Stovepipe Nymph
Ashey
Hook - Wet fly
Thread - Black
Body - Grey floss
Hackle - Gray
Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth
Autumn Dun
Hook - Wet fly
Thread - Black
Tail - Black hackle
Ribbing - Yellow floss
Body - Black floss
Hackle - Gray
Wing - Gray turkey
Amateurs Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth
Ash Fly
Hook - Wet fly
Thread - Black
Tail - Browm hackle
Body - Light gray floss
Hackle - Brown
Wing - Light slate duck or goose quill segments
Author's Note
Also made - brown floss rib, light slate tail, gray hackle.
Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth
Dam’s Hairwing Caddisfly
Hook - Standard dry-fly hook, sizes 12 through 20
Thread - Black or brown
Body - Light brown wool dubbing
Wing - Deer or elk body hair
Hackle - Grizzly
The Practical Fly Tier - Royce Dam
Deer Hair Emerger
Hook - Curve style
Thread - Brown or black
Ribbing - Pearl tinsel
Body - Your favorite-colored dubbing
Wing - Deer Hair
Thorax - Your favorite-colored dubbing
Muddler Minnow
Hook - 2X- or 3X-long, sizes 4 through 14
Thread - Black/brown
Tail - Mottled turkey quill sections
Rib - Fine, oval gold tinsel
Body - Medium flat silver tinsel
Underwing - Squirrel tail
Wing - Mottled turkey quill sections
Collar and head - Deer hair (no-trim head technique)
The Practical Fly Tier: No-nonsense Patterns and Techniques for Wet and Dry Flies, Nymphs and Streamers - Royce Dam
Starling
Hook - We fly
Thread - Black
Tail - Dun hackle
Body - Stripped peacock quill
Hackle - Dun hackle
Wing - Light slate duck or goose quill segments
Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth
(Variation)
Hook - Wet or streamer style (10-16)
Thread - Black
Tail - Red duck quill strip
Body - Flat silver tinsel
Hackle - Badger
Wing - Duck quill, married sections of red, black, and white (white forms the top portion of the wing) (White over black over red)
Author's remark
This pattern is also tied as a streamer fly. Like the Parmachene Belle and other brightly colored flies, it is used primarily for brook trout.
The Book of Fly Patterns: Over 1,000 Patterns for the Construction of Artificial Flies - Eric Leiser
McGinty
Hook - Wet fly
Thread - Black
Tail - Gray mallard topping scarlet
Body - Alternate black & yellow chenille
Hackle - Brown
Wing - Black turkey white tip
Trout - Ray Bergman
Golden Midge
Hook - Wet fly
Thread - Black
Body - Yellow dubbing
Hackle - Brown
Wing - Slate duck or goose quill segments
Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth
Tups Indispensable
Hook - Mustad 3906, Partridge L2A (10-16)
Thread - Black
Tail - Blue dun hen hackle fibers
Body - Yellow floss
Thorax - Pale pink dubbing fur
Hackle - Blue dun hen
The Book of Fly Patterns: Over 1,000 Patterns for the Construction of Artificial Flies - Eric Leiser
August Dun
Hook - Wet fly
Thread - Black
Tip - Gold tinsel
Ribbing - Gold Tinsel
Body - Orange dubbing
Hackle - Orange
Wing - Slate duck or goose quill segments
Author's Notes
Also made with brown body, rib yellow, gray hackle tail, brown hackle, slate wings.
Also made with turkey wings.
Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth
Water Cricket
Hook - Wet fly
Thread - Orange silk
Ribbing - Black silk
Body - Yellow or Orange silk
Wings -Hackled with a feather from the Golden Plover’s breast, in its summer plumage, or the wing or back of a Starling (I used starling)
Author's Note
It is sometimes ribbed with black silk. Notes In its early stages the insect of which this is supposed to be an imitation, is not a fly but an active little spider. It runs upon the surface of the water and is often taken greedily. The dressing shown in the plate is ample.
Yorkshire Trout Flies - T E Pritt
Winter Brown
Hook - Wet fly style
Body - Orange silk
Wings - Hackled with a feather from the inside of a Woodcock’s wing
Head - Peacock herl
Yorkshire Trout Flies - T E Pritt
Hook - Wet fly
Thread - White under floss body
Butt - Black ostrich herk
Ribbing - Gold tinsel
Body - Yellow floss
Shoulder - Black ostrich herk
Hackle - Yellow
Wing - Teal
Trout - Rey Bergman
Katoodle Bug
Hook - Wet fly
Thread - White under floss body; Black head
Tail - Brown mallard aka bronze mallard
Body - 3 joint body of dark blue, yellow and orange floss
Hackle - Brown
Wing - Brown turkey
Author's Note
Also made with green, yellow and orange body, gray mallard tail, brown hackle down body, brown turkey wing.
Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth
Rain Bow
Hook - Wet fly
Thread - White under floss tag, Black head
Tail - Scarlet
Tag - White floss
Ribbing - Gold tinsel
Body - Black floss
Hackle - Gray
Wing - Cinnamon duck or goose quill segments
Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth
Yankee
Hook - Wet fly
Thread - Black
Tail - White
Ribbing - Silver tinsel
Body - Blue dubbing or floss
Hackle - Scarlet
Wing - White duck or goose quill segments
Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth
Plath
Hook - Wet fly
Thread - Black
Tip - Silver tinsel
Tail - Scarlet
Body - Green dubbing
Hackle - Scarlet
Wing - Gray turkey
Amateurs Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth
Spider
Hook - Wet fly
Thread - White under floss body, Black head
Tip - Gold tinsel
Body - Light blue floss
Hackle - Furnace
Hackle - Black
Wing - Brown turkey
Authors Note
Also made dark gray floss body, black hackle, dark gray turkey wing.
Also made yellow dubbing body, mallard hackle.
Amateur Tyer's Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth
Whitney
Hook - Wet fly
Thread - Black
Tail - Green
Ribbing - Silver tinsel
Body - Green floss
Hackle - Green
Wing - Slate duck or goose quill segment with yellow strips up sides
Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth
High Priestess
Hook - Wet fly
Thread - Black
Tip - Orange floss
Tail - Orange over gray over blue duck or goose quill segments, married
Ribbing - Yellow floss, corded
Body - Black floss
Hackle - Yellow hackle fibers
Wing - Orange over blue over yellow duck or goose quill segments, married
Cheeks - Blue hackle tip
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Rock Candy Caddis
Hook - Curved
Head - Black bead
Thread - Black
Ribbing - Black wire
Back - Green thin skin or substitute
Abdomen - Green braid
Thorax - Synthetic peacock dubbing
Shakey Bealy - October Caddis
Thread - Brown
Tail - Krystal flash, amber or orange
Trailing shuck - Mallard flank feather, dyed wood duck
Ribbing - Brown uni stretch
Abdomen - Amber dubbing
Thorax - Brown dubbing
Hackle - Hungarian partridge
Shakey Bealy
Thread - Brown
Tail - Krystal flash, amber or orange
Trailing shuck - Mallard flank feather, dyed wood duck
Ribbing - Brown uni stretch
Abdomen - Australian possum dubbing, golden stone
Thorax - Orange ostrich herl or substitute dubbing
Hackle - Hungarian partridge
October Elk Hair Caddis
Hook - Dry fly
Thread - Brown
Ribbing - Gold wire
Hackle - Brown, palmered
Body - Orange dubbing
Wing - Elk Hair
Tim Flagler
Hook - Curved
Thread - Brown
Ribbing - Copper wire
Back - Brown antron yarn
Abdomen - Amber dubbing
Wing case - Brown antron yarn
Thorax: Pheasant tail ice dub
Beard - Burnt-orange brahma hen chickabou feather or substitute
Foam October Caddis
Another offering for popsflies - The Deer Fly but tied with the optional grizzly hackle wing tips and grizzly hackle. Textreme Olive Poly Floss and gold Textreme Pure Silk butt. Size 8 Mustad 3399
Muskrat Nymph
Hooks - TMC3769 or DAI1190, sizes 6-16
Thread - Black
Tail - Badger guard hairs
Body: Dubbed with muskrat fur
Legs - Mottled gray Hungarian partridge tied on as a collar and tied back
Muskrat Nymph
Hooks - TMC3769 or DAII 190, sizes 8-14
Thread - Brown/black
Tail - Brown hen hackle barbs
Ribbing - Fine silver wire
Body - Dubbed with muskrat fur
Legs - Brown hen hackle tied on as a collar and tied back
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
