Crawfish

Squid

Crab

Okefenokee Swamp Sally

Recipe

Hook - Partridge #2 Dry Fly

Thread - Uni-thread 8/0 (Red)
Body - Wapsi Chennile (Red and Yellow)

Head and Wings - Rooster Hackle (Yellow)

This is a traditional fly used in the Okefenokee Swamp in South Georgia
to catch Fliers, Warmouth, Bass, and sometimes Jackfish (Chain Pickeral) 
and Mudfish (Bowfin).

Caddis Life Cycle

Stages

Egg (Size 32)

Larva (Size 12)

Puppa (Size 12)

Adult (Size 12)

Frog Popper

Recipe

Hook - Flymen Fishing Co. #2 Popper Hook

Thread - Uni-thread 8/0 (Chartreuse)
Body - Rooster Hackle (Chartreuse)
Flash - Hareline Dubbin Mirage Crystal Flash

Head - Flymen Fishing Co. Double Barrel Popper (airbrushed by hand)
Legs - Wapsi Round Rubber Legs (hand striped)

Eyes - Flymen Fishing Co. Dragon Eyes

Inch Worm

Recipe

Hook - Partridge #8 Sedge/Caddis

Thread - Uni-thread 8/0 (Lt. Cahill)
Underbody - .020 Lead Free Wire

Body - Hareline Kiley's Nymph Skin (Sharpie colored)
Legs - Brush bristles
Ribbing - 6X Nylon Tippet
Coating - Loon Outdoors Soft Head (Clear)

Y2K Egg (Variant)

Recipe

Hook - Partridge #12 Heavy Grub

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

Body - McFly Foam (Chartreuse and Orange)

Head - Tungsten Bead (any color)

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

Deer Hair Popper

First attempt at a stacked deer hair fly.

Recipe

Hook - Size 2/0

Tail - Marabou (Olive and Yellow); Crystal Flash

Body - Wapsi Deer Belly Hair (Black, Green, and Yellow)

Legs - Rubber Legs (Yellow and hand stripped black)

Eyes - Flymen Fishing Co. Living Eyes (Earth color)

Makeshift Mouse

 At the FFF Southern Council Fly Fishing Fair, one of the 

visitors asked me to tie a Mouse Fly. I did not have all

of the best or required materials with me, but came up with

 this mouse from the materials that I had brought. These

pictures are from the show, and not from the very beginning

of the fly, but it will give a basic idea of how one is tied.

Spin the deer body hair. This is one not packed tight so it 

is a longer haired mouse. The tail was added first 

but not visible in the picture.

Add some foam or any other material you like for ears.

Trim the deer hair to the body shape you want.

Keep trimming.

The ears need to be shaped.

Cut the ears to whatever shape you like. Then tie

in some whiskers (these are elk hair).

Add some eyes and it's done.

Hipps Popper

Hipps Popper. Click HERE for a previous Hipps Popper 

that I tied and more information on how to tie one.

'Twas the Night Before Christmas ...

Christmas Tree Fly.

Recipe

Hook - #6 Streamer

Trunk - Marabou (Brown)

Tree - Deer Body Hair (Green)

Ornaments - Silver Tinsel; Pearl Tinsel;

Peacock Tinsel; Bead Chain

Star - Crystal Flash

Hipps Popper

Hipps Popper. I tied this based on the design developed by 

Anthony Hipps. The body of the fly is formed with strips of

basic 2mm closed cell craft foam and is not prefabricated like

many other poppers. Click HERE for a NC Wildlife Magazine

article that provides more detail on how this fly is tied.

The body is hand painted however you want it to be, and 

rubber legs, hackle, and feathers can be chosen to taste.

Indicator Fly

Indicator Fly. #12 hook. Use this with a dropper when 

the fish insist on hitting the indicator.

Recipe

Hook - Umpqua #12 Dry

Thread - Uni-Thread 6/0 (Chartreuse)

Body - Craft foam (Yellow and hand colored half Orange)

Foam Frog

Foam Frog. #2 hook. I tied this frog based on a pattern 

developed by Michael W. Schraeder. 

Edmonds Bream Bug

Bream Bug. #10 hook. Design is by Kent Edmonds

at www.flyfishga.com. Color combinations and sizes are

endless and can be customized for all types of fish.

Mouse

 Mouse. #2 hook. My own design. Experimenting with deer hair.

Ants

Ants. #14 hooks.