Ibis Split

Ibis Split

Tail - Scarlet duck or goose quill segments or hackle

Body - Silver tinsel

Hackle - Scarlet

Wing - Scarlet, white, scarlet duck or goose quill segments

Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth

Guide’s Special

Guide’s Special

Hook - 7xl or 9xl streamer

Thread - Black

Body - Double wrapped flat silver tinsel

Belly - Long blue bucktail

Wing - Long red bucktail with four slim Ewing yellow saddle hackles over

Author's Note

This fly is one of those simple patterns that has an interesting history and has produced for years. The following history is a combination of what I have read and have been told by individuals who have a connection to Jim Warner and Lake Winnipesaukee.

Jim Warner use to tie and sell many of these Guide’s Specials. He was given the pattern by a very popular local guide on the lake Glenn Morrill of Alton, NH. The color combination of this fly when wet and the materials blend together closely imitate the coloring of a smelt. One other pattern the Babbs Ghost has similar colors in it. Jim created the Babbs Ghost and today it is still very effective.

Little is known about who created the Guides Special, which is consistent with how many of these fly patterns got passed down from angler to angler. I’ve personally used this pattern with success and tied it for anglers fishing in New England all reporting back that they caught fish with it.

https://partridge-of-redditch.co.uk/the-guides-special-streamer-tutorial/

Gray Gnat

Gray Gnat

Hook - Wet fly

Thread - Black

Body - Rabbits fur

Hackle - Light gray

Wing - Slate  duck or goose quill segments

Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth

F Fly

F Fly

Hook - Dry fly style

Thread - Your choice of color

Body - Tying thread

Wing - Dun CDC feathers

May also tied with sparse dubbing body

Marjan Fratnik Originator

https://midcurrent.com/videos/how-to-tie-the-f-fly/

Old Judge

Old Judge

Tail - Brown Hackle

Body - Silver tinsel

Hackle - Orange

Wing - Brown turkey, red, blue, yellow goose shoulder fibers, married

Author's Note

Also made gold tinsel body, yellow hackle down body, white hackle at shoulder, yellow and white tail, white wings with yellow strips over, and jungle up sides.

Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth

Olive Gnat

Olive Gnat

Tip - Gold tinsel

Body - Olive green dubbing or floss

Hackle - Brown or furnace

Wing - Green duck or goose quill segments

Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth

Gray Alder

Gray Alder 

Tip - Gold tinsel

Body - Peacock herl

Hackle - Black

Wing - Slate

Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth

Sunset

Sunset

Hook - Standard wet fly style

Thread - Black

Tip - Green chenille

Body - Yellow chenille

Hackle - Yellow

Wing - White duck or goose quill segments

How To Tie Flies - E C Gregg

Ross McKinney

Ross McKinney

Hook - Standard wet fly style

Thread - Black

Tip - Gold tinsel

Tail - Barred wood duck

Ribbing - Gold tinsel

Body - Brown wool

Wing - Red over white duck or goose quill segments

Cheek - Jungle fowl

Can also be tied with red over white bucktail for the wing

How To Tie Flies - E C Gregg

Golden Dustman

Golden Dustman

Tail - Golden pheasant crest

Body - Bronze peacock herl*

Hackle - Golden yellow

Wings - Bronze wild turkey

Book of the Black Bass - J A Henshall

*As scarce as a pink unicorn 😁

Lachene

Lachene

Tail - Gray mallard dyed yellow

Ribbing - Silver tinsel

Body - Embossed silver tinsel & black chenille

Hackle - Dark claret

Wing - Amherst pheasant

Trout - Ray Bergman

Holberton

Holberton

Tip - Gold tinsel

Tail - (Bottom to top) Barred Mandarin, yellow, crimson, (married), peacock sword 

Ribbing - Gold tinsel

Body - Rear ½ orange floss, front ½ peacock herl

Hackle - Crimson

Wing - (Bottom to top) Yellow, crimson, barred mandarin (married), peacock sword

Trout - Ray Bergman

Cupsuptic

Cupsuptic

Tail - Yellow hackle fibers

Hackle - Scarlet tied palmer

Body - Silver tinsel

Wing - Brown mottled turkey with narrow stripe of guinea fowl over

Head - Peacock herl *

Trout - Ray Bergman

Don Bastion Note

* The peacock herl head is visible on the color plate fly but is not listed as a fly component in the written recipe.

Down Looker

Down Looker

Tip - Orange floss

Tail - Brown mallard

Hackle - Brown tied palmer

Body - Brown floss

Wing - Brown mallard

Trout - Ray Bergman

Catskill

Catskill

Tail - Mandarin or dyed mallard

Hackle - Brown tied palmer

Body - Orange floss

Wing - Mandarin or dyed mallard

Trout - Ray Bergman

Fiery Brown

Fiery Brown

Tip - Gold tinsel

Tail - Crimson duck or goose quill segments

Hackle - Brown

Wing - Brown duck or goose quill segments

Trout - Ray Bergman

Irish Grouse

Irish Grouse

Hackle - Furnace tied palmer

Ribbing - Gold tinsel

Body - Orange floss

Wing - Peacock herl

Trout - Ray Bergman

Rich Widow

Rich Widow

Tip - Gold Tinsel

Tail - Yellow duck or goose quill segments

Hackle - Yellow tied palmer

Ribbing - Gold tinsel

Body - Light blue floss

Wing - Black duck or goose quill segments

Trout - Ray Bergman

Tycoon

Tycoon

Tip - Scarlet floss

Tail - Scarlet over yellow duck or goose quill segmants

Hackle - Yellow tied palmer, claret shoulder

Ribbing - Gold tinsel

Body - Orange floss

Wing - Black over white over scarlet over white duck or goose quill segmants

Trout - Ray Bergman

Michigan Stone II

Michigan Stone II

Hook - Mustad #94840 Size: 8-10

Thread - Tan, 6/0

Tail - Dark Elk Hair, tied short

Body - Tan fur or synthetic dubbing

Rib - Ginger hackle, trimmed short top and bottom

Wing - Natural Brown Bucktail, tied down over the body.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IIKsOlvldF64Hbrsczg8vWRK-Mt2TNjJ/view

Wickham's Fancy

Wickham's Fancy

Tail - Brown hackle tips

Hackle - Brown tied palmer

Body - Gold tinsel

Wing - Slate duck or goose quill segments

Trout - Ray Bergman

Caughlan

Caughlan

Tail - Gray mottled turkey

Hackle - Dark claret tied palmer

Body - Dark claret chenille or wool

Wing - Gray mottled turkey

Trout - Ray Bergman

Vanity

Vanity

Hackle - Brown tied palmer

Ribbing - Gold tinsel

Body - Orange floss

Wing - White duck or goose quill segments and jungle body feathers

Trout - Ray Bergman

Winters

Winters

Tail - Brown mallard or light gray mallard

Body - Claret floss

Hackle - Brown furnace or dun

Wing - Brown mallard

Trout - Ray Bergman

Wilderness

Wilderness

Tip - Gold tinsel

Hackle - Brown tied palmer

Ribbing - Silver or gold tinsel

Body - Green wool

Wing - Dark red over brown duck or goose quill segments

Trout - Ray Bergman

Tying Note - Can also be tied with a tail of dark red over brown duck or goose quill segments as shown in Forgotten Flies by Schmookler ans Sils

Montreal White Tip

Montreal White Tip

Tag - Gold Tinsel

Tail - Scarlet duck or goose quill segmants

Ribbing - Gold Tinsel

Body - Claret wool

Hackle - Claret

Wing - Black turkey white tip

Trout - Ray Bergman

Palmer Bar

Palmer Bar

Tail - Peacock sword

Body - Silver tinsel

Wing - Peacock sword over red hackle fibers over brown buchtail

Cheek - Jungle cock

Fly Ter Pattern Bible - Vol 3, Issue 4

White King

White King

Tip - Gold tinsel

Tail - Orange duck or goose quill segments

Hackle - White tied palmer, orange shoulder

Ribbing - Gold tinsel

Body - White floss

Wing - White duck or goose quill segments

Trout - Ray Bergman

Something

Something

Tip - Silver tinsel

Tail - Golden pheasant tippets

Ribbing - Silver tinsel

Body - Black floss

Hackle - Black 

Wing - Green, scarlet, purple and yellow duck or goose quill segments

Trout - Ray Bergman

July Dun

July Dun

Tail - Gray hackle fibers

Body - Rabbitt fur picked out for hackle at shoulder or gray hackle 

Wing - Dark slate duck or goose quill segments

Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth

Brown Sedge

Brown Sedge

Hackle - Brown tied palmer

Body - Dun fur

Wing - Light slate duck or goose quill segments

Trout - Ray Bergman

Black Dose

Black Dose

Tip - Silver tinsel 

Tail - Golden pheasant crest*

Butt -Yellow floss *

Ribbing - Silver tinsel

Body - Black floss

Hackle - Black

Wing - Brown turkey, brown mallard, guinea stripe**

Trout - Ray Bergman

Don Bastian Notes

* The separate tip and butt on this revised Black Dose dressing are both listed under the tip in the Trout written recipe, but the yellow floss is placed as a butt on the color plate painting.

**I sometimes tie this fly using light brown and dark brown turkey in the wing because they marry easier than brown mallard and turkey. Also, if desired, instead of trying to marry the dissimilar brown turkey and mallard, the turkey can be veiled separately above a mallard underwing as in this photo.

Black Moose

Black Moose

Tip - Silver tinsel

Tail - Green hackle fibers

Body - Black floss

Hackle - None *

Wing - Guinea and purple married

Trout - Ray Bergman

Don Bastian Note

* There are only a couple wet flies in this entire collection that do not have a hackle; the Black Moose is one of them. This is curious since the hackle is normally such an integral wet fly component, even on sparsely dressed patterns.

Jenny Lind

Jenny Lind

Tail - Light purple quill sections

Ribbing - Gold tinsel

Body - Yellow floss

Hackle - Scarlet

Wing - Light purple with scarlet stripe, married

Trout - Ray Bergman

The Jenny Lind was designed by Mrs. O'Connell of Halifax, Nova Scotia, in the 1850s, and named for the famous soprano, Jenny Lind. This fly was tied on the heels of the Swedish Nightingale's triumphant tour of America, promoted by P.T. Barnum. Jenny Lind's operatic performances caused such a stir that streets, schools, dams, entire towns, and yes, a fishing fly, were named for her.

Note: There are versions of this fly that use light blue quill in place of the lavender, and furnace hackle for the throat. I very much feel that the lavender and scarlet are much more appropriate for the "ruby throated" soprano. Ray Bergman has this fly as the "Jennie Lind," but spelling aside, this is his version shown here. ~ Eric Austin

https://www.flyanglersonline.com/oldsite/features/oldflies/part305.php

Neverwas

Neverwas

Tail - Peacock sword

Hackle - Green tied palmer

Body - Peacock herl

Wing - Orange duck or goose quill segments

Trout - Ray Bergman

Hopatcong

Hopatcong

Tail - Scarlet over yellow duck or goose quill segments

 

Hackle - Black tied palmer

Body - Silver tinsel

Wing - Brown turkey Jungle over

Trout - Ray Bergman

Elliot

Elliot

Tail - Pheasant (or turkey) and scarlet married

Body - White chenille

Hackle - Green

Wing - Gray mallard with scarlet stripes

Trout - Ray Bergman

Brown Turkey

Brown Turkey

Tail - Brown hackle fibers

Hackle - Brown tied palmer

Ribbing - None

Body - Brown floss

Wing - Brown mottled turkey

Trout - Ray Bergman

Edrington

Edrington

Ribbing - Black floss

 

Body - Orange chenille

Hackle - Brown

Wing- White-tipped black turkey

Trout - Ray Bergman

Don Bastian Note

* On chenille bodies it is advisable to use two strands of floss (twisted) for the ribbing.

Pink Wickham's Fancy

Pink Wickham's Fancy

Tip - Gold Tinsel

Tail - Light brown

Hackle - Light brown tied palmer

Body - Pink floss

Wing - Dark slate duck or goode quill fibers

Trout - Ray Bergman

Post

Post

Tip - Gold tinsel

Tail - Crimson duck or goose quill segments

Hackle - Black tied palmer

Ribbing - Gold tinsel

Body - Pink floss

Wing - Dark brown turkey

Trout - Ray Bergman

Pope

Pope

Tip - Gold Tinsel

Tail - Golden pheasant tippets

Hackle - Yellow tied palmer, green shoulder

Body - Pale yellow silk floss

Wing - Guinea

Trout - Ray Bergman

Parson

Parson

Tip - Orange floss

Tail - Golden pheasant crest

Hackle - Black tied palmer

Ribbing - Silver tinsel

Body - Gray wool

Wing - Light brown turkey

Trout - Ray Bergman

Major

Major

Tag - Gold tinsel

Tail - Golden pheasant tippet and blue floss tail-tag

Hackle - Scarlet tied palmer

Ribbing - Gold tinsel

Body - Purple wool (or dubbing)

Hackle - Blue shoulder

Wing - Brown mottled turkey and gray mallard stripe

Trout - Ray Bergman

Queen of Waters

Queen of Waters

Hackle - Brown tied palmer

Body - Orange floss

Wing - Teal or gray mallard

Trout - Ray Bergman

John Mann

John Mann

Tail - Brown mottled turkey

Tip - Scarlet floss *

Hackle - Brown tied palmer

Ribbing - Gold tinsel

Body - Yellow floss

Wing - Dark brown mottled turkey or Bittern

Don Bastian Note

* The Trout recipe lists a ‘scarlet tag’ for tip, but the color plate painting clearly shows a floss tip.

Trout - Ray Bergman

Pebble Beach

Pebble Beach

Tip - Silver tinsel

Hackle - Brown tied palmer, Black at shoulder

Ribbing - Silver tinsel

Body - Dark claret floss or wool

Wing - Orange duck or goose quill segments

Trout - Ray Bergman

Murray

Murray

Tail - Scarlet duck or goose quill segment

Hackle - Orange tied palmer

Ribbing - Silver tinsel

Body - Black floss

Wing - Brown turkey or pheasant

Trout - Ray Bergman