Doug's Beauties

[JohnP]

Awesome! Thanks for sharing!

[kanutripr]

Is there a little silver tag on that first one?

Love 'em! Both of 'em. I've got a thing for those palmered bodies.





Vicki

[DOUGSDEN]

To everyone,
A sincere THANKS to everyone who posted such wonderful comments about my tying. Bills photography is absolutely wonderful. Thanks friend! I have to admit.....I have alot to learn when it comes to practically every aspect of tying. That's why I am sooo keyed up about Roscoe here in about 3 months from now! I cannot wait to meet everyone who has signed on to make the trip. New things to learn, new waters to try, and new friends to meet. This is going to be pretty cool indeed!
Vicki, yes there is a gold tag (about 3-4 turns down and back again) at the butt end of the body. This is simply a leadwing coachman receipe but I have substituted a body feather from a flicker. I have used this pattern for years and it does a number on my local fishes all year long. Peacock is such a great material to work with and it looks sooo buggy under water.
The Stewarts Spider is such a great pattern as well. When you first tie them and send them out on patrol, your mind says, "These can't possibly work!" At that moment, they disappear in a swirl and suddenly, you are a believer! I also tie them in the black and red and both are "capitol killers". The late, great Syl Nemes once suggested trying a "hackle only" pattern tied with just a turn or two of Hungarian Partridge at the head. I took his suggestion and tied a few and they are dandies as well! His point was the hackle is where it's at. This would seem very much so according to it's success and the with the success of the spider series from W.C. Stewart. With a well tied flymph, just the opposite seems true. The body does all the work! Has anyone tried a body only flymph? It's a neat thing to cross the borders once in a while and experiment with differnent hybrids. It's also a great thing to have both at your disposal just in case you'd like your immitation to look a little more like the natural insect! Good heavens, I've really gotten off track! Thanks for listening folks and thanks once again for the really nice comments on my attempts at tying!
Your pal, Dougsden

[Kelly L.]

The Flicker and Herl fly knocked my socks off! Way cool flies Dougsden!!

[letumgo]

Here are a few more of Doug's beautiful flies. Doug sent me a set of his flies back in January, but I am only now getting a chance to photograph the flies. I will post additional photos of the flies, once I have a chance to photograph them.

Here are a few of Doug's fantastic rendition of Dave Whitlock's famous Red Fox Squirrel Nymph. The serpentine hook gives these flies a lot of implied movement. I tried to capture this in the photos, by moving them around a bit to show of the body/tail/hackle/tinsel rib/etc. These are three separate flies, all tyed on TMC 400T swimming nymph hooks (sizes 10, 12 & 14).





Don't they look like they are wriggling their way off the vice already?

I am honestly torn about these beauties...part of me wants to put them in a frame as inspirations and part of me wants to take them fishing. As much as I want to keep these flies, they just beg to be fished...

Thanks, Doug for such a wonderful set of flies. It is a treat seeing your flies in-hand. The more I study the little details, the more impressive they look.

(Click on the images to see them in a larger size & see more of the details)

[DUBBN]

Ray, thank you for taking the time to photograph and display those beautys! Dougsden, you and Bill (tie2fish) do a superb job tying/displaying some great patterns. Thank goodness nobody in my neck of the woods carry the swimming nymph hooks, or I would be on my out the door to buy some. Again, props to all of you!

[CreationBear]

Ha, that swimming nymph is a show-stopper--as much info about dubbing blends, etc. would be greatly appreciated.

[letumgo]

Here are a few more of Doug's Flies, for your viewing pleasure (click on the images to see them in their full glory):

Tan Flymph (turned down eye / TDE version): Tyed on a TMC 9300/Size 10 hook


Tan Flymph (turned up eye / TUE version): Tyed on a Mustad 94842/Size 10


I hope you like the tan flymph photos. They are extremely difficult to photograph. It is very hard to get the exposure just right. I had a hard time keeping the images from being overexposed, blowing out the details. This is the best I could do - but I know they could be better.

Doug's Golden Boy (dark ginger dubbing - boardering on olive w/prairie hen hackle): Tyed on Gamakatsu hook from Mark Romero (model unknown)


Doug's Golden Boy (light ginger dubbing - w/prairie hen hackle): Tyed on Gamakatsu hook from Mark Romero (model unknown)


Orange Fish Hawk (at least that is what I think it is):


Black Flymph (TDE version):


Doug - Sorry it took me so long to photograph the flies. I had a couple business trips that took me away for a while. I am just getting settled in and catching up on the forum. Thanks for the flies. This is one helluva collection.

[DUBBN]

Awesome patterns. Precisely tyed, and photographed.

[hankaye]

Ray & Doug, Howdy;

Gotta go get a scraper to help get my chin off the table
Amazing bits of tying and photography.

Thanks for sharing...

hank