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Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear (Beadhead)
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Hook:
Shrimp/scud #12 to #14.
Thread: Gold.
Bead Head: Metal bead to fit hook.
Collar: Hare's ear plus (has metallic looking
fibers).
Rear Bead: Red glass bead.
Body: Gold thread built to a taper and covered with clear
midge Larva Lace (pictured is olive colored).
Note: I created this fly in 1986 and it has proven to be very
productive, especially for brook trout. I think the red bead pulls the trigger.
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Hook:
Dry #22-#24, or any size.
Thread: Olive 6/0.
Tail: Black CDC.
Body: Dark olive dubbing.
Shuck Loop: Black CDC.
Wing: Indio Coq de Leon tip.
Hackle: Indio Coq de
Leon, tied Paco's Ugly
Style.
Note: See Paco's Ugly
Fly instructions to learn how to wrap hackle with a flare. The sparse and trimmed hackle fibers appear as feet
in the surface film. Leave off the hackle and you have my CDC Loop-Winged
Emerger. Give it a good soaking so it will float just beneath the surface
when you see tail or bulging sub-surface rises.
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Hook: Wet or nymph.
Tail: Red hackle fibers.
Body: Black chenille ribbed with grizzly hackle.
Head: Gold bead.
The wooly worm is an imitation of the fuzzy caterpillar known as a wooly worm but it is not commonly used to match a hatch. It can represent many different fish prey depending on how you present it.
There is something about this fly pattern that encourages fish to take it. This beadhead version is especially productive bouncing along the bottom of riffles and runs.
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Griffith's
Gnat
Tier: Ed Gallop
Hook:
Dry.
Body: Peacock herl.
Hackle: Palmered grizzly.
This popular dry fly, originated by George Griffith, is a favorite go to fly for a variety of situations. Fished on or in the surface film for small mayfly emerging activity has been quite successful for me.
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Hook:
Dry.
Post: Antron.
Tail: Black hackle fibers.
Body: Black dubbing.
Hackle: Black.
The Black Gnat is one of the most popular dry flies in the world. This is the parachute version.
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Hook:
Mustad 94840 or other dry hook.
Tail: Mixed brown and grizzly hackle fibers.
Body: Gray dubbing (this one is dark).
Wings: Grizzly hackle tips.
Hackle: Mixed brown and grizzly hackle.
Note: Although actually created in the early 1920's by Leonard Halladay of Michigan, the Adams was named after Charles Adams, an angler from Ohio, who gave the fly a reputation.
This is one of the most popular flies in the United States and a favorite imitation of several mayfly hatches. I doubt you will find many anglers without one in their fly box.
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Prince Nymph Beadhead
Tier: Ed Gallop
Doug Prince's
original Prince was tied with black ostrich herl body but I've never seen one that didn't have a peacock herl
body.
Hook: Nymph.
Tail: Red Goose Biots.
Body: Peacock Herl.
Hackle: Brown.
Wings: White Goose Biots.
Head: Gold bead.
Coating the thread with a flexible but hard cement, like Loon's "Hard Head", will make the fly last longer, especially if removed from the fish with forceps.
This is one of the most popular nymphs in the USA. Most trout anglers wouldn't be without the Prince Nymph in their box.
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Gold Ribbed Hare's Ear
(Beadhead)
Tier: Ed Gallop
Hook:
Wet or nymph.
Tail: Hare's mask guard hair.
Ribbing: Fine oval gold tinsel.
Body: Hare's ear dubbing.
Wingcase: Peacock herl.
Head: Gold bead.
Note: The GRHE's wing case is usually tied with turkey or pheasant tail fibers but this one is tied with peacock herl. I like peacock herl but fish love it. However, I don't think it improved the success of this popular fly but certainly hasn't hurt it.
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Hook:
Dry #14, or any size.
Thread: Gold.
Tail: Tumbler pigeon wing.
Body: Gold thread.
Wing: Tumbler pigeon wing.
Overwings: Tumbler pigeon wing, iridescent fibers.
Collar: Opossum fur.
Head: Gold thread.
Notes: You can use any pigeon feather but these are from
some Tumbler Pigeons given to me by a friend, Ron Shealer. They make
great pets and entertain with spectacular aerobatic displays.
Tumbler Pigeons fly in circles until reaching high altitudes then tumble over and over as they fall toward the ground. Sometimes, but rarely, they fail to pull out of their tumbling and plunge to a high impact death.
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Royal
Wulff
Tier: Ed Gallop
Here
is a variant that has probably turned out more popular than it's predecessor...
an old time favorite called the Royal Coachman. The difference is the deer hair tail, calf tail wing, and the hackle is wrapped more heavily. Those
characteristics are indicative of most all of the "Wulff" patterns.
Hook: Dry.
Tail: Natural deer hair.
Body: Red floss sandwiched with peacock herl.
Wing: Calf tail (or other hair).
Hackle: Brown.
Here is another version of the Royal Wulff.
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Hook:
Dry #12, or any size.
Thread: Dark olive 6/0.
Tail: Moose mane.
Body: Dark olive Antron.
Wings: Moose mane.
Hackle: Silver badger.
Notes: I made up this pattern using the "Waterwalker" style which was
developed to emphasize footprints on the surface. The badger gives it a wild
look, hence the name.
The Waterwalker style consist of two parachutes, one on each of the splayed wings, to angle the outside of the hackle below the body. Be sure to wrap the far side hackle counter-clockwise and the nearside hackle clockwise. This will allow the final turns to come between the post for a better tie down. It's very difficult to photograph so you will have to use your imagination.
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The Ugly Style method of tying includes trimming the points (tips) off neck feather fibers and then tying in by the hackle tip for a one winged fly. The hackle is wrapped in a precise method to flare the fibers. Then an inverted "V" is trimmed from the underside of the hackle, allowing the flared fibers to support the fly like tiny little mayfly feet in the surface film. It has proven to be a very effective fly, especially during a hatch. This method creates a realistic fly that you will have to keep an eye on or confuse it with the naturals. You don't believe me? Try it. Instructions are described in detail on Paco Soria's page.
Hook:
Dry #16 to #18.
Thread: 8/0 color to match body.
Tail: Pardo Coq de Leon fibers (light shade).
Body: Sulphur (tannish to yellowish cream) dubbing (tied a little bulky).
Hackle: Indio Coq de Leon neck hackle (light shade) tied Ugly Style.
Note 1: The body is a little bulky on purpose. I believe it provides a better silhouette. I mixed 1/3 cream, 1/3 pale yellow, and 1/3 rust colored Kreinik 100% Silk dubbing (Water Shed treated before tying) for the pictured fly. It matches the hatch found on Virginia's Smith River.
The Sulphur, also known as a Pale Evening Dun or Little Marryatt, represents several species in the Ephemeralla genus. It is one of the most popular mayflies of many eastern rivers, hatching in large numbers from late May through early July.
Although it can be an exciting time for dry fly action, sometimes fish may trigger on emergers because they float long periods of time in or near the surface as they hatch. At times like that you may want to consider nymph, emerger, or wet fly imitations. I made up a small Sulphur Soft Hackle just for this purpose and it has proved very productive.
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