Gray Knight
Fred Kline
Hook - Wet
Thread - White under floss body; black head
Tip - Gold oval tinsel
Ribbing - Gold oval tinsel
Hackle - Guinea hen
Wing - Slate gray duck or goose quill segment
Instagram Photo
Thursday, October 10, 2024
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
High Priestess
High Priestess
Hook - Wet fly
Thread - Black
Tip - Orange floss
Tail - Orange over gray over blue duck or goose quill segments, married
Ribbing - Yellow floss, corded
Body - Black floss
Hackle - Yellow hackle fibers
Wing - Orange over blue over yellow duck or goose quill segments, married
Cheeks - Blue hackle tip
Instagram Photo
Tuesday, October 8, 2024
Rock Candy Caddis
Rock Candy Caddis
Hook - Curved
Head - Black bead
Thread - Black
Ribbing - Black wire
Back - Green thin skin or substitute
Abdomen - Green braid
Thorax - Synthetic peacock dubbing
Monday, October 7, 2024
D-Rib Wally Wing Caddis Pupa
D-Rib Wally Wing Caddis Pupa
Hook - Curved
Bead - Tungsten or brass
Additional weight - Lead Free Wire .015
Thread - Tan
Under body - Orange holographic tinsel
Over body - Orange d-rib/v-rib/magic stretch etc
Thorax - Brown dubbing
Wally Wings - Brown hen hackle
Sunday, October 6, 2024
Shakey Bealy - October Caddis
Shakey Bealy - October Caddis
Hook - Hopper hook
Thread - Brown
Tail - Krystal flash, amber or orange
Trailing shuck - Mallard flank feather, dyed wood duck
Ribbing - Brown uni stretch
Abdomen - Amber dubbing
Thorax - Brown dubbing
Hackle - Hungarian partridge
Shakey Bealy
Shakey Bealy
Hook - Hopper hook
Thread - Brown
Tail - Krystal flash, amber or orange
Trailing shuck - Mallard flank feather, dyed wood duck
Ribbing - Brown uni stretch
Abdomen - Australian possum dubbing, golden stone
Thorax - Orange ostrich herl or substitute dubbing
Hackle - Hungarian partridge
Iris Caddis - October Caddis
Iris Caddis - October Caddis
Hook - Dry fly style
Thread - Orange
Shuck - Amber z-lon or antron
Abdomen - Amber dubbing
Wing - Amber, white or dun Zelon
Thorax - Brown dubbing
Matt's October Caddis
Matt's October Caddis
Matt Grobert
Hook - Dry fly
Thread - Orange
Body - Amber dubbing
Under wing - Amber antron yarn
Over wing - Orange elk or deer hair
Thorax - Amber dubbing
Saturday, October 5, 2024
October Caddis - Fox Poopah
October Caddis - Fox Poopah
Tim Fox
Hook - Wet fly
Bead (optional) - Copper tungsten or brass
Thread - Brown
Rib - Gold wire
Underbody - Pearl tinsel
Abdomen - Orange vernille
Legs - Brown hen
Antennae - Natural wood duck fibers
Thorax - Brown ostrich herl
Morrish Deep October Caddis Variant
Morrish Deep October Caddis Variant
Hook - Curved
Bead - Black nickel or black
Weight - .035″ lead-free wire
Thread - Black
Ribbing - Amber vinyl rib, medium
Body - Orange dubbing
Wing case - Pearl Flashabou, 8 strands
Wing - Brown hackle tips
Legs -Brown hen
Antennae - Natural pheasant tail fibers
Head - Rusty orange dubbing and black dubbing
October Elk Hair Caddis
October Elk Hair Caddis
Hook - Dry fly
Thread - Brown
Ribbing - Gold wire
Hackle - Brown, palmered
Body - Orange dubbing
Wing - Elk Hair
October Caddis Pupa
October Caddis Pupa
Tim Flagler
Hook - Curved
Thread - Brown
Ribbing - Copper wire
Back - Brown antron yarn
Abdomen - Amber dubbing
Wing case - Brown antron yarn
Thorax: Pheasant tail ice dub
Beard - Burnt-orange brahma hen chickabou feather or substitute
Foam October Caddis
Foam October Caddis
Hook - Curved
Bead - Gold
Thread - Orange
Rib - Black wire
Body - Orange razor foam
Thorax - Orange straggle string
Legs - Black hen hackle or CDC
Collar - Orange ice dub
Friday, October 4, 2024
Deer Fly
Deer Fly
Pop’s Recipe
Hook - Wet/dry fly
Thread - Red
Tail - Black
Body - Gold Tip, Green Floss
Wings - White
Hackle - White
Optional
Wings - Grizzly hackle tips
Hackle - Grizzly or Brown
Another offering for popsflies - The Deer Fly but tied with the optional grizzly hackle wing tips and grizzly hackle. Textreme Olive Poly Floss and gold Textreme Pure Silk butt. Size 8 Mustad 3399
Pop, aka Harry K. Cameron (1894-1973), kept a little black notebook and a stack of index cards with 99 different hand-drawn fly patterns and their recipes. He tied these flies and fished them on the Arkansas and South Platte Rivers west of Colorado Springs, CO.
Reference - Instagram
Thursday, October 3, 2024
Silver Doctor
Silver Doctor
Hook - Wet fly
Thread - Red
Tip - Gold tinsel and scarlet floss
Tail - Golden pheasant crest - dash of blue
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Silver tinsel
Hackle - Blue and guinea
Wing - Turkey over teal over blue over yellow
Trout - Ray Bergman
I cheated. As hard as I tried, I just couldn't get turkey to marry teal.
So, I just used the teal as a side feather.
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
Muskrat Nymph
Muskrat Nymph
Hooks - TMC3769 or DAI1190, sizes 6-16
Thread - Black
Tail - Badger guard hairs
Body: Dubbed with muskrat fur
Legs - Mottled gray Hungarian partridge tied on as a collar and tied back
Muskrat Nymph
Hooks - TMC3769 or DAII 190, sizes 8-14
Thread - Brown/black
Tail - Brown hen hackle barbs
Ribbing - Fine silver wire
Body - Dubbed with muskrat fur
Legs - Brown hen hackle tied on as a collar and tied back
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Dark Moorgame
Dark Moorgame
Hook - O
Wings - Hackled with a black and orange feather from the Red Grouse, the hen bird for preference
Body - Orange silk
Head - Either orange silk, or Peacock herl
Yorkshire Trout Flies - Pritt, TE.
Monday, September 30, 2024
Fire Fly Nymph
Fire Fly Nymph
Hooks - MUSR72, TMC5262, or DAI1710, sizes 8-14
Thread - Black
Tail - Amherst pheasant tipped barbs
Body - Black ostrich herl with a fluorescent green floss center band
Legs - Black hen hackle tied on as a collar and tied back
Wing case - White goose biots tied over the thorax in a V
Author's Note
Doug Prince of Monterey, California, originated this pattern.
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Sunday, September 29, 2024
Starling & Purple
Starling & Purple
Hook - Wet or dry
Thread - Purple
Body - Tying thread
Hackle - Starling
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