One thing I love about fly fishing is that there are innumerable rabbit holes one can go down in pursuit of the sport. I've jumped into the waters of flytying and it has been a lot of fun. I have lots to learn but I'm excited to fish these in Broken Bow and Colorado in the near future.

Nicely tied!

I have some bad news for you, fly tying may be the biggest and deepest rabbit hole of them all. And it has a whole lot of side tunnels to explore. But, it is definitely fun!

Thank you!

those look great

Thanks Randallm


Here's a zebra midge pattern I tied last night. size 22

Nicely done!

you tie some really clean nice flies, keep up the great work!

Every time I go into a fly shop to get tying supplies I end up surprised. Surprised to find so many options of materials at great prices.

$1.49 - $3.99 - $6.99 - $1.99 - $2.79 - And so on, and so on.

Then I am surprised at how those itty bitty pouches that are so cheap all add up to $400.

Only $400???? You got out cheap!

Thamks Smurfs!

I agree with the above comments. I keep lying and tell my wife Im saving money.

Made a 13 hr drive to Co to do some product testing. Fished fhe parachute adams, 2 bit hooker, flashback emerger, and purple top secret midge. They all caught!
This one ate a size 19 parachute adams.

Very nice.

Nice fish.

Those are some beautiful flies.

Thanks Osbornfishing!

Been working on some size 24 parachute BWO and Chrominids. Threw them in a puck to see if I could play them off as flyshop flies. LOL Have some work to do in the seriously small dept as I get ready to hit the San Juan in January. Need to tie up some 28 -30 midges and Rs2's. Will post them up when I get them done if I'm not to crosseyed to type.

Size 30 Top Secret Midge next to a #24 annelid.

Awesome thread.

Great work. I cannot tie anything smaller than about a 16. Too clumsy, and nearsighted.

Ever thought about mashing down your barbs? For the smaller hook sizes I sure think that helps the hookup ratio.

Thanks! Yes on smashing barbs. Some of the earlier flys in this thread have barbs, which I always crimp when fishing anyways. Since, I have started crimping the barbs on the vise which has been way easier than doing it on the water.
Sometimes on the very small hooks it's hard to get my forceps in there to crimp them. Luckily the 28 and 30 gamakatsu hooks I am tying micro midges on are barbless, wayyyy easier.

fascinating information,...

Sorry for the dirty hands, was tying on my family camping trip
size 30 micro kf emerger.

Came up with this in an effort to match the small midges hatching on the Juan recently.
Size 30 Para midge.

Took a little break from tying the small stuff. I followed the "Slammin Fly" pattern tutorial from flyfishfood. I'm envisioning big browns smacking this at the surface deep in the Black Canyon this summer. Thanks for looking.

Graphic Caddis size 14.

You certainly have a gift. The pix you post of the flies you’ve tied look like they should be in a catalog or a magazine.

JR

Split cane, that is a very nice compliment. Thank you. I still have a lot to learn, but I am enjoying every minute of it. I just try to tie a little every day, and chalk most of it up to un diagnosed ADHD hyperfocus.

Good stuff!

Help! I have had an infestation of ants crawling all over my desk! Will have to throw them at some hungry high country trout this summer.

Nicely done.

Good Stuff.

I dig the popper HookLine'nSinker. Looks like a bass slayer. I've been working on a batch of Hippy Stompers to take out West but they should do just fine on the brim around here too.

Simple frog fly tie of foam,
1 yellow hackle feather,
3 strands of spinnerbait skirt,
Faux Bucktail, several strands of green and polar flashy stuff on a #4 hook.
Good fly for bass and big sunfish.

Spent 2 months in Co over the summer and went back for a week on the Ark about a week ago. Now I'm biding my time until my next trip out West by catching stockers in Oklahoma. I've been playing around with extended body dry flies, all the way down to size 24 bwo's. It's been fun. Also tied up a bunch of slump busters and am working on some Rusty Trombones. Don't google that last one without putting "fly pattern" at the end. LOL. Will post pics of some more streamers soon as I've been on a streamer kick.

Something a little Spookey for Halloween. These should be KILLER bwahahaaa

Nicely done 👍.

It’s amazing something that small catches fish.

I agree. My most effective flies lately have been in size 24 and 26 on both the Juan and the LMF. I am always amazed, they will even eat them at night!

Very cool!

The picky trout on the LMF were turning their noses up at my 24's,
so I tied some 26. They liked them.

Here’s a few I tied for the LMF



JR

How do you do with those midges on the LMF Splitcane? My comfort zone has been black, may have to switch it up.

I use both - and brown. Good results with all the above. This time of year is THE time of year to use them.

JR

Have been playing with flex-floss for various nymph bodies and am liking the results. Pretty easy tie and it should be killer pretty much anywhere you find Baetis.
Flexi-Baetis #22
tmc 201 r hook
black thread
mirage tinsel
Black CDL
olive flex floss
solarez thick hard