Flick Stonefly Creeper SBS

Fly Patterns
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Cool fly; didn’t know he fished anything besides a Grey Fox Variant. A few different methods to attach the shellback, although none of the ones I’ve seen seem very durable; I’m lazy and chose the path of least resistance.

hook - Mustad 9671 #12
underbody - non-tox wire .025
thread - UTC 70 woodduck
shellback/wing pad - woodduck flank
tail - pheasant tail
abdomen - stripped hackle quill ginger
thorax - rabbit dirty gold
legs - partridge

Part 1

mash barb, wrap front of shank with non-tox

start thread, wrap underbody, taper front and back

tie in a clump of woodduck fibers (hook gap width) by tips, wrap back to point above barb

measure 2 pheasant tail fibers for length (hook shank) and tie in on either side of shellback

strip a ginger neck quill, moisten (microwave 30 seconds in a damp napkin) and tie in; smooth underbody with thread

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Part 2

brush underbody with Sally (or Super Glue); wrap quill forward and tie off

dub thread, dub thorax

prep partridge, tie in by tip and wrap

squeeze front of fly from top and bottom (no pic, sorry) and take a few wraps back, pushing hackle fibers to the sides

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Part 3

pull shellback forward

tie down, trim, smooth head, half hitch x 2, SHHAN

Regards,
Scott

4

bravo!!
that is a beautiful fly…
-spoof

5

Hi Scott, Great tutorial as usual. Whats up with that bruise on your thumbnail ? Seems like its been there forever. Love your work !
PADDY

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not relevant, but…

     this fly reminds me of one i saw in a article on layering and how, if done properly, you can create incredible depth in your flies... the fly was the same basic idea, they just wrapped the entire thorax and abdomen in a heavy gauge clear mono... directly over the shell and all... everything was under the mono... it really made for an stunning fly.. it forced the detail to pop...
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Hammer blow while replacing some exterior wood trim. Looked back over pictures and narrowed it down to last week of October, so it has been a while; I’m guessing it migrates out by mid-March.

that does make for a cool effect.

Regards,
Scott

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Scott, That’s a really cool stonefly. Have you ever fished it? I’m going to tie a few up.
Thanks

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I think a really cool follow-on would be some reports of fishing Scott’s flies.

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Bruce,

No; never have fished one. I saw it in Skip Morris’ Art of Tying the Nymph and really liked the looks of it, then did a little digging and found more info online and decided to take a shot.

John,

I’d love to hear from anyone who fished/fishes them; that would be neat.

Regards,
Scott

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Here’s a few steps from a Hotwire variation with, hopefully, a better alternative to the fragile wingcase

take a whole flank feather

coat with Sally and pull it to shape; the center stem + glue should make it a lot more durable.

start the fly like the Flick version, but substitute wire for the quill body; I used ginger (Brassie) and copper (x-fine) wrapped side-by-side

after a few wraps, pull the shellback forward and secure with the copper wire

repeat up the body to the thorax

helicopter the wire and then finish the fly, same as the Flick

Regards,
Scott