Streamer Thought

Thinking about a Slump Buster (Great pattern thanks John Barr) and saw some guys online had added beads to different streamers. This in a size #10. The beads to give a lot of color to a wider flat profile.

What do you all think? Reply and speak your mind :)

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Wire Tip (Ease Material Organizer)

Recycled  electrical wire from a lamp. Cut the ends off the cord. Be sure the power is NOT connected :)

Knife or wire striper.

From a 12" piece strip off one end.

Strip off the other end. Leave the insulation in the middle. Leave 1 to 2 inches of insulation.

Now you can pull out one 12" piece of wire at a time. It keeps the wire neat and easily organized till ready to use.

Cost $0.00

Simple Copper John.

Hook: #16 2x Nymph

Tail: Biot

Thorax: Copper wire

Abdomen: Peacock dubbing

Wingcase: Biot

Flash: Holograhic Krystal flash

Legs: Flexy floss

Bead: Brass bead 

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Caddis Pupae (Easy)

Hook: #16 Nymph 2x

Body: Glass seed beads

(Black and Iradecent Green)

Thread: White 6/0

Drop of head cement, laquer, or superglue

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Possum Jig

This tied with common Western North Carolina possum. (The old guy that hits the composte bin is glad I don't get my own pelts :) If you would like a pelt i have a student who traps and does a excellent job with the. Shot me email.

Old railroad wall on the French Broad River

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How to tie a Polish Woven Nymph Guest Tyer Michael Yelton

Wrap It Up Nympth by Guest Tyer Joshua Garris

Josh Garris the featured fly tyer this article. Josh is a very skilled tyer as well as a accomplished fly fishing guide. Josh can be found at Curtis Wright Outfitters. I really appreciate his contribution to the Trash Flies blog.

Hook: Tiemco 3761 sz 14

Thread: Brown Uni 8/0

Abdomen: Brown Ostrich Herl

Thorax: Brn/Tan Ostrich Herl

Wing Case: Wrapping Paper

Rib: Copper x-small

Bead: Multi Hue Brass

Hackle: Starling

Tail: Pheasant Tail

1.Slide on bead and anchor thread.

2.Tie in Pheasant tail for the tail. Allow the tail to extend 1/3 of the hook shank off the back.

3.Tie in copper wiring for the rib.

4.Cut a 1" x 3" section of the wrapping paper. Fold the paper in half length wise (3") and press crease. Repeat the process again and tie in paper right above tail.

5.Tie in 2 brown Ostrich Herl tips forward (toward the eye of hook). Wrap back to the end of the hook.

6.Twist the 2 ostrich Herls together for added durability and wrap forward . Brush fibers back before the next wrap for a fuller body. Wrap forward until 1/3 of hook is exposed and tie off material and clip

7.Pull up wrapping paper and pull tight. Tie off. Rib up the fly leaving even spacing between each wrap. Make to make wraps firm to show of segmentation. Tie off wire.

8. Tie in 1 brown and 1 tan ostrich herl.

9.Twist Herls together and wrap forward to right behind the bead and tie off.

10.Tie in Starling feather and wrap around collar of fly right behind bead. Brush fibers back with each turn of hackle. Tie off and trim excess.

11.Pull up wing case and tie off. Clip excess material and whip finish!

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Christmas Trash Fly 2012

This is a story good friends, grape fruits, soft peppermint candy, recycling, and ofcourse 'trash flies'. Every year just before Christmas break my neighboring teachers in the Agriculture course have a big citrus fruit sale. The money goes to help the students travel to activities. It is a very successful enterprise. This year was no exception. The whole departments section of the build smelled like a giant fruit salad or a citrus grove.

Grape fruit, soft peppermint candy, and
one of several bags of flash materials.

As the fruit arrived this year I walked through their shop and notice something really odd about the boxes. The citrus was packed in a holographic tensile material. My eyes lite up. There boxes of 'flash material' that would likely wind up in the trash bit. This could not happen. I spoke to the teacher and made arrangements for the fruit free boxes to be brought to my area. Imediately I started to get the holograph gold out and put it into bag. Then I noticed something weird in the tinsle the distributor had packed soft peppermint candies. Truly one my favorites. So as I collected the 'trash' I also pocked a lot of candy. This was ' a sweet deal' pardon the pun.

Recipe:

Hook: #2 streamer

Bottom wing: White craft fur

Top wing: Chartreuse craft fur

Flash: Recycle packing materials from citrus fruit boxes

Weight: Med. dumb bell eye

Thread: Black 8/0

Glue: Brush on crazy glue

 

#2 Streamer Hook

Coat the hook shank with headcement or super glues. Wrap with thread and tie a mound as a stop for the dumb bell eye.

 Tie in the dumb bell eye figure 8 style and the wrap to lock. Add a bit of glue here as well.

Tie in a clump of wing materials.

Add the flash materials between the top and bottom wings.

 The finished fly with the piece of flash material adding the lateral line as well as a bit of scale flash seem in baitfish in the water.

The above pattern is know world wide and made famous by it's creator Bob Clouser

To find detailed tying videos of the orginal pattern and some great variation visit YouTube.

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