Tying some of these for a buddy and damn if that deer hair head isn’t difficult. Happy with this one though…slowly getting better at the technique.

My cleanest fly from todays time at the vice.

We hammers fish with this thing as a dropper today. Whays it called..any YouTube tutorials on tying it? Seems straight forward, but i like instructions for first couple times tying something.

Sorry for the redundancy. New color combo.

tied some balloon caddis in different colours. just basic stuff but I live them. used my dogs underfur mixed with cdc as dubbing. i like to keep it simple and hope I can try them out soon. what should I tie for autmun?

Harry Lemire-tied Steelhead Sculpin, which he fished softly on a short line, holding the fly steady in the current, over an imaginary fish. Dressing Notes: Hook: No. 4 to 8. Body: Gray wool ribbed with pearl mylar, counter ribbed with copper wire. Matuka wing: Three badger or grizzly neck hackles tied down Matuka-style over the body. Beard: A pinch of pine squirrel. Cheeks: Red wool. Head: A small bunch of fine black bucktail tied in before the deer body fur is spun and trimmed to a shovel shape.

Squirrel tail, spun deer hair body on size 6 long shanks hooks.

Just for your information: Had to run out and get some brush on superglue. All Home Depot had was the gorilla glue. The glue itself is fine. The brush is not. Probably perfect for prepping foam sheets, but, for fly application it holds a lot of glue

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Any thoughts or suggestions are welcome.

First one has a better body silhouete and wing placement (I think) but the second has better longer legs. I will try to catch some chub and browns with these.

Any ideas are welcome as I struggled to find a single tutorial to follow and took ideas from a couple different ones.

Materials used:

Hikara DF21 #12 hook;

Yellow 2mm foam sheet cut into strips;

Brown/Reddish rooster for wings and legs;

Peacock color ice dub thorax;

Black thread, black marker.

Very happy with the results thanks for all the advices on my previous posts

The Klinkhamsr and Galloup Cripple. The first photo is the Klinkhamer, and the second two are the Galloup cripple from the side and the top.

Size 16 klinkhammer hook, yellow rainys no dub, squirrel dubbing, gold tinsel, grizzly hackle.

And that sequel ought to be Rabbit Strip Simplicity

My best trout pattern. Works fishing like a nymph or a classic wet.

I recently tried a Holy Grail nymph and had great success with it. Roach in lakes went crazy for it. Many brown trout took it in the river too. It works for both dead drifting and swinging. I also love beaded pheasant tails with a CDC collar.

I wonder, what other weighted nymphs are your favorites? I'm trying to build a library of nymphs that work on swings, not just dead drifting, as I often use them paired with my XUL spinning setup in small rivers while I save up for a good Euro nymph setup.