What Are You Tying Today? 2026

[Esoxbum]

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.

Thanks . I add a cdc underwing to nearly everything I can

 

[lars]

Eric Paramore's thunder thighs hopper on #4

 

[Esoxbum]

Foam beetle w/ shaved peacock herl/uv resin wing case. Attempt #1

 

[lars]

Eric Paramore's thunder thighs hopper on #4

Actually, it's tied on a #8 mustad 9672

 

[tomgamber]

🤣

 

[EricK]

I enjoy these posts and this forum. I'm more of an occasional tyer than a daily tyer, but here are a couple from earlier this week.

 

[Esoxbum]

I enjoy these posts and this forum. I'm more of an occasional tyer than a daily tyer, but here are a couple from earlier this week.

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I just tied some pmx crickets. Only had standard length hooks, though. Wasn’t very fun

 

[hooker-of-men]

Quick and dirty #14 CDC pheasant tail just to test my advice in the CDC collar thread.

Not a pretty thing, but mine own

 

[Shawn_H]

Parachute ant:

 

[Shawn_H]

Parachute ISO - been a good fall fly for me

 

[nfrechet]

Grande Ronde River Rat

Originator – Jack Hagan

Hook - Gold Alek Jackson spey hook or substutute
Thread - Black
Tag - Oval silver tinsel
Tail - Yellow dyed gray squirrel tail
Rib - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Back ½ chartreuse floss, front ½ Black trilobal dubbing
Rear Wing - Orange dyed gray squirrel tail
Front Wing - Red dyed gray squirrel tail
Hackle - Black

oakorchardflies.proboards.com

 

[nfrechet]

Olga

Hook - Single or double salmon
Thread - Black
Tag - Flat silver tinsel
Tail - Golden pheasant crest
Body - Light blue wool or floss
Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel
Hackle - Blue, one shade darker than the body
Wing - Turkey or Bustard

Author's Note

The Olga was invented by J.L. D1ckie and the dressing given in his book "Forty years of trout and salmon fishing" published in 1921.

feathersfliesandphantoms.co.uk

 

[Terry Murphy]

Some hoppers for Northern Minnesota smallies .