Fly Tying Tip & Tricks: Part R

 

Grouse Spider

Grouse Spider

Hook - Mustad 3399 or equivalent

Thread - Black

Tip - Gold tinsel

Tail - Scarlet quill sections

Ribbing - Gold tinsel

Body - Orange floss or chenille

Hackle - Grouse *

Don Bastian Notes

*When grouse is listed in wet fly patterns it commonly refers to English Grouse;

a dark brown feather with light brown mottled markings.

The fly in this photo has a hackle of brown brahma hen.

Ted's Stone

Ted's Stone

Hook - Mustad 9671 or equivalent

Weight - Lead free wire

Thread - Brown

Tail - Brown biots

Abdomen - Brown dubbing

Wing case - Turkey fibers

Legs - Brown and grizzly hackles, trimmed off under the wing case

Thorax - Orange dubbing

MV

 

MV

Atlantic Salmon

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H

Thread - Black

Tag - Oval gold tinsel

Butt - Fluorescent yellow wool

Body - Fluorescent red chenille with a front of 4-5 turns of oval gold tinsel

Wing - Black squirrel tail over 2 strands of orange floss

Hair-Wing Atlantic Salmon Flies - Keith Fulsher & Charles Krom

Sunset Baetis

 

Sunset Baetis

Hook - Mustad CS49 or equivalent

Thread - Brown

Abdomen - Yellow floss overwound with copper tinsel – space winds so that the yellow shows as a rib 

Thorax - Peacock herl

 Hackle -  One turn of plover wing covert (I used barred ginger hackle)

From Soft Hackle Journal Website

Doodlebug

 

Doodlebug

“Jack” Schweigert originator

Hook - Mustad #94840, Sizes  8-10

Thread - Black

Tail - Red hackle fibers

Underbody - Yellow yarn

Overbody - Peacock herl

Ribbing - Oval silver or gold tinsel

Wing - Woodchuck hair

Hackle (crown) - Deer hair, shaped and trimmed into a top-knot

Jack’s Doodlebug can be fished either dry or wet and works on rivers, streams and ponds. Fast water or still, this is a great fly. Jack originally designed this fly as an attractor pattern to be used when there are no insects on the water. Jack developed this fly while in his original shop in Luzerne, Michigan. 

Blue Winged Olive Soft Hackle

 

Blue Winged Olive Soft Hackle

Hook - Mustad 3399

Thread - Olive

Ribbing - Olive ultra wire

Body - Dyed olive pheasant tail fibers

Thorax - Olive dubbing

Hackle - Starling

Black Pennel

 

Black Pennel

Hook - Mustad 3399

Thread - Black

Tail - Golden pheasant tippets

Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel

Body - Black floss

Hackle - Black hen

Black Drake Soft Hackle

 

Black Drake Soft Hackle

A Dick Winter Fly Pattern

Hook - Mustad 94840, size 10-12

Thread - Brown

Tail - White neck hackle fibers

Body - Brown or maroon wool

Rib - Gray mono-cord or silver oval tinsel

Thorax - Peacock herl

Collar - White or cream hen hackle

 

Dick Winter's Black Drake Soft Hackle is tied using a maroon or brown body ribbed with contrasting gray mono-cord ribbing. The fly is part of a life-cycle series and based on Polly Rosborough patterns. Dick and Polly were partners in a fly-tying business in the 1970's working together closely. Dick's patterns balance simplicity and realism. Being a commercial fly tyer, simple patterns were preferred especially when several dozen are required to be tied in an afternoon.

 

Claret & Partridge

Claret & Partridge

Hook - Wet fly

Thread - Orange

Body - Claret wool yarn

Hackle - Hungarian Partridge

Claret and Partridge Wet Fly (traditionalflies.com)

Green Wisp

 

Green Wisp

Hook - Mustad 3399

Thread - Olive

Tail - Dyed green hackle fibers

Body - Pale green floss

Wing - Wood duck or mallard flank

Beard - Dyed green hackle fibers

Originator - Ralph Hoffman, New York

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Molechunkemunk

Molechunkemunk

Hook – Mustad 3399

Thread - Black

Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel

Body - Orange floss

Hackle - Furnace/brown hen hackle fibers

Wings - Brown mallard

Black Angel

 

Black Angel

Hook - Mustad 3399

Thread - Black

Tail - Black hackle fibers

Body - Black uni stretch

Throat - Black hackle fibers

Wing - Black hen hackle tips

Wet Flies - Ken Sawada

Family Secret

Family Secret

Hook – Mustad 3665A or equivalent

Thread – White under the body, Black head

Tail - Between ten and twenty peacock sword fibers, depending on size of hook

Body - Fllat silver tinsel

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Throat - A bunch of guinea hen hackle fibers

Wing - White hackles

Cheeks - Jungle cock

Streamer Fly Tying and Fishing - Joseph D Bates Jr

Ann's Stickfly

Ann's Stickfly

Hook - Mustad #94840 or equivalent, Size 10-12 

Thread - Black

Underbody - Yellow dubbing, natural or synthetic

Overbody - Pale deer hair, which also forms the tail and the head which is trimmed to form a top-knot 

Ribbing - Crisscrossed thread

Can also be tied in gray, orange, green, red and black

This pattern was developed in the late 1930’s by Ann Schweigert

Another variant of the Cooper Bug, Devil Bug, Tom Thumb and probable more tied in the same manner

Nine Three Tandem Hairwing Streamer

 

Nine Three Tandem Hairwing Streamer

Hairwing Conversion of a Feather Wing Fly

Hook - Front Mustad 3399, size 6; Rear Mustad 3399, size 8

Connection wire - .024 diameter Beadalon stranded wire

Beads - Transparent green glass beads

Body - Flat silver tinsel

Throat - White bucktail

Wing - Black over green bucktail

Cheeks (Optional) - Jungle Cock

Eyes - Painted black over white

Note - Omit the painted eyes if using jungle cock cheeks

Rear hook may be pointed up or down (as shown). Tyers preference.

Mrs Haase

 

Mrs Haase

Hook- Mustad 3399 or equivalent

Thread - Black

Tail - Golden pheasant tippets

Body - Peacock herl, light olive floss, peacock herl

Hackle - Black

Wing - Slate

Forgotten Flies - Schmookler and Sils

Bunting

Bunting

Hook - Standard wet fly

Thread - Black

Tag - Flat silver tinsel

Body - Black floss

Throat - Black hackle

Wing - White duck or goose quill slips

Trout - Ray Bergman

Bouncer

Bouncer

Hook - Mustad 3399 or equivalent

Thread - Black

Tad - Orange floss

Ribbing - Flat gold tinsel

Body - Black floss

Throat - Orange hackle

Wing - Yellow duck or goose quill slips

Trout - Ray Bergman

March Dun

 

March Dun

Hook - Mustad 3399 or equivalent

Thread - Black

Tag - Flat gold tinsel

Body - Medium green wool, picked out

Wing - Light slate

Trout - Ray Bergman