Archive for November, 2007

Academy »

Tag: red floss
Tail: red hackle fibers
Body: peacock herl
Hackle: brown
Wing: claret goose wing quill

standard wet fly construction
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Adder »

Tag: orange floss
Body: brown floss
Rib: orange floss
Hackle: brown
Wing: turkey

standard wet fly construction
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DDH Leech »

Tail: Marabou
Body: Dark Water Dubbing (Rabbit)
Eyes: Medium bead chain.
Thread: 3/0 Monocord
Hook: Talon TA-SA-163C size 4

Tie on bead chain eyes with figure 8 wraps.
Tie in marabou tail to equal 1 1/2 times hook shank length.
Form dubbing loop and place dubbing crosswise in loop and spin tight.
Take a small steel brush to brush out loose fibers from loop.
Wrap loop forward and figure 8 around eyes then tie off.
Brush out trapped fibers.
Head cement.
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Saltoun »

tan hackle
gold tinsel
black floss
grey duck quill

Daiichi 1530 size 6


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Piker »

gold tinsel
orange wool
tan hackle
white wing

black thread
Daiichi 1530 size 6


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Estaz Eat Me »

Hook: Mustad 34007 #2
Thread: Flat Waxed Rust
Eyes: Dumbell Small
Tail: Orange Kip Tail the length of the shank flanked by one strand of Sili Leg on each side
Body: Gold-Olive Estaz or Ice Dub
Flash: 6 Strands of Flashabou
Wing: Camel Craft Fur

Colors can be varied to as you like.
This pattern does not imitate anything specific that the fish eat on the flats here in Sarasota, but these colors seem to be very attractive to them anyway.
Tie the eyes just over the hook point Clouser-style. Tie in the tail and the legs behind and trim. Tie in the Estaz behind as well, put one wrap behind the eyes then figure 8 over the eyes. When wrapping forward stroke the fibers backward with your left hand. Stop about 2 hookeye widths back of the eye to allow room to tie in the flash and the wing.
Trim a bit of estaz away from the dumbell eyes so that they show through.
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Tom Cat »

Hook: saber streamer #8 4xlong
Thread: uni0/6 black
Weight: 3mm black dumb bells tied down
Under body: yellow krystal flash chenille
Shell back: synthetic chamois
Hackle: Hoffman furnace
Whiskers: xxx fine black rubber leg

In order listed
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Imperial (Orvis/Cheney) »

Tag: Flat silver tinsel
Tail: White and scarlet married goose; Slate Capercaille
Body: Pink floss
Rib: Silver round tinsel (vintage 8 ply with black markings)
Wing: Mallard black-tipped wing feather; Scarlet goose splits
Collar: White and black hackle
Head: Red Berlin Wool
Hook: Mustad 3899 2/0 Sproat

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Badgering Sadie (Hairwing Streamer) »

Hook - Mustad Model 3665A (Size 6)
Thread - Black UNI-Tread (6/0)
Body (Rear Half) - Silver Embossed Metal Tinsel (UNI-French #12)
Tail - Narrow Strips of Red Duck Quill Tied Long
Body (Front Half) - New Age Chenille (Sadie Thompson Red/Size Small)
Throat - Two Golden Pheasant Rump Feathers (the yellow ones) bundled and tied in
Wing (Lower) - Silver Badger Under Fur
Wing (Upper) - Silver Badger Guard Hairs (Stacked to even tips)
Head - Tying thread coated with three coats of Sally Hansen’s Hard-As-Nails Mega Shine nail polish

Materials are tyed on in the order they are listed above.
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sf(single feather)dry »

1 hackle
dubbing

tie one hackle off thr eye of hook
start wrapping at eye going back toward bend
tie off hackle
add dubbing keeping feather on top of hook
tie off ,glue, snap feather foward to break off
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