Blue Bottle
Hook - Wet fly
Thread - White under floss, Black head
Tail - Black hackle fibers
Ribbing - Silver tinsel, optional
Body - Blue silk floss
Hackle - Black
Wing - Slate
Trout - Ray Bergman
Blue Bottle
Hook - Wet fly
Thread - White under floss, Black head
Tail - Black hackle fibers
Ribbing - Silver tinsel, optional
Body - Blue silk floss
Hackle - Black
Wing - Slate
Trout - Ray Bergman
Hook - Wet fly
Thread - Black
Tail - Lavender or blue
Ribbing - Gold tinsel
Body - Yellow floss
Hackle - Scarlet
Wing - Lavender or blue
How To Tie Flies - E C Gregg
Roza's Pearl Butt Secret
Lubos Roza
Hook - Dry fly
Thread - Your choice of color
Butt - Pearl tinsel
Body - Tying thread
Wing - 2 to 4 CDC feathers, divided
Thorax - Dubbing
Hook - Wet fly
Thread - Black
Tip - Gold tinsel
Tail - Scarlet
Ribbing - Gold floss
Body - Scarlet floss
Hackle - Scarlet hen
Wing - Guinea with scarlet stripe
Trout - Ray Bergman
Wood Duck
Von Patten
Hook - Wet fly
Thread - Black
Tail - Red goose or duck quill
Body - Yellow floss
Hackle - Brown
Wing - Barred mandarin
Trout - Ray Bergman
Trout - Ray Bergman
Last Chance
Hook - Wet fly
Thread - Black
Ferguson
Hook - Wet fly
Thread - Black
Tip - Gold tinsel
Tail - Yellow and crimson
Ribbing - Gold tinsel
Hackle - Green
Wing - Brown turkey yellow stripe
Trout - Ray Bergman
Pheasant Tail & Partridge
Yvon Chouinard
Hook - Wet fly
Thread - Brown or black
Tail - Pheasant tail fibers
Ribbing - Copper wire
Body - Pheasant tail fibers
Thorax - Synthetic peacock herl dubbing or peacock herl
Hackle - Hungarian partridge
Yvon Chouinard: Tying the Pheasant Tail & Partridge (youtube.com)
Beaverkill - Female
Hook - Wet fly
Thread - Brown
Tail - Brown hackle barbs
Butt - Dubbed yellow rabbit fur tied in as an egg sac
Body - Dubbed with muskrat fur
Hackle - Brown tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wings - Natural gray duck-quill sections tied on edge over the body
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Wings - Grizzly hackle tips tied in V position
Tail - A cream ginger hackle tip tied to proper proportion or ginger hackle fibers
Body - Down from base of wood duck flank feather
Rib - Cream ginger hackle, wound Palmer style and clipped
short to blend in with body. Stubby effect.
Hackle - Cream ginger
The Spirit of Pittsford Mills | David Stenström Fly Tying (stenstromflies.blogspot.com)
Twisted Skwala
Hook - TMC 200R, size 6 or substitute
Thread - Black
Butt - 2mm black foam strip
Body - 2 strands of fine golden yarn and 4 long peacock herls twisted together
Wing - Natural brown bucktail
Legs - Barred rubber legs
Abdomen - Golden yellow dubbing
Head - 2mm black foam
Sighter - Fluorescent orange egg yarn or substitute
Fly tyer Magazine - Spring 2024
Moth - Brown
Hook - Wet fly
Thread - Black
Tip - Gold tinsel
Ribbing - Gold tinsel
Body - Cinnamon wool
Hackle - Brown
Wing - Cinnamon Dark Orpington Cock*
*I used cinnamon goose quill
Trout - Ray Bergman
Grannom
Hook - Wet fly
Thread - Black
Tip - Peacock tag
Ribbing - Gold tinsel
Body - Pale yellow wool
Hackle - Brown
Wing - Light brown turkey
Trout - Ray Bergman
Gunnison
Hook - Wet fly
Thread - Black
Tail - Gray mallard
Ribbing - White floss
Body - Green floss
Hackle - Brown
Wing - White tipped turkey
Trout - Ray Bergman