splasher5 Posted February 1, 2011 Posted February 1, 2011 I am new to tying and would like some advice..Iam currently reading Charlie Craven's Basic Fly Tying book and practising Brassies and Black Beauty's. In the book he gives some different pattern variations of each. I just wondering what different colors are people using? Has anyone used chartreuse, green,wine? Quote
SanJuanWorm Posted February 1, 2011 Posted February 1, 2011 I am new to tying and would like some advice..Iam currently reading Charlie Craven's Basic Fly Tying book and practising Brassies and Black Beauty's. In the book he gives some different pattern variations of each. I just wondering what different colors are people using? Has anyone used chartreuse, green,wine? Only one way to find out. Fish em. I've tried chartreuse brassies with luck. They imitate caddis worms. The best brassie is just copper wire, peacock herl, some cdc and a bead. Quote
bulltrout Posted February 1, 2011 Posted February 1, 2011 I am new to tying and would like some advice..Iam currently reading Charlie Craven's Basic Fly Tying book and practising Brassies and Black Beauty's. In the book he gives some different pattern variations of each. I just wondering what different colors are people using? Has anyone used chartreuse, green,wine? red, zebra, chartreuse and blue are standbys for me but all the colors he lists all work around here... Quote
snuffy Posted February 2, 2011 Posted February 2, 2011 That's a great book. His website is equally good if you're looking for instructions for other patterns. Quote
Guest JayVee Posted February 2, 2011 Posted February 2, 2011 That's a great book. His website is equally good if you're looking for instructions for other patterns. +1. Charlie Craven is a rock star in the fly tying world. This fly looks like it would be an awesome Bow River fly, or anywhere else there's Caddis. I'll have to whip up a few for this weekend. Quote
ironfly Posted February 3, 2011 Posted February 3, 2011 Love that caddis, JayVee, but I think I'll find another way to weight it. I usually don't care much about those sorts of things, but that's a really nice imitative fly, which to my eye is ruined by that big blob of gold. Quote
Flytyer Posted February 3, 2011 Posted February 3, 2011 Love that caddis, JayVee, but I think I'll find another way to weight it. I usually don't care much about those sorts of things, but that's a really nice imitative fly, which to my eye is ruined by that big blob of gold. Just use a black bead instead of gold, simple solution. Quote
headscan Posted February 3, 2011 Posted February 3, 2011 Yeah I tend to use black tungsten beads for my caddis imitations, but I've caught fish with the gold beads as well so I don't know how much difference it makes. Quote
Guest JayVee Posted February 3, 2011 Posted February 3, 2011 No bead at all might also be a good option. Quote
Gaffer Posted February 4, 2011 Posted February 4, 2011 +1. Charlie Craven is a rock star in the fly tying world. This fly looks like it would be an awesome Bow River fly, or anywhere else there's Caddis. I'll have to whip up a few for this weekend. That Shark Caddis looks killer, & simple to tie. I am going to whip some up with a black tungsten bead & perhaps dubbed with some deer hair for that "leggy" look that I use on some other caddis. Update: Here is one that I did quick, but in green because my yellow was too pen was too bright and I had no cream antron. The notes that I read said less is more for the hare's mask but I think I need a little more in there. I also think I will use ice dub instead of pecock herl in version 2.0. Andrew Quote
Guest JayVee Posted February 4, 2011 Posted February 4, 2011 This was my first time using a dubbing loop...cool technique! I found it much easier to use a closed loop rather than split the Antron like the tutorial shows. Quote
Guest JayVee Posted February 4, 2011 Posted February 4, 2011 Here's a tan and ortrich herl verison: And one more version. I'm calling it the Redbull: Quote
SouthBow Posted February 4, 2011 Posted February 4, 2011 Looks good, take a felt pen to that bag material and that fly will smoke Quote
SilverDoctor Posted February 6, 2011 Posted February 6, 2011 There are times when an interesting color will work great and we can speculate about this and that we have seen on a web site or in a book. Don't forget to have a peek streamside, collect some specimens and use your eyes. I am new to tying and would like some advice..Iam currently reading Charlie Craven's Basic Fly Tying book and practising Brassies and Black Beauty's. In the book he gives some different pattern variations of each. I just wondering what different colors are people using? Has anyone used chartreuse, green,wine? Quote
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