Bigtoad Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 I've been on a fly tying binge lately and have been trying out some new ideas (at least for me). I'm not a great tier by any means but I impressed myself with these ones. This is a stimmie but I thought why not add some sweet legs to these things? Body is fuzzy foam wrapped around. Should I be copyrighting this thing or am I so far behind the times that I think I'm ahead? Does anyone have a favorite adult golden stone imitation that they prefer on the Bow? I love the Chernobyl ant but I'm trying to find some other options for when they want something a bit different. This one is my first attempt at a Trico spinner. I added the post for visibility. Any suggestions? Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tungsten Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 Flies look good dude,i like the rubber legs.Rubber goes with every fly.I even tie my caddis with rubber legs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harps Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 Hey Bigtoad, It's a good looing fly. The proportions look great! You'd have to try it to make sure it doesn't sink with all the fuzzy foam. Of course, a sunk stimmie works great too. Don't worry about copyrighting flies... most things have been done (legs on a stimmie is quite common). For a PMD spinner that fly would work (also tie it in a rusty brown colour). For a Trico spinner, go much smaller and thinner. One way to tie is to have 2 black balls of dubbing with the front having spent wings. This imitates a cluster of Tricos. I also tye mine with a dubbing ball in the middle with the wings sticking out the front and back on a larger hook or just a dubbing ball in the center of the shaft and wings sticking out the sides. Ask FlyFishFairWx about a goldenstone imitation... His "Thing from Uranus" has been preforming quite well for the past 2 seasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveM Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 Flies look good dude,i like the rubber legs.Rubber goes with every fly.I even tie my caddis with rubber legs. Even SJW's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
admin Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 Both nice looking flies. I would maybe switch up the dubbing on the trico to a quill or something synthetic. Looks like you used hare's ear dub on that and it may cause it to take on a bit extra water and sink quicker. Mind you, if you treat it with floatant, it should be cool. The post is a great feature. What size did you tie that trico in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tungsten Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 Even SJW's? Sure something like this but with rubber,never under estimate the power of rubber..LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigtoad Posted July 2, 2009 Author Share Posted July 2, 2009 Both nice looking flies. I would maybe switch up the dubbing on the trico to a quill or something synthetic. Looks like you used hare's ear dub on that and it may cause it to take on a bit extra water and sink quicker. Mind you, if you treat it with floatant, it should be cool. The post is a great feature. What size did you tie that trico in? I tied it on a mustad 2X size 14. Probably too big for a trico but I wanted to get it right before going smaller. Looks pretty freaking small to me already. Thanks for the input. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigtoad Posted July 2, 2009 Author Share Posted July 2, 2009 Quoting Harps: "For a Trico spinner, go much smaller and thinner. One way to tie is to have 2 black balls of dubbing with the front having spent wings. This imitates a cluster of Tricos. I also tye mine with a dubbing ball in the middle with the wings sticking out the front and back on a larger hook or just a dubbing ball in the center of the shaft and wings sticking out the sides." What would you suggest for dubbing material? Do you have any picks of the flies? Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harps Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 No picts right now, but I'll look later. There are these: http://www.midcurrent.com/video/clips/tl_trico.aspx For dubbing on the trico you can use a few things... beaver is good and fine enough for small flies/ I use a synthetic- the SLF superfine dubbing for small dries. Trico: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyfishfairwx Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 Hey Bigtoad, It's a good looing fly. The proportions look great! You'd have to try it to make sure it doesn't sink with all the fuzzy foam. Of course, a sunk stimmie works great too. Don't worry about copyrighting flies... most things have been done (legs on a stimmie is quite common). For a PMD spinner that fly would work (also tie it in a rusty brown colour). For a Trico spinner, go much smaller and thinner. One way to tie is to have 2 black balls of dubbing with the front having spent wings. This imitates a cluster of Tricos. I also tye mine with a dubbing ball in the middle with the wings sticking out the front and back on a larger hook or just a dubbing ball in the center of the shaft and wings sticking out the sides. Ask FlyFishFairWx about a goldenstone imitation... His "Thing from Uranus" has been preforming quite well for the past 2 seasons. The TTFU is a Salmon Fly imitation, orange dubbing between brown foam and I found it also works for the Golden stones with a colour change to the dubbing.. Thanks for the plug Harps.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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