That looks like a fish catching machine. Gonna have to get some of that blue perdigon tinsel. I really like the trick with the micro tubing as well. Gonna have to do that on my perdigon flies now. Thanks for sharing this fly and teaching an old dog a new trick! Tight lines!
I definitely love the creativity that we can have tying fly. I was just thinking about this problem (wrapping the body of the fly with some material that is something other than thread or mono so that the body remains the same color) with tinsel flies. Thanks for the tip.
I stopped using resin with tinsel because 1) It doesn't adhere due to tinsel's slickness 2) Since the tinsel is slick it sicks as fast or faster than resin 3) it is actually thinner. Medium size tinsel and UTC wire in dull colors makes them bullet proof. I love tan and white small wire and wish it was available in x-small.
Learn a lot for your videos so many thanks but I am not too clear on why the tubing is necessary - I get the idea of resin not adhering but is it really necessary? - i.e does the resin stick that much better?
For me it has made a very big difference in the resin not chipping off while fishing. And it will keep the fly together so you can still fish it if the resin does happen to come off.
Very interesting fly. Have you by chance tried iridescent purple? Purple seems to work well here in Utah. When tying perditions, is there a hook size that you use the most? Thanks for the great videos.
I use the iridescent purple on my Diabaetis perdigon. It works well. I don’t have a specific size hook that uses but I tend to stay fairly small with perdigons. I fish mostly (true) size 16-20 hooks. In the fulling mill 5125 in the video, that ends up equating to size 20-24 hooks.
Do you see a difference in adding a black wing case vs no wing case? I’ve tied them for years with no wing case and have had success but have not ever fished them with the wing case. Tubing was a great idea!
It’s hard to say one way or the other since I can’t really design a legitimate experiment to test whether it makes a difference or not. I do like the added contrast of the wing case so I add them most of the time.
My preference is definitely still the micro tubing but you can give tippet a try. My experience is that tippet will often slip on bare tinsel. Also, if the resin does chip or come off, the tippet can get cut by a trout's teeth fairly easily.
@@tacticalflyfisher3817 I have also found that tippet is a poor material for tying. It usually is the first thing to go on a fly.I still prefer UTC Wire in dull colors but micro tubing is and stretch cord for jewlery is great.
@@tacticalflyfisher3817On camera it looks almost indistinguishable from a gasolina variation. I'll have to tie some up and see for myself! I'd imagine it is slightly different to the natural eye. Thanks for sharing!
STOP I have been using blue for YEARS because A) it works and B) No one else used it. Now there is a lot of blue flies out there :) JK I am against gate keeping and nice fly.
The Pinky you tied recently was a big hit here in central PA! Thank you!!
Glad to hear it
@@tacticalflyfisher3817 I am tying your blue steel right now! 👍 Can't wait to try it tomorrow
@@j.r.dewyer7163 let me know how it fishes for you.
@@tacticalflyfisher3817 will do!
That looks like a fish catching machine. Gonna have to get some of that blue perdigon tinsel. I really like the trick with the micro tubing as well. Gonna have to do that on my perdigon flies now. Thanks for sharing this fly and teaching an old dog a new trick! Tight lines!
Happy tying
Love this fly!! That’s a really cool idea with the tubing!!!
Thanks! The tubing is perfect. I wish I'd tried it on tinsel bodies a long time ago.
@@tacticalflyfisher3817 I’m so excited to try that out! Hopefully your inventory levels are good on clear tubing haha!!
@@richardferrara86 we just got a big batch so we should be good for a bit.
I definitely love the creativity that we can have tying fly. I was just thinking about this problem (wrapping the body of the fly with some material that is something other than thread or mono so that the body remains the same color)
with tinsel flies. Thanks for the tip.
Another good one, Devon. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks and happy tying
I stopped using resin with tinsel because 1) It doesn't adhere due to tinsel's slickness 2) Since the tinsel is slick it sicks as fast or faster than resin 3) it is actually thinner. Medium size tinsel and UTC wire in dull colors makes them bullet proof. I love tan and white small wire and wish it was available in x-small.
The Zoolander!
Learn a lot for your videos so many thanks but I am not too clear on why the tubing is necessary - I get the idea of resin not adhering but is it really necessary? - i.e does the resin stick that much better?
For me it has made a very big difference in the resin not chipping off while fishing. And it will keep the fly together so you can still fish it if the resin does happen to come off.
Very interesting fly. Have you by chance tried iridescent purple? Purple seems to work well here in Utah.
When tying perditions, is there a hook size that you use the most?
Thanks for the great videos.
I use the iridescent purple on my Diabaetis perdigon. It works well.
I don’t have a specific size hook that uses but I tend to stay fairly small with perdigons. I fish mostly (true) size 16-20 hooks. In the fulling mill 5125 in the video, that ends up equating to size 20-24 hooks.
Do you see a difference in adding a black wing case vs no wing case? I’ve tied them for years with no wing case and have had success but have not ever fished them with the wing case.
Tubing was a great idea!
It’s hard to say one way or the other since I can’t really design a legitimate experiment to test whether it makes a difference or not. I do like the added contrast of the wing case so I add them most of the time.
When does the Magnum perdigon come out?
I still need to work on that one :)
Well with the Iron Lotus and a Blue Steel there really needs to be a Magnum.
Very similar to a rainbow warrior, almost a variation with a bead.
Nice one, can you swap 5x tippet for the tubing?
My preference is definitely still the micro tubing but you can give tippet a try. My experience is that tippet will often slip on bare tinsel. Also, if the resin does chip or come off, the tippet can get cut by a trout's teeth fairly easily.
@@tacticalflyfisher3817 I have also found that tippet is a poor material for tying. It usually is the first thing to go on a fly.I still prefer UTC Wire in dull colors but micro tubing is and stretch cord for jewlery is great.
Nice fly…what variant cdl is used here?
I was using a light corzuno but any corzuno, pardo, or aconchado would work fine.
What's the difference between this fly and the gasolina?
The color profile is completely different than a gasolina. The Blue Steel is a lot brighter than a gasolina in addition to being blue.
@@tacticalflyfisher3817On camera it looks almost indistinguishable from a gasolina variation. I'll have to tie some up and see for myself! I'd imagine it is slightly different to the natural eye. Thanks for sharing!
Would this work as well with D-rib?
@@andyk914 d rib is thicker and doesn’t compress as well as micro tubing. You could still use it but it would be bulkier.
STOP I have been using blue for YEARS because A) it works and B) No one else used it. Now there is a lot of blue flies out there :)
JK I am against gate keeping and nice fly.