Here are three quick guide flies from Kevin Feenstra. Kevin is a very well respected guide on the Muskegon River in Michigan. These flies will definitely catch fish, so try them out.
Sunny Day Flash Fly
Cranberry Spey
Pink Head Minnow
Category Archives: Streamers
Icelandic Black Ghost
Tim Flagler shows us how to tie an Icelandic Black Ghost after his trip to Iceland.
Materials list:
Hook: Lightning Strike SN3 size 6
Head: Large Black Nickel Tungsten Cone
Weight: 0.020 Lead Free Wire
Thread: UTC 140 black
Rib: UTC Medium Oval Silver Tinsel
Body: Black yarn
Under Tail: Yellow Cross-cut Rabbit Zonker
Over Tail and Body: Black barred White Rabbit Zonker
Flash: Pearl Flashabou
Collar: Yellow Rabbit Fur from zonker strip
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Filed under Steelhead, Streamers, Trout flies
Flies Around the Net – October 2022
Here are several flies that recently caught my eye. All of these tyers can be found on YouTube.
-Paul
andreistek66
britt.davenport
flyenvy
garrenwood
grizzlykingfly
hernan.tula
john.satkowski
otto_I
sanderzuidinga
silverfishflies
svenddiesel
utah_troutbum
_day_fly_
Filed under Hoppers, Poppers, Salmon, Streamers, Trout flies
Michael Jensen’s Monster Bugger
Brian Wise ties Michael Jensen’s Monster Bugger.
Materials list:
Rear Hook – Ahrex TP #1
Eyes – Lead Eyes
Tail – Marabou
Body – Cactus Chenille
Wing – Schlappen
Legs – Sili Legs
Front Hook – Ahrex TP 1/0
Tail – Marabou
Body – Cactus Chenille
Wing – Schlappen
Flash – Flashabou
Legs – Sili Legs
Collar – Schlappen
Head – Senyo’s Fusion Dub
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Softball Shrimp
From FishChaseFlies:
FishChaseFlies says, “The Softball Shrimp has been my go-to fly for the Texas Flats for several years. It has gone through several different iterations to get to the final version you see here.”
Materials list:
Hook: 60-Degree Jig Hook
Eyes: Lead Dumbbell Eyes
Craft Fur
Fox Tail Fur
Pheasant Feather
Rubber Legs
Sculpting Fibers or Fuzzy Fibers
Angelhair
Tying a Changer Bugger with Tom Rosenbauer
From Orvis:
“The Woolly Bugger can be improved by adding an articulated body that gives the fly added wiggle and motion. It will catch nearly any gamefish in fresh or salt water by varying the size and color. It’s especially deadly on trout and smallmouth bass. It’s a time-consuming fly to tie, but not very difficult.”
Materials list:
Hook: FMF Bonio Carp Hook size 8, or other wide, short shank hook
Shanks: two or three 9 or 10mm shanks, one 12 to 15 mm shank
Tail: Two pieces of tan grizzly marabou
Body: ¾” Tan Chocklett’s Finesse Body Chenille or Estaz or similar
Legs: Brown rubber legs of your choice
Hackle: Large grizzly hen feathers dyed brown
Eyes: Red Dumbbell Eyes, 4mm
Can also tie in olive, white, or grizzly
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Wood Special
Video by Mainely Flies and here are their comments:
“Today we are going to be tying one of my favorite flies for fly fishing for Brook trout in Ponds. It’s called the Woods special, a flashy pattern that mimics a smaller brook trout. While its best known for pond fishing this bright pattern also works well in streams. Especially in the fall! ”
“Also, for you bass fisherman out there this pattern slays in larger sizes!”
“Give it a try!”
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I made some notes in the material list. Just some suggestions and you can play around with this classic pattern a bit.
I would tie this in a size 6 or 4 if you wanted to use it for smallmouth bass. You could also go up to a 2 as long as your wing was long enough.
-Paul
Materials list:
Hook: 6x or 8x long streamer hook. Original is tied on a 4x long.
Thread: UTC 140 Black
Tail: Golden Pheasant
Rib: Silver Mylar Tinsel
Body: Fl. Orange Chenille. Medium for 6 and 8. Smaller sizes like 10, use Ultra Chenille.
Wing: Mallard is used here. You can also use Wood Duck.
Hackle: Grizzly Rooster used in this video. You could also use a Grizzly Hen feather. (That’s what I would suggest.)
Head: Coat with UV Resin.
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Filed under Classic, Smallmouth, Streamers, Trout flies
Tying The Yeti a Tasmanian Fly with Davie McPhail
Davie ties The Yeti.
Materials list:
Hook: Fulling Mill Competition Heavyweight Black Nickel size 8 Barbless
Thread: Uni-8/0 Black
Tail: Pink Glo-Brite Yarn No.2 Pink
Rib: Red Wire
Boby: Peacock Herl
Wing: Natural Brown Mink Zonker Strip or Rabbit
Eyes: Jungle Cock
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