Fire Fly Nymph
Hooks - MUSR72, TMC5262, or DAI1710, sizes 8-14
Thread - Black
Tail - Amherst pheasant tipped barbs
Body - Black ostrich herl with a fluorescent green floss center band
Legs - Black hen hackle tied on as a collar and tied back
Wing case - White goose biots tied over the thorax in a V
Author's Note
Doug Prince of Monterey, California, originated this pattern.
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Moose
Hook - Wet
Thread - Black
Tip - Gold tinsel
Tail - Yellow
Ribbing - Gold tinsel
Body - Yellow floss
Hackle - Guinea and yellow intermingled
Wing - Barred wood duck - Golden tippet eye
Trout - Ray Bergman
Good Evening
Hook - Wet fly
Thread - White under floss body; black head
The New American
Hook - 2xl nymph/wet
Bead - Black nickel/black
Thread - Brown
Tail - Pheasant tail fibers
Abdomen - Brown span flex or similar
Flash back - Pearl tinsel
Thorax - Peacock herl
Wing bud - Antron yarn
Collar - Hare's wiggle dubbing, brown or substitute
Catskill Fly Tyers Guild Gazette - March 2022
Hook - 2xl or 3xl nymph/wet, size 10
Weight - Copper wire or lead-free wire for heavy water
Thread - Yellow
Body hackle - Cream, trimmed
Body - Orange floss or yarn
Wing - Wood duck flank
Legs - Wood duck flank
Pennsylvania Angler - February 1978
Coleman Lake
Hook - 1X-long wet-fly hook, such as a Daiichi 1560, Tiemco 3761, Mustad 3906B, or Dai Riki 060
Thread - Black 12/0 (or black 6/0 or 8/0)
Tail - Grizzly hackle fibers
Body - Gray wool dubbing (or heather-colored wool dubbing)
Wing - White calf tail
Hackle - Grizzly
Coleman Lake Special
Hook - 1X-long wet-fly hook, such as a Daiichi 1560, Tiemco 3761, Mustad 3906B, or Dai Riki 060
Thread - Black
Tail - Grizzly hackle fibers
Body - Gray wool dubbing (or heather-colored wool dubbing).
Wing - Hair from a fox squirrel’s tail (or from the tail of a pine squirrel)
Hackle - Grizzly
The Practical Fly Tier: No-nonsense Patterns and Techniques for Wet and Dry Flies, Nymphs and Streamers - Royce Dam
Photos-Montage of the Massawipi Smelt fly by David Quenneville (fabri-mouches.ca)
Tied Down Minnow
Hook - Nymph/streamer
Thread - Olive
Weight - Lead free wire - optional
Tail - Mallard flank fibers
Back - Mallard flank fibers
Body Bill's body brail silver
Throat - Red hackle fibers
Eyes - Painted black over yellow
From an internet photo
Dark Spruce Matuka
Hook - Nymph/Streamer
Thread - Black
Ribbing - Silver wire
Body - Red uni stretch
Thorax - Peacock herl
Wing - Furnace hackle or equivalent
Hackle - Furnace hackle or equivalent
Scarlet Ibis
Hook - Wet fly
Thread - Red
Tip - Flat gold tinsel
Tail - Narrow section of red duck quill segments
Ribbing - Flat gold tinsel
Body - Red floss
Hackle - Scarlet red tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wings - Red duck quill section tied on edge over the body
Authors Note
As far as I can determine, this is an American pattern, however, there are nine other patterns that belong to the Ibis family. The only other one of any significance is the Silver Ibis, which has a flat silver tinsel body and is otherwise tied the same as the Scarlet Ibis. Sometimes the Scarlet Ibis is referred to as the Red Ibis. There is a pattern called the Cardinal that is tied the same except with all fluorescent red materials.
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Fox Hole Special
Hook - Mustad 3665A #4
Thread - Black 6/0
Body - Black floss
Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel
Throat - Lemon yellow bucktail, length of hook
Underwing - Orange bucktail, length of hook
Wing - White marabou plume
Shoulder - Teal or Mallard flank, tented over front 1/4-1/3
of wing
Turkey
Hook - Wet fly
Thread - Black
Tip - Gold tinsel
Tail - Scarlet
Ribbing - Gold tinsel
Body - Yellow wool
Hackle - Brown
Wing - Brown Turkey
Trout - Ray Bergman
How To Tie Flies - E C Gregg
Hammond's Adopted
Hook - Wet fly
Thread - Black
Tip - Gold tinsel
Ribbing - Gold tinsel
Body - Light brown
Hackle - Ginger
Wing - Mottled wood cock
How To Tie Flies - E C Gregg
Gray Squirrel
Hooks - Mustad R74, sizes 4-6-8
Thread - Black
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Flat silver tinsel
Throat - Crimson red hackle barbs
Wing - Gray squirrel tail tied over the body
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Hook - Streamer style
Thread - Red
Tail - Red goose or duck quill
Ribbing - Chartreuse and oval silver tinsel
Body - Flat silver tinsel
Wing - Red and Chartreuse bucktail, mixed
King Water
Hook - Wet fly
Thread - White under floss body; Black head
Tail - Mallard
Ribbing - Gold tinsel
Body - Red floss
Hackle - Brown
Wing - Mallard
Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth
Badger Quill
Hook - Mustad Heritage
Thread - Black
Tail - Black hackle
Body - Condor quill*
Collar - Badger
Wing - Grizzly hen hackle tips
*Substitute grey goose
Wet Flies - Ken Sawada
Hook - Wet fly
Thread - Brown
Tail - None (may also be made with cinnamon tail)
Ribbing - Gold tinsel
Body - Brown floss (may also be made with orange floss)
Hackle - Brown
Wing - Cinnamon duck or goose quill segments
Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth
Sulfur Dun
Hooks - MUSR70, TMC3769, or DIA1550, sizes 10-14
Thread - Yellow
Tail - Pale yellow hackle barbs
Body - Dubbed with pale yellow rabbit fur
Hackle - Pale yellow tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wings - Natural light gray duck quill sections tied on edge over the body
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Sand Fly
Hooks - MUSR70, TMC3769, or DIA1550, sizes 10-14
Thread - Brown
Tail - Blue dun hackle barbs
Body - Dubbed with muskrat fur
Hackle - Brown tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wings - Mottled brown turkey quill sections tied on edge over the body
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
