This is one of my favorite Mike Schmidt fly patterns. I’m surprised I haven’t posted this before here on FrankenFly. But here is Brian Wise tying Mike’s Meal Ticket. One bad streamer!
Monthly Archives: June 2015
CDC Spinner – Davie McPhail
Hook: Size 16 Partridge SLD Patriot Dry Fly
Thread: Uni-8/0 Light Cahill
Tail: Light Yellow Microfibets or Hackle Fibres
Rib: Cahill Thread Coloured with Amber Pen
Thorax: Tan and Orange Dubbing
Wing: Natural or White CDC
Filed under Trout flies
Egan’s Tungsten Surveyor – Curtis Fry
In this Fly Tying Lesson Video Tutorial, you’ll learn how to tie Lance Egan’s effective Tungsten Surveyor pattern. Similar to the popular Rainbow Warrior, this is another effective nymph to have in your box. If you want to see more Curtis Fry, check out http://flyfishfood.com
Filed under nymphs
Lefty’s Potomac River Popper
Tied by Jack Harford
This is a great time of year to throw a bass popper and Jack Harford reminded me of an old popper with his post on Facebook last night. The legendary Lefty Kreh created this popper for one of his favorite rivers, the Potomac. From Harry Murray’s book, Fly Fishing for Smallmouth Bass, here is the lowdown on Lefty’s popper.
Hook: Mustad 33903 size 8 through size 1
Thread: 3/0 monocord
Body: cork
Tail: squirrel tail
Paint: yellow
Instructions:
Trim cork flat in front, back and along one-third of the belly. Taper cork from a large head to a slightly smaller rear area. Cut a groove along underside to receive the hook. (Lefty uses a jig for this cutting process that greatly simplifies the job.)
Place the hook in the vise and form a full thread body to assure good cork-to-hook glue bonding. Tie in a short tail of squirrel tail at the rear of the hook shank. Coat the portion of the cork to receive the hook with epoxy. Clean the groove in the cork and apply epoxy. Place the cork onto the hook so it lies in a straight line with the bottom of the cork. Set this aside until it is completely dry. Seal the cork and paint.
Filed under Largemouth, Poppers, Smallmouth
Bicolor Walker
Bicolor Walker – tied by Paul J. Beel
The Brown Drake hatch is kicking off on the Au Sable River in Northern Michigan right now. Next to Hex, these are the largest mayflies seen in the area, so needless to say, anglers are excited and drooling at the sight of these bugs! To see a beautiful brown drake check out the photo below taken this week by North Branch Outing Club‘s guide Chris Lessway. It doesn’t get any better than that!
With Ralph Hanna really being a big influence on my Michigan dry fly tying, and with the brown drakes hatching, this is the perfect time to shine some light on Ralph’s most popular fly, the Bicolor Walker. This is a fly you can use if you are fishing the brown drake hatch. Be sure to read more about Mr. Hanna in a post I wrote a couple of years ago. You might be thinking about fishing a Borcher’s Drake, Roberts Yellow Drake, or a McClain’s Drake for this hatch and those are excellent choices. But maybe show the fish a little something different this time around and try a Bicolor Walker. I bet you’ll be glad you did.
Materials list:
Hook: Partridge H1A Size: 10-14 2XL
Thread: Black, 6/0
Tail: Pheasant Tail Fibers, tie in a ‘V’
Body: Reddish/Brown Yarn, tied with a tuft or loop at the end, that extends beyond the bend of the hook.
Body Wing: Brownish/Gray Deer Hair, tied trude, extended beyond the bend of the hook, tied sparse.
Throat Wing: White Hen Neck, tied spent
Hackle: Brown & Gray, mixed.
photo by Chris Lessway
Filed under Michigan, Trout flies
Jig Red Fox Squirrel Nymph – Hans Stephenson
Learn to tie a jigged version of the Red Fox Squirrel Nymph. This a very effective pattern for trout in just about any stream or river. Tie in sizes 12 to 16.
Filed under nymphs, Trout flies
Goat Rodeo Streamer – Rich Strolis
From Rich:
Here’s the latest weighted streamer that I’ve been tinkering with for the last 18 or so months. I know a few of my friends have had the opportunity to fish this fly and see just how well it works. So far she has several large browns to her name. This file is a little longer than most, but I figured why not give you all the particulars behind this fly, that’s my style. Enjoy the video.
Filed under Streamers
Couple trout flies by Tim Barker
I visit Tim Barker’s blog, PlanetTrout from time to time to check out what cool trout flies he has been tying. I found these two in the bunches that I combed through. These two among many others on Tim’s blog will definitely pull in some good trout.
Hurricane Bug
Hurricane Bug
A flashy, easy to tie attractor that drops like a rock. You can tie this in an Olive version…that guy below liked Flashy Orange.
HOOK: Hanak 450 BL Hook, #10 – #16
THREAD: Lagartun 74 Denier, Rust – Abdomen / Tiemco 10/0, Dk. Brown, to secure thorax
WEIGHT: .010 Lead or .)15 Lead Sub.
TAIL: Coq De Leon, Dark Speckled
ABDOMEN: Lagartun Thread
RIB: Sulky Opalescent Thread – * coat with UV Resin
THORAX: Micro UV Chenille, Hot Orange
BEAD: Slotted Tungsten Copper – sized to hook or oversized x1
a bunch of Hurricane Bugs
S-HARE N’ CDC RX APPLE CADDIS
S-HARE N’ CDC RX APPLE CADDIS
Another revision of the Craig Matthews X Caddis with a looped shuck , CDC Under Wing and using Snowshoe Hare…the photo below shows how I mix the Abdomen dubbing by combing the fibers together.
HOOK: Daiichi 1110, #14 – #18
THREAD: VEEVUS 16/0, Tan
SHUCK: Sparkle Emerger Yarn, Clear (White) – looped
ABDOMEN: * – Not Pictured – Stalcup’s BWO Micro Fine Dub 70% / Fine and Dry Chartreuse, 30% * combed to mix
UNDER WING: MP Select, Cream
OVER WING: Snowshoe Hare, Tan
Two combs used for mixing dubbing.
a bunch of Apple Caddis
Filed under nymphs, Trout flies
