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Kenly Bitton: Peacock Blue
RRECIPE:
Hook: Alec Jackson #5
Thread: Black
Body: Silver Doctor Blue Crystal Chenille
Wing: Black Golden Pheasant breast feather
Hackle: Blue peacock breast feather; Purple saddle hackle -
Kieran Frye: KC's Woodchuck Nymph
RECIPE:
Hook: Mustad curved nymph 12-14
Thread: Black 8/0 Uni
Tail: Small bunch of Groundhog guard hairs
Abdomen: Lucent Chenille – color to match natural
Wingcase: Whiting Henback tied in by the tip and pulled over or mottled turkey
Thorax: Ice dubbing to match natural -
Harley Reno: Elvira
RECIPE:
Hook: Mustad 32756 or Eagle Claw 570 in 4, 6, 8
Thread: Danville's 3/0 waxed monocord in black, brown, or green
Eyes: Dazl-eyes in black or brass in 3/16 or 5/32
Tail: Black Marabou
Hackle: Rope made of Four strands Krystal Flas in ultraviolet or pearl, 1 Grizzly saddle hackle, 1 b... -
Harley Reno: MWB
RECIPE:
Hook: Mustad 9672 or 9674 in sizes 2,4,6, 8, or 10
Thread: Danville's size 3/0 waxed monocord in black, brown, or tan
Head: Brass or copper cone in appropriate size
Weight: three inch strand of .20 lead wire (optional)
Tail: Black or Brown Marabou
Hackle: Rope made of Two strands ... -
Doug McKnight: Pig Pen Leach
RECIPE:
Bead: Black Brass eye
Hook: #6-12 2XL nymph hook
Thread: UTC140 color to suit
Tail: Burnt Orange and Brown Marabou, single strand of flashabou
Body: Gold Variant Rabbit fur from the hide twisted into a dubbing loop -
Dave Tucker: Winter Spey
RECIPE
Hook: Daiichi #2051
Thread: Orange 8/0 Uni Thread
Body: Pink Wool
Ribbing: Fine Oval Silver Tinsel
Hackle: Hot Orange Schlappen
Throat Hackle: Purple Mallard Flank
Wing: 4 Shrimp Orange Neck Hackles tied back to back
The combination of colors in the Winter Spey, has proven to be ... -
Jay Buchner: Frisky Fly
RECIPE
Hook: Mustad 1x 3906b #12-#18 (any nymph type hook will work)
Bead: Gold to match hook size
Weight: 4 or 5 turns of lead wire to secure bead
Thread: 6/0 Danville prewaxed coffee or beige
Tail: Guard hair from Hare's mask or fox squirrel (optional: Two strands of pearl krystal flash)... -
Dave Bloom: Bloom's Parachute Caddis
This pattern is a parachute caddis he uses on the big MO.
RECIPE:
Hook: TMC #921 #12-#18
Thread: Tan
Body: Golden Pheasant Tail
Thorax: Hare's Ear
Wing: Light Elk Downwing with black, hot orange, or pink post
Cree or Dark Ginger variant wrappted as parachute hackle -
Tyler Dimond: Dimond Midge
RECIPE:
Hook: dai-riki 270 in sizes 16-14
Thread: unithread 180 denier in black
Tail: crystal flash
Rib: gold wire
Abdomen: black thread
Wing case: crystal flash
Thorax: black doubbing or black thread -
Kieran Frye: KC's Foam Back Emerger
RECIPE:
Hook: Mustad C49S sizes 12-16
Thread: 8/0 Uni color to match natural
Tail: Zelon shuck
Abdomen: Lucent Chenille color to match natural
Thorax: Australian Opossum loop dubbed color to match natural
Wingcase: Small piece of gray razor foam tied in and pulled over -
Josh Stanish: Corn Fed Prince Nymph
RECIPE:
Hook: 2x Long Nymph Hook # 2-6
Bead: 1/4" Spirit River Brite Beads
weight: Size .030 lead wire
Thread: Flat wax nylon (Black)
Tail: Brown Goose Biots
Body: Ice Dub Chenille (Black)
Collar: Brown Schapplen
Wings; White Goose Biots -
Kenly Bitton: Golden Purple
RECIPE:
Hook: Alec Jackson #5
Thread: Black
Tail: Golden Pheasant Crest
Body: Small Purple Chenille
Wing: Golden Pheasant breast feather
Hackle: Purple saddle hackle -
Dave McKee: Hairwing Calibaetis
RECIPE:
Hook: TMC 100 #16
Thread: 8/0 Rusty Dun
Tail: Grizzly Hackle Fibers
Body: Callibaetis Ultrafine Dubbing
Wing: Deer Body Hair -
Dave McKee: Firebead Scud
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 -
Ben Byng: Damsel Lite
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... -
Ben Byng: CDC Caddis
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 -
Willy Self: Willy's Wired Squirrel
RECIPE:
Hook: dai-riki 060 #10-#18
tail: Squirrel body fur
Body: sized wire and color of choice.
Wing case: mylar flash.
Thorax: squirrel dubbing
Bead: can be added. -
Doug McKnight: Rasta Puff
RECIPE:
Hook: Std Saltwater #2-8
Thread: UTC 140 color to suit
Eyes: Bead chain
Wing: Polar fiber color to suit, spanflex, flash
Legs: spanflex, colored with permanent marker
Head: Antron Crystal chenille, color and size to suit -
James Warren: Clouser Minnow
Recipe:
Hook: Any streamer hook. Stainless steel for saltwater.
Thread: Fine mono
Eyes: Lead or dumbbell eyes to match fishing conditions and water depth. Use zap-a-gap to secure to hook prior to tying
Body: White and pink Ice Fur or similar synthetic. Bucktail also works very well and was th... -
Willy Self: Willy's Fruit Rollup
RECIPE:
Hook: 730 Series 4, 6, 8, 10
Thread: 3/0 mono cord
Bead: Glass or Brass
Tail: Scud Back over Krinkle Flash
Body: Dubbed Simi Seal
Head: Bead -
Kieran Frye: KC's Powder Puff CDC Emerger
Recipe:
Hook: Mustad C49S sizes 12-22
Thread: Black 8/0 Uni
Tail: CDC Puff tied short
Body: Lucent Chenille color to match natural
Wing: CDC puff tied short
Head: Several turns of mini ostrich herl -
Tim Tollet: Smidget
Recipe:
Hook: TMC 2488, fished wet. Daiichi 1640 for fishing it dry
Thread: 8/0 Uni Thread, in lt Cahill, Olive, Rust, or Brown
Tail: Lt Brown, Olive, Red, or Grey Antron body yarn
Body: 8/0 Uni Thread, in lt Cahill, Olive, Rust, or Brown
Over-body: McFly foam in Lt Yellow, Flats Crab Tan, M... -
Josh Stanish: Bunny Dun
Recipe:
Hook: Standard or straight eye Dry fly Hook (TMC 101) #14-20
Thread: 70 Denier UTC Thread, Color to match
Tail: Light Dun Micro Fibbets
Body: Superfine Dubbing (PMD)
Wing: Light Dun snowshoe rabbit foot. -
Willy Self: Willy's Sharptail Rabbit
RECIPE:
Hook - dia-riki 060 #8-#16
Tail - Sharptail grouse off the back.
Ribbing- braided french tinsel in gold.
Body - Hare's ear dubbing with some flash.
thorax - Black rabbit dubbing.
Hackle - Sharptail Grouse
Bead can be added behind hackle.