Fly of the Week #16

At the Fly Fishing show in Pleasanton, I picked up a couple hundred hooks at a pretty decent price. What better way to experiment with some new patterns? Some of them a little crazy and some of them more normal like this blue soft hackle on a size 10 hook.

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He's tied on a size 10 hook with natural colored Hungarian Partridge Feathers held on with light blue Unithread. If you look close enough you'll notice that there is a second wrapping of Olive flavored hackle.

Fly of the Week #15

Here is another fly tied on a size 12 Pupae & Shrimp hook. The green body is ultra wire and held on with creme colored thread.

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This one has been on the Stanislaus river once so far. It fooled a 14 inch rainbow, so I'm going to consider it a keeper pattern until it stops working.

Cheapskates Corner: DIY Tippet Post

I'm always looking for ways to save some money. Coming up with a solution to hang my tippet spools without spending eight bucks or more for a fancy schmancy "tippet post" was high on my list.

Pack up the kids and head to your favorite discount store that happens to also have a hardware section. If you look hard enough you'll find a three inch eyebolt that will work perfectly! In my case, I spent a whopping $1.64 for two of them in one package. This length will easily hold 5 30yd spools.

Assembly couldn't be easier. Put the bolt through all your spools, slip on the washer and tighten the nut down. That eye bolt is perfect for clipping the whole thing to your vest or chest pack.

Fly of the Week #14

Once again, I'm behind with my fly of the week. Better late than never, right? The fly below was tied with some new material I picked up recently. The hook is a Tiemco size 12 Caddis Pupae & Shrimp hook. I also picked up some new thread which really helped tie a cleaner looking head.

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Rusty brown Unithread, march brown dubbing and partridge hackle tied on a size 12 hook. This is basically a Partridge and Orange that is popular with so many.