Thursday, February 8, 2024

Bleeding Shiner


Bleeding Shiner

Hook - Mustad 3665A 

Thread - Black 6/0 UNI-Thread 

Rib - Silver Lagartun flat French tinsel (medium) 

Body - Red floss

Underbelly - White bucktail and red bucktail

Wing - Yellowish or golden badger saddle hackle 

Head - Painted black over white

The Classic Streamer Fly Box

Red Horse

Red Horse

Hook - Mustad 3665A 

Thread - Black 6/0 UNI-Thread 

Tail - Red and yellow hackle fiber tips

Rib - Silver Lagartun flat French tinsel (medium) 

Body - White or cream wool 

Throat - Red and yellow hackle fiber tips 

Wing - Dun saddle hackle 

Cheeks - Jungle cock eyes

The Classic Streamer Fly Box - Mike Valla

Red Horse

Lew Oatman

Hook - 6xl, size 6-8

Thread - Black

Tail - The tips of 2 yellow hackles, on each side of which is an orange hackle, all the same length and very short

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - White wool, slightly tapered

Throat - Same as the tail

Wing - 2 olive green saddle hackles, on each side of which is a gray blue dun saddle hackle, all of the same length and extending well beyond the tail

Cheeks - Jungle cock

Streamer Fly Tying & Fishing - Joseph D Bates JR

Owego

Owego

Hook - Mustad 79580 

Thread - Black

Tail - Red duck quill slip 

Rib - Flat silver tinsel

Body - Yellow wool 

Throat - Red hackle fibers 

Wing - Grizzly neck hackles 

Cheeks - Jungle cock eyes

The Classic Streamer Fly Box

Wednesday, February 7, 2024

Trueblood's Blue Gray Nymph


Trueblood's Blue Gray Nymph 

Hook - Nymph style

Thread - Black

Tail - Mottled brown Hungarian partridge barbs

Body - Dubbed with muskrat fur

Legs - Mottled brown Hungarian partridge barbs tied in at the throat beard-style

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

Tuesday, February 6, 2024

Crazy Goof


Crazy Goof

Hook - Mustad 9671

Thread - Black

Tail - deer body hair

Body - Yellow chenille or wool

Over body - Deer hair

Ribbing - Heavy black tying thread, crisscrossed

Hackle - Grizzly, tied full but not dry fly style

Note - Deer hair back and tail are an integral unit. Tie in hair at forward body termination as for wing and then tie down to the bend with open spirals of heavy tying thread. Take 3-4 turns of thread at tail to secure and cause the tail hair to flare. Return thread to shoulder in crossing pattern with previous winds,

Montana Trout Flies

Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Clacka Caddis


Clacka Caddis

Hook - Dry Fly Light #12 

Thread - Black 

Tail/Shuck - Dirty Bug Yarn, Caddis Brown or substitute

Body - Peacock herl 

Wing - White, cream, tan or light dun hi-viz or substitute

Hackle - Coachman brown (may be trimmed flush at the bottom)

Thorax - Brown ice dub or peacock herl

Monday, January 22, 2024

Ruz-Du



Ruz-Du

Hook - Mustad Heritage

Thread - Black

Body - Rear half orange thread, front half black thread

Hackle - Black hen

Fishing Flies - Malcolm Greenhalgh & Jason Smalley

Sunday, January 21, 2024

Jim Slattery’s Original Stimulator


Jim Slattery’s Original Stimulator


Hook - 3X-long, curved shank, #4-#10

Thread - Orange

Tail - Natural deer hair, short and stacked

Rib - Tying thread

Abdomen - Orange dubbing

Thorax - Orange dubbing with a prominent head extending for­ward of the thorax and hackle

Wing - Natural deer hair, do not stack

Hackle - Grizzly, abdominal length to the hook point; thorax length oversized



Monday, January 15, 2024

Mosquito


Mosquito

Hook - Dry fly style

Thread - Black

Tail - Grizzly hackle fibers

Body - Stripped grizzly hackle stem 

Wings - Grizzly hen hackle tips

Hackle - Grizzly


Mosquito

Hook - Dry fly style

Thread - Black

Tail - Grizzly hackle fibers

Body - 1 light and 1 dark moose mane hair

Wings - Grizzly hen hackle tips

Hackle - Grizzly

Saturday, January 6, 2024

Soft Hackle Emerger

Soft Hackle Emerger

Hook - TMC 101 #16-22 

Thread - Gray 

Tails - White Fluoro-Fiber or substitute

Abdomen - Gray beaver or muskrat dubbing

Wing - White Fluoro-fiber or substitute

Hackle - Medium dun hen

Thorax - Gray beaver or muskrat dubbing

Friday, January 5, 2024

Moose Mane Midge


Moose Mane Midge

Hook - Curved or straight

Thread - Black

Body - 1 light and 1 dark moose mane hairs

Thorax - Black dubbing


Tuesday, January 2, 2024

Roscoe


Roscoe

Hook - Mustad L87-2665A, size 8

Thread - Black

Body - Flat silver tinsel

Wing - Brown bucktail

Tying & Fishing Bucktails - Mike Valla

Saturday, December 30, 2023

Grumpy Frumpy

Grumpy Frumpy

Hook - 2X-long dry-fly hook, size 12

Thread - Red 

Tail - Brown polypropylene yarn

Body - Yellow floss

Back - Tan closed-cell foam

Legs - Rubber legs

Wing - White polypropylene yarn

Hackle - Light brown

Favorite Flies: A Comprehensive Guide to Tying and Fishing the Best Flies Available - David Klausmeyer

Sunday, December 24, 2023

Serial Killer Caddis Pupa


Serial Killer Caddis Pupa

Hook - Curved caddis, size 10-16

Weight - Lead free wire

Thread - Black

Ribbing - Red wire

Under body - Green yarn, tapered

Body - Chartreuse holographic tinsel

Wing case & Antenna - Pheasant tail fibers

Thorax - Hare's ear dubbing

Coat the body with uv resin prior to tying in the wing case

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Tuesday, December 19, 2023

Greentail

Greentail


North Country Flies - T E Pritt

Thursday, December 14, 2023

Patsy


Patsy

Tag - Silver tinsel

Tail - Golden pheasant tippets

Ribbing - Silver tinsel

Body - Green floss

Hackle - Badger

Wing - Bronze mallard over golden pheasant tippets

Fly Patterns of British Columbia - James Lingren

Snoopie


Snoopie

Tail - Gray partridge feather fibers

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - 1/2 yellow floss, 1/2 claret seal's fur

Hackle - Gray partridge feather fibers

Wing - Guinea fowl wing quill

Fly-2000 database

Wednesday, December 13, 2023

Hot Wire Caddis

Hot Wire Caddis

Ken Morrish

Bead - Black/black nickel

Abdomen - Red & Copper wire

Under wing - White goose biots

Over wing - Partridge feather fibers

Flash - 4 strands of krystal flash

Thorax - Peacock herl or dubbing

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Monday, December 11, 2023

Secret Weapon

Secret Weapon

Tail - Golden pheasant tippets

Body - Peacock herl

Wing - White biots

Hackle - Brown

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Local Silver Doctor

Local Silver Doctor

Tag - Oval silver tinsel

Tail - Golden pheasant tippets

Butt - Polar bear underfur or seal's fur dyed red (or substitute)

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Silver tinsel

Throat - Silver doctor blue hackle

Wing - Underwing of red swan (goose or duck quill fibers) with mallard or teal breast over

Fly Patterns of British Columbia - James Lingren