Saugatuck King

Saugatuck King

Hook - L87AP Streamer

Thread - Black

Body - Gold tinsel

Wing - White bucktail Tipped with golden badger hackles

Eyes (Optional) - Painted black over white

Standard Dictionary of Fishing Flies - Keith Perrault

Greyhound

Greyhound

Carrie G Stevens

Hook - Mustad R79 - 94720

Thread -Red

Tag - Silver tinsel 

Tail - Red hen or schlappen

Body - Red floss

Rib - Silver tinsel

Underbelly - White bucktail & strands of peacock herl 

Throat - Red hen or schlappen 

Wing - Four grey hackles 

Shoulder - Jungle cock body feather 

Cheek - Jungle cock 

Head - Red with a black band

Carrie G Stevens - Maker of Rangely Favorite Trout & Salmon Flies - G R Hilyard & L K Hilyard

Dark Olive Spinner

Dark Olive Spinner

Hook - Dry fly

Thread - Black

Tails - Dark moose mane or body hairs (divided if desired)

Body - Dark olive dubbing

Wing - White poly yarn

Pennsylvania Angler & Boater Magazine

May/June 2010

Note - Article recipe is wrong for tying a spinner as it includes a bead and hackle in the recipe

Stovepipe Nymph

Stovepipe Nymph

Hook - 2xl streamer

Thread - Orange

Weight - .015 lead free wire

Tail - Golden pheasant tippets

Body - Peacock herl or dark olive chenille

Throat - Brown hackle fibers

Wing - Teal flank feather

Coachman

Coachman 

Hook - Wet fly

Thread - Black

Tip - Gold tinsel

Body - Peacock herl

Hackle - Brown

Wing - White duck or goose quill segments

Author's Note

Also made black tip, also scarlet tail. Also, mallard tail.

Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth

Trout - Ray Bergman

King's River Caddis

King's River Caddis

Hook - Dry fly

Thread - Brown

Body - Dubbing

Wing - Turkey tail segment

Hackle - Brown

Caddis Emerger

Caddis Emerger

Hook - Dry fly

Thread - Black

Tail - Antron yarn

Body - Olive dubbing

Wing - Elk hair

Thorax - Dark dubbing

Caddis Emerger – Smitty's Fly Box

Ashey

Ashey

Hook - Wet fly

Thread - Black

Body - Grey floss

Hackle - Gray

Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth

Autumn Dun

Autumn Dun

Hook - Wet fly

Thread - Black

Tail - Black hackle

Ribbing - Yellow floss

Body - Black floss

Hackle - Gray

Wing - Gray turkey

Amateurs Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth

Ash Fly

Ash Fly

Hook - Wet fly

Thread - Black

Tail - Browm hackle

Body - Light gray floss

Hackle - Brown

Wing - Light slate duck or goose quill segments

Author's Note

Also made - brown floss rib, light slate tail, gray hackle.

Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth

Dam’s Hairwing Caddisfly

Dam’s Hairwing Caddisfly 

Hook - Standard dry-fly hook, sizes 12 through 20

Thread - Black or brown

Body - Light brown wool dubbing

Wing - Deer or elk body hair

Hackle - Grizzly

The Practical Fly Tier - Royce Dam

Deer Hair Emerger

Deer Hair Emerger

Hook - Curve style

Thread - Brown or black

Ribbing - Pearl tinsel

Body - Your favorite-colored dubbing

Wing - Deer Hair

Thorax - Your favorite-colored dubbing

Muddler Minnow

Muddler Minnow 

Hook - 2X- or 3X-long, sizes 4 through 14

Thread - Black/brown

Tail - Mottled turkey quill sections

Rib - Fine, oval gold tinsel

Body - Medium flat silver tinsel

Underwing - Squirrel tail

Wing - Mottled turkey quill sections

Collar and head - Deer hair (no-trim head technique)

The Practical Fly Tier: No-nonsense Patterns and Techniques for Wet and Dry Flies, Nymphs and Streamers - Royce Dam

Starling

Starling

Hook - We fly

Thread - Black

Tail - Dun hackle

Body - Stripped peacock quill

Hackle - Dun hackle

Wing - Light slate duck or goose quill segments

Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth

Christian Special

Christian Special

Bass Fly

Tail - Scarlet

Ribbing - Scarlet

Body - White or yellow chenille

Legs - White bucktail or hackle

Wing - White bucktail or calf tail, extra long and set upright 

(these erect wing bends down and trails beyond the hook when drawn through the water)

Shoulder - Barred wood duck

Streamcraft - George Parker Holden

Streamcraft - Google Books

Trout Fin (Variation)

Trout Fin 

(Variation)

Hook - Wet or streamer style (10-16) 

Thread - Black 

Tail - Red duck quill strip 

Body - Flat silver tinsel 

Hackle - Badger 

Wing - Duck quill, married sections of red, black, and white (white forms the top portion of the wing) (White over black over red)

Author's remark 

This pattern is also tied as a streamer fly. Like the Parmachene Belle and other brightly colored flies, it is used primarily for brook trout.

The Book of Fly Patterns: Over 1,000 Patterns for the Construction of Artificial Flies - Eric Leiser

McGinty

McGinty

Hook - Wet fly

Thread - Black

Tail - Gray mallard topping scarlet

Body - Alternate black & yellow chenille

Hackle - Brown

Wing - Black turkey white tip

Trout - Ray Bergman

Golden Midge

Golden Midge

Hook - Wet fly

Thread - Black

Body - Yellow dubbing

Hackle - Brown

Wing - Slate duck or goose quill segments

Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth

Fire Fly

Fire Fly

Hook - Wet fly

Thread - Black

Tip - Red

Ribbing - Silver tinsel

Body - Black

Hackle - Guinea

Wing - Light slate duck or goose quill segments

Author's Note

Also made orange body, rib gold, brown hackle tail, brown hackle, white wings.

Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth

Gray Duke

Gray Duke

Hook - Wet fly

Thread - Black

Ribbing - Gold tinsel

Body - Rear - Black; Front - Red 

Hackle - Guinea

Wing - Brown turkey

Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth