Fly Tying

This bulletin board is perhaps the best source of fly-fishing advice and information on the Internet. Tiers like Hans Weilenmann, A.K. Best, Ed Gallop, Ray Kunz, Gandolf, Damselfly, and many others make it work.

NEW FLY FISH SITE IS UP!

The new site is finally live - www.flyfisherman.com

 

Check out the fly tiers bench - http://community.flyfisherman.com/fly-bench  

 

It is really great. I'm a little biased, but...

 

You can submit flies, and search our database of 1700+ existing flies. We have a select group called the "Fly Fisherman 40" - you'll recognize them all... But, the photos and step-by-step instructions are really great.

 

 

Catskill Style Dry Fly: "The Not-so-Good"

Roscoe, NY, 1971--Beaverkill RiverThe Question:   "...and how did you do today with that new fly you tied last evening?"....The Answer:   "Not so good. Gary laughed at it..didn't catch anything on it"

 

 

 

 

With traditional Turle Knot space beind hook eye

 

Wing: Grizzly Rooster hackle tips

Tail:   Dark Ginger

Does anyone use the 100 packs for their hackle?

    I ran into a guy who swears by it. Is it a fairly common practice? I dismissed the idea at first but the more I think about it maybe it makes sense for a person who ties primarily for his own fishing and hobby tying.  Are there a lot of flaws in this concept?

The Importance of Color

How important do you think color is in the overall scheem of fly design and fish catching?

Catskill Style Dry Fly: "The King of Water"

It's an old fly pattern...very old, yet once common in the boxes of Catskill fly fishers. But in wet fly form, the dry version being more rare. A fly of British influence so common in the early years.

 

 

Tied with traditional Turle knot space behind the hook eye

 

Wings:  Gray Mallard flank

Tail:      Dark Ginger

Body:    Red Floss, ribbed with silver tinsel; palmered with brown hackle

Hackle:  Brown

Catskill Style Dry Fly: "The Bashakill"

Here is an old Catskill Dry Fly, inspired by the late Larry Koller's writings and his mention of its namesake.

 

With traditional turle knot space behind hook eye

 

Wings:  Wood Duck flank

Tails:     Medium-Dark ginger

Body:    Natural gray fox dubbing ribbed closely with a single strand of olive floss

Hackle:  Brown

I am stumped, the soft hackle is working me!

      Very simple fly--until you get down to 20 &22 and i don't even want to think smaller.  I seem to be all thumbs on these flies, what is the best way to approach the tie in on flies this size?

Catskill Style Dry Fly: "The Olive Quill--another version"

There a few versions of Olive Quills. This version is tied with olive wing slips, olive tailing, natural stripped peacock, dark olive hackle. The more common version has natural grey mallard quill slips. So, let's throw it on the wall here, to show some variations; there are always different versions for a given fly pattern.  There are also versions that have dyed olive stripped peacock body--or dun hackle, too  

 

Wing:   Mallard quill slips, dyed olive

Catskill Style Dry Fly: "The Beaverkill"

But here's one more--"The Beaverkil"l. It's an old trout fly name , taking us back well over a century. William Warren Cone was listing this fly name in his brochure well over a century ago, at Masonville---on the northwest fringes of the Catskills. It was very popular in decades past---and is still tied/fished today

 

With traditional Turle knot space behind hook eye:

Wing:  Double slip mallard duck quill

Tail:  Brown hackle

Clacka Caddis family

The Coachman version of this fly, the Clacka Caddis, was PFS' top producer on the Yellowstone last August, and early versions of the tan worked well too.  So I've tied it for the bins in a bunch of colors this year.  Give it a try.  There's a vid of the Coachman version on Youtube.  Search "Clacka Caddis"

Basic pattern:

Hook: Standard dry, #12-16.

Thread: 8/0 to match body.

Tail: Caddis gold or caddis amber zelon.

Body: coarse dubbing or peacock herl.

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