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

[Dark Cloud]

"cowbells, I need more cowbells", and pictures... 

Me in a blizzard caddis hatch. The fish responded well to winged wets swung close to the surface...


Way down river from you Chooch, about half way to the next town. We caught nothing this evening but I just enjoyed watchin dad work over the rift and the sun set...

[Dark Cloud]

Can they cure "Whirling Dervish" syndrome

I'm in!

Seriously though, where are you going?

RG

huh?

[joshjj2010]

Nice hatch of fly there

[trapper2000]

plan on looking  for  some  gills  so i  tied  up  a  few  bead  head scuds  ,natural  rabbit  size  12's ,these have  proven  to  be a effective  patteren  for  gills anywhere  , trout  on  9 mile  and  even  perch  on oneida  lake!  (ice  fishing ^5)

[trapper2000]

sitting  here  with a  foam  may  fly  wing  cutter  ......  this  is  new  for  me  but  it  should  be  fun  ....i  purchased  it  from all seasons  in pulaski ,  i  really like  that  store  and  the  people that work  there ....  i  also  like  the  fact that there prices are reasonable  and they  carry  what  we  need ..... 

any ways  my  plan  here  is  to  ty  up  some  foam  body and wing  mayflies  for  gill action  , i usually  tie  mayflies  catskill style reason i'm  breaking  from  tradtional  styling  is   after a  number  of  gills  bass  and what  ever pound a  fly it  starts  looking  pretty  bad  ,plus  i want a  high  floating  fly i  can  really  wiggle and  surface  skim  ..... i'll  try to  post  pics  later  and  results
                       


                                                                                                                                                                    life is  good

[Bluegillonafly]

Trapper....Looking forward to seeing the foam bluegill files when you get a few tied up.  I spent the winter tying up GurglePops which I have never used and am looking forward to trying.   I have always fished for gills with poppers during the spawn when they're really aggressive.  Can you get them to hit them surface flies before or after that?   

[trapper2000]

i  catch  gills all summer  on top     you'll  have a  ball

[Dark Cloud]

The kids are now 10 months old... and starting to sleep better. Which means Im starting to feel human again. So much so that I got out some fly tying gear...
Ordered up some "jig fly" hooks from Allen. They seem like awesome hooks. Whipped up a few nymphs and will tie some emerger and wet patterns with them...

[rgfixit]

Great minds eh?
 

RG

[Dark Cloud]

Great minds eh?
 

RG

I have more hooks ordered, plus slotted beads, more tungsten beads, and some gloss green beads I found... 
Biggest crappie I got on the flyrod last year came on a flymph tied on a jig head 

[rgfixit]

Fun stuff Jay.
I was trailing mine behind a "Hoppercator" last year for bass and gills.



Very productive. Can't wait for things to warm up a bit.

RG

[trapper2000]

when you  can  try  throwing  micky  fins  or  black  nose  daces  crappies  love  em!  nice   nymph jigs!

RG  i  got  a  few  gills  on foam  the  other  day then the  cold  front  came threw and  ended  that!

it's  coming  just  give  mother nature  time

[rgfixit]

I bugged out of work early today and got a bit of trout fishin' in. Came home with 3  in ascending sizes from 12" >18". I love the new UL I built. I'd have taken the 2wt as well, but the streams are up and fast. The old hook and worm won out, although I did get several smaller stockies on rooster tails. Lost a couple of decent fish too. I gotta start taking my net

I was a candidate for the giggler of the year. Dang lot of fun and what a way to break in the new stick.

RG

[KingPerch]

Sounds like a Good day for you bud!!  Always makes things a bit more special when your catching fish with something you put your heart into! Good job!! --KP

[rgfixit]

Yes it is Larry. Very satisfying.

An ultra light spinning rod from a 2wt fly rod blank. Who'd of thunk it...besides a goofy Old Fart

With any luck things will be slow tomorrow too and I'll have the 2wt out on my backyard stream for some gills. It's nice being able to get my crew out the door in the morning and cut out. As long as they've got a full day, I'm happy. These little lulls are all too infrequent and very welcome. We're moving into a new facility the end of the month. It's a nice expansion and will be a royal pain in the butt to complete. So....I'll take it while I can.

RG