Jungle Guinea

Jungle Guinea

Tip - Silver wire or tinsel

Tag - Yellow or fluorescent green floss

Tail - Guinea hackle fibers

Ribbing - Silver wire or tinsel

Body - Purple floss

Hackle - Blue/green pheasant or guinea hackle fibers dyed blue

Wing - Guinea wing quill segments

Cheek - Jungle fowl

https://freestoneflyfishing.co.uk/home/wets/

Ombudsman

Ombudsman 

Hook - Down-eyed 8-10 long shank 

Thread - Brown 

Body - Peacock herl 

Rib - Copper wire 

Wing - Mottled brown hen or Turkey 

Hackle - A long soft, brown hackle 

Head - Brown. The head of the fly is tied in an elongated fashion.

This fly was created by Brian Clarke and given in his excellent book, The Pursuit of Stillwater Trout. It imitates a number of large aquatic nymphs, including the Alder larva. I have heard this fly described as the nymph fisherman’s lure, especially when tied as a hair wing. 

The Flytier's Companion - Mike Dawes

Goldie

Goldie

 

Hook - Down-eyed 6-12 long shank 

Thread - Black 

Tail - Yellow hackle fibres 

Body - Flat gold tinsel 

Rib - Fine gold wire 

Hackle - Yellow hackle 

Wing - Yellow goat hair or dyed squirrel, with black hair over

This lure, credited to Bob Church, was devised in the late 1970s for reservoir fishing. It is normally fished deep, but I have taken fish with it at all depths. It is a good lure for cloudy, muddy water.

The Flytier's Companion - Mike Dawes

Breathalizer

Breathalizer

Hook - Down-eyed 6-10 long shank 

Thread - Black 

Tail - Soft black cock- or hen-hackle fibres 

Body - Flat silver tinsel 

Rib (optional) - Fine silver wire 

 

Wing - Two hot-orange hackles back-to-back with two Green Highlander hackles on the outside 

Cheek - Jungle Fowl

Hackle - Collar badger hackle (white or cream with a black centre)

This pattern was created in the late 1960s by Alec Iles for fishing Chew Valley. It is especially for those times when the trout feed on fry. He adapted some North American patterns to produce this streamer. The pattern first appeared in John Veniard’s book Lake and Reservoir Flies, 1970.

The Flytier's Companion - Mike Dawes

Fontinalis Flies and Variations

 

Fontinalis

Tail - Married strips of orange, black and white, repeated twice*

Body - Alternating bands of orange and gray wool

Hackle - Dun

Wing - Orange with 2 fibers of black and white married over the top

*I did not repeat the tailing sequence

Forgotten Flies - Schmookler and Sils

Fontinalis Fin

Tail - White

Ribbing - Gold Tinsel

Body - Orange wool

Hackle - Brown and black

Wing - Orange with 2 fibers of black and white married over the top

Forgotten Flies - Schmookler and Sils

Armstrong Fontinalis

Tail - White hackle

Body - Orange wool

Hackle - White

Wing - White over gray over orange duck or goose quill segments

Fishing Flies and Fly Tying - William F Blades

Brook Fin Wet Fly

Thread - White Danville Flymaster 6/0 for body, black for head

Hook - Mustad 36890 or other brand of up-eye salmon hook

Tag - Fine oval silver/gold tinsel

Tail - Black Hackle fibers

Hackle - Black tied palmer

Rib - Fine silveroval gold tinsel

Body - Orange floss

Wing - White, black, and orange, in equal parts, married

Don Bastian Website

Brookie Fin

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel; Shaw’s dressing calls for silver wire

Body - Flat silver tinsel

Hackle - White hackle fibers; Shaw’s original dressing calls for polar bear

Wing - Narrow strips of white, black, and red; married to and topping remainder of orange goose quill sections

Don Bastian Note

Shaw’s formula in the recipe plate for the Brookie Fin calls for making the wing 2/3 orange, and 1/9 each Red, Black, and White. That is accurate, but personally I don’t feel like doing more math than I absolutely have to, especially math with fractions, and when I’m tying flies to boot. I generally use two strips each of white, black, and red, and make the rest of the wing, about 2/3, orange. That’s good for #4, #6, and #8 hooks. On a #2 hook, I’d go with three barbs or flues, and on #10 and #12 hooks, one must use only a single barb each of the topping colors. This type of detailed married-wing wet fly tying is what separates the men from the boys, or the women from the girls. It requires good keen eyesight, and steady hands.

No mention of the origin of the Brookie Fin appears in Shaw’s book, but it is quite likely that she originated it. She concluded her writing on the Brookie Fin with these words: “This is an exceptionally good wet-fly pattern, producing strikes when other patterns may prove to be ineffectual under many fishing conditions.”

Flies for Fish and Fishermen: The Wet Flies - Helen Shaw

Don Bastian Website

Olive Trout Fin

Hook - Standard wet fly hook, size #2 to #10

Thread - White for under body, black for head

Tag -Flat silver tinsel

Tail - Narrow sections of duck or goose wing quill

2 barbs each of white, black, and red; married to and topping slightly wider orange

Rib - Flat narrow silver tinsel

Body - Olive floss

Hackle - Black

Wing -  Narrow sections of duck or goose wing quill

2 barbs each of white, black, and red; married to and topping remainder of orange

Don Bastian Website

Fontinalis Fin

"Phil Armstrong"

Tail - White hackle 

Ribbing - Gold tinsel

Body - Orange wool

Hackle - Furnace

Wing - White over gray over orange duck or goose quill segments

Trout - Ray Bergman

Bergman Fontinalis 

"Phil Armstrong"

Tail - White over gray over orange duck or goose quill segments

Body - Alternate ribs of gray and orange wool

Hackle - Dark blue-gray

Wing - White over gray over orange duck or goose quill segments

Trout - Ray Bergman

Trout Fin

Tip - White floss

Ribbing - White floss

Body - Orange floss

Hackle - Orange

Wing - Narrow white, narrow black, married to and topping orange

Don Bastian Website

Trout Fin 

Tail - Narrow red duck quill section

Body - Flat silver tinsel

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

Wings - Married duck quill sections of white, black, and red

White is on top. These are tied on edge over the body

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

Brook Fin

Hackle - Black, palmered

Body - Orange floss

Wing - White over black over orange duck or goose quill segments

Don Bastian Website

Trout Fin

Robert Cavanagh

Hook - 3xl nymph

Thread - Black

Tag - Yellow floss

Tail - Golden pheasant crest

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Flat silver tinsel

Hackle - Guinea fiber beard

Wing - White over black (equal parts) over red larger section duck or goose quill sections

Perrault's Standard Dictionary of Fishing Flies - Keith Perrault

Trout Fin Bucktail

Hook - Mustad R74, sizes 6-8

Thread - Black

Tail - Narrow section of red goose quill curved upward

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Flat silver tinsel

Wing - Sparse white bucktail tied over the body with an overwing of sparse black bucktail, then a larger bunch of dark orange bucktail

This is one of the many variations of the pattern. It is dressed to simulate the fin of an Eastern Brook Trout.

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

Trout Fin Streamer

Attributed to Keith Fulsher

Hook - 3xl nymph

Thread - Black

Tail - Red goose or swan

Ribbing - Fine silver wire or oval silver (Optional)

Body - Flat silver tinsel

Hackle - Cream badger hackle

Wing - Married goose or swan (from the bottom) red, black and white

Cheek - Jungle cock (Optional)

Tied per the photo in the following book

Forgotten Flies - Schmookler and Sils

Trout Fin Hairwing

Body - White floss

Wing - Orange over black calf tail

From Internet Photo

Bemis Stream

Bemis Stream

Tip - Gold tinsel

Tail - Gray mallard and brown quill sections

Hackle - Brown tied palmer

Ribbing - Gold tinsel

Body - Dark claret dubbing

Wing - Brown

Trout - Ray Bergman

Brassie Soft Hackle

Brassie Soft Hackle

Body - Copper wire

Thorax - Gray dubbing

Hackle - Hungarian partridge

Fletcher

Fletcher

Tip - Silver tinsel

Tail - Scarlet, yellow, and guinea fowl married

Hackle - Grizzly tied palmer *

Body - Black floss

Wing - Light brown mottled turkey

Don Bastion Note

* The hackle recipe in Trout calls for gray but the painting is clearly grizzly.

I really like the Fletcher; it is an unremarkable fly except for the three-part married tail, which makes this pattern extremely attractive and fun to tie.

The Fletcher is a good pattern for tiers in the early stages of learning to tie married tails to practice and work on. My reasoning is that once the tail is done, the rest of the fly is relatively easy.

Trout - Ray Bergman

RP Emerger

RP Emerger

Roy Palm

Tail - Partridge

Body - Olive biot

Thorax - Olive dubbing

Hackle- Partridge

https://flyfishingthesierra.com/rp-emerger/

Connemara Black

Connemara Black

Tail - Golden pheasant crest

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Black seal's fur or substitute

Hackle - Black hen, with a few fibers of blue jay in front (I used Eurasian Jay)

Wing - Bronze mallard

Trout & Salmon Flies of Scotland - Stan Headley

Fiery Brown

Fiery Brown

Tail - Golden pheasant tippets

Rib - Gold wire

Body - Red brown dubbing

Hackle - Brown

Wing - Bronze mallard

Perrault's Standard Dictionary of Fishing Flies - Keith Perrault

Green Caddis Nymph

Green Caddis Nymph

Harry Cameron (Popflies)

Body - Green Wool

Hackle - Blue Dun

Wings Blue dun

Head - Black

Sample

Black Nose Dace

Black Nose Dace

Hook—No. 4,6,8, or 10

Tag - Red yarn, very short 

Body - Best quality medium silver tinsel 

Hair - Natural polar bear, black bear, or black hair from skunk tail, and brown bucktail

Art Flick's New Streamside Guide to Naturals and Their Imitations - Art Flick

Another version has oval tinsel ribbing that is not specified in the original but was later added.

White, black and brown bucktail can also be used for the wing.

3 Mile PMD

3 Mile PMD

Pete Shanafelt

Tail - Ringneck pheasant tail fibers 

Shuck - Olive Brown Z-Lon 

Ribbing - Fine copper wire 

Abdomen - Ringneck pheasant tail fibers 

Thorax - Shrimp Pink Ice Dub

Wing - White or light dun Poly Yarn

Collar - Light dun CDC

https://www.flyfisherman.com/editorial/shanafelts-3-mile-pmd/524762

Cock Robin

Cock Robin

Tail - Bronze mallard fibers

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - 1/2 Golden olive dubbing; 1/2 Scarlet dubbing

Hackle - Brown

Wing - Bronze mallard

Perrault's Standard Dictionary of Fishing Flies - Keith Perrault

Cock Robin

Variation

Tail - Ginger

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - In 2 halves; rear, invicta yellow seal's fur or substitute; fore, scarlet seal's fur or substitute

Hackle - Ginger hen

Wing - Slips of hen pheasant

Trout and Salmon Flies of Scotland - Stan - Headley

The Don

The Don 

Tag - Oval silver tinsel

Tip - Yellow floss

Tail - Golden pheasant crest

Butt - Peacock herl

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Aft 1/3, yellow dubbing; Fore 2/3, Claret dubbing

Hackle - Black

Wing - Turket tail sections with strips of teal

Perrault's Standard Dictionary of Fishing Flies - Keith Perrault

Corrie Fly

Corrie Fly

Tail - Scarlet ibis slip or substitute

Ribbing - Silver wire

Body - Silver tinsel

Hackle - Claret

Wing - Slate duck or goose quill segments

Cheek - Jungle fowl

Perrault's Standard Dictionary of Fishing Flies - Keith Perrault

John Spencer

John Spencer

Tail - Golden pheasant tippets

Ribbing - Silver tinsel

Body - Black floss

Hackle - Black 

Wing - Gray mallard

Perrault's Standard Dictionary of Fishing Flies - Keith Perrault

Little's Fancy

Little's Fancy

Tail - Golden pheasant crest

Body - Flat silver tinsel

Hackle - Ginger

Wing - Hen pheasant

Perrault's Standard Dictionary of Fishing Flies - Keith Perrault

Badger & Gray

 

Badger & Gray

Rear Hackle - Badger

Body - Gray herl, dubbing etc

Front Hackle - Badger

Silver Black

Silver Black

Plate 8

Tip - Silver tinsel

Tail - Gray mallard

Ribbing - Silver tinsel

Body - Black floss

Hackle - Grizzly

Wing - Light widgeon

Trout - Ray Bergman

Yellow Drake

Yellow Drake

Plate 9

Tip - Gold tinsel

Tail - Black duck or goose quill segments

Ribbing - Gold tinsel

Body - Yellow floss silk

Hackle - Yellow

Wing - Gray mallard dyed yellow

Trout - Ray Bergman

Gray Hackle Yellow Body

Gray Hackle Yellow Body

Plate 11

Tip - Gold tinsel

Tail - Crimson

Ribbing - Gold tinsel

Body - Yellow floss

Hackle - Grizzly

Wing - Jungle fowl

Trout - Ray Bergman

March Brown

March Brown

Plate 11

Tail - Crimson

Ribbing - Yellow silk

Body - Rabbit fur

Hackle - Brown partridge

Wing - Light brown turkey and jungle cock

Trout - Ray Bergman

Perkins Pet

Perkins Pet

Hackle - Brown tied palmer

Body - Silver tinsel

Wing - Slate duck or goose quill segments

Trout - Ray Bergman

Red Quill

Red Quill

Tail - Brown

Body - Tawny quill

Hackle - Brown

Wing - Slate duck or goose quill segments

Trout - Ray Bergman

Welch Rarebit

Welch Rarebit

Tail - Thin slips of duck or groose in red over yellow over blue; two strands of peacock sword

Body - Flat silver tinsel

Rib - Oval silver tinsel

Throat - Guinea fowl fibers

Wing - Dark red saddle hackles flanked by two white saddle hackle 

Topping - Bright green peacock herl strands

https://www.flyanglersonline.com/oldsite/features/oldflies/part107.php

Forgotten Flies Schmookler & Sils