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Baitfish

dryfly.me.2014.02.01.baitfishSaturday morning and the snow has been coming down for a week straight! These quiet mornings is good for stocking up on some patterns that will come in handy when the spring comes and it is time to get the rod out again after a long winter. Today it is a batch of longer baitfish that I did a SBS on last year, I will also have some that are shorter and only 1 hook length tail, but I’ll save that for later this weekend.

Music for today: Access To Arasaka: “Medway”

Last year I had some great action with these hunting mackerel

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Front view:

dryfly.me.2014.02.01.baitfish_frontThe bottom is white craft fur with a bit of flash that makes these a great profile from underneath

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Green, Yellow & Red Tag

dryfly.me.2013.10.22.ryg_tag_redHook: Daiichi 2546 #6
Thread: UNI 6/0 Black
Tail: Orange Dyed Golden Pheasant Tippets
Tag: UNI-Floss
Butt: Black Ostrich
Body: UNI-Mylar #10 Gold/Silver
Wing: White Foxtail, Peacock
Throat: Orange Dyed Golden Pheasant Tippets

A quick and nice pattern tied primarily for salt, but will work just fine in a river targeting trout and grayling. Testing out different tag colors to see how they turn out.

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dryfly.me.2013.10.22.ryg_tag_greenOne big family ready to take out once the weather clears up!

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Silver & Orange streamer

dryfly.me.2013.10.11.streamer_orange_silverHook: Allen S401 6xl #6
Thread:UNI 6/0 Black
Tail: Orange Goose Shoulder Orange
Body: UNI-Mylar #10, UNI-French Oval Md Silver
Wing: Peacock Sword, Blue Bucktail
Beard: White Bucktail, Orange Goose Shoulder
Sides: Jungle Cock

Got a shipment of these long streamer hooks from Allen Flyfishing the other day and freestyled this long streamer. First time I’ve tied on a hook this long and I’m quite pleased with how it turned out: long, slim and with a distinct trigger color on the beard and tail.

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Salt Freestyle Fly

dryfly.me.2013.10.10.salt_freestyleHook: Daiichi 2546 #6
Thread:UNI 6/0 Black
Tag: Red Floss
Butt: Ostrich
Body: UNI-Floss, UNI-French Oval Md Silver
Wing: Peacock Sword, Foxtail White & Black
Beard: Not sure – found it in my box, but it is red
Sides: Jungle Cock

Planning to head out to do some sea-trout fishing this weekend and sat down to tie up something new to bring along with the tested ones I have in my box. This is one of those that are inspired by everything and nothing.

Inspiration:
Music: 1/1 by Nils Petter Molvær
Whisky: Arran Single Cask

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