PNWFFF, that's where I'd be heading if I were you.
Yes they are Emu. Cheap at the farmers market here, durable and easy to dye.Very nice , are those Emu feathers?
Very true about blue; awhile back @pond monkey posted a pic of a small blue headed fly that I stole from him and have used on the Rocky Ford hatchery lip sore trout. The same fly worked in BC the past two weeks but even better was the "cloned chromie" tied with a blue tungsten bead vs the more standard black bead. Was super effective (some days).Blueberries...! In some of the lakes I fish, the trout like the color blue...go figure.
Yeah, I think we are going to need more views of this bad boy....I have been doing really well with my Googly Stealth Bomber for Bass! I thought it was more of a joke, but this thing floats like a cork, dives, and gurgles. A co-worker introduced me to the pattern that he used in Alabama and I took it from there with some wacky additions
Yeah, I think we are going to need more views of this bad boy....
If you find yourself crowding the eye of the hook when finished...Found some old extra wide and flat braided tinsel and added a larger dose of cow tail to my GBS. Gonna start cranking the handle now...6 units in 4 sizes before my next pattern... Might try a feather wing
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1mm for small and medium sized flies works well. For larger stuff like salmonflies and bigger hoppers/attractors, I'll use 2mm, although it's a bit more of a challenge to tie with.I bought needles once and tried to tie dubbed extended bodies on them. I tied 1. It didnt come out that bad....but fell apart. So i quit that.
I may have to make an attachment and make some of these out of foam! Do you strictly use 1mm foam?
Amazing tie, Scott. Love the "shmootz" bit.FlySpoke's Super Bug (Carnage variation)
Scaled down/foamed up version of an Atlantic salmon pattern. Lost all the pics from the SBS so a re-shoot will have to follow.
hook - Dai Riki 135 #8
thread - UTC 140 burnt orange
core - 8lb Mason
rib - x-small wire gold
body/head - 1mm foam orange
body hackle - brown (undersize by 3)
wing - deer hair
thorax - shmootz from the base of an orange/grizzly hackle
hackle - brown
front wing - deer hair
Regards,
Scott