Quigley Cripple

Quigley Cripple

Hook - Curved dry fly style

Thread - Tan

Shuck - Dyed olive marabou

Rib - Gold wire

Abdomen - Dyed olive marabou (continuation of shuck)

Thorax - Dyed olive dubbing

Wing/stubs - Deer hair

Hackle - Grizzly

Emerger

Emerger

Hook - Curved style

Thread - Tan or Yellow

Body - Biots, condor substitute, stripped peacock herl etc

Hackle - Ginger, badger, brown etc

Thorax - Hares ear, squirrel etc

Wing - Deer, elk hair etc

Early Emerger Nymph

Early Emerger Nymph

Hook - Dry fly

Thread - Tan

Tail - Pheasant tail fibers

Abdomen - Pheasant tail fibers

Ribbing - Tan thread

Posts - White poly yarn

Thorax - Dark hares ear

Reference - Fly Fishing & Fly Tying Magazine (UK)

Raccoon

Raccoon

Paul Lasha Originator

Midge Emerger

Hook - Mustad 94840 or equivalent

Thread - Black

Shuck - Teal flank fibers or grizzly hackle tip

Butt - White ostrich herl

Shellback - Elk or deer hair

Body - Your favorite dubbing

Tie in a variety of colors by altering the tying thread and dubbing colors.

Tying Emergers - Schollmeyer & Leeson

Black Maria Variant

Black Maria Variant

Hook: Nymph style

Thread: black

Ribbing: Black thread or wire

Back strap: Flat pearl tinsel

Abdomen: Black floss

Collar: Black hackle

Thorax: Black floss

WD-40 & WD-50

WD-40

Hook - Any curved style hook

Thread - Your choice of colors

Tail and wing case - Wood duck

Body - Tying thread

Thorax - Gray dubbing

WD-50

Hook - Any curved style hook

Thread - Your choice of colors

Tail - Wood duck fibers

Body - Tying thread
Wing buds - Butt ends of wood duck tail fibers
Wing case - Pearl tinsel

Thorax - Gray dubbing

These flies can be tied in whatever color you choose

Juracek Emerger

Juracek Emerger

Hook: Dry style

Thread: Black/Brown

Tail: Mallard flank

Body/Thorax: Dubbing

Wingcase: Gray foam

WD40

WD40

Hook: Curved

Thread: Olive or any other color

Tail: Wood duck fibers

Body: Thread

Wing case: Wood duck fibers

Thorax: Dubbing

Devil Bug

Devil Bug

Hook - Mustad 94840 or equivalent

Thread - Brown/tan

Tail/Back/Head - Natural deer hair, cleaned and stacked

Body - Dry-fly dubbing

Try the pattern in different colors, both natural and bright attractor

Known by many names, the Devil bug, Cooper bug and Goofus bug, it can be tied in all manner of colors and with bleached or natural elk or deer hair.

Alpine Emerger

Alpine Emerger

Hook - Standard wet style

Thread - Gray

Tail - Dyed blue dun barred mallard fibers tied sparse

Body - Dubbed blue dun synthetic

Legs - Same as tail fibers

Popular Fly Patterns by Terry Hellekson

With a lifetimes supply of teal feathers, 

I substituted these for what's called for in the original recipe

Nest Eggs

Curved or straight hook

Fringe Bead in your favorite color

Copper wire ribbing

Your favorite body material

Peacock Ice Dubbing

Vee-Wing Emerger

 

Vee-Wing Emerger from Chris Sandford on Vimeo.

Check out more tying videos here

Chris Sandford

Lady McConnell

Lady McConnell

Originator - Brian Chan

Hook - 2xl dry fly hook

Thread - Black

Shuck - Grizzly hackle tip

Shellback - Deer hair

Body - Gray dubbing

Hackle - Grizzly

A Brian Chan designed pattern for McConnell Lake in the Kamloops area of Canada.

The RS2

I was tying a bunch of these for an upcoming fishing trip and decided to photograph a few for the blog. I dont tie them with traditional materials but I like to substitute the microfibett tails with moose body hairs and the fluffy wing with zlon. So here's the few that I tied up.

Grey

Black

Olive

Olive Bi-color

Baetis

Tan

Tan Bi-color

Brown

I like fishing these flies just under the surface using a 9 ft 6X leader and some tiny split shot 15-18 inches above the fly.

Using your imagination, there's more colors and color combinations that can be tied. Try using different materials such as pheasant and turkey tails.

Follow the following link for some history, colors and a tying step by step

 http://web.me.com/ferencho/RS2/Welcome.html

Thanks for looking!

Vertical Emerger

Brown Vertical Emerger

Olive Vertical Emerger

Vertical Emerger

Hook: your favorite
Gills: white zlon
Rib: gold, silver or copper wire
Body: your favorite thread
Hackle: grizzly
Breather: x-small white foam cylinder, looped