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Paraducks Caddis
I'm experimenting with the new Blog system here. Is it new? Or did I just not notice it before? This is the Paraducks Caddis from above and below. You can see how the thread winds in a figure-eight...
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Ducktail Pale Morning Dun
...another Ducktail Mayfly. #22 DaiRiki 125, one clump of duck flank forms both body and wing, one clump of Zelon makes the hackle. Hackle is tacked on loosely with two figure eight wraps underneath...
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Paraducks Caddis again
Better photos this time. I hope anyway. The lower blowup shows the criss-cross figure eight wraps used to loosely tack the hackle fuzz to the underside of the shank. The hackle gets glued more...
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October Caddis -- Paraducks Style
The October Caddis version...............October Paraducks I guess and a natural from http://bugguide.net http://bugguide.net/node/view/779269/bgimage
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Today's Golden Stonefly Photos
From Montana's Madison River, today November 26, 2013. At the Valley Garden Fishing access, one mile downstream from Ennis. Claasenia Sabulosa. The golden stonefly. These guys are stream bottom...
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Nymph Baits
Bass fishermen sometimes refer to molded plastic lures as baits--the kind they poke a hook into in order fish, without any "tying" step to attach lure to hook. I always chuckle a little when they talk...
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Nymph Bait lashed to a hook
Another Nymph Bait -- before and after lashing it onto a hook, instead of just poking it onto a bare hook
View ArticleFLY ANGLERS/TYERS GENEROSITY AND FIRST DAY FISHING IN 19 MONTHS
Monday, November 23, 2013 will go down history as my first day out fishing in 19 months, but first I,d like to thank member "pittendrigh" on here fom Big Sky Country who did not know me except as a...
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How to actually make a Marshmallow Nymph
Here is a quick and dirty tying sequence: Step One .......through step 6 or so. Article (or link to article) at the bottom of this page Here's the original article, first published in Fly Fisherman...
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Neon Scud
If I could work a little red into this pattern it might work better as a Christmas Tree Fly. Anyway, after examining the real scud it occurred to me most imitations are a bit too cylindrical--that the...
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Two Tone Female PMD
I've been working on a pattern I call the Ducktail for going on 4 or 5 years now. The original fly was one tuft of duck flank that makes both body and wing. And one tuft of Zelon (or snow shoe rabbit)...
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Weird stuff -- bonefish flies
I now have a box full of bonefish standards--from reproducing flies that caught my eye while browsing through Dick Brown's book Bonefish Fly Patterns. Now it's time for the weird stuff. Dum Sum and...
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The Doctor Fly
Crazy or not here I come I'm headed down to the Bahamas next week. I should come back eventually. I read somewhere Jack Gartside once caught a bonefish on a grasshopper. This is something I've wanted...
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size 20 and smaller
So I been tying some flie's 20 and smaller wow these are small . I'm doing some for a swap too.here is a picture of the ones I'm doing
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Jellostone Nymph
I think I finally found a good name for this fly. The Jellostone. When I talk to my fly tying buddy Willy we sometimes talk about "the fly of year." Willy is, like myself, a compulsive experimentalist....
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