Black Beauty

 

Black Beauty

Hook - Tiemco 101 or equivalent, size 16-26

Thread - Black

Ribbing - Copper, gold or silver wire

Body - Tying thread

Thorax - Black dubbing

Can be tied on any style hook

Popularized by Pat Dorsey

BK Dragonfly Nymph Variant

BK Dragonfly Nymph Variant

Hook – Mustad 9672, size 4-6-8

Eyes – Black chain

Thread – Black

Tail – Black hen hackle

Body – Olive uni yarn

Ribbing - Black tying thread, crisscrossed

Legs – Black hen hackle

Head – Synthetic peacock dubbing 

Marabou Nymph

 

Marabou Nymph - Black

Hook - Mustad 3906B or equivalent, size 6-14

Thread - Black

Tail - Black marabou

Ribbing - 3 turns of fine oval silver tinsel

Body - Blackish brown dubbing

Wing Case - Short bunch of black marabou extending over half of body. 

Dyed black raffia or swiss straw over the thorax

Thorax - Dark gray dubbing

Throat/legs - Guinea hen fibers

Marabou Nymph - Brown

Hook - Mustad 3906B or equivalent, size 6-14

Thread - Brown

Tail - Dark brown marabou

Ribbing - 3 turns of fine oval gold tinsel

Body - Brown dubbing

Wing Case - Short bunch of brown marabou extending over half of body. 

Dyed dark brown raffia or swiss straw over the thorax

Thorax - Dark brown and yellow mixed dubbing

Throat/legs - Dyed brown guinea hen fibers

Marabou Nymph - Cream

Hook - Mustad 3906B or equivalent, size 6-14

Thread - Light yellow

Tail - Pale yellow marabou

Ribbing - 3 turns of fine oval gold tinsel

Body - Cream dubbing

Wing Case - Short bunch of pale yellow marabou extending over half of body. 

Dyed yellow raffia or swiss straw over the thorax

Thorax - White dubbing

Throat/legs - Dyed yellow guinea hen fibers

Marabou Nymph - Gray

Hook - Mustad 3906B or equivalent, size 6-14

Thread - Gray

Tail - Gray marabou

Ribbing - 3 turns of fine oval silver tinsel

Body - Gray dubbing

Wing Case - Short bunch of gray marabou extending over half of body. 

Dyed gray raffia or swiss straw over the thorax

Thorax - Light gray dubbing

Throat/legs - Guinea hen fibers

Marabou Nymph - Olive

Hook - Mustad 3906B or equivalent, size 6-14

Thread - Olive

Tail - Olive Marabou

Ribbing - 3 turns of fine oval gold tinsel

Body - Olive dubbing

Wing Case - Short bunch of olive marabou extending over half of body. 

Dyed olive raffia or swiss straw over the thorax

Thorax - Yellowish olive dubbing

Throat/legs - Dyed olive guinea hen fibers

Marabou Nymph - Tan

Hook - Mustad 3906B or equivalent, size 6-14

Thread - Tan

Tail - Tan marabou

Ribbing - 3 turns of fine oval gold tinsel

Body - Tan dubbing

Wing Case - Short bunch of tan marabou extending over half of body. 

Dyed tan raffia or swiss straw over the thorax

Thorax - Tan and white dubbing mixed in equal parts

Throat/legs - Dyed tan guinea hen fibers

Popular Fly Patterns - Terry Hellekson

Timberline Emerger

Timberline Emerger

Hook - Mustad 3906B, sizes 6 – 12

Thread - Color to match body

Tail - Marabou (or the fluff at the base of a hackle), in olive, brown, black or gray 

Body - Shaggy dubbing such as Angora or seal substitute, color to match tail

Ribbing - Copper wire

Collar - Hen neck hackle, color to match body

Wings - Two grizzly hen hackles

The Timberline Emerger was developed by Randall Kaufman in the mid 1960s

Super X

Super X

Hook - Mustad 9671, 9672 or equivalent

Thread - Black

Tail - Antron yarn or whatever you like

Body - Any color chenille

Legs - Round rubber or silicon legs

Thorax - Any color chenille

Hackle - Any color hackle

Gold Herniator

 

Gold Herniator

Category - Steelhead

Hook - Mustad 3906B, size 4-10

Bead - Gold

Weight - Lead/lead free wire

Thread - Black

Body - Gold Bill's body braid

Thorax - Peacock herl

Under wing - Gold Bill's body braid

Over wing - Peacock herl or sword

Hackle - Dun hen

Reference - Internet Photo

Embossed or oval gold tinsel can be substituted for Bill's body braid

Gold krystal flash can be substituted for Bill's body braid

This pattern can be tied in silver and copper versions

Dave's Shrimp

 

Dave's Shrimp

Dave Whitlock Fly Pattern

Hook - Mustad 3906, 3906B or equivalent, size 8-14

Weight - Lead/lead free wire

Thread - Olive

Tail - Barred wood duck flank feather fibers or teal

Body - Mixed olive, amber, gray fur dubbing

Throat - Barred wood duck flank feather fibers or teal

Head - Tying thread

Bend the hook with needle nose pliers up about one-quarter length behind the eye as shown above.

The eye should be approximately parallel with the hook shank.

Reference - Art Flick's Master Fly Tying Guide

Au Sable Queen

Au Sable Queen

Hook - Mustad 94840, size 10-16 

Thread - Black

Egg Sac - Green yarn 

Body - Peacock herl 

Wing - White Deer Body Hair

Hackle - Ginger

I used bleached elk hair for the wing

A little-known pattern of Ann Schweigert. The pattern is from the 1950’s

Lady Heather

 

Lady Heather

Hook - Mustad 94840, size 10-18

Tail - Blue dun hackle fibers

Butt - Gray muskrat fur 

Body - Cream fur (wrapped or dubbed; thinner than the butt)

Wing - White calf tail

Hackle - Grizzly and dark blue dun (mixed)

Walt's Worm & Sexy Walt's Worm

Walt’s Worm

Hook - Jig style

Bead - Tungsten or brass

Weight - Lead/lead free wire

Thread - Tan

Body - Hare's ear dubbing

Sexy Walt’s Worm

Hook - Jig style

Bead - Tungsten or brass

Weight - Lead/lead-free wire

Thread - Fluorescent orange

Ribbing - Opal mylar tinsel

Body - Hare's ear dubbing

Hot spot - Fluorescent orange tying thread

Walker's Mayfly Nymph

 Walker's Mayfly Nymph

Hook – Mustad 9671, size 10

Thread - Brown.

Tail – Pheasant tail fibers

Under body - Lead wire or foil

Body - Cream angora wool

Ribbing - Brown tying thread or uni stretch, first 2 turns near the back of the hook doubled

Thorax - Cream angora wool

Wing Case - Pheasant tail fibers

Legs - Pheasant tail fibers

Originated by Richard Walker

BW (Barrie Welham) Nymph

BW (Barrie Welham) Nymph

Hook - Mustad S80-3906, S82-3906B, size 10-12 

Thread - Black 

Tail - Fluorescent red and yellow antron yarn

Rib - Oval gold tinsel 

Body - Brown wool 

Breathing filaments - White uni stretch

The Flytier's Companion - Mike Dawes

Green Drake Emerging Nymph

 

Green Drake Emerging Nymph

Hook - TMC 200R (or equivalent), size 8

Thread - Olive

Tail - Moose body hairs

Abdomen - Cream/tan/yellow mixed dubbing

Shellback - Turkey

Ribbing - Yellow Uni-Stretch

Wing - Deer Hair, short

Thorax - Cream/tan/yellow mixed dubbing

Princess

 

Princess

Hook - Mustad S80-3906, S82-3906B (or equivalent), size 10-14

Bead - Gold

Weight - Lead/lead free wire

Thread - Black

Tail - Red antron yarn

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Peacock herl

Wing - White antron yarn

Hackle - Brown hen

A Buddy Knight Pattern

Flies for the Greater Yellowstone Area - Bruce Staples

Uncle Phil

Uncle Phil

Hook - Mustad 3399, 3906, 3906B or equivalent, size 10-16

Thread - Black

Tail - Black hackle fibers

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Peacock herl

Throat - Black hackle fibers

Wing - Gray squirrel tail

Jax Suicide Nymph

Jax Suicide Nymph

Hook - Mustad 3399, 3906, 3906B (or equivalent), size 12 - 16

Thread - Black

Tail - Brown hackle fibers

Egg Sac - Red dubbing

Rib - Copper wire

Body - Black loss

Wing Case – Turkey tail fibers

Thorax – Hare’s ear dubbing

"Jax Suicide Nymph" - FAOL (flyanglersonline.com)

Gimp Nymph

 

Gimp Nymph

Hook – Mustad S80-3906, S82-3906B (or equivalent), sizes 10-16

Thread - Black

Tail - Dun hen hackle barbs

Body - Dubbed with gray rabbit fur

Wings - Two semi plumes from the base of a Lady Amherst pheasant tippet feather tied flat

(one on top of the other) over the body and extending to approximately the end of the hook

Legs - Dun hen hackle tied on as a collar and tied back

Fish Flies - The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier’s Art – Terry Helleckson

Practical Flies and Their Construction - Lacey E Gee & Erwin D Sias

 

Semi plume location

Carmichael

 

Carmichael

Hook - Mustad R50-94840, size 12-16

Thread - Brown

Tail - Cree hackle fibers

Body - Dubbed pink rabbit or synthetic fur

Wings - Grizzly hackle tips tied upright and divided

Hackle - Cree

Popular Fly Patterns - Terry Helleckson (page 20)

I haven't seen pink rabbits since I quit drinking and smoking that "weed" in the 1980's 

 so I used pink dyed beaver

I don't really understand the lure of cree hackles. The hackles look pretty on the bird but when its palmered around a hook shank the unique coloration just disappears, at least to my eyes. A well dyed grizzly, brown/grizzly mix or barred ginger would look just as good as cree and the fish (and fly fishermen) wouldn't even know the difference

This is a Metz cree from the 1980's $$ (sorry its the only one I have and I used it in the fly above)

Maybe 2021 $$$ versions of cree hackles are better in coloration if you can find and afford one

Troth Bullhead

 

Troth Bullhead

Hook - Straight shank streamer or up eye salmon style hook, size 6 - 3/0

Weight - Lead/lead free wire

Thread - White

Tail - White bucktail

Upper tail and back - Black ostrich herls

Body - Cream dubbing or wool yarn

Head and hackle - Deer hair

Add representation of gills using red dubbing, yarn or marker if desired

Originated by Al Troth

March Brown Nymph

 

March Brown Nymph

Hook - Mustad R73-9671, S82-3906B (or equivalent), size 8-16

Thread - Black

Tail - Moose body hairs or brown hackle fibers

Ribbing - Stripped peacock eye

Body - Brown floss or uni stretch

Wing Case - Mottled turkey quill

Legs - Brown hen hackle

Thorax - Peacock herl

Tying note - Substitute tan thread, uni stretch, spanflex etc for 

the stripped peacock eye for added durability

Jack Dennis' Western Trout Fly Tying Manual

Grande Stone Fly

 

Grande Stone Fly

Hook – Mustad R73-9671 or R74-9672, size 4-12 (or equivalent)

Thread – Black

Weight – Lead/lead free wire (optional)

Tails – Stripped brown hackle stems

Ribbing – Flat gold tinsel

Body – Gray spun angora, muskrat dubbing or uni yarn

Wing case – Turkey tail fibers

Legs – Brown hackle

Thorax - Gray spun angora, muskrat dubbing or uni yarn

Antennae – Stripped brown hackle stems

Jack Dennis’ Western Trout Flytying Manual Volume 1 Revised Edition

Golden Burlap Nymph

 

Golden Burlap Nymph

Hook - Mustad R74-9672 - size 6-8 (or equivalent)

Weight - Lead/lead free wire

Thread - Tan

Tail - Pheasant tail fibers

Body - Burlap twisted in a rope for segmentation, top of body colored with brown marker

Wing case - Turkey tail fibers

Thorax - Burlap 

Hackle - Brown hen hackle

Tying Flies with Jack Dennis and Friends

Pepperoni Yuk Bug

 

Pepperoni Yuk Bug

Hook – Mustad R74-9672, size 4-10

Weight – Lead/lead free wire

Thread – Black

Tail – Black pheasant tail fibers

Legs – White rubber legs

Body – Black chenille

Thorax – Orange chenille

Hackle – Brown saddle hackle

Tying Flies with Jack Dennis and Friends

Bird's Nest

Bird’s Nest

Hook – Mustad S80-3906, S82-3906B or equivalent, size 8-16

Thread – Tan or brown

Tail - Barred imitation lemon wood duck fibers

Ribbing – Gold or copper wire

Body – Hares ear dubbing

Legs - Barred imitation lemon wood duck fibers

Head - Hares ear dubbing

I substituted imitation lemon wood duck feathers to preserve my limited supply of 

the real lemon wood duck feathers. The fish will never know the difference.

History

Bird's Nest (flyfishingthesierra.com)

 

All Purpose Nymph

All Purpose, Dark

Hook – Mustad S82-3906B, sizes 8-16

Thread - Black

Tail – Pheasant tail fibers

Ribbing – Copper wire

Abdomen – Dark brown lamb’s wool or uni yarn

Wing case – Turkey tail fibers

Thorax - Dark brown lamb's wool or uni yarn

Legs – Black hen hackle barbs tied beard-style

 

All Purpose, Light

Hook – Mustad S82-3906B, sizes 8-16

Thread - Brown

Tail - Barred imitation lemon wood duck barbs

Ribbing - Heavy brown thread

Abdomen - Dubbed with cream lamb’s wool or uni yarn

Wing case - Ringneck pheasant tail feather barbs tied over the thorax

Thorax: Dubbed with cream lamb's wool

Legs - Light ginger hen hackle barbs tied beard-style

 

All Purpose, Medium

Hook – Mustad S82-3906B, sizes 8-16

Thread - Brown

Tail – Pheasant tail fibers

Ribbing – Gold wire

Abdomen - 50/50 mix of gray and brown lamb’s wool or equivalent dubbing

Wing case - Turkey tail fibers

Thorax - 50/50 mix of gray and brown lamb’s wool or equivalent dubbing

Legs - Brown hen hackle barbs tied beard-style

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

Torpedo

 

Torpedo

Hook - Mustad R73-9671, R74-9672, sizes 2-10

Thread - Brown

Tail & Antennae - White rubber legs tied in a V

Abdomen - Brown chenille

Legs - Brown hackle palmered through the thorax

Thorax - Brown chenille

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

Zonker(s)

 

Zonker

Hook - Streamer style

Thread - Black and white

Underbody - Stim U Dent Wooden toothpick

Body - Bill's body braid

Back - Squirrel zonker strip

Eyes - Stick on eyes coated with UV resin

Stim U Dent body shape

Zonker

Hook - Streamer style

Thread - Black 

Ribbing - Copper wire

Body - Embossed silver tinsel

Back - Squirrel zonker strip

Gills - Red marker