Stump Lake Damsel

Stump Lake Damsel

Hook: your favorite

Thread: olive

Eyes: see below

Tail: marabou

Body: swannundaze or d-rib etc

Wing case: olive magic foil, scud back etc

Thorax: SLF damsel olive dubbing

 Thread 2 fringe beads onto a short length of wire and twist until tight. I added a drop uv resin to help spread them apart. Tie them onto the hook and make some figure eight wraps between the beads.

Example of fringe beads. Note the offset hole.

If you're lazy and don't want to twist up any eyes just use peanut beads.

Thanks for looking & happy tying.

Lopez Minnow

Lopez Minnow

Hook - Streamer style

Thread - White

Under body - Lead Wire

Tail And Back - Buck tail (Brown, black, green etc)

Over body - Silver mylar braid piping

Eyes - Painted yellow over black

 UV Resin

Reference: Streamers & Bucktails The Big Fish Flies by Joseph D Bates Jr

Thumb Tack Eyes

I had an idea regarding eyes for larger flies like those used for pike, musky, saltwater fish etc and thought about using thumb tacks for eyes. I had a box of white thumb tacks and a variety of lacquer craft paint and married the two together as shown below

You can start making the eyes using gold, silver, white, multi colored thumb tacks

When ready to install in your fly, just snip off the tack to the desired length and use epoxy to adhere the eyes to your fly.

I used the Wasatch eye painting tools to help make the eyes

Sinfoil's Fry

Sinfoil's Fry

Minnow Imitation

Ken Sinfoil

Hook - Dai Riki 700 or equivalent, size 10-12

Thread- Black

Underbody -Silver mylar tinsel

Body - Clear plastic wrap cut into 1/8-inch strip and wrapped

Collar - Fluorescent red Body Stretch

Wing - Sparse widgeon flank, mallard flank, teal, bronze mallard fibers

Head - Black thread

Eyes - Painted black over yellow

Awesome Lake Brookie

Awesome Lake Brookie

Hook: Streamer style

Thread: Light color for under body and then black

Tail: Olive marabou

Ribbing: Red holographic tinsel

Body: orange floss, orange Uni Stretch or equivalent

Topping: Peacock herl from an eye stick

Throat: White buck tail followed by orange hackle fibers

Eyes: Painted yellow and black

Tying Note: Light colored thread is used to help maintain the body color of the fly. 

Thanks for looking.