 | Steelhead Caddis
Tying The by Jason Akl
Although you almost certainly have to many go to patterns in your spring season fly box, adding one more to the collection really couldn’t hurt. I am almost positive that most early season anglers carry a few of the time-tested standards like leeches, marabou ... read more |
 | Holographic Bloodworm
by Darren MacEachern a.k.a. Pacres
Bloodworms are the common name given to Chironimid larvae. Chironomids or midges as they are commonly referred to, are often an overlooked food source for trout and pan fish. With over 2500 species of midges across North America, chances are y ... read more |
 | Tying the Pheasant Tail Nymph
Tying The Pheasant Tail Nymphby Jim Browning
Step 1: Insert the hook into the vice.
Step 2: Start your thread about 1-½ eye-widths behind the eye and trim off excess.
Step 3: Run thread to just before the bend of the hook.
Step 4: Tail: Select four barbs from the pheasant tai ... read more |
 | Humbug
by John Ridderbos
Materials You Will Need
Hook: Mustad 3906 #10.Shellback and thorax: Black Chenille.Body: Yellow ChenilleLegs: White round rubber.
Tying Instructions
Step 1: Tie in black chenille.
Step 2: Tie in yellow chenille.
Step 3: Wrap forward yellow chenille to a ... read more |
 | Whitlock's Red Fox Squirrel Nymph
by John Ridderbos
Materials You Will NeedHook: Mustad 3906B #12Head: Bead to match hook sizeTail: Squirrel fur from back of squirrelRib: Orange pearl flashabouBody: Squirrel belly furThorax: Fur from back of squirrel skinHackle: (optional) Brown India He ... read more |
 | Sunken Firefly
by John Ridderbos
Material You Will NeedHook: Mustad 9671 #14.Wincase: Black 1/8th Kreinik Ribbon.Butt: Fluorescent Yellow Kreinik Braid.Body: Peacock Herl.Wings: 1/8th Mallard Kreinik Ribbon.
Tying Instructions
Step 1: Tie in the wingcase/shellback.
Step 2: ... read more |
 | Woven Hex
Nymphby Matt Erny
Materials You Will NeedHook: Mustad 87160 Size 6.Thread: 6/0 White and UTC 140 in Dark Brown.Under body: Waxed Dental Tape.Abdomen: Bug wrap in brown and tan (from the flytyersdungeon.com)Gills: Grey Ostrich Herl.Thorax: Brown Dubbing.Legs: Hen Neck feather, brown-and- ... read more |
 | Green Caddis Pupa
by Duane Doty
Materials You Will Need - Size 12, Wet or Nymph hook. - 8/0 Olive tying thread. - .020 Lead Wire. - 6 lb. yellow Mono line. - Olive Rooster Hackle. - 2 types Turkey Biots. - Small Mono eyes. - Olive Opossum dubbing. - Moose ... read more |
 | Sparrow
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by John Ridderbos
Materials You Will Need
Hook: Mustad 9672 #10Tail: Marabou from bottom of a Pheasant rump featherBody: Olive Rabbit dubbingHackle: Pheasant rump feather (I prefer the ones with the iridescent blue silver feather)Head: Philo ... read more |
 | Spring's Wigglers
Anyone who visits a fly shop in Michigan and looks over the selections of Steelhead flies is sure to see many of the spring's Wiggler pattern flies.Most likely you will see a vast array of colors and sizes of this fly, from natural to fluorescent and everything in-between. I really can't tel ... read more |
 | Woven Stonefly
by Brent Drew
Hook- TMC 200 Size 8Thread- Black 3/0 Waxed MonocordTailing- 2 Black Goose BiotsUnderbody- Dental TapeAbdomen- Black and Tan Bug Wrap (flytyersdungeon.com)Wingcases- Black Swiss Straw (Otherwise known as Raffia)Thorax- Black Rabbit dubbing and black Indian Hackle Anten ... read more |
 | The Jointed Hex
Step 1: Tie 3/0 thread to #10 long bend nymph hook.
Step 2: Tie on a Pheasant rump feather or a pheasant marabou feather, leaving it long enough to overhang the hook bend by half the length of the hook.Step 3: Tie on a Pheasant under-fluff feather (See Hex gill pic.)Step 4: Add dubbing to ... read more |
