Ida May
A Charles Brooks Pattern
Hook - Mustad 38941 or equivalent
Thread - Black
Tail - Dyed green grizzly hackle fibers
Ribbing - Peacock herl and gold wire
Body - Black synthetic fur dubbing
Hackle - Dyed green grizzly hackle
Popular Fly Patterns - Terry Hellekson
Gray Nymph
Hook - Mustad 3906 or equivalent, size 6-12
Thread - Gray
Tail - Grizzly hackle fibers
Body - Dubbed Muskrat fur with the guard hairs left in.
Body should be picked out to give a shaggy appearance
Hackle - Grizzly hen
Created in 1935 by Dee Vissing of Rigby, Idaho
Popular Fly Patterns - Terry Hellekson
Puget Bug
Hook - Mustad 7957BX or equivalent
Thread - Black
*Tail - Black goose quill fibers taken from the back of a flight quill and tied in a V
Body - 1 dark and light moose mane wrapped in alternating bands
Thorax - Peacock herl
Hackle - Gray partridge
Popular Fly Patterns - Terry Hellekson
* I used biots as depicted in the book's illustration
Apply a very light coat of crazy glue to the hook shank prior to wrapping the moose mane body or coat with uv resin for added durability
Cream Nymph
Hook - Mustad 9671 or equivalent, size 10-14
Thread - White
Tail - Barred lemon wood duck fibers
Body - White, off white chenille
Wing case - Barred lemon wood duck fibers
Legs - Cream hackle wrapped through the thorax
Thorax - White, off white chenille
Popular Fly Patterns - Terry Hellekson
I used cream color uni yarn in place of the chenille
Hook - Mustad 3906 or equivalent, size 8-14
Thread - Brown
Tail - Pheasant tail fibers
Ribbing - Dyed orange round monofilament
Body - Brown olive fur dubbing
Wing case - Gray goose quill
Thorax - Brown olive fur dubbing
Legs - Dyed brown guinea hen fibers tied in at throat
Popular Fly Patterns - Terry Hellekson
Tying notes: I used an ancient technique of hand blending olive and brown fur for the dubbing. 😀
As for the dyed brown guinea hen feather fibers, if you don't have any brown hackle fibers will be okay. My goose quill was really dark but useable. I also use small orange swannundaze for the ribbing.
Peacock Nymph
Hook - Mustad 9671 or equivalent
Thread - Black
Rear hackle - Dark ginger. Hackle should be rather short and not exceed much passed the hook point
Ribbing - Gold wire reversed wrapped
Body - Peacock herl. Wrap an underbody of wool yarn to give the body fullness
Front hackle - Dark ginger. Roughly the same length or slightly longer than the rear hackle
Popular Fly Patterns - Terry Hellekson
Hook - Mustad 3906, size 14-16
Thread - Gray
Tail - Blue dun hackle fibers
*Ribbing - Gold wire
Body - Dark peacock quill
Thorax - Blue dun hackle wrapped closely and clipped to form a rounded thorax.
Leave a few hackle fibers extending out from each side for legs
*The recipe does not indicate a wire rib but the illustration shows it.
Note: This style of nymph can be tied in as many colors as there are shades of hackles.
Popular Fly Patterns - Terry Hellekson
Carlton
Hook – Mustad 3399, 3906 or equivalent
Thread - Black
Tag - Orange floss
Ribbing – Oval gold tinsel
Body -Yellow floss
Throat - Olive green.
Wing - A pair of golden pheasant tippet feathers
Whitesel's Wine
Steelhead
Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H
Thread - Black
Tail - Black hackle fibers
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Wine uni yarn
Hackle - Black
Wing - Red over black bucktail
Cheeks - Jungle cock (Optional)
Classic Steelhead Flies - John Shewey
Book photo omitted cheeks
Polar Shrimp
Steelhead
Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent
Thread - Orange
Tail - Red hackle fibers
Body - Hot orange chenille
Hackle - Fluorescent orange
*Wing - Polar Bear
Classic Steelhead Flies - John Shewey
*I used white bucktail. Polar bear is way too expensive $$$
Missouri River Caddis
Hook - Mustad C49S or equivalent
Thread - Black or brown
Back bubble - White antron, pulled loosely over the top of the body
Body - Burnt orange yarn
Antennae - Wood duck flank fibers
Head - Peacock herl
Federation of Fly Fishers Fly Pattern Encyclopedia
Kispiox Special
Steelhead
Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H
Thread - Black
Tag - Oval silver tinsel (Optional)
Tail - Red polar bear*
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Hot orange chenille
Hackle - Red
Wing - White bucktail
Classic Steelhead Flies - John Shewey
* I used red bucktail
Kispiox Dark
Steelhead
Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H
Thread - Black
Tag - Oval gold tinsel
Tail - Black bucktail
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Body - Green floss
Throat - Grizzly hackle fibers
Wing - Black bucktail over black krystal flash
The Complete Illustrated Directory of Salmon Flies - Chris Mann
Dark Caddis
Steelhead
Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent
Thread - Black
Tail - Golden pheasant tippets
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Body - Orange wool
Throat - Coch-y-Bondhu or brown hackle fibers
Wing - Red fox squirrel tail
The Complete Illustrated Directory of Salmon Flies - Chris Mann
Half & Half
Atlantic Salmon
Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H
Thread - Black
Tag - Black chenille
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Rear half: flat silver tinsel, Front half: black wool yarn
Wing - Fox squirrel tail
Collar - Orange hen
Modern Atlantic Salmon Flies - Paul C Marriner
Half & Half
Atlantic Salmon
Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent
Thread - Black
Tag – Oval silver tinsel
Ribbing – Oval silver tinsel
Body - 1/2 Fluorescent green wool, 1/2 Black chenille
Hackle – Black collar
Wing – Black bear
Perrault’s Standard Dictionary of Fishing Flies – Keith Perrault
Hair-Wing Atlantic Salmon Flies – Keith Fulsher & Charles Krom
Half & Half
Atlantic Salmon
Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H
Thread - Black
Tail - Golden pheasant tippets
Tag - Black chenille
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Rear half: flat silver tinsel, Front half: black wool yarn
Wing - Fox squirrel tail
Collar - Orange hen
The Complete Illustrated Directory of Salmon Flies - Chris Mann
Mr Natural
Variation
Hook - Mustad 9671, 9672 or equivalent
Thread - Black or brown
Tail - Pheasant tail fibers
Rib - Oval gold
tinsel
Body – Raccoon (I used dark hare’s ear plus dubbing)
Wing - Tan, brown and yellow bucktail, topped with black
bear
Throat - Wood duck flank (or imitation wood duck)
Eyes - Jungle cock or
painted (black over yellow)
Slight variation of a Mike Martinek, Jr. Original
Mr Bill
Originated by William Messner
Hook - Mustad 9672 or equivalent
Thread – Red under body, black head
Tail - Golden pheasant tippets
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body: Red floss
Throat - Small bunch of pheasant tail fibers
Wing - Grey squirrel tail (original) or Black squirrel tail (Mr. Bill
Black)
Eyes - Painted black over white
River Philip Copper
Atlantic Salmon
Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H
Thread - Black
Body - Copper braid*
Throat - Red calftail, sparse
Wing - Orange calftail, sparse
* I didnt have copper braid. I substituted with copper holographic tinsel. Embossed copper tinsel could also have been used.
Fly Patterns of Canada - Paul C Marriner
Silver Dart
Atlantic Salmon
Hook – Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent
Thread - Red
Tag - Oval silver tinsel
Tail - Yellow marabou
Butt - Red uni yarn
Rib - Oval silver tinsel
Body – Flat silver tinsel
Wing - Black bear or squirrel over pearl krystal flash
Throat - Blue hen hackle fibers
Rowe
Atlantic Salmon
Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H
Thread - Black or orange
*Body - Flat silver tinsel under a strip of Scintilla spinner wing material wrapped from front to back and then to front again
Wing - Gray squirrel dyed orange
Collar hackle - Orange hen
Modern Atlantic Salmon Flies - Paul C Marriner
* I used pearl tinsel in lieu of scintilla spinner wing material
Marie-Eve
Claude Bousquet Pattern
Atlantic Salmon
Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent
Thread - Purple
Tag - Chartreuse antron
Tail - Chartreuse antron
Ribbing - Silver wire (or oval tinsel) over peacock herl only
Body - Rear 2/3 - Purple body braid, Front 1/3 - Peacock herl
Wing - Purple goat hair, or marabou, or gray squirrel dyed purple
Hackle - Purple hen
Modern Atlantic Salmon Flies - Paul C Marriner
Dusty #1
Hook - Mustad 3665A or equivalent
Thread - Black
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Flat silver tinsel
Throat - Red hackle fibers
Wing - Grizzly
Flies - J Edson Leonard
Kenai Connection
Hook - Mustad 3665A or equivalent
Thread - Black
Tail - Red hackle fibers
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Fluorescent green chenille
Throat - Red hackle fibers
Wing - Peacock herl over white marabou
Forgotten Flies - Schmookler and Sils
As de Pique - Ace of Spades
Atlantic Salmon
Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent
Thread - Black
Tag - Oval silver tinsel
Tail - Golden pheasant crest
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Fluorescent green dubbing
Wing - Black squirrel tail over strands of dark multi-colored flashabou
Throat - Sparse lemon yellow
Cheeks - Jungle cock
The Complete Illustrated Directory of Salmon Flies - Chris Mann
Grizzly King
Atlantic Salmon
Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent
Thread - Black
Tag - Oval gold tinsel
Tail - Red hackle fibers
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Body - Green wool yarn
Wing - Gray squirrel Tain
Collar - Grizzly hackle
The Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Salmon Flies - Chris Mann
Cains Copper
Atlantic Salmon
Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent
Thread - Black
Tag - Oval copper tinsel
Tail - Fluorescent red hackle fibers
Butt - Black chenille
Ribbing - Oval copper tinsel
Body - Flat copper tinsel
Wing - Gray squirrel tail over orange dyed hair (I used bucktail)
Collar - Black cock
The Complete Illustrated Directory of Salmon Flies - Chris Mann
Rubber Leg Stonefly - Peacock
Hook - Mustad 9671, 9672 or equivalent
Thread - Black
Weight - .020 Diameter lead/lead free wire
Tail, legs and antenna - Bronze patina flexi floss or equivalent
Body/thorax - Peacock herl
Coat hook shank with crazy glue prior to wrapping peacock herl
Pelletier
Raymond Pelletier Creator
Atlantic Salmon
Hook – Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent
Thread – Black
Tag – Oval gold tinsel
Tail – Golden pheasant crest
Butt – Yellow ostrich herl
Ribbing – Oval gold tinsel
Body – Black wool yarn
Wing* – Polar bear, white bucktail or calf tail
Cheeks - Jungle cock
Hackle – Grizzly hen
* I do not own polar bear so I used bucktail as an acceptable substitution
Double Wire
Hook - Mustad C068, C49S or equivalent
Bead - Speckled brown, silver, gold, copper etc
Thread - Black
Body - Rear half, copper wire: Front half, Black and copper wire
Thorax - Dubbing
Gasolina Perdigon
Hook – Sierra 3906BL
Bead - Copper brass or tungsten
Thread – Black
Tail – Coq de Leon
Body – Peacock color tinsel
Overcoat – UV Resin
Orange Perdigon
Hook – Sierra 3906BL
Bead - Copper brass or tungsten
Thread – Orange
Tail – Coq de Leon
Body – Tying thread
Wing case – Black acrylic craft paint
Overcoat – UV Resin
Hook - Sierra 3906BL or equivalent
Bead – Black nickel brass or tungsten
Weight – Lead free or lead wire
Thread - Orange
Tail - Coq de Leon
Body – Veevus olive iris thread
Wingcase - Black acrylic craft paint
Overcoat - UV Resin
Rocket
Hook - Sierra 3906BL or equivalent
Bead - Silver brass or tungsten
Back cover/tail - #5 Globrite thread/floss
Ribbing - Silver wire
Body - Tying thread
Overcoat with UV Resin
Piscari-Fly : Rockets - Perdigon Nymphs (peterdriver.blogspot.com)
