New Tying Vise

New toy arrived today! I’m very excited and curious, if it will perform like I hope it does. I’m very fussy, when it comes to workmanship of such high class products. Yes, that sounds really German, but guess what….I am German…so… :-)

Renzetti

 

Caddis Pupa with Tungsten Bead

Tungsten Bead Caddis Pupa. This Pupa looks quite natural, but it is not to complicated to tie.

Materials:

  • Body: Stretch Flex colored with marker pens
  • Legs: Pheasant
  • Wings: Pheasant
  • Wing Case: Pheasant
  • Thorax: Siman Peacock Dubbing brown
  • Weight: Tungsten Bead black
  • Hook: Demmon Fly Hook DGE 300 BL

 

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Freestyle Emerger or Thoughts About Errors

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Sometimes, I tie flies without a special purpose. I just think „I want to tie a fly, maybe an emerger would be cool.“ I open some drawers and take a look at my hooks, thinking how the fly (or in this case the ermerger) could look like. Then, I’m thinking about the tail, the ribbing, the abdomen, …., step by step until the fly is finished. I believe when you go this way, you often try something different and that’s the way you improve your skills and knowledge. There are errors, of course, but even errrors improve your knowledge.

A short example: You are sitting in front of your vise and you’ve tied a beautiful mayfly with awesome natural foil wings. Looking really good. You go to the river with the beautiful winged mayfly on the end of your leader. You do the first cast and….. the wings made a propeller out of your fly. Impossible to cast, impossible to fish. The leader is totally twisted after just one cast. Error. You’ve learned something, next time, you will tie your fly different and so you improve your knowledge.

Fire Tiger Sandeel 14cm

I was asked to tie some Craft Fur Sandeels in bright colors. This one got the classic lure color Fire Tiger.

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Fancy Emerger Bodies

I just love these sexy bodies. Easy to tie and the result is awesome.

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Loop Wing Emerger #14

I tied this emerger on a D1160 Daiichi Klinkhammer hook and gave it a nice fancy look for the abdomen. Great fly for grayling on cloudy days with not to much light. IMG_6497-1-4

Craft Fur Sandeels

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Some weighted sandeels made with Craft Fur # 4 for sea trout.

Materials:

  • Hook: Gamakatsu F 314 # 4
  • Weight: Lead Wire
  • Thread: Mono
  • Body: Craft Fur white, gray and olive
  • Flash: Angelhair ice and pearl
  • Eyes: Flat stick on eyes
  • Resin: Bug Bond Original and Lite
  • Coloration: Marker Pen

ASPINATOR modified for Sea Bass

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I was asked to tie some flies for Sea Bass and I thought, I modify the ASPINATOR  a little bit with some bucktail mixed with arctic fox for the tail and a Tiemco 8111s saltwater hook # 2. I really like this one! I bet it’s tasty! :-)