Matt's Midge

Matt's Midge

Hook - Dry fly style

Thread - Black

Body - Black thread

Wing - White z-lon

Hackle - Grizzly

Tie this pattern in different colors

Matt’s Midge is named for its originator, Matt Miles of Colorado.

Green and Red Ants

Green Ant

Hook: Salmon/steelhead style

Thread: Black

Tag: Silver tinsel (optional)

Tail: Golden pheasant tippet in strands

Butt: Peacock herl

Rib: Silver tinsel (optional)

Body: Fluorescent green floss

Collar: Black hackle

Wing: Gray squirrel tail

Reference: http://www.johnkreft...erns/green-ant/

Red Ant

Hook - Salmon/steelhead style

Thread - Black

Tag - Silver flat tinsel

Tail - golden pheasant tippets

Butt - Peacock herl

Body - Red floss

Collar - Brown hackle

Wing - Brown bucktail

Black Beauty

Black Beauty

Hook - Streamer

Thread - Black

Tail - Red hackle tips

Body - Green oval tinsel

Throat - Red hackle tips

Wing - 4 black hackles

Cheek - Jungle cock

Topping - 2 peacock herls

Reference - Forgotten Flies

Tying note - I used medium size oval silver tinsel colored with a green marker and coated with uv resin

Rusty Rat

Rusty Rat

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Red/orange

Tag - Oval gold tinsel

Tail - A few peacock sword herl

Body - Rear half, Orange-Yellow Floss (UNI-Floss rust orange), veiled above by one strand of same floss (You can either tie this part in before the herl or after, as I have done) extending to the middle of the tail, Front half, Peacock herl

Rib - Oval gold tinsel.

Wing - Grey Fox guard hairs

Collar - Soft grizzly hackle

Cheeks - Jungle Cock (optional)