Some Flies

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Hi all. Been playing around lately and came up with some new patterns and a variation on a classic. Opinions welcomed! I want to know if you all will think these will work.

CDC Emerger:

Hook: Curved Caddis
Tail: 2 fibers Monoflash split
Abdomen: Turkey Biot
Thorax: Awesome 'Possum Golden Olive
Wing & Looped Wingcase: Natural Dun CDC

Hairball Nymph:

Hook: Curved Caddis
Abdomen: Awesome 'Possum Golden Olive picked out a lot!!!
Rib: Fine Copper Wire
Thorax: Hareline Dark Hare’s Ear picked out a lot!!!

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Angel Hair Leech:

Hook: Streamer
Tail: Angel Hair Baitfish color
Body: UV Black Ice Dub
Rib: Fine Silver Wire
Hackle: Angel Hair Baitfish color spun in a loop
Head: Silver Bead

Angel Hair Clouser Minnow:

Hook: Streamer Straight Eye
Eyes: Gold bead chain from my ceiling fan
Body: Peacock Angel Hair
Belly: Polar Ice Angel Hair

Enjoy, nen-bran

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nice flies
looks like they might catch something
if not catch on
i like the way you did the CDC

Jordan

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nen-bran,
Your flies look great! Delicious by fish standards!
Doug

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Yep! They’ll work just fine. Throw 'em in the water and let us know what the fishies think. Better yet, send me six of each and I’ll do the testing for you. This will take any pressure off of you and keep the process very objective.

Joseph the Kind-Hearted

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Then, throw a half dozen of each, MY WAY and then you’ll be able to brag to your friends; “My flies are sought after, from the Midwest clear to the West Coast!”
Yeah that’s okay,nen-bran, no thanks needed!! Just the usual “NBOF being helpful to their fellow man”. It’s what we do…

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Looks like you put in some very productive time at the vise. I particularly like the Clouser which would be a perfect fly selection for this time of year. 8T :wink:

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Nen-Bran,

Good looking flies, but my favorite are the emerger and hairball. Just my kind of flies. very well done.

REE

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nen-bran,
One question? is the Fan on or off? :rolleyes:

Nice flies.
Eric

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That emerger would be a killer during a BWO hatch. Good job.

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Thanks guys! The fan is off but I still have a good four inches of chain left. I don’t want my mom to kill me! Jay, I definitely had BWO in mind when I tied it. 8T, I really thought so too. They are just starting to stock the trout waters here so I figured it would be good for that, and when it was wet, it sorta resembled a plastic worm. flybinder, and Joe the Kind-Hearted, maybe if you guys paid postage…haha! Or a fair trade…haha who knows. They could use testing 'cause I don’t fish a whole lot. Yet to catch one on the fly…

Thanks for the comments everyone, nen-bran

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NB

I’m with the others, the CDC emerger looks really good. I’m saving that picture for the files. I’ve got a real soft spot for olive colored emergers (they are particularly effective for me on one of our local streams) and it just so happens a rather substantial order of cdc just arrived from the nice folks at Hook and Hackle. Thanks for the post. Nothing wrong with the other flies either, I’m just a sucker for olive emerger patterns.

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nen-bran, Nice looking flies. Liked the tail material on the CDC emerger.

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Please tell me which of the flies you believe to be new patterns and which are the variations on a classic. thanks.

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Very nice flies and very good job in tying. I like the first two the best, They look buggy and I bet they will catch fish.

                                                                  Fontianlis
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Greg. The patterns that I thought were new were all of them except the Angel Hair Clouser Minnow. I realize that there really isn’t much of an avenue for “new” anymore. New just means that I have never seen that particuler pattern before and came up with it myself…whether anyone else has…I don’t know.

nen-bran

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I really like the look of the emerger, and I’m sure it and the others will catch fish. Very nice and thanks for sharing.

-RC

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Nice work. I also vote for the first two. However, your Clouser is very intersting.

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I’ll cast another vote for the cdc emerger! I’ve done well with cdc in a number of emerger and dun patterns.

Very nice ties, NB.

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All of those are nice looking flies. I really like the cdc emerger and the clouser. Hmmmm might have to tie up a few more clousers now that I think of it :wink: