Foam Crane Fly

Caddis Life Cycle

Stages

Egg (Size 32)

Larva (Size 12)

Puppa (Size 12)

Adult (Size 12)

Adult Mayflies

Recipe

Hook - Partridge Size 14

Thread - UNI-Thread 8/0 (Camel)

Tail - Moose Mane (Natural)
Extended Body - Superfine Dry Fly Dubbing (Mahogany)

 and Thin Skin (Brown)

Wings - Swiss Straw (Brown)

Legs - Brush Bristles bent by hand (Brown Sharpie)
Antenna - Moose Mane (Natural)
Thorax - Superfine Dry Fly Dubbing (Mahogany)
Eyes - Burned Mono

Emerging Mayfly

Recipe

Hook - Partridge Size 8 (bent by hand)

Thread - UNI-Thread 8/0 (Camel)

Tail on Shuck - Ring Necked Pheasant (Natural)
Tail on Adult - Moose Mane (Natural)
Body on Shuck - Ring Necked Pheasant (Natural)

Extended Body on Adult - Superfine Dry Fly Dubbing (Mahogany)
 and Thin Skin (Brown)

Wings - Swiss Straw (Brown)

Legs - Brush Bristles bent by hand (Brown Sharpie)
Antenna - Moose Mane (Natural)
Thorax - Superfine Dry Fly Dubbing (Mahogany)
Eyes - Burned Mono

Woven Extended Body Mayfly

Recipe

Hook - Size 12 Dry Fly

Thread - UNI-Thread 8/0 (Lt. Cahill)

Tail - Moose Mane (Natural)

Extended Body - Cross Stitch Thread (Green and Yellow)

Wings - Gadwall Duck (Natural) - Wally Wing Style

Hackle - Rooster Hackle (Grizzly)

Foam Crane Fly

Recipe

Hook - Dry Fly (Size 12)

Thread - Uni-Thread 8/0 (Lt. Cahill)

Body - Foam (Tan)

Wings - Grizzly Hackle

Legs -  Pheasant Tail (Hand Knotted)

Byron's Knucklehead (and Baby)

This is a normal sized Byron's Knucklehead (Size 6) and

a Baby version that I tried with a Size 16 hook.

Recipe

Just a few ingredients are needed:

Size 6 Hook (but can be scaled to any size hook)

Foam (any color)

Rubber Legs

Crystal Flash

Eyes (made by Wapsi)

For detailed tying instructions, click HERE

Elk Hair Caddis

Basic Elk Hair Caddis on a #14 dry fly hook. Elk hair, 

Grizzly Hackle, and Wapsi Superfine Dry Fly Dubbing. 

Simple ingredients and simple fly, but it catches fish.

Jungle Beetle

Jungle Beetle

Recipe

Hook - #14 dry fly

Thread - Uni-thread 8/0 (Black)

Body - Deer Hair (Black)
Wing case - Jungle Cock Nail (Clear Cure Goo)

Thorax - Ice Dubbing (Black)
Legs - MTC Centipede Legs

Hi Viz Stimulator

Hi Viz Stimulator

Recipe

Hook - #12 dry fly

Thread - Uni-thread 8/0 (Lt. Cahill)

Tail - Elk Hair (Natural)
Body - 2mm Foam (Yellow)
Wing - Elk Hair (Natural)
Hackle - Furnace Hackle (Brown)
Indicator - 2 mm Foam (Yellow and Orange)

Macaw Mayfly

Macaw Mayfly. My own design.

Recipe

Hook - #16 Dry Fly

Thread - Uni-thread 8/0 (Camel)

Tail - Microfibbets
Body - Macaw 

Wing - Macaw

Hackle - Whiting Micro Saddle (Cream)

Mccaw Mayfly

Mccaw Mayfly

Recipe

Hook - #16 Dry Fly

Thread - Uni-Thread 8/0 (White)

Tail - Microfibbets (Dun)

Body - Natural Stripped Mccaw Quill - Clear Cure Goo

Hackle - Dry Fly Hackle (Lt. Blue Dunn)

Wings - Duck (Dyed White)

Red and Blue Stimulator

Red and Blue Stimulator. Basic stimulator dry fly

pattern tied with nontraditional colors.

Recipe

Hook - #10 Dry

Thread - Uni-Thread 8/0 (Camel)

Tail - Elk Hair

Body - African Goat (Red)

Hackle - Keough Rooster Saddle (Brown and Grizzly)

Wing - Elk Hair

Thorax - Antron Dubbing (Blue)

Red Quill Dry Fly

Red Quill Dry Fly

Recipe

Hook - #16 Dry Fly

Thread - Uni-Thread 8/0 (Camel)

Tail - Rooster Hackle (Brown)

Body - Porcupine Quill (Dyed Red) - Clear Cure Goo

Hackle - Dry Fly Hackle (Natural Brown)

Wings - Duck (Dyed White)

Elk Hair Caddis

Elk Hair Caddis. #14 hook.

Recipe

Hook - Umpqua #14 Dry Fly

Thread - Uni-Thread 8/0 (Camel)

Body - Wapsi Superfine Dry Fly (Olive)

Hackle - Whiting Micro-Saddle (Brown)

Wings - Elk Hair (Natural)

Hi Vis Parachute Adams

Hi Vis Parachute Adams. #14 hook.

Recipe

Hook - Umpqua #14 Dry

Thread - Uni-Thread 8/0 (Camel)

Tail - Grizzly Hackle Fibers

Body - Wapsi Superfine Dry Fly Dubbing (Adams Grey)

Post - Hi Float Vis (Hot Pink)

Hackle - Whiting Dry Fly (Grizzly)

Extended Body Mayfly (Wallywing Technique)

Extended Woven Body Mayfly with Wallywings. #14 hook. 
Same extended body method as used in previous blog post 
except both wings are formed with a single grizzly
hackle feather by using the Wallywing technique .

Recipe

Hook - Umpqua #14 Dry

Thread - Uni-Tread 8/0 (Black)

Underbody and Tail - Moose Mane

Body - Cross Stitch Floss (Yellow and Tan)

Thorax - Antron Dubbing (Yellow)

Legs - Whiting Hackle (Cream)

Wings - Whiting Hackle (Grizzly)

Extended Woven Body Mayfly

Extended Woven Body Mayfly. #14 hook. I tied this fly after 

watching Gary Jones tie one at Fly Tyers Weekend in Townsend, TN.

Recipe

Hook - Umpqua #14 Dry

Thread - Uni-Thread 8/0 (Camel)

Underbody and Tail - Moose Mane

Body - Cross Stitch Floss (Yellow and Tan)

Thorax - Antron Dubbing (Yellow)

Post - Para Post (Yellow)

Hackle - Whiting Hackle (Grizzly)

Micro Dry Flies

Micro Dry Flies on #26 hooks.

Parachute Adams Recipe

Hook - Umpqua #26 Dry

Thread - Ultra Thread 70 Denier (Olive)

Tail - Microfibbets (Medium Dun)

Body - Ultra Thread 70 Denier (Olive)

Post - Hi Float Vis (White)

Hackle - Whiting Dry Fly (Cree)

Blue Wing Olive Recipe

Hook - Umpqua #26 Dry

Thread - Ultra Thread 70 Denier (Olive)

Tail - Microfibbets (Medium Dun)

Body - Ultra Thread 70 Denier (Olive)

Wings - Whiting Dry Fly (Blue Dun)

Hackle - Whiting Dry Fly (Blue Dun)

Adams Recipe

Hook - Umpqua #26 Dry

Thread - Ultra Thread 70 Denier (Olive)

Tail - Microfibbets (Medium Dun)

Body - Ultra Thread 70 Denier (Olive)

Wings - Whiting Dry Fly (Cree)

Hackle - Whiting Dry Fly (Cree)

Griffith's Gnat

Griffith's Gnat. #14 hook.

Recipe

Hook - Umpqua #14 Dry

Thread - Uni-Thread 8/0 (Black)

Body - Peacock Herl

Hackle - Whiting Dry Fly (Grizzly)