Saturday, September 30, 2023

Up in Smoke

Up in Smoke

Hook - Curved

Bead - White brass or tungsten

Thread - White

Ribbing - Red wire

Body - Anti static bag strip

Hot spot - Orange/rust color marker 

BC Flyguys

Rusty Nail



Rusty Nail

John Kent

Hook - Curved

Bead - Copper colored brass or tung 

Thread - Wine/red 

Breathers - Midge Gill yarn 

Rib - Wine/red wire

Body - Mirage tinsel

Variation

Hook - Curved

Bead - White brass or tungsten

Thread - Wine/red 

Rib - Wine/red wire

Body - Mirage tinsel

Piscator Flies

GMC


GMC

Gun Metal Chironomid

Hook - Curved

Bead - Black nickel brass or tungsten

Thread - Black

Breathers - White uni stretch

Ribbing - Red wire

Body - Gun metal flashabou #6916 

BC Flyguys

Copper N Asb


Copper and ASB

Anti-Static Bag

Hook - Curved

Bead - Copper brass or tungsten

Thread - White

Breathers - White uni stretch

Ribbing - Copper wire

Body - Tying thread and a strip of anti-static bag

Hot spots - Red or orange marker

BC Flyguys


Hog Magnet



Hog Magnet

Chironomid 

John Kent 

Hook - Curved

Bead - Red (glass, brass or tungsten)

Thread - Red

Ribbing - Red wire

Back - Red holographic tinsel

Body - Silver laser tinsel or holographic

The Naked Line BC


Friday, September 29, 2023

Moore's Fancy

Moore's Fancy 

Hooks - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tip - Oval silver tinsel

Tail: Strand of fluorescent red floss

Butt - Black yarn

Body - Embossed silver tinsel

Wing - Dyed red gray squirrel tail tied low over the body 

Cheeks - Jungle cock eyes or substitute

Hackle - Grizzly hen hackle tied on as a collar and tied back

Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson

General Hooker



General Hooker

Hook - Mustad Heritage

Thread - White under body; black head

Tip - Gold tinsel

Ribbing - Green silk

Body - Yellow floss

Hackle - Brown

Wing - Dark slate

Trout - Ray Bergman

Fitzmaurice


Fitzmaurice

Hook - Mustad Heritage

Thread - Black

Tail - Peacock sword

Tip - Black chenille*

Body - Crimson chenille 

Hackle - Yellow

Wing - Brown mallard

Trout - Ray Bergman

Don Bastian Notes

*The tip on the Fitzmaurice is listed in Trout as black chenille but is specifically illustrated as a butt at the end of the body at the base of the tail.



 

Thursday, September 28, 2023

Lioness


Lioness

Terry Maunsell

Hook - Mustad Heritage, size 6

Thread - Black

Tail - Mixed red and yellow hackle fibers

Body - Black chenille

Throat - Mixed red and yellow hackle fibers

Wing - White goose

Fly Patterns of British Columbia - Arthur James Lingren

Nation's Green Sedge



Nation's Green Sedge

Bill Nation

Hook - Mustad Heritage, size 6

Thread - Black

Tail - Red swan (I used red goose)

Body - Green seal's fur

Rib - Oval gold tinsel

Wing - Mallard or teal flank

Collar - Badger hackle

Fly Patterns of British Columbia - Arthur James Lingren

Wednesday, September 27, 2023

Matane Special



Matane Special

Robert Côté

Hook - Single Salmon

Tag - Oval gold tinsel

Tail - Bronze mallard fiber

Butt - Yellow ostrich herl

Body - Claret floss or wool

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Throat - Bronze mallard fiber

Wing - Fox squirrel tail

Cheeks - Jungle cock (optional)

Olive Spinner



Olive Spinner

Tail - Dun Microfibbets

Body - Synthetic Quill Body Wrap - Blue Winged Olive

Spent Wing - Light Dun Hi-Vis

Thorax - Super Fine Waterproof Dry Fly Dubbing - Blue Wing Olive

Tuesday, September 26, 2023

Alfalfa



Alfalfa

Body - Dark claret floss

Hackle - Black hen

Wing - Gray mallard

Golden Spinner

Golden Spinner

Tip - Peacock herl tag

Body - Pale yellow floss

Hackle - Brown

Wing - Light slate

Trout - Ray Bergman

 

Sunday, September 24, 2023

Laramie



Laramie

Tip - Silver tinsel

Tail - Claret 

Ribbing - Silver tinsel

Body - Claret wool

Hackle - Black

Wing - Dark slate

Trout - Ray Bergman

R B Caddis



R B Caddis

Ray Bergman

Tail & Feelers - Peacock herl

Tip - Black chenille or ostrich tag

Body - White or light gray chenille

Trout - Ray Bergman

Saturday, September 23, 2023

Alexandra Variation



Alexandra Variation

Tail - Yellow duck or goose quill

Ribbing - Gold wire

Body - Silver tinsel

Hackle - Black

Wing - Peacock sword

Cheeks - Yellow duck or goose quill

From an internet video

Friday, September 22, 2023

Woppinger


Woppinger

Tail - Blue-gray
Body - Gray silk floss

Hackle - Dark grizzly tied palmer

Wings - Slate

Trout - Ray Bergman

Thursday, September 21, 2023

Ingersol


Ingersol

Tail – Pheasant

Ribbing – Gold tinsel

Body - Orange chenille

Hackle – Brown

Wing – Brown mottled turkey

Trout – Ray Bergman

Wednesday, September 20, 2023

Hunt Fly

Hunt Fly

Ribbing - Yellow silk

Body - Green floss

Hackle - Brown hen

Wing - Cinnamon

Henshall

Henshall

Tip - Gold tinsel

Tail - Peacock sword

Ribbing - White floss

Body - Peacock herl

Hackle - Grizzly

Wing - Light gray turkey

Trout - Ray Bergman 

Mealy Moth


Mealy Moth

Ribbing - Silver tinsel

Body - Light gray wool

Hackle - White

Wing - White

Trout - Ray Bergman

Tuesday, September 19, 2023

Double Barrel Japeto Frog

 

Double Barrel Japeto Frog

Ken Capsey

Hook - Kona Big Popper Hook, 2/0

Thread - White

Rear Legs - Fish-Skull Articulated Fish-Spines 15mm, 20mm and 25mm and chartreuse & yellow foam

Feet - Sili-Legs*

Body - Chartreuse & yellow foam

Legs to attached with 20-25 pound monofilament

Head - Surface Seducer Double Barrel Popper & Slider Body, large, green chartreuse

Eyes - Surface Seducer Dragon Eyes, 6mm Tropic color

Front Legs - Sili-Legs*

Markers - Pale olive & Burnt umber

*I used olive & black centipede rubber legs

https://youtu.be/6o2BNd2teaU?feature=shared


Monday, September 18, 2023

Lowery

 

Lowery

Hook - Mustad Heritage

Thread - Black

Tip - Yellow floss

Body - Peacock herl

Hackle - Brown

Wing - Light brown turkey

How to Tie Flies - E C Gregg

Turkey Professor

Turkey Professor

Hook - Mustad Heritage

Thread - White under body; black head

Tip - Gold tinsel

Tail - Red hackle

Body - Yellow floss

Hackle - Brown

Wing - Brown turkey

How to Tie Flies - E C Gregg

Sunday, September 17, 2023

Abbey


Abbey

Hook - Mustad Heritage

Thread - Black

Tip - Gold Floss

Tail - Golden pheasant tippet

Ribbing - Gold tinsel

Body - Red floss

Hackle - Red (Light brown)

Wing - Mallard

Trout - Ray Bergman

Beauty

 

Beauty

Hook - Mustad Heritage

Thread - Black

Tip - Silver Tinsel

Tail - Guinea fowl

Ribbing - Silver tinsel

Body - Dark gray floss

Hackle - Black

Wing - Guinea fowl

Trout - Ray Bergman

Saturday, September 16, 2023

Portland


Portland

Hook - Wet Fly

Thread - White under body; Black head

Tip - Gold tinsel

Tail - Teal

Ribbing - Gold tinsel

Body - Red floss

Hackle - Red

Wing - Teal

Trout - Ray Bergman


Preston's Fancy

 

Preston's Fancy

Hook - Mustad Heritage

Thread - Black

Tail - Brown

Body - Gold

Hackle - Brown

Wing - Guinea fowl

Trout - Ray Bergman

Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Kinermony Killer

Kinermony Killer

Hook - Single or double salmon 
Thread - Red 

Tag - Oval silver tinsel 

Rear Body - Silver holographic mylar ribbed with oval silver tinsel

Mid Hackle - Yellow hen

Front Body - Black floss ribbed with oval silver tinsel

Wing - Yellow & orange bucktail with pearl krystal flash over

Front Hackle - Red hen

Front wing - Black bucktail

Collar - Blue hen

I used Steve Andrews video

https://youtu.be/zIkj-dM_TLY?feature=shared

Tuesday, September 12, 2023

Bob Wilson

Bob Wilson

Hook - Mustad Heritage

Thread - Yellow

Tail - Golden pheasant crest

Body - Copper tinsel

Hackle - Black

Wing - Barred mandarin/wood duck

Trout - Ray Bergman






Gootenburg's Jersey Minnow


Gootenburg's Jersey Minnow

Hook - Mustad Heritage

Thread - Black

Tail - Golden pheasant tippets

Body - Gold tinsel

Hackle - Ginger or brown mixed with pink*

Wing - Dark honey badger hackle feather

Trout - Ray Bergman

*I have brown but no pink


Gootenburg's Jersey Minnow 

Hook - Mustad Heritage

Thread - Black

Tail - Golden pheasant tippets

Body - Gold tinsel

Hackle - Brown

Wing - Furnace hackle feather

Head - Peacock herl

Forgotten Flies - Schmookler & Sils

Gray Coflin

Gray Coflin

Hook - Mustad Heritage

Thread - White under body; black head

Tip - Yellow floss

Tail - Gray hackle fibers

Body - Pink floss

Hackle - Yellow hen

Wing - Slate

Monday, September 11, 2023

Dolly Varden


Dolly Varden

Hook - Mustad Heritage

Thread - White under body; black head

Tip - Gold tinsel 

Tail - Cinnamon 

Ribbing - Gold tinsel

Body - White floss

Hackle - Brown hen

Wings - Cinnamon

Trout - Ray Bergman

Saturday, September 9, 2023

Wiggler


Wiggler

Gary Lafontaine

Hook - 

Thread - Black

Rear Body

Rear hackle - Brown - trimmed all around

Body - Closed cell foam - yellow, orange, green, tan, packaging foam etc.

Front body

Front hackle - Brown and Grizzly - trimmed on top

Legs - Round rubber legs

Wing - White hi-vis or similar

(182) Flyfishing legend Gary Lafontaine fishes and ties his Wiggler dry fly in this historical video. - YouTube


Thursday, September 7, 2023

Tomah Joe - Tomah-Jo


Tomah Joe - Tomah-Jo

Hook - Mustad 3366 (eye snipped off)

Thread - Red

Tip - Oval silver tinsel

Tail - Yellow goose

Butt - Peacock herl

Body - Oval silver tinsel

Wing - Black and white wood duck

Hackle - Scarlet and yellow



Tomah-Jo from Forgotten Flies - Schmookler & Sils




Tomah Joe from Trout - Ray Bergman


#14 Tomah Joe from Fishing With The Fly - Charles Orvis & Nelson Cheney

No Recipe Given


#70 Tomah Joe from Favorite Flies and Their Histories - Mary Orvis Marbury

No Recipe Given

"Tomah-Jo - Old Flies - Fly Angler's OnLine week 169 " (flyanglersonline.com)

Tomah Joe « Don Bastian Wet Flies (wordpress.com)

Tomah Joe - The Classic Fly Rod Forum

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Tomah Joe from Forgotten Flies - Schmookler & Sils

Wet Fly Section by Don Bastion


Additional Photos from the Internet