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Today’s theme: ostrich herl. #flytying #flyfishing #tenkara #softhackles #wetflies
March 19, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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Today’s #lunchties. Hot spot experiment.

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A purple soft hackle fly with a pink hot spot at the rear and a partridge hackle
February 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Today’s #lunchties another old reliable, the peacock and starling. Recipe in alt text

#flytying #flyfishing #simpleflies #guideflies #wetflies #softhackles #tenkara #troutspey
Peacock and starling fly, size 14 hook, brassie size chartreuse wire, peacock herl, starling hackle, black 16/0 veevus thread
March 4, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Today’s #lunchties: prototype super-micro “Intruder” thingy. #wetflies #softhackles #flyfishing #flytying #troutspey #tenkara
A wet fly with two soft partridge soft hackles, a smaller at the rear and a larger at the front. A wet fly with two soft partridge soft hackles, a smaller at the rear and a larger at the front.
February 6, 2025 at 10:23 PM
jeffdannaldson.bsky.social
Today’s #lunchties are nothing fancy, just replenishing my stock of size 14 Stewart Black Spiders. Recipe in alt text.

#flyfishing #flytying #tenkara #simpleflies #guideflies #wetflies #softhackles #troutspey
A Stewart black spider wet fly. Size 14 hook, brown UTC 70 denier, starling feather. The trick is to twist the fragile starling feather around the tying thread and then wrap. This reinforces the feather. The scruffier the better.
March 4, 2025 at 12:32 AM
jeffdannaldson.bsky.social
Today’s #lunchties Partridge and Imitation Royal.

Recipe in alt text

#flytying #flyfishing #wetflies #softhackles #troutspey #tenkara
A green and red partridge soft hackle fly in a fly tying vise against a tan background. The body of the fly is green/red/green and the hackle is white with dark spots Recipe: Hook: Daiichi 1740 size 10 Thread: UTC Ultra Thread red, 70-denier Body: peacock black Ice Dub, tying thread, peacock black Ice Dub Hackle: Hungarian Partridge Head: peacock black Ice Dub
February 7, 2025 at 8:59 PM
jeffdannaldson.bsky.social
Today’s #lunchties I shall call “None More Beige”. Recipe in alt text of second photo.

#flytying #flyfishing #wetflies #softhackles #troutspey #tenkara
A fly tying vise holding beige soft hackle fly with a white wire rib. The backups purple. Materials for fly. Top row left to right: UTC Uktra Wire White size medium; Senyo’s Laser Yarn dubbing tan; a ginger soft hackle feather from a hen saddle. Bottom row: UTC Ultra Thread Wood Duck color, 70 denier; Daiichi 1740 up eye hook, size 10; Hook box.
February 4, 2025 at 10:57 PM
jeffdannaldson.bsky.social
Today’s #lunchties if you see a pattern, yes I love wet flies. Tenkara for upstream pinpoint drifts and manipulation; and trout Spey for downstream swinging. The same flies work well for both applications.

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An olive soft hackle wet fly in a fly tying vise against a purple background. The materials used in tying this fly on a purple background. Top row left to right: a clump of 6-8 natural pheasant tail fibers; Shetland Spindrift wool yarn, color 231 Bracken; Ice Dub dubbing, olive; an olive hackle feather from an olive hen saddle, lower fibers stripped from stem. Bottom row left to right: UTC Ultra Thread 70-denier; a size 12 Mustad Heavy Nymph hook S82AP; hook container.
February 4, 2025 at 12:22 AM