Friday, July 31, 2020

Dovey Black and Orange


Dovey Black and Orange

Category - Sea Trout

Hook - Single or double salmon style (Gamakatsu T10-6H)
Thread - Black
Tail - Red hackle fibers
Body - Black uni stretch
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Throat - Orange hackle fibers or orange hackle wound as a collar
Wing - Black squirrel tail
Cheeks - Jungle cock

Thursday, July 30, 2020

Sinking Ant


Sinking Ant

Hook - Dry or nymph style
Thread - Black
Body - Black, copper and gold wire
Hackle - Black

Wednesday, July 29, 2020

Yong's Special


Yong's Special

Hook - Straight or curved style
Thread - Black
Abdomen - Coats and Clark sewing thread or uni stretch (depicted)
Twist to create a segmented effect
Thorax - Tying thread

Tying Note

Tie this fly in different colors to imitate the midge larvea in your area

Whiz Kid



Whiz Kid

Hook - Nymph or dry-fly hook 
Thread - Color to match or contrast
Trailing Shuck - 3 Peacock herls extending approximately the length of the hook shank
Body - Deer hair
Butt - To form the butt, simply cut the butt ends off the deer hair so that it is a little rough
Wing - Tip ends of the deer hair body, bullet style

Tying Notes

The Whiz Kid can be tied in any color imaginable. It can also tied some with rubber legs. The standard imitation fished dry certainly looks like a caddis, but it can be taken for an emerging mayfly, even a terrestrial. A small piece of bright poly-yarn can be tied in for an indicator, if desired. Add a split shot or two to your tippet and fish the Whiz Kid wet; it has a beautiful pulsating "I'm alive, come eat me" movement that triggers fish to feed. The sky is the limit on this one, so experiment and have fun.

Reference

The Whiz Kid was the brainchild of  Mark Bauman of Whitefish, Montana. 


Tuesday, July 28, 2020

Tom's Comprehensive


Tom's Comprehensive

Hook - Standard dry fly
Thread - Color to approximately match the body
Ribbing - Wire
Body - Dubbing
Legs - Partridge feather fibers
Underwing - Tan antron fibers
Overwing - Partridge feather fibers

Tying Note

This is an excellent caddis emerger and can be tied in green for early summer, 
tan for late summer, orange for fall and black for winter. 

Saturday, July 25, 2020

Tellico Nymph


Tellico Nymph

Category - Nymph/Wet Fly

Hook - Mustad 3906, 3906B or equivalent, size 10-18
Weight - Lead/non lead wire
Thread - White under floss body, finish with black
Tail - Guinea hen fibers
Shellback - Mottled turkey wing fibers, peacock tail fibers etc
Ribbing - Peacock herl twisted into a rope around fine copper wire
Abdomen - Yellow floss glo brite thread or uni stretch
Hackle - Brown hen neck

Tying Note 

Wrap the peacock herl around the fine copper wire and then wrap it forward. 
This technique will add durability to the peacock herl.

Friday, July 24, 2020

AP Green Drake Nymph



AP Green Drake Nymph

Hook – Standard 3XL nymph style                
Thread - Olive
Tail - Mallard flank dyed woodduck gold
Rib - Light olive uni-stretch
Body - Olive dubbing
Wing Case - Moose body hair
Thorax – Olive dubbing
Legs - Moose body hair pulled back after wing case is tied down

Jailbird



Jailbird

Hook – Curved style
Thread - Red
Wing Case - A narrow strip of white foam (closed cell foam)
Ribbing - Red thread
Body & Thorax - Ultra-fine blue winged olive dubbing

It was developed by Marla Blair who guides on the rivers of Massachusetts and Connecticut 

Glo-brite Floss Colors - FYI




Glo-brite Floss Colors

#1 Neon Magenta
#2 Fl Hot pink
#3 Fl Red/Crimson
#4 Scarlet
#5 Fl Fire Orange
#6 Fl Hot Orange
#7 Fl Orange
#8 Fl Sunburst Amber
#9 Chrome Yellow
 #10 Yellow
#11 Phosphor Yellow
#12 Lime
#13 Green
#14 Blue
#15 Fl Purple
#16 Fl White

Bling Midge


Bling Midge

Category - Chironomids

Hook - Any style
Thread - Any color
Body - Tying thread
Thorax - Any color tinsel

Crystal Midge



Crystal Midge

Category - Chironomids

Hook - Curved style
Bead - Silver lined glass bead, brass or tungsten beads in your choice of colors
Thread - Your favorite color
Ribbing - Copper, gold, silver wire
Body - Tying thread
Wing - Pearl crystal flash
Thorax - Dubbing, ostrich herl, peacock herl

Tie this fly in different colors of your choice

Hippie Chick Midge


Hippie Chick Midge

Category - Chironomids

Hook - Curved style
Bead - Pearl/rainbow glass bead
Thread - Tan
Body - 1 strand each of globrite floss #14, #11, #5 and #1 or equivalent, twisted
Wing - Multiple strands of white uni stretch
Thorax - Brown beaver dubbing

Thursday, July 23, 2020

Milly Midge


Milly Midge

Hook - Any curved style
Thread - Olive
Breathers - White uni stretch
Ribbing - Coper wire
Shellback - Olive tubing
Body - Olive spanflex
Thorax - Peacock herl
Breathers - White uni stretch

Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Katterman


Katterman

Category - Dry Fly

Hook - Standard dry fly
Thread - White/cream
Tail - Brown hackle fibers
Rear Hackle - Brown
Body - Peacock herl
Front hackle - White/cream
This can also be tied with white/cream tail and ginger hackle

Tuesday, July 21, 2020

Marabou Muddler



Marabou Muddler

Category - Streamer

Hook - Mustad 9671, 9672 or equivalent
Thread - Black
Tail - Red Marabou
Body - Bill's body braid - gold
Wing - Yellow marabou and peacock herls
Head - Deer hair, spun and trimmed

Monday, July 20, 2020

March Brown



March Brown

Category - Salmon

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H
Thread - Black
Tag - Flat silver tinsel 
Tail - Golden pheasant crest
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Body - Hares ear dubbing
Throat - Partridge hackle fibers
Wing - Strips of hen pheasant tail, mottled turkey or similar

Copper March Brown



Copper March Brown

Atlantic Salmon

Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tag - Flat silver tinsel 
Tail - Partridge hackle fibers
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Body - Flat copper tinsel
Throat - Partridge hackle fibers
Wing - Strips of hen pheasant tail, mottled turkey or similar

Sunday, July 19, 2020

Grenade



Grenade

Hook - Daiichi 2051 Alec Jackson
Thread - Yellow
Tail - White calf tail or bucktail
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Body - Flat silver tinsel
Wing - Yellow under red under black squirrel tail
Topping - Peacock sword or herls
Cheeks (optional) - Jungle cock

Thursday, July 16, 2020

Torrent River Special


Torrent River Special

Category - Salmon

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H
Thread - White under body, black for the head
Tip - Oval gold tinsel
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Body - White floss
Wing - White calf tail
Hackle - Brown hen, full

Lemon Tip - Brown Wing


Lemon Tip - Brown Wing

Category - Salmon

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H
Thread - Glo brite #9
Tip - Glo brite #9
Ribbing - Glo brite #9
Body - Flat silver tinsel
Wing - Brown calf tail

Fluorescent Green Lightning


Fluorescent Green Lightning

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H
Thread - Black
Tip - Oval silver tinsel
Tag - Yellow floss or uni stretch
Tail - Golden pheasant crest
Butt - Black ostrich herl or black peacock herl
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Fluorescent green and black floss or uni stretch
Throat - Orange hackle fibers
Wing - White calf tail

Black Jack


Black Jack

Atlantic Salmon

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent
Thread - Black
Tag - Oval silver tinsel
Tail - Golden pheasant tippet
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Black floss, uni stretch...
Throat - Black hackle fibers
Wing - Moose body hair

Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Clergyman


Clergyman

Category - Salmon

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H
Thread - White under body, black head
Tag - Oval silver tinsel
Tail - Amherst pheasant tippets
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - White floss, yarn, uni stretch
Throat - White hackle fibers
Wing - White calf tail

Monday, July 13, 2020

Colorado King


Colorado King, Brown

Hook - Mustad R50
Thread - Brown
Tail - Two dark moose body hairs or moose mane, tied split
Hackle - Brown tied palmer-style over the body
Body - Dubbed with brown synthetic fur
Wing - Dark elk hair tied over the body


Colorado King, Dark

Hook - Mustad R50
Thread: Black
Tail - Two dark moose body hairs or moose mane, tied split
Hackle - Grizzly tied palmer-style over the body
Body - Dubbed with muskrat fur
Wing - Dark elk hair tied over the body


Colorado King, Female

Hook - Mustad R50
Thread: Black
Tail - Two dark moose body hairs or moose mane, tied split
Hackle - Grizzly tied palmer-style over the body
Egg sac – Yellow dubbing
Body - Dubbed with muskrat fur
Wing - Dark elk hair tied over the body


Colorado King, Light

Hook - Mustad R50
Thread - Gray or black
Tail - Two dark moose body hairs or moose mane, tied split
Hackle - Grizzly tied palmer-style over the body
Body - Dubbed with yellow synthetic fur
Wing - Light elk hair tied over the body

Tie these in different colors to represent the caddis and stoneflies in your area

If you feel the need to reinforce the hackle with wire, then do so on your flies

Designed in 1971 by George Bodmer of Colorado Springs, Colorado

Reference

Western Trout Fly Tying Manual - Volume II - Jack Dennis
Fish Flies - Volume One - Terry Hellekson

Saturday, July 11, 2020

Al's Hair Hopper


Al's Hair Hopper

Hook - Standard dry fly style
Thread - Yellow
Body - Yellow bucktail or yellow elk hair
Wing - Deer hair
Legs - Red biot or goose quill

Reference - Western Trout Fly Tying Manual - Volume II - Jack Dennis

Jughead


Jughead

Hook – Mustad 9672 or equivalent
Thread – Black
Tail – Elk hair
Ribbing – Brown hackle, trimmed
Body – Orange yarn
Wing – Red fox squirrel tail
Head – Deer hair, clipped


Reference - Western Trout Fly Tying Manual - Volume II - Jack Dennis

P W Nymph (Pat's Weighted Nymph - Pat Barnes)




P W Nymph (Pat's Weighted Nymph - Pat Barnes)

Hook - Mustad S80-3906/S82-3906B
Weight - Lead wire on shank
Thread - Black
Tail - Mallard flank fibers
Ribbing – Peacock herl
Body - Yellow floss
Thorax - Peacock herl
Wing case - Mallard flank fibers
Hackle - Tips from mallard flank feather

This nymph was created by Pat Barnes back in the 1950s

Martinez Black Nymph



Martinez Black Nymph

Hook - Mustad 3906B
Thread - Black
Tail - Guinea hen fibers
Ribbing - Copper wire
Body - Black dubbing (original was black seal fur)
Wing case – Green swiss straw or equivalent
Thorax - Black chenille
Hackle - Hungarian partridge

Popular Fly Patterns - Terry Hellekson



Friday, July 10, 2020

Blue Finn



Blue Finn

Category - Salmon

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H
Thread - Black
Tag - Oval silver tinsel
Tip - Pink uni stretch or floss
Body - Embossed silver tinsel
Wing - Yellow bucktail over red krystal flash over yellow bucktail
Hackle - Blue hen

Thursday, July 9, 2020

Moose Wing Paddy Francis




Moose Wing Paddy Francis

Category - Salmon

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H
Thread - Black
Tag - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Deer hair trimmed short cigar shaped
Wing - Moose body hair

Wednesday, July 8, 2020

Ambrose Bucktail


Ambrose Bucktail

Category - Bass

Hook - Mustad 3366 or equivalent (jstockard j2 607 bass hook depicted here)
Thread - Red 
Tag - Oval gold tinsel
Tail - Red bucktail over white bucktail 
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Body - Yellow chenille
Collar - Black hackle over red hackle 
Wing - Light brown bucktail over white bucktail

Monday, July 6, 2020

Brown Bug Orange Butt


Brown Bug Orange Butt

Hook - Long nymph/streamer style
Thread - Black
Butt - Orange uni stretch
Body - Deer hair
Hackle - Brown