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

[rgfixit]

Actually, I didn't seal them with anything. Didn't want to add any weight. I need to float them and see how they act.

Rg

[trapper2000]

pretty cool RG

[WANNAKETCHUM]

Actually, I didn't seal them with anything. Didn't want to add any weight. I need to float them and see how they act.

Rg

Nice lookin' damsels/dragons Rg... Now I know what I can use those odd colors in my packets of foam for. I'm assuming that's Bucktail for wings and the furled leader extended body looks great. You could always rub some fly floatant into the furled section if you need to.

WK

[KingPerch]

Great job bud!

[rgfixit]

The tail is Antron. Cut a piece about 6" long and clamp one end in the vise. Twist the Antron as tight as you can ( it helps to wet your fingers) then take your bodkin and place it in the center as you relax the tension it will furl itself into that nice tapered tail. The Antron will definitely float, but some payette paste or other flotatant will help I'm sure.

Makes a really easy and good looking tail. I was thinking about furling In some flash or something, but, that's another project.

And yes, the wings are buck tail from the base of the tail. More hollow than the longer hairs. I like the blue foam a lot, even though I don't really believe fish recognize colors.

Rg

[fishnmachine]

Those are cool. 

[rgfixit]

Kinda tricky getting the wings even though. Guess I'm just a fussbudget  The fish won't give a darn.

Rg

[big_guy_13021]

Nice flys rg...hopefilly they will catch u a fish...

[Out4Trout]

I've heard talk of a red & white fly called a "doodle bug" or "devil bug". So I looked it up and tried tying a couple. Fairly simple.



I also have a couple of Royal Wulfs on the left that I tied over the winter. The poster that mentioned the doodle bug said that dare devils are red and white and work well, so these attract trout in the same way. I hope to try them out this afternoon. I also tied a similar red fly, but it's my coworkers family secret design so I can't show a pic of that one.     I'll let you know if it catches fish though.   

[rgfixit]

Nice ties!

No such as a secret fly around here!

I like the doodle bug pattern. I have some tied with foam that work very well mid season. Kinda like a humpy but different.

Rg

[Out4Trout]

Thanks RG.

I went to a little brook where I caught a few brookies a couple weeks ago. Couldn't believe how much the water level has gone down. Made my way to a little pool, I had the secret fly on and it looked good in the water, but no takers. So I tied on a doodle bug. I had a hard time following it in the water, it would lay just under the surface and would get lost in the little white suds on the surface. I didn't put any floatant on it, maybe I should have. I did get a few strikes, but very light, never did connect. I worked my way up the stream but didn't have any more strikes. I used to fish this stream with worms when I was a kid. I'm pretty sure I could have produced a fish if I had worms............

[rgfixit]

I was fishing gills yesterday morning on a stream near my house. I had a few flies I wanted to try. The gills were zeroed in on something and hitting the surface. I didn't have a seine and couldn't detect what they were feeding on. I threw a half dozen different dries at them. Had a few fish on the Wolff patterns but they wouldn't touch anything else.

Finally I tied on a pretty good sized foam popper. One of these


That they couldn't resist

Rg

[Bartman44]

They look like candy, "Bluegill Candy"

[hunts2long]

Notice he didn't say what color...lol...h2l

[rgfixit]

Orange is what I had with me for some reason.

Those little foam poppers are super easy to make and work better than any other  style I've tied. I tie some smaller ones for the 2 wt.

Rg