Thursday, November 25, 2021

Ruhlin's Riot

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Ruhlin's Riot

Atlantic Salmon

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent

Thread - Black

Tag - Oval silver tinsel

Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel

Body - Fluorescent green wool or yarn

Wing - Gray squirrel tail

Hackle - Black, collar style

Secret

 

Secret

Atlantic Salmon

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent

Thread - Black

Tag - Oval gold tinsel

Tip - Chinese red uni stretch

Tail - Red hackle fibers

Butt - Black ostrich herl

Body - Oval gold tinsel

Throat - Red hen hackle fibers

Wing - Fox squirrel tail

Wednesday, November 24, 2021

Hardy's Favorite


Hardy's Favorite

Hook - Mustad 3399, #8

Tail - Golden pheasant tippet

Body - Peacock herl

Ribbing - Red floss

Hackle - Brown

Wing - Mottled turkey

Can also be tied with a red floss body and peacock herl ribbing. Your choice!

Tuesday, November 23, 2021

Silver Satan

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Silver Satan

Atlantic Salmon

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent

Tag - Oval silver tinsel and fluorescent orange floss

Tail - Golden pheasant crest

Butt - Peacock herl

Body - Back, silver tinsel, front, black floss

Rib - Oval silver tinsel

Wing - Golden pheasant tippet strands under gray squirrel tail

Collar - Grizzly hen hackle

Silver Ranger Hairwing

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Silver Ranger Hairwing

Atlantic Salmon

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent

Thread - Black

Tag - Oval silver tinsel and yellow floss

Tail - Golden pheasant crest

Butt - Red seal fur or equivalent

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Flat silver tinsel

Throat - Red hen hackle

Wing - Gray squirrel tail dyed orange 

Deer Lake Special

 

Deer Lake Special

Atlantic Salmon

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H

Thread - White under the body floss, black for the head

Tag - Flat silver tinsel

Tail - Golden pheasant crest

Butt - Black ostrich herl

Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel

Body - 1/2 yellow and 1/2 dark green floss

Throat - Yellow hackle fibers

Wing - Moose body hair

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

Monday, November 22, 2021

Royal Coachman Shammytail

 


Royal Coachman Shammytail

Hook - Streamer Style
Thread - Black
Tail - 2 narrow strips of buckskin or chamois
Ribbing - Gold wire (optional)
Royal body segments - Peacock herl, Red uni stretch, Peacock herl
Throat - Dyed brown hackle
Wing - White bucktail

Perrault's Standard Dictionary of Trout Flies - Keith Perrault

Sunday, November 21, 2021

Jungle Cock

 

Jungle Cock

Winged Wet Fly

Hook - Mustad 3399

Thread - Black

Tail - Golden pheasant crest

Ribbing - Gold wire

Body - Black floss or uni stretch

Wing - 2 jungle cock feathers, back to back

Hackle - Black 

Reference 

Fly-Dressing - J Bernard

Dambuster Streamer

 


Dambuster Streamer 

Hook - Mustad 3665A
Thread - Black
Body - Black uni stretch
Rib - Red oval tinsel or re wire and copper embossed tinsel
Throat - Red hen hackle fibers
Wing - Brown part of a dyed red bucktail
Cheek - Jungle cock

Saturday, November 20, 2021

Finch

 


Finch

Hook - Mustad 94845

Thread - Tan

Abdomen - Krystal flash

Thorax - Peacock herl

Collar - Several wraps of gray or white after shaft from a partridge

Hackle Gray or brown partridge

I substituted gray ostrich herl for the after shaft

Flies for Trout - Dick Stewart & Farrow Allen

Anderson's Cross-Wired Bird of Prey

Anderson's Cross Wired Bird of Prey

Hook – Curved scud hook

Bead – Silver brass or tungsten

Thread – Black

Tail – Hungarian partridge feather fibers

Body – Twisted black and red wire

Thorax – Pearl ice dubbing

Legs – Hungarian partridge

Collar – Peacock herl

Wednesday, November 17, 2021

Olsen's Blowtorch

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Olsen's Blowtorch

Hook – Any brand jig style hook

Bead - 3mm slotted copper tungsten

Weight – Lead/lead free wire

Thread - Hot orange

Tail: Glo-Brite Floss, Fire Orange #5

Ribbing - Mirage Flashabou

Counter rib - 5X tippet material

Body - Black peacock Ice Dub

Collar - Natural Dun CDC feather

Truly Deadly

 


Truly Deadly

Hook - Mustad C068 or equivalent

Bead - Gold brass or tungsten bead

Thread - Cream and Black

Tail - Yellow hackle fibers

Abdomen - Red wire

Thorax - Coarse medium olive dubbing (like Wapsi's SLF or Sow-Scud Dub)

Collar: Hungarian partridge feather


Tuesday, November 16, 2021

Rob's PT Tellico Nymph

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Rob's PT Tellico Nymph

Hook - Hends BL120 or equivalent jig style hook

Bead - Black slotted brass or tungsten, sized to match hook

Weight - Lead/lead free wire

Thread - Brown

Tail and Rib - 4-6 pheasant tail fibers

Counter Rib - Gold wire

Body - Yellow floss

Thorax - Pheasant Tail Ice Dub

Countersunk beads can also be used on jig style hooks

Humphrey's Caddis Pupa

 


Humphrey's Caddis Pupa

Hook - Mustad 3906 or equivalent 

Thread - Black or brown

Weight - Lead/lead free wire

Butt - Peacock herl

Body - Natural fur or synthetic dubbing (colors to match naturals)

Hackle - Brown

Head - Peacock herl

Gold Ribbed Mallard

 


Gold Ribbed Mallard

Wet Fly

Ora Smith Originator

Hook - Mustad 3906, 3906B, 9671, 9672 or equivalent

Thread - Black

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Brown floss

Throat - Wood duck

Wing - Mallard flank

Art of Angling Journal - Volume 2 Issue 1

Monday, November 15, 2021

Incredible Silver Minnow #2

 

Incredible Silver Minnow #2

Hook - Mustad 9671, size 6

Thread - Gray

Tail - Grizzly hackle.

Weight – Lead/lead free wire, full body length

Body - Embossed flat silver tinsel.

Throat – Red hackle fibers, long

Wing – Blue over white bucktail

Head - Built up to minnow-shape with tying thread, then painted silver

Eyes – Painted yellow over black

Sunday, November 14, 2021

Hilda Special

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Hilda Special

Atlantic Salmon

Hook - Allen SS001

Thread - Black

Tag - Oval silver tinsel

Tip - Red uni stretch

Tail - Orange hackle fibers

Body - Silver embossed tinsel

Wing - Red fox squirrel tail

Collar - Orange hackle

Captain

 


Captain

Tag - Flat gold tinsel

Tail - Golden pheasant tippets

Ribbing - Flat gold tinsel

Body - Black uni stretch or floss

Throat - Brown hen hackle fibers

Wing - White hair (your choice, I used calf tail)

Hair-Wing Atlantic Salmon Flies - Fulsher & Krom


Thursday, November 11, 2021

Skykomish Sunrise

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Skykomish Sunrise

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Red

Tag - Flat silver tinsel

Tail - Red and yellow hackle fibers, mixed

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Red chenille. Angora goat dubbing may be substituted

Hackle - One red hackle and one yellow hackle, wound together

Wing - White calf tail

Cheeks (Optional) - Jungle cock