The Original Library

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  • Jay Buchner: Jay Dave's Hopper

    RECIPE:

    Hook: Mustad 9671, Dai Riki 280
    Thread: 3/0 mono to match body color
    Tail: Dyed red Elk
    Body: Polypropolene Yarn
    Hackle: Brown or badger
    UnderWing: deer hair
    OverWing: Turkey tail sprayed with urethane
    Legs: Golden pheasant tail fibers knotted
    Head: Deer Hair Spun in 2 bunches

  • Doug McKnight: ER Crab

    RECIPE:

    Hook: TMC 811s
    thread: Chartruese UTC 140
    Eyes: Lead Dumbell
    Tail: Marabou, rooster neck hackles, krystal flash
    legs: Natural color rubber legs, colored with Sharpie markers
    Body: Furry foam split in half, glues together with Zap Goo

  • Doug McKnight: Deer Hair Popper

    RECIPE:

    Hook: Bass bug hook, or standard saltwater hook.
    Thread: Flat waxed nylon white
    Tail: 3 or four pairs of wide webby Rooster neck hackle, white, brown, yellow dyed grizzly, crystal flash
    Head/Body: Deer belly Hair white; Deer body hair, brown, Black
    Legs: 3 or 4 medium round rubber ...

  • Dean Reiner: Land's Pattern

    RECIPE:

    Hook: Dai-Riki #320, #12
    Thread: Uni-Thread, Brown 8/0
    Wing: Hen Cape, Pale Watery Dun
    Tail: Hen Cape, Pale Watery Dun
    Body: Rooster Saddle Hackle stem, Saddle Brown
    Thorax: Superfine dubbing, Brown
    Hackle: Coq De Leon Rooster, Badger

  • Dean Reiner: Kamikaze Hopper

    RECIPE:

    Hook: Dai-Riki #320 size 8
    Thread: Uni-Thread, Tan 6/0
    Butt: Uni-Thread, Red 6/0
    Underwing: CDC, Natural Dun
    Hackle: Coq De Leon Rooster Cape
    Wing: Ozark Turkey, Mottled
    Rib: Oval French Tinsel, Gold
    Thorax: Superfine Dubbing, Olive

  • Dean Reiner: Hackle Stem Crane Fly

    RECIPE:

    Hook: Dia-Riki #320, #10 & 12
    Thread: Uni-Thread, Brown 8/0
    Body: Rooster Saddle stem, Saddle Brown
    Thorax: Superfine dubbing, Brown
    Legs: CDC, Black
    Wing: Hen Cape, Pale Watery Dun

  • Ben Byng: AP Pontoon Emerger

    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

  • Boots Allen: Quick Descent Baetis Nymph

  • Boots Allen: Elk Liver Nymph

  • Boots Allen: Booty's PMD Emerger

  • Jerry Criss: BWO Softhackle

    Recipe:
    Hook: #20 to #14 TMC -102y or Light wire dry fly hook
    Thread: Rusty Dun to grey 14/0 to 8/0
    Tails: Micro-Fibits or Coq de Leon
    Body: Goose Biot, Blue Wing Olive
    Thorax: Possum - Seal or Mole Fur
    Hackle: Dun Soft Hackle

  • Steve Potter: Dahlberg Diver

    RECIPE:

    Hook: Daiichi 2546
    Thread: Gudebrod GX2 or Danville's Flat Waxed Nylon 210 Denier
    Legs: Krystal Flash Pearl, Three or Four Whiting American Rooster Hackleplaced on each side of the hook away from each other.
    Head: Stacked Deer Hair or Cow Elk Your choice of colors. I like mellow nat...

  • Howard Cole: Loop Wing March Brown

    SD
    RECIPE:

    Hook: Tiemco 900BL #12 & #14
    Thread: Uni-Thread 8/0 Gray
    Tail: Micro-Fibetts Brown or Dark Dun
    Underbody: Gray Thread
    Body: Flexi-Floss Brown or Super Floss Brown
    Wing: Teal Flank Fibers
    Hackle: Sadddle or Cape Hackle Cree

  • Jesse Riding: Rainy's Bumble Bee

    RECIPE:

    Hook: Large Gap Dry Fly #6
    Thread: Yellow 3/0
    Eyes: Rainy’s Bug-Eyes or similar light plastic Barbell
    Body: Rainy’s 3/8” Bumble Bee Bodies
    Hackle: Black Dry Fly Saddle (Undersized)
    Wing: Black Goose Biots
    Legs: Barred Yellow Sili Legs
    Glue: Gel Super Glue
    Antanae: Rainy’s Bug-E...

  • Dave McKee: Bow Rive Bugger

    RECIPE:
    Hook:Tiemco 9395 size 2
    Thread: White Flat Waxed Nylon
    Weight: .025 Lead Wire
    Tail: Black and White marabou with Blue Flashabou
    Rib: Copper Wire
    Hackle: Grizzly Saddle
    Body: Lg. Dk. Olive Chenille
    Head: Natural and White Deer Body Hair

  • Rocky Maley: Lady Caroline

  • Jerry Criss: Classic Irish Mayfly

    RECIPE:
    Hook: Standard wet fly hook #16 to #10
    Thread: 8/0 Olive
    Tail: Amherst Pheasant 4 to 5 barbs
    Butt: Ostrich hurl or peacock hurl
    Body: Olive silk or tight dubbing
    Rib: Oval tensil silver
    Thorax: Olive dubbing wrapped loose
    Hackle: Yellow French Partridge
    Note: These flies can be a...

  • Harley Reno: Orcky

    Recipe:
    Hook: Mustad 32756 or Eagle Claw 570 in sizes 2,4,6, or 8
    Thread: Danville's size A thread in Black, Brown, tan, or Green
    Eyes: Dazl-eyes in black in size 7/32, 3/16, or 5/32
    Antennae: Matched pair of 6 inch long saddle hackles
    Pincers: Two 3 inch long brown saddle hackles
    Tail: thr...

  • Boots Allen: Booty's Baitfish

    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...

  • Jerry Criss: TLF Deer Hair Emerger

    RECIPE:

    Hook: Klinkhamer #16-#20 or lt wire scud #16-#14
    Thread: Rusty dun or Tan
    Tailing Shuck: Antron or poly, 8-10 strands cream or white
    Body: Danville stretch nylon
    Rib: Fine Silver wire
    Wing: Deer Hair (fine)
    Hackle: Fire or Grizzly

  • Ben Byng: AP Pontoon Dun

    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

  • Doug McKnight: Deer Hair Slider

    SD
    RECIPE:

    Thread: Flat Wax Nylon
    Eyes: Doll Eyes
    Tail: 4-6 Saddle eyes
    Body: Spun Deer Hair trimmed to Bullet Shape
    Weed Guard: Heavy Mono

  • Jerry Criss: Bleeding Minnow

    RECIPE:

    Hook: 200r or 2X streamer hook #4 to # 10
    Thread: 8/0 rusty dun to olive "UNI"
    Tail: Grey Artic Fox Tail
    Underbody: Fine foil lead with the rest of the Tailing material wrapped forward
    Body: Mylar ribbon material to match your water
    Throat: White to grey artic fox tail
    Wing: Grey...

  • Steve Potter: Cicada

    RECIPE:

    Hook: Daiichi 1750 size 8
    Thread: Flat Waxed Nylon
    Body: Stacked Deer Hair, white on top for fisherman
    Antenna: Hackle stem
    Legs: Centiped Legs, medium
    Hackle: Oversized neck hackle, just at the hook gap