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

[Kelly L.]

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

You have got to be kidding me! SO, I WAS ON THE RIGHT TRACK THEN??? I just clicked one. Now I'm gonna look at some more. I am surprised they are calling it a spider. It doesn't look like a spider pattern to me.

[Roadkill]

Kelly

Look for Knudsen spider an old pattern and see how the hackle was merely reversed. I myself have reinvented the wheel several times in my tying. It is fun as a tyer finding those feather benders in the past who have amazingly copied your original ideas.

[Kelly L.]

Okay I just watched a video on this too. Amazing isn't it? Funny how you think you made something unique, then find you didn't...lol. My fly uses pheasant tail fibers, and then up front, I split the reverse hackle portion, almost like a crawdad...but you can't tell from the photo. I tied it in a bit differently than a regular spider body, and it has copper oval ribbing...the hackle is prairie chicken.

[letumgo]

Bodacious fly, Karsten.

[fly_fischa]

Thanks guys, glad you like my tellico nymph inspired offering.

Creationbear - Sad to hear that the area is not what it once was. It's a lovely spot and I really enjoyed my time there.

Hank -

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...

Yep it is Hank, I must confess, I think it took ages to tie, slo mo if you get my drift. Motor skills also failed me at times when I did the unspeakable, the thing that never happens to a seasoned fly tier. I broke my thread, and to make matters worse more than once! Got there in the end though, so something must have kicked in.

Cheers Buddy

[willowhead]

Very simple actually Kelly..........if you can count to 5. Start on page 10........and just stay with it. Flies will appear in the same order as the recipes, one thru five..........but maybe not today..........i feel like ****. Nice tye Kars............

[willowhead]

Sorry Kelly.....but you'll have to count to 6 now..... .......i had originally layed out 6 of the hooks with the 6 glass beads.........so.
Hook: same as the previous 5 others......
Thread: Hot burnt orange Uni 8/0
Tail: orange dyed Ringneck Pheasant tail fibers
Abdomen: Montana Fly Easy Dub brown
Ribbing: UTC red wire
Thorax: silver lined glass bead, orange
Wing/Collar: English Grouse feather.....
Head: as all the rest of this "set" of flies.....none have but a single coat of Hard Headed water based head cement......
i took the pics of a couple of the flies, placed in the electrical clip hackle pliers so you could see the point of the hooks.......
as always, click the pic(s) for best results......... .........pics tomorrow.......all 6 hopefully...........

[willowhead]

OK, here's the first of the 6 i did on the Czech hooks. Recipe on page 10. Pic aint to good.....a bit outta focus.....very difficult to distinguish the butt from the abdomen, etc.......but thass ok i spose. i'm not bout to ask Misa to re-do it. Let's hope the others are better.
Don't know why that name poped into my head.....

[willowhead]

Here's #2. the October Tenkara (Caddis?) Attractor........ ...... It was fun........explantion text accompanies the recipe.

[willowhead]

Here's #3. i knew how weird the collar was gonna be when i chose to use such a small (short barbed) feather.........the fly is completely wacky in terms of tail and "wing" proportions........but it was fun. And how much says it won't work just at sun-up?