A Couple Flies I've Been Playing With

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A couple of weeks or so ago Tom Travis wrote a fine review of Denny’s feathers and included a PED Flymph, though, to me it seemed more a soft hackle than a flymph. I took Tom’s fly and tied it as a more traditional flymph, using the same materials as Tom, I think. Anyway, here it is. Thanks for a great fly Tom.

PED Flymph
Hook: Mustad 98482 Size 14
Thread: GG Sheer 14/0 black or gray
Tail: Wood Duck Flank fibers
Rib: Fine Copper wire
Abdomen: PED Dubbing
Hackle: Medium Dun Hen
Thorax: Partridge Aftershaft Feather

I also check out Davey McPhail’s videos almost every day and he posted a great CDC emerger that uses a minimum of materials. My favorite kind of fly.

Here’s a couple different versions. One sort of caddissy (is that a word), and the other more BWO like.

Caddis Version.

Hook: Daiichi 1130 size 14
Thread: Danville 70 Denier, Camel color.
Rib: Tying Thread Colored with Marker
Tail: Sparse Deer Hair
Thorax: Brown Beaver Dubbing
Wing: Brown CDC Feather Tips
Head: Brown Beaver Dubbing

BWO Version

Hook: Daiichi 1130 Size 20
Thread: Gordon Griffiths Sheer 14/0
Rib: Tying Thread Colored with Marker
Tail: Sparse Coq de Leon
Thorax: Olive Beaver Dubbing
Wing: Natural CDC Feather Tip
Head: Olive Beaver Dubbing.

Enjoy,

REE
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Now aren’t those just pretty as a picture! nice ties REE!

  • Jeff
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Ron, those are some beautiful flies. Your tying abilities are second to none!

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Really nice flies Ron. Hope ya don’t mind if I copy some of them.:wink:

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Ron,
I have no doubts that they will work. Very nice symmetry and proportions. Best Regards…

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Well done, friend. Thanks for sharing. I’m going to be tying some of those up as well as some like what you gave me in Ellensburg. You ought to share that one here also.

Kelly.

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wonderful flies, great job!
Kelly aka Kelkay

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Thanks folks. The credit really goes to Tom Travis and Davey McPhail. I just took their ideas and tied flies.

Kelly, the fly I gave you at E’burg is one of the Davey McPhail flies, just different colors.

I really like that CDC emerger. By changing the hook size, thread color and CDC color you can cover almost any emergence situation for Caddis or mayflies.

REE

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Sweet fly, I thought it looked fairly similar, but I liked your’s better.

Kelly.

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I like all of em!
Nice ties.

Denny

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excellent stuff

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Very nice fly ties… those will catch fish!

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Very nicely done,that caddissy emerger is wonderful

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That PED is exceptionally nice:^)

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It’s been brought to my attention by an observant member that Tom Travis tied a PMD, not a PED flymph. I must admit, I had no dubbing that was the right color for a PMD, so I switched to a PED, Pale Evening Dun. Nice catch.

REE

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Nice looking little flies Ron!!!

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[b]I’m a bit late with this post. It was initiated by the PED articles
by Ton Travis and Rons Flymph.

Pale Evening Dun

Hook: Size 18 TMC101.
Silk: Primrose.
Tail: Pale blue dun cock fibres.
Rib: Fine gold wire.
Body: Pale yellow camel fur.
Hackle: Pale blue dun cock.

Based on a Roger Woollie Pattern
This, of course is a UK pattern,
don’t know if it would suit over there.
[/b]

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Donald,

Very nice. It looks like it would work as well here as in the UK. A lot of Roger Woollie’s patterns have found a place in my boxes, thanks to you steering me to his fine book. My only problem is finding camel fur in the US. Do you think silk dubbing or perhaps seal would work as well?

REE

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Ron,
I got some camel dubbing a while back from Jim Smith at
http://www.wetfly.co.uk/ he has a e-mail address on
his ‘Link’ page.
Let me know if you have no luck, this was about three years ago.

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Donald,

Thank you, Sir. I’ll give it a shot after I get back from ceremony, about mid-August.

REE