Boots Allen is at it again. This week he's tying up the classic Double Humpy but adding some legs for some added action on the water. Find more fly tying patterns in our searchable library with the drop down menu on the right.

Boots Allen has tied a bunch of patterns for us. He's a fly tier, gui...

Boots Allen ties up his Booty Call Minnow. It's a great multipurpose streamer that Boots has used on a myriad of western rivers. It's a pretty simple cone head, large streamer pattern.

Boots has been a fly tier, guide, and author for decades in Idaho and Wyoming. He grew up on these rivers and ...

Boots Allen ties up the Dirty Head Sculpin which he uses for trout in this size and for bass in smaller sizes. It's a big chartreuse rabbit strip streamer pattern.
Boots is a long time guide, author, and fly tier from Eastern Idaho. He's tied a lot of great and varied patterns for us over the ye...

Boots Allen has joined The Weekly Fly again. This week he ties up his Booty's Bead Tail Jig. This one takes some agile fingers and maybe some readers to manipulate the little beads but it's a tasty little bug. Enjoy and let us know how it goes for you.

RECIPE:

Hook: MFC Wide Gap Jig, #10 to #20...

Boots Allen Ties his Brown Drake Emerger.
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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 ...

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: 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 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: 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....

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: 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: 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: 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

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 1/0; or Dai Riki #710, Size 4
Thread: Red 3/0 Flat Wax Nylon
Tail: Amber or Copper Krystal Flashabou
Body: Krystal Flash Chenille
Wing: Two Married Strips of Peacock Sword
Beard: Angel Hair

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...