Copper John

 

Copper John

Hook - 2X heavy, 2X long nymph or streamer hook, sizes 10-20

Bead - Gold or copper

Weight - .015 lead/lead free wire

Thread - Black, brown, red or your choice

Tail - Brown goose or turkey biots

Abdomen - Copper wire

Wing case (top) - Pearl flashabou

Wing case (bottom) - Strip of black thin skin

Thorax - Peacock herl

Legs - Speckled brown hen hackle, Hungarian partridge etc

UV Resin

Night Dancer

Night Dancer

Category - Atlantic Salmon

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H

Thread - Black

Tag - Oval silver tinsel

Tail - Red hackle fibers

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Black uni stretch

Hackle - Purple

Wing - Dyed black squirrel tail

Source - Internet Photo

Icy Heron (Variant)

 

Icy Heron (Variant)

Category – Nymph

Hook – Mustad R50-94840, size 10-16

Thread – Gray or black

Tail – Coq de Leon

Ribbing – Silver wire

Body – *Heron or equivalent substitute

Wing case – Peacock ice dubbing fibers

Thorax – *Squirrel or hares ear

Coat the wing case with UV Resin

*I substituted gray goose fibers for the body and gray hares ear dubbing for the thorax

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Clouser Minnow

 

Clouser Minnow

Category - Nymph/Streamer/Baitfish

Hook - Fresh or saltwater style

Thread - White

Eyes/Weight - Lead dumbbell/hourglass eyes, whatever color you like

Belly - White bucktail hairs

Flash - Pearl krystal flash

Back - Chartreuse bucktail hairs

Everybody has an opinion on how sparse or thick you're supposed tie this fly but it is entirely up to YOU  

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