Showing posts with label elk hair. Show all posts
Showing posts with label elk hair. Show all posts

Sunday, June 24, 2018

Stimulator


Stimulator

Hook - Curved dry fly style
Thread - Orange
Tail - Deer or elk hair
Rib - Fine copper wire
Abdomen - Uni-Stretch floss, pumpkin
Hackle - Golden badger
Wing - Deer or elk hair
Front Hackle - Golden badger
Thorax - Peacock Herl

A fly style POPULARIZED (NOT CREATED) by Randall Kauffmann

Note - The recipe above is what I used but this fly can be tied in whatever 
color combination with whatever materials you currently have on hand.

Monday, April 30, 2018

Emerger



Emerger

Hook - Curved style
Thread - Tan or Yellow
Body - Biots, condor substitute, stripped peacock herl etc
Hackle - Ginger, badger, brown etc
Thorax - Hares ear, squirrel etc
Wing - Deer, elk hair etc

Monday, April 9, 2018

Raccoon



Raccoon

Paul Lasha Originator

Midge Emerger

Hook - Mustad 94840 or equivalent
Thread - Black
Shuck - Teal flank fibers or grizzly hackle tip
Butt - White ostrich herl
Shellback - Elk or deer hair
Body - Your favorite dubbing

Tie in a variety of colors by altering the tying thread and dubbing colors.

Tying Emergers - Schollmeyer & Leeson

Wednesday, August 2, 2017

Peacock Caddis


Peacock Caddis

Hook - Mustad 94840 or equivalent
Thread - Black
Body - Peacock herl*
Wing - Deer, elk, caribou hair etc 
Hackle - Grizzly

* For durability, wrap the peacock herl around the tying thread to create a herl chenille and apply a coat of crazy glue to the hook shank prior to wrapping the peacock herl forward.

Friday, May 26, 2017

Balloon Caddis



Balloon Caddis

Hook - Mustad 94840 or equivalent
Thread - Tan
Body - Your choice of dubbing
Wing - Deer or elk hair
Thorax Cover - Yellow Close Cell Foam
Thorax - Your choice of dubbing