Trout and Steelhead Patterns

Trout and Steelhead Patterns

Cold water fly patterns for trout and steelhead

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Trout and Steelhead Patterns
  • Kieran Frye: KC's Craney Fly

    RECIPE:

    Hook: Mustad dryfly hook, sizes 10-12
    Thread: Black 8/0 Uni thread
    Body: Moose body hair tied on a needle
    Wing/Post: The butts from the end of the extended body tied on the hook, then lifted upright like a wing or parachute post.
    Hackle/Legs: 8-10 moose body hairs divided equally o...

  • Bob Jacklin: Western March Brown

    RECIPE:

    Hook: 2x long Nymph
    Thread: 3/0 Rusty Brown
    Tail: 3 tails, Pheasant Tail
    Body: Australian Opossum Dubbing
    Ribbing: Med. Brown Vinyl Rib
    Thorax: Australian Opossum Dubbing
    Wing Case: Brown Turkey Tail over which is placed Brown Body Stretch
    Legs: Partridge Breast Feather
    Head: A...

  • Chris Williams: CW's CDC & Foam Green Drake Emerger

    RECIPE:

    Hook: TMC 2488 #12 or Partridge Klinkhammer #14
    Thread: UTC 70 olive
    Tail: March Brown antron dubbing shuck
    Body: Underbody of Olive Superfine Dubbing, and overbody of Blue-Wing Olive turkey biot tied with a furled body
    Thorax: Olive Superfine Dubbing with a translucent grey Razorf...

  • Wayne Luallen: CDC Emerger

    RECIPE:

    Hook: Daiichi 1260, #14-16 or Daiichi 1130, #16-20
    Thread: Danville’s Flymaster 6/0
    Tail: Zelon or Microzelon
    Abdomen: Ringneck or Golden Pheasant tail feather barbs
    Thorax: Dubbing blend
    Wing: CDC, Type #2 feather
    Head: Dubbed Whip Finish

  • Dave Bloom: Bloom's Black And Gold

    RECIPE:

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    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

  • Josh Stanish: Chubby Chernobyl

    RECIPE:

    Hook: 3x long nymph or streamer hook. # 4-10
    Thread: 140 Denier UTC thread, color to match body
    Tail: 6-10 strands of Krystal Flash
    Dubbing: Amber Super Bright dubbing
    Overbody: Tan 2mm foam
    Wings: White Gator Hair or Poly Yarn
    Legs: Pumpkin Sili Legs or Flex Floss

  • Clark "Cheech" Pierce: Grumpy Frumpy

    RECIPE:

    Hook: TMC 100 #14 (or 8-20)
    Thread: Red 70 denier
    Tail: Fly Tyer's Dungeon shuck yarn (brown)
    Body: Yellow floss
    Humps: Rainy's evazote foam (camel)
    Band: Red thread
    Hackle: Brown saddle hackle
    Wing: White poly yarn
    Legs: White small round rubber marked with sharpie

  • Kieran Frye: KC's Shaggy Caddis

    RECIPE:

    Hook: Mustad dryfly hook, sizes 10-18
    Thread: 6/0 or 8/0 Uni, color to match the natural
    Body/Wing Looped dubbed deerhair, color to match the natural
    Hackle Whiting Grizzly, natural or dyed to wing color

  • Dandy Reiner: Pink Lady

    RECIPE:

    Hook: Dia-Riki #320, #12,14, 15
    Thread: Uni-Thread, Tan 8/0
    Tail: Coq De Leon Tailing Pack
    Body: Turkey Biot, Grey Olive
    Thorax: Superfine Dubbing, Adams Grey
    Hackle: Grizzly Cape
    Post: Ploypropelene Floating Yarn, White

  • Doug McKnight: Home Invader

    RECIPE:

    Hook: Tiemco 700 #1/0-8
    Thread: White Flat waxed Nylon, White UTC140 for smaller sizes
    Eyes/weight: Lead wire, painted dumbell eyes
    Body: White Marabou, White Fox Tail
    Flash: Silver Flashabou, UV Herring Back Krystal Flash, Black Flashabou
    Sides: Badger Rooster Neck Hackles
    Cemen...

  • Willy Self: Larva Lace caddis

    RECIPE:

    Hook : size 8 thru 18
    Thread : 3/0 mono cord
    Body : Chartruse Larve Lace
    Under Body : Calibateis UV dubbing
    Thorax : Black Dubbing
    Head : Black bead

  • Willy Self: Willy's Squirrel Cray

    RECIPE;

    dia-riki 285 #10-6
    antennae - flexi-floss & orange marabou
    thin skin of your choice(lt olive fly spec used)
    Squirrel stripped zonker color of choice.
    Hen soft hackle(choice)
    Medium wire or magic stretch
    Lt olive dubbing or color of choice.

  • Ben Byng: Guinea Fowl Parachute

    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.

  • Willy Self: Double G

    RECIPE:

    Hook : size 8 thru 16
    Thread : Grey or choice 70 denier
    Tail : White poly or Widows web
    Rear Body : Peacock Herl
    Hackle : Grizzly
    Center : Thread
    Front Body : Peacock Herl
    Wing : CDC puff color of choice
    Head : Thread

  • Wayne Luallen: V-Wing Mayfly

    RECIPE:

    Hook: Daiichi 1260, #14-16 or Daiichi 1130, #16-20
    Thread: Danville’s Flymaster 6/0
    Tail: Zelon or Microzelon
    Abdomen: Ringneck or Golden Pheasant tail feather barbs
    Thorax: Dubbing blend
    Wing: CDC, Type #2 feather
    Head: Dubbed Whip Finish

  • Dandy Reiner: Rusty Spinner

    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

  • Josh Stanish: Biggies Yellow Sally

    RECIPE:

    Hook: Dai Riki #305 or Tiemco #100 size 12-16
    Thread: Gray 70 Denier UTC Thread
    Tail: Micro Ultra Chennile Red
    Body: Yellow Ice Dubbing
    Wing: Deer Hair
    Overwing: White Poly Post yarn
    Legs: Pumpkin Sili Legs

  • Ken Burkholder: Burkus Baetis Emerger

    RECIPE:

    Hook: Daiichi 1130 #16
    Thread: 8/0 gray thread (tyer’s choice)
    Trailing shuck: Any nylon material like Z-lon.
    Body: Gray goose quill (Blue Heron if you stumble across one in the field)
    Rib: Thread colored with claret marker.
    Dubbing: Nature’s Spirit Slate wool dubbing.
    Wing: Gray...

  • Tyler Dimond: Provo River Special

    RECIPE:

    Hook: tmc dry fly hook in sizes 14-10
    Thread: unithread 180 denier in black
    Wing: cut foam
    Under wing: flashabou
    Body: brown synthetic dubbing

  • Dandy Reiner: Stock Body CDC Drake Dun

    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

  • Brandon Tueller: Thunder Multi

  • Jay Buchner: Jay's Dun Caddis

    RECIPE:

    Hook: Standard Dry Fly #14-#18
    Thread: 6/0 Danville Gray or to match Body
    Body: 3-4 strands goose wing quill or other wing quill in natural or dyed colors
    Wing: 2 Rooster or Hen body feathers
    Hackle: Dun Hackle or to match body or wing color, over size one over hook size

  • Boots Allen: Peacock

    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

  • Doug McKnight: Road Warrior Damsel

    RECIPE:

    Hook: TMC 2488H #12
    Thread: Olive UTC 140
    Body: Pearl core Braid Olive
    Tail: Olive Ostrich Herl
    Wingcase: Olive Turkey Biots
    Thorax: Olive dubbing
    Legs: Dyed olive Ringneck pheasant saddle hackles
    eyes: Mono nymph eyes