Tube: Orange tag

Tag: Orange Temple Dog
Body: Uni-floss green, Uni-French, Genetic Cock Saddle Green Highlander
Wing: Temple Dog: Orange, Yellow & Lime, peacock
Hackle: Spirit River Schlappen Black hackle

After experimenting with Sunray shadows all weekend I ended up freestyling this tube with the material I have available. I really like how this turned out: the orange/green/yellow combination should be a real treat in the water , the only thing I would like to see in addition would be a disc/conehead and maybe a Jungle Cock side

Tube: Sunray in different colors

Posted on 9 December, 20138 December, 2013 by Håvard Eide

Getting started with tube these days so I went to my local dealer this weekend and picked up tubes, material and temple dog hair in different colors to start of with some Sunray shadows.

Still learning how to tie these in, some are good, some not that good, but of these ones I liked the white one in terms of composition, the rest of the colors are great though: looking forward to test them out soon!

Deer & CDC Emerger

Posted on 8 December, 20137 December, 2013 by Håvard Eide cdc deer hareline organza peacock polishquills sheer tmc

Hook: TMC 2457 #14
Thread: Sheer 14/0 Brown
Tail: Sparkle Organza Dun
Body: Polishquills Stripped Peacock Orange
Thorax: Hareline Hare’s Ear Plus Dark Olive
Wing: Hareline Premium Deer Natural Brown, 2x CDC Dark Olive

I keep experimenting with the stripped peacock from polishquills and for a up-right emerger I would normally do either CDC or deer for the wing, but for this one I combine the two with a supporting layer of deer behind the CDC to see how it will behave. The sparkle organza tail will serve as a good attractor. This should sit nice and low in the water and for a slow-flowing river this will be a sure bet next summer.

From behind: the deer should help support the fly in a upright position

A bit dark, but a shot from the front:

The profile from underneath: the Hare’s Ear dubbing with the added bling will behave very good

Black & Silver Salmon

Posted on 7 December, 20136 December, 2013 by Håvard Eide arctic fox dai-riki foxtail jc jungle cock ostrich peacock uni

Hook: Dai-Riki 899 #1/0
Thread: UNI 6/0 Black
Tag: UNI-French
Body:UNI Floss Black, UNI-French
Wing: Sunburst Yellow Foxtail, Orange Foxtail, Red Arctic Fox 3xl, peacock
Hackle: Black hackle
Head: JC, Black Ostrich Herl

Of the ones I have tied on this #1/0 hook I think this is the one I’m the most pleased with: the propotions are better, the overwing sits better in its place and the JC is a very good visual indicator. I need a better hackle to tie in on this and the tube flies that I’m starting to tie so I’m heading out tomorrow to do some pre-christmas present-shopping for myself ;)

Fiery Emerger

Posted on 6 December, 2013 by Håvard Eide cdc emerger hareline knapek mallard polishquills sheer

Hook: Knapek Midge Pupae #14
Thread: Sheer 14/0 Brown
Body: Polishquills Stripped Peacock Orange
Thorax: Hareline Hare’s Ice Dub Rusty Orange, 2xCDC
Wing: 2xCDC White
Legs: Mallard Flank

This pattern I found on theonfly.com and adapted to a different color scheme. The fiery red/orange of this emerger will make it a great trout/grayling fly that I now have to wait until april/may (until the ice melts away here in Norway…) to actually test. The body on this came out ok, I should have bugbond on the peacock quill, but the one I have is to thick to apply to such a body.The other thing I would experiment with is to have a bit more legs on to make them stand out even more

Top view: the legs will create a good footprint on the surface

Bottom view: the legs combined with the rusty orange dubbing is a great combination

A couple together:

Tube: Orange tag

Tube: Sunray in different colors

Deer & CDC Emerger

Black & Silver Salmon

Fiery Emerger

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