Friday, August 29, 2025

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

Thursday, August 28, 2025

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

Wednesday, August 27, 2025

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

Tuesday, August 26, 2025

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

Monday, August 25, 2025

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

Sunday, August 24, 2025

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.

Saturday, August 23, 2025

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.

Friday, August 22, 2025

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

Thursday, August 21, 2025

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

Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Elliot


Elliot

Tail - Pheasant (or turkey) and scarlet married

Body - White chenille

Hackle - Green

Wing - Gray mallard with scarlet stripes

Trout - Ray Bergman

Tuesday, August 19, 2025

Brown Turkey


Brown Turkey

Tail - Brown hackle fibers

Hackle - Brown tied palmer

Ribbing - None

Body - Brown floss

Wing - Brown mottled turkey

Trout - Ray Bergman

Monday, August 18, 2025

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.

Sunday, August 17, 2025

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

Friday, August 15, 2025

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