Tying Challenge #3

[Flytyer]

The idea for the new challenge for this week comes from playing around with what I had to work with at last weekend's FF Expo. Originally I want to do a bunch of different hoppers and I didn't have the proper hooks or substitutes for and none of the vendors had anything suitable either. So I tied some flies with what I had available.

For this challenge you can only use 2 materials in addition to your thread and hook. This one will make you think about how best to use the that you choose.

 

Good luck.

[DonAndersen]

FT,

 

Invented by Dean Baaynes is by far the best Stillwater fly ever. If one discounts the lead, it requires one material only - marabou.

Below is the Catatonic Leech.

 

[Flytyer]

Good one Don, I was aware of the leech but I didn't have any marabou either and really didn't want to buy any more materials but I would up buying some steely blue ice dub anyway for another project that I'm working on at the moment.

[RedBeard]

That's what I was going to post Don! I'll post my identical leech this afternoon

[RedBeard]

Does it count if someone already posted this pattern? Oh well, I only have a limited number of flies in my young arsenal...

 

[Flytyer]

The guideline for this challenge states 2 materials. I know of several others that require only one material component. Looks good otherwise RedBeard.

[RedBeard]

Thanks.. Thought the lead counted as well

[DonAndersen]

Ft,

 

Is lead a material? If not, are beads?

Not looking for an argument, just some clarification.

 

Regards,

 

Don

[Flytyer]

I suppose technically lead or wire for weight and beads could be deemed as material. When you look at the leeches I doesn't know for sure if weight is added under the body. There are no real hard and fast rules just doing this to get the guys to experiment a bit.

[RedBeard]

Hopefully we are allowed more than one entry.. Tied up an ant and a trico.

 

 

12 Foam Ant.. Foam, saddle hackle, thread, hook

 

 

20 Al's Trico.. Black antron dubbing, grizzly hackle, thread, hook

[DonAndersen]

This is a shrimp utilizing UV set resin as a over back

 

Don

 

[DonAndersen]

For another, a Glen's leech using a dark brown dyed mink c/w red wire rib

 

[DonAndersen]

Or this weird one - how about a daphnia fly. This one uses 20 lb. Maxima as stand-offs c/w small beads super glued to melted mono ends.

 

[RedBeard]

Or this weird one - how about a daphnia fly. This one uses 20 lb. Maxima as stand-offs c/w small beads super glued to melted mono ends.

 

 

Awesome! Looks like a plant off the set of Star Trek - The Original Series

[Flytyer]

I love that shrimp Don

[jaymack]

I'm probably going to come up with something more creative, but I was tying these anyways and realized they only have two materials, Orange floss and partridge.

[mattpreat]

I was actually tying these two flies before this weeks challenge. Figured I would post them up quickly

 

First is an articulated sculpin. Only materials used are the fish skull sculpin helmet and cross cut zonker strips. The grey ones didnt turn out quite as great because the strips were thinner, although the body worked out fine still.

 

This one is an Irresistible Griffiths Gnat. Only black deer belly hair and grizzly hackle used.