ICE AGE Mice pattern

ICE AGE Mice

I tie this pattern for Mongolia, my friend said it looks like the Squirrel in the movie ICE AGE... 

So.... I decided to name it the Ice Age Mice

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Materials:

3mm thk close cell foam
TMC 202SP size 1/0 or bigger
Squirrel zonker
Rubber legs
80Ibs mono line
Palm chenille small
Loon Hard Head - black
Gel Super glue

The step by step tying instructions:

Prepare the hook

Tie in the mono line - to prevent the tail from rapping around the hook

Tie in the squirrel zonker as tail

Cut a pcs of 3mm thk close cell foam as per the shape show in picture

Drop some glue on the hook...Tie in the close cell foam

Tie in the palm chenille

Wind in the palm chenille, tie down and trim the extra

Tie in the rubber legs

Fold over the foam, tie down near the hook eye

Cut another pcs of cloce cell foam as per the shape shown

Drop some Gel super glue and tie down the foam as per the picture

Drop a drop of Loon hard head as eye at both side...
The Ice Age Mice is ready...

I like the action, it's easy to cast and the Mice have very good gurgling action if you give it a short quick stripping

Cheers...

Happy tying...

Tying Sculpin with Sculpin Helmet

Sculpin with Sculpin Helmet

The little Sculpin that I'm tying

Materials:

Head - Sculpin Helmet by FishSkull brown small and Woodchuck fibers

Body and tail - Squirrel Zonker

Hook - Gamakatsu B10S

Belly and under body - Prism SLF Dub

Sili Legs, Gel Glue and Markers

Step by step tying instructions:

Prepare the hook and tie in some dubbing

I use brown, gray and dark brown dubbing to create the belly and underbody

Turn the vise, hook thru the zonker, drop a small drop of Gel glue to secure it

Tie down the zonker and trim the extra

Tie in the Sili leg at both side

Cut 2 small pcs of zonker and tie in at the side as the side fins

Tie in some dark brown dubbing

Tie in some Woodchuck fiber

Fold over the fiber and tie down, whip finish.

Add some adequate amount of Gel glue, insert the Sculpin Head, glue on the eye

Tie in some thread to secure the head

Color it with marker. The Sculpin is ready

Have fun and happy tying

Cheers....

CDC Elk Hair Caddis

CDC Elk Hair

A photo of a caddis from the web

A beautiful illustration from Flyfisher Group

Materials:

CDC as abdomen

Rooster Neck hackle as legs

Elk hair as wiing

Hook - TMC 100 size 12

Step by step tying instructions

Prepare the hook

Tie in a Floro Green CDC

Twist the CDC and wind it on the hook

Tie down the CDC

Trim the extra CDC

Tie in another CDC, you may use Olive or darker color CDC

Twist the CDC and wind it on, tie down and keep about 1/4 hook length from the hook eye

 Tie in a dry fly hackle

Wind in the hackle

Trim the top portion of the hackle

Tie in some Elk Hair

Trim the Elk hair and whip finish

Extended Abdomen Hopper X

Extended Abdomen Hopper X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preparing for my Mongolia trip this coming September, I need to tie a hopper pattern that float high and easy to see...

Picture of the hopper I'm imitating

Materials :

Hook - Gamakatsu B10S / F-314 size 6

3mm thks and 1.5mm thk close cell foam 

Loon Hard Head 

Pheasant Tail knob legs

Barb sili legs

Elk Hair as inner wing

Tape wing

Markers

Step by step tying instructions:

Prepare the foam abdomen separately... 

(the SBS of this will be post separately)

Tie down the lower portion of the foam and drop some super glue

Tie down the top portion of the foam

Color the abdomen with the marker

Tie in a pair of knob Pheasant tail fiber leg

Tie in a pcs of 1.5mm thk foam

Tie in some Orange color Elk hair

Fold over the 3mm top portion foam, tie down

Tie in the tape wing and sili legs

Tie in a bright Yelow foam on top

Fold over the bottom portion and tie down both foam

Whip finish 

Color it with marker, drop a black Loon Hard Head as eye and paint the leg red

The Extended Abdomen Hopper X is ready