Tuesday, January 20, 2026

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

Wednesday, January 14, 2026

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

Monday, January 12, 2026

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

Saturday, January 10, 2026

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

Thursday, January 8, 2026

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.



Monday, January 5, 2026

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