Kennebago #1 through #6

Kennebago #1

Hook - Streamer style

Thread - Black

Body - Flat Silver Tinsel

Wing - Brown over white bucktail

Kennebago #2

Hook - Streamer style

Thread - Black

Body - Flat Silver Tinsel

Wing - Black over yellow bucktail

Kennebago #3

Hook - Streamer style

Thread - Black

Body - Flat Silver Tinsel

Wing - Red over white bucktail

Kennebago #4

Hook - Streamer style

Thread - Black

Body - Flat Silver Tinsel

Wing - Black over white bucktail

Kennebago #5

Hook - Streamer style

Thread - Black

Body - Flat Silver Tinsel

Wing - Red over yellow bucktail

Kennebago #6

Hook - Streamer style

Thread - Black

Body - Flat Silver Tinsel

Wing - Green over white bucktail

Reference - Forgotten Flies

Depth Ray #1 & 2 Streamers

Depth Ray #1

Hook - Streamer style

Thread - Black

Tail - Orange polar bear

Butt - Black wool

Body - Flat silver tinsel

Throat - Yellow hackle fibers

Wing - Fluorescent green depth ray wool, over which is black bucktail

Depth Ray #2

Hook - Streamer style

Thread - Black

Tail - Lemon wood duck

Butt - Fluorescent orange floss

Body - Flat silver tinsel

Throat - Orange polar bear

Wing - Fluorescent green depth ray wool, over which is black bucktail

Tying note: Hackle substituted for polar bear

Blacknose Dace (Variant)

Blacknose Dace (Variant)

Hook - Streamer or Nymph

Thread - Black

Tag/Tail - Red Thread

Body - Twisted silver wire

Wing - Brown over black over white bucktail

Blacknose Dace (Variant)

Hook - Streamer or Nymph

Thread - Black

Tag/Tail - Red yarn/z-lon

Body - Twisted black wire

Wing - Brown bucktail

Throat - White bucktail

Jersey Herd (Variant)

Jersey Herd

Tom Ivens

Hook - Mustad 9671, 9672 or equivalent

Thread - Black

Tail - Peacock herl

Under body - Tying thread or floss

Body - Copper colored tinsel

Rib - Copper wire, optional

Back - Peacock herl

Beard Hackle - Hot orange 

Head - Peacock herl

Tying Note - This variation is a twisted copper wire body instead of copper tinsel

Originally the body was made from a tin foil milk bottle top

Teeny Nymph

Teeny Nymph

Jim Teeny Originator

Hook - Mustad 3399, 3906, 3906B or equivalent, size 8-18

Thread - To match pheasant tail

Body/Legs - Pheasant tail in various colors

March 1st Trout Open

Red Squirrel Silver Body Picket Pin

Red Squirrel Silver Body Picket Pin (RSP)

This is a Don Bastian variation of an old standard.

Tail - Brown schlappen fibers or hen hackle

Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Flat silver tinsel

Hackle - Brown schlappen or hen fibers

Wing - Red squirrel. Fox squirrel was used on these 

Head: Peacock herl. Use two strands; winding two at once gets the job done faster, but moreover, two strands of peacock herl are twice as strong as one. Add a drop of head cement before winding the herl.

Bluegill Bully Spiders

Bluegill Bully Spiders

Hook - Wet fly style

Thread - Black

Weight - Lead free wire

Body - Chenille

Legs - Rubber legs

Foam Spiders

Foam Spiders

Hook - Dry fly

Thread - White, orange, chartreuse

Tail & Legs - Rubber legs

Body - Foam strip

Knekestorparen

Knekestorparen

Hook - Mustad 3906

Thread - Black

Body - White-tipped turkey tail

Hackle - Black hen

Split Tails

There are probably as many ways to split tails as there are tyers (thread ball, dubbing ball, thread tag, hockley method etc) but here is a simple method using UV resin to split tails and keep them split. After splitting the tail fibers, apply a tiny drop of uv resin and cure using your uv light to set the postition of the tails. Continue tying the rest of the fly.

Spruce Fly

Back in 1918 the Spruce was originally called the Godfrey Badger Hackle or Godfrey Special after a Mr. Godfrey to whom the pattern is now credited.

Variations

The most original dressing of the Spruce is tied on a regular streamer hook with red wool (1/4) and peacock (3/4) body with splayed wings (E.H. Rosborough). This, and the version illustrated are sometimes referred to as the Light Spruce. A Dark Spruce variation replaces the silver badger hackles with golden badger or furnace. The pattern can also include a silver tag and a head over wrapped with red thread.

Light Spruce - Splayed Wings

Dark Spruce - Splayed Wings

Light Spruce

Head: Black

Tail: 4-5 Peacock sword fibers, about a half an inch long when dressed on an average sized hook (regular-length hooks should be used for this fly)

Body: Rear quarter is red wool, not picked out, but built up toward the peacock. Front three quarters is wound with peacock herl, rather heavily dressed.

Throat: A silver badger hackle, wound on as a collar, fairly bushy, applied after the wing has been put on.

Wing: Two silver badger hackle tips, tied on back to back so that they splay out to form a V, extending beyond the end if the tail.

Originally, the fly was called the Godfrey Special or Godfrey Badger Hackle

Dark Spruce

Head: Black

Tail: 4-5 Peacock sword fibers, about a half an inch long when dressed on an average sized hook (regular-length hooks should be used for this fly)

Body: Rear quarter is red wool, not picked out, but built up toward the peacock. Front three quarters is wound with peacock herl, rather heavily dressed.

Throat: A furnace hackle, wound on as a collar, fairly bushy, applied after the wing has been put on.

Wing: Two furnace hackle tips, tied on back to back so that they splay out to form a V, extending beyond the end if the tail. (I substituted brown hackle)

Reference: Streamers & Bucktails The Big Fish Flies by Joseph D Bates JR

Silver Spruce - Splayed Wings

Head: Black

Tail: 4-5 Peacock sword fibers, about a half an inch long when dressed on an average sized hook (regular-length hooks should be used for this fly)

Body: Rear quarter is silver tinsel, not picked out, but built up toward the peacock. Front three quarters is wound with peacock herl, rather heavily dressed.

Throat: A silver badger hackle, wound on as a collar, fairly bushy, applied after the wing has been put on.

Wing: Two silver badger hackle tips, tied on back to back so that they splay out to form a V, extending beyond the end if the tail.

Spruce Flies as tied today (non splayed wings)

Light

Dark

Dubbing Teasers

Dental brushes for between teeth make excellent dubbing teasers and come in different sizes for the tiniest midge to the biggest of flies

Disposable Mascara brushed are good too.

Velcro on a stick

 and those gun cleaning brushes will also work.

Wooly Worms

Black Chenille - Grizzly Hackle

Gray Chenille - Silver Badger Hackle

Gray Chenille - Grizzly Hackle

Olive Chenille - Grizzly Hackle

Olive Chenille - Grizzly Hackle

Orange Chenille - Grizzly Hackle

Peacock Chenille - Brown Hackle

Peacock Chenille - Cree Hackle

Peacock Chenille - Grizzly Hackle

Red Chenille - Brown Hackle

Red Chenille - Grizzly Hackle

Yellow Chenille - Brown Hackle

Yellow Chenille - Golden Badger Hackle

Yellow Chenille - Grizzly Hackle

Basic Wooly Worm Recipe

Hook - 3xl, 4xl nymph/streamer style

Weight - Lead/lead free wire (add a bead if you desire)

Thread - Black or your choice of color

Tail - Red antron yarn, wool yarn, marabou

Hackle - Brown, badger, grizzly etc

Ribbing - Gold wire

Body - Chenille in your favorite color, yarn, peacock herl, dubbing

Experiments

Experiments, mistakes, ideas, one offs etc

Midges

Bubble Midge

Gunner

Krystal Flash (KF) Midge

Mercury Midge

Palomino Midge

Tan Thread Midge

Wired UFO Midge

Yong Special

Zebra Midge