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

[trapper2000]

Sorry my ability to take pictures is not much better then my ability to tie flies

[oatkasut]

you underestimate your abilities Trap! I  can see that fly quite well with my old eyeballs and what I see is another winner. I fish dries like that 90% of the time even with a hatch happening. Like an old timer told me "if you throw a fly often enough , you create your own hatch"! Go do it.

[trapper2000]

dark cahill like a adams  is  a classic  and  very under estimated  fly  i like  those  adams  march browns and  blue wing olives  early season during the  first hatches  .... i like  the best pictures i can get and  the  recipe we have some new  people at the bench  .....  i want them  to get a good look  as they  start to copy  .....heres a  good  one i been  tying over 50 years and  just had to learn how to use a whip finisher  ......  and it was hard lol  i always whip finished with my hands  but  i have trouble  doing that  now  with arthritis  .....  so  it's  always change  and learning  even for a old  fart

[lowaccord66]

Those look nice Trapp.

[trapper2000]

The fly today is the march brown
Size 12 Daiichi 1180
Teal flank wing
Pheasant tail fibers tail
I used hairline march brown dubbing with a single wild turkey tail feather barb as rib
One grizzly hackle on brown you adjust the fly color by how much grizzly you wrap

Great early season fly march browns are a big may fly I tie 10 12 14




Now something I was thinking .often tyers with experience get talking and talk about expenßive vices tools and gear which are all great but you can produce great flies with inexpensive tools these are the tools I used to fill my box with march browns




Keep tying and let's see your flies

[Bartman44]

Nice work, your photos are good (as are your flies). 

[trapper2000]

why thank you bart i enjoy seeing yours as well  .... and i copy a few 

[trapper2000]

what a  great year so  far ....between trout and  panfish my  fly rods are getting a great workout as is the  fly bench ...i  been  doing a  bunch of  foam spiders  and  frogs   i'm surprized how man trout in ponds  hit the foam spiders ...... black has been my  best i  put a  bright  pink post on it's back  so i can see it ....(getting old)  later today i will start restocking the   boxes  keep  tying   and  keep  fishing 

[62 & Done]

Trapp what type of fly will you go to for pannies this time of year ?
Is it too early to use the foam floaters like ants and hoppers ?

[oatkasut]

I like bumble bees, and a bead head pheasant tail nymph  or any nymph for that matter. Also, I find poppers a great asset especially the frog  poppers made by Gaines(PA), found in many stores. Always fun!