Orange

[twohand]

Does anyone use orange? I've seen it on a few flys..The G.P.... but it doesn't seem to be used a whole lot. It seems like every fly I tie is black,purple,olive or a combo of those colors,and I'm board with them. The best spoon for the trollers on lake MI is a bright orange blank with a copper back,so I tied up a few orange intruder type flys with copper flash and nada. Anyone have an orange pattern that has worked?

[Anadromous]

October (Halloween) Spey, Orange Herron, Gold Herron, & Shewey's #1 (my fav) are three beauties.

[moethedog]

Almost all my winter flies have purple or orange. I use a lot of purple hackle and collars and a lot of orange marabou.

The only exceptions are my Night Dancer and (inspired by Marty's pictures) my newly tied General Money #1's (burgundy/claret marabou hackled)..and even on that one I tied a bit of purple shoulder.

Orange....?? I use it a bunch...

Here's one pattern..kind of a variation of Comb's Winter Orange.

Tail: Orange hackle fibers or tippet fibers (take your pick)
Body: 1/2 orange silk.....1/2 orange dubbing. I wrap the 1st half with tinsel before overwrapping with one layer of orange silk.....or you can also make the back 1/2 of flat silver tinsel.
Wing: 3 generous bunches of Marabou....tied in Matuka fashion. 1st bunch is tied in at the transition from silk to dubbing. Then one 1/2 way up the dubbing then one at the end of the dubbing. 1st bunch of marabou is orange. 2nd is pink. 3rd is orange.
Collar/Shoulder: 3 turns of webby purple saddle hackle or purple schlappen.

Sexy....

Keith

[voodoofly]

Originally Posted by twohand

Does anyone use orange?

Sure after I dye it black.

[bigbadbrent]

my boss had some very good success with an orange and black intruder...coincidently, it was on halloween that he fished that color, he cleaned up on them

[sinktip]

My son and I were on the river earlier today and I handed him a marabou Volcano to tie on. I told him that color combo (red over orange) had caught me more steelhead than any other. In bright conditions and in all water except very low vis, orange is my color. Yes, I do use orange.

For winter/spring fish and even through June, I will spend the vast majority of time fishing either orange and red or purple and red. I tie these in several styles: marabou spiders, classic speys and intruder wanna-be, but live and die with these color combinations. About the only other color I will fish is black (usually mixed with some purple).

[flytyer]

Glasso's ORANGE HERON is one of my favorite winter/spring steelhead flies. 'Nuf said.

[BThomas]

The Squamish Poacher is a good winter fly .

[Salmon Chaser]

Wouldnt be without the Lester the Lobster from a #12-#4 for salmon and sea-runs. One of the great fall flies.
The pink in small sizes has been great on fresh sea runs.
Salmon Chaser

[Speyducer]

Most salmon flies in the UK have some orange in them. The list of names is endless, and if someone 'banned' orange as a colour for artificials (lures/spinners & flies), we would be significantly compromised for attracting the fish.

Of course there are many patterns which don't use orange (stoat's tail & other primarily 'black' flies as examples), but these are in the minority.

Mike

[PlatteCreek]

I had some good luck with orange and red streamers for fresh king salmon in the early fall last year, I think that with the clear water and the fresh fish the orange really pissed them off enough to attack the flies. I have fished orange tubes this fall for steelhead with no luck...but that is just me.
-Tim

[Marty]

A few examples of orange

Marabou



Winters Hope



Sauk River Spey



Orange Intruder



OB Spey



Orange and Mallard



Strip Ween



Orange Butt Black Mahogan



Tri Color Orange



As you can see I have a lot of confidence in orange

[moethedog]

Dang it Marty! I just satisfied myself thinking I tied up something cool based on your General Money and then you go and inspire (and humble) me by putting up that incredibly fishy Orange Butt Black Mohagan.

How in the heck am I suposed to keep up with my tying if you keep sending me back to the vise with terrific ideas? Knock it off!

Keith

[klops]

Orange color is in me opinion obligatory for cold water if you fish for Atlantic.
Same patterns are just 100% orange same have only part. When water became warmer than something like 10-12stC
Orange color start to be not good choice.

[daijones]

Here one i tie up, and have done well with. it`s my take on the Ally shrimp done snake fly style. fish do take to orange in my finding.


Dai