Hi-ty patterns?

[BobG]

I'm looking to add some Hi-ties to my box this spring. Anyone care to share some patterns or links? ;) (please)

[TFOLE]

Bob
ASWF.org. has a section on Hi-tying..If you click on the photo galleries there are a bunch of Hi-tie photo's. Not sure this is specifically what your looking for but it put me on the vice tonight... Some other good stuff on the site as well..

Hope this helps.
Tom

[Capt.ChrisLembo]

Bill and Kate Howe's Alf and FPF flies are hi ties and are awesome for Bass, as well as anything that swims.

There is a photo of an alf at www.incognitolighttackle.com on flyfishing page

[JohnDe]

epflies.com has a 28 page catalog that you can dowload. All of the flies in the catalog are tied with Enrico's products but you can sub many of the new synthetic materials available today and still get pretty effective flies. It is a good reference for ideas and color schemes. You won't find instructions there though. Good luck!

[Jim Miller]

Hey Bob
I've tied a few .....
let me know if there are any specifics I can help with.
I like the Enrico type fibers. Polar fiber looks great but gets heavy (especially w/ bigger flies)
:-%

[BobG]

Thank you all.

Now I'm a bit confused (which is not so hard to do). :confused: I thought a true Hi-tie had all of it's material tied and finished above the hook shank, hence the term?
Sort of like this:http://www.flyanglersonline.com/flytying/fotw2/pmfly.jpg

[Jim Miller]

Bob
I think in the truest sense (as in the polarfiber minnow).

But, what I think of is the "technique" of tieing in the material at the mid point & folding it over the thread. By doing this a number of times down the hook shank, you do not have allot of tread windings tieing in the material. Especially when you get to the end/head ..... it yields a nice head w/o a "nose".

Also you can tie a lighter fly by keeping the amount of material to a minimun. Enrico fibers, Slinky fiber,Yak, and other materials that bulk up w/ minimal material work well.

As per your photo, polar fiber fills out the profile quickly .... but gets heavy.

Hope what I'm describing this makes sense. :)

[RogerStg]

But, what I think of is the "technique" of tieing in the material at the mid point & folding it over the thread.

In it's origination, it is simply a technique of tying a wing using successive bunches of hair from bend to the eye, vs the traditional method of tying the wing just before the eye. It was developed/named before the advent of synthetics so the fold over technique that you describe is not applicable in this case.

OTOH, I'd still consider a fly - like those you've posted, to be a hi-tye style due to the successive bunches of material tied from bend to eye. Nice flies BTW

[Capt.ChrisLembo]

FPF Blue Mack