Showing posts with label hooks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hooks. Show all posts

Saturday, June 1, 2019

The Mop


The Mop

Hook - Streamer style
Thread - White
Body - Silver mylar tubing, tied down at the bend with white thread that then forms the butt
Throat - Yellow nylon fibers and red calf tail
Wing - Peacock herls, tips cut flat
Head - Silver with white eye and red pupil

Reference - Art of Angling Journal - Volume 2 Issue 1 Originator - Ora Smith

Friday, November 23, 2018

Calcasieu Pig Boat



Calcasieu Pig Boat

Hook - Bass style
Thread - Black
Hackle - Your favorite color
Body - Chenille in your favorite color
Legs - 56 strands of rubber legs (original recipe?)
Head - Built up thread
UV Resin

Friday, July 20, 2018

Cinnamon and Gold



Cinnamon and Gold

Hook - Wet/nymph style
Thread - Tan
Tail - Golden pheasant tippets
Body – Gold embossed tinsel
Throat – Ginger hen hackle fibers
Wing - Cinnamon goose/duck wing feather

Tuesday, September 5, 2017

Buckskin Nymph




Buckskin Nymph

Hook - Mustad 3906
Thread - Black
Body - Natural buckskin or synthetic equivalent

Tying Ideas

Add a tail
Add throat hackle
Add a wire rib
Add a tinsel flashback
Add a peacock herl/dubbing thorax
Tie it as a soft hackle
Tie it as a bead head
Color the buckskin with permanent markers

Be creative. Experiment.

George Bodmer of Colorado Springs, Colorado, originated this pattern.

Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson

Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Bivisibles


Black & White Bivisible

Hook - Mustad 94840 or equivalent
Thread - Black (or white)
Black hackle tied palmered over the body, with a few turns of white in front


Brown & White Bivisible

Hook - Mustad 94840 or equivalent
Thread - Black (or white)
Brown hackle tied palmered over the body, with a few turns of white in front


Golden Badger & White Bivisible

Hook - Mustad 94840 or equivalent
Thread - Black (or white)
Golden badger hackle tied palmered over the body, with a few turns of white in front


Grizzly & White Bivisible

Hook - Mustad 94840 or equivalent
Thread - Black (or white)
Grizzly hackle tied palmered over the body, with a few turns of white in front



Silver Badger & White Bivisible

Hook - Mustad 94840 or equivalent
Thread - Black (or white)
Silver badger hackle tied palmered over the body, with a few turns of white in front

Tying note: Tails can be added (same color as the aft hackle) and the body may be tinsel


Grizzly & White Bivisible

Hook - Mustad 94840 or equivalent
Thread - Black (or white)
Tail - Grizzly hackle fibers
Body - Flat silver tinsel
Grizzly hackle tied palmered over the body, with a few turns of white in front

Try different color rear hackle but keep the white up front.

Regarding the Bivisible: Some recipes have tails of hackle fibers (same color as the rear hackle), hackle tips (same color as the rear hackle), tinsel bodies and even dubbed bodies. Tie them how YOU see fit


Saturday, January 16, 2016

Fly Tying Hook Brands

Being retired and having virtually nothing to do, I decided to find as many "fly tying" hook brands.

After an exhaustive 2-3 hour search on the internet trying to find as many hook brands as I could find, I managed to create the following list (most likely incomplete). I tried to find as many "freshwater" brand of hooks. Of course some brands contain "saltwater" hooks, one brand contained only 1 "freshwater" hook, some brands I have never heard of but most of them I have. Some are "fly shop" brands and some are personal brands. Some are offshoots of popular major brands. I did not list brands that only made treble hook for salmon etc.



So here is the list of the brands I found

A. Jensen
Akita
Alec Jackson
Allcock
Allen
Bergman
Blue Heron
Cabelas
Castor
Charles Jardine
C'ultiva
Daiichi
Dai-Riki
Demmon
Dohiku
Dragonflies Competition
Drennan
Eagle Claw
Elite
European Barbless Hook
Fly Tying Boutique
Fulling Mill
Gaelic Supreme
Gamakatsu
Green Caddis Outfitters
Grip
Hanak
Hayabusa
Hends
Heritage
Herters
Hook and Hackle
J:son
Jstockard
Kamasan
Ken Sawada
Knapek
Kobe
Kumho
Lazer sharp
Leeda
Lightning Strike
Maruto
Matzuo
Maxcatch
MFC
Mustad
Orvis
Osprey
Owner
Partridge
Saber
Sakuma
SFFT
Skalka
Spear-It
Sprite
Stealth
Stewart Forster
Sundridge
Syndicate Comp Hooks
Talon
Targus
The Fly Shop
Tiemco
Togen
Topfly
Trokar
Tunca
Turrall
Umpqua
Varivas
VMC
White River Fly Shop
Wizard

If anybody knows of other brands please post them in a comment and I'll add them to this list.

Monday, December 19, 2011

Hard to Find Tying Items

In the process of cleaning out some tying materials, I came accross a couple of items that were purchased  a long time ago and most likely no longer on the fly tying market unless they can be found on ebay.


Draper Fly Hook by Partridge

The Draper hook was used for stone fly bodies.




McMurray Ant and Emerger Bodies



Ant body prior to painting


Thanks for looking!