Sunday, July 31, 2022

Wyatt's Trude

Wyatt’s Trude

Cliff Wyatt Originator

Hooks: TMC5262, DAI 1710 Mustad 3906B or equivalent, sizes 4-8

Thread - Black

Tail - Speckled guinea fowl barbs

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body: Orange chenille

Wing - Fox squirrel tail tied over the body

Hackle - Speckled guinea fowl tied on as a collar and tied back in front of the wing

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

Sally

Sally

Hooks - Mustad 3399, 3906 or equivalent, sizes 10-14

Thread - Black

Tail - Peacock sword feather barbs

Body - Peacock herl. Reverse wrapped with gold wire or oval gold tinsel 

Hackle - Brown hen hackle fibers

Wings - Barred teal fibers

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

Frank's Fly

 

Frank's Fly

Steelhead

Frank Moore Originator

Hooks - Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent

Thread - Fluorescent orange

Body - Fluorescent orange chenille

Hackle - Fluorescent orange tied palmer-style over the body

Wing - White calf tail tied over the body

Topping - Pearl krystal flash

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

Þingeyingur



Þingeyingur

Hook - Ahrex NS118 or equivalent, size 8

Thread - Black

Ribbing – Oval silver tinsel

Body - Green wool or green aurora yarn

Throat - Black squirrel

Wing - Yellow buck tail

The fly is a great option for both stream and lake fishing. The fly catches both trout and salmon

Saturday, July 30, 2022

Kapok Hopper

Kapok Hopper

Hook - Mustad 94831 or equivalent, size 6-10

Thread - Black

Tail - Red Yarn, cotton or wool, bobbed short

Ribbing - Brown hackle, palmered, trimmed short

Body - Natural kapok dubbing (I used yellow)

Legs - Orvis Natural Pheasant Hopper Legs, trimmed to size (I knotted my own legs)

Wings - Mottled turkey, tied tent style over the body to the bend of the hook

Hackle - Brown, tied heavy, one size larger than the hook

KapokHopper.pdf - Google Drive

Friday, July 29, 2022

Ashdown Green



Ashdown Green

Hooks - MUSR74-9672, TMC9395, or DA12220, sizes 4-8

Thread - Black

Tail - Narrow section of red goose quill

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Dubbed with claret lamb's wool

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

Wing - White bucktail tied over the body and extending slightly past tail

Ashdown H. Green originated this pattern. Records indicate that it was being used on the Cowichan River in British Columbia as early as 1889. The original pattern had white goose quill sections for the wings.

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


Whale River Rat



Whale River Rat

Hooks - TMC7999 or DAI2441 or equivalent, sizes 4-10

Thread - Black

Tail - Peacock herl tips

Ribbing – Gold wire or oval tinsel, reversed wrapped

Body - Peacock herl

Wing - Gray squirrel tail tied low over the body and extending to the end of hook

Hackle - Grizzly hen hackle tied on as a collar and tied back

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


Rube Wood



Rube Wood

Atlantic Salmon

Hooks - TMC7999 or DA12441 or equivalent

Thread - Black

Tip - Lower half, oval silver tinsel; the upper half, red floss

Tail - Barred teal barbs

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Dubbed with white rabbit fur or substitute

Wing - Gray squirrel tail tied low over the body

Hackle - Brown tied on as a collar and tied back

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

Parmachene Belle

Parmachene Belle

Atlantic Salmon

Hooks - TMC7999 or DA12441 or equivalent, sizes 4-10.

Thread - Red

Tip - Lower half, oval silver tinsel; the upper half, fluorescent red floss

Tail - White hackle fibers

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Yellow floss

Hackle - Scarlet red and white tied on as a collar mixed and tied back and down

Wing - White bucktail tied low over the body, with an over wing of sparse red bucktail

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


Thursday, July 28, 2022

Martin



Martin

Atlantic Salmon

Hook – Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent

Thread - Black

Tail - Golden pheasant crest feather

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Yellow floss

Throat – Yellow hen hackle fibers

Wing - Woodchuck guard hair

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


Menard



Menard

Atlantic Salmon

Hook – Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent

Thread - Black

Tail - Golden pheasant crest feather

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Dubbed with olive lamb's wool or wool yarn

Wing - Dyed yellow natural brown bucktail tied low over the body

Hackle - Black tied on as a collar and tied back

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

Leeman's Fancy

Leeman’s Fancy

Atlantic Salmon

Hook – Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent

Thread - Black

Tip – Oval silver tinsel & orange floss

Tail – Golden pheasant crest

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body – Light green floss

Throat – Black hen hackle

Wing - Dyed red squirrel tail

Leeman's Fancy (fabri-mouches.ca)

Kitson



Kitson

Atlantic Salmon

Hook – Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent

Thread - Black

Tip - Flat gold tinsel

Tail - Black hackle barbs

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Dubbed with yellow lamb's wool or wool yarn

Throat – Claret hen hackle

Wing - Dyed yellow gray squirrel tail

Cheeks - Dyed kingfisher blue hen hackle tip tied in at each side

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


Wednesday, July 27, 2022

Grebiche


Grebiche

Atlantic Salmon

Hook - Daiichi 2161 or equivalent (Gamakatsu T10-6H)

Thread - Red

Tag - Copper wire

Body - Silver tinsel

Rib - Twisted black floss

Wing - Dyed Yellow Grey Squirrel

Hackle - Green

https://youtu.be/-hJOfRTaBVU

Emma

Emma

Hook - Mustad 3399, 3906 or equivalent

Thread - Black

Tail - Scarlet hackle fibers

Body - Scarlet floss.

Ribbing - Gold tinsel

Throat - Scarlet hackle fibers

Wing - A pair of jungle cock body feathers

1861 FLIES by KEN SAWADA


Tuesday, July 26, 2022

La Cantine (The Canteen)

La Cantine (The Canteen)

Atlantic Salmon

Hook – Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent

Thread - Black

Tag - Flat gold tinsel

Tip - Fluorescent red floss

Body - Black floss

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Wing - Black hairs of a Monga tail or substitute

Collar - Black hackle

Monday, July 25, 2022

Rubber Bug


Rubber Bug

Spent beetle, blowfly, deerfly & general attractor

Rusty Gates Originator

Hook - Mustad 94840 or equivalent

Thread - Black

Shellback - Black foam

Body - Peacock herl

Wings - Grizzly hen hackle tips

Hackle - Grizzly

Trout Flies of the East - Schollmeyer & Leeson

Pest



Pest

Spent beetle, blowfly, deerfly & general attractor

Dennis Potter Originator

Hook - Mustad 94840 or equivalent

Thread - Black

Shellback - Yellow foam

Body - Peacock herl

wings - Dun hi-viz wing material

Hackle - Grizzly

Trout Flies of the East - Schollmeyer & Leeson

Gullflugan (Icelandic)


Gullflugan (Icelandic)

The Gold Fly

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent

Thread - Black

Tag - Gold oval tinsel and yellow floss

Tail - Golden pheasant crest

Butt - Black ostrich herl

Rib - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Flat gold tinsel

Throat - Black schlappen or hen hackle fibers

Wing - Gray squirrel dyed yellow

Amy's Ant


Amy’s Ant

Hook – Mustad 9671 or equivalent, size 6-12

Thread - Brown

Underbody - 2mm orange foam

Over body -2mm Tan, Rust, or purple foam

Legs - Brown rubber legs

Hackle - Brown rooster neck or saddle, trimmed short

Body – Olive/peacock krystal chenille

Underwing - Rainbow krystal flash

Overwing - Cow or yearling elk hair

Thorax - Synthetic peacock dubbing

Sunday, July 24, 2022

Charlie Boy Hopper

Charlie Boy Hopper

Charlie Craven

Hook - Mustad 94840or equivalent, size 8
Thread - Brown
Body - Tan/brown/olive/black 2mm foam
Legs - Brown rubber legs
Wing - Elk/deer hair
Eyes- Black marker

Golden Bear Bucktail


Golden Bear Bucktail

Originated by Mike Martinek Jr

Hook - Partridge CS17 Ken Baker or equivalent, size 4

Thread - Black

Tail - Golden pheasant tippet

Body: Gold Axxel flash or equivalent (Bill's Body Braid)

Wing: Yellow over orange over yellow bucktail

Throat: Mallard flank fibers (sparse)

Cheeks - Jungle cock

Streamer Fly Patterns for Trolling and Casting Volume II, Mike Martinek Jr.

Spring Wiggler



Spring Wiggler

Steelhead, trout etc.

Hook - Mustad 3906, 3906B, 3399 or equivalent, size - various, typically #8

Thread - Black

Weight - Optional

Tail - Squirrel tail

Body - Various colors of chenille (medium or ultra)

Wing case - Squirrel tail

Hackle - Various colors of saddle hackle palmered

Saturday, July 23, 2022

Lady and Lord Hamilton

Lady Hamilton

Ralph Wahl, early 1940's

Steelhead

Tail - Red goose quill section

Ribbing - Silver embossed tinsel

Body - Red floss

Wing - Orange over white bucktail

Head - Black tying thread, with painted black on white eyes

Classic Steelhead Flies - John Shewey


Lord Hamilton

Ralph Wahl, early 1940's

Steelhead

Tail - Red goose quill section

Ribbing - Silver embossed tinsel

Body - Yellow floss

Wing - Red over white bucktail

Head - Black tying thread, with painted black on white eyes

Classic Steelhead Flies - John Shewey

Church Window Hornberg

Church Window Hornberg

Hook - Mustad 9671, 9672 or equivalent, size 8-10-12

Thread - Brown or black

Body - Silver tinsel or floss

Underwing - Pair of gray hackle tips

Wing - Pair of matched cock pheasant neck/shoulder church window feathers

Cheeks - Jungle cock (optional)

Collar - Grizzly, Cree or brown hackle (I used 2 Cree hackles)


Friday, July 22, 2022

Hatching Foam Pupa

Hatching Foam Pupa

Daniel Bergman

Hook - Mustad C068 or equivalent, size 12-16

Thread - Brown

Rear Body - 2mm tan foam strip, segmented with hemostat and colored with brown marker

Head cover - 2mm tan foam strip from the rear body and colored with brown marker

Thorax - Tan ice dubbing

Eyes - 50-pound mono burnt and coated with black uv resin

Tying Note

Cut the foam as wide as the width of your hemostat jaws. Heat the jaws with a lighter or other flame source and when hot, insert the foam strip into the heated jaws and close the jaws. When opened the result will be a segmented foam body.

Another option to creating the segmented body is the Hareline Material Clamp


The segmentation is only an option to create the body. If you lack the tools, then just omit the process.
Fish won't give a shit!

HC Foam Stone



HC Foam Stone

Hook - Mustad 9672 or equivalent, size 6-8

Thread - Black

Body - Black and orange 2mm foam

Wing - Fox squirrel tail hairs over pearl krystal flash

Sighter - Orange 2mm foam

Legs - Barred black/orange rubber legs

Fat Albert

Fat Albert

Hook - TFS 2302 or equivalent, size 6-8
Thread - Red 
Body - 2mm foam. I used tan and orange
Legs - Barred orange/black
Wing - Antron or Gator Hair, white. I used white hi-viz


Google "Fat Albert fly tying" for other color combinations

Thursday, July 21, 2022

Apricot Haze



Apricot Haze

Stephan Banakas

Hook - Mustad 3399, 3906, 3906B 9671 or equivalent size 8-10-12

Weight - Lead free wire

Thread - Brown

Tail - Brown marabou

Hackle - Brown

Body - Worm brown ultra-chenille

Original recipe did not call for a wire rib but if you need it then add it to your fly. I just embedded the hackle in the valley between the chenille wraps.

ApricotHaze.jpg (640×840) (ngatu692.com)

DH Hopper



DH Hopper - Black/Orange

Carl Pennington

Hook - Mustad 9671 or equivalent, size 8

Thread - Orange

Over body -Black 2mm foam

Underbody - Orange 1mm foam

Thorax - Orange Ice Dub

Underwing - Rainbow krystal flash

Wing - Elk Hair

Legs – Rubber legs (black, brown, barred)

Dewan



Dewan

Ron Taylor

Winged Wet Fly

Hook - Mustad 3399, 3906, 98480 or equivalent, size 12-14

Thread - Black

Tail - Golden pheasant tippets

Body - Black floss

Wing - Gray squirrel tail

Collar - Grizzly hen hackle

Fly Tyer Pattern Bible (Volume 3, Issue 4)

Wednesday, July 20, 2022

Mini Chernobyl Ant

Mini Chernobyl Ant

Hook - Mustad 3399, 3906 or equivalent, size 14

Thread - Brown

Dubbing - Golden stone dubbing

Body - 2mm tan foam

Wing - Poly yarn

Legs - Superflex Spandex Leg Material – Brown

Mini Chubby Fly Tying Tutorial | Hopper Fishing Blog (wordpress.com)

Chubby Chernobyl


Chubby Chernobyl

Hook - Mustad 9671 or equivalent, size 8-12

Thread - Tan

Tail - Pearl krystal flash

Dubbing - SLF Kaufmann Golden Stone or Dave Whitlock Golden Brown

Foam - 2mm tan foam

Wings - White poly yarn

Legs - Brown rubber legs

How to tie the Chubby Chernobyl | Hopper Fishing Blog (wordpress.com)




Chernobyl Ant


Chernobyl Ant

Hook - Mustad 9671 or equivalent, sizes 6 - 10

Thread - Orange

Underbody/Belly - 2mm orange foam

Upperbody/Back - 2mm black foam

Legs - Brown rubber legs

Indicator - 2mm yellow foam

Tying the Chernobyl Ant (stoneriveroutfitters.com)

Klod Hopper



Klod Hopper

Hook - Mustad 9671 or equivalent, size 6-8-10

Thread - Dark brown

Body -Tan craft foam

Hackle - Brown

Over Body - Tan dubbing

Wing - Elk or deer hair

Legs - Orange/black, yellow/black rubber legs

Tuesday, July 19, 2022

Yellow Sally



Yellow Sally

Hook - Mustad 94840 or equivalent

Thread Yellow

Tag - Red thread or floss

Body - Yellow dubbing or biot

Wing - Pale yellow antron

Hackle - Grizzly

Pink Pookie



Pink Pookie

Hook – Mustad 9671 or equivalent, size 8

Thread - Red

Foam - 2mm craft foam.  Tan foam for the wing, pink for the belly

Under-Wing - Natural deer hair

Post - 2mm craft foam – Orange, yellow, pink, white etc.

Legs - Medium yellow/black barred rubber legs

Monday, July 18, 2022

Chief Needahbeh

Chief Needahbeh

Originator - Chief Needahbeh 

Hook – Mustad 3665A or equivalent

Thread – Red und body; black head

Tag - Flat silver tinsel

Tail - A section of red duck or goose quill

Body -Red floss. The original version has a red hackle "throat" one third of the way forward on the body.

Rib - Flat silver tinsel

Wing - A red saddle hackle on each side of two yellow saddle hackles

Cheeks - Jungle cock

Throat - A red saddle hackle tied on as a collar after the wing has been applied

Collar - Red saddle hackle

UV resin head


Chief Needahbeh



Sunday, July 17, 2022

Kenyaman



Kenyaman

Atlantic Salmon

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent

Thread - Black

Tag - Silver tinsel

Tail - Golden pheasant crest

Body - Onal silver tinsel

Wing - Yellow goat or squirrel hair

Hackle - Black hen, full and long

The Complete Illustrated Directory of Salmon Flies - Chris Mann

Royal Charm

Royal Charm

Peter Farago (1979)

Atlantic Salmon

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent

Thread - Black

Tag - Oval gold tinsel & fluorescent green floss

Tail - Golden pheasant crest

Butt - Black ostrich herl

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Royal blue floss

Wing - Gray squirrel tail over golden pheasant tippets

Collar - Kingfisher blue hen hackle

UV resin head

The Complete Illustrated Directory of Salmon Flies - Chris Mann

Saturday, July 16, 2022

Bondal Series

Where-Ya-Wannebee

Originated by Hans Van Klinken

Atlantic Salmon

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent (or Partridge CS42)

Thread - Black

Tag - Oval gold tinsel

Tail - A few fibers of mallard or teal

Butt - Yellow fluorescent wool yarn

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Peacock herl

Beard - A nice bunch of rabbit fur, dyed fluorescent yellow

Wing - Dyed yellow squirrel tail (bottom), Mallard or teal fibers (top)

*I used teal for the tail and top wing, marabou for the rabbit fur 

The Complete Illustrated Directory of Salmon Flies - Chris Mann


Orange Assistance

Originated by Hans Van Klinken

Atlantic Salmon

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent

Thread - Black

Tag - Oval gold tinsel

Tail - A few fibers of mallard or teal

Butt - Orange fluorescent wool yarn

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Peacock herl

Beard - A nice bunch of rabbit fur, dyed fluorescent orange

Wing - Dyed orange squirrel tail (bottom), Mallard or teal fibers (top)

*I used teal for the tail and top wing, marabou for the rabbit fur

The Complete Illustrated Directory of Salmon Flies - Chris Mann


Clearwater Special

Originated by Hans Van Klinken

Atlantic Salmon

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent (or Partridge CS42)

Thread - Black

Tag - Oval silver tinsel

Tail - A few fibers of mallard or teal

Butt - Yellow fluorescent wool yarn

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Peacock herl

Beard - A nice bunch of rabbit fur, dyed fluorescent green

Wing - Dyed green squirrel tail (bottom), Mallard or teal fibers (top)

*I used teal for the tail and top wing, marabou for the rabbit fur

The Complete Illustrated Directory of Salmon Flies - Chris Mann

Bondal Orange (Tony's First Choice)

Atlantic Salmon

Originated by Hans Van Klinken

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent (or Partridge CS42)

Thread - Black

Tag - Oval silver tinsel

Tail - A few fibers of mallard or teal

Butt - Yellow fluorescent wool yarn

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Peacock herl

Beard - A nice bunch of rabbit fur, dyed hot orange

Wing - Dyed blue squirrel tail (bottom), Fitch tail (middle), Mallard or teal fibers (top)

*I used teal for the tail and top wing, marabou for the rabbit fur and black squirrel tail for the fitch tail middle wing

The Complete Illustrated Directory of Salmon Flies - Chris Mann

Bondal Black (Dutchman's Balls)

Atlantic Salmon

Originated by Hans Van Klinken

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent (or Partridge CS42)

Thread - Black

Tag - Oval silver tinsel

Tail - A few fibers of mallard or teal

Butt - Blue fluorescent wool yarn

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Peacock herl

Beard - A nice bunch of rabbit fur, dyed blue

Wing - Dyed blue squirrel tail (bottom), Fitch tail (middle), Mallard or teal fibers (top)

*I used teal for the tail and top wing, marabou for the rabbit fur and black squirrel tail for the fitch tail middle wing

The Complete Illustrated Directory of Salmon Flies - Chris Mann