Hot Vac
Hook - Any curved style hook
Bead - Brass or tungsten
Thread - Hot orange
Ribbing - Gold or copper wire
Body - Pheasant tail fibers
Wing - White uni stretch
Hot spot - Tying thread
Blue Ribbon Flies Website
Hook - S82-3906B, size 8-14
Thread - Black
Tail - Black or brown bear hair
Body - Black or brown bear hair
Hackle - Pheasant rump feather
Originated in the Northwest around 1925 by Dr Day and Col Carey and was originally
thought to be tied bear hair for the tail and body (as tied above).
Tying Flies with Jack Dennis and Friends
Modern versions are tied with multiple colors of chenille for the body
and pheasant rump feather for the tail and hackle.
Also known as "Monkey Faced Loiuse"
Barr Emerger
Hook - Curved style, size 16-22
Thread - Gray
Tail - Brown hackle fibers
Abdomen - Olive dubbing
Wing case & legs - Dun hackle fibers
Thorax - Gray dubbing
Hook - Dry fly style
Thread - Tan
First Body Segment - Cinnamon dubbing
Underwing - Gold holographic braid
Wing - Deer Hair
Second Body Segment - Brown dubbing
Third Body Segment - Cinnamon dubbing
Legs - Small speckled centipede legs
Bird's Stonefly - Dry
Hook - TFS 2302, size 4-8
Thread - Orange
Tail - Moose body hairs
Body - Burnt orange floss
Rib - Brown saddle hackle, trimmed
Wings - Fox squirrel tail or
Hackle - Brown saddle hackle
Antennae - Moose body hairs
Brahma & Orange
Hook - Standard wet/nymph style
Thread - Orange
Body - Tying thread
Hackle - Brahma hen
Bottle Imp
Hook - Standard wet/nymph style
Thread - Black
Tail - Scarlet quill sections or hackle fibers
Body - Blue gray wool or fur
Hackle - Black
Z Wing Caddis
Hook - Mustad C068 - size 12-18
Bead - Copper, gold, nickel, black etc
Thread - Black
Shellback - Turkey tail fibers
Rib - Chartreuse thread or ultra wire
Abdomen - Caddis green dubbing
Wings - Zelon, antron, biots etc
Thorax - Peacock herl
Pat's Rubber Legs
Hook - 3xl-4xl nymph style
Thread - Black
Weight - Lead/non lead wire
Tail, legs and antenna -
Body - Variegated chenille - experiment with other colors
Notes: Pat's Rubber Legs is also known as Jimmy Legs, Knotty
Girls, Restless Stone, The Turd, Cat Turd, Cat Puke and The Pickle.
"Pat" has been suggested to be a guide, Pat Bennett, that works out
of the Hyde shop in Island Park, Idaho but this may be a ruse. Jimmy Legs is a
variation from Idyllwild Flies in which the legs are pre-knotted and tied on a
bent hook, such as a Daiichi 1730. Knotty Girls also have knotted legs but they
are usually round rubber material. Restless Stone is another name as marketed
by Umpqua. Whatever the name, the pattern works quite well and has become a
favorite among guides. The pattern is a variation off an older pattern known as
the Girdle Bug. This pattern was developed in the 1930's by Frank McGinnis of
Anaconda, MT. He developed this pattern while fishing the Big Hole River.
Originally, round rubber legs was used but a spandex rubber material such as
Super Floss, Flex Floss, Life Flex, and Spanflex has become preferred over
round rubber legs. It is much more durable and transparent than rubber leg
material and very supple with lifelike movement in the water. Mickey Wooton, a
guide out of West Yellowstone, came up with a nice variation of trimming the
chenille at the abdomen for a flattened taper and replaced the antennae and tails
with Krystal flash and goose biots, respectively. Fish Pat's Rubber Legs in the
riffles and runs of fast-moving water. It also makes a great pattern for short
line nymphing. The weight of the pattern allows it to quickly sink into deeps
slots and pools.
Bench Mark
Steelhead
Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H
Thread - Orange or black
Tail - Orange marabou
Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel
Body - Hot orange floss
Hackle - Hot orange
Wing - White bucktail
Steelhead Fly Tying Manual - Tom Light & Neal
Bench Mark
Category - Steelhead
Hook - Eagle Claw 1197N (if you have them or can find them, or equivalent substitute), Size 1-6
Thread - White
Tail - Hot orange calf tail
Ribbing - Embossed silver tinsel
Body - Hot orange chenille
Hackle - Hot orange
Wing - White calf tail
Head - Solarez Bone Dry UV Resin
Popular Fly Patterns - Terry Hellekson
Egg Sucking Teeny
[BC] Alan Grombacher
Hook Teeny TDE black salmon (or substitute), size 2-8
Thread - Black
Tail - Black pheasant tail
Body - Black pheasant tail
Wing - Black pheasant tail
Throat - Black pheasant tail
Head - Fluorescent orange or fluorescent red thread tied large to give egg effect
Fly Patterns of Canada - Paul Marriner
Ron’s Radar
[Newfoundland] Ron Hillier
Atlantic Salmon
Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H
Thread - Black
Tag - Oval gold tinsel
Tail - Blue hackle fibers
Body - Chinese red uni stretch
Wing - Moose hair
Throat - Blue over yellow hackle fibers
Fly Patterns of Canada - Paul Marriner
Berry's Comebacker
Steelhead
Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H
Thread - Black
Tag - Flat gold Tinsel
Tail - Red hackle fibers
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Body - Peacock herl
Collar - Red hackle
Wing - Ringneck pheasant tail fibers
Source - Internet photo
Experimenting with iPhone camera for fly photos
Dark Priest
Steelhead
Hook – Gamakatsu T10-6H
Thread – Purple
Tip – Oval silver tinsel
Tag – Orange uni stretch
Tail – Orange hackle fibers
Ribbing – Oval silver tinsel
Body – Black dubbing, yarn, seals fur etc.
Hackle – Black
Wing – Gray Squirrel
Topping – Black krystal flash
Reference – Internet photo