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Size 20 Olive TurDuckHen

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Jeannie

Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tag - Oval silver tinsel
Tail - Golden pheasant crest
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Rear third, lemon yellow floss; fore two-thirds, black floss
Throat - Black hackle fibers, beard style
Wing - Red fox squirrel tail fibers
Cheek - Jungle **** eyes (or equivalent) (second eye showing)

The Book of Fly Patterns: Over 1,000 Patterns for the Construction of Artificial Flies - Eric Leiser
 
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Copper Smith

Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Bunch yellow calf-tail
Body - Flat copper tinsel
Ribbing - Fine gold wire or finest oval tinsel
Hackle - Bunch yellow calf-tail
Wing - Black calf-tail

Fishing Flies - Malcolm Greenhalgh & Jason Smalley
 
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Pete's Special

Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Red hackle fibers (gap width in length)
Body - Rear third, fluorescent green chenille; fore two-thirds, fluorescent red chenille
Hackle - Orange as a wet fly collar
Wing - White bucktail or calf tail (to end of tail)

Originated by Peter McVey

The Book of Fly Patterns: Over 1,000 Patterns for the Construction of Artificial Flies - Eric Leiser
 
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Pink Mambo

Victor Moore

Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Red hackle fibers
Body - Rear - pink yarn, front - black chenille
Wing - Pink bucktail
Hackle - Red

Fly Patterns of Canada - Paul C Marriner
 
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Great Dun

Hook - Wet fly
Tail - Brown mallard
Body - Brown cast fur or wool
Hackle - Blue gray
Wing - Slate

Trout - Ray Bergman
 
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Black Gnat Silver

Hook - Wet fly
Thread- Black
Body - Silver tinsel
Hackle - Black
Wing - Dark Slate

Trout Ray Bergman
 
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Black Gnat

Hook - Wet fly
Thread - Black
Body - Black chenille
Hackle - Black
Wing - Dark Slate

Trout - Ray Bergman
 
I can’t remember if I showed this fly here before or not, as I tied this a couple months ago and had it in my fly box.). However, I tied this fly on this afternoon for the first time, after trying several other flies unsuccessfully, and immediately began sticking some feesch. (Excuse me if it looks somewhat chewed up, because it was.)

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McGinty

Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Scarlet red hackle and speckled guinea fowl barbs, mixed
Body - Alternating bands of black and yellow chenille, starting at the rear with black first
Hackle - Brown tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - Gray squirrel tail tied over the body

Also known as the Steelhead McGinty. This is a variation of an old wet-fly pattern.

Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
 
My Euronymph sulfur. The body is that stretchy D-ribbing. Seems to be the same materal as the stretch tubing. Supplier didn't have the tibe stuff in this color so i gave it a shot and its what I was after. Its Dark Tan. I put either olive or yellow floss underneath because it should be shinier than threads and give it a depth of color. It didn't make a big difference. Im a sucker for legs (a-hem). I don't have the package the legs came in. They are finer than Grizzly Micro or the Span Flex ones. They stretch more than silicon but they're not spandex. I don't know what they are. I like how this came out. Much faster to tie than the 'anatomically correct fur nymphs I've been tying for over 25 years.
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Jean Bucktail

Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Orange hackle barbs
Body - Flat gold tinsel
Hackle - Yellow tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - Dyed gray bucktail tied over the body, with over wings of orange bucktail, then dyed gray bucktail. Each of the three wing portions should be equal
Cheeks - Jungle **** eyes or substitute

This pattern probably originated in British Columbia, in the mid-1940s

Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson

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Hoyt's Killer

Hook - Single salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Scarlet red hackle barbs
Ribbing - Embossed silver tinsel
Body - Black chenille
Hackle - Grizzly tied on as a collar and tied back
Wing - Coastal blacktail deer hair tied over the body

Clyde Hoyt originated this pattern in 1940 for summer-run steelhead.

Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
 
I can’t remember if I showed this fly here before or not, as I tied this a couple months ago and had it in my fly box.). However, I tied this fly on this afternoon for the first time, after trying several other flies unsuccessfully, and immediately began sticking some feesch. (Excuse me if it looks somewhat chewed up, because it was.)

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Are you willing to share the materials list for this fly? Looks like it would fit the bill for my caddis needs. Thanks.
 
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