Been tying up a bunch of these. The chartruese Schroeders caddis landed my son's first gill of the season. I have it tucked away for same keeping. I am planning on saving each fly/lure he catches his first fish of the season on to give him one day. He is 3 so when he's a little older he'll understand, at least I hope lol. I poured my first jigs, painted them and tied a few. I need to get some different color paints and wouldn't mind a couple of different molds, all in due time I suppose.
Anyway, here's some pics of some brassies and other assorted nymph's and flies I've been tying. I opened an Etsy store and am considering an ebay store, though their fees are really high but you can't beat their traffic. On to the pics, it was hard to get the wings to show up on the Schroeders Caddis flies but you should be able to get the drift from the pics.
First is a variation of the Cajun tickler that I use. I call it the Peacock tickler because of the peacock hearl and color combo. This one is a size 10
Next a bead headed brassie size 12
Non bead headed green brassie size 12
Bead headed green brassie size 12
Bead headed blue brassie size 12
Bead headed red brassie size 12
Schroeders chartruese caddis size 12
Schroeders caddis in orange size 12
Schroeders green weenie size 12
Schroeders green weenie in orange size 12
Fred Hannies Catalpa worm size 12
San Juan worm size 10
Beaded San Juan Worm size 10
Hmmm for some reason not all the non bead headed brassie photos didn't load, oh well I'm sure you guys and gals can figure out what they'd look like without the bead heads. Next up I will post some pics of the first jigs I have poured, painted, and tied. I only have two colors of powder paint right now, yellow and black, so am somewhat limited. I also only have a 1/32 round non collar jig head mold now also. I am planning a crappie trip for the summer and am hoping to have enough tied to last a weekend for myself and a couple buddies. We shall see. I poured 250 the first run and painted 24 each black and yellow. Now just need to tie them all in different variations to find what works and get some different color paints. I also don't have the camera here or I'd post my son's first gill of the season and my first trout but the pics are on the camera which is with my wife right now. Till next time....
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Monday, March 12, 2012
Wow can't believe I haven't posted in all this time...
I doubt anyone will read this but I'm going to try and update a little more often then every 8 months lol. It's amazing how much free time I seemed to have before our second son was born lol. I look back and think what did I do with all that extra time. Anyway took my eldest son (3 y.o) out for the first fishing trip of the year yesterday. While the bite wasn't good at all (it is only march in cleveland, ohio) we still had a blast and he was able to pull in a couple of gills on some of daddy's bugs lol. I plan on heading back today or tomorrow and trying for some trout, as yesterday was for him since he's been asking to go fishing for months. I hope he continues to enjoy it as it's a great hobby. I also got myself a melting pot, some lead, and have some molds and jig hooks on the way so I can't wait for that. I have also been tying a bunch lately, created a store on etsy for my flies and may list some on ebay. I will attach some pics of what I've been up to. I still have many varities to take pics of and will post those when I do, along with a group shot of everything together. I am trying to build a little inventory before I really start pushing for some sales on ebay. Hope all is well to everyone that checks here even without my posting, but I promise I will at least try to post more often, at least once a month is my goal. On to the pics...
size 12 ant with legs
size 16 ant
size 14 ant
size 12 ant
rubber legged dragon
carters SEM damsel
brown and white steroid ant
green and yellow steroid ant
black and red steroid ant
green winged beetle
green beetle
orange beetle
orange winged beetle
I will post all the brassies and other nymphs in another posting. Thanks for looking to anyone who still checks here.
size 12 ant with legs
size 16 ant
size 14 ant
size 12 ant
rubber legged dragon
carters SEM damsel
brown and white steroid ant
green and yellow steroid ant
black and red steroid ant
green winged beetle
green beetle
orange beetle
orange winged beetle
I will post all the brassies and other nymphs in another posting. Thanks for looking to anyone who still checks here.
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