Steelhead/Salmon Flymphs..... ;>)

[willowhead]

sorry Jon........didn't see your post before.......or until now. Thankx.....been hopein' you'd jump in here. And you know your dead right........Kars' fly might be a great Oct. Caddis Pupa........and i know a place he could prolly nab a serious sucker Brown Trout with it. West Canada Creek upstate N.Y. Whataya think Ray? You MUST of fished the West Canada before.....? If not, put your Nike's on and "Just Do It!" It's a great little stream........ We were only there once and fished it for 6 days........did very well........tons of easy wading and access.
Btw.......when i posted the recipe for the second of the two flies on the Czech hooks.........i had yet to wrap the heckle.............welllll because i had got that bead pretty dang close to the eye and didn't have a whole hell-of-a-lotta-room left for the collar.....i decided to try somethin'.....afterwards.
That was not the original plan.........but "see there." THAT'S the point of the thread.

[willowhead]

Just finished another............
Hook: same as the two previous
Thread: Shear 14/0 White
Tail: dang thing is way to bit/large/long.....but who cares.......prolly work better that way............
Body: natural Seal picked out, w/a clear silver linned glass bead up front
Ribbing: silver sparkle thread
Wing/Collar: some white feather that is way undersized therefore much to short.........hey, the fly aint handsome, but it's "Cute!" ..............
Head: white

all three pics tomorrow............there but by.............don't forget to click 'em...........

[willowhead]

Just finished a fourth.........last for tonight...........gettin' kinna tired and my back hurts. When don't it hurt? When i take these nice little white pills the doc hooked me up with............. .....need to take another one.
Hook: same Czech hook, same size
Thread: red Danille 6/0
Tail: red Pheasent tail fibers
Abdomen: hand blended claret and hot pink Seal
Ribbing: UTC red wire
Thorax: silver lined (only one n right? ) glass bead.....red
Wing/Collar: dyed red Amhearst Pheasant feather
Head: dyed Peacock herl.....but i aint exactly sure what damn color.....kinna looks purple.......who cares.....
maybe i'll go for a second shot of Vodka instead of the pill hey, that beats w/the pill.....i think ........HAPPY NEW YEAR........
DAMN............i just remembered i wasn't gonna use any beads in these flies............oh well...............never mind.............

[willowhead]

OK.........this is really that last one..............REALLY .......still haven't taken the shot or the pill..... .....be right back.....ok, NOW i've taken the shot.
Hook: same as all the rest
Thread: Danville 6/0 grey, later painted blue
Tail: .......i'm really not sure what it is (bird wise), but i think it's from a feather off the Mellenistic Pheasant skin beautiful irredescent blue
Abdomen: bleeched and dyed blue Peacock herl
Ribbing: flat gold maylar
Thorax: silver lined glass bead, blue
Wing/Collar: light blue Guinea
Head: same herl as the abdomen..........

Happy New Year..........i gotta get some sleep...........

[fly_fischa]

Interesting fly Kelly, I know a lake where that would work a treat in smaller sizes. There are lots of sand cased caddis present there and I reckon this would be a killer.

Mark- I hope you feel better soon mate, certainly not a good way to start the New Year. There are other ways of gaining attention than fainting.
Seriously I hope that 2012 brings some good health your way. It's good to see it hasn't stopped your time behind the vise. Your last fly is awesome and the head is picture perfect. I can't wait to see all the photos for the dressing you listed...

How did I see in 2012? OK, so I'll be breaking the thread rules a bit with my first 2012 contribution. Reason - thoroughly inebriated after seeing in the 2012, I decided to sit down at the vice at around 2am. Creative state of mind not present , I tied one that reminded me of a long lost friend and our last shared fishing trip to the Tellico river basin in 2000. Had another inoculating dram and rolled into bed. Woke up with a slightly sore head and photographed the aftermath. Happy 2012 folks...

[tie2fish]

Very nice body work!

[CreationBear]

I tied one that reminded me of a long lost friend and our last shared fishing trip to the Tellico river basin in 2000

It's a small world--that country is practically my backyard. I've spent some great days in Bald River gorge, where yes, there are (were) browns the size of your leg. (Catching them in skinny water, of course, was a whole 'nother ballgame, though. ) As I alluded, though, I think the general consensus is that fishing isn't quite what it was a decade ago--our riparian vegetation really took a hit when the non-native hemlock adelgid started to take those big trees down...it's simply not the same forest that I remember even five years ago.

[Kelly L.]

Mark, I get confused with so many recipes, then you have to go back and hunt them down. Can you edit the recipe with the photo in that particular post?

Fly Fisha, loved your fly, and the concept. Oh, concerning the last fly I posted, yes it is kinda ugly smuggly, but I designed it for the fish most of all. Oh, and I will be trying something like that in a smaller size for trout, panfish, bass etc...

[Roadkill]

Kelly,
Not so ugly just google reverse spiders for some info on NW sea run cutthroat flies.

[hankaye]

fly_fischa, Howdy;

Truly, a neat experience when the finely tuned reflexes and motor skills take over.
Appears they tyed a really nice fly and thru the fog took some great pix...

Happy New Year.

hank