READ THIS FIRST: http://www.washingtonflyfishing.com/board/showthread.php?83949-SALON-what-it-is-and-how-it-works Thomas the winner of last months salon asked me to take this one so I jumped at the chance I had several ideas Skwalas...too many flies that all look the same size 18 or smaller dry flies....might scare some people off and alot of blurry photos best fly tied by hand (no vise) like Carrie Steven...are you out your mind? John Farrar once told me the gillies use to say "any fly's good as long as it's black " so this month's theme is.... Always bet on Black Paint it Black because Black is the New Black tie something black tell us what it is how you came by it what you fish for with it and how you fish it short month so get tying flies due by 2-29-2012 View attachment 48129 Double Reverse Spider in Black
Great theme. I am blasting the song as I type seeking inspiration. I see a ........... Thanks kelvin!
Does it have to be all black or can it have another color like silver wire or tinsel?Or does the main color of the fly only have to be black?
OK, I'll play. Tying up some flies for a trip to the coast and decided to do some black General Practitioners. I put my own little spin on the pattern by dropping off some JC as eyes or feelers off the back. Top and side view. View attachment 48328 View attachment 48329
Took me a while to finally decide which direction to go with this months topic. The first time I read FFPS II, I really picked up on a small picture and caption on page 54. The picture is of the stomach contents of a coho and includes a ton of small black feathers along with krill. I never seemed to find many black flies in any of the local shop's saltwater selections, and I always intended to experiment with black, but never seemed to get around to it. I finally decided to go with a black squid tube fly for Coho. I hope to try this fly out on some Resident Coho.... sooner than later. In my previous life of Bass fishing, black was a go to color especially for topwater presentations at dusk. I plan on tying up some black sliders as well, but thought this squid fly best represents what I would throw to Salmon in the Sound. Steve
Awesome fly Steve. I think Black is underutilized in Puget Sound. I like the use of different materials. I look forward to fishing this this spring.
Thanks guys, the eye is just attached with Zap-A-Gap. I've done some extensive casting with this pattern in other colors and the eye's have stayed on pretty well. I use a good amount of it and the eye adheres to the separate strands of body material. Kelvin, I was in Patricks's the other day and saw a couple squid patterns on the desk that looked distinctly 'Kelvinesque', were they yours?
yes I gave them to Jimmy at his Christmas party they work like crazy Its a rezzy yall please no lectures about dragging it on the beach ATTACH=CONFIG]48904[/ATTACH]
