Double Decker Spey

| Posted in , | Posted on Sunday, February 19, 2012

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Double Decker Spey:

Yes all materials are available at Chagrin River Outfitters.

Fish Skull 20 mm shank (2)
30# fire line original fused
6/0 orange Uni-Thread
UV purple polar chenille
sts or ice dub orange
mirage fringe flashabou
Electric blue flashabou
purple marabou
pink guinea
sz 4 Gamakatsu Octopus hook

1. Attach Fire line to shank.

2.Tie in UV polar chenille and palmer forward, leaving space for head.

3. Orange sts dubbing in dubbing loop. Purpose of this step is to add contrast with orange dubbing and as importantly the dubbing helps give the silhouette we are looking for to the flash and marabou.

4. Two strands mirage fringe.


5. Small Clump (8-10 strands) electric blue flashabou tied in middle on near side.


6. Fold flashabou over, on opposite side and tie in.



7. Purple marabou tied in at tip, 2-4 wraps.


8. Add Pink guinea for collar, tied in at tip, 2-3 wraps, whip finish.

Attach two shanks together by passing open end of second shank thru eye of first and close first shank with thread.


Repeat steps 2-8 for finished fly. purple polar chenille.



Orange sts dubbing in dubbing loop.


mirage fringe and electric blue flashabou.


Purple marabou.

Pink Guinea. Don't forget to add hook, size 4 gamakatsu octopus.


The Double Decker is a deadly fly and fishes well as a single fly and is a dream to cast. The addition of the second shank however adds much more wiggle and movement to drive fish bonkers. Tie up in a bunch of fishy colors and have at it, satisfaction guaranteed.

Hairy Leg Leech

| Posted in | Posted on Wednesday, February 08, 2012

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Hairy Leg Leech:
Fish Skull 35mm shank
medium dumbell eyes
Fireline
size 4 octopus hook
zonker strip
ice dub
Marabou
Guinea
EP tarantula hairy Legs brush 1" wide
Yes you can find all the materials here at the shop.

35 mm shank with fireline and eyes tied in on bottom.
Tie in zonker strip

Dub Body, brush dubbing, tie down front end of zonker.

Tie in and palmer marabou, about three turns.

Tie in flash, about 8 strands(don't be afraid to blend different colors).

Tie in Guinea, palmer, about 3 wraps.

Tie in strand of Dubbing brush, then 2-3 wraps to finish head.

Boom your done. Quick, easy and effective. Some different colors below.

Tie up some of these colors or spin up your own favorites.

Avenger

| Posted in , , | Posted on Friday, August 19, 2011

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Avenger
Thread:6/0 white or blue uni-thread
Hook: 2220 size 2 or any large streamer hook that you don't mind cutting with a large eye that can be tied with eye facing up.
Hot spot: red ice dub
Tail: Chinchilla rabbit strip
Body: Pheasant tail ice dub
Wing: Holographic rainbow flashabou
Throat: Chartreuse ice dub
Eyes: Large bead chain gold
Head: Steelie blu ice dub
stinger hook: Daiichi or Gamakatsu octopus hook size 4

The hook in this instance is a down eye streamer hook but we are going to cut the hook above the bend and place in the vise with the eye facing up.

Great fly in the surf when fished with a sink tip and a go to fly for swinging on sunny days in early and late Fall.


With hook in the vise take thread base back about one inch along hook shank.

30# Fireline thru hook eye and tied down along hook shank.


Fireline tied along top and bottom of hook for strong connection, then super glue very lightly along shank for extra strong hold(optional)
*note fireline loop should be about 1 1/4 inches.

Tie in at the middle small clump of red ice dub along inside edge of hook just on front of fireline.



Bringing forward facing ice dub to the rear and outside edge and tie down.

Trim Ice dub to slightly more than 1/8th of an inch in length.

Tie in Chinchilla rabbit strip in front of red ice dub. Tail should not extend past fireline.

Dub a very small body, not longer than 1/4 of an inch with pheasant tail ice dub, and tie rabbit down just in front of dubbed body.

Take one wrap of rabbit around hook shank and tie off.
6-10 strands or however many you prefer rainbow holographic flashabou tied down in middle just in front of the rabbit on top.

Fold back the forward facing strands of flashabou and tie off.


Slide medium clump of Chartreuse ice dub over the hook eye and tie down in the middle of clump just in front of flash with three wraps.

Stroke back the forward facing ice dub and make about 5-8 wraps just in front to hold it in place.
Tie on large gold bead chain eyes leaving about an 1/8th of an inch between bead chain and hook eye so we can whip finish later.

Steelie blue ice dub in a dubbing loop. 2-3 wraps behind eyes, a couple wraps around the eyes, tie off and whip finish.


Attach hook and your ready to go fishing.

Small batch of avengers ready to go.

Its always hard to name a fly but when i read about the "Avengers" movie being filmed in Cleveland right now it seemed like a natural fit. Good Luck




White Rabbit

| Posted in , , | Posted on Sunday, October 10, 2010

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"White Rabbit"
Hook: 2220 Daiichi size 6
Thread: 6/0 orange uni-thread
Tail: 1/4 inch white zonker
Body: White ultra-chenille
Hackle: silver hackle flash
Collar: mallard flank natural
Head: Lt. Olive ice dub

Great Bug for all gamefishes. Tie in any color combo you find effective. Rabbit tail gives tantalizing motion fish can't resist. Try this pattern in larger sizes 2-4 for swinging and you will be pleasantly surprised. Other great color combos are white/chart, olive/orange, black/chart, black/purple, purple/orange, purple/silver.


Lay down thread base

Tie in rabbit above hook shank

Tie in hackle flash and then ultra-chenille.


Wrap chenille forward leaving about 1/4 inch to hook eye.


Wrap hackle flash forward.

Tie off hackle flash.

Tie in mallard flank at tip and palmer forward.

Tie off mallard flank.


Medium clump olive ice dub over eye of hook and tie down with three wraps of thread.

Pull back remainder of ice dub, tie down, whip finish and done.

Blue ice dub is sweet as well.

Good luck.