 | CDC Paraloop Mayfly Emerger
by John Terje Refsahl
Hook: tmc 2487 #14Body: two pieces of antron yarn, wovenThorax: alpakka dubbingParaloop: cdc paraloop
The paraloop is made with cdc on this one, but i also sometimes combines both cdc and ordinary hackle when making the paraloop. The cdc soft ... read more |
 | Sparkle Spider
Tying the by Lucian Vasies
Hook: daiichi d1180 /d1130 #12-18Thread: Unithread 17/0 whiteUnderbody: uni mylar green peacockBody: opossum dubbing yellow-olive, claretHackle: chocolate feathers or partridge feathers - one turn
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 | Cinderella Emerger
: Emerger design inspired by a fairy-tale princess Text and photos by Russ Forney
Cinderella rocks! I mean that girl has got it going on! The whole magical transformation from hapless, cinder-covered servant to elegant, upwardly mobile princess is timeless inspiration. Fly tiers t ... read more |
 | 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 |
 | Tying The Stimulator
by James Daly
Material ListHook: Daichii 1560 nymph hook size 10 (or any other brand curved dry or nymph hook size 2-12)Thread: Uni 6/0 Black. Red for the headTail: Elk Hock (or other hollow hair)Body: Peacock herl, 3 strands twistedHackle: Brown over Peacock. Grizzle (Br ... read more |
 | Todd's Wiggle Minnow
by Todd Boyer
Materials UsedHook: TMC 8089np Sz. 2 for trout, bass. For salt and heavier fish, Gamakatsu B10s 2/0Thread:Danville flat wax.Mono loop: 20 lb mason Tail: crystal mirror flashTail: polar fiberBody: Wapsi foam cylinder 3/8 diaeyes: plastic eyes "with stem"Markers: Cha ... read more |
 | Tying a Basic Spey Fly
Frank G. Swarner III
Materials You Will NeedHook: Daiichi Alec Jackson - size 1Thread: Uni 6/0 BlackBody: Wool Yarn - OrangeHackle: Whiting spey hackle – Heron GrayRib: Oval tinsel - large - SilverCounter Rib: Oval tinsel - small – SilverRib: Flat tinsel - large - Silver ... read more |
 | The Irresistible
by Breck Miller aka Deeky
I found this fly as I was looking for a very buoyant dry fly. The multitude of little panfish in our lakes would take the ordinary dry and drown it without ever even giving a chance at a hookup. In looking at the Irresistible, I knew r ... read more |
 | Tying the Letumgo Minnow
(tube fly)by Raymond Tucker
Tying Difficulty Rating - Medium
Materials (in the order of construction):
HMH Plastic Tubing (Small, 3/32” OD) or hollow Q-tip handle. Cut to 1½” long.
Junction tubing (roughly ½” long)
Thread – Danville’s 6/0 (White)
Keel - Lea ... read more |
 | Tying the Disco Leech
Tying The Disco Leechby Daryn Smith
Recently a FlyTyingForum member posted two flies, wanting to know if anyone knew what the pattern was made with. I have not checked the original post to see if an answer was ever found. I saw a material that is simply called Disco by Bernat. It is a f ... read more |
 | Epoxy Head Clouser
Tying the Epoxy-Head Clouser
By James A. Capes
The Epoxy- Head Clouser has become one of my go-to flies when fishing for northeastern saltwater gamefish such as Striped Bass, Weakfish and Bluefish. It can be tied in varied sizes and colors to match the needs of particular waters, se ... read more |
 | The D5 Wooly Bugger
by Matt Erny
Materials You Will NeedHook: Daiichi 2220 Size 6.Thread: Ultra Thread 140.Tail: One Marabou Blood Quill.Body: FTD (Fly Tiers Dungeon) Hair Web Black Dubbing.Hackle: One Saddle Hackle.Flash: H2O Flash and Hologram H2O Flash from FTD.
Step 1: Tie threa ... 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 |
 | Foam Stone
by Don StracenerOriginator: Paul Whillock
Step 1. Cut a strip of 2 mm. craft foam into 5 mm. wide pieces. Strip a pair of Saddle Hackles, leaving the stems.
Step 2. Cut a piece of the 5 mm. strip about 2 ½ - 3 inches long. Fold the foam over and trim the corners.
Step 3. Put ... 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 |
 | Turck Tarantula
Tying the by Eric Koons
The achieved fame when George Anderson made it his choice for taking first place in the 1990 Jackson Hole One-Fly. It is a highly versatile pattern as a general attractor or for approximating stoneflies and hoppers. It may be ... read more |
 | Working with Rabbit II: Double Bunny
by Will Mullis
In Part One of this series I demonstrated how to tie a Bunny Leech; a very easy, yet extremely effective, fly to tie. The Double Bunny maintains that theme.
The Double Bunny is a deadly fly for any species that eats smaller f ... read more |
 | Tying the Foxee Bastard
by Michael Schmidt
The Foxee Bastard is one of those patterns that was more or less stumbled upon. The name reflects the primary ingredient of the fly, Red Fox Tail, and the fact that it is a "bastardization" of a few other patterns, namely a tan Wooly Bugger, Sp ... read more |
 | Rabbit Strip Dahlberg Diver
How to Tie the Bunny Strip Dahlberg Diverby Alex Cerveniak
This fly is probably one of my favorites to fish and tie. You can fish it on the surface or use it with a sink tip, or full sinking line and fish it sub-surface. Tie it big, or tie it small. If you don’t have rabb ... 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 |
 | Working with Rabbit I: Bunny Leeches
by Will Mullis
Materials You Will NeedHook: Mustad 9674, Size 4.Weight: Gold Cone Head.Tail and Body: Rabbit Strip.Head: Platte River Special Colored Leech Dubbing.
The Bunny Leech is the first in a series of articles I'm writing about flies that inc ... read more |
 | Feather Duster Frog
by Jerry Sapp
Start by cutting a clump of fibers from a green duster.
Grip the fibers and thread in your finger tips and wrap the thread like you were starting a fly.
Put a 1/2 inch piece of rubber leg on top of the fibers and tie down.
Half hitch and glu ... 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 |
 | Crocheted Crawdad
Discuss this article at FlyTyingForum.com
by Duane Doty
This is a pattern that I worked on for a few years before it finally came out the way I like it.
It uses a technique called crocheting or weaving, and I will go through step-by-step how to do this.
... read more |
 | All Night Hex
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by Brent Drew
Materials You Will NeedHook: Mustad 9672 Size 6Tailing: Peccary HairAbdomen and Tailing: Deer HairThorax: Dubbing, Estaz, Diamond Braid, Peacock, Ostrich, etc.Wing: Deer Hair in a 28-gauge Brass wire dubbing loop
Adsens ... 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 |
 | Tying The B-52
Tying the B-52by Robert Farrand
Step 1: Using a 2xL light wire streamer hook size 10 or 8Start the thread on the hook and make a base wrap of thread (I’m using a yellow or primrose size 6/0 thread)
Step 2: Using a small clump of stacked yellow dyed deer body hair, as the extended bo ... 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 |
 | Ibis and White
Preface
Modern fly tiers love to employ the “latest and greatest” materials and techniques in their patterns. If a material orbits Earth in the Space Shuttle, chances are it becomes fodder for the tier’s bench. If some famous angler starts hackling dry flies with pig bristles, chances ... read more |
 | Tying the Tube Perch
by Nick Pujic
Tube: 1” Plastic tubeThread: Chartreuse UNI 6/0Body: Orange Krystal Flash strands wound around the tube or orange mylar tubing slid over the tube, tied off at both endsOver wing: Yellow and olive Polar Aire, barred with a markerUnder wing: Orange Polar Aire, ... read more |
 | The Canadian Catskills Coffin Fly
by Sheldon Seale
Having just returned from a trip to the Catskills to meet the famous Green Drake hatch, I thought it appropriate to write about the pattern that served our crew the best. It is a simple form of Coffin Fly (the spinner stage of the Green Drake).If yo ... read more |
 | Crayfish Spey Style
If you are anything like me tying 'buggers and Clousers can get a little monotonous to say the least. When tying flies becomes more of a chore than a pleasure I think it is extremely important to break the mold and experiment with new patterns. One way of doing this is to browse through patt ... 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 |
 | Mickey Finn
From what t I have read this traditional streamer was named after the infamous drugged drink ("" is a drink that is meant to render its drinker unconscious).Having stood the test of time this streamer, like most, is designed to imitate a baitfish, and once the beginner learns to ti ... read more |
