Favourite flies

[kush]

Welcome to the Spey Pages fly section. It is time that we had our own section. So to kick it off in style I propose that members post some pix of their favoutite flies. We may may have seen these all before, but what can I say they are pretty to look at!

I imagine people can guess what my favourite is...

[Dana]

Here's my favorite bug:

[Brian Simonseth]

Homer's Hummer (Don't ask)

[sean]

Well here is my current favorite. Will have a new one next week...

Moonlight 5.0

[mattzoid]

Working on twelve more.

[sinktip]

This pattern has become one of my go-to dressings over the last year. I fish it on everything from 3/0 to size 7 AJs for both summer and winter fish.

[FrenchCreek]

My fav... because it caught a fish last wek on the Queets!

[flytyer]

One of my favorite classic winter flies, the Akroyd tied with Argus Pheasant wing.

[sean]

Russ I have been fishing my Akroyds quite a bit this year. Been using peacock secondary on mine though but these patterns sure swim well. Will try and introduce one to an OP fish this year :)

Peter these flies take a max of 10 minutes if you have all the materials laid out. Not bad at all time wise.

-sean

[Big K1]

Here is something I have been playing with. I got the hackle wing idea from
a earlier post I saw of Tyler's.

[BeBop]

Here's one of my current favourites:

[Neil]

Great Lakes Intruders

[Neil]

GL Intruders

[SparseHairHackl]

Out of season, but here are pictures (from scanner, so forgive the quality) of the 2 versions of my favorite summer steelhead fly, a waker.

These flies were previously fished. You can see the crease in the middle of the hair head where the riffle hitch was tied:

Caddis Variant (I call this a Discomoecus since it is bright and flashy, and named after the October Caddis):
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid88/p9eeb5f45bb4b2c573c71a4955cb2d8b1/fa8fd786.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid88/pc54f5253485ac44c9f609a619fd03eb5/fa8fd79f.jpg

Muddler:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid88/p1f2ffca01aadea1d932a2ac467de1c61/fa8fd78c.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid88/p38cec5bd9443cb9c1e44d32d86e48415/fa8fd796.jpg

[Neil]

GL Intruders

[flytyer]

Peter,

Yep, I fish them and several other of the old classic dees (Avon Eagle and Inchgarth) complete with the braided mono eye on the blind eye hook. And as Sean mentioned, if you have the materials laid out and ready to tie, all it takes is 10 minutes to tie one.

Sean,

I agree with you about peacock secondary making very nice dee wings.

Here is an Inchgarth for you Peter. Unfortunately, my scanner changed the rear body color from the light yellow-orange it is and the front body color from the fiery red it is.

[Neil]

GL Intruders

[Rambo]

neil
is that a wool collar on that intruder.
very nice
Rambo

[voodoofly]

that's called the 24 karat package voodoofly

[SSPey]

in summer I use Bill's disco and this puppy
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v45/wigspix/fly.jpg

in winter I mostly use this
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v45/wigspix/fly2.jpg

[BLACK FRANCIS]

Well here's the white winged version. still a good fish taker for even the GL waters i fish. also one of my favorite flies to tie.

[Neil]

Rambo.
The head is Finnish fox tail.
I will bring them to the MO clave.
Speyladdie :smokin:

[HERON]

Hey Neil looks like you don't need my intruders any more in fact maybe i could get some from you thay look great man.

[Neil]

Heron.
Thanks dude.
I still want some of your flies though!!! :lildevl:
Speyladdie :smokin:

[Neil]

Here are some tubes from Finnland.Tied by Toni Karuvaara.

[Neil]

Toni K Finn Tube Fly

[Neil]

Toni K Finn Tube Fly 4

[Neil]

Toni K Tube Fly 3.
Thats it for now tube lovers

[o_clarki_clarki]

ya gotta love the templedog style!!!

vinnie

[Neil]

More Tubes from Europe.
1-my favorit tubes

[Neil]

Euro Tube Flies
2-black night

[Neil]

Euro Tube Flies
3-green tubes

[Neil]

Euro Tube Flies
4-night tubes

[Neil]

Euro Tube Flies
5-orange black

[juro]

thanks for sharing Toni, Neil -

How are those nylon inserts set into the head of the cones? I noticed they are flared but at a much finer diameter than the tube protruding from the rear.

thanks in advance

[SplicedSharpe]

Hi
Heres some Dee flies,please excuse that they are a bit scruffy, due to fishing.

[Charlie]

Temple Dog style Highlander I plan on using this year.

Charlie

[flytyer]

SplicedSharpe,

It is very nice seeing someone actually using the Moonlight as a fishing fly, instead of having it tied solely for show.

[sean]

Ahh the beauly snow fly. I have always been intrigued with that pattern for some reason... Anyone fish these for steelhead? May have to tie some up for a trip coming up...

-sean

[flytyer]

Sean,

I've not used the Beauly Snow Fly, but I have used Kelson's Silver Spectre and it is a goody for steelhead. Veverka has the Silver Spectre in his book complete with a great photo of his tie of it.

[SplicedSharpe]

Flytyer, I think those patterns are to nice looking, not to fish with. I do have to admit that in slower water they look a bit stiff but when there's some nice "puch" in the water they look just as good and "alive" as a hair winged fly.

[flytyer]

Of course the Scotch helps with the tying of these lovely flies. This is a lovely photograph.

[speydoc]

For the intruder addicts

[speydoc]

More Intuders - with rhea, not ostridge!

[speydoc]

Acroyd with rhea and argus

[Jamey McLeod]

Our salmon fry are starting to pop out. I have decent luck with this smolt pattern from this time of year through late April. Sorry for the poor quality of the pic, scanned image.

[sva01]

Here is an articulated sculpin pattern that I really like. It's inspired by Kevin Feenstra's sculpin. I added the back hook and can't believe how good it looks in the water. :whoa:

[King Denmark]

Flys for this year norway trip..... :D

[Jamey McLeod]

Heres a wool headed extended body Sculpin.

Head: Olive rams wool with brown sharpy highlights. Tied on a Mustad Saltwater hook of some sorts, clipped just above the bend.
Body: Olive Arctic Fox
Tail: Olive Magnum Rabbit Strip
Hook: Gama Finesse#1 threaded through rabbit strip on #30 dacron

http://www.myfishingpictures.com/img/052908.jpg (http://www.myfishingpictures.com/?p=52908&c=500&z=1)

[Rambo]

Here are some of the flies I have been swinging this past fall winter and spring.

First fly is a big white smolt/baitfish pattern

Hook Diaichi 2220 size 4 or 2
Tail white marabou
body white crystal chenille
hackle white hackle flash
wing white marabou with a blue crystal flash overwing
throat orange icedub
dumbell eyes atached so fly rides hookpoint up

Fished in spring in high cold and warming water

[Rambo]

these are the sculpin patterns I fish in the fall winter and spring.

[Rambo]

here are some of the leaches I like to fish.

[Neil]

Rambo.
Great looking flys there buddie.
Guess I'm going to have sign up for the fly swop to get some of those beuties.
Speyladdie. :lildevl:

[Rambo]

just as long as you bring me some of those gl intruders. :smokin:
Rambo

[Neil]

Rambo.
You know the GL Intruders are top secret man.
Guess I can smuggle some over the border. :hihi: :hihi:
Speyladdie :lildevl:

[Feiger]

You can find the details on this fly over in the Flytalk forum under the steelhead flies room.

Glasso style spey adaptation of John Shewey's Spawning Purple steelhead fly. Between this, and a Glasso style spey adaptation of Amy Hazel's Green Butt Lum Plum steelhead fly, my go-to fly... Been good to me on the Hoh and Deschutes, and MF Salmon River...

[Jamey McLeod]

Heres an intruder tied with a tube on a braided mono loop. The hackle is Moluccan cockatoo from a co-workers pet, great hackles, too bad he only drops 3-4 a year. I think I may have a few and bring them to the Mo clave. The fly is a bit "wrinkled" due to being placed in my scanner.

[Benjamin]

After 9.8kg in June my favorite Fly.




http://www.speypages.com/speyclave/attachment.php?attachmentid=4833&stc=1&d=1133774488
blackngreen2.jpg













Benjamin

[Benjamin]

Wintertime ist time for Tying her in germany, no Stealheads:( .
Here an new fly for next season (Tay?)
http://www.speypages.com/speyclave/attachment.php?attachmentid=4834&stc=1&d=1133774680
blacknred.jpg

[Woodstock]

Although not a spey fly I lke the Nighthawk for Atlantic salmon fishing. I have just started tying tube flies and I plan to adapt a number of hairwing flies to this new to me tying method.

I am particularly interested in finding out what is in use as a tube fly for Atlantic salmon fishing.

[Benjamin]

Nice Fly,
I think a good colection of scandinavian Tube flys is the Mikael Frödin Fly collection, distributed by guide line.
Benjamin

[BThomas]

My feeble attempt at an Orange Heron . It doesn`t look great , but it swims nicely

http://gallery.fishbc.com/albums/album237/DSCN0715.sized.jpg

[Jamey McLeod]

Benjamin,

What hook is that double your using on that magenta colored fly?

[Benjamin]

Hallo Jamey,
Its an VMc Double Sice 4.
I changed a litle bit his Form.
After one week havy dutey Testing in Norwey (1 Hook broken on Stone), with 1 contakt lost during Netting and one kought fish both ~10 kg they are my favorite Hooks (good value).
Down to the 12th you may bring them in the form of Frödin Hooks by Partridge with out loosing Hook stability.
Bejamin

[Chilkootspey]

I call it the DFO.

While testing it in Terrace was carded no less than 4 times by fisheries officers within a 24 hour period. Even once while playing a fish.:hihi:

[McIntyre]

Thanks for bringing this thread up again. Haven't seen it before.

Lots of great flies!