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The Great Fly Collection of 2012: Midges

February 24, 2012 by n.taylor Leave a Comment

In part two of our six part mini-series Scott presents us with his midge collection from this past winter. This box includes not only the typical fare of midges but also some unique prototypes and true to form, a few annelids. I couldn’t count how many he made because I actually had to work today, but as you can see from the pictures there are hundreds. Most of the flies have UV knot sense which he cures first with a UV light, and then puts in a homemade outdoor oven. His proprietary outdoor oven focuses direct sunlight to fully cure the knot sense creating a perfectly clear finish.

Lots of hours and I’m sure lots of beers went into this one.

Filed Under: Winter Tagged With: Fly Tying, Midges, Scott Spooner, The Great Collection

The Great Fly Collection of 2012

February 23, 2012 by n.taylor 5 Comments

This winter many of us tied flies for the upcoming season. Flies we love, flies that we want to try, and of course a few bugs that are “just going to kill it”. I applaud all of you but, I think that the MVP award belongs to Scott Spooner. Over the next week I will be displaying Scott’s great pieces of work but today we are starting with his collection of Juju Baetis. Even Charlie Craven would be jealous of his collection featuring over 350 Juju Baetis. Enjoy.

Filed Under: Winter Tagged With: Juju Baetis, Scott Spooner, The Great Collection, Tying

Fly Tying

December 14, 2010 by n.taylor 4 Comments

Tying Desk

Tyler, Cody, and Scott

With my fishing season over and knowing that I have a few months of wicked ski traffic to deal with here in Colorado a couple of friends and I got together to reminisce of warmer days, hash out some fishing plans for the spring, and tie flies. I worked on a truck load of midges because I’m not very good at much else while others among us (ahem, Scott Spooner) tied copper johns until even I was nauseated. I guess I just don’t have the patience for that many steps, thread and ribbing seem to suit me very well. I also have Midge Man as an inspiration to keep me thinking of new patterns and copy some of most of his stuff.

Tyler was trying out some more of Herman DeGala’s patterns and inventing the next greatest baetis imitation (don’t worry pheasant tail, you’re still my favorite). While Cody is more in line with me, he likes really easy stuff like worms and so we got along well as we sat feeding the other guys beers waiting for them to use the bathroom so we could take a few of their stash home with us.

Some of My Production

Some of My Production

At the end of the evening I can happily say that I now have grip loads of new flies that I don’t have room for and that I probably will never use but hey, they look cool and with all the different colors it might make a nice mantle piece someday.

Filed Under: Winter Tagged With: Cody Hoeckelberg, Friends, Party, Scott Spooner, Tying, Tyler Kendrick

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