Materials List: Hook: TMC 3761 #12 to #18 Thread: 8/0 Uni rusty dun Tail: Pheasant Body: Hare’s ear Back: Pheasant Rib: Copper Thorax: Hare’s ear Wing case: Pheasant About This is a Skip Morris pattern, a cross between a hares ear and pheasant tail. It works well during the callibaetis hatches on the local lakes. […]
Materials List: Hook: TMC 3761 #10 to #18 Thread: 6/0 Uni rusty dun Tail: Wood duck Body: Hare’s ear Rib: Copper wire Thorax: Peacock Wing case: Wood duck Hackle: Partridge About This is a Denny Rickards pattern. Especially effective when the callibaetis are hatching. Before you see fish rising and rolling, fish this fly deep. […]
Materials List: Hook: TMC 5263 #6 to #12 Thread: 140 brown Tail: Rusty brown marabou and copper krystal flash Body: Rust brown mohair plus and river green lite brite Over Wing: Olive krystal flash About The California leech is a mohair style pattern with added flash. Commonly, used on Henry’s Lake, but also very effective […]
Materials List: Hook: TMC 2457 #12 to #18 Thread: 6/0 Uni Red Bead: Gold Wire: Lead Body: Red antron yarn Dubbing: Brown squirrel About The serendipity is one of my favorite nymphs. Olive and brown are two other great colors. It can represent a caddis larva or midge larva. The bead head adds weight and […]
Materials List: Hook: TMC 100 #12 to #18 Thread: 6/0 Uni Red Body Rear: Chestnut antron Dubbing Body Front: Ginger variant antron dubbing Wing: White para post Hackle: Grizzly dyed brown About This is one of my favorite ant patterns. In later August and early September, we get flying ants on the area lakes and […]
Materials List: Hook: TMC 100 #12 to #18 Thread: 6/0 Uni Red Body: Ginger variant antron dubbing Wing: White para post Hackle: Brown About Ants are hard to see, so tying them as a parachute pattern makes them easy to see. I tie this pattern in black, cinnamon/black, and cinnamon. The cinnamon color is especially […]
Materials List: Hook: TMC 100 #10 to #14 Thread: 140 black Body: Black ice dubbing Back: 2 mm black foam Stripe: Chartreuse razor foam Legs: Black nymph sili legs Indicator: White sparkle emerger yarn About The x-tra terrestrial is a beetle type pattern, especially good for the cutthroat trout in the northeast corner of Yellowstone […]
Materials List: Whip finish tool About The whip finish tool makes it easy to tie a knot on the head of a fly, once your practice with the tool it will become second nature.
Materials List: Hook: TMC 100 #12- #18 Thread: 140 black Body: Black 2 mm foam Wing: White Para Post Hackle: Black About A simple and quick tie. The white wing makes it easy to see. In late August and into September we get flying ants on the rivers and lakes. Fish love ants, some of […]
Materials List: Hook: TMC 100 #10- #16 Thread: 140 black Back: Black foam Wing: White para post Dubbing: black/peacock ice dub Hackle: black About Right after Umpqua introduced the parachute ant, I was tying beetles and thought how sometimes they are hard to see. Why not put a parachute on a beetle? It makes it […]
