)
A few of my recent ties:
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Nice flies Robbie 🙂
Thanks, Fred.
Braw flees Robbie 👍
Recent vice work!
Crackers Allan. :D
Cracking ties Allan!
Quality tying as ever Allan. :D :D
The fly tying skills of some of the members on here is remarkable. I'm far less tidy. :lol:
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Nice flies again Robbie. I love that top one, looks deadly. :D
Cheers Fred, you can't go too far wrong with a Pennell.
A few more recent ties, this weather and lock down is giving me plenty of time to tie flies.
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Beautifully tied flies there Robbie
No idea what to name these as, but I know from last back end and already from last Friday... they do work. 🙂
Shellback Leggies in a mix of claret and black.
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Couple of emergers tied up recently, hopefully test them out later this week.
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Those should do the trick Robbie
Recent work!
Not tied anything for ages, those look very nice.
A Picric muddler.
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Nice one !! :D
Tied a couple of these for Uist!
That looks very nice Clan - can see those going great guns in a good wave.
A little bait fish type thing I tied up after seeing something similar in a few lochs.
A few flees for lochs and rivers next season
Tying for next season already. That's real enthusiasm Allan. :)
Think I'll try river fishing next year (Clyde)
Beautiful slim tyings. :D
nice fees Allan :applause
That is a nice set of river flies Allan.
Oddly enough I'm in the process of recovering one of Highlander's long lost Fish Wild articles on Clyde Style fishing :D
Cracking flies Allan. Something beautiful in the simplicity of that style.
Thanks!
Yeah! I really enjoy the rich history of the Clyde fishing and flytying however I need to learn how to fish the river! Did a bit a number of years ago without any great success.Gonna get a permit this week which covers grayling and trout fishing until March 2023. Which is incredible value!
What are the pattern names Allan. I'd like to include them in "What Have You Tied Today" in the new Fish Wild :)
Hi fred first pattern is a harelug & plover.
2nd and 3rd are just wet spider patterns I made for the river using woodcock feathers and hare body fur!
4th pattern is what I call Jackdaw Spider obviously with Jackdaw feather!
Heres a Magpie Tail A famous (night flee for the Clyde)
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That looks deadly Scott. I really like those jig hooks too.
Thanks Fred, my attempt at one of Craig Mcdonalds bugs from sage circas nith article. The hooks are hanak jig superb, pricey but my favourite jig
The hook seems to have a wide gape relative to the shank length which should mean it holds better
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The hook seems to have a wide gape relative to the shank length which should mean it holds better
thats exactly what they are short shank and wide gape so can oversize beads to get down with smaller flies
Cracking wee jig nymph that, nice!
I saw a picture of a Cardineal in one of Stan Headley's Trout and Salmon articles. Liked the look of the fly and thought I'd tie one up. In the process of doing so a couple of variants sprang to mind. Nothing ground breaking, but I think they should be useful enough. The double wing has quite a nice effect.
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Looks the bizz for sea trout ??
Robbie, to revert to the language of my childhood - those are rakers :D
I could see the middle one in particular doing a good job chasing silver in the Hebrides. Nice.
Ian
Very nice tyings
Some of my favourite PTNs tonight. Hard to get it to show in the pic but there is a ice blue tinsel flash on top of the thorax. Its a fairly subtle nymph but that tinsel just glints a uv flash at certain angles. This catches for me throughout the year from Jan to December for trout and grayling alike. [attachimg=1][attachimg=2]
Really effective looking nymphs there Scott.
Crackers, they look deadly.
Stunning flees Robbie and that looks a very useful pattern too Scooby!
I recently acquired some old flydresser guild booklets with some very interesting articles in them. Especially the fearures on Tummel flees and Tweed Flees.
As described in the Tweed Feature heres is a spider pattern I tied named the red spider I'd be more inclined to call it plover & yellow
I'm tying a few dries using this wonderful Whiting cape I've had for years. It gives the Adams mixed hackle effect with one feather.
First dries I have tied for a long time oh my goodness my tying is rough, the eyes are not what they once were. :lol:
I know it won't bother the fish though. :8)
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Same fly as above but with a collar hackle clipped below. Much easier to tie and just as effective if a bit more difficult to spot on the water. Don't ask me about fly names by the way I just tie flies that I know work for the least tying effort possible. :D
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This is one of the most effective dry flies I use on rivers.
Just brown thread and a grizzle hackle. I used to tie the body with pheasant tail but brown thread is equally effective. It could hardly be simpler or quicker to tie. I tie it on 14 to 18. This is a 16.
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These look great Fred. I have taken note as I intend to try river fishing next year!
Thanks Allan. My main to to anyone new to rivers is keep it simple. :)
My early season generic dun pattern.
Body: Brown or olive thread
Wing: Tiemco Aero wing tied in swept back
Hackle and Tail, Red game trimmed underneath or just left long.
Hackle goes on last. Dead simple, easy to tie and I find this works when parachutes etc fail.
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Bonny flies gents. I tied a very similiar dun to that Fred years ago for mb's and it was good. For some reason I haven't tied them again :?
First of today's flies. Size 10 jig hook (Partridge) 3mm tungsten bead with lead wire, hare fur and peacock dubbing.
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These flies won't win any tying comps but they do catch a lot of fish. :D
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Size 12 2.5mm tungsten, pheasant tail and CDC hackle. Deadly................. :lol:
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Look how you have progressed Fred from your earlier days. Like wise Clan Chief, Robbie. & a few others. Now Lochan Load was always very good. :roll:
Tight Lines
I belong to the keep it scruffy and simple school of tying Alan. :lol:
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The tying season is well underway. lots of great flies and plenty inspiration. I'll be copying a few of these patterns.
Playing with some mini-lures on jig hooks.
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Some nice flies guys.
Robbie are those for use on rivers?
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Lovely tyings there (with a diversion into 'humungous' territory!) - particularly like the detached body dries, look great.
Ian
Very useful looking dries! Superb!
Heres my latest.. Blae & Harelug! Clydestyle!
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Very useful looking dries! Superb!
Heres my latest.. Blae & Harelug! Clydestyle!
Nicely tied Alan.
Highlander will be along in a minute saying it is too heavily tied, less hare and slimmer wings slips :)
QuoteHighlander will be along in a minute saying it is too heavily tied, less hare and slimmer wings slips :)
Would not dream of it :roll:
Well done Allan
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Some nice flies guys.
Robbie are those for use on rivers?
Scott, aye I was thinking mainly of rivers when I tied these. Thought the could be useful anchor flies when nymphing, maybe winkle out a surprise or two. Recon they could be useful on lochs as well, especially when it's a little cooler.
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I need to give them a try next season too, on the rivers. Love a dhe 😎
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How do you keep them afloat? Mine always sink!?!
Keep the dubbing sparse on the body, rough out the thorax and have a dense wing. Treat with gink at tying table and before fishing. Will float for a few fish at least then re-treat
At time of tying I often use Watershed or Supafloat ( very old bottle !! ) to let that soak and dry on the bits to be above water.
I usually rub a bit of mucilin into the wing. Every so often, or after a few fish, rinse the fly well, dry and apply more mucilin to the wing. Never had a problem with them sinking.
thanks Gents - will give them another go. They always look so good in the corner of the box, but inevitably the trusty klinks or emergers get picked as I know they'll stay up. Will defo make a concerted effort with them now.
Ta.
Like Andy I have never had huge success with the DHE style flies. Serious floating / sighting issues - more than often it floats on its side.
I'm obviously not tying it properly. I asked Bo Wyatt and he told me getting the thorax right is essential.
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Like Andy I have never had huge success with the DHE style flies. Serious floating / sighting issues - more than often it floats on its side.
I'm obviously not tying it properly. I asked Bo Wyatt and he told me getting the thorax right is essential.
Wing too long Fred, causing it to topple?
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Wing too long Fred, causing it to topple?
Quite possibly that and a poorly tied thorax
Another Hen Blackie for my box!
That is lovely Clan, just screams trouts :-)
Ian
Noticed reference to a pattern called the Claret Hen Blackie which I was not aware of in Stans book Trout & Salmon flies of Scotland! So Ive tied a couple similar! #14
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Those are nice nymphs. Of all the flies I fish nymphs like that are probably the most effective.
Cracking ties Scott, What size are the hooks and beads?
Cheers
Thread flies are 16 and a 3.5mm bead and the bottom one is a 14 with a 3.8mm. Both hanak 450 so wide gape and short shank
I tied a few of these this morning just in case I take leave of my senses and go grayling fishing. :D
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Nicely tied Fred.One of my all time traditional Grayling flies. Still stands the test of time. No slouch for Broonies too.
Tight Lines
It's a good loch fly too Alan. I'd forgotten about it until Burnie mentioned he got his grayling on it last week. Once up at the Crask Bob Wyatt got a cracking brown on Loch Fiag - I asked him about the fly - "the good old red tag Fred" was the answer :lol:
These old favourites became popular for a reason.
Red tag is a fly I have not fished very much at all. Jig bead head version appears to be popular.
I have been tying some reverse dry flies recently:
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Nice work Robbie. I love the look of those although I've never tried them.
George had great success on the Earn with Grayling using a variation of the Cows Arse, Leckford Professor to most people. He used the white hair from the Hares Ear for a wing coming out of the hackles. ~14 or #16 I think..it was a long while ago :)
Nice Robbie - particularly like the quill bodied one.
Ian
Looking ace! I've never tried anything like these though!
Cheers gents.
Been having a play with some Gel Core Micro Fritz from Semperfli:
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Nice looking flies Robbie. Look perfect as a team of wets on some high lochan
Recent vice work!! A mix for river and Loch!
Stunning flies, starting to have arthritis problems a bit in my hands, finding tying a bit tricky now, I can do bigger Salmon flies, but tiny dries are too difficult, oh the joys of getting auld.
Cracking flies Allan, lovely tying as always!
Olive wire bodied spider, with a grouse hackle.
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very useful looking flee I must tie some up! Tidy too! Top vice work!
A wee thorax of that micro fritz again. Is that the correct name?
Thorax is actually Hends UV ice dubbing in brown, it's an interesting colour which looks like it will be handy for various nymphs and wets.
Looks more like purple than brown ! Tidy fly for sure. :)
Cheers Vaughan, it does have a purple hue to it due to the uv flash in the mix.
I have been tying up a few other wire spiders
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These spiders are outstanding Robbie and look extremely useful! 👍
A fly pattern that I have been intrigued by for a while is theTelephone Fly.
Its tied in a style I like to tie and use!
However I've always thought it was such a ridiculous name to give to a trout fly and have always wondered how it came to be named as such.
So after a bit of digging I managed to find out...
Many years ago it is reputed that one perfect day in June in the north west of Ireland a very enthusiastic auld fisherman had a wonderfully successful day on Lough Conn with a lough style fly pattern that he had recently tied in preparation for a day on this famous County Mayo Lough!
However after catching numerous troot all day with this lough flee , later in the afternoon he lost this flee to a fiesty troot that broke him and made off with it.
In the evening the auld fella retired to the local pub/hotel and got incredibly drunk celebrating his success.
Late in the evening he phoned his mate to tell him about the outstanding fly pattern that caught him countless troot.
As you can imagine his drunken description of the fly to his mate that night got some what distorted and jumbled in the late night telephone conversation and insisted that his mate tie some up for him and bring them over to him for the next day.
Next day his mate turned up with a dozen flees tied as described in the drunken excitement of the late night call.
However the auld fella whilst recovering from a hangover the next morning and feeling somewhat confused informed his mate that these flees looked nothing like the flee he told him to tie.
His mate insisted these were tied exactly as described in the conversation on the telephone the night before!
Regardless, the auld fella went out on the Lough that day armed with his mate's flees and had an even more successfu day with his friend's fly pattern than the day before.
And so the Telephone Fly was born!
The pattern pictured here is my take on the Telephone Fly and in keeping with the brilliant story of its origins probably looks nothing like it's intended to be.
I just hope it catches me as many troot. Maybe in the future when I tell my mates about it we might come to learn of the Whatssapp Flee or the text flee.
That telephone job is just like the big bushy bumbles we used in Ireland on Mask and Carra. Just the business. :)
Nice spiders there. Thats a good wee story and a nice looking fly
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Like the look of the wee olive spider 😎
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Like the look of the wee olive spider 😎
Thanks
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Both sets of wets look really nice!
The streamers also look great
Skinny blue and claret dabbler
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Some nice flies there, love the streamers. :)
Robbie, what's the body material on the Dabbler.
Fred the body is Vicuna Dubbing. Quite nice stuff to use and is available in quite a range of colours and blends.
I have mixed several shades of blue with a little claret and pink for this fly, but it doesn't show in the photo.
Messing about with a butcher winged wet.
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Beautifully tied Robbie :)
Recent vicework with an Irish lough style theme!
Lovely Allan, that will catch fish.
A G George variant tyed with a Clan Chief theme in mind!! #ClanGeorge ?
Beautiful flies Allan.
Here is a wingless wet fly pattern I tinkered with earlier. With and without a tail.
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A wee muddled midge.
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nice flees lads :D
Great stuff Robbie!
Some recent stuff
I reckon the Kate McLaren is probably my most successful trout pattern when fishing wets! I've also had success with the green tailed Kate too!
In order to find a solution on which to chose Ive tyed a pattern combining both standard and green tail in an Irish George style!
So here we have at the top the Geordie McLaren!!!! 🙂
Two of my favourite sedge patterns, rough and ready as per my usual but proven trout catchers. These and perhaps a balloon caddis do me for the season.
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Couple more muddlers I tied up recently. Going to get back on the dries again after these.
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Nice Robbie! 8)
And the dries I mentioned before. Playing with CDC dubs:
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Recent vicecwork
Nice Allan :)
Braw
Cracking flies Allan. The orange one looks just the ticket for a peaty water.
Excellent broony bashers. 8) 8)
A few more!
Another set of cracking flies Allan.
Here are a few of my recent ties.
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Only my 2nd ever fly, so it's a bit 'eclectic' ;D
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That is a nice DHE; I wish my second fly looked that good.
One of my go-to flies on rivers, and I always have a few with me on lochs.
Stunning flies Robbie, I seem to have lost my mojo for tying flies again
Quote from: GallowayBlueline on May 20, 2022, 06:28:57 PM
Right, how do you post pics from flickr? Fail!
Just use the Share button on your Flickr page for that image. If you have a free account it may no longer allow this. There have been a lot of restrictions added to free Flickr accounts recently.
superb flees Robbie Fantastic photography too!
Thanks Robbie, that is great to hear from someone as adept at the art as yourself!
Fred, thanks buddy, just copying in the BBCode from Flickr works from a free account by the looks of it.
Intended for some Machair Trout but more likely to be used locally for sea trout now.
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Lovely Robbie, can really see that doing the business in either the Hebrides or for estuary silver.
Ian
Nice tying Robbie! Looks very useful!
One to pull em up!
That would be brilliant on the Orkney lochs....
Variation on a theme!
Lovely ties Allan.
Maybe useful for a forthcoming trip to the Outer Hebrides!
Modified these two flees with alternative materials
to suit a size 12 hook as I was out of 10s!
I like all these ones in the recent postings. Just need cloud cover and a fair wind on the lochs !
Cracking ties Allan, I can see the Hebridean trout taking a real liking to them.
Couple of muddlers I tied up recently:
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Really like those patterns Robbie will certainly push the water .
I've been tying a few big leggy flees for out west!
Been trying plenty new flies recently, due to coming home from the Netherlands with covid!. Lots to work on, particularly proportions and palmering, Although I was delighted to catch on my Griffiths gnat on the first cast. 8)
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:Just off the vice! #OuterHebrides #Ready!
Some more recent ties
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Mice - some lovely neat tyings there Robbie, good stuff.
Ian
Thanks Ian.
Here are a few more recent ties
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Lots a really neat flies there Robbie. :) :)
Braw flees Robbie! 👌
Not something I usually tie or likely to fish! However I recently got some salmon hooks and decided to have a play around with them!
Good Fun! 😎
:) :)
Lovely tying Allan, super tidy.
Some stunning flies guys. Especially like that last one Robbie
Cheers Scott
Here are a couple more recent ties:
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Scott, that nymph bottom right is near identical to the one I tie that takes 90% of my fish caught subsurface. Sometimes I add a turn of CDC behind the bead. :)
Thats my most productive nymph Fred. Its also the pattern I have on the most which may be the reason for its success ;D
Yup! ;D
Another thing - as it's the heaviest nymph it fishes deeper - that's almost certainly another factor
Lovely nymphs Scott, they look deadly.
Cheers Robbie
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Those are great looking slim bugs there! Look deadly!
An eclectic set of recent ties:
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Tying for a trip south. Been a while since I've been on but great to see so many old faces still tying.
Looking good Paul. Nice to see you back. :)
Thanks fred
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This could quite possibly be my last post on here. It's been a great thread (pardon the pun)
I always enjoyed putting pics of my flees on here and to see how I've improved over the years. It was as quite a busy thread at one time..
Anyway recently I've ooking for a good pearsall's silk substitute recently. As well as semperfli pure silk I was also recommended a French Silk called Au Ver A Soie Ephemera which I've been using these last few days with some North Country Spiders and I like the results.
Simple, beautiful and effective
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This could quite possibly be my last post on here. It's been a great thread (pardon the pun)
I always enjoyed putting pics of my flees on here and to see how I've improved over the years. It was as quite a busy thread at one time..
Anyway recently I've ooking for a good pearsall's silk substitute recently. As well as semperfli pure silk I was also recommended a French Silk called Au Ver A Soie Ephemera which I've been using these last few days with some North Country Spiders and I like the results.
I'm not sure Alan, it looks too shiny compared to Pearsall.
First post here in 2008 - wow, what a repository of fantastic Scottish flees. Some great inspiration over the years from some excellent fly-tyers.
Yep, a fantastic resource about to be lost. :(
With using silks I think quite a few pattern used a wax on the silk eg. Greenwells spiders and similar. That would soften the shine on a silk thread.
The flees are not as bright as they look in the pics as the artificial light is making them brighter than they really are. I also used cobbler wax on them
Been tying quite a few spider patterns for the river recently.
However I tied a few larger patterns for the lochs!
#12 Kamasan B175.
Purple au ver a Soie ephemera silk.
Violet Spectra dubbing thorax.
Starling Hackle.
My kind of fly. Simple & deadly :)
Filling up the empty slots with a river staple
Todays efforts half a dozen each of Holo Moths and Yellow Sallies
Very pale Yellow Sallies Nicely tyed.
Photo slightly washed out the colour (i.e. post is yellow poloyprop) but they have a nice general pale yellow colour which I like, just like the natural, rather than being OTT Yellow like some I have seen that are commercially tied.
I suppose it depends on what the fly is targeting. The Yellow Sally Stonefly or the Yellow May Dun/Sulphur Dun. The Stonefly is a light yellow on the green side with flat folded wings a translucent yellow and the Yellow May Dun is a bright yellow with upright yellow wings and the female spinner is golden, males are darker, both have transparent wings. I always think the Yellow Sally dry fly is imitating the Yellow May/Sulphur Dun rather than the Yellow Sally Stonefly.
Some owls
Very tidy! :)
Today's batch some more parachutes, 1\2 dozen each of size 20 Gnats and Size 8 Rusty Brown Olives.
You have vastly better eyesight than I do tying size 20 parachutes :)
Some Size 22's today, para aphids and Holo Gold PTN's.
Size 22
6 Pale Micro Caddis and 6 Black Gnats
Where do you buy the tiny hooks?
Quote from: admin on May 27, 2023, 10:33:05 AMWhere do you buy the tiny hooks?
Nearly all come from China directly via Aliexpress.
Have got 3,000 on the way at the moment.
500 each of 20 and 22 in dual purpose down eye
500 each of 20 and 22 in curved sedge hook
500 each of 18 and 20 in 3xl curved nymph hooks
If you want some to try, once they arrive, happy to send you some.
Thanks for the offer, but I'm not sure could see a size 22 these days, far less tie on it! ;D
Some sedge for the duo
That is a tidy combo hair and hackle tying. Nice one !
Quote from: Bobfly on June 23, 2023, 11:43:50 PMThat is a tidy combo hair and hackle tying. Nice one !
Fiddly isnt the word, should hold up a nymph or 2 though
Nice, they look like they will float well
Have been using china hooks this size for quite a while ok for browns but recently fished Thrunton for a week and probably had 8 snapped hooks switched to guru course hooks bit more expensive slightly bigger eye and much better quality and way stronger
First few fir mair than 45 years...Dry Red Spider, Weighted Hare Lug Nymph...
That link does not appear to work Sandy :)
..I think it's sorted noo...
I can see The Luther troot liking those. :)
Quote from: admin on September 18, 2023, 10:30:50 AMI can see The Luther troot liking those. :)
Aye, it's a pair day when I dinna get at least ae tak on them...
hoping to give the grayling a go on he upper clyde during the winter with patterns such as these:
...time to be thinking about tying some flees for opening time...one of the things aboot gettin aulder is that time fairly "flees"...it'll be March 15th afore wi ken it...
Worst thing for me is at 71 my close up eyesight is fleein' awa' :-[
Quote from: Wildfisher on December 29, 2023, 01:38:51 PMWorst thing for me is at 71 my close up eyesight is fleein' awa' :-[
I'm nae far ahent yi...still hinna got a gid tyin session in... ;D
This is the first winter I have not tied a single fly. I did so little fishing last season after my NZ trip I lost so few flies I'm still well stocked. 8)