agbff Posted February 11, 2013 Posted February 11, 2013 Pokerfish what is that material you are using for the caddis wing... good looking flies dude! Quote
SilverDoctor Posted February 13, 2013 Posted February 13, 2013 Lots of goodies here, thanks for posting. Quote
pokerfish Posted February 14, 2013 Posted February 14, 2013 Pokerfish what is that material you are using for the caddis wing... good looking flies dude! Rainy's 0.5 mm cross link foam. looks good, but it is a might fragile. I don't think it would handle more than one fish. So I am still looking for ideas there. And thanks for the kind words. Quote
snuffy Posted February 14, 2013 Posted February 14, 2013 Not half as good looking as many of the flies posted recently, but I've been tying up several skwala stones for spring creek browns this year. Nice looking Skwala! Could you elaborate a bit? Quote
agbff Posted February 14, 2013 Posted February 14, 2013 Rainy's 0.5 mm cross link foam. looks good, but it is a might fragile. I don't think it would handle more than one fish. So I am still looking for ideas there. And thanks for the kind words. Always found that the low riding spent type patterns always work best after they've been chewed on a little. I've used brown foil from kettle chips bag with luck. Quote
bjbailey Posted February 14, 2013 Posted February 14, 2013 Snuffy - its a pretty straight forward pattern. It's not mine but I'm not 100% sure where I got it from. It is tied on a 3x long #10 stimulator hook. It has a foam egg sack at the back to help with flotation (and to mimic the egg sack of females). The body is dark olive dubbing with a single strand of krystal flash for ribbing. The main wing is natural deer hair, then you tie in (first pointing forward) a bunch of dark deer hair for the half bullet head, dub backwards to where you tied in the wing, and pull back the dark deer hair to form the head. I leave the tips of the dark deer hair laying on top of the natural wing to give it a bit of two-tone look, though maybe that's just being too lazy to cut them off too! Tie in a couple of legs and some white foam for visibility and its done. I find them quite effective first thing in the season for browns up in central AB. I've attached another photo from a lower angle that shows the layers better. Quote
stripes53 Posted February 15, 2013 Posted February 15, 2013 Tried something different with white biots in the tail. Any thoughts? Quote
stripes53 Posted February 15, 2013 Posted February 15, 2013 Good have gotten my proportions with wing/tail down better. Quote
lethfisher Posted February 16, 2013 Posted February 16, 2013 Tied up some sculpin streamers a few weeks ago and got to fish them today. They are using the fish skulls but look what happened to it in the water!!!! What gives!? Oh crap just noticed the eye of the hook is pointing perhaps the wrong way, hmmm odd... Quote
Tungsten Posted February 17, 2013 Posted February 17, 2013 Nice tie,the skulls will turn and i doubt a fish could care less anyway.If you scratched the inside then use some glue you may get them to stay. Quote
Flytyer Posted February 17, 2013 Posted February 17, 2013 Tied up some sculpin streamers a few weeks ago and got to fish them today. They are using the fish skulls but look what happened to it in the water!!!! What gives!? Oh crap just noticed the eye of the hook is pointing perhaps the wrong way, hmmm odd... Without having a close look at it, I might think that the rabbit strip might be turning it over due to being top heavy. Quote
lethfisher Posted February 18, 2013 Posted February 18, 2013 Hey guys thanks for the insight! I messaged Flymen Co. on Facebook about it and this what they said "Unusual, but some very simple adjustments should fix it. I suspect it is a combination of 1. the zonker strip is a little too long which creates too much drag right at the back of the fly which then overrides the weight of the keel on the Sculpin Helmet 2. The hook eye is facing downwards. Try a straight eye or up eye hook. 3. Fish using a loop knot instead of a clinch knot. This should sort it out immediately." With that in mind I tied up another variation which I like even better anyways and look how it turned out! Looks amazing in the water!! (see video link below). This one is tied with badger fur as the body, would like to use wool of some sort but this worked pretty well. And this second variation I tied with EP Fibre that is used a lot for saltwater flies. Want to keep the weight down besides the fish skull. Both versions are articulated as well. 1 Quote
bjbailey Posted February 18, 2013 Posted February 18, 2013 Nice ties - those sculpins look great. Quote
SilverDoctor Posted February 21, 2013 Posted February 21, 2013 Some Dark Montreals wet flies, Brookie candy Quote
aaa Posted February 22, 2013 Posted February 22, 2013 Classic ties SDR, look great! Mickey Finns next? Quote
bjbailey Posted February 22, 2013 Posted February 22, 2013 Nice ties SilverDoctor, as usual. I tied up some skwala nymphs today. Crappy iphone pic as usual. 1 Quote
hybridfive Posted February 22, 2013 Posted February 22, 2013 Hey guys been tying some San Jaun worms and keep facing the same problem. Chenille always snaps right at the same point. This is an updated version in which I used the wire to set the chenille ends rather than the thread. The fly was soaked in water based head cement. Any tips? 1 Quote
SilverDoctor Posted February 22, 2013 Posted February 22, 2013 Hey guys been tying some San Jaun worms and keep facing the same problem. Chenille always snaps right at the same point. This is an updated version in which I used the wire to set the chenille ends rather than the thread. The fly was soaked in water based head cement. Any tips? Interesting concept, let us know how it works Quote
SilverDoctor Posted February 22, 2013 Posted February 22, 2013 Classic ties SDR, look great! Mickey Finns next? Actually you read my mind, I was thinking of tying some up and was short on yellow deer hair, just picked up a dyed tail today. Quote
stripes53 Posted February 23, 2013 Posted February 23, 2013 Have not done much fishing with Stone fly Nymphs but use a Stimulator quite a bit so figured might as well give it a shot. Did not have all the materials and kind of combined 3 or 4 different patterns and came up with this? Not sure if it will work at all? Quote
hybridfive Posted February 23, 2013 Posted February 23, 2013 Sorry SilverDoctor, upon a reread I realized it sounded like that was the updated fly as it was intended to be tied. That's actually the aftermath of casting for about 30 mins. As you can see the chenille is still is breaking at the tie points. Quote
Flytyer Posted February 23, 2013 Posted February 23, 2013 Sorry SilverDoctor, upon a reread I realized it sounded like that was the updated fly as it was intended to be tied. That's actually the aftermath of casting for about 30 mins. As you can see the chenille is still is breaking at the tie points. You could try the wire under the chenille and use red thread (or whatever matches you chenille colour) to tie on the chenille. I think its the wire that is giving you the issue as it may be acting as a knife edge cutting the chenille. Quote
SilverDoctor Posted February 23, 2013 Posted February 23, 2013 Sorry SilverDoctor, upon a reread I realized it sounded like that was the updated fly as it was intended to be tied. That's actually the aftermath of casting for about 30 mins. As you can see the chenille is still is breaking at the tie points. I wonder if its the brand of chenille. You might want to strengthen the tie in points front and back with a bit of head cement or zap a gap. Weird how its stripping the fibers at the tie in points. 1 Quote
Flytyer Posted February 23, 2013 Posted February 23, 2013 This is what I mean: http://www.west-fly-fishing.com/fly-pattern-recipe/wet/sanjuanworm.jpeg Quote
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