Well, as you all know, I some times fly fish and sometimes just plain old "fish". It mostly depends on the area, such as if I have enough space to cast or do I have the right flies to catch the fish that live there. This post will be about tying, or making flies.
A Buzzer Larvae that I made. Pretty darn simple.
A Green Highlander That I made. Yes, I know it is not a real Green Highlander fly, It is just a Mickey Finn bucktail streamer modified to look like a Green Highlander.
A "real" Mickey Finn streamer I made.
A Mosquito Dry Fly I made. It rests at the surface so when a fish comes along, It jumps out of the water to get the fly. Pretty spectacular. That is one of the beauties of fly fishing.
The largest fly in my arsenal, A fly popper. The head is made of cork so it floats at the surface. When you pull on the line it dives, making a popping sound. I didn't make this one, along with the others, but with this one the tail feathers came off, so I tied some bucktail on. We found a case full of them in the garage.
Another popper. This one has frog legs on it.
And a 'nothern!
This next part is a step by step gallery of tying a fly. I tried to take a video, but that didn't work out to well.... The fly I am tying here is the purple panther streamer, a design I made myself.
Step 1: Tie on black tread.
Step 2: Wrap It around to the back of the hook. This makes a nice structure to put your materials on.
Step 3: Tie on wire tinsel and grey floss.
Step 4: Wrap floss and tinsel up to head.
Step 5: Tie on purple bucktail.
Step 5: Tie on grizzly hackle.
Step 6: Wrap hackle around head.
Step 7: Snip off access.
The materials needed
Left to right:
Top row: Hooks, wire tinsel, grey floss, black thread and bobbin.
Middle row: cement, whip finish tool, scissors.
Bottom row: Exacto knife, purple bucktail
A Buzzer Larvae that I made. Pretty darn simple.
A Green Highlander That I made. Yes, I know it is not a real Green Highlander fly, It is just a Mickey Finn bucktail streamer modified to look like a Green Highlander.
A "real" Mickey Finn streamer I made.
A Mosquito Dry Fly I made. It rests at the surface so when a fish comes along, It jumps out of the water to get the fly. Pretty spectacular. That is one of the beauties of fly fishing.
The largest fly in my arsenal, A fly popper. The head is made of cork so it floats at the surface. When you pull on the line it dives, making a popping sound. I didn't make this one, along with the others, but with this one the tail feathers came off, so I tied some bucktail on. We found a case full of them in the garage.
Another popper. This one has frog legs on it.
And a 'nothern!
This next part is a step by step gallery of tying a fly. I tried to take a video, but that didn't work out to well.... The fly I am tying here is the purple panther streamer, a design I made myself.
Step 1: Tie on black tread.
Step 2: Wrap It around to the back of the hook. This makes a nice structure to put your materials on.
Step 3: Tie on wire tinsel and grey floss.
Step 4: Wrap floss and tinsel up to head.
Step 5: Tie on purple bucktail.
Step 5: Tie on grizzly hackle.
Step 6: Wrap hackle around head.
Step 7: Snip off access.
The materials neededLeft to right:
Top row: Hooks, wire tinsel, grey floss, black thread and bobbin.
Middle row: cement, whip finish tool, scissors.
Bottom row: Exacto knife, purple bucktail
