What Are You Tying Today? 2026

[RH1]

Some March Browns

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Very nice work!
Ive been wanting to attempt to tie these.
But they may be a little beyond my skill set.

 

[hooker-of-men]

I like Charlie Craven and his patterns, but that is an Iris Caddis with some deer hair, isn't it? I realize all new fly patterns are mostly variations of existing patterns.

Seems similar. Craven just moved the loop backwards. Maybe on the Iris it was supposed to be a wing and on the Hellion it's the body? I would venture a guess that both Craven and Matthews were inspired by LaFontaine's sparkle emerger caddis.

 

[HoboWithAFlyRod]

A less flashy kind of blowtorch. Hare’s ear body and natural CDC, no tinsel.

 

[mr7183]

I’m excited to try this pattern as a MB emerger. It’s a take on an F-Fly with EP Trigger Point as the body.

 

[nfrechet]

John

This fly is the creation of Mr. John Edwards.

Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tag - Silver oval tinsel
Tip - Yellow floss
Tail - Blue feather and golden pheasant crest feather
Butt - Black ostrich
Ribbing - Silver oval tinsel
Body - Blue silver doctor floss
Throat - Black hen fibers over silver doctor blue fibers
Wing - Black bear hair, blue silver doctor krystal flash, 2 strips of red over black turkey (or goose) feather
Cheeks - Jungle fowl

www.saumonquebec.com

 

[nfrechet]

AC Malin

Created by Alain Charette

Hook - Single salmon
Tag - Oval silver tinsel
Butt - Black floss or thread
Tail - Golden pheasant crest
Body - Green fluorescent floss
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Throat - Yellow hackle
Wing - Gray fox guard hair

www.fabri-mouches.ca

 

[Terry Murphy]

Clouser Half & Half’s before work .

 

[just_jon]

Sulfur and BWO RS2s.

 

[mr7183]

EP Comparadun.

 

[laurelhighlander]

Posted this fly already but thought it looked cool once wet

 

[FollowTheBlueLines]

Olive Quilldigon

Side note: does anyone else just use sally hansens in place of UV resin? I thought about getting a torch and everything, but hard as nails has been working pretty good for me

 

[HoboWithAFlyRod]

Olive Quilldigon

Side note: does anyone else just use sally hansens in place of UV resin? I thought about getting a torch and everything, but hard as nails has been working pretty good for me

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I use hard as nails for finishing regular nymphs but when you coat the whole body for a perdigon style nymph doesn’t it take forever to dry?

 

[FollowTheBlueLines]

I use hard as nails for finishing regular nymphs but when you coat the whole body for a perdigon style nymph doesn’t it take forever to dry?

Not sure how long it takes to dry tbh. It probably does take a while, but I usually coat the fly and then stick the hook into a foam pad to dry overnight, so it doesn't make much of a difference to me.

 

[poopdeck]

Side note: does anyone else just use sally hansens in place of UV resin? I thought about getting a torch and everything, but hard as nails has been working pretty good for me

I use hard as nails for finishing regular nymphs but when you coat the whole body for a perdigon style nymph doesn’t it take forever to dry?

I use SHHAN. I bought the whole UV get up and then realized it brings very little to my bench for the money. It’s good for built up heads but after that it doesn’t do much more than SSHAN for a lot less money for me. I’ve never tied a fly and immediately tied it to my leader. I stick my flies in a block of foam where they can spend the next couple weeks to dry if they want but it only takes a few minutes as your only putting a thin coat over things. No different than applying and drying on whole fingernails.

 

[RH1]

First ive had time to tie in weeks!

 

[Shawn_H]

More sulphur prep:

 

[RH1]

More sulphur prep:
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That looks great!

 

[DO_inthewoods]

I’m excited to try this pattern as a MB emerger. It’s a take on an F-Fly with EP Trigger Point as the body.

Never thought about wrapping EP! WIll have to try that out. Definitely breaks up the body

 

[dc410]

Finally planning on getting out to swing some wet flies this weekend so I tied up a couple extra soft hackle pheasant tails to chuck into the box.

 

[Richbo69]

An attempt at a couple of Galloup’s Sheep Hearders and some Clouser Half and Half’s. Anxious to try them.