Showing posts with label Salmonflies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Salmonflies. Show all posts

Friday, June 12, 2009

The Club Sandwich/Triple Decker Fly













Club Sandwich #12
Hook: #6-12 3xl hook
Body: 3 pieces of 2mm foam glued together and stamped out with a cutter
Thread: 6/0 or UTC 140 Denier
Legs: Tan Rubber Legs barred with marker
Hair: Elk or Deer
Use the thread to form segmentation on this fly. Slit the foam with a razor blade to recess on the hook shank and use super glue applied to thread before doing so to help hold onto the shank. Make sure the segments are even spaced. I start the thread about the 50% point on the hook and work back to the tail of the fly and then back up the shank of the hook making the segments as I go. Form the legs by using three strands at a time and place a knot in two rubber pieces. Tie them in at two separate points or segments. Separate the three strands on both the rear and front legs. Clip out two strands on the rear portion. Pick the best angled leg and remove the other two. On the front legs, I clip both top and bottom strands. Use a bodkin or needle to pierce through the middle portion of the body. Then insert a threader and double over a piece of rubber leg and pull through. Trim to length.
I prefer tying these flies with a hair wing or something on top to make them land hook down.



Here is the video tutorial:


Tying the Club Sandwich in HD from Juan Ramirez on Vimeo.






Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Salmonflies

They are here and I have been busy tying away, trying to fill the fly boxes. Too bad they are not for my boxes. I have a buddy that is going to do a 3 day float down the Gunnison and the trip is next week. I tied up a dozen Foam Stones as well as a new pattern that I came up with based on the Hopper Juan. I guess you could call it the Salmon Juan, but that's pretty lame. Maybe the Gunnison Gorgess. Heck I don't know what to call it. I guess I have to wait to hear how it did before I officially name it. I also tied some nice drown or sunken stones, but I don't have a photo of them. I think that those may get the most attention on the trip. We shall see.


Rouge Foam Stone # 6

I should be orange, not dirty orange. Dang Sharpie!

The Gunnison Gorgess?
#6

A mess of stones.

Dirty Stone.

I've seen this before. What's that other hopper that poses this way called?

Leggy and plump. Just the way I like them.
Who writes this crap?