What Are You Tying Today? 2026

[Terry Murphy]

Bass are looking for hoppers and frogs.

 

[GoldenRfly]

Bass are looking for hoppers and frogs.View attachment 1641253467View attachment 1641253468

What size hook on your hopper? I like that pattern.

 

[Terry Murphy]

What size hook on your hopper? I like that pattern.

Size 4

 

[Kms]

I found some cool mop material with long shiny fibers that shift light/dark depending on the angle.

 

[Arfly]

That is cool. What is the material?

 

[Kms]

That is cool. What is the material?

from this $5 wash mitt. Also cool is that it has two different size noodles

 

[nfrechet]

Pack Rat

Hook - Single salmon, size 4-10
Thread - Red
Tip - Flat silver tinsel
Butt - Fluorescent pink yarn
Body - Black wool
Wing - Gray fox
Hackle - Olive dyed grizzly or substitute

Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson

 

[hooker-of-men]

Pack Rat

Hook - Single salmon, size 4-10
Thread - Red
Tip - Flat silver tinsel
Butt - Fluorescent pink yarn
Body - Black wool
Wing - Gray fox
Hackle - Olive dyed grizzly or substitute

Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson

He can't quit!

 

[laurelhighlander]

Topwater fly for smallmouth

 

[Shawn_H]

Topwater fly for smallmouth
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Very rare to see something unique/new - that looks great. Articulated? What is the tail?

 

[nfrechet]

March Brown

Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6
Thread - Black
Tag - Flat silver tinsel
Tail - Golden pheasant crest
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Body - Hares ear dubbing
Throat - Partridge hackle fibers
Wing - Strips of hen pheasant tail, mottled turkey or similar

The Complete Illustrated Directory of Salmon Flies - Chris Mann

 

[Penns Woods]

March Brown

Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6
Thread - Black
Tag - Flat silver tinsel
Tail - Golden pheasant crest
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Body - Hares ear dubbing
Throat - Partridge hackle fibers
Wing - Strips of hen pheasant tail, mottled turkey or similar

The Complete Illustrated Directory of Salmon Flies - Chris Mann

A great old fly I use all the time. Well done.

 

[laurelhighlander]

Very rare to see something unique/new - that looks great. Articulated? What is the tail?

Thanks man, yes it's articulated, the back is just a shank with mop tail and dubbing

 

[hooker-of-men]

#12 The ol' reliable

 

[hooker-of-men]

#12 GFA Hopper Experimental Moth Variant

Kapok body courtesy of @salmo !!

 

[Esoxbum]

#12 GFA Hopper Experimental Moth Variant
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Kapok body courtesy of @salmo !!

I havn’t used any of the kapok yet. Just some of the P.H. dubbing he sent me

 

[Esoxbum]

I havn’t used any of the kapok yet. Just some of the P.H. dubbing he sent me

Oh yeah, the post is the poly cord you sent me! It looks yellow/gold from my lamp

 

[Esoxbum]

#12 GFA Hopper Experimental Moth Variant
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Kapok body courtesy of @salmo !!

Step by step? Thread base, tie in tailing, tie down foam in rear, dub shank, tie down foam in front, underwing/wing, fold back foam, dubbing/add rubber legs/poly? Looks like ol’ reliable is roughly the same? The part I circled is throwing me off. Doesn’t look visible in the second picture (I’m sure is due to camera angle or such)

 

[Esoxbum]

Step by step? Thread base, tie in tailing, tie down foam in rear, dub shank, tie down foam in front, underwing/wing, fold back foam, dubbing/add rubber legs/poly? Looks like ol’ reliable is roughly the same? The part I circled is throwing me off. Doesn’t look visible in the second picture (I’m sure is due to camera angle or such)

Is that tailing/shuck? Or just the underwing/camera angle trick my brain thingy?

 

[hooker-of-men]

Step by step? Thread base, tie in tailing, tie down foam in rear, dub shank, tie down foam in front, underwing/wing, fold back foam, dubbing/add rubber legs/poly? Looks like ol’ reliable is roughly the same? The part I circled is throwing me off. Doesn’t look visible in the second picture (I’m sure is due to camera angle or such)

There is just a crystal flash (in this case black) tail under the foam. Otherwise, you've got it:

1) thread base and flash tail
2) tie down rear foam
3) peacock herl body (kapok for the white one)
4) tie down front foam (I believe there is a middle tie down in the OG pattern to create 3 body segments. I do it sometimes.)
5) flash underwing (matching the tail) and hair wing
6) tie back the head
7) legs, poly sighter, dubbing

Edit: Huh. I just watched a couple videos out of curiosity, and it appears that at some point I added the flash tail and underwing to the original recipe. Must've been in my cups, but I've been doing it that way for years.