Halfback & Fullback Nymph

Halfback Nymph

Stonefly Imitation

Hook - Mustad 9671, 9672 or equivalent

Thread - Black 

Weight - Lead/non-lead wire

Tail - Pheasant tail fibers 

Ribbing - (optional) Black uni stretch or tying thread 

Abdomen - Peacock herl

Wing case - Pheasant tail fibers

Thorax - Peacock herl

Legs - Tips of the wing case pulled backwards

Fullback Nymph

Stonefly Imitation

Hook - Mustad 9671, 9672 or equivalent

Thread - Black 

Weight - Lead/non-lead wire

Tail - Pheasant tail fibers 

Back cover - Pheasant tail fibers 

Ribbing - (optional) Black uni stretch or tying thread 

Abdomen - Peacock herl

Wing case - Pheasant tail fibers

Thorax - Peacock herl

Legs - Tips of the wing case pulled backwards

Tying note - Coat the body and thorax area with crazy glue prior to wrapping the peacock herl forward for added durability. Ribbing material such as tying thread, wire, uni stretch, xsmall flat or oval tinsel  can also be used for added durability.

Flies fot Trout - Dick Stewart and Farrow Allen

Fire Starter

Fire Starter

Hook - Mustad 9575

Thread - Black

Tail - Golden pheasant tippets

Ribbing - Red wire

Body - Sliver tinsel

Throat - Red hackle fibers

Wing - Grizzly hackle

Head - Peacock herl

Forgotten Flies - Schmookler & Sils

Gray Hackle Series

Gray Hackle

(J. Leisesenring)

Hook - Standard dry or wet style, size 12-14

Thread - Primrose yellow

Ribbing - Flat gold tinsel

Body - Bronze peacock herl

Hackle - Cream furnace, badger or yellow rooster or hen

Gray Hackle

Hook - Standard dry or wet style, size 10-14

Thread - Black

Tail - Red wool yarn tag-tail or black hackle fibers

Ribbing - Black silk or uni stretch

Body - Gray fur dubbing or wool/uni yarn

Hackle -  Grizzly rooster or hen

Gray Hackle Blue

Hook - Standard dry or wet style, size 12-14

Thread - Black

Tail - Red hackle fibers

Ribbing - Flat gold tinsel

Body -  Blue floss or uni stretch

Hackle - Grizzly rooster or hen

Gray Hackle Gold

Hook - Standard dry or wet style, size 12-14

Thread - Black

Tail - Gray hackle fibers

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Flat gold tinsel

Hackle - Gray

Gray Hackle Gray #1

Hook - Standard dry or wet style, size 12-18

Thread - Black

Tail - Red hackle fibers

Ribbing - Flat gold tinsel

Body - Gray floss or uni stretch

Hackle - Grizzly rooster or hen

Gray Hackle Gray #2

Hook - Standard dry or wet style, size 12-14

Thread - Black

Tail - Red hackle fibers

Ribbing - Flat gold tinsel

Body - Gray fur dubbing

Hackle - Grizzly rooster or hen

Gray Hackle Green

Hook - Standard dry or wet style, size 12-14

Tail - Red hackle fibers

Ribbing - Flat gold tinsel

Body - Green floss or uni stretch

Hackle - Grizzly rooster or hen

Gray Hackle Orange

Hook - Standard dry or wet style, size 12-18

Thread - Black

Tail - Grizzly hackle fibers

Ribbing - Flat gold tinsel

Body - Orange fur dubbing

Hackle - Grizzly rooster or hen

Gray Hackle Peacock #1

Hook - Standard dry or wet style, size 10-20

Thread - Black

Tip - Flat gold tinsel

Tail - Grizzly hackle fibers

Body - Peacock herl

Hackle - Grizzly rooster or hen

Gray Hackle Peacock #2

Hook - Standard dry or wet style, size 10-20

Thread - Black

Tip - Flat gold tinsel

Tail - Red hackle fibers

Body - Peacock herl

Hackle - Grizzly rooster or hen

Gray Hackle Peacock #3

Hook - Standard dry or wet style, size 10-20

Thread - Black

Tip - Flat gold tinsel

Tail - Golden pheasant tippets

Body - Peacock herl

Hackle - Grizzly rooster or hen

Gray Hackle Purple

Hook - Standard dry or wet style, size 10-20

Thread - Black

Tail - Gray hackle fibers

Ribbing - Flat gold tinsel

Body - Purple wool or uni yarn

Hackle - Grizzly rooster or hen

Gray Hackle Quill

Hook - Standard dry or wet style, size 10-14

Thread - Black

Tail - Grizzly hackle fibers

Body - Stripped peacock quill

Hackle - Grizzly rooster or hen

Gray Hackle Red #1

Hook - Standard dry or wet style, size 10-20

Thread - Black

Tail - Red hackle fibers

Ribbing - Flat gold tinsel

Body - Red floss or uni stretch

Hackle - Grizzly rooster or hen

Gray Hackle Red #2

Hook - Standard dry or wet style, size 10-20

Thread - Black

Tail - Red hackle fibers

Ribbing - Flat gold tinsel

Body - Red fur dubbing

Hackle - Grizzly rooster or hen

Gray Hackle Red #3

Hook - Standard wet style, size 10-20

Thread - Black

Tail - Red wool or antron yarn

Body - Red floss or uni stretch

Hackle - Grizzly rooster or hen

Gray Hackle Silver #1

Hook - Standard wet or dry style, size 10-20

Thread - Black

Tip - Red floss or uni stretch

Body - Flat silver tinsel

Hackle - Grizzly hen or rooster

Gray Hackle Silver #2

Hook - Standard dry or wet style, size 10-20

Thread - Black

Tail - Red hackle fibers

Body -Embossed silver tinsel

Hackle - Grizzly hen or rooster

Gray Hackle Silver #3

Hook - Standard wet style, size 10-20

Thread - Black

Tail - Red wool or antron yarn

Body - Flat silver tinsel

Hackle - Grizzly beard or very soft collar, sparse

Gray Hackle Special

Hook - Standard dry or wet style, size 12-14

Thread - Black

Tail - Red hackle fibers

Ribbing - Black thread or twisted uni stretch

Body - Lemon yellow floss or uni stretch with black ostrich shoulder

Hackle - Badger rooster or hen

Gray Hackle Yellow

Hook - Standard dry style, size 12-14

Thread - Black

Tail - Red hackle fibers

Ribbing - Flat gold tinsel

Body - Yellow floss or uni stretch

Hackle - Grizzly rooster or hen

Gray Hackle Yellow and Green

Hook - Standard dry or wet style, size 10-20

Thread - Black

Tail - Red Floss

Ribbing - Flat gold tinsel

Body - Aft - Yellow floss or uni stretch - Front - Green floss or uni stretch

Hackle - Grizzly rooster or hen

Bivisibles

Black & White Bivisible

Hook - Mustad 94840 or equivalent

Thread - Black (or white)

Black hackle tied palmered over the body, with a few turns of white in front

Brown & White Bivisible

Hook - Mustad 94840 or equivalent

Thread - Black (or white)

Brown hackle tied palmered over the body, with a few turns of white in front

Golden Badger & White Bivisible

Hook - Mustad 94840 or equivalent

Thread - Black (or white)

Golden badger hackle tied palmered over the body, with a few turns of white in front

Grizzly & White Bivisible

Hook - Mustad 94840 or equivalent

Thread - Black (or white)

Grizzly hackle tied palmered over the body, with a few turns of white in front

Silver Badger & White Bivisible

Hook - Mustad 94840 or equivalent

Thread - Black (or white)

Silver badger hackle tied palmered over the body, with a few turns of white in front

Tying note: Tails can be added (same color as the aft hackle) and the body may be tinsel

Grizzly & White Bivisible

Hook - Mustad 94840 or equivalent

Thread - Black (or white)

Tail - Grizzly hackle fibers

Body - Flat silver tinsel

Grizzly hackle tied palmered over the body, with a few turns of white in front

Try different color rear hackle but keep the white up front.

Regarding the Bivisible: Some recipes have tails of hackle fibers (same color as the rear hackle), hackle tips (same color as the rear hackle), tinsel bodies and even dubbed bodies. Tie them how YOU see fit

"Bivisible - Fly Angler's OnLine Volumn 7 week 9

Fore & Aft Flies

Burlap Nymph

Hook - R73-9671, Size 4 -14

Thread -  Black

Rear hackle -  Brown/dark ginger

Body - Burlap 

Front Hackle -  Brown

Popular Fly Patterns - Terry Hellekson

Buzz Hackle

Hook: Dry

Thread: Black 

Tail: Red Hackle Fibers

Aft Hackle: Grizzly over silver tinsel

Body: Peacock Herl

Fore Hackle: Brown over gold tinsel

Deren's Stonefly

Hook: Dry

Thread: Black 

Tail: Brown hackle fibers

Aft Hackle: Brown

Ribbing: Flat silver tinsel

Body: Yellow yarn or dubbing

Fore Hackle: Brown over gold tinsel

Double Badger

Hook: Dry

Thread: Black 

Aft Hackle: Badger

Body: Peacock Herl

Fore Hackle: Badger

Gray Ugly

Hook: Dry

Thread: Black 

Tail: Grizzly hackle fibers

Aft Hackle: Grizzly 

Body: Peacock Herl

Fore Hackle: Grizzly

Sierra Bright Dot

Hook: Dry

Thread: Black 

Tail: Golden pheasant tippets

Aft Hackle: Grizzly 

Body: Orange floss

Fore Hackle: Grizzly

Badger & Gray

Hook: Dry

Thread: Black 

Aft Hackle: Badger

Body: Gray magic dub

Fore Hackle: Badger

Black & Olive

Hook: Dry

Thread: Black 

Aft Hackle: Black

Body: Olive magic dub

Fore Hackle: Black

Renegade

Hook: Dry

Thread: Black
Tag: Flat golg tinsel

Aft Hackle: Brown

Body: Peacock herl

Fore Hackle: White

Unidentified (Tri-color) Bucktail

Unidentified (Tri-color) Bucktail

Hook: Streamer

Thread: Amber

Tag: Silver tinsel

Tail: Barred woodduck

Body: Silver tinsel

Throat: Light blue bucktail

Wing: Brown over white bucktail

Cheek: Gold metal "Edson" cheeks

Reference: Forgotten Flies (Schmookler & Sils)

Jim's Gem

Jim's Gem

Hook: Streamer

Thread: Black

Tag: Flat silver tinsel

Tail: Yellow hackle fibers

Ribbing: Flat silver tinsel

Body: Black chenille

Throat: Long fiberd badger hackle

Wing: White bucktail

Red Demon

Red Demon

Hook - Salmon style

Thread - Black

Tail - Dyed red hackle fibers

Body - Brown floss, uni-stretch etc

Throat - Dyed red hackle fibers

Wing - Bronze mallard

Reference - Atlantic Salmon Flies - Jacques Heroux

Sneaky Joe

Sneaky Joe

Hook: Streamer

Thread: Black

Tail: Red hackle fibers

Body: Black chenille

Wing: Red fox squirrel tail

20 Incher Stone

20 Incher Stone

Hook - Mustad 9671, 9672 or equivalent, size 6-12

Bead - (Optional) Brass or Tungsten

Weight - Lead free wire

Thread - Wood duck

Tails - Brown goose biots

Rib - Tan floss or uni stretch

Underbody - Dark colored dubbing

Abdomen - Peacock herl

Wing case - Turkey tail fibers

Legs - Partridge or grouse

Thorax - Hares ear dubbing

Prism

Prism

Steelhead

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent

Thread - Olive

Tag - Copper wire

Tail - Golden pheasant tippets

Ribbing - Copper wire

Body - Peacock herl

Hackle collar - Grizzly

Wing - Red fox squirrel tail

Reference

The Prism was first tied by Mark Bachmann in the early eighties.  He designed it to be an unobtrusive pattern for low, clear water.  However, during the time period mentioned here, the water was medium level with visibility that averaged four to six feet. This is normal October conditions for the Deschutes during good years.  In October, many summer steelhead have been away from the Ocean feeding-grounds for several months.  They start to forget about the brightly colored marine organisms that nurtured them there and begin to turn "trouty" in their behavior, looking for things with more freshwater coloration. The Prism turned the trick. Several very large steelhead have been taken on this pattern.  It has proven itself very useful as a come-back fly, after steelhead have risen to, but have refused a brighter colored fly.

Riffle Devil

Riffle Devil

Hook: Nymph/wet

Thread: Black

Body: Olive chenille

Hackle: Dark ginger/brown, palmered

Another Charles Brooks patterns.

Reference: Popular Fly Patterns by Terry Hellekson

Adams

Adams

Hook - Mustad 94840 or equivalent, size 10-20

Thread - Black

Wings - Grizzly hen hackle tips

Tail - Grizzly & brown hackle fibers, mixed

Body - Gray fur

Hackle - Grizzly & brown

Cove's Pheasant Tail

Cove's Pheasant Tail

Hook - Tiemco 2457, 2487 (or equivalent), 

Mustad 3906. 3906B (or equivalent), size 10-18

Thread - Black

Rib - Gold or copper Wire 

Body - Pheasant tail fibers

Thorax - Gray dubbing

Wing case - Pheasant tail fibers

May be tied weighted with lead/lead free wire

Originated by Arthur Cove

Variations