McMurray Ant

Eskimo Nell

Eskimo Nell

Trout Streamer

Hook - Mustad 9671, 9672 or equivalent 

Thread - Black 

Tail - Golden pheasant tippet 

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel or wire

Body - Blue tinsel 

Throat - Guinea hen feather fiber 

Wing - Gray squirrel tail 

Collins Illustrated Dictionary of Trout Flies - John Roberts

Scaled Shiner Streamer

Scaled Shiner Streamer

Hook – Streamer style

Thread – Black

Tail – Black hackle fibers topped with white hackle fibers

Body – Olive green silk or uni-stretch

Ribbing – Heavy black thread; two pieces tied in at the tail and

crisscrossed to provide a scale effect

Throat – Red hackle fibers

Wing – 4 black hackles

Cheeks – Jungle cock

Reference

Forgotten Flies - Schmookler & Sils

Streamer Tying and Fishing – J. Bates

Trolling Flies for Trout and Salmon – D. Stewart & B. Leeman

Trueblood's Caddis

Trueblood's Caddis

Hook - Straight or Curved shank

Weight - Lead free wire (Optional)

Thread - Black

Tail - Green floss or uni-stretch

Shellback - Pheasant tail

Ribbing - Silver wire

Body - Green floss or uni-stretch

Legs - Mallard, teal partridge fibers

Popular Fly Patterns - Terry Hellekson

Hogan's Red Headed Step Child

Hogan’s Red Headed Step Child

Hook - Nymph style

Bead - Small Red Glass Bead

Thread - Brown 

Tail - Pheasant Tail

Rib - Small Red Wire

Thorax - Peacock Herl

Case - Medium Pearlescent Tinsel

Legs - Red Krystal Flash

Phil's Wizard

Phil's Wizard

Hook : Streamer style

Thread : Black

Tail : Red hackle fibers

Ribbing : Flat silver tinsel

Body : Black chenille

Throat : Red hackle fibers

Wing : White bucktail

Cheeks : Natural jungle cock eyes

Reference : Forgotten Flies & With Fly, Plug and Bait (R. Bergman)

Brown Trout Fry

Brown Trout Fry

Hook - 4xl size 6-8

Thread - Tan for the head and tying down the tail area; white flat waxed nylon to build underbody 

Overbody shell - Clear zip lock bag. add a few orange and black dots

Body - Flat gold tinsel

Back - Brownish pheasant tail

Painted eyes - Black over yellow

UV Resin - Use as desired on the body prior to tying in the back fibers and head area

Polystickle

Polystickle

Hook -  4xl size 6-8

Thread - Black for the head and tying down the tail area;

white flat waxed nylon to build underbody & colored with a red marker in the gill area

Overbody shell - Clear zip lock bag strip

Back - Swiss straw in your favorite color

Throat - Orange hackle fibers

Painted eyes - Optional; black over white

Water Cricket

Water Cricket

Hook - Mustad R74-9672

Thread - Black

Tail - Peacock herl

Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel

Body - Peacock herl

Throat - Guinea fowl, sparse

Wing - Two long black saddle hackles

Reference - Forgotten Flies & Perrault's Standard Dictionary of Fishing Flies

Walleye Bucktail

Walleye Bucktail (White, Red, Green)

Hook - Streamer style

Thread - Black

Tail - Hackle fibers

Body - Chenille

Throat - Hackle fibers

Wing - Bucktail

Eyes - White/black

Reference - Forgotten Flies

Rusty Rat

Rusty Rat

Hook - Streamer style

Thread - Black

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Brown floss or chenille

Wing - Brown bucktail

Eyes - White & Black

reference - perrault's standard dictionary of fishing flies (page 419)

First Degree

First Degree

Hook - Mustad 9672

Thread - Black

Body - Flat gold tinsel

Throat - White hackle fibers

Wing - White under brown bucktail

Head - Peacock herl

Minno-Fly

Minno-Fly

Hook- Streamer style

Thread – Black, white and tan

Body – Built up tapered white thread, pearl tinsel and covered with clear cellophane

Back – 4-6 strands of peacock herl

Throat – Red calf tail

Milk Weed Fly

Milk Weed Fly

hook- streamer/nymph style

thread - black

tail - wood duck

ribbing - flat silver tinsel

body - orange floss or uni-stretch

throat - black and white barred wood duck

wing - white milk weed fibers

tying note - i have no idea where to find milk weed bushes in my local area, so i used the next closest thing - white marabou

New Trier

New Trier (Original recipe)

Hook – Mustad 3665A or equivalent

Thread – Black

Tag – Fine copper wire & yellow floss

Tail – Golden pheasant crest

Butt – Peacock herl

Body – First half silver coated copper wire; butted with peacock herl

Second half copper wire.

Throat – Dun hackle fibers

Wing – Mottled gray brown turkey

New Trier (Variation recipe)

Hook – Mustad 3665A or equivalent

Thread – Black

Tag – Fine copper wire & yellow floss

Tail – Golden pheasant crest

Butt – Peacock herl

Body – First half silver oval tinsel; butted with peacock herl

Second half - Copper oval tinsel.

Throat – Dun hackle fibers

Wing – Mottled brown turkey

Forgotten Flies - Schmookler and Sils

Tying note: I tied this fly per the photo in the book “Forgotten Flies”. Not all photos in the book match the tying recipe.

Red Bodied Sleeker

Red Bodied Sleeker

hook - wet/nymph style

thread - black

tail - 4-5 golden pheasant tippets

ribbing - white thread

body - red wool, floss or uni-stretch

throat - ginger hackle fibers

wing - mallard flank or woodduck

Charles DeFeo

Brown Buck

Brown Buck

Hook - Wet/nymph style

Thread - Black

Tag - Embossed silver tinsel

Ribbing - Peacock herl and counter-ribbed with fine oval gold tinsel

Body - Brown floss or uni-stretch

Wing - Black squirrel tail