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[Christopher K]

Oh, when you tie these always make sure to varnish the body well, the fish will tear it apart otherwise.

[coldfeet]

What do you use for the quill, stripped herl, biots? And what do you suggest for varnish?

[Christopher K]

Stripped peacock quill is what I use, take the fibres from the top of the feather in the eye, they have the widest stems, then either take the fluff off with an eraser or dunk the whole eye in a 1 to 1 solution of water and bleach and wait until they are stripped. For varnish I like any UV cement for the speed factor but any superglue or head cement will work, just be very careful not to get any glue in the hackle or wings.

[coldfeet]

Thanks, was tying a few Klinkhamers yesterday

[Avid Yak Fisher]

Here's what I'll be starting off with this summer for the bass season.

[Christopher K]

Tied this one over the last couple days, I'm happy with a lot of it but there are many errors that need to be addressed in the next one.

 

[Shmogley]

looks nice enough to the untrained eye. aka me

[classic drifter]

okay heres my first try on the stonefly, used it since opener and got a few hits and landed a few fish,

heres from another angle

and heres my first take on a pheasants tail

please dont hesitate to point out the good and bad about my ties, im a noobie and could use a little constructive criticism, tips and new materials to tie and mix with,
and oh heres a modified stonefly i made, hope this one catches fish, from what i can see it has better proportions than the olive green one that i tied, but you guys will have a better opinion on this, check it out

thanks guys, i hope i did okay for the first few flies, thanks CD

[Pin2win]

that's not a stone fly...
THIS is a stonefly

[Pin2win]

CK wound the herl the wrong way. The married wing is nice but too long as well as the BM. Tippet a tad long and the GP well, you know the issue with those. Nice hackle though and great finish. Just an opinion from the pinning side of things.


P2W

[Swing4Steel]

Pretty keen observations of a salmon fly for a pin Junkie!

[classic drifter]

that's not a stone fly...
THIS is a stonefly
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welllllllll, thats a waaay to pro for me, it will be a better deal for me to find and catch a real stonefly, i would probably spend 2 weeks trying to tie that and it will never come as good as that, LOL!!!!

[Christopher K]

CK wound the herl the wrong way. The married wing is nice but too long as well as the BM. Tippet a tad long and the GP well, you know the issue with those. Nice hackle though and great finish. Just an opinion from the pinning side of things.


P2W

Very close, but there is no herl, that's a wool butt you also missed the twisted tail veiling.

[Pin2win]

Very close, but there is no herl, that's a wool butt you also missed the twisted tail veiling.

Not really. Saw the veiling but thought what the hell.
Think you should go herl but though.

[FrequentFlyer]

well i haven't posted any pics for a bit, but heres an attempt at a bluegill imitation fly, its not perfect, missing the polar chenil underlay, eyes might be a little large, and the head is a little crowded, but i think the body looks pretty good

 

[Christopher K]

I believe that's the ice minnow? Looks good, I'd say your critique about the eyes and crowded eye was right. Only other thing I'd comment on is the dubbing, go a little lighter on it, the lighter you go the more transparent and mobile the fly will be. 

[FrequentFlyer]

was using cheech's low fat minnow, but lacking the polar chenil and the olive marabou, had to improvise a bit, so i added the red marabou, and went thicker on the laser dubbing

[FrequentFlyer]

heres one without the eyes, i can add some stick on ones later that are smaller

 

[Christopher K]

Much better head, still think you may be a little heavy on dubbing but if you spread it out it should be ok.

[GoodenTight]

big ups to Yak for all the help along the way. My first finished batch of bass poppers! I am really stoked.