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  • Dandy Reiner: Pink Pookie

    RECIPE:

    Hook: Dai-Riki 320, size 6-8
    Thread: Fluorescent orange or red 6/0
    Body: Pink 2mm ribbed Fly Foam
    Wing: First-light or bleached elk hair; Second-light gray or tan thin Fly Foam folded back to form the head, topped with orange Fly Foam for the strike indicator
    Legs: Medium speckled-...

  • Willy Self: Micro Zonker

    RECIPE:

    Hook : 3xl size 8 #285 Dia - Rikki
    Thread : 3/0 Mono cord
    Tail : Pearl Krystal Flash
    Body : SLF Prizm dubbing olive brown
    Under Body : .20 lead
    Wing : Squirrel Zonker strip
    Collar : Wrapped pine squirrel

  • Rocky Maley: Blue Bird Spey

  • Dean Reiner: CDC Parachute Caddis

    RECIPE:

    Hook: Dai-Riki #320, # 12,14, 16
    Thread: Uni-Thread, Tan 6/0
    Wing: CDC, Natural Dun
    Body: Rooster Saddle stem, Saddle Brown
    Thorax: Superine Dubbin, Brown
    Parachute: EP Fibers, White
    Hackle: Rooster Saddle, Grizzly

  • Ben Byng: CDC Green Drake

    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

  • Al Ritt: ARF Harey Dun

    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)

  • Al Ritt: ARF Articulated Sculpin

    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...

  • Jerry Criss: Green Drake Extended Body

    RECIPE:

    Hook: TMC 206 BL #14-#10
    Thread: Dark to Med Olive 8/8
    Tail: Micro-Fibits or Paint Brush
    Extended Body: Deer Hair olive - “Fine”
    Thorax: Olive Dubbing
    Wing: Olive Mallard Flank
    Hackle: Light-olive or Grizzly

  • Ben Byng: Skwala Stone Dry Fly

    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...

  • Gary Jones: Woven Stonefly

  • Steve Potter: Sawyer Nymph

  • Steve Potter: Dahlberg Rabbit Strip Diver

  • Rocky Maley: Orange Whorehouse

    RECIPE:

    Hook: AJ 3
    Thread: utc 140 white
    Tip: blue oval tinsel
    Tag: JC orange silk
    Butt: black ostrich hurl
    Rib: flat silver
    Body: burnt orange silk
    Collar: long orange hackle
    Wing: married strips of orange, black and orange turkey tail in order
    Head: orange

  • Rocky Maley: Grey Eagle

    RECIPE:

    Tag: Silver twist
    Tail: Ted breast feather from the golden pheasant
    Body: Yellow, light blue, and scarlet seal's fur
    Ribs: Silver lace and silver tinsel
    Hackle: Gray eagle, from blue fur ( substitute marabou)
    Throat: Widgeon ( teal for large patterns)
    Wings: Two strips of brown m...

  • Randy Flynn: Woven Hair Hackle Dry Fly

    RECIPE:

    Hook - Size 10 Mustad 94840 or similar standard dry fly hook. If and up-eye hook is preferred, Use a Size 10 Daiichi 2421
    Weaving Thread - 6/0 Uni-thread
    Tying Thread - 6/0 in appropriate color
    Tail - Badger Guard Hairs
    Body - Tying thread
    Hackle - Northern Whitetail Deer Hair wov...

  • Randy Flynn: The Hatchmatcher

    RECIPE:

    Hook - Sizes 16-22 Tiemco 500U
    Thread - 8/0 Uni-thread
    Wing, Tail - Mallard Drake Breast Feather
    Body - Small amount of dubbing in appropriate color
    Hackle - Dry fly neck or saddle in appropriate size and color

  • Randy Flynn: Skating Cranefly

    RECIPE:

    Hook: Size 8 Daiichi 1750
    Thread: Brown 6/0 Uni-thread
    Body: Tan or brown horse mane woven with 3 strands of orange embroidery floss. (Embroidery floss has six strands. Separate out three of them for weaving.) When woven in, the floss forms a stripe on the top of the hook shank.
    ...

  • Randy Flynn: Sandy Mite

    RECIPE:

    Hook: Size 8 Daiichi 1710
    Thread: Brown 6/0 Uni-thread
    Body: Tan or brown horse mane woven with 3 strands of orange embroidery floss. (Emboidery floss has six strands. Separate out three of them for weaving.) When woven in, the floss forms a stripe on the underside of the fly.
    Hackl...

  • Ken Burkholder: Bear Hair Golden Trude

    RECIPE:

    Hook: Daiichi 1260 #6
    Thread: Amber or Antique Gold
    Pearsall’s Gossamer silk thread.
    Body & Tail: Moose hair, stacked.
    Overbody: Alec Jackson’s Peach
    Japanese silk floss.
    Rib: Brown or Java Brown Pearsall’s
    Gossamer silk thread.
    Wing: Brown bear hair.
    Dubbing: Nature’s Spirit ...

  • Ken Burkholder: Bear Back Rider

    RECIPE:

    Hook: Daiichi 4660 #4
    Thread: Amber Pearsall’s Gossamer silk thread.
    Dubbing: Golden brown ICE-DUB
    Foam: 1mm light brown craft foam; 3mm dark brown craft foam.
    Wing: Brown bear hair.
    Legs: Brown PERFECT RUBBER

  • Jesse Riding: Rainy's Gorilla Stone

    RECIPE:

    Hook: 3X Streamer hook sizes 4-10
    Thread: Orange GSP 100
    Body: Rainy’s Gorilla Body
    Overwing: Natural Dark elk hair (Cow)
    Underwing: Rainy’s Tear-Drop Wing material or Similar.
    Legs: Brown Round Medium Rubber Legs
    Places specifically used a lot: Adult Stoneflies are a very partic...

  • Jerry Criss: TLF Steelhead Magic

    RECIPE:

    Hook: TMC 7989 or any Black Lt wire steelhead hook
    Thread: Black 8/0 or 6/0
    Tail: Red Arctic Fox
    Body: Silver Tinsel
    Thorax: flour orange
    Hackle: Arctic Fox Purple (Make hackle in a dubbing loop)

  • Jerry Criss: Damsel Nymph

    RECIPE:

    Hook: TMC 206 BL #16-#14
    Thread: Lt Olive
    Tail: Lt olive arctic fox tail hairs
    Body: Med-dark Olive arctic fox under fur
    Body Veiling: Lt olive fox tail hair
    eyes: Plastic eye or bead chain eyes, blk or olive

  • Jerry Criss: Beadhead Calibaetis

    RECIPE:

    Bead: One size smaller than normal for hook size
    Hook: Mustad 390613 #18 to #12
    Thread: Rusty Dun 8/0
    Tail: Lemon Duck or Moose Body
    Body: Hare’s ear
    Rib: Fine Brass
    Thorax: Hare’s ear or darker fur wing-case: pheasant tail, flash material, or Moose body
    Legs: Partridge - Light ...