Some Midges

Flies from the internet.

Hook: Scud style

Bead: Rainbow color

Thread: Olive

Rib: Black wire

Thorax: Olive Ice Dubbing

Attach the bead and tying thread

Tie in the wire behind the bead and wrap thread toward the bend of the hook

Build a thread body and rib with the wire

Trim off the wire and dub the thread

Wrap the thorax with the dubbed thread and whip finish

Hook: Scud style

Bead: Pearl color

Thread: Red

Tag & Body: Red thread and pearl tinsel

Thorax: Sow/Scud Dubbing - Rainbow Color

Add bead to the hook and wrap red thread for the under body and tag

Attach pearl tinsel and wrap the body as shown above

Dub the thread with the rainbow colored sow/scud dubbing

Wrap a thorax behind the bead, tie off the thread and whip finish

Hook: Scud style

Bead: Silver Tungsten

Thread: Red

Tail: Pheasant Tail Fibers

Body: Pearl Tinsel

Thorax: Sow/Scud Dubbing - Rainbow Color

Attach a silver tungsten bead and trying thread

Tie in the pheasant tail fibers and create the tail and body as shown above

Tie in pearl tinsel behind the bead

Wrap a tinsel body

Dub the tying thread with the rainbow sow/scud dubbing

Wrap a thorax behind the bead, tie off the thread and whip finish

Beadhead Buckskin Nymph

Beadhead Buckskin Nymph

Hook: Your Favorite

Bead: Black; size to match hook size

Thread: Color to match the buckskin

Body: Ultra-Suede (suede like yarn) by Rainbow Gallery

Tail/Legs: Brown hackle fibers

Stuck in Shuck Midge

Stuck in Shuck Midge

Hook - Tiemco 101, size 16-24 

Thread - Black  

Shuck - Amber Z-lon or equivalent

Shellback - White Z-lon or equivalent 

Abdomen - Tying thread 

Hackle - Grizzly 

Thorax - Peacock Herl

Bi-color Nymph

During a recent clean up of my external hard drive that holds my fly fishing and fly tying files that I have collected from many years of web surfing, I came upon a .PDF file of a pheasant tail nymph tied by a British fly tyer named Alan Bithell.. So I have decided to make this fly a new arrticle for this blog with a step by step tying instructions.

Hook: Nymph Style

Thread: Color to match body

Tail & Overbody: Pheasant Tail

Rib: Fine Copper Wire

Abdomen &amp: Thorax: Dubbing*

Tie in the pheasant tail fibers with the tips facing forward. The Pheasant tail should be about 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 hook shank long. Eventually these fibers will be pulled back to the hook bend and will make the back of the fly.

Pull the butt ends of the pheasant tail fibers forward and tie down behind the hook eye.

Pull the butt ends back towards the the hook bend and tie down. This is now the built up thorax area of the fly.

Trim off the butt ends of the pheasant tail fibers.

Tie in the copper wire and wrap the thread to the bend of the hook. Dub the thread with your favorite dubbing.

Dub the abdomen of the fly.

Dub the thorax with a darker color or use the same color as the abdomen. Your choice.

Tie off the thread behind the hook eye and trim it off.

Pull the pheasant tail fibers from the eye of the hook back to the bend of the hook and bind down with the copper wire.

Spiral wrap the copper wire forward and stop behind the thorax. Add a couple of half hitches or whip finish the wire and trim off the excess wire.

Top View

Side View

TYING TIP: When tying this fly, experiment with different colors of pheasant tail and/or different colors of dubbing. Use gold wire instead of copper or use the Ultra wire that comes in a rainbow of colors.

All Black Pheasant Tail

Natural Hares Ear

Worms, Worms & More Worms

Bucktail Streamers - A Pictorial

Reference: Forgotten Flies by Schmookler & Sils

Hornberg 88 (with Mallard)

The other day I received some mallard feathers from a member on a bulletin board that I frequent and one of the stipulations was to use it in a fly and post it to the bulletin board thread. After searching the world wide web for a  pattern that uses mallard, I settled on the Hornberg 88. The pattern on the world wide web called for wood duck, but like most fly tyers I opted to substitute the wood duck with the mallard. Since most hornbergs are tied with mallard, no harm - no foul. The result is as follows:

Hornberg 88 (with Mallard)

Hornberg 88

Hook - Mustad R74-9762

Thread - White for under floss body, brown for the head

Body - Red and green floss

Under wing - Natural brown bucktail

Wing - Mallard

Cheeks - Jungle cock (optional)

Reference: https://web.archive.org/web/20060512124618/http://www.invictaflies.us/Streamers/Hornberg%2088.htm

Puterbaugh Foam Caddis (October Orange)

Puterbaugh Foam Caddis

Hook - Dry fly style
Thread - Black
Body - Foam strip in your favorite caddis color
Wing - Deer or elk hair
Hackle - Brown or your choice of color

http://www.charliesflyboxinc.com/flybox/details.cfm?parentID=96

A Couple of Ashers

After learning thread control in the beginner fly tying classes I took many years ago, it was time to tie some new flies with 2 materials. The instructor chose the Orange Asher as a place to begin.

Orange Asher

Hook: Your Favorite

Thread: Black

Hackle: Grizzly

Body: Orange Floss

This was followed by a change in the body floss from orange to red to give you the "Bloody Asher". Thats the name I was told by the instructor, but I have also heard it called "Bloody Butcher".

Bloody Asher

Hook: Your Favorite

Thread: Black

Hackle: Grizzly

Body: Red Floss

Other variations would simply be tied using different colors of floss, tying it with peacock herl becomes the "Griffiths Gnat". I have purchased flies with a cream colored dubbed body and had tremendous success with it on the Green River in Utah. Another variation uses grizzly hackle fibers for a tail and also has a gold tinsel rib. Try tying it with different body materials and different colors of hackle. The options are all up to you.

Reference: http://www.evergreentrout.org/Flies/OrangerAsher.htm

A Pair of Queens

Queen Bess

Hook: Streamer Style

Thread: Black

Tail: Gray Squirrel

Body: Silver Tinsel

Wing: Gray Squirrel over Yellow Bucktail

Queen of the Waters

Hook: Streamer Style

Thread: Black & White

Tail: Golden Pheasant Tippets

Rib: Gold Tinsel

Body: Orange Floss

Wing: Gray Squirrel 

Hackle: Brown

Tying note: Use white thread under floss bodies to help prevent the floss from darkening

Reference: Forgotten Flies (Schmookler & Sils)

Twisted Leader

"Twisted Leader" or is it called a "Singapore Leader"

http://www.ukswff.co.uk/Tips_Singapore.shtml

http://castflys.net/Documents/Twisted.pdf