Grumpy Frumpy
Hook - 2X-long dry-fly hook, size 12
Thread - Red
Tail - Brown polypropylene yarn
Body - Yellow floss
Back - Tan closed-cell foam
Legs - Rubber legs
Wing - White polypropylene yarn
Hackle - Light brown
Favorite Flies: A Comprehensive Guide to Tying and Fishing the Best Flies Available - David Klausmeyer
Patsy
Tag - Silver tinsel
Tail - Golden pheasant tippets
Ribbing - Silver tinsel
Body - Green floss
Hackle - Badger
Wing - Bronze mallard over golden pheasant tippets
Fly Patterns of British Columbia - James Lingren
Hot Wire Caddis
Ken Morrish
Bead - Black/black nickel
Abdomen - Red & Copper wire
Under wing - White goose biots
Over wing - Partridge feather fibers
Flash - 4 strands of krystal flash
Thorax - Peacock herl or dubbing
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Secret Weapon
Tail - Golden pheasant tippets
Body - Peacock herl
Wing - White biots
Hackle - Brown
Local Silver Doctor
Tag - Oval silver tinsel
Tail - Golden pheasant tippets
Butt - Polar bear underfur or seal's fur dyed red (or substitute)
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Silver tinsel
Throat - Silver doctor blue hackle
Wing - Underwing of red swan (goose or duck quill fibers) with mallard or teal breast over
Fly Patterns of British Columbia - James Lingren
Smoke On the Water
Bead – Black/black nickel
Gills - White
Ribbing – Black wire
Body – Purple holographic tinsel
Thorax – Peacock herl
Central
Alberta Fly Tying Club: January 2014 (rdflytying.blogspot.com)
Weapon of Revenge
Hook - Mustad 9671, size 14
Thread - Brown
Weight - Lead free wire
Body - Tan and brown medium chenille*
Vinyl cement
*I used ultra chenille.
The original recipe called for standard medium chenille with the cut ends dipped in vinyl cement to prevent fraying.
Could this have been an early version of the San Juan Worm in 1980?
Guide's Choice Hare's Ear
Hook - Jig style or your choice
Bead - Gold slotted tungsten
Thread - Hot orange
Tail - Hare's mask guard hairs
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Abdomen - Haree's ear dubbing
Wing case - Pearl tinsel
Thorax - Peacock herl
Hackle - Partridge
Kemp Bug
Hook - Mustad 3906B, size 6-12
Thread - Black
Tail - Three or four strands of peacock herl (cut short and stubby, barely past bend)
Body - Peacock herl
Hackle - Furnace as a wet fly collar
Wing - Grizzly hackle tips tied flat and slightly splayed (delta style), angling backward for half shank length
Originated by Roy Donnelly
The Book of Fly Patterns: Over 1,000 Patterns for the Construction of Artificial Flies - Eric Leiser
