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Thanks guys.

Here's another i finished last night.

Helmsdale Doctor from Pryce Tannatt, size 2/0

Maybe a bit high. Head could use some work. Topping could be tighter to the wing.

Pretty...

Elsie 2/0
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Rory 3/0...

Just so happens i've an Anvil atlas i'm about to part with as i just upgraded, if you're interested in a decent vise, that is ($95 shipped). I tied mostly atlantic salmon flies with it. Should add...

THanks guys.

As to the grizz wings, eyes etc. They're surplus to the original pattern, which had a back wing, red beard, but the main characteristics of this fly is the pink and black body.

I...

Tying this one for the fly box for steelies this fall/winter.

Its a modernized old english pattern tied on an AJ hook size 3

There is a nice video on youtube for anyone interested in tying...

Tightline productions have a bunch of great videos...

from Mary Orvis Marbury size 2/0

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Bob, i'm familiar with Dharma, but never purchased from them. I'll certainly check them out!

Eunan

I didnt dye any of these materials, but i have dyed a bunch of other feathers, wool, bucktail etc for other flies....
Here is a few examples All were dyed with Jacquard Acid dyes, except the Pink...

Ever since I started tying salmon flies, my wife has always remarked on the color combinations of the wings/bodies etc within each pattern, observing that for the most part, many of the flies contain...

These are tied on classic Mustad Chestertown hooks, model 3298 #6.

Lady Caroline - this one could do with a bit deeper wing....

Thanks guys.

I like the old flies. No-one ties them as much compared to modern flies. I'm trying to put that right....

Eunan

...streamer!! The Davie McPhail fly featured on Streamers365 last year. I tied it back then too, about 9 months ago, but had cause to tie it again today.

Hook is a 2/0 partridge effort....

A Mary Orvis Marbury fly. Wing is White tipped mallard McGinty quills.

Hook is an old Mustad 3366 2/0

Eunan
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Not sure how many of you folks are familiar with the Maine streamer tyer "Gray Wolf', but he developed about 100 streamer patterns mostly for fishing in Maine.

15 or so of them are published in...

Thanks for looking in fellas!



Not the tippets, just the crests. Generally i wet them and try to take the curvature out of them, otherwise they're hard to get sitting right around the wing. You...

Started to photograph this walk through process on numerous occasions, but always missed more pictures than i took.

Finally I got the most of them, so here it is.

Start with the hook in the...

This is a combo of 2 or 3 flies rolled into one and should be good for a number of species. It has proved successful for me on tail waters in PA
...

Macassar Ebony

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This is a fly i tied up for a swap on an east coast forum.
It was inspired from other versions of the coachman that it saw on various webpages, and i tried to incorporate a few elements from each...

poor by comparison:cool:

Thanks guys...

Hi folks, i'm new to the forum. I live on the east coast, fish rarely, but tie flies most every night.

Couple years ago i got into tying classics, winged wets, fan wing dries, rangeley style...