Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Usk Naylor


Usk Naylor 

Thread - Purple

Tag - Tying silk

Tail - Bronze mallard barbs 

 Rib - Wire, fine gold 

Body - Bronze mallard barbs

Hackle - Andalusian Blue hen (or dark dun) 

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

https://gwentanglingsociety.co.uk/2013/06/09/usk-naylor/

Saturday, April 26, 2025

Perry


Perry

Tip - Pink chenille

Body - Blach chenille

Hackle - Black

Wing - Black turkey with white tip*

*I used white tip mallard wing quill segments

Trout - Ray Bergman

Friday, April 25, 2025

Lowery


Lowery

Tag - Yellow floss

Body - Peacock herl

Hackle - Brown

Wing - Mixed gray (mottled turkey) or cinnamon

Trour - Ray Bergman

March Browns


March Brown, English Female

Tail - Partridge

Ribbing - Gold tinsel

Body - Gray-Brown

Hackle - Partridge

Wing - Pheasant (Light)

March Brown, English Male

Tip - Gold tinsel

Tail - Partridge dark

Ribbing - Gold tinsel

Body - Gray-Brown

Hackle - Partridge dark

Wing - Pheasant (Dark)

Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Pale Sulphur


Pale Sulphur

Tail - Pale yellow

Body - Pale yellow wool

Hackle - Pale yellow

Wing - Yellow or pale yellow duck or goose wing quill segments

Trout - Ray Bergman

Monday, April 21, 2025

Gray Miller


Gray Miller

Tip - Silver tinsel

Body - Blue gray wool or fur

Hackle - Light gray

Wing - Slate

Trout - Ray Bergman

Saturday, April 19, 2025

Silver-Gold


Silver-Gold

Tail - Golden pheasant crest

Body - Silver tinsel

Hackle - Badger

Wing - Golden pheasant crest

Trout - Ray Bergman

Friday, April 18, 2025

Swiftwater


Swiftwater

Tail - Gray mallard

Body - Peacock herl, orange floss, peacock herl

Hackle - Brown

Wing - White duck or goose quill segments

Trout - Ray Bergman

Teton


Teton

Tip - Gold tinsel

Tail - Brown

Ribbing - Gold tinsel

Body - Yellow silk floss

Hackle - Brown

Wing - Slate, jungle cock

Trout - Ray Bergman



Sir Sam Darling


Sir Sam Darling

Tail - Brown mallard

Tip - Black chenille

Body - White chenille

Hackle - Brown

Wing - Gray mallard

Trout - Ray Bergman

Thursday, April 17, 2025

Turkey Brown


Turkey Brown

Tip - Gold Tinsel

Tail - Scarlet

Ribbing - Scarlet silk

Body - Brown floss

Hackle - Brown

Wing - Brown turkey

Trout - Ray Bergman

Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Stebbins


Stebbins

Tip - Gold Tinsel

Tail - Widgeon

Body - Green wool

Hackle - Brown furnace

Wing - Dark gray

Trout - Ray Bergman

Saltoun


Saltoun

Tip - Gold tinsel

Tail - Ginger hackle

Ribbing - Gold tinsel

Body - Black floss

Hackle - Ginger

Wing - Slate duck or Goose quill segments

Trout - Ray Bergman

Monday, April 14, 2025

Wilson


Wilson

Tip - Gold tinsel

Tail - Golden pheasant tippets

Body - Orange wool

Hackle - Orange

Wung - Gray mallard

Trout - Ray Bergman

Sunday, April 13, 2025

Wilson Ant


Wilson Ant

Tip - Peacock herl

Body - Medium brown floss

Hackle - Brown

Wng - Pheasant 

Trout - Ray Bergman

Saturday, April 12, 2025

Willow

Willow

Tip - Gold tinsel

Body - Olive gray silk floss

Hackle - Brown

Wing - Dark slate

Trout - Ray Bergman

Wanderer


Wanderer

Tip - Gold or silver tinsel

Tail - Barred mandarin

Ribbibg - Gold or silver tinsel

Body - Amber wool

Hackle - Badger gray

Wing - Black or brown feather - white tip

Trout - Ray Bergman

Friday, April 11, 2025

White Water

White Water

Tail - Golden pheasant tippets

Body - White ostrich herl - green silk center

Hackle - Light blue gray

Wing - Grouse*

* I used hen pheasant

Trout - Ray Bergman

Yankee

Yankee

Tip - Gold or silver tinsel

Tail - White duck or goose quill segments

Ribbibg - Gold or silver tinsel

Body - Light blue floss

Hackle - Scarlet

Wing - White duck or goose quill segments

Trout - Ray Bergman

Iron Blue Quill


Iron Blue Quill

Tail - Dark iron blue hackle

Body - Dark iron blue quill

Hackle - Dark iron blue hackle

Wing - Dark slate

Trout - Ray Bergman

Thursday, April 10, 2025

Secret Pool No. 1


Secret Pool No. 1

Tail - Golden pheasant tippet

Body - Peacock herl butt and shoulder with gold tinsel center

Hackle - Claret

Wing - Slate with jungle cock

Trout - Ray Bergman

https://currentseams.com/tag/secret-pool-no-1/

Wednesday, April 9, 2025

Chateaugay


Chateaugay

Tail - Brown mallard

Body - Pale yellow floss

Hackle - Brown

Wing - Gray mallard

Trout - Ray Bergman

Cahill


Cahill

Tip - Gold tinsel, if desired

Tail - Mandarin (or dyed mallard on low price flies)

Body - Blue gray fur dubbing

Hackle - Brown

Wing - Mandarin (or dyed mallard on low price flies)

Trout - Ray Bergman

Don Bastian Note

** The words in parenthesis are from Bergman’s original recipe notations. The Cahill is interesting because of this comment regarding substitute material for the tail and wing on ‘low price flies.’

Friday, April 4, 2025

The Galarneau


The Galarneau

Tail - Red hackle

Body - Flat gold tinsel

Wing - Purple calf tail or bucktail

Throat - Yellow calftail

Shoulder - Mallard flank

Collar - Badger hackle

A Hornberg Variation

 

Thursday, April 3, 2025

Helt Nils


Helt Nils

Tail - Yellow hackle

Body - Rear half scarlet floss, front half green floss

Rib - Oval silver tinsel

Hackle - Blue dun hackle

Wing - Cinnamon/light brown turkey quill

Karin Volden Originator

Fly2000 Database

Anne


Anne

Tail - Ginger

Ribbing - Flat gold/silver tinsel

Body - Grey hare's mask dubbing

Hackle - Ginger

Wing - Hen pheasant wing quill segments

Fly2000 Database

Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Bear's Baetis


Bear's Baetis

Bear Goode Originator

Hook - Curved

Thread - Camel

Tail - Brown hackle fibers

Ribbing - Copper wire

Body - Tying thread

Wing - White foam

Colorado Guide Flies - Pat Dorsey

Dorsey's Top Secret Baetis



Dorsey's Top Secret Baetis

Pat Dorsey Originator

Hook - Curved

Thread - Olive brown (I used olive)

Tail - Partridge 

Rib - Black wire 

Body - Tying thread

Thorax - Olive brown superfine dubbing 

Casing - Light dun medallion sheeting or swiss straw

Legs - Partridge 

Charlie Craver Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OIB_X-O1t8

Hogan's Military May


Hogan's Military May

Hogan Brown Originator

Bead - Small rootbeer glass bead

Thread - Brown

Tail - Natural woodduck or teal body

Casing - Pearlescent tinsel

Ribbing - Copper wire 

Casing - Pearlescent tinsel

Thorax - Brown dubbing

Legs - Copper krystal flash

Hogan's S&M Nymph


Hogan's S&M Nymph (Olive)

Hogan Brown Originator

Bead - Copper

Tail - Pheasant tail

Ribbing – Olive wire

Abdomen – Tying thread

Wingcase – Dark brown goose biot

Thorax – Dark olive dubbing

Legs – Olive krystal flash

Can be tied in a variety of colors

Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Radiation Baetis


Radiation Baetis

Shea Gunkel Originator

Hook - Curved

Bead - Copper

Thread - Brown & orange

Tail - Brown

Ribbing - Copper wire

Body - Tying thread

Flash back - Pearl tinsel

Legs - Fluro fiber or equivalent

Thorax - Peacock black ice dubbing

Avidmax Video