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[nfrechet]

Lady Mills

Tail - Golden pheasant tippet
Ribbing - Silver tinsel and black ostrich herl
Body - White ostrich herl
Hackle - Blue gray
Wing - Cinnamon with black tip

Don Bastian Notes

The ribbing on the Lady Mills is unusual. Like a palmered hackle with a tinsel rib, the tinsel should be wound first and the ostrich herl is wound butted against the rear edge of the tinsel

This wing, was all cinnamon. I made it black, like the one in the book painting, by using a black magic marker, but dabbing the feather to make it look right. A little tying secret.

Trout - Ray Bergman

 

[ChuckofWagon]

Done with Divers for a minute View attachment 1641244278

What do you use to "carve out" or more likely flatten where the eyes are glued in? And superglue to hold them there?

And I hate how neat your bench is!! When I spin deer hair I leave a trail of cut hair from the bench to the powder room and back!!!

 

[FollowTheBlueLines]

Couple of mini jig buggers. Size 10

 

[flyguy638]

What do you use to "carve out" or more likely flatten where the eyes are glued in? And superglue to hold them there?

And I hate how neat your bench is!! When I spin deer hair I leave a trail of cut hair from the bench to the powder room and back!!!

 

[flyguy638]

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Not so clean

 

[flyguy638]

Not so clean

Sometimes I use this

 

[flyguy638]

Couple of streamers

 

[flyguy638]

Pretty work on that deer hair sir

Thank you

 

[nfrechet]

Lanigan

Tail - Black duck or goose quill segments
Hackle - Light claret tied palmer
Body - White chenille
Wing - Gray mallard

Trout - Ray Bergman

 

[flyguy638]

Love my Renomed Scissors

 

[FollowTheBlueLines]

Filled my first row with the fly that broke my dry fly addiction and got me into fish bigger than 10”

 

[Mwo10mwo]

First time tying with the EP Fiber brush, love this stuff!

 

[McSneek]

Love my Renomed Scissors View attachment 1641244318View attachment 1641244319

You are really talented. I’m curious to know if you fish these works of art and how you do with the multiple colored heads vs. single colors like black or yellow.

 

[flyguy638]

You are really talented. I’m curious to know if you fish these works of art and how you do with the multiple colored heads vs. single colors like black or yellow.

Thanks, I learned from the best, Chris Helm. Have I fished them, absolutely, although I spend more time behind the bench nowadays . I believe the fish don’t much care on multi colored heads. Some of the fancy flies are donated for different clubs, like this one

 

[nfrechet]

Gray Midge

Tail - Gray mallard
Body - Crimson floss
Hackle - Light gray
Wing - Gray mallard

Trout - Ray Bergman

 

[flyguy638]

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Gray Midge

Tail - Gray mallard
Body - Crimson floss
Hackle - Light gray
Wing - Gray mallard

Trout - Ray Bergman

I’ve always enjoyed your stuff on the old forum, you are definitely a disciplined tyer and have a keen eye for detail. Taking a photo always shows the sore spots and personally has been a great tool in making me a more aware tyer, nice work Norm

 

[nfrechet]

Green Drake

Tail - Green *
Ribbing - Brown silk (thread or floss)
Body - Pale yellow floss
Hackle - Green **
Wing - Gray mallard dyed yellow green

Trout - Ray Bergman

Don Bastian Notes

* Green is all that is listed in the Trout recipe; the painting is more of an olive shade.

** As with the tail, green is listed in the recipe; the hackle on the painting is a dark olive and is an appropriate imitative color for the Green Drake. This difference in the appearance of these colors is an example of the benefit of the color plate paintings. The word ‘green’ by itself for tail and hackle does not provide accurate information for tying the Green Drake wet fly. Comparison between the written recipes and color plate paintings in Trout produces a collective body of fly tying information, in combination more valuable and more concise than either would possess if left to stand alone.

 

[lars]

foam was no bueno. it tore around the bend as i feared it might and it could have been the shape, but it twisted the heck out of the leader. the ones i cut from the thin leather seemed fine.

also, the ones i tied on 9672's (middle one) had a hook gap issue which i also thought might be a problem. too many fish came unbuttoned so i retied them on some vintage mustad 3891's. a stout ring eyed sproat hook in size #1.
i also put some yellow fabric marker on the claws and added more weight with one have a single wrap and the other a double of .033 lead wire under the chenille

this fly has fished well and interested a lot of bass though even size #1 3891's didn't always stay in the fishes mouth.

this batch is tied on Gamakatsu B10S hooks and with double wrapped lead. gonna get them wet tomorrow...

 

[nfrechet]

I’ve always enjoyed your stuff on the old forum, you are definitely a disciplined tyer and have a keen eye for detail. Taking a photo always shows the sore spots and personally has been a great tool in making me a more aware tyer, nice work Norm

Thank you

R U Tom from the old forum?

 

[nfrechet]

Murray

Tail - Scarlet duck or goose quill segment
Hackle - Orange tied palmer
Ribbing - Silver tinsel
Body - Black floss
Wing - Brown turkey or pheasant

Trout - Ray Bergman