Pepperoni Yuk Bug
Hook – Mustad R74-9672, size 4-10
Weight – Lead/lead free wire
Thread – Black
Tail – Black pheasant tail fibers
Legs – White rubber legs
Body – Black chenille
Thorax – Orange chenille
Hackle – Brown saddle hackle
Tying Flies with Jack Dennis and Friends
Bird’s Nest
Hook – Mustad S80-3906, S82-3906B or equivalent, size 8-16
Thread – Tan or brown
Tail - Barred imitation lemon wood duck fibers
Ribbing – Gold or copper wire
Body – Hares ear dubbing
Legs - Barred imitation lemon wood duck fibers
Head - Hares ear dubbing
I substituted imitation lemon wood duck feathers to preserve my limited supply of
the real lemon wood duck feathers. The fish will never know the difference.
History
Bird's Nest (flyfishingthesierra.com)
All Purpose, Dark
Hook – Mustad S82-3906B, sizes 8-16
Thread - Black
Tail – Pheasant tail fibers
Ribbing – Copper wire
Abdomen – Dark brown lamb’s wool or uni yarn
Wing case – Turkey tail fibers
Thorax - Dark brown lamb's wool or uni yarn
Legs – Black hen hackle barbs tied beard-style
All Purpose, Light
Hook – Mustad S82-3906B, sizes 8-16
Thread - Brown
Tail - Barred imitation lemon wood duck barbs
Ribbing - Heavy brown thread
Abdomen - Dubbed with cream lamb’s wool or uni yarn
Wing case - Ringneck pheasant tail feather barbs tied over
the thorax
Thorax: Dubbed with cream lamb's wool
Legs - Light ginger hen hackle barbs tied beard-style
All Purpose, Medium
Hook – Mustad S82-3906B, sizes 8-16
Thread - Brown
Tail – Pheasant tail fibers
Ribbing – Gold wire
Abdomen - 50/50 mix of gray and brown lamb’s wool or
equivalent dubbing
Wing case - Turkey tail fibers
Thorax - 50/50 mix of gray and brown lamb’s wool or
equivalent dubbing
Legs - Brown hen hackle barbs tied beard-style
Torpedo
Hook - Mustad R73-9671, R74-9672, sizes 2-10
Thread - Brown
Tail & Antennae - White rubber legs tied in a V
Abdomen - Brown chenille
Legs - Brown hackle palmered through the thorax
Thorax - Brown chenille
Fish Flies - The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry
Hellekson
Hot Vac
Hook - Any curved style hook
Bead - Brass or tungsten
Thread - Hot orange
Ribbing - Gold or copper wire
Body - Pheasant tail fibers
Wing - White uni stretch
Hot spot - Tying thread
Blue Ribbon Flies Website
Hook - S82-3906B, size 8-14
Thread - Black
Tail - Black or brown bear hair
Body - Black or brown bear hair
Hackle - Pheasant rump feather
Originated in the Northwest around 1925 by Dr Day and Col Carey and was originally
thought to be tied bear hair for the tail and body (as tied above).
Tying Flies with Jack Dennis and Friends
Modern versions are tied with multiple colors of chenille for the body
and pheasant rump feather for the tail and hackle.
Also known as "Monkey Faced Loiuse"
Barr Emerger
Hook - Curved style, size 16-22
Thread - Gray
Tail - Brown hackle fibers
Abdomen - Olive dubbing
Wing case & legs - Dun hackle fibers
Thorax - Gray dubbing
Hook - Dry fly style
Thread - Tan
First Body Segment - Cinnamon dubbing
Underwing - Gold holographic braid
Wing - Deer Hair
Second Body Segment - Brown dubbing
Third Body Segment - Cinnamon dubbing
Legs - Small speckled centipede legs
Bird's Stonefly - Dry
Hook - TFS 2302, size 4-8
Thread - Orange
Tail - Moose body hairs
Body - Burnt orange floss
Rib - Brown saddle hackle, trimmed
Wings - Fox squirrel tail or
Hackle - Brown saddle hackle
Antennae - Moose body hairs
Brahma & Orange
Hook - Standard wet/nymph style
Thread - Orange
Body - Tying thread
Hackle - Brahma hen
Bottle Imp
Hook - Standard wet/nymph style
Thread - Black
Tail - Scarlet quill sections or hackle fibers
Body - Blue gray wool or fur
Hackle - Black
Z Wing Caddis
Hook - Mustad C068 - size 12-18
Bead - Copper, gold, nickel, black etc
Thread - Black
Shellback - Turkey tail fibers
Rib - Chartreuse thread or ultra wire
Abdomen - Caddis green dubbing
Wings - Zelon, antron, biots etc
Thorax - Peacock herl
Pat's Rubber Legs
Hook - 3xl-4xl nymph style
Thread - Black
Weight - Lead/non lead wire
Tail, legs and antenna -
Body - Variegated chenille - experiment with other colors
Notes: Pat's Rubber Legs is also known as Jimmy Legs, Knotty
Girls, Restless Stone, The Turd, Cat Turd, Cat Puke and The Pickle.
"Pat" has been suggested to be a guide, Pat Bennett, that works out
of the Hyde shop in Island Park, Idaho but this may be a ruse. Jimmy Legs is a
variation from Idyllwild Flies in which the legs are pre-knotted and tied on a
bent hook, such as a Daiichi 1730. Knotty Girls also have knotted legs but they
are usually round rubber material. Restless Stone is another name as marketed
by Umpqua. Whatever the name, the pattern works quite well and has become a
favorite among guides. The pattern is a variation off an older pattern known as
the Girdle Bug. This pattern was developed in the 1930's by Frank McGinnis of
Anaconda, MT. He developed this pattern while fishing the Big Hole River.
Originally, round rubber legs was used but a spandex rubber material such as
Super Floss, Flex Floss, Life Flex, and Spanflex has become preferred over
round rubber legs. It is much more durable and transparent than rubber leg
material and very supple with lifelike movement in the water. Mickey Wooton, a
guide out of West Yellowstone, came up with a nice variation of trimming the
chenille at the abdomen for a flattened taper and replaced the antennae and tails
with Krystal flash and goose biots, respectively. Fish Pat's Rubber Legs in the
riffles and runs of fast-moving water. It also makes a great pattern for short
line nymphing. The weight of the pattern allows it to quickly sink into deeps
slots and pools.
Egg Sucking Teeny
[BC] Alan Grombacher
Hook Teeny TDE black salmon (or substitute), size 2-8
Thread - Black
Tail - Black pheasant tail
Body - Black pheasant tail
Wing - Black pheasant tail
Throat - Black pheasant tail
Head - Fluorescent orange or fluorescent red thread tied large to give egg effect
Fly Patterns of Canada - Paul Marriner
Dark Priest
Steelhead
Hook – Gamakatsu T10-6H
Thread – Purple
Tip – Oval silver tinsel
Tag – Orange uni stretch
Tail – Orange hackle fibers
Ribbing – Oval silver tinsel
Body – Black dubbing, yarn, seals fur etc.
Hackle – Black
Wing – Gray Squirrel
Topping – Black krystal flash
Reference – Internet photo
