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

[boondox]

I do buy from janns but I love going to fly shops and  checking things out and  chatting....it's a part of the fun of being a fly tyier......

well I took a break from mayflies and  started some wool headed sculpins olive for  gobies  black for bullheads and brown  with orange for  sculpins lol  fun fly to play with ...next  muddlers

should try zoo cougars in pearl and olive and yellow to mimic a perch  also what about a lefty's deceivers and clousers minnows  they work for us in the surf of lake Michigan this time of year if you need less weight than lead eyes use bead chain and do a few turns of lead on the hook shank to sink it if any thing.. there are lots of flies that have the design of multi color change going form say a red and white to a olive and yellow like a perch it is the clousers and deceivers...  you can mimic a broad range of bait fish and fish... 

[trapper2000]

I might have a clouser or two in my box some where ....

zoo cougers are  pretty much just another sculpin pattern ....I been using olive  to rep a goby for a while and  the  smallmouths and rock bass love them in creeks  big browns  do too ..... clousers  I use a lot in the salt along with surf candy .....I rather tie  drys and  nymphs  but I need a break once in awhile ....  green barred deciver  with  yellow  hen feathers and touch of orange  makes a great perch  

love to see some of those western great lakes flies boondox 

[trapper2000]

school of gobys  bullhead &sculpins

[rgfixit]

d**n Trapper, those are beautiful.

You even posted a picture. 
Rg

[trapper2000]

not a hard fly RG  and  they  imitate  so many bait fish  gobys  bullhead sculpins pollywogs .... I like them a lot  and fish them  a lot

[rgfixit]

What's the white material?

Rg

[trapper2000]

What's the white material?

Rg

white glo bug yarn

[trapper2000]

size 6 to 2 mustad  4xl streamer hook ... zonker strip... 035 lead wire ...dubbing to  match  hackle to match ..... hen  feather  for  fins.... add a little  rabbit  fur on top  ....bead  chain eyes  sculpin wool on top  white  glo bug yarn on bottom  ... tie  clouser  style  hook upside  down .....  really is a  fun fly and  you can have  some  fun with this RG 

[IFF]

Very cleaver tie Trapper, X2 great looking  

[trapper2000]

ty   I thought about using either a piece of plastic or  fin sealing the  pectoral fins  in order to  get more action when you strip it in ....just a  idea

[MattyP123]

2-3 sessions worth. Prince's aren't mine and the XL frenchies were for ice. YES, I do love Walt's worms, 90% of trout my first year fly fishing were caught on them  . Some sloppy-ish flies there, but hey.. I'm still a rook and getting better!

[perchgypsy]

Trapper nice work on those flys....can't think of a species that wouldn't smack that pattern

[rgfixit]

You've come a long way fast Matt! Those look great.

Rg

[trapper2000]

matty those are very impressive flies and I'd  have them in my vest pocket  for sure ....

[Bluegillonafly]

Nice looking flies Trap.  Rockies probably wouldn't touch those things!!