At the Vise

I’ve been tying flies at the vise, for customers as well as our own fly boxes. I enjoy tying a variety of flies for my customers. Many of them I don’t fish, but they are a joy to tie. In fact, remember the 8/0 BEAST Fleyes I featured a few weeks ago (link HERE)? I received a couple snapshots today of my flies in Marlin mouths! Very rewarding to say the least.

Recent Flies | www.johnkreft.com

We recently spent a couple of weeks in Kona, HI and I took materials with me to tie up Fat Albert flies for our trip to Argentina in January. I was able to get a couple dozen #8 black and #10 tan flies completed.

The remaining flies are for a good customer.

Pheasant Tail Soft Hackles #14

Pheasant Tail Soft Hackle Size 14 | www.johnkreft.com

Pheasant Tail Soft Hackles #16

Pheasant Tail Soft Hackle Size 16 | www.johnkreft.com

Pheasant Tail Soft Hackles #20

Pheasant Tail Soft Hackle Size 20 | www.johnkreft.com

Shakey Beeley #16

Shakey Beeley Flies | www.johnkreft.com

Morrish Deep October Caddis #8

Morrish Deep October Caddis Flies | www.johnkreft.com

Lastly, I’d like to share a few images I took during our time in Kona.

We noticed a gecko on the rail of our condo and Dancingtrout placed a small piece of mango on the rail.

Gecko Eating Mango | www.johnkreft.com
Gecko Closeup | www.johnkreft.com

Here are a couple images of Green Sea Turtles at Black Sand Beach.

Green Sea Turtle | www.johnkreft.com
Green Sea Turtle Closeup | www.johnkreft.com

Finally, we were lucky enough to witness a minor eruption of Kilaeua. A larger one followed two days later when we were on the jet headed home where the north and south craters were spewing lava 1500 feet high! We were still impressed to see this…

Kilauea Eruption | www.johnkreft.com

Enjoy…go fish!

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  1. Should the tails on the pheasant tail soft hackles be longer than the hook shank length. In the photo they look very long to my eyes.

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