I’m going to tie 12 flies and place each one in glass Christmas tree ornamental bulb. Each bulb is 2 inches in diameter and has an access hole that’s about 1/2 inch diameter. Excluding the married winged ‘full-dressed’ Atlantic Salmon fly patterns, hair and single feather wings are okay, what pattern would you definitely include among the 12? Remember, each one has to fit into a 1/2 inch hole.
Deezel
I think that is a fun project. Although my wife would kill me, as she trully feels that fly fishing is a dark influence o
I have done that for the past two years, and got the idea from Betty Hiner. One fly that should be strongly considered is Betty’s Christmas Hummingbird. http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flytyin … 6fotw.html I tied these up in various colors and gave them as gifts last Christmas. They were a big hit, as you might imagine. Get to the craft stores early as they don’t always have a lot of clear bulbs to choose from.
I have also tied the Royal Christmas in some pretty large sizes to fill the bulb. This fly was designed by commercial tier Julie Nielson of Rockford, Michigan. http://www.fedflyfishers.org/Default.aspx?tabid=4478 Very colorful using vibrant Christmas reds & greens.
Thanks for the reminder. Time to use the Michael’s 40% off coupon in this week’s paper to get some bulbs.
Joe
My favorite would be a Renous Special, nice shade of green for the body and red butt, definitely Christmasy.
Dwight
Any number of flies can be tied for ornaments. As long as the hook can be finagled into the neck of the ornament, the feathers will straighten out once inside. Michael’s crafts has glass balls on the shelves now. Square, round, heart shaped, flat, … you name it, they got it!
I’ve never done this, but one thought that could make it easier to fit almost any size fly would be to cut the hook point off. You could then fit a bigger fly into the bulb
I can’t believe you folks aren’t tying them inside the bulb…the way the boat builders do 
I tend to put Royal Wulffs with white wings, Fan-Wing Royal Coachmans, Coffin Fly, and White Wulffs.
Light color and multi color flies can be seen best. Dark flies can be very hard to see, more so if you plan on hanging them on a Christmas tree.
Joe Fox
What?!?! You mean some one is tying them OUTSIDE and stuffing them IN??? Where’s the sport in THAT?!?? 
As soon as I can figure out how to get the vise into the bulb…hmmmmmmm :?
Ducksterman, all of the boat-in-a-bottle builders that I have seen have built the boat outside of the bottle and then added it. The rigging is made to lay flat and the yardarms swing to the front and back. The rigging is used to erect the masts, yardarms, and sails.
Ed
Thanks Ed…I just thought I remembered from my youth that they did…probably something told to a youngster to impress him [me] :shock:
Joe,
Thanks for the suggestions.
Deezel