The Graveyard Shift Posted April 24, 2020 Report Share Posted April 24, 2020 Done with all my surf candy silverside versions. Settled on this as my favorite color scheme. Its EP gamechanger "shrimp" color with silver saltwater flashabou for lateral line and silver body braid wrapped around hook shank to create belly sac. This is soaking in water very translucent just like the real baitfish. Wet in hand shot KidDkivahh, Suave, tk118 and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooleen74 Posted April 24, 2020 Report Share Posted April 24, 2020 TGS question on the clousers previous page what are those called with the white lead eyes I've seen them at Eldridge brothers shop in Maine and are very effective do they have a name? Are you going to try your hand at any of the crab pot flies? My PB striper off Maine came off one of James's CP fly. The Graveyard Shift 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suave Posted April 25, 2020 Report Share Posted April 25, 2020 Hook 1: I just love the looks of your big trout streamer so I tied a half-dozen for brookies making one slight change, taking a bit of the white bucktail in the wing and tying it as a long throat and adding a few peacock herl as a topping. I don't know what type of flash you used for the body but just looking at it I would have tried to match it by using Hedron Flashabou Mirage in pearl but what I have is too narrow. So I used pearl Lateral Scale. And I tied them on Mustad 3xl hooks #8. And it's the first freshwater fly I've ever tied using pink material and the second, chartreuse material. So here's one (and if my friends ask me what they are, I will just say "a Hook 1 streamer"). The Graveyard Shift and baldwin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Graveyard Shift Posted April 25, 2020 Report Share Posted April 25, 2020 On 4/24/2020 at 7:14 AM, scooleen74 said: TGS question on the clousers previous page what are those called with the white lead eyes I've seen them at Eldridge brothers shop in Maine and are very effective do they have a name? Are you going to try your hand at any of the crab pot flies? My PB striper off Maine came off one of James's CP fly. Those clouser variations are called "the guitar minnow". There are several videos on how to tie them. I followed the one on Back Harbor Fly .com The crab pot is a great fly. I don't fish crabs the way James does very often at night. Typically I am fishing them under an indicator like a traditional nymph rig. I prefer my unweighted mesh crabs for that approach they hang up less. Where I fish them is current rips with rocks and mussel beds. Fredrick, Suave, baldwin and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooleen74 Posted April 26, 2020 Report Share Posted April 26, 2020 (edited) Threw the crazy dad yesterday at 6 or so SMB were right at the 4-6' got on the board for 2020. 3 landed 2 lost so finally the long wait up here is waning Edited April 26, 2020 by scooleen74 baldwin, The Graveyard Shift, KidDkivahh and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MooreLyonQuick Posted April 26, 2020 Report Share Posted April 26, 2020 Been tying finger mullet and mud minnow patterns using EP brushes, with a few EP pinfish and regular clousers - a few examples below. Also sewed up a few fly wallets with some buffalo hide I got off ebay. These are crude but will work. The first few I did looked like frankenstein stitching but were also usable. baldwin, The Graveyard Shift, scooleen74 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSix Posted April 28, 2020 Report Share Posted April 28, 2020 I tied these flies for the grass carp I recently discovered in a local lake. The first ones that look like bonefish flies I tied to resemble patterns I was seeing on the internet for carp flies, that was before I realized that the grass carp I was targeting were totally different and were strictly vegetarian. Then I tied the others to look like grass. Many of the materials were scavenged from cat toys and the bead chain eyes came from the pull chain on the ceiling fan (just don't tell my girlfriend about that) The Graveyard Shift 1 SWAGGER: scientific wild ass guess gotten exactly right. Swagger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckbucktail Posted April 28, 2020 Report Share Posted April 28, 2020 (edited) On 4/26/2020 at 0:49 PM, MooreLyonQuick said: Been tying finger mullet and mud minnow patterns using EP brushes, with a few EP pinfish and regular clousers - a few examples below. Also sewed up a few fly wallets with some buffalo hide I got off ebay. These are crude but will work. The first few I did looked like frankenstein stitching but were also usable. This is great man. Crafting one of these has been on my to do list for a while now. Nice work. I have canvas, shearling, and bee’s wax. Might be time to get to town on it. Edited April 28, 2020 by chuckbucktail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MooreLyonQuick Posted April 28, 2020 Report Share Posted April 28, 2020 I bought some shearling but decided to go with artificial shearling. I also used a cut up car wash mitt I bought at Wally World for a couple of bucks - that worked real well: The Graveyard Shift 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlatWing Posted May 1, 2020 Report Share Posted May 1, 2020 Bumble Puppy - My assumption is that this is a good "full worm" fly for the back bays, as opposed to a "worm hatch" or "cinderworm" fly. Either way, as aFlatwing adaptation of a classic Spey fly, it is fun to tie. The Graveyard Shift, Suave and teddispahgetti 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acesover Posted May 2, 2020 Report Share Posted May 2, 2020 On 4/26/2020 at 11:49 AM, scooleen74 said: Threw the crazy dad yesterday at 6 or so SMB were right at the 4-6' got on the board for 2020. 3 landed 2 lost so finally the long wait up here is waning Nice smallie!! Wish we had them down here. The Graveyard Shift 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooleen74 Posted May 2, 2020 Report Share Posted May 2, 2020 You're in FL don't you have huge LMB! Post em here that's bronze it all counts man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlatWing Posted May 3, 2020 Report Share Posted May 3, 2020 Tiger - not sure where the name comes from, but I believe this is another spey conversion to flatwing. In lieu of cantaloupe hackle and bucktail, I used UV2 Pastel Orange Flatwing hackles by Hareline Dubbin, which I purchase from Waters West Fly Shop in WA state.Feathers are impressively wide over their entire length. The only disadvantage is that they do not lend themselves to being laid flat on a clean paper towel after you run the fly under very hot water to shape the bucktail - so I hang them to dry using a bent paper clip. The bucktail is a pastel orange a well, but a little more vibrant, almost like a dull peach in color. The Graveyard Shift 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlatWing Posted May 3, 2020 Report Share Posted May 3, 2020 (edited) double post Edited May 4, 2020 by FlatWing double post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlatWing Posted May 4, 2020 Report Share Posted May 4, 2020 Not sure why the picture is hidden, but here it is again The Graveyard Shift 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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