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Dan Delekta: Delektable Little Red Spanker
RECIPE
Hook: Nymph Hook 2XH, 2XL in sizes #14, #16, and #18
Thread: Red 6/0 Danville
Bead Head: Silver Color in 3/32 size for sizes #14 and #16; 5/64 for #18 and #20
Tail: 8 Fibers of Mallard Flank dyed Medium Dun Color
Body: Holographic Red Tinsel Medium size super glued down; Do-Not get th... -
Al Ritt: L2HF Harey Yellowstone
RECIPE:
Hook: Tiemco 100 or 101
Thread: UTC 70 Denier
Body: Yellow Super Fine Dubbing
Thorax: Yellow Super Fine Dubbing
Wing: White (winter phase) hair from the bottom of a snowshoe hare’s hind foot
Egg Sack: Red Foam
Trailing Bubbles: 2 strands of Mirage Opal Flash
Rib: Yellow Dyed Gri... -
Willy Self: T-Rex Worm
RECIPE:
Hook : size 8 Scud
Thread : Red or Pink
Body : Rubber Squid Tenicle
Thorax Cover : Red Scud back
Head : Thread -
Dave Bloom: Leadeye Gotcha
RECIPE:
Hook: Gamakatsu #2 SW
Thread: Shell Pink FW
Eyes: Med Lead Eye
Tail/Body: Pearl flat braid
Wing: Sand Craft Fur and Pearl Krystal Flash
Glue: 30 min Epoxy -
Willy Self: Willy's Rubber May
RECIPE:
Hook: dia-riki 060 #10-#18
Tail-gadwall duck flank
Body- 2 colors of flexi-floss (Light & dark)choice of colors.
Wing case- mylar flash med.
Thorax- u.v. dubbing calibatis or other Bead can be added. -
Chris Williams: Flash Midge Emerger
RECIPE:
Hook: TMC 102Y #21, or TMC 2488 #20-30
Thread: black UTC 70
Tail: Callibaetis colored antron dubbing shuck
Body: black Flashabou
Thorax: peacock eye fibers
Wing: dun or tan poly twisted and tied in a loop
Legs: Whiting midge grizzly, speckled badger, or dun palmered through the p... -
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... -
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 -
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. -
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 -
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.