Recipes
Here you will find a growing library of valuable patterns, both fishable and artistic. This first set of recipes corresponds to the segments of the Beginner Fly
Tying Class video segments.
Woolley Worm
Hook: Streamer, 2XL to 4 XL, size 4 to 10
Thread: Olive, 6/0
Hackle: Large, furnace, wet hackle feather
Body: Olive chenille
Woolley Bugger
Hook: Streamer, 2XL to 4 XL, size 4 to 10
Thread: Black, 6/0
Tail: Black maribou feather
Weight: Lead or similar wire
Hackle: Large, grizzly, wet hackle feather
Body: Black chenille
Peacock and Partridge
Hook: Wet, size 8 to 10
Thread: Black, 6/0
Body: Peacock herl
Hackle: Partridge feather
Soft Hackle Wet
Hook: Wet, size 8 to 10
Thread: Black, 6/0
Ribbing: Silver tinsel
Body: Floss, color of choice
Hackle: Partridge feather
Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear Nymph
Hook: Nymph 1XL to 2XL, size 8 to 16
Thread: Olive, 6/0
Tail: Pheasant tail fibers (or small bunch of dubbing with guard hairs)
Underbody: Lead or similar wire
Ribbing: Oval gold tinsel
Body/Thorax: Hare's ear dubbing
Wing Case: Slip of goose, turkey, or similar feather
Legs: Dubbing, picked out from abdomen
Bead Head Pheasant Tail Nymph
Hook: Nymph 1XL to 2XL, size 8 to 16
Thread: Black, 6/0
Head: Gold bead
Tail: Pheasant tail fibers
Ribbing: Copper wire
Body: Pheasant tail fibers
Thorax: Peacock herl
Wing Case: Pheasant tail fibers
Mickey Finn
Hook: Streamer 4XL to 6XL, size 4 to 12
Thread: Black, 6/0
Ribbing: Oval silver tinsel
Body: Silver tinsel
Wing: Yellow and red bucktail
Elk Hair Caddis
Hook: Dry, size 10 to 16
Thread: Olive, 6/0
Ribbing: Gold wire
Hackle: Ginger hackle
Body: Tan dubbing
Wing: Elk or deer hair, stacked
Adams
Hook: Dry, size 10 to 18
Thread: Black, 6/0
Wings: Grizzly hackle tips
Tail: Mixed brown and grizzly hackle barbs
Body: Muskrat (grey) dubbing
Hackle: Brown and grizzly, mixed
Rusty Spinner
Hook: Dry, size 10 to 18
Thread: Brown, 6/0
Wings: White poly yarn
Tail: Microfibbets
Body: Mahogany or cinammon dubbing
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