Hey Fly Tiers...What's In The Vise?

[trapper2000]

dack  if  you can post some  pictures  i  can attempted to  copy them although  they are not  spun hair

[rgfixit]

There seems to be a few versions Trap. Some have a spun body with an overlay of full hairs.

Rg

[trapper2000]

i  googled  them  they look  really  cool  RG  i  just cant  see  them  well i never  held  one  either .....

[icejohn]

Thanks reg for the info on the gills.....and I wanted to say, my son ties all kinds of flies from gills to striper flies but he also made some great looking spun deer hair bugs, mice etc. I'll have to find some and post some pics.
icejohn

[rgfixit]

From the way they look Trapper, the body is built up under the deer hair. How do you figure they made those wings on the big get ones?

I found this picture online. They did some fancy painting on them as well. Looks like the head was clipped back. Maybe the wings were spun on under the body.



Looks very challenging! Good winter project.

Rg

[trapper2000]

i'm  going  to  call the  flyfishing  museum   near  rosco  and  ask  if  they have  any  on  display  or   in the  vaults   i  like  the  fan  wing ,  most  be  a  bi---h  casting  tho

[Raquettedacker]

This is what I have left of my collection... I had some in the original boxes but i sold most of them.... 

[rgfixit]

Nice collection Dom.

They would have some wind resistance eh Trapper? You'd need a nice 8 wt and a custom furled leader to get that to turn over 

Rg

[Bluegillonafly]

Looks deadly to me.  I'll be trying it in #8 for gills.

[rgfixit]

I know I have some of those tied up in one of my fly boxes. I'm gonna go looking

Rg

[WANNAKETCHUM]

Looks deadly to me.  I'll be trying it in #8 for gills.

Looks kinda like a Humpy without the hackle...probably is a great producer.

WK

[WANNAKETCHUM]

i'm  going  to  call the  flyfishing  museum   near  rosco  and  ask  if  they have  any  on  display  or   in the  vaults   i  like  the  fan  wing ,  most  be  a  bi---h  casting  tho

Yea trapper... probably like trying to cast a kite! 

WK

[myemmy]

How about the deer hair mouse with the leather tail, any one have that or the frog??

[Raquettedacker]

How about the deer hair mouse with the leather tail, 

   There's 3 of them in my picture...   

[rgfixit]

Where's Waldo

Trapper ties some really cool looking mice. He's much better at spinning deer hair than me. I struggle.

I'm working on a shad pattern that might work in my local waters. The other day some of the crappies I caught regurgitated whole shad. One about 3" actually swam away.

Anyone tie a good gizzard shad pattern they want to share?

Rg