Collecting and Tying Classic Flies

hackle plier recommendations

feeds@yuku.com (cwfly) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:24:03 GMT

I threw another pair of pliers across the room last night when the hackle simply slipped out - not for the first time. I've tried the thin black ones, the "english" style and the type with the spring and the little u shaped metal loop on the end and have never been satisfied. To help me stop the juvenile act of throwing little pliers, any specific recommendations would be most appreciated.
Thanks, Charlie

Golden Olive Partridge Hackles

feeds@yuku.com (joaniebo) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:24:07 GMT

Have gone through a bag full of golden olive partridge hackles and found just a few of the "spade shaped" hackles to use. Does anyone have a source for golden olive partridge ... not "regular olive" but a golden / yellow olive color? Would like to get a few dozen for size 12 & 14 flies. Thanks.

CHeers and Safe Fishing

Bob

fly framing

feeds@yuku.com (spey) — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:43:03 GMT

Here I found a nice page about fly framing. http://globalflyfisher.com/tiebetter/framing/ Did some one know where I can find thin clear plastic tube to mounting the flies on the matte?
Thanks Otto

Favorite Dry Fly Attractor Patterns?

feeds@yuku.com (bobbeegee) — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:18:43 GMT

Was wondering what others favorite dry fly attractor patterns might be?

I like the Royal Wulff, sizes 12 to 18, for my smaller mountain streams, as do the trout most days. A 16 or 18 Stimulator works well for a caddis imitation, as well as the Elk Hair Caddis. I also like the Brown Bivisible, with a fine, sparse palmered silhouette in lieu of a bushy one.
In the fall, the Gray Wulff seems to fill the bill most days. Never forget the Adams!

For more still and open...

"Killer" Hare's

feeds@yuku.com (joaniebo) — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:03:38 GMT

While tying a few Killer Bugs today for a fellow in the UK that I met last September in Cheese Country, I decided (as a joke) to tie a few size 16 nymphs using VERY thin red, copper wire and dubbing some Hare's Ear Natural dubbing directly onto the copper wire (a la Frank Sawyer). The first couple looked so buggy that I decided to do a half dozen to try in the future, hoping that the red, copper wire would show through the Hare's Ear dubbing when wet / fished. Will find out soon...

Advise,Question and Help !!!

feeds@yuku.com (MontyMontana) — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:42:24 GMT

I am not a fly tier...in any possible type of description. I live close to and hold in high regards several VERY good fly tiers as friends and their hobby has supplied my habit very well for years.

So when asked by Mother who wishes to buy her college son a Vise which one would I buy and why I could not possibly advise her.Soooo my experienced friends....a little help please.

Which vise would you purchase for a young adult (experienced fly tier) and why. Cost is not a...

Rooster & Hen Pheasant Soft Hackled Dressings

feeds@yuku.com (joaniebo) — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 16:42:31 GMT

Not counting the "standard dressings" using rooster pheasant-bodied and partridge / quail, etc. soft hackled collars, I haven't been able to locate too many dressings, especially older dressings, that call for the use of either hen or rooster pheasant feathers for the soft hackles. Since I have a couple full pheasant skins, would like to tie up a few patterns using some of the feathers for soft hackles ..... any leads would be appreciated.

In the meantime, will try a...

Jordan McPhetres

feeds@yuku.com (pittendrigh) — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:20:58 GMT

I got a few email photos of Jordan McPhetres today, from a grand daughter who
still lives in Ennis.

This is an international group, so posting stories about a relatively unknown local
Montana fishing guide might--at first glance--seem out of place here. But Mac,
as everybody called him, was and still is a Southwest Montana legend. There have
been lots of good fishermen out this way, many of whom made reputations for themselves
by owning stores or perhaps...

An Inquiry on the Griffith's Gnat...

feeds@yuku.com (bswild) — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:46:46 GMT

I haven't a clue as to whether the Griffith's Gnat would be considered a "classic." But I know a helluva lot of fishermen who swear by its ability to attract trout. But I, for one, never had much luck with it. I'm sure it's a confidence thing (I'm just not into fishing midge flies), that leads it to be the last fly in my box that I resort to. But, given the fly's reputation, I suspect I'm not fishing it right, or using it in the wrong sizes. I know the...

Pre 1905- Hardy Aora Spinner/Fly

feeds@yuku.com (oddsnrods) — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:57:01 GMT

Thought that this Hardy Aora spinner/fly which I obtained from a dealer /friend of mine last year may be of interest. At the time, I had heard of such flies and seen them in the catalogues but I knew nothing about them. It seems that this one is somewhat unusual in that it is quite large - # 4- according to the leaflet ( 2 7/8" overall), the fly looks unused and came with the folded package paper plus a Hardy receipt from 1974. Hardys used to deal in second hand tackle of their own in...

Pinky

feeds@yuku.com (PYochim) — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:49:05 GMT

I've read about a fly used on the Bighorn called Pinky. Does anyone have the pattern for this? Thanks in advance. PY

Bank Robbers

feeds@yuku.com (pittendrigh) — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:40:46 GMT

http://montana-riverboats.com/Pages/Fly-Tying/Sandy-Pittendrigh/Nymphs/Bankrobber/Article.html

I just noticed there's a new Salmon Fly Adult...

Hard body black ants?

feeds@yuku.com (bobbeegee) — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:51:41 GMT

Made a killing today fishing a hard body black ant. Plop, take. Magical. Must have been an abundance of black ants available?

Don't know why it would make much difference, but is any tie better than another?

Thought I would pose the question to our resident fly tyers.

Bob

Five Rib's?

feeds@yuku.com (Bamboo Adict) — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:40:26 GMT

As I was tying a few old classic wet flies this morning for and old (real old) friend I got to wondering why five ribs with wire or tinsel? I have checked my library, checked the internet, nothing. As far back as I can find this has been a tradition from Atlantic Salmon flies, wet flies to Steelhead flies. Can anyone shed some light on this for me? Just for fun.
David

Wrights Royal?

feeds@yuku.com (bob2935) — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 09:25:04 GMT

Has anyone out there ever heard of the dry fly pattern called the "Wrights Royal"? If so could someone please the pattern dressing

Thanks Bob at bohemianflyfish@aol.com

Leisenring/Hidy Dubbing Block, Mackenzie-Philps Yorkshire Wing Cutter?

feeds@yuku.com (Snook65) — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 22:22:40 GMT

Gentlemen,

I recently acquired the items pictured below and wondered if anyone could provide some info on the Hidy Dubbing Block or the Wing Cutter. According to the seller, his friend's father was a friend of Hidy's. Through this relationship, Hidy gave him the dubbing board and wax and dubbing. From the instruction sheet, it looks like these were produced commercially?

I'm guessing the wing cutter is unrelated, but...

Coachman Wets & Prince Nymphs

feeds@yuku.com (joaniebo) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:59:57 GMT

Since gofish has decimated my inventory of Spotted Dace flies, I started tying a "few" more to replenish stocks until "you know who" gets his mitts into my fly boxes again !

When tying a few Prince nymphs, I forgot to tie in a the biot tails on one of them. Decided to finished tying the pattern (peacock body, gold wire ribbing, brown / ginger soft hackle and white biot wings) without the biot tails. Then noticed that the Prince nymph, without tails, looked a...

BH Pheasant Tail Soft Hackle Nymph

feeds@yuku.com (joaniebo) — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:04:27 GMT

In several previous postings, there's been pics shown of a nymph tied with a pheasant tail body, ribbed with gold wire and with a gold bead as the throax, with a partridge hackle tied between the bead and the hook eye. In the last three weeks, I've taken day trips to my usual Spotted Dace stream west of Madison (Cheese Country - USA). While there, I tried many of my "usual" patterns (soft hackles, dries and nymphs) with somewhat limited success until I tied on the BH PT...

A fly that OUGHT to be a classic.

feeds@yuku.com (bswild) — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:16:07 GMT

I fished the upper Kinnickinnic River last night. The temps were in the low 70s. The only hatch was a spinner fall of tiny blue winged olives, which were size #26, and not enough of them falling to raise many fish. So, I put on my "adams," my prospecting fly, which is Chuck Stranahan's Caddis Variant. I fished for only a half hour and caught eight browns. Not surprising, considering the attraction this fly has for trout. The Caddis Variant is tied on a Tiemco 921, a...

A streamer collector’s coup

feeds@yuku.com (jeffkn1) — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:30:52 GMT

Fans of Carrie Stevens streamers may recall that she had a lesser-known fly-tying sister, Elizabeth (Duley). A few years ago I scored a fly wallet containing flies from both sisters and I did it again recently. This time around not only was there an...