Hook: TMC 2457 #10
Thread: UNI 6/0 Orange
Body: UTC Vinyl Rib Clear, ostrich herl
Wing: White CDC, Hareline Hare’s Ear Plus Dark Olive
Not quite sure where this came from: I had some ostrich herl and the clear vinyl rib on my desk, and then this just happened. I like the vinyl rib where the orange thread shows through, the ostrich herl together with the rather long CDC feather should also make this a very lively body, who knows: it might even catch a fish!
Hook: TMC 5263 #12 streamer hook
Thread: UNI 6/0 Black
Tail: Deer Hair Red
Body: Fly-Rite Yellow, Whiting Hackle Brown and White
Wing: Deer Hair Red
This is one of those: let’s make a lot of noise flies that are good to have available, it should trigger a reaction on the surface from any hungry trout. One thing I could have done better is to have a more slender body: there is a lot of dubbing on there now. I could should also have a thread-rib wound counter-hackle to fasten the hackle better.
As you can see in the next two pictures: this will create a very good profile on the surface. The amount of deer hair and hackle will also make this stick to the surface for a very long time.
Hook: TMC 5263 #12
Thread: UNI 6/0 Black
Tail: Yellow Bucktail
Body: UNI 6/0 thread with UNI Mylar #16 rib
Wing: White Bucktail
Small bucktail streamers is a good bet to have for rivers and lakes, these small ones in #12 is a good baitfish pattern to have available. Last year I got my first Sik (Coregonus lavaretus) on one of these with orange tail, so this year I will keep a good supply readily available when I go back to the same lake to hunt the slightly bigger one.
Hook: Dai-Riki 305 #10
Thread: UNI 8/0 Black
Tail: Golden Pheasant,
Body: Red Floss, Black Floss wrapped around
Wing: Turkey Biot, Lt. Olive
Chin: Whiting Bronze, Brown
My first attempt on a classic wet-fly, took what material I had at hand and proceeded to get something together that wasn’t half bad. Been looking into traditional wet-fly fishing lately and my next project will be to tackle some of Bergman’s “Trout” patterns
Hook: TMC 100 #24
Thread: UNI 17/0
Tail: Hareline Mayfly Tail
Body: Hareline Turkey Biot Quills Lt. Olive
Wing: Guideline Sparkle Organza
Thorax: Taimen Beaver Dubbing, Dark Olive
Great little spinner pattern, first time I have used Organza for a fly, and the Turkey Biot got on nicely: I got my first biot this winter and have spent some time getting it on correctly, but now it seems to get on ok. The taimen beaver dubbing in the thorax should give the fly some buoyancy.
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