Iridescent Chartreuse Bug
Atlantic Salmon
Marc Madore
Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H
Thread - Chartreuse
Tag - Oval silver tinsel
Tail - Pearl krystal flash
Tag - Chartreuse and red uni stretch
Body - Chartreuse Iridescent Dubbing (I use chartreuse ice dubbing)
Hackle - White
Fly Patterns of Canada - Paul C Marriner
Humber Orange
Atlantic Salmon
Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H or Equivalent
Thread - Red
Tail - Flared ends of body tubing
Butt - Red thread used to tie down body tubing
Body - Silver Mylar tubing
Wing - Orange krystal flash under black squirrel tail or black bear
Collar - Orange.
Head - Fluorescent orange chenille
Fly Patterns of Canada - Paul C Marriner
Randall
Atlantic Salmon
Harry Kelly Fly Pattern
Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent
Thread - Black
Tag - Oval silver tinsel & hot orange floss
Rear body - Oval silver tinsel
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Front body - Black floss
Wing - Black squirrel tail
Collar - Bright orange hackle
The Complete Illustrated Directory of Salmon Flies - Chriss Mann
Bo Diddley
Atlantic Salmon
John Johnson Fly Pattern
Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent
Thread - Black
Tag - Oval silver tinsel
Tail - Golden pheasant tippets
Rear body - Yellow floss
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Front body - Black floss
Wing - Black bear hair
Hackle - Yellow and orange hackles wound together
UV Resin head coating
The Complete Illustrated Directory of Salmon Flies - Chris Mann
Early Black Stonefly Nymph
Tim Flagler Fly Pattern
Hook - 2xl nymph hook
Thread - Black
Tail & Antenna - Black rubber legs (I used spanflex)
Body - Black hollow tubing
Wing case - Brown pheasant tail fibers
Thorax - Dark brown opossum dubbing
Fly Tyer Magazine - Spring 2022
Mayer's Mini Leech
Landon Mayer Fly Pattern
Hook - Tiemco 2488H or equivalent
Thread - Black
Body - Black krystal flash
Wing - Brown mini pine squirrel
Collar - Brown ostrich herl
Fly Tyer Magazine - Spring 2022
White Witch
Grayling Fly
Hook - Mustad 3399, 3906 or equivalent
Thread - Black
Tail - Red yarn
Body - Peacock herl
Hackle - White hen
Witch Gold
Soft Hackle Fly Pattern
Hook - Mustad 3399, 3906 or equivalent
Thread - Black
Tag - Flat gold tinsel
Tail - Scarlet
Ribbing - Flat gold tinsel
Body - Light gray floss
Hackle - Honey badger
Witch Silver
(not shown)
Soft Hackle Fly Pattern
Hook - Mustad 3399, 3906 or equivalent
Thread - Black
Tag - Flat silver tinsel
Tail - Scarlet
Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel
Body - Gray floss
Hackle - Gray badger
Trout - Ray Bergman
Squirrel May
Hook – Mustad 94840 or equivalent
Thread – Tan
Tail – Moose body hair
Body - Olive, tan, brown, rust, orange or black dubbing
Wing – Fox or gray squirrel tail
Head – Deer or elk hair
Rubber legs are an option that can give this pattern a
livelier look
Iced Mocha Naked Stimulator
Hook - Mustad 94835 or equivalent, size 10
Thread - Brown
Tail - Brown cow elk
Body - Ice blue pearl tinsel
Under Wing - Razor foam
Wing - Bleached cow elk -
Head/Thorax - Brown dubbing
Hackle - Dun hackle
Graveyard Midge
Hook - Mustad C49S or equivalent
Thread - Purple
Ribbing - Wine color wire
Body - Tying thread
Wing case and wing - White razor foam
Thorax - UV Dun color ice dubbing
I had no razor foam, so I used the thinnest foam I had. Fish won't care!
Olive Foam Wing Emerger
Emerger Fly Pattern
Jeremy Barela Pattern
Hook - Mustad C068 or equivalent
Thread - Olive
Body - Tying thread
Wing - White foam strip or cylinder
Thorax - Olive sybai spectra flash dubbing or equivalent
Different color thread, foam and dubbing can also be used
Bead Body Scud
Jude Duran Pattern
Hook - Mustad C068 or equivalent
Beads - Glass seed beads with a green pearl color
Thread - Olive
Legs - Olive sybai spectra flash dubbing or equivalent teased out
and cut straight across to match hook point
Different color beads and dubbing can also be used
Olive Baetis Emerger Mayfly Emerger Jude Duran Pattern Hook - Mustad C068 or
equivalent Thread - Olive Tail – Moose body hairs Abdomen – Tying thread Thorax - Olive sybai
spectra flash dubbing or ice dubbing Wing case – Moose body
hairs Emergent wing - Clipped
ends of the wing case | |
White Moth
Ora Smith Fly Pattern
Hook - Mustad 3906, 3906B, 94840 or equivalent
Thread - Black
Butt - Orange floss
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - White wool yarn
Throat - White hen hackle
Wing - White calf tail
Art of Angling Journal - Volume 2 Issue 1
Henderson
John Henderson Originator
Atlantic Salmon
Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent
Thread - Black
Tag - Oval silver tinsel
Tail - Golden pheasant tippet
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Red fluorescent floss or uni stretch
Throat - Brown hen hackle
*Wing - Brown calf tail dyed orange
*I used Rusty Brown calf tail
Fly Patterns of Canada - Paul C Marriner
The Complete Illustrated Directory of Salmon Flies - Chric Mann
Buckskin Soft Hackle
Hook - Mustad 3906, 3906B or equivalent
Thread - Black
Ribbing - Gold wire
Body - Narrow strip of buckskin
Hackle - Brown hen
Buckskin Soft Hackle
Hook - Mustad 3906, 3906B or equivalent
Thread - Black
Ribbing - Gold wire
Body - Narrow strip of buckskin
Hackle - Hungarian partridge
Buckskin Soft Hackle
Hook - Mustad 3906, 3906B or equivalent
Thread - Black
Ribbing - Gold wire
Body - Narrow strip of buckskin colored with marker
Hackle - Black hen
Note: Any legal game bird feathers can be used for the hackle. Use orange thread for a hot spot. Try different colors of buckskin/chamois. Use different color wire. Be creative. Experiment!
Sou'wester
Atlantic Salmon
Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent
Thread - Black
Tag - Flat silver tinsel & fluorescent orange floss or uni stretch
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Fluorescent green floss or uni stretch
Wing - Black squirrel tail
Collar - Grizzly hackle dyed fluorescent green
The Complete Illustrated Directory of Salmon Flies - Chris Mann
Sheep Creek Special
George Biggs
Hook - Mustad 3906, 3906B or equivalent, size 6-14
Thread - Black
Weight - Lead free wire
Hackle - Brown hen hackle tied back
Abdomen - Olive chenille
Wing - Mallard flank feather fibers
Sheep Creek Special - Red
George Biggs Variant
Hook - Mustad 3906, 3906B or equivalent, size 6-14
Thread - Red
Weight - Lead free wire
Tag - Red uni stretch or floss
Hackle - Brown hen hackle tied back
Ribbing -
Abdomen - Peacock herl
Wing - Mallard flank feather fibers
The above pattern is also tied in either yellow or orange variations. George Biggs of Jerome, Idaho, developed the original pattern. It was developed for Sheep Creek Reservoir, which is tucked away on the Nevada-Idaho border.
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Turkey Biot Nymph
Hook - Knapek W or equivalent, size 12-16
Thread - Brown
Tail - Partridge fibers
Abdomen - Turkey biot
Rib - Gold wire
Thorax - Squirrel or hare's ear dubbing
Wing case - Turkey tail feather
Adjust the colors and sizes of this generic
pattern to match what’s hatching on your local waters
Apply a coat of crazy glue to the hook shank prior to wrapping the biot for added durability
Heavy Metal
Hook – Knapek G or equivalent curved scud hook
Thread – Black
Head - Gold brass or tungsten
Weight – Lead/lead free wire
Tail - Rubber legs
Body - 2 strands of different color copper wire
Thorax – Sybai peacock spectra
dubbing or peacock herl
Hackle - Hungarian partridge
Solar Panel Nymph
Hook – Mustad 3906 or equivalent
Bead – Black brass or tungsten
Thread - Tan
Tail - Brown hackle fibers
Under body – Gold krystal flash
Over body – Rust color v-rib or liquid lace tubing
Wing case - Gold krystal flash
Thorax – Tan ice dubbing
Legs - Gold krystal flash
Loeberg - Olive Guinea
Tom Loe Originator
Hook - Tiemco 100, Mustad 94840 or equivalent, size 8-12
Thread - Red
Body - Flat pearl tinsel
Wing: Natural guinea feather marked with olive marker or dyed olive feather
Overwing - Grizzly hackle tip
Cheeks - Flat pearl tinsel
Hackle: Silver badger or brown
Loeberg (flyfishingthesierra.com)
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Streamer Adaptation of a Theodore Gordon Bumblepuppy Fly Pattern
🠊Adapted by Ruben Martin🠈
Streamer Fly Pattern
Hook - Long straight eye shank (I used Daiichi 2370)
Thread - White flat waxed nylon
Tail - Red bucktail under white hackles
Ribbing - Red wire
Body - Embossed silver tinsel
Belly - White bucktail
Wing - Gray squirrel tail
Head - Built up with tying thread and colored red with a sharpie marker
Eyes - Silver and black stick on
Head coating - UV Resin followed by Sally Hansen Hard as Nails
Poor man's jungle cock can be made from a guinea hen feather.
Look for a feather that has a white dot centered on the
feathers stem and trim away excess feather fibers leaving an imitation as
pictured in the second photo.
Use a yellow marker and color the white dot.
Some guinea hen feathers will have smaller spots resulting in smaller imitation feathers
Conrad
Atlantic Salmon
Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent
Thread - Black
Tag - Oval silver tinsel
Tip - Fluorescent red, green, orange or blue floss or wool
Tail - Black hackle fibers
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Black wool
Throat hackle - Black
Wing - Black bear hair
This pattern is a variation of the "Black Bear"
Hair-Wing Atlantic Salmon Flies - Keith Fulsher & Charles Krom
Gunner Midge
Midge Fly Pattern
Hook - Mustad C068 or equivalent
Bead - Black brass or tungsten
Thread - Red
Body - Opal mirage tinsel
Thorax - Tying thread
Desert Storm
Midge Fly Pattern
Hook - Mustad C49S, C068 or equivalent
Thread - Hot orange
Ribbing - Opal mirage tinsel
Body - Tying thread
Thorax - Black beaver dubbing
Desert Storm - Bead Head
Midge Fly Pattern
Hook - Mustad C49S, C068 or equivalent
Bead - Black glass, brass or tungsten
Thread - Hot orange
Ribbing - Opal mirage tinsel
Body - Tying thread
St Patrick
Bethke’s Pink Squirrel Nymph
John Bethke Originator
Hook - Knapek G or equivalent
Head - Gold bead
Thread - Pink
Tail - Pearl krystal flash
Body - Squirrel or hare's ear dubbing
Ribbing - Red wire
Collar - Pink Ultra Chenille or Ice Dubbing
101 Favorite Nymphs and Wet Flies: History, Tying Tips, and Fishing Strategies - David Klausmeyer
Tellico Hare's Ear Nymph
Hook - Mustad 3399, 3906 or equivalent, size 8-16
Thread - Brown
Tail - Pheasant tail fibers
Body: Tan rabbit dubbing
Rib - Black 3/0 thread or uni stretch
Back - Pheasant tail fibers
Hackle - Brown hen hackle
Al and Gretchen Beatty tied this version of the fly they call the Tellico Hare’s-ear Nymph. Although their pattern maintains the general style of the original Tellico Nymph, they substitute with other ingredients to create a more durable fly. They use rabbit dubbing, rather than floss, for the body. And they use tough, size 3/0 tying thread, rather than frail peacock herl, for the rib. The tail on the Tellico Hare’s-ear is the tips of a bunch of ring-necked pheasant tail fibers; they also use tail fiber for the back of the fly.
In lieu of dubbing, I used a hare's ear dubbing brush. Time to use up some dubbing brushes that don't get used very often.
101 Favorite Nymphs and Wet Flies: History, Tying Tips, and Fishing Strategies - David Klausmeyer
"The Prince Nymph, known first as a Brown Forked-Tail Nymph, imitates nothing – and everything – simultaneously. It has an inherent ‘bugginess’ that trout find it irresistible. Its split biot tail is bold, the glossy green peacock herl shimmers in the current, the soft hackle collar breathes seductively, and the tinsel and white wings scream for attention. It is your basic subsurface attractor, one that has been catching trout for decades. Many devotees profess that it imitates stonefly nymphs. Indeed, a Prince Nymph does resemble juvenile stoneflies. But, it resembles juvenile Christmas tree ornaments just about as well. Perhaps trout take it as a stonefly, but a cased caddis larva, caddis pupa, mayfly or dobsonfly nymph, or even a drowned terrestrial seem equally plausible. Does it matter? Not a bit. Prince Nymphs appeal to trout, and that’s what counts when you’re filling the fly box or tying a clinch knot.
Doug Prince of Monterey, CA is often described as the originator of the Prince Nymph, but it was developed and first tied in the 1930s by Don and Dick Olson, brothers from Bemidji, MN. They called it the Brown Forked-Tail Nymph. It acquired its princely name in a roundabout way during the 1940s. Buz Buszek, namesake of the Federation of Fly Fishers’ annual award for fly tying excellence, owned a fly shop and mail-order business in Visalia, CA beginning in 1943. He employed local tyers to supply flies for the shop. Doug Prince was not a commercial fly tyer, but he was Buszek’s good friend and tied flies for him for one year in the 1940s. Prince was a talented fly tyer who knew California rivers well. He tied his namesake fly for California’s Kings River, but he called it the Brown Forked-Tail Nymph, presumably in reference to the Olson original. Buz Buszek was hurriedly preparing a new mail-order catalog one day, and he wanted to include Doug Prince’s peacock-bodied nymph that was so effective. Buszek couldn’t remember the fly’s name, however, and in haste he just called it the “Prince Nymph”. Buszek’s catalog was distributed throughout the West, and the fly attracted a loyal following. Doug Prince’s name spread with the fly, although he played no part in its self-congratulatory name. Doing so was not in his humble character: “I tied what worked for me, and that’s all I ever really worried about.” Doug Prince received the FFF Buz Buszek Memorial Award in 1981 but said at the time that he had “no idea” why."
Celtic Beauty
Gary Tanner Originator
Atlantic Salmon
Classic Wet Fly Conversion to an Atlantic Salmon Fly
Tomah Joe
Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent
Thread - Black
Tail - Golden pheasant crescent
Butt - Peacock herl
Body - Flat gold tinsel
Throat - Red over yellow hackle fibers
Wing - Barred wood duck
Tomah Joe
Tail - Yellow
Butt - Peacock herl
Body - Gold tinsel
Hackle - Mixed scarlet and yellow
Wing - Barred wood duck or Mandarin
Forgotten Flies - Schmookler & Sils
"Tomah-Jo - Old Flies - Fly Angler's OnLine week 169 " (flyanglersonline.com)
Extended Body Midge Adult
Rick Takahashi Originator
Hook - Tiemco 2488 or equivalent
Thread - Black
Extended Body - Black EZ Magic Dub
Wing - White biot tied tip first or uni stretch
Thorax - Black sybai spectra flash dubbing
Hackle - Black
Modern Midges - Tying & Fishing the World's Most Effective Patterns - Rick Takahashi
