Bugs are crawling all over me,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[misfish]

Well you made me do this John,and I have to say,#22,s are not easy,and I know I am no a pro, but I do believe in,no insect is the same.LOL

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Eyes were going cross after 25 of them. Added colored tails as hot spots. Will find out in the spring,if I can tie them to my line .LOL

On to smaller #,s once I get uncrossed. LOL

 

 

 

 

The last couple of days creations,,,,,,,,,,,,

Working on the deer/elk hair fly's and submerges .Need to get the proportion parts down on the hair. I think a big hungry brown will hit them still .

 

 

[grimsbylander]

RAAAID!!!!

 

😁 Geez you're tying some beautiful bugs Brian. Nice work!

 

[aplumma]

Veery nice job, I don't have the patients to tye one fly much less a batch of them. 

Art

[BillM]

Pre-tie them at home under the magnifying glass   I need a few of these for fall whitefish on Gbay.   

Edited December 27, 2020 by BillM

[Beans]

Geeze Bye...I thought maybe you were having the DTs when I saw the subject...

Nice job on the flies...

 

[Moosebunk]

Tying dries is better than nymphs, hairwings, streamers, poppers and salmon flies... well, maybe not those most elaborate and artsy salmon flies but a close second.

Nicely done Brian.

[Gil Levesque]

Nice work Brian,.you mentioned proportions. That was a learning curve for me for sure. Especially hackles! Too litlle......wont float! Too big......fly wont sit right on the surface! Check out Reelflies.ca. an ontario fly company ! Thier catalog,has  excelent pictures of 2500 their flies! This sure helped me a lot with how they should look! Check it out  ! Cheers!

[misfish]

5 hours ago, Gil Levesque said:

Reelflies.ca

Is this site still in business ? They have great prices on hooks,but 80% are sold out . Fly boxes are very reasonable . Shipping is cheap enough for sure .

Do you have an online store you like to use ?

 

Thanks gang.

 

BillM, GBay still has white fish ? Thought they were almost extincted do to over netting ? Would love to try for some on the fly . I supply flys,you supply blind fold and ride .LOL

[John]

They are simply awesome Brian! Now the biggest challenge is tying them on to your line! Try a pair of magnified readers or a monocle...lol.

[misfish]

14 hours ago, John said:

monocle

I had to look this word up John .

Just like the monopoly guy.

Yup, got to get me one.

[RayK]

Nice Ties! I need to stock up on materials and get tying some “go to” flies. 
 

I buy more than I tie, usually from Reelflies.  Yes, they are still in business. 
 

Ray

[OhioFisherman]

Nice work Brian! I remember using size 12 and 16 hooks to catch minnows, they seemed awful small for anything else.

[misfish]

1 hour ago, OhioFisherman said:

Nice work Brian! I remember using size 12 and 16 hooks to catch minnows, they seemed awful small for anything else.

I am still a newbie to this fly fishing Paul. John said to go small last spring, #18.l can  not believe these fish can see those, but they are on them, like I am on a pizza with anchovies.

5 hours ago, RayK said:

I buy more than I tie, usually from Reelflies.  Yes, they are still in business.

Thanks Ray

I will keep an eye on their restocking .

[akaShag]

I used to think that #16 hooks were VERY small for whities and steelhead, but they did catch fish.  On 2 lb Berkley Trimax line, that was good stuff.

Don't think I could tie them on to my line any more with these old eyes though.............and a number 22???????????Yikes!!!

Doug