River Creature

River Creature

Hook - Bass fly style

Thread - Color your choice

Tail - Rubber legs

Body  - Estaz chenille

Head - Fish skullz

Tying note - Tie in colors of your choice

Dickie

Dickie

Hook - Nymph style

Thread - Black

Tail - Pheasant tail fibers

Ribbing - Gold oval tinsel

Body - Peacock herl

Hackle - Grizzly hen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQVTZFRLniQ

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Sunken Stone

Sunken Stone

Hook - Nymph/streamer style

Thread - Hot orange

Tail - Black poly yarn

Body -  rusty orange/brown dubbing

Wings - Deer hair high-tie style

Scorpio

Scorpio

Hook - Nymph/streamer style

Thread - Color to match color of fly

Eyes - Painted dumbbell eyes 

Tail - Marabou

Body - Tying thread under v-rib, larva lace etc

Thorax - Estaz 

Throat - Rubber legs (optional)

Additional Colors

Gartside Gurgler

Gartside Gurgler

Hook: Fresh or saltwater hook

Thread: White 3/0 or Monocord

Tail: Very sparse bucktail or marabou plumes overlaid with five or six strands of pearl Glimmer or Krystal Flash

Body: White closed-cell foam, with five evenly-spaced segments. Foam should be 1/2"-5/8" wide for most flies. Use foam at least 1/8" thick.

Rib: White or Grizzly saddle hackle palmered between segments

Carapace or Shell: Closed-cell foam pulled over body and secured just behind eye. Trim foam leaving an excess of about 1/2" protruding beyond eye.

                                  Reference: Jack Gartside Gurgler

Early Emerger Nymph

Early Emerger Nymph

Hook - Dry fly

Thread - Tan

Tail - Pheasant tail fibers

Abdomen - Pheasant tail fibers

Ribbing - Tan thread

Posts - White poly yarn

Thorax - Dark hares ear

Reference - Fly Fishing & Fly Tying Magazine (UK)

ASB Chironomid

ASB Chironomid

(Anti Static Bag)

Hook - Curved

Bead - White

Thread - Chartreuse

Ribbing - Red wire

Body - Gray translucent anti static bag cut into strip

Thorax - Peacock herl

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

Phil's Black & Red

Phil's Black & Red

Hook - Curved shank

Bead - White brass/tungsten

Ribbing - Red wire

Body - Black thread or uni-stretch

Ausable Bomber

Ausable Bomber

Tail - Woodchuck Guard Hairs

Wing - Calf Tail
Hackle - Brown and Grizzly

Body - Rusty orange dubbing

William's Hackle Technique

Quill Gordon Winged Wet Fly

Quill Gordon Winged Wet Fly

Hook – Mustad 3906, 3906B, size 10

 Thread - Olive/olive dun

 Tail - Dun hen hackle fibers

 Body - Stripped peacock herl, counter wound with extra fine wire (or cemented)

 Hackle - Dun hen hackle collar

 Wing - Lemon wood duck flank

Quill Gordon Winged Wet Fly

 

Hook – Mustad 3906, 3906B, size 10

Thread - Black

Tail - Lemon wood duck flank (or medium dun)

Body - Stripped peacock herl, counter wound with extra fine wire (or cemented) 

Hackle - Dun hen hackle collar 

Wing - Lemon wood duck flank

Dark Hendrickson Winged Wet Fly

Dark Hendrickson Winged Wet Fly

Hook - Wet fly style

Thread - Gray

Tail - Blue dun hackle fibers

Body - Gray dubbing

Hackle - Blue dun hen

Wing - Wood duck fibers

Spring Crappie Darter

Spring Crappie Darter

Hook - Curved style

Thread - Black

Tail - White calf tail

Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel

Body - Black yarn, chenille etc

Wing - Yellow calf tail

Green Caddis

Green Caddis

Hook - Curved

Bead - Gold

Thread - Black

Body - Caddis Green Nymph Stretch Skin

Thorax - Fiery Black Sybai Fine Spectra Flash Dubbing

Simple Pheasant Tails

Simple Pheasant Tail

Hook: Nymph Style

Threas: Assorted Colors

Tail: Pheasant tail (butt ends left long over eye of hook)

Ribbing: Fine wire (gold, silver, copper etc)

Body: Pheasant tail (butt ends left long over eye of hook after wrapping body)

Thorax: Thread

Wing case: Butt ends of the pheasant tail pulled back over the thorax and secured with tying thread

Tying Notes

Pheasant tail: Use different colors and different fibers from different birds

Thorax: I used thread but the torax can be tied using tinsel, spanflex, uni-stretch, dubbing etc

Cate's Turkey

Cate's Turkey

Hook - Mustad S80-3906, S82-3906B (or equivalent) - Size 12-18

Thread - Black 

Tail - Wood duck feather fibers

Rib - Gold wire

Abdomen - Mottled turkey tail fibers

Thorax - Peacock herl

Legs - Wood duck feather fibers

Grbica

Grbica

Hook: Nymph style

Thread: Tan

Rib: Thread tag end

Tail: Hackle fibers

Abdomen: Light hares ear dubbing (or color of your choosing)

Shellback: Duck, goose or turkey biot

Wingbuds: Duck, goose or turkey biot

Thorax: Dark hares ear dubbing (or color of your choosing)

Reference

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8og4sKqKz4

Trigger Baetis

Trigger Baetis

Hook - Mustad 3906, 3906B or equivalent

Thread - Brown & orange

Tail - 2 pheasant tail fibers split

Ribbing - Gold wire

Body - Brown thread

Thorax - Green & brown superfine dubbing

Wing buds - Dun CDC