I completely butchered new Charlie's bug
That happens when you try substitute materials like pheasant tail and deer hair, instead of marabou and caribou.
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Oooh, I like that a lot!
Looking buggy! Maybe frazzle the shuck a little on the flared head dry? Caddis can get pretty rumpled.
Red Spinner
Hook - Standard wet fly
Thread - Black
Tail - Mallard flank
Ribbing - Flat gold tinsel
Body - Red floss or dubbing
Hackle - Brown
Wing - Slate duck or goose quill segments
Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth
Stone
Hook - Standard wet fly
Thread - Black
Tail - Slate duck or goose quill segments
Ribbing - Yellow floss
Body - Rabbit fur dubbing
Hackle - Yellow
Wing - Slate duck or goose quill segments
Author's Note
Also made golden brown dubbing body, tip gold, brown turkey tail and wing, brown hackle.
Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth
Black Spider
Hook - Standard wet fly
Thread - Black
Ribbing - Flat silver tinsel
Body - Black floss
Hackle - Black
Wing - Black duck or goose quill segments
Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth
Overstimulator.
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Pink Nighty
Legend
Black Hackle
Hook - Standard wet fly
Thread - Black
Tip - Flat gold or silver tinsel
Body - Peacock herl
Hackle - Black
Author's Note
Also, with black floss body.
Amateur Tyers Fly Dictionary - J E Willmarth
Galway Green
Hook - Single salmon
Thread - White under floss, Black head
Tag - Oval gold tinsel
Tail - Black squirrel tail or hackle
Ribbing - Oval gold tinsel
Body - Yellow floss
Throat - Brown hackle over yellow bucktail
Wing - Green bucktail
The Complete Illustrated Directory of Salmon flies - Chris Mann