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Winter's Hope - Variant

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H
Thread - Red
Body - Flat silver tinsel
Throat - Purple & blue hackle
Wing - Orange over yellow calf tail

Hairwing & Tube Flies for Salmon & Steelhead - Chris Mann

 

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Starting it off with a Double Bunny!

Well tied.

Size 12 Grouse and Orange

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Great looking translucent head

 

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Gold Monkey

Winged Wet Fly

Tag - Gold tinsel
Ribbing - Gold tinsel
Body - Pale yellow floss
Hackle - Guinea (black and white)
Wing - Slate (gray)

Trout - Ray Bergman

Forgotten Flies - Schmookler and Sils

Nice work with the Quill wings.

 

[dc410]

One for my upcoming AK trip tied on a size 4 Gamakatsu B10S hook. I never understood the whole leech sucking on an egg thing and a bright purple one at that! However, it is a very proven and highly productive Pacific salmon pattern.

 

[nfrechet]

Ice Blue

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H
Thread - Black
Tag - Oval silver tinsel & blue floss
Tail - Golden pheasant crest
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body -Flat silver tinsel
Hackle - Kingfisher blue
Wing - Gray squirrel dyed blue over polar bear

Hairwing & Tube Flies for Salmon & Steelhead - Chris Mann

 

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Ice Blue

Hook - Gamakatsu T10-6H
Thread - Black
Tag - Oval silver tinsel & blue floss
Tail - Golden pheasant crest
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body -Flat silver tinsel
Hackle - Kingfisher blue
Wing - Gray squirrel dyed blue over polar bear

Hairwing & Tube Flies for Salmon & Steelhead - Chris Mann

Nicely lacquered head.

 

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Babcock

Hooks - Wet fly
Thread - Black
Tail - Scarlet red hackle barbs
Ribbing - Flat gold tinsel
Body - Red floss
Hackle - Black tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - Yellow calf tail tied over the body
Topping - Three peacock sword feather barbs

Author's Note

The first version of the Babcock had no tail or topping. The wings were white duck quill sections with a narrow strip of black quill section along the top. This fly was named after brothers W. J. and Charles H. Babcock of Rochester, New York. W. J., an ardent fly fisherman, was one of the organizers of the National Sportsmen's Association in 1874, and Charles H. served as Fish Commissioner of New York state from 1885 to 1902.

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

 

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Pale Evening Dun

Hook - Wet fly
Thread - Light yellow
Tail - Light blue dun hackle barbs
Body - Dubbed with pale yellow rabbit fur
Hackle - Light blue dun tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wings - Natural light gray duck quill section tied on edge over the body

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

 

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CK Nymph

Hook - Curved style
Thread - Black
Body - Dubbed with black lamb's wool
Legs - Grizzly saddle hackle tied closely over the body palmer-style and then clipped

Originated by Chuck Kraft. The saddle hackle is clipped all around the body. As a rule of thumb, a size 10 hook would have legs extending out about the diameter of a pencil.

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

 

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Fire Fly

Louis Melanson

Hook - 4X long streamer, no. 2 – 6
Thread - Black
Tag - Oval gold tinsel
Rib - Oval gold tinsel
Body - Scarlet floss
Wing - Bright red feathers, two on each side, back-to-back
Collar - Bright red **** hackle

Fly Patterns of Canada - Paul C Marriner

 

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L’Enjoleuse - The Bewitcher

Alain Charette

Hook - Single or double salmon
Thread - Black
Tag - Fine oval gold tinsel, fluorescent green floss
Tail - Lemon green saddle hackle fibers
Butt - Black ostrich herl
Rib - Medium oval gold tinsel
Body - Silver tinsel
Throat - Lemon green saddle hackle fibers
Wing - 1 strand fluorescent green floss & red squirrel tail

I used Google Translate. Blame Google - not me. 😁

I mixed yellow and green hackle fibers for the tail and throat. The fish won't mind.

Fly Patterns of Canada - Paul C Marriner

 

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Blue Partridge North Country Spider

Jim Wynn

Hook - Wet fly

Thread - Blue silk

Body - Heron fibers or substitute

Thorax - Peacock herl

Hackle - Hungarian partridge

Head - Peacock herl

From a Robert Smith YouTube video. Note in the video Mr. Smith used blue silk thread to tie the fly but colored the thread black with a marker.

I don't tie using silk thread so I substituted with white thread and a blue marker

 

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Bradley's Special

Hook - Wet fly
Thread - Black
Tail - Brown hackle barbs
Body - Dubbed with muskrat fur
Hackle - Brown tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wings - Natural gray duck quill sections tied on edge over the body

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

 

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Watch out, crappie! I'm building this box for your destruction. The battery for the trolling motor is charged, and those of you who fall for this combination of metal and deer hair will feel the hot grease!

 

[nfrechet]

Teal and Blue

Hook - Wet fly
Thread - Black
Ribbing - Fine silver wire
Body - Blue floss
Hackle - Black tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - Barred teal barbs tied over the body

One of many flies named teal and blue

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

 

[salmo]

I'm back to tying Walt's worm patterns: 12, 14 and 16. Three of each with 3.3 mm, 2.8 mm and 2.2mm tungsten beads. Then on to some heavier dries for dry-dropper rigs.