Hendrickson Nymph

Hendrickson Nymph

Hook - 2x long nymph hook, size 12 or 14

Thread - Brown

Tail - Well marked wood duck flank barbs

Abdomen - Reddish brown fur with a band of grey fur behind the thorax or in the mid section (look at your local nymphs)

Ribbing - Copper wire (not in the original pattern)

Thorax - Reddish brown fur

Wing Case - Black/dark section of turkey tail

Legs - Well marked wood duck flank or partridge barbs

Flies for Trout - Stewart & Allen

Bishop

Bishop

Hook - Wet fly

Thread - White under floss, black head

Body - White floss

Hackle - Brown

Wing - Dark red or claret

Trout - Ray Bergman

Red Ash

Red Ash

Hook - Wet fly

Thread - White under floss, black head

Tip - Gold tinsel

Body - Red floss

Hackle - Blue dun

Wing - Brown mallard

Trout - Ray Bergman

Carlton

Carlton

Hook- Wet Fly

Thread - White under floss, black head

Tag - Orange floss

Ribbing - Gold tinsel

Body - Yellow floss

Hackle - Olive green

Wing - Pair of golden pheasant tippets

Wet Flies - Ken Sawada

Fiery Dragon

Fiery Dragon

Hook- Wet Fly

Thread - White under floss, black head

Tag - Flat gold tinsel

Tail - Yellow hackle fibers

Ribbing - Flat gold tinsel

Body - Yellow floss

Hackle - Green

Wing - Married gray and green goose/duck quill with a thin yellow stripe

Wet Flies - Ken Sawada

Knights Templar

Knights Templar

Hook - Wet fly

Thread - White under floss, black head

Tail - Married black and white duck/goose quill

Body - Scarlet floss ribbed gold tinsel

Hackle - White

Wing - Married black and white duck/goose quill

Wet Flies - Ken Sawada

Idaho

Idaho

Hook - Wet fly

Thread - White under floss, black head

Tail - Golden pheasant tippets

Ribbing - Gold tinsel

Body - White floss

Hackle - Blue

Wing - Grey speckled turkey with married strands of blue, yellow and scarlet goose on each side.

Wet Flies - Ken Sawada

Blue Bottle

Blue Bottle

Hook - Wet fly

Thread - White under floss, Black head

Tail - Black hackle fibers

Ribbing - Silver tinsel, optional

Body - Blue silk floss

Hackle - Black

Wing - Slate

Trout - Ray Bergman

Jenni

Jenni

Hook - Wet fly

Thread - Black

Tail - Lavender or blue

Ribbing - Gold tinsel

Body - Yellow floss

Hackle - Scarlet

Wing - Lavender or blue

How To Tie Flies - E C Gregg

Virginia Green

Victoria Green

Hook - Wet fly

Thread - White under floss, Black head

Tip - Gold tinsel

Tail - Golden pheasant tippets

Ribbing - Gold tinsel

Body - Green floss

Hackle - Yellow

Wing - Brown turkey & jungle cock

Victoria Regular

Same as above except blue floss body

Trout - Ray Bergman

Roza's Pearl Butt Secret

Roza's Pearl Butt Secret

Lubos Roza

Hook - Dry fly

Thread - Your choice of color

Butt - Pearl tinsel

Body - Tying thread

Wing - 2 to 4 CDC feathers, divided

Thorax - Dubbing

Page

Page

Hook - Wet fly

Thread - Black

Tip - Gold tinsel

Tail - Scarlet

Ribbing - Gold floss

Body - Scarlet floss

Hackle - Scarlet hen

Wing - Guinea with scarlet stripe

Trout - Ray Bergman

Wood Duck

Wood Duck

Hook - Wet fly

Thread - Black

Tip - Gold tinsel

Tail - Yellow

Ribbing - Gold tinsel

Body - Bright green wool

Hackle - Bright green

Wings - Barred wood duck

Trout - Ray Bergman

Von Patten

Von Patten

Hook - Wet fly

Thread - Black

Tail - Red goose or duck quill

Body - Yellow floss

Hackle - Brown

Wing - Barred mandarin

Trout - Ray Bergman

Darling

Darling

Hook - Wet fly

Thread - Black

Tip - Orange floss *

Tail - Golden pheasant crest

Body - Black dubbing

Hackle - Furnace brown

Wing - Brown mottled turkey

Don Bastian Note

* The Darling is another fly where the tip is shown as a ‘butt’ at the base of the tail on the painting.

 Trout - Ray Bergman

Last Chance

Last Chance

Hook - Wet fly

Thread - Black

Tag - Gold tinsel

Tail - Crimson quill sections

Ribbing - Black silk (floss)

Body - Yellow floss

Hackle - Brown

Wing - Light slate

Trout - Ray Bergman

Jungle Alexandra

Jungle Alexandra

Hook - Wet fly

Thread - Black

Tail - Red ibis or scarlet duck wing quill

Ribbing - Oval tinsel

Body - Flat silver tinsel

Hackle - Black cock or hen

Wing - Peacock sword herl

Cheeks - Jungle cock

From an internet photo below

Ferguson

Ferguson

Hook - Wet fly

Thread - Black

Tip - Gold tinsel

Tail - Yellow and crimson

Ribbing - Gold tinsel

Hackle - Green

Wing - Brown turkey yellow stripe

Trout - Ray Bergman

Pheasant Tail & Partridge

 

Pheasant Tail & Partridge

Yvon Chouinard

Hook - Wet fly

Thread - Brown or black

Tail - Pheasant tail fibers

Ribbing - Copper wire

Body - Pheasant tail fibers

Thorax - Synthetic peacock herl dubbing or peacock herl

Hackle - Hungarian partridge

Yvon Chouinard: Tying the Pheasant Tail & Partridge (youtube.com)

Beaverkill - Female

Beaverkill - Female 

Hook - Wet fly

Thread - Brown

Tail - Brown hackle barbs

Butt - Dubbed yellow rabbit fur tied in as an egg sac

Body - Dubbed with muskrat fur

Hackle - Brown tied on as a collar and tied back and down

Wings - Natural gray duck-quill sections tied on edge over the body

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

Spirit of Pittsford Mills

Spirit of Pittsford Mills

Wings - Grizzly hackle tips tied in V position

Tail - A cream ginger hackle tip tied to proper proportion or ginger hackle fibers

Body - Down from base of wood duck flank feather

Rib - Cream ginger hackle, wound Palmer style and clipped short to blend in with body. Stubby effect.

Hackle - Cream ginger

The Spirit of Pittsford Mills | David Stenström Fly Tying (stenstromflies.blogspot.com)

Found Link

Found Link

Hook - Dry fly

 

Thread - Tan

Tail - Light Pardo Whiting Coq de Leon

 

Body - Deer Hair

Under Wing - Dun or Adams Gray Crinkled Z-Lon

Thorax - Super Fine Dubbing

Wing - Deer Hair

https://youtu.be/EV1AYffuVLA?feature=shared

Twisted Skwala

Twisted Skwala

Hook - TMC 200R, size 6 or substitute

Thread - Black

Butt - 2mm black foam strip

Body - 2 strands of fine golden yarn and 4 long peacock herls twisted together

Wing - Natural brown bucktail

Legs - Barred rubber legs

Abdomen - Golden yellow dubbing

Head - 2mm black foam

Sighter - Fluorescent orange egg yarn or substitute

Fly tyer Magazine - Spring 2024