All examples are tied
with Tuffleye!
Bio: Jonny King
Jonny King has been tying freshwater flies for nearly 30
years and started tying for saltwater in about 1990.
He has fly fished throughout the United States and in
Canada, Central America, South America and the Carribean,
and has caught all the major freshwater and inshore
saltwater species. His favorite fish and locations
are the rainbow and brown trout of the Delaware River
system in the Castkills and the stripers of Cape Cod Bay
and New York Harbor. He taught himself to tie as a
young teenager reading Poul Jorgenson's instructional
books, and has tied for virtually every kind of fly fishing
-- tiny dry flies, bass bugs, steelhead patterns,
Northeastern striper flies, tuna flies, and flats patterns
for bones, tarpon, permit and snook. He has many
tying influences in both the freshwater and saltwater
world, but especially acknowledges Bob Popovics, who has
shared so much insight into saltwater flies and bait with
Jonny and introduced him to Tuffleye, which has reignited
his interest in epoxy style flies. When not fishing,
Jonny is an intellectual property trial lawyer in New York
City and a professional jazz pianist who has toured
througout the world and has three CDs as a leader to his
credit. You can check out his musical bio at
www.jonnyking.com.
The above flies were tied
by Jonny King
Bio: Phil
Brna
I originally came to Alaska in 1977 as
an Army 2LT, and when I stepped out of the airport
into the Anchorage sunshine and saw the mountains, I knew I
was home. When I left the Army, worked for
the ADF&G for over 20 years. The first 10 years I
worked in south central Alaska, Bristol Bay, Kodiak,
the Alaska Peninsula and Prince William Sound, and the
second ten years I was the ADF&G pipeline supervisor
working from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez. I have seen lots
of Alaska and I can't imagine calling anywhere else home. I
retired in 2000 when I was 45. People ask me
why I retired when I was so young and my answer is
"because I could." I presently work as a biologist
for the US Fish and Wildlife Service. I fish a lot
for salmon, steelhead, and rainbow trout and in recent
years I have been travelling to warmer places to fish for
bonefish, tarpon, roosterfish etc... I am really enjoying
teaching my 12 year old son to fish. I love tying flies
almost as much as fishing and I tie a lot of flies just
because it relaxes me. I have been tying a lot with
Tuffleye and it is so much better than epoxy because it is
fast and less messy. I am also involved with a new business
venture started by Steve Haber who founded Bolle. We
have started a company called HaberVision and we offer high
quality polarized sunglasses and ski goggles at half the
cost of the competition because we have no
dealers- internet sales only. We can be found at
habervision.com (use affinity code
FISHEYE).
The Boom Creek has a Tuffleye head
over bead chain eyes with a frame of 25 pound hard
mono. This is a nasty fly to make with epoxy but
incredibly easy to do with Tuffleye.
The flies
above were tied by Phil Brna
with
TuffleyeTM
The following tied
by Al
Quattrocchi
Anchovy Candy
by Al Quattrocchi
Hook: Tiemco 800s size 2
Belly Flash: silver flashabou
Body: super hair, smoke
Wing: Olive over light blue crystal hair
Head: Tuffleye ( two stage )
Eyes: #3 Silver Self-Stick
Tying instructions, refer to Bob Popovic's book
"POPFLEYES"
under surf
candy!
BIO:
Al
Quattrocchi
Fisherman / Art Director
Al Quattrocchi ( aka Al Q ) was born in Brooklyn and was
schooled fishing the bridges, beaches and jettys of Breezy
Point and Jamaica Bay chasing stripers, weakfish and
bluefish. After graduating High School, Al moved to
California in 1978 to attend college. He attended Loyola
Marymount University and graduated Art Center College of
Design with a BA in Advertising Design. Al Q is a grammy
award winning creative director for his company, Tornado
Design in Los Angeles. His love for design and art are
translated directly into his flytying skills, many of which
have been taught to him his mentors and friends, Bob
Popovics, Lefty Kreh, and Nick Curcione. Al Q is an avid
saltwater flyfisherman who specializes in flyfishing the
surf and tying beautiful saltwater patterns that catch
fish.
"Deceiver" with a Tuffleye
head and "Red Jiggy" with a Tuffleye head
by Al Quattrocchi
David
Witham (Australia)
Above and
flies tied below
I started fishing when I was about 5 and could hold and
manage a handline. This grew into serious bait fishing,
onto lure fishing and then about 8 years ago in fly fishing
and fly tying. Being based on the New South Wales Central
Coast (Australia), there are plenty of options available
for year-round fresh and salt water fly fishing which has
proven to be an ideal testing ground for new patterns.
Personally I have caught almost 60 species on fly and that
list grows every year. Most of these fish have been caught
in flies I have tied myself and that is the thing that
satisfies me the most with this sport.
As I was staring out in fly fishing I found it difficult to
find others that shared my passion for the sport on the
Central Coast, so I decided to start a fly fishing club.
The Central Coast Fly Rodders was founded back in 2001 and
rapidly grew in membership to around forty. Fishing for new
species and developing the flies and techniques required to
catch them is actively encouraged. And it has been
interesting to see new patterns and variations of old
patterns come out of our members that suit the fish we
target and the way we fish.
Here are a few fly patterns, using Tuffleye, that we use
for chasing pelagics in the salt and the Australian Bass in
the fresh.
Polar
Fibre Minnow – Target species – Tailor,
Kingfish, Bonito
UV
Pearl Candy – Target species - Frigate Mackeral,
Australian Salmon
PolarFlash Baitfish - Target species – Tailor,
Salmon, Kingfish, Mackeral, Barramundi
Bendback Bass Vampire - Target species – Australian
Bass, Golden Perch
Joe
Pheifer (New Jersey)
Above and
flies tied below
I am a passionate salt water fly fisherman and fly
tyer. I grew up at the Jersey shore, but now live in
Hoboken and work in New York City. Most of the
time, I cast my flies into the surf between
between Sandy Hook and Island Beach State Park, NJ for
striped bass, bluefish, weakfish, false albacore, fluke and
hickory shad. I've also fished along most of the East
Coast, Mexico, Costa Rica, Venezuela and the
Bahamas. My ambition to fish foreign seas is limited only
by vacation time and funding--but I love my home waters
just as much.
I
was drawn to fly fishing because of the flies.
I had fished the surf and jetties with
spinning gear since I as a kid, and had already
been tying simple flies to use as teasers in tandem
with plugs and jigs. Not only did I enjoy the tying aspect,
but catching fish on something I made myself appealed to
me--as well as not having to deal with treble hooks!
Since I knew nothing about fly fishing, in 1997 I took
advantage of a class organized by Joe Keegan
of the Ramsey Outdoor Store. Little did
I realize that the class instructors were an All-Star
team: Bob Popovics, Ed Mitchell, Tom Gilmore, and Ken
and Lori Vanderlaske. Most of the
class took place over a weekend on Martha's
Vineyard, a fly fishing Mecca and one of my favorite
destinations ever since that first visit. Several years
ago, I joined the Coastal Flyrodders, a
fly fishing club, which has led to wonderful
friendships and greatly enhanced my enjoyment of
the sport.
Surf
Candy
An example of the Popovics classic, featuring a mixed wing
of super hair and unique hair.
Hook: Mustad S71S SS, size 2
Belly: silver or pearl Gudebrod HT braid, or similar
Top wing: Tan super hair mixed with goldenrod unique hair
Bottom wing: white or polar white super and unique hair
mixed
Flash: pearl and holographic silver flashabou (added after
1st coat of core)
Lateral line: pearl, silver or holograhic silver flash of
appropriate width
Eye: 2.0 prismatic stick-on (added after 1st coat of core)
Body: 2 coats of Tuffleye Core, or 1 coat of Core and 1
coat of Finish
DNA
Deceiver
This is a flashy version of Lefty's Deceiver that is very
durable due to the synthetic wing and Tuffleye head.
Hook: Mustad C68S SS size 1/0
Tail: 2 or 4 white saddle or neck hackles
Top wing: DNA holo-fusion, yellow, neon lime, or other;
apply two layers, each folded over
Bottom wing: DNA holo-fusion, polar white or white; apply
two layers, each folded over
Lateral line: flashabou mirage opal or lt. blue
Throat: red DNA powder fish fiber, or red flourofibre
Eyes: 2.5 or 3.0 prismatic stick-on (added after 1st coat
of core)
Head: 2 coats of Tuffleye Core
“Sockeye
Bug” below by Mark Papazian
“Sockeye Bug” by Mark
Papazian
Hook:
Size 6 Gamakatsu #2307 or Mustad #92553R
Body:
Krystal Flash
Tail:
Krystal Flash
Thread:
Clear 2lb Monofilament
Instructions:by
Bob Papazian
Start
by selecting 15-20 Krystal Flash fibers (the longer the
better). Tie on the tail but don’t trim the excess
Krystal Flash. Wind mono up near the hook eye. Wrap excess
Krystal Flash forward to eye. Tie off trim excess (save for
the next fly). You should be able to do 2-3 flies with a
6” long section of Krystal Flash fibers. Coat
Tuffleye core material liberally on the body. You
don’t need to brush or scrape it on. Just squeeze it
right out of the syringe straight on to the body. Stick the
“bug” on a drying wheel for 1-2 minutes &
let Tuffleye self level & shape the body. Hit it with
the Tuffleye light for 15-20 seconds. The body will be set
but slightly tacky. A thin coat of the finish material
(optional) can be brushed over the core material to bring
out more shine & remove the tackiness. Lacquer thinner
will work too, in a pinch.
This is a quick & easy fly to make with Tuffleye
because you can make the “bugs” in batches (as
many as your wheel will hold). Then cure them all at once
with the Tuffleye light. The old method using epoxy was
laborious, as you could only coat 1 or 2 flies at a time
before the epoxy set. With Tuffleye you can tie 20
“Sockeye Bugs” in the time it took to do 8 with
epoxy. 
“Sockeye Bug” assortment by Mark Papazian
During
the summer months Mark Papazian is a Fishing Guide at
Alaska’s Boardwalk Lodge- an
“Orvis-Endorsed” ocean front lodge located on
Prince of Wales Island in Southeast Alaska. When summer
ends, it’s back to classes in Fresno, California
where he’s an Ag-Business Major. Mark came up with
the design for the “Sockeye Bug” while fishing
the small clear streams on Prince of Wales Island.
It’s his go-to Sockeye Salmon fly and also works well
on the Island’s Dolly Varden & Cutthroat Trout
when used as a dropper fly trailing a streamer.
Bio:
Bill Hamilton
Born in 1951; fished, hunted and golfed with my Dad
until college (1969 – ROLL TIDE) in ponds in south
Alabama (he had a fly rod and I had a Zebco); Daddy died in
1986 – my brother got the golf clubs – I got
the 16 gauge and the fly rods (I won.) I have been
tying, building rods and fishing since – Western NC,
North GA, South AL. As a side hobby I finished Dental
School in 1977 at UAB;wonderful gorgeous wife, 4 MARRIED
children, 1 grand daughter. The Tuffleye material is
great and easy to use. So much easier than epoxy
– mix, apply, rotate, clean-up,
touch-up,etc.
Squirrel
Tail Crawfish
(by Bill Hamilton): colors to match water conditions
– light, medium or dark.
Thread: Black or Brown – 6/0
Hook: Steamer, 6 – 14, 1X, 2X
Claw: Red or grey squirrel tale hair
Abdomen: Dubbing to match (plain or
sparkle)
Legs: Primarily brown or grizzly
Back: Turkey – light, dark, mottled – coated
with Tuffleye finish
This
is for bass and bream – just get them
excited:=)
Copper John
#20 guage hook by Bill Hamilton:=)
I used the recipe from FlyFisherman.com. Substitute
Tuffleye Finish for the wing case. Direct link to the
article:
www.Flyfisherman.com/ftb/jbbarrflies/index5.html
– the whole article on John Barr’s
“Hopper, Copper, Dropper” is a great read. I
tied 8 or 10 Copper Johns and coated the wing cases with
Tuffleye Finish. Applied it with a bodkin to the desired
shape and cured. Great material - no mixing or rotation
device needed, so easy to use and no mess when you are
through.
Tied by
Hunter Granstaff
Other examples
with Tuffleye
2 Dry Flys on
#12 and 26 guage hooks
Bumble Bee #14 hook
Large Surf
Candy 9 inches long
Deep Sea Squid
= Guinea Hen feather overlaid with Tuffleye Finish over a
line through bell weight (see video)