Fly Tying
BLACK PENNELL
Supplies: Hook : 8 - 14 (eight or ten is best) Tail - Lady Amherst Pheasant Center Tail - orange (try to buy one that has a fair amount of black on the edges and this eliminates trimming) Body - Black Floss Ribs - Silver tinsel Hackle - Black (neck is best - thinner feathers) Thread - Black For the second fly we will use the same materials but will add on Tie on thread at eye end then go back and tie on tail. Tie on ribbing then floss. Wind up floss towards eye leaving room for wings and hackle and secure. Wind up ribbing and secure. Add in hackle and tie off. BLAE and BLACK Wings - Duck Quill (dark gray or brown) Same as above but add wings before hackle. |
Braided Stonefly Nymph
Embroidery thread- one light and one dark colour (i.e., red & black, orange & brown, yellow & green) Dubbing material - either multi-coloured heavy on the gray side or one light and one dark that you can mix together Pheasant tail feather Black rubber leg material. Black thread. See youtube woven nymph to get the technique. |
Chironomid
Hook: Caddis curved C49S Size 18 to 8 your choice. 10 or 12 is probably good to learn on.
Beads: 2/32 for 18; 5/64 for 16; 3/32 for 14; 7/64 for 12; 1/8 for 10 and 8.
Thread: Black and should be the 70 weight so it spins flat. And also some Rusty brown for the collar also 70 weight.
Body: out of thin Holo silver or ASB.
Wire: Red and small thin size.
Super Glue to seal the whole chrinonomid.
Add bead to hook and set in vice. Add thread and side by side take the thread down to the tail. Twist thread so it is flattened. Add ribbing then Holo. Build up body with thread evenly getting thicker to the eye. Wrap Holo then ribbing. Whip finish then change to Rusty brown thread. Build up collar then whip finish. Seal with glue.
Hook: Caddis curved C49S Size 18 to 8 your choice. 10 or 12 is probably good to learn on.
Beads: 2/32 for 18; 5/64 for 16; 3/32 for 14; 7/64 for 12; 1/8 for 10 and 8.
Thread: Black and should be the 70 weight so it spins flat. And also some Rusty brown for the collar also 70 weight.
Body: out of thin Holo silver or ASB.
Wire: Red and small thin size.
Super Glue to seal the whole chrinonomid.
Add bead to hook and set in vice. Add thread and side by side take the thread down to the tail. Twist thread so it is flattened. Add ribbing then Holo. Build up body with thread evenly getting thicker to the eye. Wrap Holo then ribbing. Whip finish then change to Rusty brown thread. Build up collar then whip finish. Seal with glue.
Gomphus
Hook: 10 Nympph Thread: To match hair Body: Spun deer hair Legs: Pheasant hair Add on thread and take to tail of hook. Add small amount of deer hair loosely so it will rotate once you tighten up. Squish it to the back and add another clump. Repeat until 3/4th's of the way up to eye. Add in legs. Continue with deer hair to eye. whip finish. Then trim to gomphus shape. |
Popsicle Jig
Hook: 1/2 oz jig hook
Thread: to match one colour
Body: Maribou different colours
Add thread to hook and go to tail. Add one colour for tail, another for body, and one more thinly before the eye. Make sure it poofs out. Whip finish.
Hook: 1/2 oz jig hook
Thread: to match one colour
Body: Maribou different colours
Add thread to hook and go to tail. Add one colour for tail, another for body, and one more thinly before the eye. Make sure it poofs out. Whip finish.