Flytyer Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonAndersen Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 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. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flytyer Posted February 3, 2014 Author Share Posted February 3, 2014 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedBeard Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 That's what I was going to post Don! I'll post my identical leech this afternoon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedBeard Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Does it count if someone already posted this pattern? Oh well, I only have a limited number of flies in my young arsenal... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flytyer Posted February 4, 2014 Author Share Posted February 4, 2014 The guideline for this challenge states 2 materials. I know of several others that require only one material component. Looks good otherwise RedBeard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedBeard Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Thanks.. Thought the lead counted as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonAndersen Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Ft, Is lead a material? If not, are beads? Not looking for an argument, just some clarification. Regards, Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flytyer Posted February 4, 2014 Author Share Posted February 4, 2014 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedBeard Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonAndersen Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 This is a shrimp utilizing UV set resin as a over back Don 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonAndersen Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 For another, a Glen's leech using a dark brown dyed mink c/w red wire rib Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonAndersen Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedBeard Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flytyer Posted February 4, 2014 Author Share Posted February 4, 2014 I love that shrimp Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaymack Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattpreat Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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