Few flies

Haven't done much fly tying in a while so I decided to whip a few random things up during the rain

Really fun to tie craft fur shad. Looks really cool in the water. This is a number 2 SC-15 and it looks the perfect size for a bass or striper snack!

Little size 16 nymph

Squirmy carp fly, I really want to try this thing!

Marabou Marauder, this thing catches fish! One of my patterns, really good bulky bass fly. Size 6 hook and it's about 3 inches long. I also tie them bigger but this is the perfect size for a 6wt fly stick.

Oh, wondering what happened this weekend? I had a really epic carp session. It's maybe going in Uscarppro. I may give a teaser this week to give you something to look forward to, so stay tuned!

Whaat?

It's currently 16 degrees here in Texas, and last night's low was 8. I can't believe how cold it is! Every water body in the area is frozen in some parts and it's just too cold to fish. The high today is 17 and we've been out of school for 3 days due to the icy roads and rolling blackouts all over the state. All I've been able to do it tie flies, a LOT of flies. i've been tying all kinds of stuff

Moreau flies- great for sandbass and crappie.

Guadalupanas

 Plan B's 

Jonathan's amazing drum fly

Scud

14 size 12 GRBH Hares ears

Kinky muddler

I'm going to be tying all day today cause i've got nothing else to do. I'll throw up a few more pics later.

Texoma Tie in

I had a great time at Texoma tie in! I got to meet a bunch of people, tie a bunch of flies, cast a bunch of different fly rods, and show off my kayak today. I got to see several guys I knew, including the TFO guys, Robin Rhyne, George Glazener, Rex and Taylor Walker, Jerry Butler, Jerry Hamon, Les Jackson, Scott Bridgess, David Cole,  Russell Husted along with several other DFF, FWFF and RRFF members. We all had a great time, I tied like 15 clousers and a bunch of  minnows and Carp flies before Taylor dragged me out and made me cast a few of the TFO rods. I played with a BVK 4wt for about 15 minutes before getting out my Loomis and casting it alongside it. A played with a Mini Mag next, which has nothing mini about it, besides the short length and small number of false casts you need to launch the line into the next universe! I whipped around a Deer Creek 14 foot spey rod for a while which made me realize i'm pretty rusty when it comes to spey casting.  then, I casted the rod I have decided is my next rod- the Axiom 7wt. I was able to shoot all of the line out of that rod with 2 false casts while double hauling. It was amazing. I want it!

One of the many clousers I tied 

Joel Hays' Coyote Carp fly(substituted badger hair for coyote)

My Board

Flickin the spey

Casting

More casting

 More casting

More Casting

More casting. I'm beginning to love this Axiom!

And more!

Showing off the 'yak.

More yak swag

Zeebs

More Zeebs

Cold front hits

It is currently 26 degrees in Coppell and dropping quickly. I hate cold! somehow the heater in the tying got turned off so I walked in to everything frozen in there. I had to fire up the heater and suck it up for a few hours and get ready for Texoma Tie In. Materials are packed, now all I need to do is get the vise and tools packed and i'm ready to roll!

I did get a few flies in before I packed up the shed, so here they are.

My favorite deer hair fly- the PB's Muddler

size 12(I think???) Mustad Kahle hook. Awesome fly!

Chrome Charlie's Plopsicle

Sparse version of Terry Wilson's Bass Bully

And also I had to do some sketches of random stuff for Art this week. What did you expect?

Now if I could only catch a carp...

A few flies

It's been really cold around here for the past week so I've been tying a lot. Right now the current temp is 28 and tonight's low is 24. The wind and ice is making everything a mess so it's really hard to fish, so I'm just staying home and tying. This weekend I'm going to Lake Hawkins for the TFF 2nd annual Fly Fishing Idiots Pickerel trip. Last year it rained and I blanked on fish. I think rained like an inch while we were there last time so I hope it doesn't rain but overcast weather will bring the fish up so it might be a good thing for it to rain. Well, here's a few that i've tied this week.

Deer hair bass bug. I couldn't find any razorblades so I freehanded this with scissors and coated the front with nail polish to harden up the popping face.

Bunny Gurgler, kind of a fun tie.

Sickle hook Double Bunny

This is a new one, kind of a modified hairy fodder. This one works! I already got 2 bass on it a few days ago.

Roughfisher Carp Assasins.

New carp box is filling up quickly! 

I also got a new bass box last week.

this is it on Sunday

And this is today. It's filling up quickly!

Wormy and Leechy things

Got these tied tonight. 2 DBHWF's (my pattern, a bass worm pattern) and 2 modified Tim's Muppets. I really like both of these patterns for a big buggy dark thing that fishes deep year round and is equally at home in shallow water.

Circle hook swag!

DBHWF stands for Derik's big honkin' worm fly, invented by my friend Derik. I embellished the pattern and added flash, legs more weight, and the newest, a 60 degree jig hook.

Muppets

Oh, I also tied a little streamer I use a lot. It's ice dub, a rabbit strip, and a fish skull. It's a great pattern that works!