Fly tying and patterns sharing thread

[brandon4455]

Ostrich herl callibaetis which is a pretty standard fly

thread body callibaetis (Brandon’s hatch ready callibaetis)
And Brandon’s damsel bugger. Have had success with all 3 this season. Chironomids are my favorite but it has been fun fishing other hatches this year too. I wish this place wasn’t so dead!

 

[playhooky]

 

[Echskech]

Kinda an old dead thread, huh?

Well here's my recent stab at a few euro style flys that have been producing plenty of good times on my local water. Though at times it seems anything works as long as it gets deep, these keep the bite right.

The pearl tinsel with Wine underbody, p.t. tail, and purple lazer-dub collar is money in the bank!

 

[Echskech]

Where do you all get your hooks and beads at? Im looking for better selection then just Sportsmans.

 

[TheKnigit]

I haven't found a much better place than Sportsman's for hooks. For bead heads I have been using local craft stores and buying jewelry chain. You have to take it apart, but you can either use them as bead heads or dumbbells.

 

[brandon4455]

Nice ties! Old thread but one of the best on this site. Just not much activity here anymore. I haven’t gotten into euro flies but I also rarely fish streams for trout these days. I order my hooks from the caddis fly shop in Eugene (caddisflyshop.com) and the fly shop out of Redding,Ca (theflyshop.com) and buy their brand (TFS) hooks. Good quality and best pricing. But the caddis fly hands down has the best selection of the two websites.

 

[Echskech]

Nice ties! Old thread but one of the best on this site. Just not much activity here anymore. I haven’t gotten into euro flies but I also rarely fish streams for trout these days. I order my hooks from the caddis fly shop in Eugene (caddisflyshop.com) and the fly shop out of Redding,Ca (theflyshop.com) and buy their brand (TFS) hooks. Good quality and best pricing. But the caddis fly hands down has the best selection of the two websites.

Oh awesome! I'd sourced the Big Y Flyshop in Hood River but thats about it. Thanks for the recommendations!

 

[Echskech]

Well the salmon are coming into my neck of the woods pretty hot and heavy these past weeks. I was late to the big fly party but finally got to spend a few hours tonight whipping up some size 1's for the silver Sea Monsters out there.

 

[Shaun Solomon]

Nice. Clean and consistent. If they won’t eat those, to hell with them.

Also… love the 200 yard spools of 8/0 uni. I got a bunch of that thread on 80 yard spools, which I think might have been a price point deal for Sportsman’s…? I went through a lot of the black, brown, olive and red when I was tying. Maybe I’ll get back to it at some point.

 

[Admin]

Kinda an old dead thread, huh?

It's time to bump it up again. )

Trout season is getting closer. Show what you prepared.

 

[Echskech]

After beating up on some Metollius. R rainbows last weekend (which on the Met never happens for me), I had to come home and tie up a few more of the MVP fly.

Size-14 black Hare's ear with a peacock collar. Don't ask me why as there was no stonefly in the drift, just BWO.. Hopefully the fish on the lower D will be eating the same way this weekend (though word on the street is that it's all March Brown over there).

 

[brokencoastal]

Just ordered a fly-tying set up. Stoked to spend some winter evenings in front of a vise instead of the tv!

 

[brandon4455]

Not necessarily a fly. But been working on some pin & bead steelhead jigs. I prefer this over a nightmare

 

[mattsavage]

Just ordered a fly-tying set up. Stoked to spend some winter evenings in front of a vise instead of the tv!

As a noob, its made fishing all that more rewarding when I catch fish on flies I tie myself. I just started tying this winter as well, with a loaner vise from the father in law. Its a good time, definitely beats vegging out in front of the tv in the evenings...

 

[brokencoastal]

I've been learning to tie, and it's been fun hitting the river with my flies. Yesterday in Maupin, the trout were keying into a mini pats rubber legs I've been doing.

 

[Vintageflyguy]

This is a really long running thread - but I enjoy seeing other tyers work - this is this winters streamer experiments (plus about 3 boxes more) getting ready for spring fishing

 

[John3]

. . . anyone know of the specific name of pattern . . .

I bought it dozen years ago from Port Townsend Angler.

I know it’s a variation of the Sand Lance . . .

 

[TheKnigit]

. . . anyone know of the specific name of pattern . . .

I bought it dozen years ago from Port Townsend Angler.

I know it’s a variation of the Sand Lance . . .

Orvis has a similar pattern on their website, under salt water flies and streamers, that is named "Surf Candy". It is a little different, but the same basic concept.

 

[John3]

. . . the Green Meanie reverse spider . . .

 

[John3]

. . . the Borden’s Super . . .

A variation of the Borden’s Special.

It’s tied on #5 Spey hook.