>>>What Are You Tying Today? Part V

[nfrechet]

Dirty Olive

Hook - Mustad 3906 or equivalent, size 8-14
Thread - Brown
Tail - Pheasant tail fibers
Ribbing - Dyed orange round monofilament
Body - Brown olive fur dubbing
Wing case - Gray goose quill
Thorax - Brown olive fur dubbing
Legs - Dyed brown guinea hen fibers tied in at throat

Popular Fly Patterns - Terry Hellekson

Tying notes: I used an ancient technique of hand blending olive and brown fur for the dubbing. 😀

As for the dyed brown guinea hen feather fibers, if you don't have any brown hackle fibers will be okay. My goose quill was really dark but useable. I also use small orange swannundaze for the ribbing.



Cream Nymph

Hook - Mustad 9671 or equivalent, size 10-14
Thread - White
Tail - Barred lemon wood duck fibers
Body - White, off white chenille
Wing case - Barred lemon wood duck fibers
Legs - Cream hackle wrapped through the thorax
Thorax - White, off white chenille

Popular Fly Patterns - Terry Hellekson

I used cream color uni yarn in place of the chenille

Puget Bug

Hook - Mustad 7957BX or equivalent
Thread - Black
*Tail - Black goose quill fibers taken from the back of a flight quill and tied in a V
Body - 1 dark and light moose mane wrapped in alternating bands
Thorax - Peacock herl
Hackle - Gray partridge
Popular Fly Patterns - Terry Hellekson

* I used biots as depicted in the book's illustration

Apply a very light coat of crazy glue to the hook shank prior to wrapping the moose mane body or coat with uv resin for added durability

 

[dc410]

Size 12 Picket Pin variant

 

[Steeltrap]

Isonychia nymph #12
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I seem to always have a difficult time getting the legs lined up like that. I can only assume there is a top secret method of doing this??

 

[barrybarry]

WD40 size 20 ad PT soft-hackle size 18

 

[TimS]

 

[lprudente]

Red Quills- Parachutes and Cripples
Adams- Parachute with foam post

 

[nfrechet]

Gray Nymph

Hook - Mustad 3906 or equivalent, size 6-12
Thread - Gray
Tail - Grizzly hackle fibers
Body - Dubbed Muskrat fur with the guard hairs left in.
Body should be picked out to give a shaggy appearance
Hackle - Grizzly hen

Created in 1935 by Dee Vissing of Rigby, Idaho

Popular Fly Patterns - Terry Hellekson

 

[nfrechet]

Ida May

A Charles Brooks Pattern

Hook - Mustad 38941 or equivalent

Thread - Black

Tail - Dyed green grizzly hackle fibers

Ribbing - Peacock herl and gold wire

Body - Black synthetic fur dubbing

Hackle - Dyed green grizzly hackle

Popular Fly Patterns - Terry Hellekson

 

[PaTyer19021]

JuJu Baetisnymphs and #16 Sulphur Emerger

 

[nfrechet]

Chironomid

Hook - Mustad C068 or equivalent

Thread - Black

Ribbing - Dun hackle stem

Body - Tying thread

Wing case - Black floss

Thorax - Dark hare's ear dubbing

Coat the thread body with crazy glue prior to wrapping the hackle stem ribbing or coat the entire body with uv resin

Neil's Spanish Fly Box

 

[PaTyer19021]

BWO #18

 

[PaTyer19021]

I seem to always have a difficult time getting the legs lined up like that. I can only assume there is a top secret method of doing this??

Heat up leg material with hot bodkin and bend leg

 

[nfrechet]

Evil Weevil - Pheasant Tail Version

Hook - Mustad C068 or equivalent
Bead - Copper brass or tungsten
Weight - Lead/lead free wire
Thread - Olive
Tail - Pheasant tail fibers
Ribbing - Copper wire
Back - Scud back
Body - Pheasant tail fibers
Wing case - Scud back
Thorax - Sybai peacock dubbing
Legs - Brown goose biots

 

[nfrechet]

Muskrat Nymph

Hook - Mustad 9671, size 10-20
Thread - Brown
Tail - Brown hackle fibers
Ribbing - Silver wire
Body - dubbed muskrat fur. Leave guard hairs in fur. Tied full and tapered
Hackle - Brown

Popular Fly Patterns - Terry Hellekson

 

[Billems]

Dirty Olive

Hook - Mustad 3906 or equivalent, size 8-14
Thread - Brown
Tail - Pheasant tail fibers
Ribbing - Dyed orange round monofilament
Body - Brown olive fur dubbing
Wing case - Gray goose quill
Thorax - Brown olive fur dubbing
Legs - Dyed brown guinea hen fibers tied in at throat

Popular Fly Patterns - Terry Hellekson

Tying notes: I used an ancient technique of hand blending olive and brown fur for the dubbing. 😀

As for the dyed brown guinea hen feather fibers, if you don't have any brown hackle fibers will be okay. My goose quill was really dark but useable. I also use small orange swannundaze for the ribbing.



Cream Nymph

Hook - Mustad 9671 or equivalent, size 10-14
Thread - White
Tail - Barred lemon wood duck fibers
Body - White, off white chenille
Wing case - Barred lemon wood duck fibers
Legs - Cream hackle wrapped through the thorax
Thorax - White, off white chenille

Popular Fly Patterns - Terry Hellekson

I used cream color uni yarn in place of the chenille

Puget Bug

Hook - Mustad 7957BX or equivalent
Thread - Black
*Tail - Black goose quill fibers taken from the back of a flight quill and tied in a V
Body - 1 dark and light moose mane wrapped in alternating bands
Thorax - Peacock herl
Hackle - Gray partridge
Popular Fly Patterns - Terry Hellekson

* I used biots as depicted in the book's illustration

Apply a very light coat of crazy glue to the hook shank prior to wrapping the moose mane body or coat with uv resin for added durability

Nice ties.

 

[nfrechet]

thank you

 

[nfrechet]

Golden Retriever

Hook – Mustad 9671, 9672 or equivalent,
Bead - Gold brad or tungsten
Weight – Lead/lead free wire
Thread - Red
Tail – Tan/ginger marabou
Rib - Peach Estaz
Body - Tying thread

 

[TimS]

 

[PaTyer19021]

#18 Mayfly Nymphs

 

[nfrechet]

Green Gem

Atlantic Salmon

Daryl Burry Creation

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H or equivalent

Thread - Red

Tag - Flat silver tinsel and red floss

Rib - Oval silver tinsel

Body - Bright green seal type dubbing

Wing - Gray squirrel tail

Collar - Bright green hackle