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Nice! you guys are very creative. Good work!
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Here is a couple I tied tonight. If anyone is interested, let me know, and I will share the recipe/SBS.



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A few more today.

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A couple of purple John's tonight.

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I am sure everyone likes stimmy's



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It's a nice step-by-step.
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It's a nice step-by-step.
I was just posting to see if anyone was even looking at this. I did also say if anyone wants SBS just ask. Next time I sit down at the tying bench I will take some SBS pics and do a write up.
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They look great! After a bottle of wine not too sure how they would turn out but you got this down to a science Well done
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Smile we are watching closely!!

The reason that I haven't posted anything is because I don't show my "flys" to anyone. When I first got to Alberta, over 50 years ago, I tied all kinds of flys. As time when on I tied just a Caddis and Hopper both with elk hair.

As more time has passed, the caddis and hopper look a lot alike!

My grand father told me long ago, that careful wading was more important than long casts. I would add that careful presentation means a lot too.

I love this post!
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Old 10-04-2024, 03:04 PM
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They look great! After a bottle of wine not too sure how they would turn out but you got this down to a science Well done
Thanks! Fly tying is my winter hobby, so I am just starting back up for the season. Tie all winter, fish the patterns all spring summer fall. My buddy commissioned me to tie him a Euro Nymph box of 140 flies, so I got some work to do. It should help me pay for the new waders I need.

I don't actually wine, so had a hard time finding a cork. I just happened to be in Wisconsin last year and the restaurant I was at had corks everywhere. Now I have a life time supply of corks.......all the way from Wisconsin!
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The reason that I haven't posted anything is because I don't show my "flys" to anyone. When I first got to Alberta, over 50 years ago, I tied all kinds of flys. As time when on I tied just a Caddis and Hopper both with elk hair.

As more time has passed, the caddis and hopper look a lot alike!

My grand father told me long ago, that careful wading was more important than long casts. I would add that careful presentation means a lot too.

I love this post!
Thanks Densa! I am going to keep posting the flies I tie, to share. Again, if anyone wants the pattern/SBS, let me know and I will post it. I would like to see you flies one day.
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I sure would like to see SBS of that Stimmy
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Thanks! Fly tying is my winter hobby, so I am just starting back up for the season. Tie all winter, fish the patterns all spring summer fall. My buddy commissioned me to tie him a Euro Nymph box of 140 flies, so I got some work to do. It should help me pay for the new waders I need.

I don't actually wine, so had a hard time finding a cork. I just happened to be in Wisconsin last year and the restaurant I was at had corks everywhere. Now I have a life time supply of corks.......all the way from Wisconsin!
You defiantly have a great talent backed by passion which is a deadly combination.
I can see my son taking this hobby on as he is a fly fishing fanatic and I personally think there’s is an elevated level of success catching on a fly you tied.
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Old 10-07-2024, 07:49 AM
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I sure would like to see SBS of that Stimmy
Next time I bust out the tying table I will do a SBS for the stimmy.
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Old 10-14-2024, 04:57 PM
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Stimulator SBS

Recipe:
Hook-York bend #10 3x long
Fire Orange 8/0 thread
Golden badger saddle
Grizzly saddle
Orange UV ice dubbing
Green UV ice dubbing
Gold wire small
Elk hair


1.Start your thread 3 eye lengths back. Run your thread to where the hook starts to bend.


2.Create a small ball of thread at the tail section


3.Cut off a match stick size of Elk hair. De-fluff it and put in hair stacker. Tail should stick past back of hook about 1.5x the hook gape. Tie in using 2 pinch wraps. Wrap thread forward about 6-7 wraps. Trim excess and bring thread back to start of tail.


4.Tie in gold wire.


5.Take the green UV ice dubbing and created a noodle. Remember less is more.


6.Bring dubbing noodle forward to where you started the thread and tie in the golden badger saddle.


7.Wrap daddle back to tail, once back to tail, hold saddle and cross wrap gold wire back to the start of where you tied in the saddle. Weave gold wire between the daddle so you don't pinch any saddle fibers down. Trim of saddle and helicopter the gold wire off.




8.Take another chunk of Elk hair for the wing, about 1.5x bigger then the tail. De-fluff and put in hair stacker. Wing should stick out about half way to end of tail. Tie in using 2 pinch wraps and follow with 6-7 more wraps. Trim excess hair away and wrap thread to eye and back to start of wing.


9.Tie in the Grizzly saddle at the start of the wing.


10.Create a dubbing noodle with the Orange UV ice dubbing. Once again, less is more.


11.Wrap dubbing noodle to eye of hook, creating a taper towards the eye. Follow with Grizzly saddle and tie off at the eye of the hook.


12.Create a small head by the eye with the thread and whip finish 4 or 5 times. I like to use UV resin instead of head cement. It caps the tread off and makes the head pop.

And there you have stimmy.

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Old 10-15-2024, 02:48 PM
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That Stimmy looks great. Thank you
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Old 10-15-2024, 05:55 PM
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That Stimmy looks great. Thank you
Thanks! I love tying stimmys, love fishing them even more.
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Old 10-19-2024, 06:26 PM
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A few jig offs.

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awesome looking stimmys!
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Old 10-21-2024, 08:18 AM
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awesome looking stimmys!
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