Checkered Grub
Hook: Ahrex FW527 size 12
Thread: TheFlySmith 20D gsp
Underbody: TheFlySmith 300D worm thread
Body: TheFlySmith Gator Back
Lateral line: unin6/0
Resin: uv craft
Tools: TheFlySmith
Hook: Ahrex FW527 size 12
Thread: TheFlySmith 20D gsp
Underbody: TheFlySmith 300D worm thread
Body: TheFlySmith Gator Back
Lateral line: unin6/0
Resin: uv craft
Tools: TheFlySmith
Hook: Core 1270 size 10
Thread: TheFlySmith gsp
Body: TheFlySmith Gator Back
Legs and tail: goose biots
Resin: uv craft
Tools: TheFlySmith
Hook: Ahrex HR410 size 2/0
Thread: 12/0
Body: Magpie materials krat
Tail: Moose
Wings: Grizzly hen
Hackle: Coq de Leon
Tools: TheFlySmith
Size 32 Parachute, tied with the original 10D gsp.
Hook: Tiemco tmc 518 size 32
Thread: TheFlySmith 10D gsp
Tail and post: TheFlySmith Poly Yarn (coming soon)
Hackle: Whiting farms midge cree
Body: TheFlySmith 12/0 traditional
Dubbing: Fulling mill tactical dry dub
Tools: TheFlySmith
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Hook: Core parachute sz 14
Thread: 12/0
Body: 2mm foam
Dub: Fulling mill tactical dry fly
Post: Fulling mill parapost yarn
Hotspot: Slf prism
Tools: TheFlySmith
MICRO Midge!
Hook: Size 32 tiemco
Thread: TheFlySmith 20D gsp
Rib: 12/0
Legs: Flouro Fibre
Dub: Fulling mill tactical dry fly dub
Tools: TheFlySmith
Hook: Ahrex FW541 size 12
Thread: TheFlySmith 32D gsp
Body: TheFlySmith Caddis Bodies
Lateral line: TheFlySmith 6/0 TW
Legs: Golden pheasant center tail fibers
Resin: uv craft
Tools: TheFlySmith
This is my wife’s creation. Spent our Friday night trying out some ideas and thought I’d share. She liked a purple rain, but wanted it pink, with a tail, and with legs and voila.
Recipe:
- nymph hook (size 16 in the video)
- pink thread
- non-lead wire as rib
- grizzly hackle feather base for tail
- black dubbing
- silver flash
- turkey wing feather for legs
My wife tied this, wrote the voiceover, the whole nine! How'd she do?
Holy Grail Caddis:
Hook: Ahrex FW541 size 12
Bead: Saluda beads
Thread: TheFlySmith 12 /0 traditional
Tinsel: Small opal
Dub: rabbit
Wing case: Pheasant tail
Hackle: Partridge
Tools: TheFlySmith
Resin: uv craft
Hook: Ahrex LE810 size 12
Thread: Kimono Silk color 355
Thorax: Peacock herl
Hackle: Partridge
Tools: TheFlySmith
Hook: Ahrex LE880 size 12
Thread: TheFlySmith 12 /0 traditional
Body: Magpie materials turkey biot
Tail: hackle fibers
Hot spot: Fulling mill 340D floss
Dub: Slf whitlock blend
Wing case: pheasant tail
Breathers: Fulling mill ultra dry yarn
Tools: TheFlySmith
I would like to get started with fly tying and was wondering what a sensible list of, say, 5 flies (dry, wet, nymph) might comprise that doesn't require me to acquire an entire room full of materials. :D
The focus for me would actually be more on _learning how to tie_ and less on necessarily _using my own flies afterwards_ although that for sure would be a welcome perk!
For what it's worth, I am fly fishing mostly in trout carrying rivers.
Does anyone have any recommendations for a) fairly simple(to tie) patterns that b/ ideally share some material?
Or am I going about this all wrong and you would suggest a different approach?
Thanks for any suggestions at all!
I ran this giveaway quite a while ago, and the person never sent their information. Might as well do it again!
Hook: VK Steelworks
Body: Deer hair
Hook: Ahrex FW501 size 14
Thread: 12/0
Tail and hackle: Magpie materials riseform
Post: Magpie turkey flats
Body: Magpie materials rir rooster
Dub: Magpie materials beaver
Tools: TheFlySmith
Black and Red Larva!
Hook: Ahrex FW527 size 12
Thread: TheFlySmith 20D gsp
Underbody: TheFlySmith 600d Worm Thread
Body: TheFlySmith Gator Back
Legs: Golden pheasant center tail fibers
Gills: Ostritch herl
Resin: uv craft
Tools: TheFlySmith
First time posting here, it’s a super versatile fly that can be done in lots of colors and sizes
Beaded Crackleback:
Hook: Ahrex FW501 size 14
Thread: TheFlySmith 12 /0 primrose
Bead:Saluda beads
Body: Upavon upsilk- mayfly color
Hackle: Magpie materials riseform
Tools: TheFlySmith