Desert Storm
Midge Fly Pattern
Hook - Mustad C49S, C068 or equivalent
Thread - Hot orange
Ribbing - Opal mirage tinsel
Body - Tying thread
Thorax - Black beaver dubbing
Desert Storm - Bead Head
Midge Fly Pattern
Hook - Mustad C49S, C068 or equivalent
Bead - Black glass, brass or tungsten
Thread - Hot orange
Ribbing - Opal mirage tinsel
Body - Tying thread
St Patrick
Bethke’s Pink Squirrel Nymph
John Bethke Originator
Hook - Knapek G or equivalent
Head - Gold bead
Thread - Pink
Tail - Pearl krystal flash
Body - Squirrel or hare's ear dubbing
Ribbing - Red wire
Collar - Pink Ultra Chenille or Ice Dubbing
101 Favorite Nymphs and Wet Flies: History, Tying Tips, and Fishing Strategies - David Klausmeyer
Tellico Hare's Ear Nymph
Hook - Mustad 3399, 3906 or equivalent, size 8-16
Thread - Brown
Tail - Pheasant tail fibers
Body: Tan rabbit dubbing
Rib - Black 3/0 thread or uni stretch
Back - Pheasant tail fibers
Hackle - Brown hen hackle
Al and Gretchen Beatty tied this version of the fly they call the Tellico Hare’s-ear Nymph. Although their pattern maintains the general style of the original Tellico Nymph, they substitute with other ingredients to create a more durable fly. They use rabbit dubbing, rather than floss, for the body. And they use tough, size 3/0 tying thread, rather than frail peacock herl, for the rib. The tail on the Tellico Hare’s-ear is the tips of a bunch of ring-necked pheasant tail fibers; they also use tail fiber for the back of the fly.
In lieu of dubbing, I used a hare's ear dubbing brush. Time to use up some dubbing brushes that don't get used very often.
101 Favorite Nymphs and Wet Flies: History, Tying Tips, and Fishing Strategies - David Klausmeyer
"The Prince Nymph, known first as a Brown Forked-Tail Nymph, imitates nothing – and everything – simultaneously. It has an inherent ‘bugginess’ that trout find it irresistible. Its split biot tail is bold, the glossy green peacock herl shimmers in the current, the soft hackle collar breathes seductively, and the tinsel and white wings scream for attention. It is your basic subsurface attractor, one that has been catching trout for decades. Many devotees profess that it imitates stonefly nymphs. Indeed, a Prince Nymph does resemble juvenile stoneflies. But, it resembles juvenile Christmas tree ornaments just about as well. Perhaps trout take it as a stonefly, but a cased caddis larva, caddis pupa, mayfly or dobsonfly nymph, or even a drowned terrestrial seem equally plausible. Does it matter? Not a bit. Prince Nymphs appeal to trout, and that’s what counts when you’re filling the fly box or tying a clinch knot.
Doug Prince of Monterey, CA is often described as the originator of the Prince Nymph, but it was developed and first tied in the 1930s by Don and Dick Olson, brothers from Bemidji, MN. They called it the Brown Forked-Tail Nymph. It acquired its princely name in a roundabout way during the 1940s. Buz Buszek, namesake of the Federation of Fly Fishers’ annual award for fly tying excellence, owned a fly shop and mail-order business in Visalia, CA beginning in 1943. He employed local tyers to supply flies for the shop. Doug Prince was not a commercial fly tyer, but he was Buszek’s good friend and tied flies for him for one year in the 1940s. Prince was a talented fly tyer who knew California rivers well. He tied his namesake fly for California’s Kings River, but he called it the Brown Forked-Tail Nymph, presumably in reference to the Olson original. Buz Buszek was hurriedly preparing a new mail-order catalog one day, and he wanted to include Doug Prince’s peacock-bodied nymph that was so effective. Buszek couldn’t remember the fly’s name, however, and in haste he just called it the “Prince Nymph”. Buszek’s catalog was distributed throughout the West, and the fly attracted a loyal following. Doug Prince’s name spread with the fly, although he played no part in its self-congratulatory name. Doing so was not in his humble character: “I tied what worked for me, and that’s all I ever really worried about.” Doug Prince received the FFF Buz Buszek Memorial Award in 1981 but said at the time that he had “no idea” why."
Classic Wet Fly Conversion to an Atlantic Salmon Fly
Tomah Joe
Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent
Thread - Black
Tail - Golden pheasant crescent
Butt - Peacock herl
Body - Flat gold tinsel
Throat - Red over yellow hackle fibers
Wing - Barred wood duck
Tomah Joe
Tail - Yellow
Butt - Peacock herl
Body - Gold tinsel
Hackle - Mixed scarlet and yellow
Wing - Barred wood duck or Mandarin
Forgotten Flies - Schmookler & Sils
"Tomah-Jo - Old Flies - Fly Angler's OnLine week 169 " (flyanglersonline.com)
Extended Body Midge Adult
Rick Takahashi Originator
Hook - Tiemco 2488 or equivalent
Thread - Black
Extended Body - Black EZ Magic Dub
Wing - White biot tied tip first or uni stretch
Thorax - Black sybai spectra flash dubbing
Hackle - Black
Modern Midges - Tying & Fishing the World's Most Effective Patterns - Rick Takahashi
Flashlight Midge
Nick Jones Originator
Hook - Tiemco 2487 or equivalent, size 10-14
Bead - Silver lined clear glass
Thorax - Gold conehead, reversed
Thread - Red 8/0 Uni
Ribbing - Silver wire
Abdomen - Tying thread
Can be tied using different color threads, wires and cone head beads
Modern Midges - Tying & Fishing the World's Most Effective Patterns - Rick Takahashi
Betty
Dry Fly Trude Style Wing
Hook - Mustad 94840, Size 6-12
Thread - Black
Tail - Red hackle fibers, or red duck quill segments
Body - First 1/3 peacock, second 1/3 Red Floss, third 1/3 peacock
Wing - White calf tail, tied trude, extended beyond the bend of the hook.
Hackle - Brown
Morrison's Tartan Chironomid
Chironomid
Peter Morrison Originator
Hook - TFS 2305 or equivalent
Bead - Black brass or tungsten
Thread - Black
Breathers - White uni stretch
Ribbing 1 - Red wire
Ribbing 2 - Black midge tubing
Body - Flat silver tinsel
Morrison’s Criss-X Chironomid
Modern Midges - Tying & Fishing the World's Most Effective Patterns - Rick Takahashi
Morrison's Criss-Cross Chironomid
Chironomid
Peter Morrison Originator
Hook TFS 2305 or equivalent
Bead - White brass or tungsten
Thread - Black
Ribbing 1 - Silver wire
Ribbing 2 - Red wire
Body - Tying thread
Modern Midges - Tying & Fishing the World's Most Effective Patterns - Rick Takahashi
Bronco Midge
Originator - Scott Patton/ Mark Schoenbaum
Hook - Mustad C068, 3399 or equivalent
Bead - Brown glass bead
Thread: Copper/rust/wood duck
Body - Blue wire
Rib - Red wire
Modern Midges - Tying & Fishing the World's Most Effective Patterns - Rick Takahashi
Old Charlie
Atlantic Salmon
Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent
Thread - Black or red
Tag - Flat gold tinsel
Tail - Golden pheasant crest
Ribbing - Flat gold Tinsel
Body - Claret (wine) uni stretch
Throat - Yellow hen hackle fibers
Wing - Brown bucktail with black tips
Cheeks - Jungle cock
Hair-Wing Atlantic Salmon Flies - Keith Fulsher & Charles Krom
Snowball
Atlantic Salmon
Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H
Thread - Black
Tag - Flat silver tinsel
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Black floss
Wing - White calf tail
Phil’s Fancy
Phil Turner Originator
Hook - Single salmon, size 2-6
Thread - Red
Tip - Silver wire
Tail - Orange antron yarn or floss
Ribbing - Silver oval tinsel
Body - Black floss or wool
Throat - Blue
Wing - Red fox squirrel tail
Cheeks - Jungle cock
phils_fancy__nxpowerlite_copy_.pdf (stmarysriverassociation.com)
ARF Midge Pupa
Midge Pupa
Al Ritt Originator
Hook - Tiemco 2488 or equivalent
Bead - Silver lined glass bead
Thread - Black, red, olive, gray, white or tan
Gills - White uni stretch
Under body - Tying thread
Over body - Silver, gold or blue wire inside of clear midge tubing
Wing - White uni stretch
Thorax - Black sybai fine flash dubbing
Black Foam Beetle
Terrestrial Fly Pattern
Hook - Tiemco 100BL or equivalent
Thread - Black
Back - Black foam
Body - Lucent micro peacock tinsel
Legs - Black uni-flexx
Sighter - White foam cylinder, 1/16-inch diameter
Hook – Mustad 3906 or equivalent, size 12-14
Thread – Tan/brown
Bead - Glass or
metal, optional
Husk - Antron yarn, fluorescent white
Body - Rusty orange dubbing
Thorax - Dark brown dubbing
Wing Buds – Goose biots
Legs – Brown hen hackle
Antennae - Two pheasant tail barbs
The Fly-Fisher's Craft: The Art and History - Darrel Martin
Husk Body
