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Materials
Hook- Daiichi 1140-1150 16-24
Thread- Uni 8/0 Light Cahill
Tail- Peacock hurl
Abdomen- Tying thread with peacock tied in on top.
Rib- Tying thread
Wing case- Peacock hurl
Thorax- U.V. High Test
Here is my H.T.P. Trout Bane. This is one of my best producers. Dead...
Here is a nymph i tie and use often. You can just switch the feather and colors and make all sorts of banes. It is more a tying technique then any given pattern.
Materials
Hook- Daiichi 1550 16-24
Thread- Uni 8/0 Light cahlill
Tail- Pheasant tail fibers
Abdomen- Thread with pheasant...
Here is my flying ant pattern. It has been kicking ass lately on some of Pa limestone streams.
Materials
Hook- Daiichi 1180 #12-18
Thread- Black Uni 8/0
Body balls- Black superfine dry fly dub
Wing- Midge crystal flash
Mid section- Black holographic tinsel
Post- Hi-vis...
All this banter on here about spey flies gave me the urge to twist a couple up. Here is what i put together.
Hook- Mustad 36890 #6
Thread- Amber pearsals
Tag- Mirage tinsel
2nd Tag- Medium gold oval tinsel
Body- Very sparse dubbed muskrat
Body hackle- silver badger
Rib- Medium gold oval...
Here is a wetfly that I put together after watching Davie Mcphail do his spider pattern. It is simply a variation of Davie's creation. The Davie spider consists of starling and you can see my version consists of jungle cock.
Materials Hook- Daiichi 2220 #10
Thread- Uni 8/0 black
Tail- Golden pheasant tippet
Body- Holographic gold tinsel
Rib- Medium oval tinsel
Body hackle- Brown rooster hackle
Head- Peacock herl
Here is a little wet fly i put together that has served me well on many occasions.
Materials
Hook- AJ soft hackle hook #11
Thread- Rusty brown MFC 8/0
Tail- Wood duck flank
Body- Wood duck flank wrapped
Rib- MFC midge body thread- #740 rust
Hackle- Bleached Starling
Wing- Fox...
Decided to tie up some picket pin streamers. I have had pretty good luck with this tie before, so i twisted up a couple.
Originator: Jack Boehme,
Hook: Mustad 79580, or equivalent, size 4-6.
Thread: Black 8/0 Montana fly co.
Tail: Golden pheasant tippet fibers (3-5).
Rib: Medium gold...
I was fishing earlier in the day when i noticed this HUGE tarp in the creek, so as two of my fellow t.u. members and myself were riding around we stopped and removed the tarp. :)
The banner tarp in the stream
Fredy calling the establishment to whom it belonged to
And fredy doing the...
This fly has been kicking butt for me for the last couple of months. The black wings are great in high glare, and the lighter hackle can be seen in the non glare situations. Enjoy. :)
Here is a short video clip of Tom that I called over to my truck at a traffic light, waiting to turn onto Bloomfield ave. It was pretty crazy and funny at the same time.
Here is a version of Mark Ellis's triple wing spinner. Sorry for the long video but i do a lot of explaining for this simple fly. Dont worry they are a quick tie. I have had great success with this pattern on very picky trout. Enjoy. :) You can find a longer 1080 hd version at the fly...