Adams
Hook - standard dry fly sizes 10 - 20
Thread - black
Tail - grizzly and brown hackle fibers mixed
Body - dubbed muskrat belly
Wings - grizzly hackle tips
Hackle - grizzly and brown mixed
Comments - If one is lucky enough today to find muskrat belly, to use it the tyer needs to remove all guard hair and then shear it. Fortunately, there are many sources of Adam's body dubbing in ready to use form.
Hackle tips may not be easy to come by. Substitutes include grizzly hen hackle tips and cut wings (from grizzly body feathers, hen backs, large hen neck feathers and the like), the latter not being one of our favorites.
The Female Adams is tied the same except that a butt of yellow poly yarn is tied in before the grey body to represent the egg sac.
Ant - Black
Hook - standard dry fly sizes 14 - 20
Thread - black
Abdomen - black fur dubbing-formed into a hump
Hackle - black in middle of hook
Thorax - black rabbit fur-formed into a lump
Bivisible - Brown
Brown Bivisible
Hook - standard dry fly 10 - 14
Thread - black
Tail - brown hackle fibers
Body - brown hackle palmered-heavy
Hackle - cream
Bivisible - Dun
Hook - standard dry fly 10 - 14
Thread - black
Tail - dun hackle fibers
Body - dun hackle palmered-heavy
Hackle - cream
Black Gnat
Hook - standard dry fly sizes 12 - 20
Thread - black
Tail - black hackle fibers
Body - dyed black rabbit (or poly yarn)
Wings -grey duck quills
Hackle - natural or dyed black
Blue Dun
Hook - standard dry fly sizes 10 - 16
Thread - grey
Tail - dun hackle fibers
Body - muskrat belly fur
Wings - mallard wing
Hackle - blue dun
Comments - Any body dubbing used for the Adams is useful for the Blue Dun.
Blue Quill
Hook - standard dry fly sizes 12 - 18
Thread - black
Tail - dun hackle fibers
Body - stripped peacock quill
Wings - mallard wing
Hackle - blue dun
Blue Wing Olive
Blue QuillHook - standard dry fly sizes 12 - 20
Thread - olive
Tail - dark dun hackle fibers
Body - medium olive rabbit dubbing
Wings -grey duck quills
Hackle - dark dun hackle
Brown Drake
Blue QuillHook - standard dry fly sizes 6 - 16
Thread - brown
Tail - moose body hair
Rib - yellow floss
Body - olive rabbit fur
Wings - light elk hair
Hackle - dyed yellow tan hackle fibers (light ginger can be substituted)
Cricket - Letort
Hook - dry fly 2X sizes 12 - 16
Thread - black
Body - black rabbit fur
Wings - black goose quill
Overwing - black deer hair
Head - black deer hair spun and clipped
Legs - black pheasant barbules (optional)
Hendrickson
Hook - standard dry fly sizes 10 - 14
Thread - grey
Tail - light dun hackle fibers
Body - mixed muskrat and hare's ear
Wings - grey duck quills
Hackle - light dun and dark ginger mixed
Dark Cahill
Hook - standard dry fly sizes 102- 18
Thread - tan
Tail - dark ginger hackle fibers
Body - grey muskrat fur
Wings - lemon woodduck flank
Hackle - dark ginger
Dark Hendrickson
Hook - standard dry fly sizes 12- 18
Thread - grey
Tail - dark blue dun hackle fibers
Body - grey muskrat back fur
Wings - lemon woodduck flank
Hackle - dark dun
Eastern Green Drake
Hook - 2X dry fly sizes 8 - 12
Thread - cream
Tail - woodduck flank feathers-long
Body - very pale yellow rabbit dubbing tending towards a dark cream
Wings - mallard flank feather lightly barred
Hackle - cream badger
Elk Hair Caddis - Tan
Hook - standard dry fly sizes 12 - 18
Thread - tan
Body - hare's ear dubbing
Rib - fine gold wire
Wings - light elk hair
Hackle - brown palmered over body
Comments - Wire is tied in at hook bend hackle in front. Hackle is palmered back and secured with wire which is then ribbed forward. Most tyers today omit the rib and use a tan rabbit dubbing for the body. Other elk hair caddis patterns are similar except the body color and thread color are changed-e.g., olive, gray and brown elk hair caddis.
Fluttering Caddis - Gray
Hook - standard dry fly sizes 12 - 18
Thread - black
Body - muskrat back fur
Wings - gray hackle barbules or gray mink guard hairs
Hackle - medium dun
Comments - A number of fluttering caddis patterns can be tied by varying the above recipe-cream, tan, ginger, black, dark dun, etc.
Gray Quill
Hook - standard dry fly sizes 12 - 18
Thread - gray
Tail - med dun hackle fibers
Body - badger hackle stem stripped
Wings - lemon woodduck flank
Hackle - med dun
Comments - Grizzly hackle may be substituted for tail fibers and hackle.
Gray Fox
Hook - standard dry fly sizes 12 - 14
Thread - pale yellow
Tail - light ginger
Body - sandy red fox fur
Wings - mallard flanks
Hackle - light ginger and light grizzly mixed
Henryville Special
Hook - standard dry fly sizes 12 - 20
Thread - olive
Body - light olive fur or floss
Rib - grixxly hackle palmered over body-barbs slightly smaller than hook gap
Wings - woodduck flank under with mallard quill slips tied tent style
Hackle - dakr ginger
Head - brown thread wraps
Dave's Hopper
Hook - dry fly 2X sizes 4 - 12
Thread - gray
Tail - red deer hair and small loop of yellow yarn
Body - yellow wool yarn
hackle - brown palmered over body and clipped
Underwing - yellow calftail
Wing - mottled turkey lacquered
Legs - dyed yellow grizzly hackle stems clipped and knotted
Collar - matural light deer hair spun
Head - natural light deer hair spun and clipped
Humpy - Black
Hook - standard dry fly sizes 8 - 14
Thread - black
Tail - moose body hair
Shellback - deer hear
Body - black floss
Hackle - brown & grizzly
Isonychia (eye' sun i kee' ya) Bicolor
Hook - standard dry fly sizes 10 - 14
Thread - brown
Tail - dun hackle fibers
Body - chestnut brown dubbing with a hint of purple
Wings - mallard flanks
Hackle - light ginger and med. dun mixed
Light Cahill
Hook - standard dry fly sizes 10 - 20
Thread - pale yellow (or cream)
Tail - light ginger hackle fibers
Body - cream under fur of the red fox
Wings - lemon woodduck sides
Hackle - light ginger
Comments - Fortunately there are many sources of prepared light Cahill body dubbing as the supply of cream (red) fox fur is at an all time low. Mallard flanks dyed woodduck are suitable substitutes for the lemon woodduck wings.
March Brown (American)
Adams
Hook - standard dry fly sizes 10 - 14
Thread - tan
Tail - ginger hackle fibers
Body - sandy under fur from red fox
Wings - lemon woodduck
Hackle - grizzly and dark ginger (lt brown) mixed
Comments - There are many sandy fox subsitiutes on the market. Dark ginger (hackles) is the common color of genetic hackle termed brown - use as light a shade as possible. The darker barring and color of the natual woodduck better imitate the wings of this fly than do the dyed mallard substitutes that are commonly available.
Midge - Cream
Adams
Hook - dry fly sizes 18 - 28
Thread - white
Tail - cream hackle fibers
Body - cream rabbit dubbing
Hackle - cream hackle
Comments - black, ginger, gray and olive midges are tied the same except the colors are changed as appropriate.
Mosquito
Adams
Hook - standard dry fly sizes 12 - 20
Thread - black
Tail - grizzly hackle fibers
Body - light and dark moose mane wrapped in alternate color bands
Wings - grizzly hackle tips
Hackle - grizzly
Comments - This original mosquito pattern has stood the test of time.
Pale Evening Dun
Adams
Hook - standard dry fly sizes 14 - 20
Thread - cream
Tail - light dun hackle fibers
Body - pale yellow rabbit dubbing
Wings - light dun hackle tips
Hackle - medium dun
Pale Morning Dun
Adams
Hook - standard dry fly sizes 12 - 18
Thread - cream
Tail - pale dun
Body - cream rabbit dubbing
Wings - light dun hackle tips
Hackle - pale dun
Pink Lady
Adams
Hook - standard dry fly sizes 12 -16
Thread - cream
Tail - gold pheasant tippets
Rib - fine flat tinsel gold
Body - pink floss
Wings - grey duck quills
Hackle - golden badger
Quill Gordon
Adams
Hook - standard dry fly 12 - 16
Thread - black
Tail - dark dun hackle fibers
Body - stripped peacock quill (lacquered)
Rib - fine gold wire
Wings - woodduck
Hackle - dark blue dun
Comments - If the wire is wrapped in the direction opposite which the quill is wrapped, it will provide for a stronger tied fly.
Red Quill
Adams
Hook - standard dry fly sizes 12 - 16
Thread - grey
Tail - bronze dun hackle fibers
Body - coachman brown hackle stem stripped
Wings - lemon woodduck
Hackle - medium bronze dun
Comments - Bronze dun is nearly impossible to find. Look for a medium dun cape with as much brown tone as possible.
Renegade
Adams
Hook - standard dry fly 6 - 18
Thread - black
Tip - fine flat gold tinsel
Body - peacock herl
Rear Hackle - brown
Front Hackle - white
Royal Coachman
Adams
Hook - standard dry fly 10 - 16
Thread - black
Tail - gold pheasant tippets
Body - peacock herl and red floss
Wings - white duck quill
Hackle - chocolate brown
Comments - Good quality chocolate brown hackle is available only in imported hackle capes and generally is of poorer quality. Be sure to specify when purchasing hackle for this fly - as dark brown as possible and do not be too disappointed if you get a lighter shade. Commercial Royal Coachman flies are generally tied today with run of the mill brown hackle. The body has in sequence from tail a peacock herl band, a red floss band and another peacock herl band up next to the wings. Often, the wings have for substitutes - white woodduck breast feathers (fan-wing royal coachman) or white calf tail or white calf body hair (hair-wing royal coachman).
Rusty Spinner
Adams
Hook - 3X fine dry fly sizes 12 - 24
Thread - wtan
Tail - medium dun hackle fibers
Body - rusty brown rabbit dubbing
Wings - light gray poly yarn tied spent
Comment - for a really bright easy to see and attractive spinner, replace the poly yarn wings with pearl krystal flash.
Stimulator - orange
Adams
Hook - dry fly 2X sizes 6 - 8
Thread - fl. fire-orange
Tail - elk hair dyed black
Rib - fine gold wire and dark dun hackle
Body - orange dubbing (the shinier the better) or orange antron yarn
Wings - elk hair
Head - fire-orange dubbing (shiny - antron or similar material)
Hackle - grizzly wrapped over head
Stimulator - Olive
Adams
Hook - dry fly 2X sizes 6 - 16
Thread - fl. fire-orange
Tail - elk hair
Rib - brown hackle palmered and counter wound with fine gold wire
Body - olive dubbing (shiny - antron or similar material)
Wings - grey elk hair
Head - amber dubbing (shiny - antron or similar material)
Hackle - grizzly wrapped over head
Sulfur Dun
Adams
Hook - standard dry fly sizes 16 - 18
Thread - cream
Tail - light dun hackle fibers
Body - light yellow dubbing (sandy, tan)
Wings - cream hen hackle tips (optional - not shown)
Hackle - light dun
Western Green Drake
Adams
Hook - standard dry fly sizes 10 - 12
Thread - olive
Tail - moose body hair
Body - olive rabbit dubbing
Rib - light olive floss
Wings - moose body hair
Hackle - grizzly dyed olive
White Miller
Adams
Hook - standard dry fly sizes 10 - 26
Thread - white
Tail - white hackle fibers
Body - white dubbing or floss
Rib - fine silver wire or tinsel
Wings - white duck quills
Hackle - white hackle.
Wulff - Ausable
Adams
Hook - standard dry fly sizes 8 - 14
Thread - fire-orange
Tail - moose body hair
Body - bleached australian opossum (cream/rusty/tan dubbing)
Wings - white calf tail (or white calf body hair)
Hackle - brown and grizzly mixed (or cree)
Wulff - Blonde
Adams
Hook - standard dry fly sizes 4 - 14
Thread - black
Tail - light tan elk
Body - light tan rabbit fur
Wings - light tan elk
Hackle - light ginger
Wulff - Grey
Adams
Hook - standard dry fly sizes 8 - 14
Thread - black
Tail - natural brown bucktail
Body - muskrat (dark - back fur)
Wings - natural brown bucktail
Hackle - medium dun
Wulff - Royal
Adams
Hook - standard dry fly sizes 8 - 18
Thread - black
Tail - natural brown bucktail
Butt - peacock herl
Body - Red Floss
Shoulder - peacock herl
Wings - white calf tail (or white calf body hair)
Hackle - dark brown hackle
Wulff - White
Adams
Hook - standard dry fly sizes 6 - 16
Thread - white
Tail - white calf tail or body hair
Body - White rabbit dubbing
Wings - white calf tail (or white calf body hair)
Hackle - cream badger
