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Wooly Bugger hackle
Depends on how you want your bugger to look. That's the beauty of tying your own. You don't have to make them look like everybody elses.Most commercial ones are tied with saddle hackle, neck |
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John Oland Salmon Fly
QUOTE (TroutBum @ Jun 22 2010, 08:24 PM) It's the John Olan, not Oland.Thread: RedTag: fine oval silver tinselTail: GP rump fibersRib: Medium oval gold tinselBody: Flat gold tinselWing: B |
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Sculpinish
Greetings all, Here's an amalgamation of different styles. I tied cotterpin flies for steelhead and have been big into articulated streamers as of late. On the cotterpins, I wou |
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The perfect fly
tough one................assuming just one fly...................in my waters........id go with the soft hackle gill fly i made. really simple. i need to post pics of it sometime.size 10 3906.brown sc |
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Go To Fly Pattern
gill killer pattern i use is a form of soft hackle.size 10 3906 wet nymph hook.brown schlappen fibers for tail.peacock herl body.twisted (furled i guess) brass or copper wire. thin craftstore. i also |
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Going to try something new...
My dad showed up with an old tarpon leader stretcher and about a dozen BIG flies all rigged up in it - for tarpon and sailfish. I just couldn't help myself and went to the fly shop and got some h |
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"Original" Pattern Swap
QUOTE (ColonelMel @ Apr 3 2010, 11:11 AM) This is my first time hosting a swap, and I tried to come up with something different and fun. Now you could say there's no such thing as a new, |
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Intruder Swap
QUOTE (garthman @ Jun 5 2010, 04:06 PM) the flies were awsome. if the swappers are agreeable, I'd sure like to see a list of materials each of us used for the ties? James, are you willing |
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Do any of you tie with Burnt Spey Hackle?
I find pheasant rum easy to find and cheap, I've just picked up a full Bleu eared pheasant cape which is a really great substitute. You can get small quantities of heron at:www.canadiantubeflies.c |
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Ostrich Egg
I was working a pattern to fish similar to a fluke style of soft plastic. My problem was the under body of the fly and holding the marabou from completely collapsing to the shank. I had tried a vari |
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