One of my favourite Nymph for still Water, also for Rivers, it's also represent a Fry Pattern , Material List Hook size 12 LS ,, Thread Black 8/0 ,, Tail & Dubbing Grey Squirrel ,, Ribs Holo Tinsel ,, 2mm Beads Eye
Mak, this is an excellent pattern! I live in West Texas and do not have ready access to trout waters. So I primarily target warm water species, such as panfish. This pattern will be deadly on bluegills and even bass. Many thanks for sharing so many wonderful patterns that even I can use to catch species of fish where I live. Every good wish.
This pattern really caught my eye Mak! Good call on the flash in the dubbing and that rib. Double duty fly. Huge schools of fry and silvery holographic minnows, we call buckeyes, swim the rocky shore in May where I fish for walleye, perch and smallmouth bass. With that much fish food it's hard to get a bite. But I've tied a similar profiled pattern to your Squirrel Nymph using chenille for the body then X wrapped around the bead eyes. That big head pushes water. Another more successful one I tie on a bigger 8 or 6 long shank (3x). In all black with a short marabou tail, body of fluff from a feather base or poor quailty / short fibered marabou in a dubbing loop and wrapped to the eyes then X wrapped around them. It's trimmed with a bulbus head, a narrow neck, then a "carrot" shaped body tapered to the tail. Sometimes I get creative and make eyes out of knotted peacock herl. When held in a current or slowly retrieved in stillwater its alive with rippling motion. And those peacock eyes sparkle :o) Thanks Mak for all your inspiration over the years!
A nice pattern Mak it reminds me of a grey squirrel nymph type fry pattern I used to fish on a floating line it was on a size 10 long shank hook & all it was grey squirrel Pearl rib & I used to put a black crow wing case on it Mak it was deadly it sorted out the better fish when they were hitting fry along the weed beds you could either slow figure of 8 or short fast pulls it was a deadly pattern you’ve encouraged me to tie some up again Mak 🐟🎣🙂
Nice one Mak! I'll tie up a couple for fishing Bluegills. I use a lot of bead-chain on my flies and noticed that there's often a sharp burr at the hole on the bead so I'm in the habit of giving that area a quick dressing with 400 grit sandpaper. Just a precaution to save my tippet from being "nicked" and weakened.
As always a great little bug. I'd love to see your patterns in wet conditions to see the shimmer of the materials when wet. Thx for maybe considering this. Cheers Dan from Hamburg/Germany
Great pattern there Mak. I’m always attracted to a scruffy bug more and this one fits that perfectly. As always keep on doing what you do dude and thank you for sharing another one with us fans. 😊😊😊
Thank you Wayne, I am sorry I don't understand your question, It's a wet Pattern, basically it will stay in bellow the Surface Film with figure of 8 Retrieve :)))
@@Makflies Hi Mak sorry for the confusion. If the fly has the dumbbell eyes tied on top of the hook shank, would it then be top heavy and “flip” the fly upside down when retrieving it? I understand it will run subsurface but was wondering if the point would ride up because of where the weight is placed? Actually I think this may be somewhat beneficial if it did? Just curious I guess!!!
@@waynejansen3116 The Beads are hollow not really Heavy, yes it does put some weight. this Nymph / Fry has a perfect weight to swim in Sub Surface, even if it's flip it does not make difference, all it's need a perfect retrieve F-O 8 , OR a twitchy retrieve , :))
Mac nice work again. Please tell me what vice you use,I like how fine the jaws are. How much did you have to give for it , if you don’t mind saying. Thank you.
Thanks old pal I’ll give it a look. I’ve been tying almost 40 years ,now on my third vice. I might just treat myself to another one before I check out.
Mac I checked out the Jvice but it seems to be a bit out of my price range. If you know anyone that may have a used one I would be interested in purchasing one. Thanks again for your reply.
How are you fishing this pattern please? And do you have a pattern for hoglice and how to fish it please? I’ve just discovered my local small water is teeming with them.
are you familiar with Fly Fishing Trevor, It's a fresh water Pattern, and I use it on a Point, I don't have a pattern for Hoglice but I will upload soon,
Mak, this is an excellent pattern! I live in West Texas and do not have ready access to trout waters. So I primarily target warm water species, such as panfish. This pattern will be deadly on bluegills and even bass. Many thanks for sharing so many wonderful patterns that even I can use to catch species of fish where I live. Every good wish.
Thank you Patrick, I am glad you like this Pattern, I really appreciate that,
Regards,, Mak :))
Nice buggy looking nymph. I will tie a couple and give it a try. Thanks for the video!
Thank you Mike, I really appreciate that my friend :)))
Fantastic, Instead of a lump of wax, I use lip balm in an adjustable tube.(chapstick*) Its the same thing but it works the same.
"Elmer's Extra Strength Office Glue Sticks" work great as well.
Thank you Mr. Robson, I like the Idea I will try that,
Regards,, Mak :)))
Good tip, thanks! I will try it!
This pattern really caught my eye Mak! Good call on the flash in the dubbing and that rib. Double duty fly. Huge schools of fry and silvery holographic minnows, we call buckeyes, swim the rocky shore in May where I fish for walleye, perch and smallmouth bass. With that much fish food it's hard to get a bite. But I've tied a similar profiled pattern to your Squirrel Nymph using chenille for the body then X wrapped around the bead eyes. That big head pushes water. Another more successful one I tie on a bigger 8 or 6 long shank (3x). In all black with a short marabou tail, body of fluff from a feather base or poor quailty / short fibered marabou in a dubbing loop and wrapped to the eyes then X wrapped around them. It's trimmed with a bulbus head, a narrow neck, then a "carrot" shaped body tapered to the tail. Sometimes I get creative and make eyes out of knotted peacock herl. When held in a current or slowly retrieved in stillwater its alive with rippling motion. And those peacock eyes sparkle :o) Thanks Mak for all your inspiration over the years!
Thank you joe, I like your ideas, like I always say you can use your own methods suits your water, :)))
@@Makflies :o) thanks!
Nice timing, I was just scrolling through your videos.
Thank you friend :))
Another beautiful job
Thank you so much 😊 Ryy
A nice pattern Mak it reminds me of a grey squirrel nymph type fry pattern I used to fish on a floating line it was on a size 10 long shank hook & all it was grey squirrel Pearl rib & I used to put a black crow wing case on it Mak it was deadly it sorted out the better fish when they were hitting fry along the weed beds you could either slow figure of 8 or short fast pulls it was a deadly pattern you’ve encouraged me to tie some up again Mak 🐟🎣🙂
Thank you Lawrence, I am glad you like it, and I like your idea of Squirrel Nymphs, I will tie some for myself with Black Crow, :))
Regards,, Mak :))
@@Makflies Mind post it on here if you are going to do a video Mak 🐟🎣🙂
@@lawrencemacd63 WILL do my friend :))
Very nice fly Mak!! When the ice melts, I’ll be fishing this--or maybe for ice fishing 😊…….Thank you 👍🎣
Thank you Kevin, I am glad you like it ,
Regards ,, Mak :))
Beautiful work! Thank you.
Thank you too! my friend :)))
Nice one Mak! I'll tie up a couple for fishing Bluegills. I use a lot of bead-chain on my flies and noticed that there's often a sharp burr at the hole on the bead so I'm in the habit of giving that area a quick dressing with 400 grit sandpaper. Just a precaution to save my tippet from being "nicked" and weakened.
Thank you Hank, I totally agree with you there, I normally use small file lol..
Regards,, Mak :))
Lovely pattern Mak, thanks I'll tie and try this one. Cheers, stay safe Big Davie.
Thank you David, I really appreciate that :))
Mak what a great looking pattern. Definitely tying this one
Thank you Mr Phillips, I really appreciate that friend :))
As always a great little bug. I'd love to see your patterns in wet conditions to see the shimmer of the materials when wet. Thx for maybe considering this. Cheers Dan from Hamburg/Germany
Great suggestion Daniel, I will do that one day, thank you the nice comment my friend :)))
Awesome tie
Thank you Ray, :))
Great pattern, It’ll work great on the bigger fish in my area. Thanks for another great vid mak!
Thank you Christian I am glad you like it
Regards,, Mak :))))
Great pattern there Mak. I’m always attracted to a scruffy bug more and this one fits that perfectly.
As always keep on doing what you do dude and thank you for sharing another one with us fans. 😊😊😊
Thank you El, I am glad you like it my friend, Stay well
Regards,, Mak :)))
Nice simple to tie fishy pattern! Thanks!
Thank you Mike, Much appreciated :))
Really like this one should be a panfish killer where I fish. No trout near by. You make it look easy love your videos
Thank you Jan, I really appreciate that my friend :))
Great as always 🙏
Thank you friend :))
Awesome work 🎣🤘
Thank you Adi, much appreciated friend :))
Nice pattern
Thanks a lot friend :))
Beautiful pattern! And simple, that's what I like. I'll have to find a substitute for the squirrel, can't find any in the shops....buck tail maybe.
Thank you Jan, I am glad you like it, you can use Paint Bruch Hair for Tail & Rabbit Hair :))
@@Makflies of course! *facepalm* Never thought of it, many thanks Mak! 🙂
with bead head work too, or without head on the grub hook work too very good
I use cross-ribbing with cooper wire also)
That's a great idea my friend, thank you for watching :))
Couldn’t see how you attached the bead to the hook? I watched it 3 times lol nice work
Thank you so much Robert :))
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍))
Thank you Alexandr :)
Tremendous piece of work sir 👏 👌 👍......can we use this as a Sabiki rig
Thank you friend, I think you probably can :))
Really nice pattern.
Will this fly ride point up with the bead chain eyes tied on top of the hook shank??
Thanks
Thank you Wayne, I am sorry I don't understand your question, It's a wet Pattern, basically it will stay in bellow the Surface Film with figure of 8 Retrieve :)))
@@Makflies Hi Mak sorry for the confusion.
If the fly has the dumbbell eyes tied on top of the hook shank, would it then be top heavy and “flip” the fly upside down when retrieving it? I understand it will run subsurface but was wondering if the point would ride up because of where the weight is placed?
Actually I think this
may be somewhat beneficial if it did?
Just curious I guess!!!
@@waynejansen3116 The Beads are hollow not really Heavy, yes it does put some weight. this Nymph / Fry has a perfect weight to swim in Sub Surface, even if it's flip it does not make difference, all it's need a perfect retrieve F-O 8 , OR a twitchy retrieve , :))
@@Makflies Thanks… makes perfect sense.
Love this channel by the way!!!
Mac nice work again.
Please tell me what vice you use,I like how fine the jaws are. How much did you have to give for it , if you don’t mind saying. Thank you.
Thank you John, It's a J Vise comes from South Africa, if you Goggle Jvise it will take you to the site :)))
Thanks old pal I’ll give it a look. I’ve been tying almost 40 years ,now on my third vice.
I might just treat myself to another one before I check out.
Mac
I checked out the Jvice but it seems to be a bit out of my price range. If you know anyone that may have a used one I would be interested in purchasing one.
Thanks again for your reply.
@@280AI Hi John, I am sorry Pal I don't know anyone but keep checking on ebay, someone might have listed in near future :))
@@Makflies Thanks Mak
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Thank you my friend :))
Do you coat the bead chain with lacquer or similar to reduce it rusting?
I don't but it would be ok to do that, like the idea :)))
How are you fishing this pattern please?
And do you have a pattern for hoglice and how to fish it please? I’ve just discovered my local small water is teeming with them.
are you familiar with Fly Fishing Trevor, It's a fresh water Pattern, and I use it on a Point, I don't have a pattern for Hoglice but I will upload soon,
@@Makflies thank you but just never fished with a pattern to represent hoglice always open to learning thanks.