Flies for Halloween

[Guest1]

I saw a pattern in a magazine, liked it and decided to tie one. With Halloween just a few weeks away, I thought it sounded like an appropriate fly. The Vampire.
Hook; 6X long steamer size 4 to 8
Thread; 6/0 Black
Tag and Rib; flat silver tinsel
Throat; Calf tail and red hackle fibers.
Wing; Red crystal flash and red and black hackle.

Does anyone else have a pattern that sounds like a good 'Halloween' fly?

 

[Ard]

Very nice tie Diver,

I'm tying Canadian Killers right now, single and double hook both. When I'm finished I'll post one to the thread.

The orange sparkle fly looks seasonal so here is one of them....

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[Guest1]

Nice tie also. Really have the colors for Halloween.

 

[MoscaPescador]

Here's a bugger that has some Halloween colors:

It's October, so how about an October Caddis?

MP

 

[Ard]

Canadian Killer..............

This is the Canadian Killer. It'll take me awhile to get it really good but this one is moving in the right direction. Getting the proportioning and balance right on a pattern that is new to me is hard. I have to tie quite a few before they look good to me but impatience won out, here is the fly.

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[mcnerney]

Very nice looking flies everyone! We have some talented tiers on this forum.

Larry

 

[Ard]

That is true Larry, Mosca's bugger reminds me of all the great flies I received from the Woolly Bugger swap. Yours was a nice tie, yep, good fly tires here.

Ard

 

[MoscaPescador]

Glad you liked the bugger, Ard. I used Doug's Bugs Glo-Brite in the brown-n-copper for the body. The tail is from a product by Spirit River called Mottlebou. The Speckled Brown color blends in shades of brown, orange, tan, grey, black, and others in between.

Here is a picture of the two materials.

Last night I caught two wild big shouldered Rainbow Trout (14" and 18") with that bugger from my homewaters, the Lower Yuba River. I also got a bunch of little dinky trout hitting the fly.

MP

 

[jpbfly]

Great flies guys,if you want to see beautiful salmon flies have a look here:http://www.jpdessaigne.com/ and visit "gallerie photos"mouches saumon.

 

[Ard]

J.P.

Wow!

I used to marry wings and tied Atlantic patterns. They drove me crazy. Now I use hair and am much more sane when I tie. I still have some of the old flies and they still catch fish even though I'm on another ocean now.

I must say, I have never even came close to the level of craftsmanship displayed in the tie you posted!

 

[tob1]

One old caddis pattern

Trygve

 

[Ard]

Really NICE tie tob1

 

[Frank Whiton]

Hi Everyone,

Ard is right, this is an exceptional tye. I could never get those nice small heads. Well to be honest I could never come close to this quality.

Trygve, wonderful wing on your Caddis.

Frank

 

[jpbfly]

Have you visited jp dessaignes' site,he's a world class salmon fies tier,you'll see little marvelsI tied a salmon fly once in my life....the fishmeister had bought a salmon fly broach for one of his daughters....unfortunately...a group of moths had a good dinner with itso he asked me to tie another one on the broach hook...that's what I did and I must admit the result wasn't bad,it will never catch any fish but only decorated a charming girl's blouse

 

[Guest1]

Wow! Really nice flies guys. What size hook is the Canadian killer on Hardyreels? jbbfly, that fly there is really awsome. A bit out of my skill range. I have been working to get there. Check back with me in a decade or so.

 

[jpbfly]

Just for the fun of it I decided to tie a salmon flie for Halloween with what I could find in my drawers...It's the second one I've tied in my life
Hope you'll like it ....I'm not sure salmon would

 

[Ard]

Nice Jean Paul, I'm a little concerned that you found those materials in your drawers. (Here in the States that is what they used to call your underwear) Smiling

Dan,

The hook is a #2 Partridge, there is a better example on the Share Patter forum. Check out the Dr. Mummy too, sounds kinda like Halloween.................Mummy?

 

[jpbfly]

Ard you would find nice materials to tie salmon flies in the "Folies Bergeres" or Moulin Rouge" dancers' drawersLast week a man was arrested in the little town near home....he had stolen 300 ladies' underwear in gardens of the area
Thanks for helping me to name this fly:it's a Halloween....Grand...Mummy

 

[Guest1]

Great flies guys,if you want to see beautiful salmon flies have a look here:http://www.jpdessaigne.com/

Wow, great site! I looked at the photos of the Classic Salmon flies. Wow is all I can say. Thanks for the link. Dan

 

[MoscaPescador]

Here's another version of Anderson's Bird of Prey called the Crosswire Bird of Prey - October Caddis.

That Gadwall wing and the curved body gives it a menacing look.

MP