Newbie Flies

[Corey]

I have only been tying for about 6 months on and off
here are a few I tied, still have alot to learn.

 

[Paymaster]

Look'n good for just 6 months,congrats!!!!!

 

[Bitteroot]

Great Job. You might want to tie a few of those BWO para's with a black post also. You can see them better on the water as silhouettes when the light is fading fast. With my eye sight getting worse, I find it really helps in the sizes that I tie such as 22 and smaller BWO's. When the light only allows just a refection of the sky on the water, the surface appears almost like a mirror. Thats when the black post really helps. The white post is almost impossible for me to see. But man, you are doing great! I wish my first attempts looked anything close to that. Not that mine are that much better now.

 

[Corey]

Thanks guys, I will give that Black post BWO a try..Im going up to
the Tuck 2nd weekend in NOV so im stocking up on BWO's and WB's.

I also got a hot tip from a local that im working on

Corey

 

[Paymaster]

Tie ya up some Y2Ks to take with ya.

 

[Bitteroot]

I good variation on the WB that I tie is a tri color peacock herl.

Tail - Olive, brown, black maribu with flash tinsil.
Body - Peacock herl (multiple strands to build bulk) wrapped around thread as you move forward to strenghten it.
Rib - Brown hackle palmered through body.
Collar - Black hackle or if you use a good brown saddle hackle it will often have enough black at the quill base to form the black collar.
Bead head in gold or Black.
Thread - Black

I tie this in weighted for deeper areas and unweighted for fishing shallow riffs.

 

[Corey]

Tie ya up some Y2Ks to take with ya.

Gotem

I will give that Tri-color WB a shot to, Heck they have
to like one of the colors on there

 

[Paymaster]

I good variation on the WB that I tie is a tri color peacock herl.

Tail - Olive, brown, black maribu with flash tinsil.
Body - Peacock herl (multiple strands to build bulk) wrapped around thread as you move forward to strenghten it.
Rib - Brown hackle palmered through body.
Collar - Black hackle or if you use a good brown saddle hackle it will often have enough black at the quill base to form the black collar.
Bead head in gold or Black.
Thread - Black

I tie this in weighted for deeper areas and unweighted for fishing shallow riffs.

Sounds great. Do you use lead wraps for weight,or does the bead give you enough?

 

[Bitteroot]

Lead and bead so it doesnt drift Head down, and is a little more balanced.

For the unweighted, I use a plastic bead, available at walmart.

 

[bonedog]

Very nice! They look like real fish catchers to me. I second Paymaster, Y2K's are an easy tie and they flat catch fish.
bd

 

[anglerEd]

Lookin good.

 

[luv2drum]

Those are nice. The guy at Nature's Tackle Box has just about convinced me to start tying my own flies. He guided me through a wooly booger. As soon as I have some extra cash I probably will get a small set up and give it a whirl. Any tips on what vises are better or worse?

 

[Corey]

Im getting a Apex Vise soon but I started with a starter kit, you
can get them at Bass Pro, Dicks or Cablas at a pretty good price.

Than if you think you will like it move on up.

http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/s...1_27765_175004001_175000000_175004000_175-4-1

 

[medic2230]

looking good!!!!

 

[bhamby]

looking good!!!!

murph where were ya yesterday i brought a fist full of ducks by st.1 was gonna let ya puck you some feathers to tie with we need to get together tie a few for our trip in may