Anytime, Anywhere

Anytime, Anywhere

Hook - Mustad 9672 or equivalent, size 4-12

Weight – Lead free wire

Thread - Black

Tail - Wood duck flank fibers, very heavy and as long as the hook shank

Palmer rib - Grizzly hackle trimmed fairly close to the body to produce a stubby effect

Body -Black chenille

This pattern, which was submitted by Gary Merriman of the Fish Hawk in Atlanta, Georgia, is generally tied weighted. Like the Woolly Worm, the Woolly Bugger, and the Leech, all of which it resembles, the pattern is very effective for a wide range of fish, including salmon, steelhead, bonefish, bream, bass, and, of course, trout. Merriman calls it a nymph though it does not have the characteristic appearance of a nymph. Nevertheless, it is fished as such and seems to live up to its name, and so it is here listed.

The Book of Fly Patterns: Over 1,000 Patterns for the Construction of Artificial Flies - Eric Leiser

Baetis Soft Hackle

Baetis Soft Hackle

Hook - TMC100 or equivalent, size 18 – 24

Thread - Red

Tail - Mallard flank

Body - Olive-gray superfine dubbing or equivalent (I used kapok)

Hackle - Dyed dun hen hackle

Developed by Nick Nicklas from Blue Ribbon Flies in West Yellowstone, MT.

Wisconsin Fancy

Wisconsin Fancy

Hook - Mustad 94840 or equivalent, size 12-18

Thread - Black

Tail - Brown hackle fibers 

Palmer rib - One brown and one grizzly hackle palmered through body 

Body - Cream dubbing fur or ginger red fox dubbing 

This pattern, listed in the Little Dixie Flies catalog, features a mixed hackle palmer rib, and is similar to the bivisibles except that it has no fronting collar.

The Book of Fly Patterns: Over 1,000 Patterns for the Construction of Artificial Flies - Eric Leiser

Caddis Creeper

Caddis Creeper

Hook - Mustad 9671 or equivalent, size10-14

Thread - Black

Tail - Two peacock sword fibers (one-quarter inch past bend) 

Body - Rear third, peacock herl; middle third, yellow floss ribbed with gold wire; fore third, peacock herl 

Wing - Three to four peacock sword fibers to bend

The Book of Fly Patterns: Over 1,000 Patterns for the Construction of Artificial Flies - Eric Leiser

Snow Fly Cluster

Snow Fly Cluster

Griffiths Gnat Variation

Hook - Mustad 94840 or equivalent, size 14 -18

Thread - Gray 

Hackle - Grizzly palmered through body

Body - Muskrat dubbing fur 

This pattern, from Taylor Streit, is used on the Rio Grande in late November to represent a cluster of midges. The fly is very effective when these small flies are grouped together for “mating.”

The Book of Fly Patterns: Over 1,000 Patterns for the Construction of Artificial Flies - Eric Leiser

Many years ago, I fished a fly similar to this one but with a cream dubbed fur body and grizzly hackle on the Green River in Utah. That was one of my better days of fly fishing!

Needlefly Nymph

Needlefly Nymph

Hook - Mustad 9672 or equivalent, size 8-10-12

Thread - Black

Tail - Brown hackle fibers (1½ gap widths past bend) 

Body - Flat silver tinsel 

Hackle - Mottled gray/brown rump feather from male ringneck pheasant, tied spey fashion as a wet fly collar

Head - Peacock herl

Originated by Dawn Holbrook.

The Book of Fly Patterns: Over 1,000 Patterns for the Construction of Artificial Flies - Eric Leiser

Bull Moose

Bull Moose

Hook - Mustad 3906B or equivalent, size 12-16 

Thread - Black 

Ribbing - Fine oval gold tinsel 

Body - Blue dun muskrat dubbing fur

Hackle - Brown partridge wound as a wet fly collar with tips extending to bend of hook 

The Book of Fly Patterns: Over 1,000 Patterns for the Construction of Artificial Flies - Eric Leiser

Zero

Zero

Hook - Mustad 3906 or equivalent, size 12-16

Thread - Black

Tail - Mallard flank (I used teal)

Body - Dark gray fur or synthetic

Wing case - Black raffia (I used black magic foil)

Legs - Grizzly hackle

Thorax - Dark gray fur or synthetic

Popular Fly Patterns - Terry Hellekson

Puget Bug

Puget Bug

Hook - Mustad 7957BX or equivalent, size 10-14

Thread - Black

Tail - Black goose biots

Body - 1 dark & 1 light moose mane wrapped in alternating bands*

Thorax - Peacock herl

Hackle - Hungarian partridge

*Coat the hook shank with super glue prior to wrapping the body or overcoat with uv resin for durability

Created by Enos Bradner

Popular Fly Patterns - Terry Hellekson

Michigan Gray Drake

Michigan Gray Drake

Hook - Mustad 94840, 94833, 94845 or equivalent, size 12-14

Thread - Black or brown

Tail - Moose mane or body hair, 2 hairs, tied long

Wing - White calf tail, tied spent, tied sparse

Body - Fine gray dubbing, natural or synthetic (I used Adams gray kapok dubbing)

Creator is unknown at this time. It is dated to about the mid to late 1990s.

MichiganGrayDrake.pdf - Google Drive

Flashback Pheasant Tail Nymph

Flashback Pheasant Tail Nymph

Hook - Mustad 3399, 3906 or equivalent

Thread - Brown

Tail - Pheasant tail fibers

Ribbing - Copper wire

Body - Pheasant tail fibers

Wing case - Pearl tinsel, wide

Thorax - Peacock herl

Klinkhammer

Klinkhammer

Emerger Fly Pattern

Hook - Drennan Suspender

Thread - Black

Wing post - White antron yarn

Hackle - Brown

Ribbing - Pearl holographic tinsel

Body - BWO kapok dubbing

Thorax - Peacock herl

Devised by a Dutch angler Hans van Klinken in the early 80's to imitate an emerging caddisfly.

Texas Hopper

Texas Hopper

Hook - Dry Fly XL, Size 4-14 

Thread - Black

Tail - Red duck quill, tied in a ‘V’ (I used red hackle fibers for durability)

Body - White chenille, tapered 

Underwing - Red calf tail or squirrel tail 

Overwing - Mottled turkey wing, tied flat, down over the body 

Hackle - Brown 

Art Winnie created this fly in 1949.

TexasHopper.pdf - Google Drive

Lake Erie King

Lake Erie King

Hook - Mustad 94840 or equivalent, size 12-18

Thread - Black

Tail - Black hackle fibers

Body - Peacock herl

Wing - Grizzly hackle tips, tied delta wing style

Hackle - Brown & grizzly, mixed

This fly was co-created by Ann Schweigert and Clem Thompson sometime in the 1950's.

Hod

Hod 

Winged Wet Fly

Hook - Mustad 3399, 3906 or equivalent

Thread - Black

Tag - Gold tinsel

Ribbing - Gold tinsel

Body - Green dubbing

Throat - Brown hackle fibers

Wing - Cinnamon turkey

Flies - J Edson Leonard

Alexandra Tandem

Alexandra Tandem

Hooks - Rear Mustad 3399 size 8, Front Mustad 3399 size 6

Connecting wire - .024 diameter Beadolon wire

Thread - Black

Tail - Red uni yarn

Body - Silver tinsel

Wing - Peacock sword fibers

From an Internet Photo - Fly used 3 hooks but my peacock sword 

fibers were just long enough for 2 hooks

Catau’s Little Yellow Stone Fly

Catau’s Little Yellow Stone Fly

Hook - Mustad 94840 or equivalent, size 14-16

Thread - Yellow

Body - Yellow polypropylene or dubbing

Wing - Wood duck flank, tied trude, extend just slightly beyond the bend o the hook.

Hackle - Brown, two hackles, tied heavy

Dan Catau developed this pattern back in the 1960s. 

CatausLittleYellowStoneFly.pdf - Google Drive

Michigan Hopper

Michigan Hopper

Hook - Dry Fly XL, size 4-14

Thread - Black

Tail - Red duck quill, tied in a ‘V’ (I used red hackle fibers for durability)

Body - Yellow chenille, tapered

Wings - Mottled turkey wing, tied flat, down over the body

Hackle - Brown

MichiganHopper.pdf - Google Drive

Hemlock

Hemlock

Hook - Mustad 3399, 3906 or equivalent

Thread - Black

Body - Gray floss (or uni stretch)

Throat - Brown hackle fibers

Wing - Dark brown turkey

Trout - Ray Bergman

Yarn Body Hopper

Yarn Body Hopper

Created by Josephine Sedlecky-Borsum.

Hook - Mustad 94840, Size 8-12

Thread - Black

Tail - Red duck quill*

Body - Yellow yarn, tied with a loop (egg sac) that extends past the bend of the hook*

Ribbing - Brown hackle, palmered, trimmed short

Wing - Natural bucktail, tied trude

Hackle - Grizzly & brown, mixed

* I sed red hackle fibers and omitted the egg sac loop