Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Montreal


Montreal

Hook - Wet fly

Thread - Black

Tip - Gold tinsel

Tail - Scarlet 

Ribbing - Gold tinsel

Body - Claret floss

Hackle - Claret

Wing - Dark turkey

Trout - Ray Bergman

Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Clacka Caddis


Clacka Caddis

Hook - Dry Fly Light #12 

Thread - Black 

Tail/Shuck - Dirty Bug Yarn, Caddis Brown or substitute

Body - Peacock herl 

Wing - White, cream, tan or light dun hi-viz or substitute

Hackle - Coachman brown (may be trimmed flush at the bottom)

Thorax - Brown ice dub or peacock herl

Monday, January 22, 2024

Ruz-Du



Ruz-Du

Hook - Mustad Heritage

Thread - Black

Body - Rear half orange thread, front half black thread

Hackle - Black hen

Fishing Flies - Malcolm Greenhalgh & Jason Smalley

Sunday, January 21, 2024

Jim Slattery’s Original Stimulator


Jim Slattery’s Original Stimulator


Hook - 3X-long, curved shank, #4-#10

Thread - Orange

Tail - Natural deer hair, short and stacked

Rib - Tying thread

Abdomen - Orange dubbing

Thorax - Orange dubbing with a prominent head extending for­ward of the thorax and hackle

Wing - Natural deer hair, do not stack

Hackle - Grizzly, abdominal length to the hook point; thorax length oversized



Friday, January 19, 2024

Solarez Bonedry

Brand new bottle just opened this morning

Notice the crystallization in the bottle and the brush

microwaved it for 10 seconds and no change

and yes, i sent solarez an email to let them know with the photos




Monday, January 15, 2024

Mosquito


Mosquito

Hook - Dry fly style

Thread - Black

Tail - Grizzly hackle fibers

Body - Stripped grizzly hackle stem 

Wings - Grizzly hen hackle tips

Hackle - Grizzly


Mosquito

Hook - Dry fly style

Thread - Black

Tail - Grizzly hackle fibers

Body - 1 light and 1 dark moose mane hair

Wings - Grizzly hen hackle tips

Hackle - Grizzly

Saturday, January 6, 2024

Soft Hackle Emerger

Soft Hackle Emerger

Hook - TMC 101 #16-22 

Thread - Gray 

Tails - White Fluoro-Fiber or substitute

Abdomen - Gray beaver or muskrat dubbing

Wing - White Fluoro-fiber or substitute

Hackle - Medium dun hen

Thorax - Gray beaver or muskrat dubbing

Friday, January 5, 2024

Moose Mane Midge


Moose Mane Midge

Hook - Curved or straight

Thread - Black

Body - 1 light and 1 dark moose mane hairs

Thorax - Black dubbing


Tuesday, January 2, 2024

Roscoe


Roscoe

Hook - Mustad L87-2665A, size 8

Thread - Black

Body - Flat silver tinsel

Wing - Brown bucktail

Tying & Fishing Bucktails - Mike Valla