What Are You Tying Today?

[KELORGO]

Headed up to Pine Creek for our 27th annual trout trip on Monday. Looks like 50/50 that Pine will be high (Galeton/Gaines area). Figured I should tie up some larger flies to compliment my usual selection of nymphs:

 

[FollowTheBlueLines]

Felt inspired after watching some Davie McPhail videos. Split wing CDC olive size 16.

 

[HoboWithAFlyRod]

Smallish dungeon streamer tied on two size 4 hooks. Don’t have rubber legs in a color that would work so I didn’t use any. Getting the eyes on was easier than I thought it would be; spinning deer hair around it was terrible, though.

 

[nfrechet]

Puffer

Tip- Gold tinsel
Tail - Scarlet duck or goode quill segments
Body - Dark green dubbing
Rib - Light green floss
Hackle - Brown
Wing - Black crow or substitute

Flies - J. Edson Leonard

 

[JimNovo]

Some starter flies for some friends..

 

[nfrechet]

Peacock

Body - Peacock herl
Hackle - Black
Wing - Slate duck or goose quill segments

Trout - Ray Bergman

 

[salmo]

All poly parachute sulphur variants, red-head tailed #18 & plain #16, on curved and straight hooks.View attachment 1641241763 View attachment 1641241761

I just returned from a trip. I noticed that my parachute post was too short for me to see while on the water. I'll be tying them taller in the future.

 

[salmo]

Some starter flies for some friends..
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Jim: some incredible ties!!!!

 

[dudemanspecial]

I just returned from a trip. I noticed that my parachute post was too short for me to see while on the water. I'll be tying them taller in the future.

I tie all of my parachute posts high, then trim them to fit on the water

 

[bugs4]

Some starter flies for some friends..
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nicely done, proportions are just about perfect.

 

[nfrechet]

White Miller

Plate 6

Tip - Gold tinsel
Tail - Scarlet
Ribbing - Gold tinsel
Body - White silk floss
Hackle - White
Wing - White duck or goose quill segmants

Trout - Ray Bergman

White Miller

Plate 9

Tip - Silver tinsel
Ribbing - Silver tinsel
Body - White silk floss
Hackle - White
Wing - White duck or goose quill segmants

Trout - Ray Bergman

 

[Jay_H]

Looking forward to some fishable lower flows and terrestrial season.

 

[Kms]

A size 12 mohair and foam, weighted

 

[nfrechet]

Beatrice

Tail - Scarlet quill sections
Tip - Green floss tied as a butt
Hackle - Yellow and crimson tied palmer
Body -Yellow floss
Wing - Barred Mandarin

Trout - Ray Bergman

 

[nfrechet]

Forsyth

Tip - Light blue floss
Hackle - Yellow tied palmer
Body - Yellow wool
Wing -Yellow with brown stripe, married

Trout - Ray Bergman

 

[Kms]

Conehead olive crystal bugger with “cree” american hackle.

 

[hooker-of-men]

#12 Split wing Usual

 

[Broodstock]

A couple extended body mayfly with Wally wings. The body is felt and elk hair, with a mallard wing and grizzly hackle. Possum dubbed thorax. I might try a few more patterns and colors like this. They are tied on a klinkhammer hook - size 10 and 12.

 

[GoldenRfly]

It’s a great pattern. I used a small covert feather off of a Jackdaw wing for the hackle. The head is way too big on the one I posted and it would have been better with one less turn of hackle, but then the head would have been even bigger! 😉 However, I do like the purple head to be a prominent feature of the pattern and I intentionally wrap the bronze mallard body a bit loosely to let a bit of purple sneak through on the body. I do believe there are times when purple can serve as a trigger. Post one up if you tie one! The Usk Naylor doesn’t get a lot of recognition.

Thanks @dc410 for posting the Usk Naylor wet fly and advice on tying it. This one produced a brown trout last evening in some deep fast moving water.

I used a size 14 Nymph Hook.

 

[nfrechet]

Pale Watery Quill

Plate 6

Tail - Greenish Yellow (Pale)
Body - Peacock Quill
Hackle - Greenish Yellow (Pale)
Wing - Light slate duck or goose quill segments

Trout - Ray Bergman