Ice Check

Kings Bay

Lots of folks out here today battling the subzero temps. ATVs and snowmobiles out here so far. Nobody brave enough to drive their trucks out yet.

Random pics taken along Pt.Au Fer Rd.

Kelly Bay

Plenty of ice here I guess!!

Pheasant Tails

American Pheasant Tail

Pheasant Tail Variant

J's Peeking Caddis

Hook: TMC 3761
Weight: 5-6 Turns 0.020 Lead Wire
Case: Coyote Guard Hairs w/ 3 coats SSHN
Body: Lifecycle Blend (Insect Green & Caddis Green)
Legs: Black Hackle Fibers
Head: Tying Thread

Hat Trick

Designed by Brad Befus of Colorado.

Hook: TMC 2302
Head: Cooper Tungsten Bead
Thread: 70 Denier Ultra Thread Black
Tail: Dyed Brown Goose Biots
Rib: Copper Wire
Abdomen Cover/Shellback: Pearl Mirage Tinsel
Abdomen: Peacock Herl
Wing: Dyed Brown Goose Biots
Thorax: Peacock Herl
Hackle: Whiting Brown Hen Neck

Above listed are the original materials as described in Brads pattern. You will notice I have deviated slightly from this list.


My Buddy

Frankensaw

Part 044, part MS440......all guts. 70cc & 5.5hp. Now all its needs is a 24" bar with a RMC semi-chisel chain.....woo hoo !!

Double Standard

                                        Hook: TMC 3761 #12
                                        Head: Cooper Tungsten Bead
                                        Thread: UNI 8/0 Camel
                                        Tail: Pheasant Tail Fibers
                                         Rib: Copper Wire
                                         Abdomen: Pheasant Tail Fibers
                                         Thorax: Hares Ear ( yes....from the actual ear of the mask!)
                                         Wing Case: Pheasant Tail Fibers 

                                          This fly is finished @ 2/3 point or between abdomen and thorax



Handiest Saw Ever Built !

Here is one I brought back to life using OEM original parts !

Not a big 10 cube saw, actually they were only 50cc. Not a high revving Swedish meatball..they were slow and steady with lots of torque. Very reliable and got the job done like most German engineered equipment. There isnt much these saws couldnt handle. As a matter of fact there were numerous attachments that were available when these saws were introduced including a post hole digging attachment, a brush cutting attachment and a cut-off wheel attachment.

 

Royal Prince

                                        Hook: TMC 3761 #12
                                        Tail: Brown goose biots
                                        Rib: Fine gold wire
                                        Body: 1/3 Peacock herl, 1/3 Red floss, 1/3 Peacock herl
                                        Wing: White goose biots
                                        Collar: Brown dry fly saddle

Peacock Caddis

                                                     Hook: Mustad 94840 #14
                                                     Rib: Fine Gold Wire
                                                     Body: Peacock Herl
                                                     Wing: Bleached Elk
                                                     Hackle: Golden Badger

Quill Emerger

                                Hook: Mustad C49S #16
                                                     Abdomen: Stripped peacock quill
                                                     Wing: CDC Natural
                                                     Thorax: SLF dubbing - dark olive or color to suit naturals

Latest Addition To My Collection

 STIHL 021

Near mint condition....lets just say I got a good deal on it !!
Doesnt look too shabby for a 17 yr old saw...heh !

The Best Little Helper I know!!

Here's my 2 1/2 year old son Landon helping Mom and Dad pick out a Christmas tree.

Notice the reindeer he's holding.....AKA.."Baby Reindeer"

And here he is helping us take it down with his new STIHL MS chainsaw that Santa brought him. The saw runs pretty good and he sure knows how to use it !!

Doin some limbing...

More limbing

Looking to see which way it wants to fall

Know that he's figured out the felling direction, he applies a face cut...

Hornberg

Developed by Frank Hornberg of Portage County Wisconsin during the 1920's.

Hook: Streamer, 6-10 Mustad 38941, 9671
Thread: Black 
Body: Flat silver tinsel
Underwing: Yellow calf tail, tied so as to tilt slightly upward
Overwing: Flanked by 2 mallard flank feathers, half a shank past bend
Cheeks: Jungle cock eyes, 2nd eye showing
Hackle: Grizzly - tied as a dry fly collar

Kushaqua Tandem

Hook(s): (Front)Mustad 3906B #4 - (Rear)Mustad 3399A #4 - Connected with Sevenstrand 60lb steel leader material
Thread: UNI 6/0 yellow
Rib: Flat silver tinsel
Body: Yellow sparkle yarn
Underbelly: Peacock herl, then white bucktail
Wing: Two yellow hackles, flanked on ea side by two lavender hackles
Shoulders: A lemon wood duck flank feather
Cheeks: Jungle cock
Head: Black

Electrick Prince

                    Hook: TMC 3761 #12-16
                                 Tail: Goose Biots
                                 Body: UTC Ultra Wire
                                 Legs: Montana Fly Centepede Legs - Sm - Speckled Olive
                                 Thorax: Peacock Herl
                                 Wing Buds: Goose Biots

Winter Wonderland

Took some pics while taking my deer rifle for a walk during the last weekend of rifle season. Ahh...the Adirondacks.

Bead Head Copper Hare

                         Hook: Curved Nymph #6-14

                                        Thread: UNI 8/0 Rust Brown

                                        Tail: Ruffed Grouse

                                        Rib: Copper Wire

                                        Abdomen: Grey Squirrel

                                        Wing Pads: Ringneck Pheasant Neck Heart Feather

                                        Thorax: Grey Squirrel

                                        Collar: Ruffed Grouse

                                                            

Coal Miners Daughter

                                        Hook: Up eye salmon
                                        Tag: Opal Mirage Tinsel
                                        Body: 1/2 Hot pink UV Ice Dub, 1/2 purple UV Ice Dub
                                        Wing: Black bear
                                        Collar: 1 Silver pheasant body feather followed by 1 natural Black saddle hackle
                                        Eyes: Jungle Cock      
                              Head: Black