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Evenson's Demon Seed SBS

Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2015 12:53 pm
by ScottP
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Simple, buggy. Seems to share some genetic code with a Gartside Sparrow, which is not a bad thing. Maybe not quite a flymph, but a cool bug anyway so I thought I'd share.


hook - Dai Riki 280 #10
thread - Danville 6/0 brown
tail - partridge
body - peacock herl
rib - pheasant aftershaft
hackle - partridge
bead - 1/8" black


mash barb, slide on bead, start thread, wrap to bend

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measure (shank length) partridge (2 feathers used here); tie in

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tie in some peacock, wrap to bead; tie off/trim, return thread to bend

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split thread, insert aftershaft feather, spin bobbin, moisten, stroke back while wrap to bead

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tie in partridge by tip

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wrap, tie off/trim, half hitch x 2, SHHAN

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Regards,
Scott

Re: Evenson's Demon Seed SBS

Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2015 1:40 pm
by tie2fish
"Buggy" is right, Scott, and more than just a little "wooly" as well. I can easily imagine this in a Size #8 or #6 bringing smallmouth on the run ... er, swim ;) . Thanks for sharing this.

Re: Evenson's Demon Seed SBS

Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2015 8:15 pm
by letumgo
Marvelously lively looking fly. You make it look easy. Well done.

Re: Evenson's Demon Seed SBS

Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2015 8:37 am
by William Anderson
Scott, this looks great. Ray taught me to tie a Raccoon (?) pattern that is similar. He uses it for steelheads and they work great. I can't remember now the differences between what you've tied and the coon pattern, but they were certainly cousins. This does look like a killer smallie pattern. Nice sbs. Thanks.

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Re: Evenson's Demon Seed SBS

Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2015 10:42 am
by ScottP
Thanks folks. William, here's a version of Skip Morris' Racoon I tied up for my trip to Alaska this summer. Never ended up using it but I'm sure it would have worked well on pinks; everything else we threw at them worked.

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hook - Mustad 9671 #6
underbody - non-tox .030
thread - UTC 140 hot pink
tail - grizzly hen
abdomen - Ice Dub UV hot pink
hackle - grizzly hen


Regards,
Scott

Re: Evenson's Demon Seed SBS

Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2015 11:45 am
by letumgo
Scott - I have caught a lot of fish on Skip Morris' Raccoon pattern. I especially like the black version and white version of this fly. I've tried the pink, but will less success than with the black or white versions.

http://www.flymphforum.com/viewtopic.ph ... oon#p10493
http://www.flytyingforum.com/pattern4759.html
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My versions are not tyed as nicely as yours, but they still catch fish like crazy.

Re: Evenson's Demon Seed SBS

Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2015 12:17 pm
by ScottP
letumgo wrote: My versions are not tyed as nicely as yours, but they still catch fish like crazy.

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Ray,

I beg to differ; they're all beautiful. I really like the white one; did you use mallard for the hackle?

Regards,
Scott

Re: Evenson's Demon Seed SBS

Posted: Tue Sep 15, 2015 5:33 pm
by letumgo
I used wood duck flank feathers. Dry fly guys will shudder at this next statement, but wood duck flank makes a wonderful hackle material for wet flies.

Re: Evenson's Demon Seed SBS

Posted: Wed Sep 16, 2015 9:26 am
by William Anderson
Scott, thanks for the extra pics. The black Raccoon that Ray shows (thanks Ray) is what I was thinking of. I believe its a prespun wire dubbed body. I like these little streamers a lot. I don't get to do a lot of streamer drifting but I've seen enough evidence for these to put them in my pack. Nice pics.