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Fly Pattern Recipe
HOOK:	TMC 811S #4-#8.< /font>
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

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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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Popular sizes

Fly Pattern Recipe

Name
Krystal Bugger

Difficulty 1

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.
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
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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 finish and cement.

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 Charlier
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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 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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