Snowball

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’s Fancy 

Atlantic Salmon

Phil Turner Originator

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent

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)

Twisted Midge

Twisted Midge

Hook - Mustad C49S or equivalent

Bead - Clear silver-lined bead

Thread - Black 

Breathers - White uni stretch

Abdomen - Red floss, twisted and furled

Thorax - Peacock herl, sybai peacock spectra flash dubbing, lucent peacock micro chenille

Wing - White uni stretch

ARF Midge Pupa

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

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

Lady Joan

Lady Joan

Lee Wulff Creator

Atlantic Salmon

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent

Thread - White und floss, black head

Tag- Oval gold tinsel

Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel

Body - Burnt orange floss

Throat - Yellow hen hackle fibers

Wing - Gray squirrel tail over black bear hair

Caddis Pupa - Husk Body

Caddis Pupa - Husk Body

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

 

Governor

Governor

Hook – Mustad 3399, 3906 or equivalent

Thread - Black

Tip - Scarlet floss

Body - Peacock herl

Wing - Dark brown mottled turkey

Hackle - Brown

Trout - Ray Bergman

Hornberg

Hornberg

Originated by Frank Hornberg in the 1920's

Hook - Mustad 9671

Thread - Black

Body - Flat silver tinsel

Underwing - Yellow calf tail, tied so as to tilt slightly upward

*Overwing - 2 mallard flank feathers, 1 each side

Cheeks - Jungle cock eyes, 2nd eye showing

Hackle - Grizzly and brown mixed - tied as a dry fly collar

* I have 2 gallon bags of teal feathers to use up. My drastically poor supply of mallard flank just couldn't do it

Purple Peacock and Partridge Soft Hackle

Purple Peacock and Partridge Soft Hackle

Hook - Mustad 3399, 3906 or equivalent

Thread - Purple

Ribbing - Silver wire

Body – Purple peacock herl

Hackle – Hungarian partridge

PPP Soft Hackle

PPP Soft Hackle

Partridge, Peacock and Plastic

Hook - Mustad 3399, 3906 or equivalent

Thread - UTC wood duck

Body - 1 strand doubled of tan mesh vegetable bag

Ribbing - 1 strand doubled of tan mesh vegetable bag twisted into a rope and colored with a marker

Thorax - Peacock herl

Hackle - Hungarian partridge

Tie in the doubled strand of mesh bag material behind the hook eye and wrap to the bend of the hook to create the body. Now twist the strand into a rope, color with a marker and wrap the ribbing to the eye. Tie off and trim.

Grannom 2 Wire Soft Hackle

Grannom 2 Wire Soft Hackle

Hook - Mustad 3399, 3906 or equivalent

Thread - Black

Body - Chartreuse and black wire

Thorax - Peacock herl

Hackle - Hungarian Partridge

Try different color combinations of wire for the body

Favorite Flies of the Catskills - Volume 1 - Mike Valla

Major General

Major General 

ASB Chironomid (Anti Static Bag)

Hook - Togens Scud #12

Thread – Olive

Gills - White Antron

Bead - Togen Magic Brown 

Ribbing - Copper Brown

Underbody – Tying thread

Overbody - Thin strip of antistatic bag (I used a grayish bag)

Thorax - Peacock Herl

The Major General ASB Chironomid Fly Fishing Pattern (flyguys.net)

Zucchini

Zucchini

Chironomid Fly Pattern

Hook - Any scud style (I used Knapek G, size 10)

Bead - White 

Thread - Black

*Body - UTC Black Holographic Tinsel

Rib - Red wire

*UTC Black Holographic Tinsel with a greenish tinge. 

Sorry if my lights don't pick up the greenish tinge but I assure you it is what I used.

Zucchini Chironomid Fly Pattern | A BC Still Water Killer Chironomid Pupa Fly (flyguys.net)

Black Sally

Black Sally

Phil Rowley Originator

Chironomid Fly Pattern

Hook – Mustad C49S or equivalent, size 8-16

Thread - Black

Head: Black brass or tungsten bead

Ribbing - 1 strand from a red mesh produce bag

Body – Black holographic tinsel

Thorax - Peacock Herl

Gills - White uni stretch

Coat the hook shank with crazy glue prior to wrapping the body material

Original Recipe

Hook - Tiemco 2457 #8-#16

 Thread - Olive or Black

 *Rib - Red Holographic Flashabou

 *Body - Black Flashabou or Frostbite

 Thorax - Peacock Herl

 Head - Black Metal or Tungsten Bead

 *Gills - White Sparkle Yarn

* I dont have these materials so I substitute

Kite's Imperial

Kite's Imperial

Oliver Kite Originator

Hook - Mustad 94845 or equivalent

Thread - Purple

Tail - Honey colored hackle fibers

Ribbing - Fine gold wire

Body, wing case and thorax - Gray goose feather fibers

Hackle - Honey colored hackle

TYING THE KITE'S IMPERIAL DRY FLY - TomSutcliffe - The Spirit of Fly Fishing

Shuswap Minnow

Shuswap Minnow

Hook - Mustad 9671 or equivalent 

Bead - Optional Silver Cone Bead Head 

Thread - Black 

Tail - Grey marabou over white marabou 

Body - Oval silver tinsel 

Throat - Red marabou

*Wing - Dark blue polar bear over white polar bear

*I have no polar bear so I substituted bucktail

Shredge

Shredge

Hook - Mustad 3906 or equivalent

Thread - Black or olive 

Tail - Brown hackle fibers

Ribbing - Gold wire 

*Body - Seal’s Fur 60% Dark Olive & 40% Yellow

Wing - Brown hackle fibers

* I used seal-x dubbing

Ray's Special

 

Ray's Special

Hook – Mustad 3399, 3906 or equivalent, size 8 - 12

Thread – Black

Tail – Pheasant rump feather fibers

Ribbing – Copper wire

Body - Red uni yarn

Hackle – Brown hen

Large Suspended Stone

Large Suspended Stone

Giancarlo Donninelli Originator

Hook - Mustad C49S or equivalent

Thread - Uni wood duck

Tail - Tan pheasant tail fibers

Body - Tan pheasant tail fibers

Wing cases - Tan 2mm foam

Thorax - SLF dubbing