Tranquilizer

Tranquilizer

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Black

Tail - Dyed yellow hackle fibers

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Purple uni-yarn

Hackle - Claret

Wing - Gray squirrel tail

Author's Note

Mike Kennedy of Lake Oswego, Oregon, popularized this pattern and some have given him credit as the originator. Others say he just liked the fly and let everyone know how effective it was.

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

Murder Orange (Salmon/Stonefly)

Murder Orange (Salmon/Stonefly)

Hook – Mustad 9672, size 4-6-8

Thread – Orange

Tip – Flat gold tinsel, optional

Tail – Deep orange polar bear (bucktail pictured)

Ribbing – Gold wire

Body – Orange chenille

Hackle – Original was dark brown. Often tied with orange

Wing – Original was white bucktail. White polar bear is often substituted

Montana Trout Flies – George F Grant

Also known as Johnson's Beach Fly

http://www.angelfire.com/wa/salmonid/fly254.html

Midge (Pheasant Tail)

Midge (Pheasant Tail)

Hook - Your favorite midge hook

Bead - Glass or tungsten, size appropriate to the hook (1.5mm glass yellowish topaz/pearl)

Thread - Fluorescent orange

Gills - White uni-stretch

Butt - Fluorescent orange thread coated with uv resin

Ribbing - Copper wire

Body - Pheasant tail

Thorax - Sybai Fine Flash, peacock

Park's Salmon Fly

Park’s Salmon Fly

Hook – Mustad 9671, size 4-6

Thread – Black or orange

Tail – Tan deer hair

Ribbing – Dark brown saddle hackle clipped short

Body – Dark or burnt orange wool

Wing – Tan deer hair

Hackle - Dark brown

Montana Trout Flies - George F Grant

Bubble Bead Pheasant Tail

Bubble Bead Pheasant Tail

Hook - Swimming nymph style, size accordingly to the bugs in your area

Beads - Black brass or tungsten and mercury (silver lined glass bead) color

Thread - Black, brown, whatever color you want

Tail, body & wing case - Pheasant tail (apply CA glue to thread wraps prior to wrapping pheasant tail forward)

Ribbing - Copper wire (it was omitted in the original video but can be added for extra durability)

UV resin over wing case

Can be tied in a variety of colors of pheasant tail and other materials

From an internet video

Lewi's Killer

Lewi's Killer

Hook - Nymph/wet style

Thread - Black

Tail - Black hackle fibers

Body - Black uni-yarn, oval gold tinsel, black uni-yarn, oval gold tinsel

Throat - Black hackle fibers

Buittle Pig Pen

Buittle Pig Pen

Hook – Mustad 3906, 3906B, 3399 or equivalent

Thread - Black

Tail - Golden pheasant tippets

Rib - Silver wire

Abdomen - Dyed black pheasant tail

Wing - Amherst pheasant tippets

Thorax Cover - Dyed black pheasant tail

Thorax - Black dubbing

The Austin

The Austin

Hook - Single salmon

Thread - Brown

Tag - Flat gold tinsel

Tail - Orange bucktail/calf tail

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Orange yarn

Hackle - Brown

Wing - Fox squirrel tail

Peter Charles Video

Brookes' Fancy

Brookes' Fancy

Hook - Wet/nymph style

Thread - Purple

Ribbing - Peacock herl

Body - Purple floss, thread or uni-stretch

Hackle - White 

Milkweed Fly

Milkweed Fly

Hook - Streamer style

Thread - Black

Tail - Wood duck

Body - Orange Floss or uni-stretch (pictured)

Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel

Throat - Black and white barred wood duck

Wing - White milk weed fibers (marabou pictured)

Reference - Forgotten Flies

Tiger Ghost

Tiger Ghost

Hair Wing Atlantic Salmon Fly
Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H

Thread - Black
Tag - Oval silver tinsel

Tip - Fluorescent green floss, fluorescent orange floss or uni-stretch

Body - *See options below

Wing - Black over white over yellow bucktail

Cheeks - Silver pheasant feathers

Tying Note

*Original recipe called for Black & White ghost braid = Gudebrod Black & White Butt Wind

*Kreinic Chevron Ribbon

Bennett's Halo

Bennett’s Halo

Hook - Alec Jackson Spey Hooks (Black, Size 3 - 7)

Thread – White for all body work; Orange for the head

Tip - Oval silver tinsel

Tag – Flashabou; Dyed pearl peacock

Tail - Teal flank

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Peacock herl

Hackle - Grizzly

Underwing #1 – Pearl midge krystal flash

Underwing #2 - Holographic gold lite brite

Wing - Gray squirrel tail

(5) Tying Bennett's Halo - YouTube

Grayling Witch, Grayling Steel Blue, Ke-He, Bradshaw's Fancy, The Witch, Silver Witch & Kill Devil Spider

Grayling Witch

Hook - Mustad 3906

Thread - Black

Tail – Red floss

Ribbing – Flat silver tinsel

Body – Green peacock herl

Hackle – Blue dun

Reference – Perrault’s Standard Dictionary of Fishing Flies (page 114)

Grayling Steel Blue

Hook - Mustad 3906

Thread - Black

Tip – Flat silver tinsel

Tag – Orange floss

Ribbing – Gold wire

Body – Thin peacock herl

Hackle – Blue dun palmered

Reference – Perrault’s Standard Dictionary of Fishing Flies (page 114)

Ke-He

Hook - Mustad 3906

Thread - Black

Tail - Red floss with golden pheasant tippets below or above

Body - Peacock herl

Hackle - Brown

Reference – Perrault’s Standard Dictionary of Fishing Flies (page 156)

Bradshaw’s Fancy

Hook - Mustad 3906

Thread - Black

Tag - Red floss or antron yarn (pictured)

Body - Peacock herl

Hackle - Grey hackle

Peak - Red floss or antron yarn (pictured)

The Witch

Hook - Mustad 3906

Thread - Black

Tail - Ibis (red floss pictured)

Body - Bright green peacock sword fibers, 2-3 strands twisted

Ribbing - Flat gold tinsel

Hackle - Honey dun

Reference - Grayling Fishing in South Country Streams – H. A. Rolt

Silver Witch

Soft Hackle Wet Fly

Hook - Mustad 3399 or equivalent

Thread - Black

Tail - Red yarn

Body - Peacock herl (apply some super glue to hook shank before wrapping)

Hackle - White/cream 

Kill Devil Spider

Soft Hackle Wet Fly

Hook - Mustad 3399 or equivalent

Thread - Black

Ribbing - Silver wire or oval silver tinsel

Body - Flat silver tinsel

Thorax - Peacock herl

Collar - Brown hen hackle

Minnow/Baitfish

Minnow/Baitfish

Hook - Streamer style
Thread - Red
Tail - Hackle tips
Body - Oval silver tinsel
Head - Red thread and painted eyes

May be highlighted with permanent markers or painted with craft paints

I copied an internet photo I found while Googling for fly patterns

Hook - Streamer style
Thread - Black
Tail - Hackle tips
Body - Gudebrod Buttwind
Head - Black thread and painted eyes

Mormon Girl

Mormon Girl

Hook - Mustad 9672, size 4-10 (size 6 pictured)

Thread - Black

Tail - Golden pheasant tippet fibers

Rib - Embossed flat gold tinsel

Rear Body - Red floss or uni-stretch (pictured)

Front Body - Yellow chenille

Hackle - Soft grizzly hackle

Wing - Badger guard hairs

Heimasaetan

Heimasaetan (Heimasætan) 

Hook - Mustad 9671, 9672 or equivalent, size 6 - 12

Thread - White (underbody); Black (head)

Tail - Dyed orange bucktail or marabou (pictured)

Body - White wool, floss or uni-stretch (pictured)

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Wing / back - Red calf tail

Throat - Dyed orange bucktail or marabou (pictured)

Eyes - Painted black over white

Quigley Cripple

Quigley Cripple

Hook - Curved dry fly style

Thread - Tan

Shuck - Dyed olive marabou

Rib - Gold wire

Abdomen - Dyed olive marabou (continuation of shuck)

Thorax - Dyed olive dubbing

Wing/stubs - Deer hair

Hackle - Grizzly

American Woolly

American Woolly

Hook - Mustad #94831 Size: 6 XL
Thread - Black, 6/0
Body - Black Hackle, Brown Hackle, Black Hackle, palmered. Tied as tight and heavy as possible. Trim to resemble a woolly worm caterpillar. Trim it flat or tapered on the ends.

Tying Tips: Easy to tie. Be generous with the head cement.

Fishing Tips: This is a great pattern for late fall. Bump it off a log or stone. Cast it in
near the shore or in any pocket waters. Big trout love it ! Can also be used
for pan fish tied in smaller sizes or for bass in larger sizes. Trim the bottom
of the hackle for a lower profile.

Historical Note: For years I’ve found these Woolly Worms (Pyrrharctia isabella) along the
banks of American rivers. My fascination with caterpillars lead me to develop a
high floating dry fly that closely resembles the ‘Woolly’ and that the fish just
can’t refuse.

Hex Trude

Hex Trude

Hook - Mustad 9671, 9672 or equivalent, size 6

Thread - Tan

Tail - Moose mane or body hairs

Body - Pale yellow or tan poly yarn or dubbing

Wing - White calf tail, tied trude style

Hackle - Grizzly & brown, mixed

Tying Tips: Standard techniques

Fishing Tips: Developed for the Hexagenia hatch. This fly works really well in especially in very light or extremely heavy hatches. The fly floats well and is easily seen. When fishing heavy hatches try casting upstream and to the right or lift of the trout, and then twitch the fly into his window. On many occasions I have been able to coax large trout into striking this pattern long after all feeding has stopped.

Historical Note: Jeff Bonin developed this pattern around 1987. It’s a very simple yet durable pattern. According to Jeff, “it’s my top Hex pattern.” Jeff is the owner of ‘Steelhead Connection Custom Flies,’ located in North Muskegon, Michigan.

Michigan Moth

Michigan Moth

 

Hook - Mustad #R50-94833, #94840 or R50X-94845 Size: 8-10

Thread - Pale yellow

Body - Natural White Peacock Herl (i substituted white yarn)

Wing: Natural Deer Hair, divided and pulled down to the sides of the fly

 

Tying Tips: You can use any dry fly hook and if you prefer you can substitute the deer hair light elk hair. Begin tying as if you were doing a caddis fly; once your hair is tied in simply divide the hair and pull it down toward the sides of the fly. Then, using your thread firmly secure the wings.

 

Fishing Tips: This fly is designed as a generalized moth pattern. Here in Michigan we have many species that we commonly call grass moths, lawn moths or just plane common brown moths. They are usually out April through September. They are attracted to light. When night fishing a river where the banks are lined with cabins the moths will often be found crossing the river, drawn by the lights of the cabins. That’s the most productive scenario for the use of this fly. I suspect that it might also be used on spruce moths.

 

Historical Note: Developed by Tom Deschaine for use on the Au Sable River, here in Michigan in 2014.