Dr. Magill
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They swim good too
What's in your vise?
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Jack Devlin
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Looking for something to tie yesterday and ended up with some October Caddis (in December). Size #8.
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QuickreleaseEN
Steelhead
Predator Tubes.
This year I've become a massive proponent of the upturned hook eye for both *properly* hooking and landing fish. After my abysmal showing in both departments last year, practically all of my steelhead flies are being tied to accommodate this. Tying these with a tube allows me to upturn the eye and replace it easy while putting it right where I want it- 2/3 or so down the fly.
Also I'm probably going to strip set my fish this year.
This year I've become a massive proponent of the upturned hook eye for both *properly* hooking and landing fish. After my abysmal showing in both departments last year, practically all of my steelhead flies are being tied to accommodate this. Tying these with a tube allows me to upturn the eye and replace it easy while putting it right where I want it- 2/3 or so down the fly.
Also I'm probably going to strip set my fish this year.
EmergingFisher
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Snowshoe Parachute Adams 
Pink Nighty
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Dean River Special
Steelhead
Hook - Single Salmon
Thread - Black
Tail - Dyed purple gray squirrel tail.
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel.
Body - Dubbed with purple lamb's wool.
Hackle - Black tied on as a collar and tied back.
Wing - Black marabou tied over the body.
Topping - Purple Flashabou Accent
Every good river has its "specials." British Columbia's Dean River is no exception: in fact, it has several and this is just one of them.
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Drain's 20
Steelhead
Wes Drain of Seattle, Washington, originated this pattern. He named the fly after taking a fish over twenty pounds on the Skagit River, setting a Washington state record at that time.
Hook - Alec Jackson Spey (Daiichi 2051), Size5
Thread - Black
Tip/Tag - Silver tinsel and fluorescent yellow floss
Tail - Golden pheasant tippets under yellow hackle fibers
Ribbing - Silver oval tinsel
Body - Chinese Red Uni Wool (or Fl Red Floss)
Collar - Purple hen hackle
Underwing - Red-dyed Golden Pheasant Breast Feather*
Wing - Natural Grey Squirrel accented with sparse Holographic Silver Lite-Brite**
Cheeks(optional) - Jungle Cock
*I used red schlappen hackle fibers
**I omitted the lite brite, none on hand
Scott Howell Drain's 20
Recipe and Picture of Drain's 20www.angelfire.com
There are other recipes for this fly. This is the one I chose.
Jack Devlin
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Some Caddisissses.
Dingbat
Hook - Single Salmon
Thread: Black
Tip - Oval silver tinsel
Tail 0 Golden pheasant tippet barbs
Ribbing - Oval silver tinsel
Body - Fluorescent orange chenille
Hackle - Furnace tied on as a collar and tied back
Wing - Fox squirrel tail tied over the body
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Dr. Magill
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Looks like some Bucktail to me
It's fox for tail and yellow neck hackle.
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Silver Orange
Steelhead
Fred A Reed of Nevada City, California, originated this pattern
Hook - Single Salmon
Thread - Orange
Body - Embossed silver tinsel
Hackle - Orange hen hackle tied on as a collar and tied back
Wing - Yellow calf tail tied over the body
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Rippa's Revenge
Steelhead
Stew Wallace of Portland, Oregon, originated this pattern in 1979 and named it in honor of Bob Rippa.
Hook - Single Salmon
Thread - Red
Tail - Scarlet red hackle barbs
Ribbing: Flat silver tinsel
Body - Rear third, dubbed with fluorescent hot pink lamb's wool; the front two-thirds, dubbed with black lamb's wool
Hackle - Black tied on as a collar and tied back and down
Wing - White calf tail tied over the body
Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art - Terry Hellekson
Old Master
Soft Hackle
Hook 1 (= size 14)
Wings - Hackled with a feather from the inside of a Woodcock’s wing
Body - Ash-colored silk, wrapped over with Heron’s herl
* Certain species of Heron is an illegal tying material in the USA. A substitute is gray goose.
Federal Register :: General Provisions; Revised List of Migratory Birds
I'm not into tying with silk threads or tying for museums. I use thread I have on hand.
