The Weekly Fly

RECIPE:

Hook: Tiemco 101 sz 14 through 18
Tail: Mayfly Tails, Medium Dun (tied long and split)
Abdomen: Quill, Pale Morning Dun
Wing: Snowshoe hare, Medium Dun (hair from back feet)
Thorax: SuperFine Dubbing, Pale Morning Dun
Hackle: Dun (tied Marinaro thorax style)

RECIPE:

Hook: Daiichi 2451 sz 2 through 4
Articulated Shank: 55mm through 35mm
Flymen Fishing Company Sculpin Helmet: Large or Small - Brown
Tail: Marabou, Black Barred Tan (tied on hook) supported by several wraps of Brown Saddle Hackle
Butt: Marabou, Black Barred Tan supported by se...

RECIPE:

Hook: Dai-Riki 700B
Thread: UTC 70 Denier
Eyes: Black Round Rubber
Body: Whitlock Crawdub SLF Dubbing
Legs: Saddle Hackle palmered through body and brushed out Dubbing
Weight: Lead Dumbell Eyes
Antennea: Crystal Flash
Carapace: Thin Skin
Claws: Foam Claws Mounted on Round Rubbe...

RECIPE:

Hook: Tiemco 2487
Antennea: Organza, White
Bead: Glass, Gunmetal
Underbody: Thread, Red
Rib: Wire, X-Small Silver
Overbody: Micro Tubing, Clear
Wing: Organza, White
Thorax: Hare’e Ice Dub, Harder’s Bloody Black

RECIPE:

Hook: Tiemco 2488
Thread: UTC 70 Denier
Tail: Byed and Barred Braided Leader Butt (Available from Hareline Dubbin’ as “Adult Damsel Body”)
Thorax: Super Fine Dubbing
Wing: Organza
Foam Back: Narrow strip of 2mm Closed Cell Foam, majority of length split so foam is 2 narrow legs jo...

RECIPE:
Hook: Tiemco 3769 sz 12 through 18
Bead: Tungsten Copper
Tail: Krystal Flash, Root Beer over Pearl
Abdomen: Glitter D Rib, Root Beer
Wing Case: Mirage Tinsel
Thorax: Hare’e Ice, Peacock

RECIPE:

Hook: Tiemco 100 or 101
Thread: UTC 70 Denier
Body: Yellow Super Fine Dubbing
Thorax: Yellow Super Fine Dubbing
Wing: White (winter phase) hair from the bottom of a snowshoe hare’s hind foot
Egg Sack: Red Foam
Trailing Bubbles: 2 strands of Mirage Opal Flash
Rib: Yellow Dyed Gri...

From Al:
I grew up in Michigan and have fished as long as I can remember. After graduating college, I moved to California and gravitated toward fly fishing almost exclusively. I have been tying “seriously” since 1983 and have been a tying instructor both independently and for several Colorado fl...

RECIPE:

Hook: Tiemco 5212BL #12-#16
Thread: Uni-Thread 8/0 Tan
Undertail: Z-lon Amber
Tail: Wood Duck Flank Fibers
Abdomen: 1/3 Dubbing Flourescent Orange 2/3 Dubbing Creamy Yellow
Wing: Z-lon Dun
Thorax: Dubbing Creamy Yellow
Hackle: CDC Light Dun
Wing Case: Ethafoam Thin

RECIPE:

Hook: Daiichi 1190 #14
Thread: 8/0 Tan
Tail: Dun Hackle
Body: Tan Dubbing
Thorax: Tan Dubbing
Wing post: Guinea Fowl Feather
Legs: Dun Hackle.

RECIPE:

Hook- #16 standard dry fly hook
Thread- pmd yellow 8/0
Tail- medium dun hackle fibers
Body- pmd yellow superfine dubbing
Wings and legs- medium dun cdc
Head- pmd yellow superfine dubbing

This fly is great for the skinny damsel nymphs found in lakes in the Sierra Nevadas.

RECIPE:

Hook: Daiichi 1270 size 8
Thread: 8/0 Olive
Eyes: Mono
Tail: Jay Fair brown/olive marabou
Body: Jay Fair brown/olive marabou ribbed with chartreuce flashabou
Thorax: Jay Fair brown/olive long s...

RECIPE:

Hook- #16 light wire scud
Thread- Pmd yellow 8/0
Tail/shuck- brown zelon
Body- pmd yellow superfine
Wing and legs- medium dun cdc
Head- pmd/yellow superfine dubbing

RECIPE:

Hook: Mustad 34011, Size 1/0.
Thread: Black 3/0 Flat Wax Nylon
Eyes: Black Dumbbell eyes, size to match hook
Overbody: Black Magnum Zonker Strip.
Body: 1 mm two or single color foam. Dubbing can be used as an alternative. A variety of color can be used.
Lateral Line: Purple Flasha...

RECIPE:

Hook- #10 2 x long dry
Thread- black for the back section and orange for the front
Egg- black foam
Tails- brown goose biots
Body- dark olive/green micro chenille
Under wing- anti static mylar
Over wing- root beer micro crystal flash
Main wing and head- medium dun cdc
Legs-black...

Great highly visible caddis pattern.

RECIPE:
Hook: Daiichi 1190 #16
Thread: 8/0 Tan
Tail: Amber z-lon
Body: Light olive Hairtron dubbing, ribbed with opal flash
Wing: Tan CDC, topped with partridge
Legs: Ginger Hackle.
Head: CDC and Partridge

RECIPE

Hook- #14 light wire scud/Czech nymph style
Thread- olive
Body- olive superfine dubbing
Wing-post-natural cdc dyed dark olive
Wing-post side-yellow dyed mallard flank
Hackle-med. Dyed dun rooster neck

Boots Allen Ties his Brown Drake Emerger.
Runtime: 19:42

Boots Allen is a third generation guide and outfitter from Western Wyoming. Over the last 18 years, he has had the opportunity to fish and guide at destinations around the world, including Argentina, Russia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Costa ...

Bob Jacklin (www.jacklinsflyshop.com) has been a fly fishing guide and outfitter in the Yellowstone region for over 37 years. He is a world class fly fisherman, fly tyer, and fly casting instructor. Bob holds a Masters Certification as a fly casting instructor, and sits on the FFF’s Board of Gove...

RECIPE:

Hook: Tiemco #200r Size 4 and 6
Thread: Flo. Orange 210 Denier
Tail: None
Egg Sack: Black Elk or Deer Hair
Body: Salmon Fly Orange Dubbing over Dyed Black Elk Hair
Ribbing: Two Brown Saddle Hackles
Wing: Long Blond Elk Hair
Legs: Black Rubber Legs, Med
Head and Collar: Bullet H...

This pattern was pulled from Bob Jacklin's Yellowstone Patterns a just released film available on DVD

RECIPE:

Hook: 1 X long
Thread: 6/0 or 3/0 Black
Tail: Fine Brown Bucktail
Body: Gray Angora Yarn
Wing: Fine Brown Bucktail Divided
Hackle: 2 Blue Dun Gray Hackles
Head: Black thread

RECIPE:

Hook: Alec Jackson style 1/0 salmon hook (example- TMC 7999)
Thread: UTC 140, Burnt Orange
Claws: Ringneck pheasant neck feathers (those coming off the neck saddles directly posterior of white ringneck feathers)
Appendages: Four strands of copper Flashabou, plus two strands of peaco...

RECIPE:

Hook: Standard 1/0 or 2/0 saltwater hook (example- Mustad 34007)
Thread: Chartruese 3/0 flat wax nylon
Body: Ice or Krystal Flash chenille, gold or light olive
Top Wing: Super Hair or Crinkle Hair, blue
Interior Lateral Line: Krystal Flash chenille - gold or pearl
Exterior Lateral...

RECIPE:

Hook: Standard dry fly or emerger hook, size 10 to 16
Thread: Black 6/0 or 8/0
Shuck: Brown ostrich herl
Abdomen: Brown camel dubbing
Ribbing: Fine 5 grain gold or copper wire
Thorax: .5mm closed cell razor foam, tan
Hackle: Brown Rooster
Wing: Dark Gray EP Fibers

RECIPE:

Hook: TMC 3769, size 18
Wing/Gills: White cdc puff
Head/Bead: Clear glass or tin, copper, or tungsten bead
Body: Olive, tan or gray monochord
Ribbing: Black 8/0 thread
Collar: Peacock herl

RECIPE:

Hook: Dai-Riki 135, Size 8-12
Thread: Clear, fine monochord
Eyes: Black dumbbell eyes, size to match hook
Antennae: Pearlescent Silli Legs
Body: Pearl Diamond Braid
Hackle: White
Shellback: White or tan Scud Skin
Ribbing: Fine black wire

RECIPE:

Hook: Mustad 34011, size 4 to size 2/0
Thread: Black 3/0
Tail: Strip of antelope hide colored black
Shellback: Two strips of black and white, two-tone, 2mm foam
Body: Black Ice chenille
Legs: Four strips of black rubber, knotted to form knee and ankle joints

RECIPE

Hook: Dai-Riki #270 or Tiemco #200R, sizes 2,4,6
Thread: Black, 3/0 or 140 Denier Nylon
Tail: Two Black Goose Biots
Body: Bicycle Tire Inner Tube, Cut to shape and wrapped over #2 lead wire
Thorax: Tan Australian Opossum Dubbing
Wing Cases: Bicycle Inner Tube, cut to shape
Legs: N...

RECIPE:

Hook: Dai-Riki 320 12-10
Thread: Red 8/0
Body: Cock De Leon stems-stripped of feathers
Wing: CDC-Natural Dun or Natural Dyed Olive
Thorax & Head: Superfine Dubbing-Olive Brown
Tail: Moose hair-4or5 strands

RECIPE:

Hook: Any standard dry fly hook, sizes 6 to 10.
Thread: Yellow, orange, green, or red 3/0 flat wax.
Tail and Body: Mule deer hair from the neck and facial area.
Hackle: Fine grizzly hackle. I typically will use silver or gold label hackle from Whiting Farms.

RECIPE
Hook: Nymph Hook 2XH, 2XL in sizes #14, #16, and #18
Thread: Red 6/0 Danville
Bead Head: Silver Color in 3/32 size for sizes #14 and #16; 5/64 for #18 and #20
Tail: 8 Fibers of Mallard Flank dyed Medium Dun Color
Body: Holographic Red Tinsel Medium size super glued down; Do-Not get th...

RECIPE:

Hook: standard dry fly hook, sizes 4 to 10.
Thread: 3/0 in gray, yellow, green, brown, cream, or orange.
Tail: golden pheasant neck feathers or Amherst pheasant neck feathers.
Body: 1 mm two or single color foam. Dubbing can be used as an alternative. A variety of color can be used....

Dandy Reiner grew up among the rivers and streams of Montana. She started fly fishing as a child along with her sister, under the tutelage of their father Dean Reiner, a long time Montana Outfitter. After completing her education at Montana State University, earning a degree in English Literature...

RECIPE:
Hook: Dai Riki #135 size 14-16
Bead: 1/8 or 7/64 Orange Fire Bead
Thead: Gray 6/0
Rib: Silver Wire
Shellback: Pearlescent Strip
Hackle (legs): Cream or Lt. Dun
Body: Gray or Lt. Pink Scud Dub

Dave was born and raised in Great Falls and has spent his life fishing the waters of southwest Montana. He began his guiding career in 1985 on the Henry’s Fork, the South Fork of the Snake and the Teton in Idaho. In 1995, he moved closer to home when he guided on the famous Montana rivers around ...

From Charles:
I have been tying stuff onto hooks for a long time. It began with poppers and jig heads, which served the fishing I was taught to do by my father. By the age of twelve I was approaching burn out from fishing the warm water mud pit impoundments of central Arkansas. Dear ol` Dad save...

RECIPE:

Hook: Mustad 34011, Size 1/0.
Thread: Black 3/0 Flat Wax Nylon
Bead: Tungsten Cone and Bead Combo
Underbody: Olive Magnum Zonker Strip
Overbody: Black Magnum Zonker Strip.
Lateral Line: Barred Red Zonker Strip
Collar: Peacock Herl

This is writer and outfitter Dave McKee of Dave McKee Flyfishing, LLC out of Bozeman, MT. He specializes in both trout and carp fishing in SW Montana as well as being an Umpqua signature tier, he writes a weekly outdoors column for the Bozeman Daily Chronicle, and he's developed his own line of c...

RECIPE:

Hook: TMC 102Y #21, or TMC 2488 #20-30
Thread: black UTC 70
Tail: Callibaetis colored antron dubbing shuck
Body: black Flashabou
Thorax: peacock eye fibers
Wing: dun or tan poly twisted and tied in a loop
Legs: Whiting midge grizzly, speckled badger, or dun palmered through the p...

RECIPE:

Hook: Daiichi #2051
Thread: Black 8/0 Uni Thread
Body: Purple Wool
Ribbing: Oval Silver Tinsel
Hackle: Blue Eared Pheasant Palmered Full Length of Body
Throat Hackle: Peacock Neck Feather
Wing: Bronze Mallard

RECIPE:

Hook: Dia-Riki #320 18 & 20
Thread: Uni-Thread, Trico, 17/0 or Light Cahill 10/0
Body: Turkey Biot, Sulphur
Thorax: Superfine Dubbing, Sulphur Orange
Tail: Micro Fibbets, White

RECIPE:
Hook: Dia-Riki #320, #16 and 18
Thread: Uni-Thread, Brown 8/0
Rib: Monofiliment, Clear
Body: Turkey Biot, Rusty Brown
Thorax: Superfine Dubbing, Brown
Tail: Micro fibbets, White
Wing: CDC, White or Natural Dun

RECIPE:

This video is now available as an HD DOWNLOAD!
Hook: Alec Jackson Spey (Gold) #3-#7
Thread: 6/0 Black
Tail: Hot Red or Hot Orange Golden Pheasant Crest
Body: Black SLF with small oval gold tinsel rib
Wing: Orange Artic Fox under Golden Pheasant Rump

Dave was born and raised in Great Falls and has spent his life fishing the waters of southwest Montana. He began his guiding career in 1985 on the Henry’s Fork, the South Fork of the Snake and the Teton in Idaho. In 2001 Dave returned to his home waters of the Missouri, which had been the river ...

Dave was born and raised in Great Falls and has spent his life fishing the waters of southwest Montana. He began his guiding career in 1985 on the Henry’s Fork, the South Fork of the Snake and the Teton in Idaho. In 1995, he moved closer to home when he guided on the famous Montana rivers around ...