March came in like a lion, and isn’t quite going out like a lamb. Maybe “out like a lion cub” is more appropriate? Anyway, it was a fun month at the vice to be tying up some new and old patterns for the boxes. Read on!

Right before writing this I finished up just over a half dozen Walt’s Worms for the more practical end of things. Most of the flies from this month are ones that I hope to use both now and into the summer not only for trout but smallmouth and other species as well. Each photo below has a caption describing the pattern, just in case you’re curious (hover your clicker over the picture for the caption to appear).

Chartreuse/White Clousers with large beadchain eyes.

An assortment of Morlock’s Beast Bait streamers.

Some Purplish/Chartreuse Clousers (I like the call the color combo, “The Joker”).

Cohen’s Mud Puppets.

Olive/Yellow and Olive/Tan/Yellow Clousers.

Some smaller Craft Fur Clousers, along with two Mud Puppets.

Cohen’s Jiggy Cray, kind of.

Something sculpin-ish that I concocted with some leftover materials.

A pair of Ted’s Swimming Hex Nymphs.

Some Beast Bait variations with a sculpin helmet.

A pair of SF Minnows with Fishskulls

Olive/White Strolis’ Headbanger Sculpins for a local shop.

A crayfish version of Mauser’s Hackle Crab.

Strolis’ Headbanger Sculpins for the personal stash.

Mudich Minnows.

Two attempts at Marabou Muddlers.

Brown Strolis’ Headbanger Sculpins for a local shop.

Experimental tie on a Damcraw, tied in cream for a molting crayfish.

A handful of Walt’s Worms, BH and heavily weighted.

Whitlock’s Fox Squirrel nymph variations – half tied BH Soft Hackle, half tied like Carp Bitters.

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What have you been tying at the vice this month?