Contributed and
Anonymous Flies
These flies were submitted by tiers without an introduction page or tiers not wanting to be mentioned.
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Letort Variant (Hopper)
Callibaetis Emerger - Not Indexed
Copper John - Not Indexed
Turk's Tarantula - Not Indexed
Montana Black (Nymph)
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Hook: Mustad
94840 #10.
Thread: Black 6/0.
Wing: Calf tail, upright and divided.
Tail: Moose Body Hair.
Body: White Antron.
Hackle: Grizzly.
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Letort Variant (Hopper)
Callibaetis Emerger - Not Indexed
Copper John - Not Indexed
Turk's Tarantula - Not Indexed
Montana Black (Nymph)
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Hook: Mustad
94840, # 10-18.
Thread: Black 8/0.
Wing: Calf tail, upright and divided.
Tail: Golden pheasant tippet.
Body: Peacock herl / lime waxed nylon thread / peacock herl.
Hackle: Two brown hackle feathers.
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Letort Variant (Hopper)
Callibaetis Emerger - Not Indexed
Copper John - Not Indexed
Turk's Tarantula - Not Indexed
Montana Black (Nymph)
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Hook: Mustad
9840 #12-18.
Thread: Fire orange 8/0.
Tail: Yellow and medium ginger hackle fibers.
Body: Yellow Antron.
Hackle: Yellow and medium ginger hackle, palmered.
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Letort Variant (Hopper)
Callibaetis Emerger - Not Indexed
Copper John - Not Indexed
Turk's Tarantula - Not Indexed
Montana Black (Nymph)
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Hook: Mustad
94840 #12-18.
Thread: Fire Orange 8/0.
Wings: Brown cut-wings.
Tail: Elk hair.
Body: Orange Antron, twisted.
Hackle: Medium ginger.
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Letort Variant (Hopper)
Callibaetis Emerger - Not Indexed
Copper John - Not Indexed
Turk's Tarantula - Not Indexed
Montana Black (Nymph)
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This hopper
pattern varies from the original created by Ed Shenk in the early '60's by
having a tapered head, yarn body, and red tail.
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Letort Variant (Hopper)
Callibaetis Emerger - Not Indexed
Copper John - Not Indexed
Turk's Tarantula - Not Indexed
Montana Black (Nymph)
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Hook:
Dry.
Tail:
Black hackle fibers.
Body:
Black dubbing.
Wings:
Gray duck quill.
Hackle:
Black.
This is one of the
most popular dry flies in the world.
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Letort Variant (Hopper)
Callibaetis Emerger - Not Indexed
Copper John - Not Indexed
Turk's Tarantula - Not Indexed
Montana Black (Nymph)
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This
fly doesn't imitate a specific insect species but when grayling and brook trout
favor red this may be the one to tie on.
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Letort Variant (Hopper)
Callibaetis Emerger - Not Indexed
Copper John - Not Indexed
Turk's Tarantula - Not Indexed
Montana Black (Nymph)
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Hook:
Mustad 9672.
Head: Gold bead.
Body: Chenille.
Hackle: Rooster hackle palmered.
Tail: Marabou with Kristal Flash or Flashabou.
The flash in the tail is a nice addition to the traditional pattern and it gives the illusion of movement.
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Letort Variant (Hopper)
Callibaetis Emerger - Not Indexed
Copper John - Not Indexed
Turk's Tarantula - Not Indexed
Montana Black (Nymph)
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Hook: Mustad 3906B.
Thread: Tan.
Tail: Woodduck flank.
Rib: Thread.
Body: Callibaetis Superfine dubbing.
Underwing: Woodduck flank.
Wing: Natural CDC (dark).
Overwing: Z-Lon or Poly Yarn.
Thorax: Callibaetis Superfine dubbing.
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Letort Variant (Hopper)
Callibaetis Emerger - Not Indexed
Copper John - Not Indexed
Turk's Tarantula - Not Indexed
Montana Black (Nymph)
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Hook: Mustad 3906 (or curved nymph hook).
Head: Brass bead (gold or copper).
Thread: Black 8/0.
Tail: Small brown (or black) goose biots.
Body: Copper wire (brassie size) wrapped in one layer.
Thorax: Peacock herl.
Wing Case: Pearl Krystal Flash.
Legs: Partridge.
Note: Although this fly varies from John Barr's original creation, it is a popular version none the less. John used dubbing instead of herl for the thorax but herl seems to be what most tiers prefer. Flash has also become a popular wing case instead of epoxy or black plastic. Many tiers use more than one layer or thicker wire for a thicker body but I prefer the thin body of John's original.
John Barr used the Copper John on a 3 fly rig he called the "Hopper, Copper, Dropper". He had a hopper out front with a Copper John behind, and a Barr Emerger positioned in the rear. You might try using it behind a Madam X, Turk's Tarantula, hopper or whatever large dry you might favor. The distance of the dropper tippet depends on the water you fish. Fast or deep water will require a longer tippet than slow or shallow. The large dry will double as a strike indicator.
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Letort Variant (Hopper)
Callibaetis Emerger - Not Indexed
Copper John - Not Indexed
Turk's Tarantula - Not Indexed
Montana Black (Nymph)
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Hook:
Short shank.
Body: Florescent green chenille.
Hackle: Brown hen.
Head: Gray dubbing.
This fly suggest the Rhyacophilidae caddis larva, which are free living or free swimming (not a cased caddis) larva. They are also called Green Rock Worm or Green Sedge and live mostly in the oxygenated riffles of cool mountain streams and rivers where they crawl around looking for food (predators). The fast water often breaks their hold on rocks causing them to float helplessly as trout feed on them. If you fish this by fly drifting riffles, with a strike indicator if desired, you will get the best results.
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Letort Variant (Hopper)
Callibaetis Emerger - Not Indexed
Copper John - Not Indexed
Turk's Tarantula - Not Indexed
Montana Black (Nymph)
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Hook: Wet or nymph.
Tail: Black hackle fibers.
Body: Black chenille.
Collar: Red Krystal Flash chopped and dubbed.
This fly was given to me by an angler who fishes it in a Pennsylvania stocked river. He was catching trout after trout while I watched in frustration with my traditional flies. I have tied several with similar bright synthetic hackle and success has been sporadic. One of these days, when nothing seems to work, I'll give them a try in Virginia's stocked waters.
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Letort Variant (Hopper)
Callibaetis Emerger - Not Indexed
Copper John - Not Indexed
Turk's Tarantula - Not Indexed
Montana Black (Nymph)
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The "Killer" name refers to a pattern in which duck or pheasant rump feathers are tied flat on both sides of the hook in a streamer fashion. There are several different "Killer" patterns. This one was provided by an anonymous tier from Australia.
This fly was popular in New Zealand's lakes back in the early to mid 80's. John Nichols (from New Zealand) reintroduced it to me by submitting one for his page. I've fished them successfully in lakes on this continent (USA).
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Letort Variant (Hopper)
Callibaetis Emerger - Not Indexed
Copper John - Not Indexed
Turk's Tarantula - Not Indexed
Montana Black (Nymph)
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This fly imitates stonefly species in the Perlodidae family, especially in the Isoperla genera, which are common in trout streams across the USA. Although they hatch out of the water, their return to lay eggs can
result in very large numbers over the surface. That is the time to fish this fly.
This is also a great attractor pattern.
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Letort Variant (Hopper)
Callibaetis Emerger - Not Indexed
Copper John - Not Indexed
Turk's Tarantula - Not Indexed
Montana Black (Nymph)
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be provided later.
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Letort Variant (Hopper)
Callibaetis Emerger - Not Indexed
Copper John - Not Indexed
Turk's Tarantula - Not Indexed
Montana Black (Nymph)
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This fly pattern originated in the 1950's by Geoff Sanderson in New Zealand. He used the hair from his Red Setter dog for the tail.
There are variations using different materials for the tail and hackle color but the body is most always orange or florescent orange. This fly has a tail of Rhode Island Red hackle (reddish-brown).
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Letort Variant (Hopper)
Callibaetis Emerger - Not Indexed
Copper John - Not Indexed
Turk's Tarantula - Not Indexed
Montana Black (Nymph)
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Sofa Pillow (Variants)
There are many
variations of the original Sofa Pillow that Pat Brown created in the early
'40's. More original Sofa Pillows have red duck quill tail, red floss body, squirrel
tail wing, and brown hackle.
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Letort Variant (Hopper)
Callibaetis Emerger - Not Indexed
Copper John - Not Indexed
Turk's Tarantula - Not Indexed
Montana Black (Nymph)
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Tun Fly 1
Some of the best attractor materials for fish are peacock herl and bright orange marabou and this fly has plenty of it. This fly was sent to me from an angler that said it was productive with west coast brookies. I haven't tried it in my brookie waters yet but hope to soon.
Hook: Mustad 9672 (any size).
Tail: Orange marabou.
Body: Peacock herl.
Head: White calf body hair stacked and trimmed.
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Letort Variant (Hopper)
Callibaetis Emerger - Not Indexed
Copper John - Not Indexed
Turk's Tarantula - Not Indexed
Montana Black (Nymph)
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Hook: Mustad 9672, size #4 to what ever.
Thread: Gray.
Tail: Golden Pheasant (or Lady Amherst) tippet.
Body: Natural hare's mask.
Wing: White calf tail over pearl Krystal Flash.
Legs: Round Rubber Leggs.
Collar: Natural deer body hair, packed and trimmed (leaving some extending over upper half of body and wing).
Head: Natural deer body hair packed and trimmed to shape tapered head.
Note: May be tied in different colors.
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Letort Variant (Hopper)
Callibaetis Emerger - Not Indexed
Copper John - Not Indexed
Turk's Tarantula - Not Indexed
Montana Black (Nymph)
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Hook: Dry Fly.
Wing: Mallard Flank.
Hackle: Grizzly (dry).
Anonymous tier. Information by Ed Gallop:
The Hornberg was created in the mid 40's by a Wisconsin game warden named Frank Hornberg. It has since become popular in all areas of the USA, especially the eastern states.
Some tiers use streamer hooks and longer more narrow feathers (see Fred Bridge's Hornberg) and I'm not sure which is more authentic. This tie is more like a Killer pattern (see John Nichols' Killers) except for the type feather and hackle.
It can be fished as dry or wet fly. In fact, I've tied a very similar fly with weight on the shank and hen hackle designed for fishing wet. Many anglers start such flies on the surface to represent a stonefly or caddis and keep fishing it as a minnow when it becomes waterlogged and sinks. To go deeper, just add weight to the tippet.
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Letort Variant (Hopper)
Callibaetis Emerger - Not Indexed
Copper John - Not Indexed
Turk's Tarantula - Not Indexed
Montana Black (Nymph)
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Hook:
Dry.
Body:
Black dubbing.
Shell and Wing: Black deer hair.
This a simple Crowe Beetle with a bad hair day. If you prefer the traditional short wing just clip the hair shorter.
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Letort Variant (Hopper)
Callibaetis Emerger - Not Indexed
Copper John - Not Indexed
Turk's Tarantula - Not Indexed
Montana Black (Nymph)
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This fly is also known as Montana Stone when tied with black dubbing rather than lace. The pattern was created to represent the "Giant Black Stonefly
(Pteronarcys)" nymph, that are found across the United States. It is most commonly fished in the big fast waters of the
western states.
Note: This one has nice green glass bead eyes.
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Letort Variant (Hopper)
Callibaetis Emerger - Not Indexed
Copper John - Not Indexed
Turk's Tarantula - Not Indexed
Montana Black (Nymph)
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A very popular South African angler and fly tier named Tony Biggs created the RAB fly, which stands for Red Assed Bastard.
The pheasant tail fiber (wings, horns, or whatever
they are) extend from behind the hackle on the original but this version extends from the
front.
This fly was sent to me by a professional African tier. I've tied one with shorter wings and fished it successfully in warm water lakes.
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Letort Variant (Hopper)
Callibaetis Emerger - Not Indexed
Copper John - Not Indexed
Turk's Tarantula - Not Indexed
Montana Black (Nymph)
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