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Saltwater
Crazy Charlie Bonefish Clouser Gotcha Lefty's Deceiver Del's Merkin Whistler
Bonefish Slider Moe Bonefish Bearded Charlie Layup Tarpon Fly Purple Demon
Half and Half Barracuda Fly Turneffe Crab
Freshwater
Woolhead Sculpin Elk Hair Caddis Royal Wulff Prince Nymph Egg Sucking LeechWooly Bugger Smolt Imitation Glo Bug Alaskabou Bunny(Flesh) Flash Fly
Crazy Charlie
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| Fly Pattern Recipe |
| HOOK: |
TMC 811S #4-#8. |
| THREAD: |
White. pink or tan 3/0. |
| BODY: |
Clear body glass over pearl Krystal flash. |
| WING: |
Tan or white calftail with pearl Krystal flash. |
| EYES: |
Chrome bead chain. |
Wrap thread back from eye of hook and attach eyes with figure 8 wraps .Wrap thread to rear of hook and attach 3 strands of krystal flash and the clear
body glass.Wrap thread to frontWrap the krystal flash forward and figure eight it around the eyes. Tie off in front of eyes.Wrap body glass to front and around eyes (stretch at different tensions to achieve taper).Attach calftail and a couple strands of flash in front of the eyes.
Whip finish head.
Wool Head Sculpin
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Fly Pattern Recipe |
| Name |
Woolhead Sculpin |
| Difficulty |
3 |
| Popular sizes |
2,4,6 |
| Additional Colors |
Olive, Tan, Gray, Black |
| Hook Type |
Tiemco 300 |
| Thread |
Olive 3/0 |
| Body |
Olive Rabbit Zonker strips |
| Ribbing |
Copper wire (Optional) |
| Tail/Wing |
Olive Rabbit Zonker strips |
| Fins |
Olive hen Saddle hackle |
| Head |
Wool |
Elk Hair Caddis
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| Fly Pattern Recipe |
| Name |
Elk Wing Caddis |
| Difficulty |
3 |
| Popular sizes |
10,12,14,16,18 |
| Additional Colors |
Olive, Tan, Gray, Black |
| Hook Type |
Extra-fine or Bigeye dry fly |
| Thread |
Brown 6/0 or 8/0 |
| Body |
Dubbed fur to match color of pattern |
| Ribbing |
Copper wire |
| Wing |
Light elk hair tied on top of the hook allowing some fibers to extend along sides. The wing butts should extend forward to form head |
| Hackle |
Brown, gray, or black, palmered over body |
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Royal Wulff
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| Fly Pattern Recipe |
| Name |
Royal Wulff |
| Difficulty |
4 |
| Popular sizes |
10, 12, 14, 16, 18 |
| Hook Type |
Extra-fine dry |
| Thread |
Black 6/0 |
| Tail |
Brown bucktail (largest sizes) or natural elk or deer hair |
| Body |
In three sections: front and rear third of peacock herl, middle third of red floss or substitute |
| Wing |
White calf tail (white calf body hair for the smaller sizes)- upright and divided |
| Hackle |
Brown, hackled heavily |
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Bead Head Prince Nymph
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| Fly Pattern Recipe |
| Name |
The Fly Formerly Known As Prince |
| Difficulty |
2 |
| Popular sizes |
12, 14, 16, 18 |
| Hook Type |
Traditional 2X long nymph hook |
| Thread |
Red 8/0 |
| <
b>Tail |
Two brown goose biots, slayed using ball of red thread. |
| Body |
2-4 fibers of peacock herl. |
| Ribbing |
Flat gold tinsel |
| Wing |
Two pieces of holographic film cut in the shape of biots |
| Hackle |
Brown rooster |
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Egg Sucking Leech
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| Fly Pattern Recipe |
| Name |
Meg-A-Egg Suck. Leech |
| Difficulty |
2 |
| P
opular sizes |
02, 04, 06 |
| Additional Colors |
Black/Chartreuse, Purple/Pink |
| Hook Type |
Salmon wet fly hook |
| Thread
|
Black 6/0 |
| Tail |
Purple or black marabou with Pearl Krystal Flash |
| Body |
Purple or black chenille |
| Hackle |
Purple or black, palmered through body. |
| Head |
Pink or chartreuse Crystal Egg, slipped over point before tying fly and glued to shank. |
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Wooly (Krystal) Bugger
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| Fly
Pattern Recipe |
| Name |
Krystal Bugger |
| Difficulty |
1 |
| Popular sizes |
4, 6, 8, 10, 12 |
| Additional Colors |
Black, Olive |
| Hook Type |
4 X Long Streamer |
| Thread |
Black 6/0 |
| Tail |
Olive or black marabou with a few strands of Pearl Krystal Flash |
| Body |
Silver or pearl Ice Chenille or Sparkle Chenille |
| Hackle |
Black or olive, palmered through body |
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Smolt Imitation(Frank
e Shiner)
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| Fly Pattern Recipe |
| Name |
Franke Shiner |
| Difficulty |
3 |
| Popular sizes |
4, 6, 8, 10 |
| Hook Type |
4X long streamer |
| Thread |
Olive 6/0 |
| Body<
/b> |
Fluorescent white floss and pearlescent mylar |
| Wing |
6-8 strands of olive Krystal Flash, light olive arctic fox or deer hair, dark olive arctic fox or deer hair |
| Head |
Olive 6/0 thread with an eye painted on each side |
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Glo Bug
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| Fly Pattern Recipe |
| Name |
Glo-Bug |
| Difficulty |
2 |
| Popular sizes |
8, 10, 12, 14 |
| Additional Colors |
Chartreuse, pink, orange, white, blue, red, black. |
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| Hook Type |
Short-shank curved nymph |
| Thread |
To match yarn color. |
| Body |
Glo-Bug or egg yarn |
| Notes |
Tie about a hook-gape width of yarn firmly to the top of the hook in the center of the shank. Raise the yarn straight up and take several circular turns of thread around its base. Then trim the yarn quickly with a sharp pair of serrated scissors while pulling up on the yarn. (There is a glo bug yarn dispenser on the market which makes this quite easy with no waste) |
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Flesh (or Bunny)Fly
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| Fly Pattern Recipe |
| Name |
Flesh Fly - Bunny Fly |
| Difficulty |
1 |
| Popular size
s |
04, 06 |
| Additional Colors |
Pink, Tan (for trout)
Pink,Purple,fuscia (salmon) |
| Hook Type |
3X long nymph/streamer |
| Thread |
Tan 3/0 |
| Tail |
Guard hairs picked from a crosscut Rabbit strip. |
| Body |
Crosscut Rabbit wrapped from hookbend to eye. |
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Alaskabou/Popsicle
| RECIPE - Flash Fly |
| HOOK: Eagle Claw D-1197 Diamond Point, 1/0 |
| THREAD: Purple, Cerise, Red, or Orange |
| TAIL: Bunch of Flashabou in any of the above colors |
| BODY: Well tapered embossed silver Mylar or med. to large semi-embossed silver regular tinsel on red or orange version, cerise or purple mylar on those versions |
| HACKLE: Fully dressed, soft saddle or hen hackle in same color as wing |
| WING: Large bunch of Flashabou in same color as tail |
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Flash Fly
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| RECIPE - Flash Fly |
| HOOK: Eagle Claw D-1197 Diamond Point, 1/0 |
| THREAD: Purple, Ce
rise, Red,
or Orange |
| TAIL: Bunch of Flashabou in any of the above colors |
| BODY: Well tapered embossed silver Mylar or med. to large semi-embossed silver regular tinsel on red or orange version, cerise or purple mylar on those versions |
| HACKLE: Fully dressed, soft saddle or hen hackle in same color as wing |
| WING: Large bunch of Flashabou in same color as tail |
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Gotcha
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| Fly Pattern Recipe |
| THREAD: |
Uni-thread 3/0 pink. |
| TAIL: |
Strands of pearl Flashabou or Krystal Flash. |
| BODY: |
Pearl Diamond Braid. |
| WING: |
Pearl Krystal Flash over tan or blonde craft fur. |
| EYES: |
Silver bead chain. |
- Tie in for eyes. You can use beadchain for the eyes but lead eyes are the original for this pattern . Use figure eight wraps to tie in eyes.
- Tie in Krystal flash for the tail fibers. Use about 10 strands for the tail, cut short later.
- Tie in a 4-5 inch strand of the Pearl Diamond Braid for the body of this fly. . Wind the braid forward and figure eight over the beadchain , tie off in the head area.
- Tie in a small clump of tan craft fur for wing. Measure wing to be a little past the bend of the hook. Add 5-6 strands of pearl Krystal flash and tie in over the wing ( same length ).
- Whip
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Bonefish Clouser
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| Fly Pattern Recipe |
| Name |
Bonefish Clouser Foxy Red |
| Difficulty |
2 |
| Popular sizes |
4, 6 |
| Hook Type |
3X long stainless |
| Thread |
Tan 6/0 |
| Wing |
Underwing: Tan guar
d hairs from Red Fox tail.
Midwing: Gold and Rust Flashabou
Topping: Black tipped Red Fox tail guard hairs. |
| Head |
Eyes: Lead dumbbell eyes painted red with black pupils. |
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Bearded Charlie
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| Fly Pattern Recipe |
| Name |
Bearded Charley |
| Difficulty |
2 |
| Popular sizes |
04, 06, 08 |
| Additional Colors |
Tan, White, Pink |
| Hook Type |
Pre-sharpened stainless |
| Thread |
Tan 3/0 or 6/0 |
| Tail |
Tan rabbit guard hairs |
| Body |
Twisted Krystal Flash, metallic braid, or Mylar |
| Head |
Beard: Tan rabbit guard hairs tied short |
| Other Materials |
Eyes: Bead Chain or Lead Dumbell eyes |
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Moe Bonefish
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| Fly Pattern Recipe |
| Name |
MOE Bonefish |
| Difficulty |
4 |
| Popular sizes |
4, 6 |
| Additional Colors |
Amber, Pearl, Pink |
| Hook Type |
Pre-sharpened saltwater |
| Thread |
Brown 6/0 |
| Wing |
Sparkle yarn with two grizzly hackles dyed color of yarn. |
| Hackle |
Grizzly dyed color of yarn. |
| Head |
Bead chain eyes with head of epoxy or hot glue over the eyes. |
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Bonefish Slider
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| Fly Pattern Recipe |
| Name |
Borskis Bonefish Slider |
| Difficulty |
2 |
| Popular sizes |
4, 6, 8 |
| Hook Type |
Pre-sharpened stainless hook |
| Thread |
White 3/0 |
| Tail |
Tan Fly Fur, striped medium brown with permanent marker |
| Body |
Thread |
| Hackle |
Grizzly, clipped on top and sides |
| Head |
Tan deer hair, clipped to shape |
| Other Materials |
Sides: yellow Krystal Flash.
Collar: tan deer hair tips, clipped on top and sides. Eyes-yellow with black pupil |
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Barracuda Fly
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| Fly Pattern Recipe |
| Name |
Barracuda Fly |
| Difficulty |
2 |
| Popular sizes |
1/0, 2/0 |
| Additional Colors |
Blue/White, Chartreuse/White, Orange/White |
| Hook Type |
Pre-sharpened stainless |
| Thread |
A monocord or Kevlar |
| Tail |
Tie off Flexo tubing used for the body and pick out frayed ends of the tubing. |
| Body |
1/4-3/8" Pearl Flexo Tubing tied
in at the b
end. |
| Head |
Eyes: Stick on Prizmatic eyes, cover with epoxy. Continue thread tapering to the hook eye and epoxy. |
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Layup Tarpon Fly
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| Fly Pattern Recipe |
| Name |
Ruoff Lay-Up Tarpon Fly |
| Difficulty |
2 |
| Popular sizes |
1/0, 2/0 |
| Additional Colors |
Yellow, Chartreuse, Brown, Pink |
| Hook Type |
Pre-sharpened saltwater |
| Thread |
White 3/0 |
| Tail |
Chartreuse, yellow, pink, or tan cree saddle hackle. Tied splayed in a V. Center tail red Krystal Flash and synthetic fur the color of saddles. |
| Body |
Fuzzy Leech Yarn, color of tail. |
| Hackle |
Saddle hackle the color of tail, wrapped just in front of tail. |
| Head |
Body yarn wrapped in front of black plastic eyes. |
| Other Materials |
Weed guard: Wire Filament |
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Purple Demon
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| Fly Pattern Recipe |
| Name |
Malzone's Purple Demon |
| Difficulty |
2 |
| Popular sizes |
4/0, 3/0, 2/0, 1/0 |
| Hook Type |
Owner AKI Cutting Point |
| Thread |
Black A Monocord |
| Tail |
4 Badger Saddles Dyed Purple splayed over 8-10 strands of Black Flashabou. |
| Wing |
Gray Squirrel dyed Black |
| Head</
td> |
Black A monocord tapered |
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Half and Half
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| Fly Pattern Recipe |
| Name |
Half And Half |
| Difficulty |
3 |
| Popular sizes |
01, 1/0, 2/0 |
| Additional Colors |
Tan/White, Black, Olive/White, Chartreuse/White |
| Hook Type |
Pre-sharpened stainless |
| Thread |
White 3/0 |
| Tail |
4 Saddle hackles tied concave in at hook bend. Add Krystal Flash or Flashabou for accent. |
| Wing |
Lower Wing: White Bucktail tied on each side of the hook shank.
Upper Wing: Contrasting color Bucktail tied directly atop the lower wing on each side.
Topping: Mixture of Peacock Herl and Peacock Krystal flash for accent. |
| Head |
Painted Dumbell eyes covered with Epoxy. |
| Other Materials |
Gills: Red Krystal Flash tied short |
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Turneffe Crab
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| Fly Pattern Recipe |
| Thread |
3/0 Thread
(SI12LP |
| Body |
Deer Body Hair and unknown body material |
| Eyes: |
Deepwater sEye |
| Legs |
Round Rubber Legs |
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Del's Merkin
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|
Fly Pattern Rec
ipe |
| HOOK: |
Heavy #3/0 to #8. |
| THREAD: |
6/0 monocord. |
| TAIL: |
Four or six hackle points and a few strands of Krystal Flash. |
| BODY: |
Stiff acrylic rug yarn, such as Aunt Lydia’s Rug Yarn. |
| LEGS: |
Rubber leg material. |
| EYES: |
Dumbbell eyes. |
Place the hook in the vise, attach dumbbell eyes to the top of the hook shank. . With the hook in the upright position in the vise, attach a tail of four to six hackle points, with two or three hackles pointing out on each side. Add a few strands of Krystal Flash. Turn the hook over i
n your vise so that its point is up. Attach a short piece of acrylic rug yarn so that it is horizontal to the hook. Secure the yarn with several thread X-wraps. Tie on a short piece of white, rubber-leg material by crisscrossing the rubber with your thread. Build the body by adding more yarn and rubber-leg material, making sure you pack the materials as close as possible to the previous materials. You should end up with six or eight legs. Complete the body with yarn and secure the thread in front of the dumbbell eyes. Trim the yarn and the legs to the desired length. Use a red or black permanent marker to color
the tips of the legs. DO NOT USE CEMENT permit can smell it!!
Lefty's Deceiver
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| Fly Pattern Recipe |
| HOOK: |
TMC #2-4/0. |
| THREAD: |
fluorescent green single strand nylon floss. (or any heavy thread of your choice) |
| TAIL: |
White hackle and pearl Accent Flash. |
| UNDERBODY:
|
Tinsel or mylar |
| WING: |
Green bucktail, top; white bucktail, bottom Substitute any color for the top wing (blue is my favorite). |
| THROAT: |
Red Accent Flash. |
| EYES: |
Painted white with black pupils. |
| HEAD: |
Thread and 5-minute epoxy. |
- At bend of hook wrap forward with thread then mylar or tinsel to form a thin silver body.
Tie in the hackle feathers so they lay along side the body ( this creates the sides and tail
.Add the pearl flash on top of the hackles
Add the top wing above that
Add the bottom wing or belly underneath ( the belly is always white)Add the throat material
- Wrap the head and paint or glue eyes as shown and coat entire head with epoxy.
Whistler
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| Fly Pattern Recipe |
| HOOK: |
Tiemco 800S 3/0-#2. |
| THREAD: |
Red floss. |
| TAIL: |
Yellow bucktail and grizzly hackle. |
| BODY: |
Red chenille |
| COLLAR: |
Red marabou. |
| EYES: |
Silver bead chain. |
| HEAD: <
/td> |
Black thread tapered and coated with epoxy. |
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