If you're patient and cool, who knows what you'll find here (though you can be fairly certain it will relate to fly fishing, far-fetched fish tales, and/or fly tying patterns all for my own personal amusement and future reflection).
Wednesday, November 26, 2014
Snowshoe winged Light Cahill
Saturday, November 22, 2014
Mercer's Missing Link
Thread: olive 70 denier
Body: olive thread
Rib: pearl flashabou
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