Tip: Gold
Body: Dark olive mohair
Throat: Dark olive hackle
Wing: Woodcock or starling.

The Sooty Olive Fly from The Art of Angling by William Blacker. The one above is tied in hand on a vintage blind-eye hook, while the three below all are tied for fishing on Ahrex FW580 #10.

I found a deep green hackle deep in my hackle box that really matched the mohair in the body. A patch that I didn’t remember, but showed up just in time for this pattern that I believe in: the color, the movement and shape should give plenty of trout this summer! A variant should be a spider-version without the wing

Body: Cinnamon brown mohair
Legs: Red ,small
Wing: Starling, wing

The Ant Fly from The Art of Angling by William Blacker. The one above is tied in hand on a vintage blind-eye hook, while the three below all are tied for fishing on Ahrex FW580 #10.

The mohair here is not cinnamon, but the closest I had to be true to the pattern.

Tip: Gold
Tail: Drake, two fibres
Body: Mohair, amber
Hackle: Wren tail
Wing: Partridge, grey tail

The Wren Tail Fly from The Art of Angling by William Blacker. The one above is tied in hand on a vintage blind-eye hook, while the three below all are tied for fishing on Ahrex FW580 #10.

Substituted the wren tail since that is not an option to get my hands on. The wing is also not 100% to pattern, but close enough to the spirit of the pattern