Red Midge

Red Midge

Ribbing - Gold tinsel

Body - Red floss

Hackle - Brown

Wing - Brown turkey

Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth

Jennie Lind

Jennie Lind

Tail - Blue hackle

Ribbing - Gold tinsel

Body - Yellow floss

Hackle - Scarlet

Wing - Blue duck or goose quill segments

Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth

Ibis Yellow

Ibis Yellow

Tail - Scarlet hackle

Ribbing - Gold tinsel

Body - Yellow floss

Hackle - Scarlet hackle

Wing - Scarlet duck or goose quill segments

Amateur Tyerts Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth

Ibis White

Ibis White

Tip - Gold tinsel

Tail - Scarlet hackle

Body - White chenille

Hackle - Scarlet hackle

Wing - Scarlet duck or goose quill segments

Author's Note

Also made with silver tinsel rib and white floss

Ameteur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth

Dark Whirling Dun

Dark Whirling Dun

Tail - Brown hackle

Body - Greenish gray dubbing

Hackle - Brown hackle 

Wing - Slate duck or goose quill segments

Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth

Blue Turkey

Blue Turkey

Tip - Silver tinsel

Tail - Red

Body - Blue chenille

Hackle - Red

Wing - Gray or mottled turkey

Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth

Yellow Dolly

 

Yellow Dolly

Tip - Gold tinsel

Body - Yellow dubbing

Wing - Slate duck or goose quill segments

Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Wilmarth

Yellow Drake

Yellow Drake

Tail - Brown mallard (aka bronze mallard)

Ribbing - Silver tinsel

Body - Yellow dubbing

Hackle - Scarlet

Wing - Brown mallard (aka bronze mallard)

Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth

Gray Drake

Gray Drake

Tail - Mallard

Ribbing - Black floss

Body - White floss

Hackle - Gray or badger

Wing - Mallard or slate duck or goose quill segments

Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmark

Brown Drake

 

Brown Drake

Tip - Gold tinsel

Body - Brown floss

Hackle - Badger

Wing - Brown turkey

Ameteur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth

Black Drake

Black Drake

Ribbing - Silver tinsel

Body - Black floss 

Hackle - Orange 

Wing - Black goose or duch quill segmants

Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth

Callibaetis Flymph

Callibaetis Flymph

Hook - Wet fly 

Thread - Grey 

Tail - Hen Hackle Fibers, Grey, Olive or Tan 

Body - Turkey Biot, Grey, Olive or Tan 

Thorax - Natural Squirrel Dubbing: Grey, Olive or Tan 

Hackle - Dun hen hackle

Phil Rowley Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGCT3ToypaA

Flashback AP Nymph

Flashback AP Nymph

A Variation

Hook - Wet/nymph style

Thread - Black

Tail - Moose body hair

Ribbing - Copper wire

Body - Gray dubbing

Wing case - Flat silver tinsel

Thorax - Gray dubbing

Legs - Butt ends of the tail hairs

Andre Puyans Originator

Tying Notes/Suggestions

Add a bead to make it a beadhead style fly

Add flash to make it a flashback style nymph

Try different colors & sizes to match the hatch

Try natural as well as synthetic dubbing

Tie the wing case similar to the Copper John

Use tinsel only as the wing case

Use your favorite hook

Try tying this pattern on a curved hook

Tie a light colored abdomen/dark colored thorax

Tie it with an all wire abdomen

Tie it weighted or unweighted

Use your favorite weighting material (lead or non lead)

You can weight the entire shank or just the thorax area

Dubbing the tiny heads on these patterns is optional

Length of tails should equal 1 to 1 1/2 times the hook gap

Leftovers

Leftovers

Hook - Mustad 94720

Thread - Black 

Body - Black floss

Rib - Flat silver tinsel 

Throat - White bucktail

Wing - Two orange hackles flanked by two red hackles

Shoulders - Blue peacock neck feathers

Sides - Ruffed grouse

Ronn Lucas Jr - FAOL

Mickey Doodle

Mickey Doodle

Hook - Partridge CS15 #4 or substitute

Thread - Black 

Body - Silver flat tinsel 

Belly - Yellow bucktail 

Throat - Yellow hackle fibers 

Wing - 2 red hackles flanked by yellow hackle 

Shoulder - Red hen back 

Eye - Jungle cock nail 

Head - Black (with orange band) 

Author's Note

Red and yellow was a popular color combination of Mrs. Stevens' day, and judging by the continued success of the Mickey Finn, it still remains popular in the modern age. Mickey’s Ghost (#156) is a pattern designed by Mike Martinek Jr. which also pays homage to the most famous of bucktails. Mrs. Stevens’ Mickey Doodle is quite similar to a Canadian version of the Mickey Finn which calls for a married wing of red and yellow goose. 

Originated by Carrie Stevens

Streamers365 - Vol 2 - Darren MacEachern

Cut Lips

Cut Lips

Hook - Gaelic Supreme Mike Martinek Rangeley Streamer 6xl 

Thread - White under floss; black head

Tail - Blue dun hackle 

Body - Lavender silk 

Rib - Silver flat tinsel 

Throat - Blue dun hackle fibers 

Wing - 2 olive hackles flanked by dun hackles

Eye - Jungle cock

Originated by Lew Oatman

Author's Note

As much as it sounds like an unfortunate accident with a wayward back cast and an unsuspecting passerby, the Cut Lips streamer is named for one of the minnow species Mr. Oatman studied. His observations of the natural prey items of trout became the basis for a series of streamers he designed which included plump tapered bodies and colors that matched the natural minnows. The cut lips minnow is a dark colored fish and has a range that includes the renowned Battenkill in Vermont and New York state’s Ausable River. The streamer is most successful in the habitat of the minnow, that being rapid flows, white water and beneath waterfalls.

Streamers365 - Vol 2 - Darren MacEachern

The Farmy

The Farmy

Hook - Gaelic Supreme Mike Martinek Rangeley Streamer hook 6x or substitute

Thread - Black

Tag - Silver flat tinsel 

Body - Red floss 

Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel

Belly - White bucktail 

Wing - 2 light dun hackles flanked by grizzly hackle 

Shoulder - Light mallard flank 

Cheek - Jungle cock 

Author's Note

The Farmy was created and named for the beloved Farmington River in Connecticut. The Farmington is located in northern Connecticut and is a tributary of the Connecticut River. The river is the only river to flow in all four cardinal directions in the Northern Hemisphere. A few notable pools on the Farmington include Boneyard, School Bus Pool and Satan’s Kingdom. 

Originated by Alan Petrucci 

Streamers365 - Vol 1 - Darren MacEachern

Walt's Demon

Walt's Demon

Hook - Mustad 9575 

Thread - Black 

Tail - Red hackle fibers 

Body - Silver flat tinsel 

Rib - Silver oval tinsel 

Throat - Silver badger hackle 

Wing - Married sections of brown, black and white goose or swan 

Eye - Jungle cock

Author's Note

Originated by Walt Dette

The pattern originates from the Jess Wood (also Jesse Wood) streamer dressed by Ray Bergman and showcased on plate #10 of 'Trout'. The two patterns are essentially the same with the Jess Wood having a furnace hackle throat and a wing made from Baikal teal, while the Walt's Demon uses a badger hackle and a married wing of goose which closely resembles the look of the Baikal teal or yanosh. The teal feather is banded with tan on one edge, a strong black center strip and a white outer edge. Mr. Dette tied the fly to sell in his fly shop “W.C. Dette, Dry Flies” located in Roscoe, New York. It is said that the pattern received the Demon moniker by a relative of Mr. Dette's, but in 'Streamer Fly Tying & Fishing' by Joseph Bates, he states the pattern is known as the Demon in Canada. It is an excellent imitation for the black nosed dace and has taken many sizable fish from the Catskills waters. 

Streamers365 - Vol 3 - Darren MacEachern

Northern Delight

Northern Delight 

Hook - Gaelic Supreme Mike Martinek Rangeley Streamer hook or substitute

Thread - White

Tail - Lady Amherst pheasant crest 

Butt - Made in three parts using the rear quarter of the body. Rear quarter is peacock herl followed 

by orange silk and the last quarter is peacock herl 

Body - Dark blue floss 

Rib - Silver oval tinsel 

Belly: Light yellow bucktail 

Wing - 2 light dun hackles 

Eye - Jungle cock

Head - Orange 

Author's Note

Originated by Jim Malo

Jim's cache of original streamers includes several with the complex streamer bodies in the tradition of Herb Welch's classic streamers. Jim has used the Northern Delight to fish many of Maine's storied lakes such as Rangeley Lake, Sebago Lake and Penobscot Lake. The pattern has been responsible for taking many trout and landlocked salmon over the years. Jim has tested the pattern throughout Canada, Maine and Massachusetts with similar positive results in each local. Jim ties the pattern sparse using only 2 hackles in the wing and just a smattering of bucktail in the belly. 

Streamers365 - Vol 3 - Darren MacEachern

Shad Fly

Shad Fly

Body - Peacock herl, gold tinsel, peacock herl

Hackle - Brown

Wing - Brown turkey

Trout - Ray Bergman