Thank you!! It has been a fun one. And what's more... after the initial five volunteers, I've gotten three more who have sent me pictures of flies they want to add to the series. This one might be going on into March or later. :-)
Nicely buggy fly that is a credit to the originator. Any trout that wouldn’t take that should get counseling. I love that it uses the feather for the dubbing.
That pheasant rump marabou works well...plenty of action. I use it on a pattern based on Harry Murray's "Strymph", but tied smaller for trout. It's a real killer.
Thanks Jim; this was the first time I had ever used that marabou. I can't recall seeing it called for in any recipes out there, although I'm sure you could use it for lots of flies that call for small tufts of marabou. I'd love to see a picture of your creation with it. If it looks like this (blog.murraysflyshop.com/simple-flies/) it would be pretty fun to do for the channel!
Don't know how I missed this one when you did it Matt. I grew up in Madison County VA and learned to fly fish on those rivers. As you said, some really great streams in that area. Working for five years as a Ranger in SNP didn't hurt either! Used to patrol Old Rag. Some of the most beautiful scenery anywhere in VA. That area has contributed some great flys. Just across the ridge, the Rapidan River inspired Harry Murray's great Mr. Rapidan fly. I've found that fly in western fly shops and used it successfully from east to west. I'm sure you're familiar with it as well. Great job on the tie and thanks for another great fly to try.
Cool Fly Matt and Ted. What the world needs now is more feathered-body trout flies! My local fly shop just took on Veniard's line of materials and they have every dyed color of Condor substitute. Cheap too. I'm gonna get me some of that for wound herl bodies or stripped quill bodies.
Thanks Daryl! That sounds awesome. My local Maryland shop (Great Feathers) carries a bit of Veniard but I usually have to get their stuff online. Sometimes even Ebay if I want crow or blue jay wings. Let me know what you think of their condor substitute...
Great job on the video Matt! I initially tried using those smaller marabou feathers, but mine kept breaking and I got really frustrated with it. I used a Stonfo clip to grab the marabou from a larger feather and trimmed it right next to the stem. This let me spin it in a dubbing loop, which was much more durable and easier for me to work with. The end result looks pretty much the same. :) Thanks for doing this series Matt. I've had a lot of fun experimenting with the various pheasant feathers and have learned a lot about how to control them and work with them easier!
Thanks Ted! I don't have a material clip and tried it with a chip clip from the kitchen. Not much luck there! I may have to invest in a Stonfo one. :-)
@@SavageFlies As far as material clips go the CDC clamp is by far the best quality & easiest to use. I don't own one myself, but I've used one that a friend owns and I love it. It's just hard to justify the price. That's why I ended up getting a set of the large Stonfo clips. You get 2 to a pack for about half the price of the CDC clamp. There are three sizes, but you'd be fine just picking up a set of the large.
Outstanding! Would love to hear how it does for you this year. (And sorry I'm just responding! I just realized there is a comment section called "Held for review" and some comments that TH-cam thinks are links or hashtags end up there. Some do not but this one got stuck there and I just now saw it.)
This one is a longer video than usual and I almost click away when I saw someone different on the screen. Then I thought, wait a second! It is Matt, just a different look! LOL Great video Matt, sent you an email about affiliate links, let me know what you think. Have a great evening !
Will check it, thanks! And yeah, this one was longer than I like to make my videos and I was afraid retention might go down. But so far it's had a couple hundred views and retention is still at the 50% mark. (Which is about the same for all my videos.)
Good Morning Sir Matt, This Old Rag AP Nymph is awesome( Way to go Ted Great Job Sir) watch this video alittle late, i'm at work and viewed it on my break. the marabou feathers do they act like cdc feathers as well? I like to make a hackle with them on a fly I am experimenting with as a dry fly. need your help and advice on this please.. Thank You Sir Matt.
Thanks Edward! The marabou is a little like CDC in how easy it is to break off and trim, but it won't behave like CDC in the water. Meaning, it'll probably hold too much water to be useful in a dry fly. Coming up with a dry fly from a pheasant skin will be a challenge! You can do it, but there's just not a lot of stiff feathers. 😁
Matt, nice job on this one. I like this series. I'm not sure if I asked before, but have you seen Jack Gartside's article on using all the different RNP feathers? He had a streamer I quite liked called the Darkside. Cheers
Darren- I haven't heard of the Darkside, but when searching for "flies using ringneck pheasant," Jack's page was definitely one of the top sources. I've been leaving it totally up to the tier as to what they come up with in these, the only rule was really, no feathers other than the RNP. Thanks for watching my friend. I'll be working on the GSM Stimulator tomorrow. :-)
Hi Matt. I’m enjoying watching and learning how to apply materials to the hook in these videos. How do you decide what size wire and how many wraps to use?
Hey JD, thanks for the question. Sometimes, the recipe will actually tell you what size wire and how many wraps. Other than that, it's basically a judgement call. If I had to make a rule of thumb, I'd say 0.015 for size 16 and smaller, and maybe go 0.020 for 14 and bigger. Then bigger than that for any heavy streamers. As for number of wraps, that could be determined by several things: what you want the profile to look like, how buoyant the other materials are, and simply how fast and deep do you want it to sink. This is a good question, and one I should try to answer in a video. Thanks again for asking. Cheers. -Matt
@@SavageFlies Thanks Matt. I’m collecting materials to tie the flies I think will work well in our area. I will be fishing primarily small lakes so basically still water and feel that adding wire to help get the flies down where and when I need to. Your answer is helpful as I didn’t want to end up purchasing things I won’t use or not enough of the materials I will use a lot.
@@Jd-yc3gw -You're exactly right JD. Weighting your flies when tying is a better option for the flies you need-- getting deep in still water or lakes. If you buy one spool, I'd probably go with 0.015. It'll work on lots of flies. But if you tie a lot of bigger flies (#10 wets and bigger, or streamers), you could go with 0.020. You could make both work, the thinner just might take a couple more wraps!
I think Ted gave you a great fly to tie. That turned out pretty cool looking. When you wrapped the front instead of using a dubbing. I’m thinking this would definitely be a bit easier for a new tyer as myself. But I do have a question in reference to the dubbing process at this stage of the fly. You mentioned using a dubbing loop with that fluffy part of the feather. Was the hard part just getting it to stay on the thread? If so, could we use that same fluffy material and run it through our coffee grinder first? Then make our dubbing noodle on the loop? Just curious. Matt this fly looks great. Great job. Thanks for the video.
I think ted is on to a winner here nice video Matt thank you for sharing
You bet Tom, appreciate you watching my friend!
Nice buggy look. I’ll need to get a ring neck skin. 😊
Thanks Clyde! Definitely check it out. Lots of usable features in this thing. 👍
Like the combination of forward and reverse wrapping materials, locking materials and improving durability. And, to a trout, a buggy meal.
Thanks Steven! And yeah, I'd say Ted came up with a nice one here. :-)
Of all the fun things you do on your channel, I think the subscriber participation is my favorite. Looking forward to more in this series.
Thank you!! It has been a fun one. And what's more... after the initial five volunteers, I've gotten three more who have sent me pictures of flies they want to add to the series. This one might be going on into March or later. :-)
Nicely buggy fly that is a credit to the originator. Any trout that wouldn’t take that should get counseling. I love that it uses the feather for the dubbing.
Thanks Bob! And yeah, Ted surprised me with that technique. Nice touch though. 👍
Cool fly, I will be putting a few in my box. Thanks for sharing
You got it Layton. And we're going to have your BH nymph in this series in a couple weeks! Did you ever come up with a name for it??
That pheasant rump marabou works well...plenty of action. I use it on a pattern based on Harry Murray's "Strymph", but tied smaller for trout. It's a real killer.
Thanks Jim; this was the first time I had ever used that marabou. I can't recall seeing it called for in any recipes out there, although I'm sure you could use it for lots of flies that call for small tufts of marabou. I'd love to see a picture of your creation with it. If it looks like this (blog.murraysflyshop.com/simple-flies/) it would be pretty fun to do for the channel!
Ted. Tarrent, brilliant fly, well done.
I agree, Ted's AP should fish well. :-)
Don't know how I missed this one when you did it Matt. I grew up in Madison County VA and learned to fly fish on those rivers. As you said, some really great streams in that area. Working for five years as a Ranger in SNP didn't hurt either! Used to patrol Old Rag. Some of the most beautiful scenery anywhere in VA. That area has contributed some great flys. Just across the ridge, the Rapidan River inspired Harry Murray's great Mr. Rapidan fly. I've found that fly in western fly shops and used it successfully from east to west. I'm sure you're familiar with it as well. Great job on the tie and thanks for another great fly to try.
Thanks Matt,and Ted great fly and you gave it a nice name.Thumbs up for this one.
Appreciate it Kenneth! Also, I got your note on the candy corn. I'll respond later, but I think it's a great idea!
I have a ring neck skin and love all the different feathers. Very reasonable priced skin. Lasts forever!
I agree Rollin! They are one of the best bargains of all the bird skins. :-)
Nice Nymph pattern Ted! This is a fish catching fly! Thank you Sir Matt for the tutorial!
That's a real great looking pattern.well done Matt! Thanks for sharing with us.👌
You bet Mike. This one was all Ted's creation though!
Nice fly, Ted! I like the technique of roping the feather. Well done.
Thanks Jammy. And yeah, Ted came up with a nice one here. :-)
That fly should hunt for sure !👍nice one matt.
Thanks Hughie! I'm about to check out your bighole demon... that thing looks pretty sharp!
@@SavageFlies thanks. I thought it was a cool looking fly .fun to tie new patterens .
This is the best tying channel on TH-cam great work
That's some pretty high praise Josh, so thank you! I really appreciate you watching my friend. Cheers. -Matt
That is a cool looking fly Matt
Thanks Dave-- appreciate it my friend!
With the snow storm yesterday I sit down and tied a few
Cool Fly Matt and Ted. What the world needs now is more feathered-body trout flies! My local fly shop just took on Veniard's line of materials and they have every dyed color of Condor substitute. Cheap too. I'm gonna get me some of that for wound herl bodies or stripped quill bodies.
Thanks Daryl! That sounds awesome. My local Maryland shop (Great Feathers) carries a bit of Veniard but I usually have to get their stuff online. Sometimes even Ebay if I want crow or blue jay wings. Let me know what you think of their condor substitute...
Thank you for your hard work
Nice tie ! As always enjoyed the video
Thanks Chip! Appreciate you watching my friend. 👍
Great job on the video Matt! I initially tried using those smaller marabou feathers, but mine kept breaking and I got really frustrated with it. I used a Stonfo clip to grab the marabou from a larger feather and trimmed it right next to the stem. This let me spin it in a dubbing loop, which was much more durable and easier for me to work with. The end result looks pretty much the same. :)
Thanks for doing this series Matt. I've had a lot of fun experimenting with the various pheasant feathers and have learned a lot about how to control them and work with them easier!
Thanks Ted! I don't have a material clip and tried it with a chip clip from the kitchen. Not much luck there! I may have to invest in a Stonfo one. :-)
@@SavageFlies As far as material clips go the CDC clamp is by far the best quality & easiest to use. I don't own one myself, but I've used one that a friend owns and I love it. It's just hard to justify the price. That's why I ended up getting a set of the large Stonfo clips. You get 2 to a pack for about half the price of the CDC clamp. There are three sizes, but you'd be fine just picking up a set of the large.
@@tedtarrant6605 Great advice- thank you Ted!
Nice fly tied a few last nite
Outstanding! Would love to hear how it does for you this year. (And sorry I'm just responding! I just realized there is a comment section called "Held for review" and some comments that TH-cam thinks are links or hashtags end up there. Some do not but this one got stuck there and I just now saw it.)
This one is a longer video than usual and I almost click away when I saw someone different on the screen. Then I thought, wait a second! It is Matt, just a different look! LOL
Great video Matt, sent you an email about affiliate links, let me know what you think. Have a great evening !
Will check it, thanks! And yeah, this one was longer than I like to make my videos and I was afraid retention might go down. But so far it's had a couple hundred views and retention is still at the 50% mark. (Which is about the same for all my videos.)
@@SavageFlies cool! I watched twice but I know if you play it back to back it doesn't count
Good Morning Sir Matt, This Old Rag AP Nymph is awesome( Way to go Ted Great Job Sir) watch this video alittle late, i'm at work and viewed it on my break. the marabou feathers do they act like cdc feathers as well? I like to make a hackle with them on a fly I am experimenting with as a dry fly. need your help and advice on this please.. Thank You Sir Matt.
Thanks Edward! The marabou is a little like CDC in how easy it is to break off and trim, but it won't behave like CDC in the water. Meaning, it'll probably hold too much water to be useful in a dry fly. Coming up with a dry fly from a pheasant skin will be a challenge! You can do it, but there's just not a lot of stiff feathers. 😁
@@SavageFlies okie dokie thank you for the information
You got it my friend! Don't work too hard this weekend. 😁
Nice fly
Matt, nice job on this one. I like this series. I'm not sure if I asked before, but have you seen Jack Gartside's article on using all the different RNP feathers? He had a streamer I quite liked called the Darkside. Cheers
Darren- I haven't heard of the Darkside, but when searching for "flies using ringneck pheasant," Jack's page was definitely one of the top sources. I've been leaving it totally up to the tier as to what they come up with in these, the only rule was really, no feathers other than the RNP. Thanks for watching my friend. I'll be working on the GSM Stimulator tomorrow. :-)
Hi Matt. I’m enjoying watching and learning how to apply materials to the hook in these videos. How do you decide what size wire and how many wraps to use?
Hey JD, thanks for the question. Sometimes, the recipe will actually tell you what size wire and how many wraps. Other than that, it's basically a judgement call. If I had to make a rule of thumb, I'd say 0.015 for size 16 and smaller, and maybe go 0.020 for 14 and bigger. Then bigger than that for any heavy streamers. As for number of wraps, that could be determined by several things: what you want the profile to look like, how buoyant the other materials are, and simply how fast and deep do you want it to sink. This is a good question, and one I should try to answer in a video. Thanks again for asking. Cheers. -Matt
@@SavageFlies Thanks Matt. I’m collecting materials to tie the flies I think will work well in our area. I will be fishing primarily small lakes so basically still water and feel that adding wire to help get the flies down where and when I need to. Your answer is helpful as I didn’t want to end up purchasing things I won’t use or not enough of the materials I will use a lot.
@@Jd-yc3gw -You're exactly right JD. Weighting your flies when tying is a better option for the flies you need-- getting deep in still water or lakes. If you buy one spool, I'd probably go with 0.015. It'll work on lots of flies. But if you tie a lot of bigger flies (#10 wets and bigger, or streamers), you could go with 0.020. You could make both work, the thinner just might take a couple more wraps!
A nymphing I shall go tie.
I think Ted gave you a great fly to tie. That turned out pretty cool looking. When you wrapped the front instead of using a dubbing. I’m thinking this would definitely be a bit easier for a new tyer as myself. But I do have a question in reference to the dubbing process at this stage of the fly. You mentioned using a dubbing loop with that fluffy part of the feather. Was the hard part just getting it to stay on the thread? If so, could we use that same fluffy material and run it through our coffee grinder first? Then make our dubbing noodle on the loop? Just curious. Matt this fly looks great. Great job. Thanks for the video.
Very nice, thanks for sharing! KANSAS
You bet Jack. Appreciate you watching!