New to your channel. The red quill is one of the classic Art Flick ties. You do very nicely. Cool orange head. Maybe brings him luck lol. Great job. Thanks for sharing.
Very nice Tye, John... I'll be tying a few of these. I seem to have all the materials needed. I hope Charlie stays around for some time to come. Great products more than fairly offered. All the best, John, Thank you!
Love these classic Catskill patterns - thanks for sharing! Two questions: about how long do you soak the body material and where do you typically find your wood duck feathers? 🎣
I stripped the fibers from four feathers and placed them all in a circular plastic fly cup. By the time I was ready to use one, it seemed to be long enough. None of the stems split. I'm lucky because I have friends who duck hunt. They occasionally give me ziplock bags of the feathers. I'm afraid I'm not much help for sourcing quality feathers.
As I show in the video, I just pull a long section out and cut it in half, and then half again, and then one more time. Generally, I like them about the body length, or a little more. Best to have them longer. You can always trim shorter on the river.
Thank you for showing the hook make/model. I've been having a difficult time finding appropriate hooks for tying these Thunder Creek minnows. Nice to have another option.
I got screwed on my far sight - can't see anything without glasses. My near sight makes up for it though. I take my glasses off to tie and can see perfectly clear an inch from my nose😂 Even the smallest I tie - 24 I can see every detail, no problem. I'm in my 40s so I hope it doesn't start getting bad
Do you dislike Semperfli nanosilk? The 18/0 has become my go to thread for 22 and smaller. Little harder to work with. For key flies, I’ll stick with Vevus since the nanosilk doesn’t hold darker colors as well for thread bodies
I've never tied with Semperfli nanosilk. I tied with Uni for many years and then switched to Danville for most of my flies because I enjoy the slightly waxed thread and stretch. Just used to it, I guess. Purchased a few spools of Veevus to try on smaller flies. I like the diameter, but miss the slighly waxed properties of Danville and Uni. And then nanosilk came out and now it's been out for a while. Perhaps I'll have to try it out.
Well done. I find the smaller the fly the less material and detail is needed, making the smaller flies easier to tie as long as you keep these principles in mind.
With using uv resin you don’t particularly need to whip Finnish. Just leave bobbin hanging, small drop of uv on the thorax and cure . Just curious on why you put the wing bud on the top of the jig hook shank? Wouldn’t that leave it facing down in the water?
It's faster for me to just whip finish, but your approach would sure work. I've always wondered why tyers add the black wing buds on top too because the fly is designed to fish upside down. Maybe it tumbles somewhat in the water column. All I know is this fly catches fish for me at a higher rate than any other perdigon nymph wheyn I fish it in the winter months.
Thanks for sharing this pattern, definitely want to give this one a try. Can you share where you get the dubbing from? I can’t seem to find it! Thanks! 🎣
Hmmm...it appears they don't make that color anymore. I'd use Hare-Tron Dub #23 Olive Tan. It will have antron mixed in, which wouldn't be bad at all. Here is an Amazon affiliate link if you can't find it at your local fly shop - amzn.to/3MrhJi5
Thanks! I’ll take a look locally before referring to the provided link. I also just thought I might try making my own with some cream and olive rabbit fur?! Love the blog, by the way.
@@jdigioia1130 I'm a big proponent for making your own! So yes, take a pinch each of cream and olive and mix them with your fingers. Or if you are serious like me, dedicate a coffee blender to mixing. That's what I do for hare's ear dubbing. I purchase the mask and cut a bunch off and throw it in the blender. Much better than the packets. You can make dark and light. Happy to hear you enjoy my RiverKeeper Flies website!
Well done. I like to put a small dab of CA glue on the post with a bodkin before wrapping the hackle. I also like to cut the feather off with a snap off sharp utility knife to cut the rachis only and not the hackle.
Just subscribed! Nice to see some originality in the tying process. I will make a few up and use them in the Tongariro River on sp[awning Rainbows. Regards from down under in NZ.
