The past couple months, I've had a lot of success and fun with these three patterns. I'd like to share how I tye these flies, and hope you have similar results. Good luck and TIGHT LINES!!
Charles Lee Hi Charles! I do like the GSS pupa and emerger, but I LOVE the Isonychia! Total fish catcher all year long. Watch this Friday’s video coming out, a long movie, get popcorn and a drink.
It's nice to see you're doing tying videos now. I'm looking forward to seeing the patterns you tie. I heard you mention a few patterns in your fishing videos that I'm not familiar with. Your ISO is interesting. I like the use of the ostrich herl. It works well for gills. If you really want to get fancy and give it a white stripe down the back, I've found that old fly line backing works really well. 20 pound cream colored backing is perfect for the stripe on the Iso nymphs and very easy to use. I bought a few used spare spools on Ebay and when I replaced the fly lines on those reels I saved the old backing. I have several colors of backing that I use in tying now. It makes great bodies as well. My Cream Cahills are tied with cream backing, and then I coat the body with Loon Hard Head Clear. The bodies are bulletproof. ISO's should start hatching soon on the Manatawny. I do a lot of fly fishing there because it's close to home. I can be there in 5 minutes. There's also a pretty good variety of hatches. Kids can be a nuisance down in the park though. I was down in the park Saturday and a couple people started throwing rocks in the water 10 feet from where I was standing in the creek. Some people have no sense whatsoever. It just amazes me when I see these things.
Hi Rob! Amazing how many fish left down in the park area, check out the winery section sometime, especially downstream, I think you'll be impressed. In the beginning of tying my ISO pattern, I did put in the white stripe, but afterwards , I left out that step, didn't feel it helped the pattern catch any more fish than usual, and one less step on an already pretty detailed tying pattern was welcomed. I would think lacquering over that braid would make it not float as well, interesting! I'll have to look into that. Yes, I gotta put out some more tying videos, many requests and some great patterns to share. Appreciate you watching and commenting.
@@pawoodsnwater7551 I never fished the area below the winery. I fished on the Tiki bar property once. That was really frustrating. Loads of fish rising to something I couldn't see, and never figured out what it was. Maybe midges or Paraleptophlebia nymphs. They drift in the surface film for long distances before taking off. I used to fish behind the Pine Forge Academy a lot and it was great fishing, especially when caddis were hatching. But, a lot of that property is posted now. The Colebrookdale railroad bought the railroad property a few years back and all that property is posted now too. The Colebrookdale bridge area can be good too. But, that's under construction this year. They had fishing derbies for the kids in the park across from Sell road, and down below in Manatawny Park. They dump a lot of fish in for the kids and some pretty nice ones. I've seen some real big fish in those areas. (Like 20" plus). I've hooked 18 inchers there, but never had one over 20". You know, I thought the exact same thing you mentioned about the Iso pattern. I've seen the videos of you catching fish with them so I know they work. I tied a few this winter with the stripe, but haven't had a chance to try them yet. I sincerely doubt it would make any difference to the fish, but you know how tyers can get with trying to match things. I only use the braided dacron on wet fly, nymphs and streamer/bucktail bodies. I don't use it on dry flies. I use biots or dubbing for the dries. But the dacron works great on wet flies. I saved 4 different colors. I have white, cream, yellow and chartreuse backing that I use. I tied a Cream Cahill wet fly because the Manatawny gets a great hatch of Cream Cahills and if I'm not mistaken that's a species that splits it's shuck underwater before swimming to the surface. The wet fly should be killer during the Cream Cahill hatch, and the backing makes a perfect segmented looking body. With a coat of hard head clear it's almost indestructible. We should get together and fish sometime. I'm sure we would have lots to talk about, and you live right up the road just about. I'm looking forward to seeing more of your videos.
Hey Scott, I tied your ISOs last year, and yesterday they made my day fishing Pocono waters. They were the only fly the fish wanted, all takes were on the swing. Looking forward to tying and fishing the wiggle version. Many thanks sgain!
Mark S. Woohoo! Way to go Mark! Awesome to hear that, and on the swing too! Very happy for you. Love hearing guys having similar success. I honestly show all my flies and my techniques hoping guys pickup on them and give them a chance. Absolutely no money in it for me, just like seeing guys have more fun with their flyfishing. Please pass it on someday to help someone else have a little more fun. Thanks for the feedback.
I know this videos pretty old Scott but I actually have the 2 tying videos u did recently downloaded so I can go back to them like I am tonight.. I'm tying a GSS variation now.. Thanks for sharing my friend.. Hope all is well.. Give one of them giants a sore lip for me.. 👍👍👍👍👍🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷
michael walker Hey Mike, nice to hear from you! Actually, the GSS emerger and pupas are starting to kill right now with caddis coming off, and also still catching fish on the Isonychia. Have fun with them! Tight Lines!
Have no idea when I will be getting out either, I will tell you Scott you are not the only one with water whoas. Streams are up in the NC part also blown out again, this is destroying my fall fishing. Nice video very step by step informative, great job.
Fish Isos all the time especially work great when stripped in shallows. I would recommend when tying wire to counter wrap it Scott. This way you wouldnt worry too much about trapping the hairs of ostrich or any hackle like material. Good job on the video and these flies do work. All the best and tight lines!
Nino Makota Thank you Nino! Glad you’re having success with these patterns. Never tried working them through the riffs like a streamer, gotta try that. Thanks for watching and your support.
PA WOODS N WATER I like to research all the insects watch underwater videos etc. All my friends make fun of me when I pull out my cheap aquarium net out of my pocket to see whats in the water. Isos are fast swimmers. Always pleasure watching you keep them videos coming!
Hi Scott - thanks for sharing these patterns. Good time to add some new flies to the box while we wait for the water to come down. More rain coming on Friday.
Big O No, no, noooo! We can’t catch a break. Oh well, hopefully better conditions for spawning. Guess I’ll keep hunting. Thanks for watching and sharing. Good luck with new patterns.
Tom Lawson Thank you Tom! I’m a Navy dad, my youngest son in Navy Reserves for 8 years, did a year tour in the Middle East last year, very proud dad! Thanks for watching and commenting.
Tom Lawson Awesome! Thank you for your service. My brother retired also at 23 years, he was a Commander in the Atlantic submarine fleet, then finished up with a desk job in Washington DC, now he’s in Oklahoma working as a government consultant , it worked well for him. Nice chatting with you, stay safe and healthy and have fun.
Great video as always!! I felt like I was setting at your tying bench with you! Perfect view with your camera and great directions on how to tie these patterns! These flies will be added to my box!! Thanks for sharing these patterns!
Scott, great job! Thank you for a good look at the Gss material. I am still not sure which is my peacock and which is olive. I have been tying a bunch in both colors. I appreciate taking the time to put these up. Got in some great steelhead fishing yesterday in Erie so there is hope the streams will come down everywhere soon.
Hey Russ! Thank you, pretty soon, I’m gonna have a tying video on my wiggle nymph, so stay tune. Hope you find you fly box, I feel your pain, did the same last year on the Little J. ☹️
zenbooter. Thank you! Oh man! And still coming down. Guess I gotta stick to pheasant hunting until the water drops, not a bad trade off, ha! Safe travels!
John Cavellier Hi John! I think it just represents some kind of minnow, I’m not a big streamer fan but boy it works! Thanks for watching and commenting.
Matty Pot Pie Bahahaha!! What were you hold out for!? More fish!? LOL! Ok, a couple little changes, really no need to flatten out the lead wraps, also my ginger version I use ginger Ostrich herl for the tail and abdomen gill wrap and yellow Lively Legz. Good luck with it and have fun! Thanks for watching and commenting.
Hey Scott here is a tip for ruffing up the dubbing to get it buggy and look like legs. Get a pop cycle stick and glue a piece of Velcro (Stiff Side) on one side and you will be amazed how well it works so you don't stab yourself. By the way where is that Tulley creek you talk about. I live in south western Pa and looking for some new places to go with in travel range. thanks
Al Moschetti Hi Al and thank you very much! Oh yes, I have a dubbing brush with the Velcro on one side and a wire brush on the other, works great. The Tully is the Tulpehocken Creek over here in SEPA near Reading, sadly probably a good 4-5 hour drive from you, if you’re close to Pittsburgh. It’s a very good stream but I honestly think you have many better streams between here and there, but definitely worth hitting if you have to be out here for other reasons. Thanks for watching and your comment.
Just take your time, practice makes perfect, coincidentally, I was just tying up a couple of the wiggle versions. Don’t worry if if takes you a little longer, after you finish, you’ll be happy, and even happier when you catch a fish on it! Relax and have fun!
Hi, Scott. Thinking about tying rather than buying. Two questions, why not use uv resin instead of head cement, and what rotary vice might you recommend? Hope to find 1 at show in Lancaster this weekend. Thanks again for sharing.
Anthony Baratelle Hi Anthony! I just don’t use UV resin and recently no head cement, all I’ve been using is Super glue or Crazy Glue, super cheap and strong and nice little vial tubes, no thinner needed, just my preference. I’ve had my Regal vise for 25 years, love it! The standard jaws work great but they have optional jaws too, either smaller or larger but I’ve always used the standard without issues. Thanks for the questions. Have fun at the show.
Scott - I love the isonychia pattern. Looking forward to using it. I am a beginner to fly tying, so maybe this is something I should know but I have now made four of these following the video. On one of the flies I tied I was pulling a little hard to secure the wing case and the under wire to weight the nymph turned on the hook. Was I pulling too hard or did I not secure the wire well enough with the thread? Is there a trick to keeping it secured?
Scott Lowe Hi Scott! Thanks for your comment. You probably pulled just a little too hard, I occasionally do it, just twist it back in position, really no trick, just something after doing a bunch more you’ll get the feel for. Lately I’ve been trying different ostrich herl colors, I’ve tried medium brown, dark brown, ginger or tan and gray, all of them worked well as good as each other , also I’ve used brown and yellow Lively Legz with similar results. I like trying different colors for different water colors, clear vs. muddy, I like having options. Darker colors for muddy waters. Good luck and tight lines!
Scott - I caught my first trout today on a fly that I tied myself today. And it was your isonychia pattern. It was awesome to catch a fish on my own fly and I wanted to thank you for the great video instruction on how to do it. Awesome! Thanks!
Hi Stephen! Wow! I really should do an update. Now instead of two layers of .10 lead I just use one layer of .20 lead and I don’t squish it anymore, not really a big change a little time saver. The turkey tail feather, yes is prepped with a light coating of clear spray on lacquer both sides. They’re not prepped beforehand if you buy them. I cut approx a 3mm. width closer to the stem edge which tapers down to about 2mm. towards the outside edge. The thinner side I tye in first down near the tail/bend of the hook, after the underside of the abdomen is built you pull it up over the top of the abdomen tie it down at the beginning of the thorax then rib the gold wire up to that point. Then build the thorax with your dubbing and Lively Legz, then pull over the remainder of the turkey section for the wingcase then whip finish. You’re done! Thank you for your question, appreciate you watching.
@@pawoodsnwater7551 So you cut barbels off a turkey feather and then lacquer them? I saw your latest Tully video. I had tried the day before and got skunked. That's normal for me.
@@stephenswanson6139 No no, I lightly spray each side of a full turkey tail feather 🪶 then after it dries, I cut my sections from that feather, guessing you could get dozens of flies outta one feather. Actually, One cut section I usually get an Isonychia and one pheasant tail or any smaller nymphs wingcase made up from. Thanks for your question.
Russell Ogden Hi Russ! I have several outfits, but most often I use my 10ft/4wt , on all my rod setups I use a 50” Cutthroat Furled Leader for the butt section, then I use about 5ft of 4x flouro , then I make my tandem rig out of 4x, I build it from heaviest fly up top down to lightest at the bottom, splitshot always above the top fly. If I switch over to dries, I cut off the tandem rig as one piece then tie in 3ft of 5x then my fly. Don’t worry if the furled leader sinks a little, doesn’t do anything negative on the drift. If I know ahead of time I’m definitely going to be doing some dry fly fishing, I’ll treat the furled leader with floatant while it’s dry before it gets wet. Hope that helps you. Have fun!
Russell Ogden Hi Russ! I always start with an attractor up top, like the Globug, then my Isonychia, then a small nymph. Maybe instead of the Globug maybe try a golden stone. Gotta see what bugs are active at the time also. Hopefully water levels will be better by then. Thanks for your question.
Russell Ogden Well, there’s Spring Creek, the Kish around Reedsville, the Frankstown Branch of the Juniata, and there’s a ton of smaller creeks which I don’t know all of, maybe check the PFBC website for those counties. But if you staying around Poe Valley, Penns is great and it’s so long, enough fishing there for a week, really. Have fun!
Russell Ogden Hi Russ! Yes, the first dozen I made up years ago, I did, but then I started leaving it out and it made no difference. Let me clarify, my Iso pattern started out looking like a traditional, more real looking Isonychia, but then I started changing things, I now use cream for the abdomen and left out the white stripe, also I tye ginger color versions with ginger ostrich herl for the tails and abdominal gill wrap, I’ll also use tan and/or gray color ostrich herls. They all seem to work but the standard brown has been the best producer. I really don’t tye up any with beadheads anymore so I stick with the size 12-3xl hook. So now my pattern more resembles a mix between an Isonychia and a brown stonefly nymph. However you wanna see it or call it, it definitely works. Thanks for your question.
Hi Chris! It’s a TMC200R hook, size 12-3XL, actually any style hook that size will work fine. If you use beads I’d go to a 4XL. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Hey Scott! Was just wondering if you had ever been fishing the Iso pattern without lively legz, and whether it was more effective with or without or about the same? Thanks for sharing.
Ray Ray Yo yo Ray Ray!! Actually I tied up 4 Isonychias about 4-5 years ago without Lively Legz but never used them until last year. I used wound hackle for the legs and they worked great when I used them, caught a bunch of trout on them. But I do like the LL look better, nice profile and contrast. Thanks for watching and your question.
@@pawoodsnwater7551 Ok, thanks Scott. Iso's are great. Found in almost all streams even freestones and active for about a 4 month period and the nymph still fishes good when the naturals aren't on the water here in Pa. Thanks again. Keep on keepin on, Hoss......
Hi Scott Want to try this fly I also see you tie this in ginger. May have missed you saying but what do you use differently for the ginger version. Thanks
Joseph Sawicki Hi Joe! On my ginger version, I use ginger Ostrich herl for the tails and abdomen gill rib, ginger is a dirty yellow color. I also use the yellow Lively Legz on it also. One change I’ve made since I did that video is, no need to squish flat the lead wraps, really not noticeable. Good luck with the pattern, fish it confidently and I bet you’ll like the results. Tight Lines!
Thanks Scott Keep the videos coming love watching them. all the info you give. Also I grew up fishing the wissahickon creek lived in Andorra so that creek was our backyard fishing hole. Mostly fished around the red covered bridge area during the great 70s era just a short walk to some of the best fishing back then!! I have a place up near Marshall’s creek so maybe run into sometime on the broadhead. Thanks again
Ron Gearhart Hi Ron! Thank you very much! I live only a few miles from TCO in Reading, PA so I probably get most there, but I do order on line too from different vendors, Lively Legz, Globug company, an excellent place is Feather Craft Flyfishing. Actually, I only purchase stuff maybe about 3-4 times a year because it last real long and I buy enough of whatever to last at least a year, especially hooks and beads. Order that Feather Craft Flyfishing catalogue, you’ll love it, they have the most and best selection of everything at decent prices.
@@pawoodsnwater7551 Hi Scott, Thank you for the reply and so fast at that.Many guys on you tube do not reply.Again thank you for all your hard work making all your great videos. You do give back to the sport of hunting and fishing in a great way.Many do not realize how much work goes in making and editing your videos. I do not know how you find all the time.Do you know Dave from Wetfly Waterguides?He is from Johnstown,Pa And does guiding on wetfly tactics.I have some of his videos and many of the patterns he has developed for fishing Pa.That is why I am looking for places to purchase tying materials.I have not been tying for several years and many of the materials he uses are new to me.I used to be a dry fly only guy for years and I went out with Dave and learned his wet fly tactics.I grew up and lived much of my life in Altoona but now I am in western Pa near the ohio line.It is difficult to beat the trout streams in central Pa.I have fished many of them.Altoona was very near the great little Juniata. Well keep up the great work and continue to explore the great streams of Pa. Thanks again for your kindness.
George Naugle Hi George! The black Whitlock material doesn’t really have to be that brand, any spikey black dubbing will do, most fly shops should carry it, I think it’s called Whitlocks black stonefly dubbing.
Scott, I just looked at your Iso tutorial and on the materials list you say it is brown Lively Legs yet when you tied in the Lively Legs they are olive. So are they brown or olive. Do you know why the insect is called Bicolor? It is because the two front legs are a different color than the four rear legs and has nothing to do with the color of the abdomen or thorax. Check out www.perfectflystore.com and click on Slate Drake. "The species name, bicolor, comes from it's legs that are bi-colored." The front legs are a very light color and the back four are much darker.
Matt Troutman Hi Matt! Thank you very much! I use two different Lively Legz colors, I use the brown with purple flakes and the yellow with brown flakes. I don’t notice a difference with either, they’ve both been effective for me. I use the brown legs in darker muddier water and the yellow in more clear water, I also use the darker legs in clear water too. I’ll check out that web site.
@@pawoodsnwater7551 thnx, I'm tunned to the channel, old vids and recent ones to. Great stuff, even local Intel on where to stay and have breakfast, just like that.
SharkyOhio Hey Sharky! That’s ok, they are somewhat long, but I like giving you guys the full feature, you all deserve it. And like I said, you can always skip around when you want to. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Justin Allsopp Hi Justin! The great thing about these videos is you can just skip forward or whenever you want in them on RU-vid. If you’re not interested in one of them just skip over it. Good luck! Thanks for watching and commenting.
