Tangi

Tangi

Hook - Salmon/steelhead style

Thread - Red

Tag - Embossed gold tinset

Tail - Several peacock sword fibers

Ribbing - Embossed gold tinset

Body - Fluorescent red floss slightly built up and lacquered

Wing - Orange dyed grey squirrel tail

Throat hackle - Grizzly, collar style

UV Resin

Reference - Hair-wing Atlantic Salmon Flies - Keith Fulsher & Charles Krom

Teddy Baseball

Teddy Baseball

Atlantic Salmon

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent

Thread - Black

Tail - Golden pheasant crest

Butt - Yellow floss

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Black wool

Throat hackle - Black

Wing - Greyish mottled monkey hair over 2 strands each of red and yellow floss 

Shoulder - Jungle cock

Grey squirrel tail is the closest I have to greyish mottled monkey hair

Hair-wing Atlantic Salmon Flies - Keith Fulsher & Charles Krom

Pat's Invincible

Pat's Invincible

Hook - Salmon/steelhead style

Thread - Black

Tail - Grey squirrel tail

Body - Oval silver tinsel

Wing - Grey squirrel tail

Throat - Brown hackle fibers

UV Resin

Tying note: The oval silver tinsel is used for the body, is wound on the straight part of the hook shank and the tail is inserted 1/4 of the way up

Reference - Hair-Wing Atlantic Salmon Flies - Keith Fulsher & Charles Krom

Lady Ellen

Lady Ellen

Hook - Salmon/steelhead style

Thread - Black

Tag - Oval silver tinsel

Tip - Red tying thread used to tie down the body material

Body - Silver mylar piping, slim

Wing - Black squirrel tail

Throat - Blue hackle fibers

UV Resin

Reference - Hair-Wing Atlantic Salmon Flies - Keith Fulsher & Charles Krom

Happy Holidays

Arndilly Fancy

Arndilly Fancy

Tag - Oval silver tinsel

Tail - Golden pheasant crest

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Yellow floss

Throat Hackle- Light blue

Wing - Black squirrel tail

Shoulder - Jungle cock (small)

Head color - 2 turns of red ostrich herl or a band of red lacquer 

around the base of the head with the remainder black

Hair-Wing Atlantic Salmon Flies - Keith Fulsher & Charles Krom

GT Triple Double

GT Triple Double

Hook - Dry fly

Thread - Black

Hackle - Grizzly - Brown - Grizzly

Body - Dubbing

Montreal #1 & #2 (Steelhead)

Montreal #1

Hook - Salmon/steelhead style

Thread - Black

Tail - Claret hackle fibers

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Claret wool (Dubbing)

Throat - Claret hackle fibers

Wing - Gray squirrel tail

Montreal #2

Hook - Salmon/steelhead style

Thread - Black

Tail - Red hackle fibers

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Red wool yarn

Throat - Red hackle fibers

Wing - Brown bucktail

Reference - Hairwing & Tube Flies for Salmon & Steelhead - Chris Mann

New Vise

HMH TRV (True Rotary Vise)

Fit and finish. Ill give it a grade A. All components are precision machined.

Jaw components have a smooth finish for being a cast component (supposedly).

Smooth rotation using the knurled knob.

Setup directions are pretty simple and to the point. Hook placement in the jaws a fully explained and if incorrectly done may void the warranty.

Convenient neoprene storage pouch included.

3 different sizes of Allen wrenches are provided. One too many in my opinion.

2-way adjustment. 1 from the stem and 1 from the main shaft.

Adjusting the rotary tension is quite easy.

Jaw has 3 grooves for positioning different sizes of hooks. No groove for tiny hooks. Fitting hooks in the groove can be tricky.

Silver vein finished base is non-glaring and heavy enough for my tying style

Jaws hold the hook securely with enough tightening of the four spoked knob.

The four spoked knob could use more rounded corners. The knob may prove to be a little difficult for arthritic hands

For the $495 price tag, it would have been nice to have a bobbin rest and material clip included. 

Jaw angle adjustment screw is on the far side. Why not on the same side as the four spoke knob. (just nit picking)

Back to the price. The TRV vise is based on the Standard/Spartan chassis. The only things that are different is the rotation knob, main axle and jaws.

I have only tied a couple of flies on the TRV vise so these comments may be different after a couple of months tying with it.

Harry Kari Bucktail (Variation)

Harry Kari Bucktail 

(Variation)

Harry Lemire

Hook - Salmon/steelhead style

Thread - Black 

Tail - Red hackle fibers

Ribbing - Narrow black chenille

Body - Yellow chenille

Hackle - Pheasant shoulder

Wing - Black squirrel tail

UV Resin

Reference - Hairwing & Tube Flies for Salmon & Steelhead - Chris Mann

I tied a variation. Recipe indicated a tag of oval gold tinsel but the photo of the fly had it omitted.

I also substituted guinea fowl for pheasant shoulder

Yokanga Gold

Yokanga Gold

Atlantic Salmon

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent

Thread - Black

Tag - Oval gold tinsel

Ribbing - Oval Gold tinsel

Body - Flat gold tinsel

Throat - Orange hackle

Wing - Black squirrel tail over 6 strands of gold krystal flash

UV Resin Coated Head

Reference - Hairwing & Tube Flies for Salmon & Steelhead - Chris Mann

Cullman's Choice

Cullman's Choice

Hook - Salmon/steelhead style

Thread - Black

Tag - Silver oval tinsel

Ribbing - Silver oval tinsel

Body - Apple green floss

Throat - White hackle as beard

Wing - Black bear with golden pheasant crest topping

UV Resin

Reference - Hairwing & Tube Flies for Salmon & Steelhead - Chris Mann

Renegade Rat

Renegade Rat

Hook - Salmon/steelhead style

Thread - Black

Tag - Flat silver tinsel

Tag hackle - Brown

Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel

Body - Peacock herl

Wing - Gray squirrel tail

Hackle - White, tied as a collar

UV Resin

Reference - Federation of Fly Fishers Fly Pattern Encyclopedia

Get'r Done

Get'r Done

Hook - Salmon/steelhead style

Thread - Charteuse

Tag - Flat gold tinsel

Ribbing - Flat gold tinsel

Body - Chartreuse floss or uni-stretch

Throat - Black hackle fibers

Underwing - Pearl krystal flash

Overwing - Black squirrel tail

Head - Chartreuse micro chenille

UV Resin

Reference - Internet Photograph (Gaspe Fly Shop)

DIY Fly Tying Tools

Eurasian Jay Flies

Jay Silver

Hook - Mustad 3399, 3906 or equivalent

Thread - White under tinsel body, Black head

Tag - None

Tail - Golden pheasant tippet

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel (if desired) 

Body - Silver tinsel

Hackle - Ginger

Wing - Eurasian blue jay

Jay Yellow

Hook - Mustad 3399, 3906 or equivalent

Thread - White under floss body, Black head

Tag: None

Tail - Yellow hackle fibers

Ribbing - None

Body - Yellow floss

Hackle - Yellow

Wing - Eurasian blue jay

Jay Blue

Hook - Mustad 3399, 3906 or equivalent

Thread - White under floss body, Black head

Tag: None

Tail: Light blue hackle fibers

Ribbing - Gold tinsel

Body - Light blue floss

Hackle - Light blue

Wing - Eurasian blue jay

Blue Jay

Hook - Mustad 3399, 3906 or equivalent

Thread - White under floss body, Black head

Tag: Gold tinsel

Tail - Golden pheasant tippet

Ribbing - Gold tinsel

Body - Orange floss

Hackle - Orange

Wing - Eurasian blue jay

Reference - Trout - Ray Bergman

Mighty Atom

Mighty Atom

(Mike Martinek)(Art of Angling Journal)

Hook - Wet, nymph or casting streamer

Tail - Red floss or antron yarn, cut short

Body - Twisted copper wire

Wing - Orange and brown bucktail, sparse

Hackle - Orange, folded and pulled back as a collar

Head - Red thread with painted white eye and black pupil

Note: A "casting streamer" hook refers to a hook that is 3xl or 4xl long and in sizes #2-10 where a "streamer" or "trolling streamer" hook is 6xl, 8xl or longer, and usually in sizes #1-2