Yellow Pearch

 

Yellow Pearch

Hook - Mustad 79580 or equivalent, size 2-10

Thread - Black

Tail - Yellow hackle

Ribbing - Gold tinsel

Body - White floss or wool

Throat - Orange hackle

Wing - 2 grizzly and 2 yellow hackles

Topping - Peacock Herl

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Yellow Black

Yellow Black

Hook - Standard wet fly

Thread - White under floss body, Black head

Ribbing - Gold tinsel

Body - Yellow floss

Hackle - Black

Wing - Black duck or goose quill segments

Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary J E Willmarth

Yellow Turkey

Yellow Turkey 

Hook - Standard wet fly

Thread - Black

Ribbing - Gold tinsel

Body - Yellow dubbing

Hackle - Brown

Wing - Brown turkey

Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth

Brown Stone

Brown Stone

Hook- Standard wet fly

Thread - Black

Tip - Gold tinsel

Body - Brown dubbing or wool yarn

Hackle - Brown

Wing - Brown turkey

Amateur Tyerts Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth

Coachman

Coachman

Hook - Standard wet fly

Thread - Black

Tip - Gold tinsel if desired

Body - Peacock herl

Hackle - Dark red brown or brown

Wing - White

Trout - Ray Bergman

Coachman - Leadwing

Coachman - Leadwing

Hook - Standard wet fly

Thread - Black

Tip - Gold tinsel if desired 

Body - Peacock herl

Hackle - Dark red brown or brown

Wing - Dark slate

Trout - Ray Bergman

There You Go

There You Go

Back hook - Mustad 3906b #6 or 80525 #8

Thread - Red

Body - Flat #10 blue tinsel thread and red thread coated with fast-drying clear epoxy at each end of the body

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Connecting wire - Nylon-coated steel wire

Front hook - Mustad 9672 #2

Thread - UNI 8/0 black

Body - Flat #10 blue tinsel

Ribbing – Oval silver tinsel

Belly - Strands of silver Flashabou under white bucktail

WING: Blue flashabou over dyed blue bucktail

Topping – Peacock herl

Eyes – Painted black over white

Tying Note

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The Special Grand Duke

The Special Grand Duke

Hook: Mustad 79580, sizes 4 and 6, joined together with steel wire

Thread - Black

Tail - A pinch of red hackle on the second hook only

Body - Burnt orange floss on both hooks

Ribbing - Medium silver oval tinsel

Throat - A pinch of red hackle

Wings - A small pinch of white deer tail hair for one-third of the wing; 7 or 8 fibers of mauve Krystal Flash #22; lavender deer tail hair (BCS 123-127) for the other two-thirds of the wing

Head - 5 or 6 fibers of peacock tail feather

Cheeks - Jungle cock

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Professor

Professor

Hook - Standard wet fly

Thread - White under floss, Black head

Tip - Gold tinsel

Tail - Scarlet

Ribbing - Gold tinsel

Body - Yellow floss

Hackle - Brown

Wing - Gray mallard or teal

Trout - Ray Bergman

Colonel Dowman

Colonel Dowman

Hook - Standard wet fly

Thread - Black

Tail - Guinea fowl fibers

Rib - Fine round silver

Body - Black floss

Beard - Black hen

Wing - Blue Jay wing feathers*

Eyes - Jungle Cock

*Blue Jay is illegal to possess in the US. Use legal Eurasian Jay.

Author's Note

This fly was published in an issue of Trout & Salmon magazine back in the 1990s.

https://www.radbuza.com/colonel-dowman/

Processing Fly Tying Materials at Home

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Black Hackle

Black Hackle

Hook - Standard wet fly

Thread - Black

Tip - Flat gold or silver tinsel

Body - Peacock herl

Hackle - Black

Author's Note

Also, with black floss body.

Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth

Black Spider

Black Spider

Hook - Standard wet fly

Thread - Black 

Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel

Body - Black floss

Hackle - Black

Wing - Black duck or goose quill segments

Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth

Stone

Stone

Hook - Standard wet fly

Thread - Black

Tail - Slate duck or goose quill segments

Ribbing - Yellow floss

Body - Rabbit fur dubbing

Hackle - Yellow

Wing - Slate duck or goose quill segments

Author's Note

Also made golden brown dubbing body, tip gold, brown turkey tail and wing, brown hackle.

Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth

Red Spinner

Red Spinner

Hook - Standard wet fly

Thread - Black

Tail - Mallard flank

Ribbing - Flat gold tinsel

Body - Red floss or dubbing

Hackle - Brown

Wing - Slate duck or goose quill segments

Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth

Gray Coughlin

Gray Coughlin

Hook - Standard wet fly

Thread - Black

Tip - Flat silver tinsel

Tag - Peacock herl

Body - Rabbits fur

Hackle - Brown or gray

Wing - Slate duck or goose quill segments

Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth

English Coachman

English Coachman

Hook - Standard wet fly

Thread - Black

Tip - Flat gold tinsel

Body - Black chenille

Hackle - Black

Wing - White over red over white duck or goose quill segments, married

Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth

Eddy's Choice

Eddy's Choice

Hook - Standard wet fly

Thread - Black

Body - Brown wool

Hackle - Peacock sword

Wing - Slate duck or goose quill segments

Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth

Light Caddis

Light Caddis

Hook - Standard wet fly

Thread - Black

Tag - Orange floss

Tail - Brown mallard

Body - Peacock herl

Hackle - Brown

Wing - Slate duck or goose quill segments

Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth

Raven

Raven  

Hook - Standard wet fly

Thread - Black

Tail - Black hackle

Body - Black floss 

Hackle - Black hackle 

Wing - Black duck or goose quill segments

Author's Note

Also made with dark green floss body

Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth

Moth

Moth

Hook - Standard wet fly

Thread - Black

Tip - Flat silver tinsel

Body - White chenille 

Hackle - White hackle

Wing - White duck oe goose quill segments

Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth

Light Sand

Light Sand

Hook - Standard wet fly

Thread - Black

Body - Sand color dubbing 

Hackle - Brown 

Wing - Slate over cinnamon duck or goose quill segments

Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth

Red Fly

Red Fly

Hook - Standard wet fly

Thread - Black

Body - Claret dubbing body, 

Hackle - Claret hackle 

Wing - Slate duck or goose quill segments

Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth

Perkins Special

 

Perkins Special 

Hook - Standard wet fly

Thread - Black

Tip - Gold tinsel

Tail - Golden pheasant tippets

Body - Peacock herl, silver tinsel, peacock herl

Hackle - Brown

Wing - White duck or goose quill segments

Author's Note

Same as Royal Coachman with silver joint in center of body.

Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth

Ibis White Shoulder

Ibis White Shoulder 

Hook - Standard wet style

Thread - Black

Tail - Scarlet

Body - Scarlet floss dubbing or wool

Hackle - Scarlet over white, or mixed

Wing - Scarlet duck or goose quill segments with white up sides, or married

Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth

Jungle Cock

Jungle Cock

Hook - Standard wet fly

Thread - Black

Tail - Black hackle fibers

Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel

Body - Claret floss

Hackle - Black

Wing - Jungle cock

Author's Note

Also made red floss body, rib gold, scarlet hackle, jungle body feather wings. 

Also made scarlet body, rib gold, black hackle tail, black hackle, jungle wing. 

Also made claret or scarlet dubbing, plain or picked out, or floss, rib gold, claret hackle, brown turkey wing with jungle shoulders, scarlet tail.

Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth

Ibis Gold

Ibis Gold

Hook - Standard wet fly

Thread - Black

Tail - Scarlet over white duck or goose quill segments

Body - Flat gold tinsel

Hackle - Yellow and scarlet or orange and scarlet hackle, or mixed

Wings - White duck or goose quill segments with scarlet strips up sides or married

Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth

Pale Evening Dun

Pale Evening Dun

Hook - Standard wet fly

Thread - White under body, Black head

Tail - Dun hackle

Body - Yellow floss

Hackle - Dun hackle

Wing - Slate duck or goose wing quill segments

Author's Note

Also made rabbits fur body, silver tip, dun hackle, slate wing. 

Also made body ribbed gold or brown, gray hackle at tail, yellow hackle at shoulder. 

Also made blue floss body, yellow floss tag, yellow hackle, white wing.

Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth

Dark Stone

Dark Stone

Hook - Standard wet fly

Thread - Black

Tip - Flat gold tinsel

Tail - Brown turkey

Body - Brown floss

Hackle - Brown

Wing - Brown turkey

Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth

The Bostonian

The Bostonian

Hook - Mustad 79580 #4

Thread - Black Uni #8/0

Tail - Red schlappen

Rib - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Black uni-stretch

Belly - Peacock fibers (5-6 fibers)

Throat - Orange schlappen

Underwings - Green bucktail

Wings - 4 grizzly hackles

Shoulder - Silver pheasant feather

https://www.quebecpeche.com/streamer-et-bucktail/293-la-bostonnais.html

Bow Tie Raccoon

Bow Tie Raccoon 

Variation of Paul Lasha's Raccoon 

Hook - Dry fly, #12-#16 

Thread - White 

Tail/Shuck - Grizzly sili-legs

White Gills - White uni-stretch

Shellback - 2 MM tan foam strip

Body - Black dubbing

https://youtu.be/UqBpJ42aoXE?si=dgyMV2HnZhXufj8N

Original Paul Lasha's Raccoon

'53 Buick

'53 Buick

Hook - Nymph hook (e.g., Mustad 3399 or similar)

Bead - (Optional) Gold or black 

Thread -  Black or Olive

Tail - Olive guinea fowl fibers or lemon mallard flank

Rib - Oval gold tinsel or chartreuse wire

Body - Shaggy dubbing (Seal fur or synthetic substitutes) in olive or brown

Thorax - Often uses black "Fritz" or a shaggier dubbing loop for a bulkier profile

Throat/Beard - Olive guinea fowl fibers

Head - Peacock herl (if no bead is used)

The '53 Buick is a high-performance variation of the classic '52 Buick fly pattern, primarily used by stillwater anglers in British Columbia to imitate caddis pupae and "naked" larvae. While the original '52 Buick (created by Gary Carlton) was designed as a general-purpose nymph for damselfly imitations, the '53 variant often incorporates modern, flashier materials to increase its effectiveness.

Because it is an evolution of the '52 Buick, many tiers use the same foundation with slight modifications to the thorax or ribbing for extra "bugginess".

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Conger's Lassie

Conger's Lassie

Hook - Mustad L87AP (3665A )

Thread - Black 

Tail - Golden pheasant crest

Body - Flat silver tinsel

Throat - Black hackle barbs

Wing - Orange saddle hackles (two) in center; grizzly saddle hackles (two) outside

Forgotten Flies - Schmookler and Sils

Cains River Roaring Rapids

Cains River Roaring Rapids

Hook - Mustad L87AP (3665A )

Thread - Black

Tail - Barred wood duck flank 

Body - Flat silver tinsel

Throat - Blue hackle fibers 

Wing - Red saddle hackles flanked by yellow saddle hackles 

Cheeks - Jungle cock

The Classic Streamer Fly Box - Mike Valla

Connemara Black

Connemara Black

Hook - Standard wet fly

Thread - Black

Tail - Golden pheasant crest

Butt - Orange fluorescent thread

Rib - Silver wire

Body - Black yarn

Hackle - Blue jay or guinea dyed blue over black

Wing - Slips of bronze mallard shoulder 

American Blue Jay feathers are illegal to possess in the USA. 

Use Eurasian Jay feathers as a substitute which are legal in the USA.

https://flytierspage.com/aconba/connemara_black.htm

Jungle

Jungle

Hook - Standard wet fly

Thread - Black

Tail - Scarlet

Body - Silver tinsel

Hackle - Gray

Wing - Jungle fowl body feather

Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth

Jennie Spinner

Jennie Spinner

Hook - Standard wet fly

Thread - White and black

Body - Black floss, jointed in center with white

Hackle - White

Wing - White duck or goose quill segments

Author's Note

Also made scarlet floss body, jointed in center with white, white hackle, no wing. 

Also made with gray hackle and slate wing.

Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth

Black Ant

Black Ant

Hook - Wet/nymph

Thread - Black

Butt - Black chenille

Body - Black floss

Hackle - Black 

Wing - Black duck or goose quill segments

Author's Note

Also with orange floss tip, also gold tip.

Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth

Ibis Hackle

 

Ibis Hackle

Hook - Standard wet fly

Thread - White under floss body, Black head

Ribbing - Silver tinsel

Body - White floss

Hackle - Scarlet

Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth

Ibis Silver

Ibis Silver

Hook - Standard wet fly

Thread - Black

Tail - Scarlet

Body - Silver tinsel

Hackle - Scarlet

Wing - Scarlet duck or goose quill segments

Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth

Ibis

Ibis

Hook - Standard wet fly

Thread - Black

Tail - Scarlet

Ribbing - Gold tinsel

Body - Scarlet floss or dubbing

Hackle - Scarlet

Wing - Scarlet duck or goose quill segments

Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth

Deacon

Deacon

Hackle - Yellow tied palmer

                                                   Body - Yellow floss, dubbing, or wool *

Throat - Scarlet (soft-hackle collar) **

Wing - Gray mallard

Trout - Ray Bergman

Don Bastian Note

* The body component on the recipe listing states only "yellow" so various acceptable materials are listed here.

** The throat hackle as shown on the plate painting is wound as a collar; Burke’s painting indicates scarlet fibers sweeping back above and below the hook eye.

Pheasant Tail Flymph

Pheasant Tail Flymph

Hook - Standard heavy wet/nymph

Thread - Olive

Tail - Pheasant tail fibers

Ribbing - Fine copper wire

Body - Pheasant tail fibers

Thorax - Peacock ice dub

Hackle - Gray hungarian partridge

Pheasant Tail Simplicity - Yvon Chouinard