Archive for November, 2007

PTO »

Phesant Tail
Ostrech hurl
Bead head
curved nymph hook
Black or Brown thread
copper wire

Tie like a PT nymph
Just add ostrich for thorax
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American March Brown »

Hook: Mustad 3399, size 6
Tip: Gold Mylar tinsel, fine
Body: Brown silk floss
Rib: Gold Mylar tinsel, fine
Throat: Brown hen saddle
Wing: Mottled turkey

Per Don Bastian’s DVD, “Tying Classic Wet Flies.”
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Nalle Puh Variant »

Hook: Mustad 94840 sz 10
Thread: Fl Orange
Dubbing: equal parts Orange and Hot Yellow Steelhead Ice Dub and Natural Brown Rabbit
Hackle: brown
Collar: brown
Rib: fine gold wire
wing: brown bucktail dyed yellow

Tie in bucktail wing upright style, leaning forward;
tie in wire and 1 brown hackle;
dub forward to wing with equal mix of three dubbings;
palmer hackle forward;
counter-wind wire to wing and tie in;
tie in 2-3 more hackles and wrap to form collar;
whip finish and cement.

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Phesant Tail »

Tail: Dun Hackle Fibers
Body: Phesant Tail Fibers
Rib: Orange Thread
Hackle:Dun soft Cock

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Winter Brown »

Tying Silk: Orange Pearsalls
Body: Hares ear Fur (Dubbed very light so tying silk shows through
Hackle: Woodcock Wing Feather

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Greenwells Spider »

Body:Olive Pearsalls Silk
Rib: Gold Wire
Hackle: Greenwells Hen

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Partridge and Yellow »

Body: Yellow Pearsalls SIlk
Hackle: Grey Partridge

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Hares Ear Soft Hackle »

Male quail breast feathers, hares mask, small copper wire, 8/0 thread

Start your thread about half way down the hook and continue to the bend. Tie in your copper wire and then begin to dub the body forward ;about 2/3 the hook length: with Hares mask, making sure to taper the body slightly, then wrap the wire spiraled up the body to give the fly a nice segmented look. Tie off the wire and tie in the quail brest feather by the tip (I used male quail here because it is slightly barred black and white) spin the feather a couple wrapps of the hook and then tie off and make a neat head and whip finish.
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