Thanks To Brian

[Lancer09]

My articulated patterns look a LOT better than they used to. Plus I made myself buy schlappen.. this is nice, and UV dyed polar chenille is awesome.

Enjoy.

Before Hand, I went ahead with Schmidt's Mufasa:

Here is a dungeon or two:

Boogie Man:

Circus Peanut:

Bottoms Up, unfortunately I could only find larger popper heads so only one is on the rear hook:

Fathead.. I know, i forgot the back mallard, but this was the most photogenic fly:

Homemade fly box that has been filled in the last two weeks:\

[Brian Wise]

VERY cool!! Great job!

Schlalppen is pretty major, and really "fills" the body without adding bulk. It also makes GREAT tails (you will see in the Double Deceiver video)

[DaddyO]

I'd never really thought about tying an articulated pattern until I started watching Brian's videos. I actually tied my first one the other day. Brian, thanks for taking the intimidation out of tying these patterns.

[Brian Wise]

My pleasure fellas......seriously appreciate the kind words.

[rfd515]

Another great one, especially if you're not throwing an 8 wt, is Rich Strolis' Knucklehead, although the hooks are pretty pricey.

http://vimeo.com/15390959

[Brian Wise]

Rich is a stud. One of the first tying videos I ever did was of his "Ice Pick".

[Lancer09]

Caught a 22" male rainbow and a 19" female bow tonight on a white circus peanut. This shizz works Yo. I missed a couple fish on the Mufasa, and had two or three pop off fishing a white circus Peanut.

[Brian Wise]

Caught a 22" male rainbow and a 19" female bow tonight on a white circus peanut. This shizz works Yo. I missed a couple fish on the Mufasa, and had two or three pop off fishing a white circus Peanut.

NICE!

What hooks are you using on the Peanuts?

[DaddyO]

Brian,

OK. I have a few questions here. I noticed in the Ice Pick video that the hook you are using has a down eye.

Will the fly run with the hook eye up or will it run with the hook eye down? I feel like it will turn over and run with the eye up, although, I think it would depend on where the weight in that fish head is distributed.

If it runs with the eye up, does that mean that the pattern should be flipped and is it supposed to be yellow or white on top? (I know the colors can vary, but, I'm referring to the video)

Thanks in advance, your videos really help me.

[Brian Wise]

Brian,

OK. I have a few questions here. I noticed in the Ice Pick video that the hook you are using has a down eye.

Will the fly run with the hook eye up or will it run with the hook eye down? I feel like it will turn over and run with the eye up, although, I think it would depend on where the weight in that fish head is distributed.

If it runs with the eye up, does that mean that the pattern should be flipped and is it supposed to be yellow or white on top? (I know the colors can vary, but, I'm referring to the video)

Thanks in advance, your videos really help me.

The Fish Skull holds it in place. I swear, Fish Skulls would keel a craw hook. In all seriousness though, I am not 100% sure it would make any difference if you tied an Ice Pick that did flip over. The only action that fly has is jigging so it wont hurt the action at all and it is defenitely not going to make a fish NOT eat because the darker color is on bottom. Now, if it were a fly that had more of a "darting" action then yes, it would matter because then it would mess with the action of the fly and in my eyes that is the main thing about all of these flies.....how they move through the water.