Wet fly patterns in Joe Hyde's Thanksgiving, 2006 article

[Rick Z]

Don't listen to anglerdave. All he can tie is an olive wooly bugger. He only buys dry lfies to try to impressthe folks at the fly shop.
I don't think he has ever had a dry fly on his line.

Rick

[Joe Hyde]

You know, it just occurred to me that I actually OWN a fly tying vise. It's a super rotgut model that might have cost me $10.

The reason I bought the thing was so I could hold 3/0 stainless steel Aberdeen hooks (used for bankline fishing for channel cats) stable enough that I could file off their barbs. I also filed 4-surface "diamond facets" on the hooks so their points would slice into the fish's jaw like a scalpel instead of poking into it like a nail.

Perhaps that Stone Age vise would work for me for holding small hooks for tying flies, too. That's what the thing was designed to do.

Most alluring, that my Old Reliable (#10 Hare's Ear Nymph) is an easy-to-tie fly. I catch fish on that nymph by, like, a 10-to-1 ratio above all other flies. Makes for boring reading but doggone it, the action I enjoy is so much fun!

I'll look into the cost of Old Reliable raw materials, also instructions on how to tie it. Going to a tying class or two would help me no doubt, because, well...ah...

What's a bobbin?


Joe
"Better small than not at all"

[Brad Williamson]

Here's the link to Al Campbell's instructions for tying the hare's ear.

http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flyt...rs/part11.html

You'd just substitute a bit of tinsel flash for the turkey feather wing case in step 5 to make it into old reliable. The color of your rabbit of course will determine the color of your nymph.

You'll need to learn how to dub the rabbit fur onto your tying thread. Here's some more of Al's instruction on step 11.

http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flyt...ers/part9.html

Dubbing is one of those skills that IMHO can best be learned from someone. As for a bobbin.....

Ck out Al's Beginning Fly tying tools...

http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flyt...ers/part4.html

[littlebrook]

Hi Joe,
This is really just a "second" from one of your very pleased readers.
If you read Al Campbell's instructions AND get some live instruction from a club, a friend or anyone who can show you the steps in tying a few flies - you will be LAUNCHED into a great hobby.
Good Luck. Gopher it!

Bill

[namekagon]

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roflmbo
Move to Southern Utah, order three, and start a buisiness.

(Just jokeing)

Eric[/quote]

!!!

[dixieangler]

Here is another recipe for the HEN:

[url=http://www.tie1on.net/hareartm.htm:d8dc8]HARE'S EAR NYMPH[/url:d8dc8]

Since I don't have hare's mask guard hairs for the tail, this is one I can do . I don't weight it though unless I add a beadhead.