Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Snowshoe winged Light Cahill


Hook: #14 TMC 100 dry 
Thread: Orvis Primrose (pale yellow) 8/0
Tail: Cream Hackle fibers
Body: custom Light Cahill fur blend
Wing: snowshoe rabbit's foot, cream 
Hackle: cream

This is a pattern I picked up from Bob Wikoff, who incidentally also provided the dubbin and the snowshoe rabbit's foot.

Saturday, November 22, 2014

Mercer's Missing Link

Great caddis pattern for late fall
Hook: dry fly
Thread: olive 70 denier
Body: olive thread
Rib: pearl flashabou
Thorax: ball of Peacock Ice Dub
Legs: tan Z-lon
Wing: coastal deer hair
Hackle: natural dun, parachute

Salmon River Stone

Hook: 2x long nymph, weighted with 2 strips of lead-free wire
Thread: fl. orange
Tail: wire ends painted black
Body: black Angora
Head: orange or red Angora w/ fl. orange thread hotspot.

Olive Devaux

Hook: dry fly
Thread: white and olive 70 denier
Tail: light dun hackle fibers
Body: olive thread
Rib: white thread
Rear hackle: dark dun
Front hackle: light dun
Wing: light dun hackle tips

Gray Squirrel Silver

Hook: Streamer
Thread: black 70 denier
Body: silver tinsel
Rib: silver oval tinsel or Wapsi wire
Beard: red schlappen
Under-wing: gray squirrel tail (gray fox subbed)
Wing: Paired grizzly hackles

Red Squirrel Gold

Classic pattern from Ray Bergman

Hook: Streamer
Thread: black 70 denier
Body: gold tinsel
Rib: gold oval tinsel
Beard: red schlappen
Under-wing: red squirrel tail
Wing: Paired Badger hackles

Orange-butt Otto

Hook: streamer
Thread: Flourescent Orange 70 denier
Tag: orange thread or floss
Body: silver tinsel
Rib: silver Wapsi wire with fl. Pink seal dubbin
Beard: orange rabbit
Under-wing: blue rabbit
Wing: paired grizzly hackles