Thursday, April 27, 2017

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

Sunday, April 23, 2017

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

Saturday, April 22, 2017

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

Wednesday, April 19, 2017

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


Saturday, April 15, 2017

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


Friday, April 14, 2017

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)

Thursday, April 13, 2017

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

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

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







Tuesday, April 11, 2017

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