Monday, March 18, 2024

Blue Bottle



Blue Bottle

Hook - Wet fly

Thread - White under floss, Black head

Tail - Black hackle fibers

Ribbing - Silver tinsel, optional

Body - Blue silk floss

Hackle - Black

Wing - Slate

Trout - Ray Bergman

Sunday, March 17, 2024

Jenni


Jenni

Hook - Wet fly

Thread - Black

Tail - Lavender or blue

Ribbing - Gold tinsel

Body - Yellow floss

Hackle - Scarlet

Wing - Lavender or blue

How To Tie Flies - E C Gregg

Virginia Green


Victoria Green

Hook - Wet fly

Thread - White under floss, Black head

Tip - Gold tinsel

Tail - Golden pheasant tippets

Ribbing - Gold tinsel

Body - Green floss

Hackle - Yellow

Wing - Brown turkey & jungle cock

Victoria Regular

Same as above except blue floss body

Trout - Ray Bergman

Saturday, March 16, 2024

Roza's Pearl Butt Secret


Roza's Pearl Butt Secret

Lubos Roza

Hook - Dry fly

Thread - Your choice of color

Butt - Pearl tinsel

Body - Tying thread

Wing - 2 to 4 CDC feathers, divided

Thorax - Dubbing

Friday, March 15, 2024

Page

Page

Hook - Wet fly

Thread - Black

Tip - Gold tinsel

Tail - Scarlet

Ribbing - Gold floss

Body - Scarlet floss

Hackle - Scarlet hen

Wing - Guinea with scarlet stripe

Trout - Ray Bergman

Thursday, March 14, 2024

Wood Duck

Wood Duck

Hook - Wet fly

Thread - Black

Tip - Gold tinsel

Tail - Yellow

Ribbing - Gold tinsel

Body - Bright green wool

Hackle - Bright green

Wings - Barred wood duck

Trout - Ray Bergman

Von Patten

Von Patten

Hook - Wet fly

Thread - Black

Tail - Red goose or duck quill

Body - Yellow floss

Hackle - Brown

Wing - Barred mandarin

Trout - Ray Bergman

Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Darling


Darling

Hook - Wet fly

Thread - Black

Tip - Orange floss *

Tail - Golden pheasant crest

Body - Black dubbing

Hackle - Furnace brown

Wing - Brown mottled turkey

Don Bastian Note

* The Darling is another fly where the tip is shown as a ‘butt’ at the base of the tail on the painting.

 Trout - Ray Bergman

Last Chance

Last Chance

Hook - Wet fly

Thread - Black

Tag - Gold tinsel
Tail - Crimson quill sections

Ribbing - Black silk (floss)

Body - Yellow floss

Hackle - Brown

Wing - Light slate

Trout - Ray Bergman

Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Jungle Alexandra



Jungle Alexandra

Hook - Wet fly

Thread - Black

Tail - Red ibis or scarlet duck wing quill

Ribbing - Oval tinsel

Body - Flat silver tinsel

Hackle - Black cock or hen

Wing - Peacock sword herl

Cheeks - Jungle cock

From an internet photo below

Ferguson


Ferguson

Hook - Wet fly

Thread - Black

Tip - Gold tinsel

Tail - Yellow and crimson

Ribbing - Gold tinsel

Hackle - Green

Wing - Brown turkey yellow stripe

Trout - Ray Bergman

Monday, March 11, 2024

Pheasant Tail & Partridge

 

Pheasant Tail & Partridge

Yvon Chouinard

Hook - Wet fly

Thread - Brown or black

Tail - Pheasant tail fibers

Ribbing - Copper wire

Body - Pheasant tail fibers

Thorax - Synthetic peacock herl dubbing or peacock herl

Hackle - Hungarian partridge

Yvon Chouinard: Tying the Pheasant Tail & Partridge (youtube.com)

Sunday, March 10, 2024

Beaverkill - Female

Beaverkill - Female 

Hook - Wet fly

Thread - Brown

Tail - Brown hackle barbs

Butt - Dubbed yellow rabbit fur tied in as an egg sac

Body - Dubbed with muskrat fur

Hackle - Brown tied on as a collar and tied back and down

Wings - Natural gray duck-quill sections tied on edge over the body

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

Friday, March 8, 2024

Spirit of Pittsford Mills


Spirit of Pittsford Mills

Wings - Grizzly hackle tips tied in V position

Tail - A cream ginger hackle tip tied to proper proportion or ginger hackle fibers

Body - Down from base of wood duck flank feather

Rib - Cream ginger hackle, wound Palmer style and clipped short to blend in with body. Stubby effect.

Hackle - Cream ginger

The Spirit of Pittsford Mills | David Stenström Fly Tying (stenstromflies.blogspot.com)

Monday, March 4, 2024

Found Link



Found Link

Hook - Dry fly
 
Thread - Tan

Tail - Light Pardo Whiting Coq de Leon
 
Body - Deer Hair

Under Wing - Dun or Adams Gray Crinkled Z-Lon

Thorax - Super Fine Dubbing

Wing - Deer Hair

Sunday, March 3, 2024

Twisted Skwala

Twisted Skwala

Hook - TMC 200R, size 6 or substitute

Thread - Black

Butt - 2mm black foam strip

Body - 2 strands of fine golden yarn and 4 long peacock herls twisted together

Wing - Natural brown bucktail

Legs - Barred rubber legs

Abdomen - Golden yellow dubbing

Head - 2mm black foam

Sighter - Fluorescent orange egg yarn or substitute

Fly tyer Magazine - Spring 2024

Monday, February 26, 2024

Kendall


Kendall

Hook - Wet Fly

Thread - Black

Tail - Scarlet quill sections

Body - Deep wine chenille

Hackle - Scarlet

Wing - Brown mallard

Trout - Ray Bergman

Sunday, February 25, 2024

Moth - Brown

Moth - Brown

Hook - Wet fly

Thread - Black

Tip - Gold tinsel

Ribbing - Gold tinsel

Body - Cinnamon wool

Hackle - Brown

Wing - Cinnamon Dark Orpington Cock*

*I used cinnamon goose quill

Trout - Ray Bergman

Grannom

Grannom

Hook - Wet fly

Thread - Black

Tip - Peacock tag

Ribbing - Gold tinsel

Body - Pale yellow wool

Hackle - Brown

Wing - Light brown turkey

Trout - Ray Bergman

Gunnison

 

Gunnison

Hook - Wet fly

Thread - Black

Tail - Gray mallard

Ribbing - White floss

Body - Green floss

Hackle - Brown

Wing - White tipped turkey

Trout - Ray Bergman