What Are You Tying Today? 2026

[Mwo10mwo]

Stimulator fly in a size 8!

 

[dc410]

Stimulator fly in a size 8!

Love some stimmies! They’re just cool

I absolutely love tying them!!

 

[nfrechet]

Dark Stone

Hook - Standard wet fly
Thread - Black
Tip - Flat gold tinsel
Tail - Brown turkey
Body - Brown floss
Hackle - Brown
Wing - Brown turkey

Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth

 

[PennKev]

Bow Tie Raccoon

Variation of Paul Lasha's Raccoon

Hook - Dry fly, #12-#16
Thread - White
Tail/Shuck - Grizzly sili-legs
White Gills - White uni-stretch
Shellback - 2 MM tan foam strip
Body - Black dubbing

Have you fished this fly yet?

I've had quite a bit of luck with an older version of the Racoon that used a grizzly hackle tips as the tail and deer hair instead of foam for the back. I always tied on #18 and smaller and fished it dry as an emerging midge.

 

[SlingingWets]

A Couple of bright Copper John’s for the dumb ones.

 

[nfrechet]

Have you fished this fly yet?

I've had quite a bit of luck with an older version of the Racoon that used a grizzly hackle tips as the tail and deer hair instead of foam for the back. I always tied on #18 and smaller and fished it dry as an emerging midge.

i have not fished it yet

 

[nfrechet]

Pale Evening Dun

Hook - Standard wet fly
Thread - White under body, Black head
Tail - Dun hackle
Body - Yellow floss
Hackle - Dun hackle
Wing - Slate duck or goose wing quill segments

Author's Note

Also made rabbits fur body, silver tip, dun hackle, slate wing.
Also made body ribbed gold or brown, gray hackle at tail, yellow hackle at shoulder.
Also made blue floss body, yellow floss tag, yellow hackle, white wing.

Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth

 

[Mwo10mwo]

Tied some pheasant tail nymphs with some tungsten heads. 3 material fly that is simple to tie. I love the orange beads, I add them to almost every pattern I tie!

 

[SlingingWets]

Pale Evening Dun

Hook - Standard wet fly
Thread - White under body, Black head
Tail - Dun hackle
Body - Yellow floss
Hackle - Dun hackle
Wing - Slate duck or goose wing quill segments

Author's Note

Also made rabbits fur body, silver tip, dun hackle, slate wing.
Also made body ribbed gold or brown, gray hackle at tail, yellow hackle at shoulder.
Also made blue floss body, yellow floss tag, yellow hackle, white wing.

Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth

Very nice tie. I would suspect that you have quite the inventory of floss on your hands...

 

[lprudente]

Extended Body Female Hendrickson

Stole the dubbing idea from the Davy McPhail thread, just mixed it in with the deer hair wing.

 

[RH1]

Extended Body Female Hendrickson

Stole the dubbing idea from the Davy McPhail thread, just mixed it in with the deer hair wing.
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This is an awesome fly!
Great job!

 

[nfrechet]

Very nice tie. I would suspect that you have quite the inventory of floss on your hands...

yes i have a few spools of floss

 

[SlingingWets]

yes i have a few spools of floss

Question - I very rarely tie streamers due to the fact that I never fish them. In today's world of floss, What would you be purchasing if you were starting all over again? I'll start acquiring some and tie a few steamers at some point.

 

[Kms]

Extended Body Female Hendrickson

Stole the dubbing idea from the Davy McPhail thread, just mixed it in with the deer hair wing.
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Excellent

 

[Kms]

I got from Kelly Galloup that a streamer isn’t really a fly so much as a lure that creates a visual and physical disturbance, and to choose design elements based on function. So I’ve been tinkering with more lure-like concepts, hence this wacky thing: stiff green and copper “ep” fiber over swishy black pine squirrel and midweight golden mohair yarn capped with a shiny stainless 5mm daisy bead over a red lined chartreuse glass triangle bead on a size 14 1xl nymph hook. I like how the pine squirrel moves under the stiffer fibers, how the beads produce an ever changing red/green kaleidoscopic effect, and that there are endless bead colors to play with.

I jerk stripped something similar in a pool the other day and got to see some excellent pursuits and strikes, so I’m sold. Love sight fishing.

 

[nfrechet]

Question - I very rarely tie streamers due to the fact that I never fish them. In today's world of floss, What would you be purchasing if you were starting all over again? I'll start acquiring some and tie a few steamers at some point.

uni stretch

i use more uni stretch rather than danville 4 strand floss

i also have uni floss single strand floss but its not my go to floss. i just dont like it

another floss is mulberry silk floss (https://www.amazon.com/spools-Natural-Mulberry-Embroidery-Thread/dp/B0CPCDNMD9)

 

[SlingingWets]

uni stretch

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i use more uni stretch rather than danville 4 strand floss

i also have uni floss single strand floss but its not my go to floss. i just dont like it

another floss is mulberry silk floss (https://www.amazon.com/spools-Natural-Mulberry-Embroidery-Thread/dp/B0CPCDNMD9)

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I have a bunch of “I don’t know what” silk thread that was made in England (very small spools) 45 meters I think (spool is white with a white label on one side and gold text). that I bought from my local shop many years ago that I still use when tying some particular wet fly patterns. Thanks for the advice on the floss. I’ll get some and see if I can still tie a nice floss body.

 

[flyguy638]

The Pinecone mouse, developed by AJ Jorgensen 2/0 Predator

 

[SlingingWets]

The Pinecone mouse, developed by AJ Jorgensen 2/0 Predator View attachment 1641250203

I really need the patience. Those look great!

 

[RH1]

The Pinecone mouse, developed by AJ Jorgensen 2/0 Predator View attachment 1641250203

Show off!!
Haha awesome work sir!