Comments on: Fly Tying: Smith’s Stonehopper https://azwanderings.com/fly-tying-smiths-stone-hopper/ ...fishing, hunting, and roaming the Southwest Thu, 09 May 2013 16:33:58 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: azwanderings https://azwanderings.com/fly-tying-smiths-stone-hopper/#comment-3380 Fri, 13 May 2011 22:59:28 +0000 http://azwanderings.com/?p=3562#comment-3380 In reply to Matt Smythe.

Thanks Matt. I dig that name to. I could get used to that…

Ben

]]> By: Matt Smythe https://azwanderings.com/fly-tying-smiths-stone-hopper/#comment-3373 Fri, 13 May 2011 13:42:06 +0000 http://azwanderings.com/?p=3562#comment-3373 Nice looking fly!
You could call it Smith’s Stonehopper.

]]> By: azwanderings https://azwanderings.com/fly-tying-smiths-stone-hopper/#comment-3352 Fri, 13 May 2011 00:43:30 +0000 http://azwanderings.com/?p=3562#comment-3352 In reply to Stephania Andrade.

Thanks Stephanie. I appreciate the kind words. I hope they work too…

Ben

]]> By: Stephania Andrade https://azwanderings.com/fly-tying-smiths-stone-hopper/#comment-3351 Thu, 12 May 2011 21:42:22 +0000 http://azwanderings.com/?p=3562#comment-3351 This is a great tutorial. Let me know how they work out for you!

]]> By: azwanderings https://azwanderings.com/fly-tying-smiths-stone-hopper/#comment-3340 Thu, 12 May 2011 12:34:00 +0000 http://azwanderings.com/?p=3562#comment-3340 In reply to David G.

I know David. I’m asking alot of you guys. Narcissistic is going in the hat too. We’ll see what else I can come up with. Thanks for the help man.

Ben

]]> By: azwanderings https://azwanderings.com/fly-tying-smiths-stone-hopper/#comment-3339 Thu, 12 May 2011 12:32:25 +0000 http://azwanderings.com/?p=3562#comment-3339 In reply to mr blur.

Glad you give it a nod of approval Mike. I am thinking about adding some more orange and black too. I think you are on to something. Trudi’s stone is going in the hat. We’ll see what I end up with. I guess I should probably fish it first to see if it works. Thanks again.

Ben

]]> By: David G https://azwanderings.com/fly-tying-smiths-stone-hopper/#comment-3317 Thu, 12 May 2011 05:24:16 +0000 http://azwanderings.com/?p=3562#comment-3317 In reply to azwanderings.

That is a lot of weight on our shoulders! I’m not great at naming flies. hmmmm… Narcyssistic? Eh? Narcy from Pteronarcy and give the fly a mirror and it will eat itself? That’s all I got man. Most of my flies are like “chiro, V4, goose, ice, red/brown” or “elk caddis, V2, rust, summer/fall”

]]> By: mr blur https://azwanderings.com/fly-tying-smiths-stone-hopper/#comment-3306 Wed, 11 May 2011 23:19:16 +0000 http://azwanderings.com/?p=3562#comment-3306 poly post is good idea. I grab a calftail wing haired dry as often as anything else.

why?

because I can see it.

you’ve got a trude-ish or trude-y wing.

“trudi’s stone”

w/ a nod to the charlie daniels band “trudi.”

cool simple and quick fly. because it’s simple and quick it qualifies as a guide fly.

I’d like to see some black and maybe just mebbe a touch or two of orange in the body. I’ve done as well with bigass orange stimis w/ grizz hackle as I have with foam.

I’ve said enough.

]]> By: azwanderings https://azwanderings.com/fly-tying-smiths-stone-hopper/#comment-3305 Wed, 11 May 2011 23:07:29 +0000 http://azwanderings.com/?p=3562#comment-3305 In reply to David G.

Thanks David. I need some help from you and Mike on a name. “Ben’s Salmonfly” seems a little weak…

]]> By: David G https://azwanderings.com/fly-tying-smiths-stone-hopper/#comment-3304 Wed, 11 May 2011 22:21:08 +0000 http://azwanderings.com/?p=3562#comment-3304 That copper rib and brown dubbing is a cool contrast on a dry and quite frankly, a great fly. *Thumbs up*!

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