Margot
Created by Roger Pelletier
Beadhead Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear Nymph
Hook - Sierra 3769BL or equivalent
Bead - Gold brass or tungsten
Weight - Lead/lead free wire (optional)
Thread - Brown
Tail - Hare's mask guard hair
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Body - Hare's mask dubbing
Wing case - Gray duck quill
Thorax - Hare's mask dubbing
Beadhead Pheasant Tail Nymph
Hook - Sierra 3769BL or equivalent
Bead - Gold brass or tungsten
Thread - Brown
Tail - Pheasant tail fibers
Ribbing - Copper wire
Body - Pheasant tail fibers
Wing case - Pheasant tail fibers
Thorax - Peacock herl
Legs - Tips of the pheasant tail fiber wing case
Gate Crasher
Casting Streamer
Originated by Make Martinek Jr
Hook - Mustad 3665A or equivalent
Thread - Black 6/0
Body - Copper embossed tinsel
Throat - White hackle fibers
Wing - Orange bucktail under red bucktail under purple bucktail
Eye - Painted black over white
UV Resin coated head
Winnipesaukee Smelt
Created in the mid 1900's by Jim Warner
Hook – Mustad 3665A, size 6-10
Body - Silver mylar piping or Bill’s body braid
Thread - Black
Wing – White Marabou over lavender bucktail over peacock
herls over sparse white bucktail
Topping - Black Ostrich herl, krystal flash or antron yarn
Wet
Rainbow Scud/Sow Bug
Scud/Sow Bug Imitation
Weight - Lead/lead free wire
Hook - Sprite S2499 or equivalent
Thread - Red
Ribbing - Fine silver wire
Back - Wide mirage tinsel
Body - Rainbow scud/sow dubbing
Overcoat the back with uv resin if desired
Green Ass McGee
Hook - Mustad 3399, 3906 or equivalent
Thread - Green (or color white thread with a green marker)
Tail - Brown hen hackle fibers
Tip - Green wool
Body - Peacock herl
Hackle - Brown hen hackle fibers
Wing - Guinea hen
Red Ass McGee
Hook - Mustad 3399, 3906 or equivalent
Thread - Red
Tail - Brown hen hackle fibers
Tip - Red wool
Body - Peacock herl
Hackle - Brown hen hackle fibers
Wing - Guinea hen
Yellow Ass McGee
Hook - Mustad 3399, 3906 or equivalent
Thread - Yellow
Tail - Brown hen hackle fibers
Tip - Yellow wool
Body - Peacock herl
Hackle - Brown hen hackle fibers
Wing - Guinea hen
"Green Ass McGee - Fly Angler's Online Volumn 12 week 15" (flyanglersonline.com)
Copper Top
Steelhead Fly Pattern
Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent
Thread - Black
Tail - Copper krystal flash
Body - Rear 2/3 - Medium copper wire, Front 1/3 - Black chenille
Collar - Black hen, short
Wing - Copper krystal flash
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQVscv7Unk4
Two Tone Series, Hare's Ear
Hook - Mustad 9671, size 12-18
Thread - Brown
Weight - Lead/lead free wire, optional
Tail - Turkey tail fibers*
Ribbing - Copper wire
Back and wing case - Brown biot*
Body and thorax - Hare's ear dubbing
Legs - Turkey tail fibers*
Head - Tying thread or dubbing
I have an overabundance of mottled turkey flat feathers purchased from Rene Harrop's Trout Hunter store many years ago. I decide to start using these feathers on different fly patterns.
Two Tone Series, Brown
Hook - Mustad 9671, size 12-18
Thread - Brown
Weight - Lead/lead free wire, optional
Tail - Turkey tail fibers*
Ribbing - Copper wire
Back and wing case - Brown biot*
Body and thorax - Light brown dubbing
Legs - Turkey tail fibers*
Head - Tying thread or dubbing
Two Tone Series, Tan
Hook - Mustad 9671, size 12-18
Thread - Tan
Weight - Lead/lead free wire, optional
Tail - Pheasant tail fibers
Ribbing - Copper wire
Back and wing case - Tan biot*
Body and thorax - Tan dubbing
Legs - Pheasant tail fibers
Head - Tying thread or dubbing
Two Tone Series, Yellow
Hook - Mustad 9671, size 12-18
Thread - Yellow
Weight - Lead/lead free wire, optional
Tail - Pheasant tail fibers
Ribbing - Copper wire
Back and wing case - Yellow biot*
Body and thorax - Yellow dubbing
Legs - Pheasant tail fibers
Head - Tying thread or dubbing
Federation of Fly Fishers Fly Pattern Encyclopedia
Flopper
Dry Fly
Hook - Mustad 94840, size 8
Thread - Black
Tail - Red yarn or uni stretch
Rear hackle - Brown
Rib - Red uni stretch, corded and crisscrossed
Body - Yellow yarn
Wing - Deer hair tied as a post
Front hackle - Brown
Federation of Fly Fishers Fly Pattern Encyclopedia
Au Sable Queen
Hook - Mustad #94840 Size: #10-16
Thread -Black
Egg Sac - Green yarn
Body - Peacock herl
Wing - White deer body hair, tied caddis style.
Hackle - Ginger
I used bleached elk for the wing
A little-known pattern of Ann Schweigert
The pattern is from the 1950’s
Atlantic Salmon
Hook – Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent
Thread – Blac
Tag - Oval silver tinsel with pumpkin floss or uni stretch
Tail – Golden pheasant crest
Ribbing – Oval silver tinsel
Body - Black antron yarn, uni stretch or floss
Underwing - 4 strands forest yellow krystal flash
Wing - Pine or fox squirrel tail
Collar - Yellow hen hackle
Roxy's Fox Squirreltail
Roxy Roach Originator
Hook - Long shank streamer
Thread - Black
Weight (Optional) - Lead/lead free wire
Tail - Mandarin duck breast feather fibers (I used teal)
Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel
Body - Red silk (I used red uni stretch)
Throat - Brown hackle fibers
Wing - Red fox squirrel tail
Shoulders - White duck breast feather (I used white hen hackle tips)
It is perfectly acceptable to substitute materials of which you do not have or can source legally
Streamer Fly Tying & Fishing - Joseph D Bates Jr
Kalama River Dynamite
Steelhead Fly Pattern
Devised by Blackie Tidd around 1991
Hook - Any brand of heavy wet fly style hook
Thread - Red
Body - Tying thread
Under wing - Black wool or antron yarn
Over wing - Deer hair
The Complete Illustrated Directory of Salmon Flies - Chris Mann
France Fly
Euro Style Jig Nymph
Hook - Gamakatsu J20-B or equivalent
Bead - Black nickel tungsten
Thread - Black
Tail - Coq de Leon fibers
Body - Black micro tubing
Thorax - Dark hare's ear dubbing
Use different color tubing and dubbing for other flies
Stickleback
Pacific Salmon, Cutthroat etc.
Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent
Thread - Black
Tail - Claret hackle fibers
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Light green wool
Throat - Claret hackle fibers
Wing - Blue, green, orange and yellow bucktail, mixed
UV Resin head coating
Fly Patterns of British Columbia - Arthur James Lingren
Mr Rapidan Emerger
Harry Murray Fly Pattern
Hook - Mustad 3906B or equivalent size 10-16
Thread – Tan
Tail - Pheasant Tail
Ribbing - Copper wire
Abdomen - Dark hare’s ear dubbing
Wing - Mallard (I used teal)
Throat - Dark brown india hen cape
Mr.
Rapidan - Rocky River Trout Unlimited (rockyrivertu.org)
