Spider

Wasp

Recipe

Hook - Partridge #8

Thread - Veevus GSP  18/0 (White)
Body - Thread and mono base (hand colored and Loon Outdoors coatings)

Head - Thread and mono base (hand colored and Loon Outdoors coatings)
Legs - Mono line base (hand colored and Loon Outdoors coatings)
Antennae - Mono line base (hand colored and Loon Outdoors coatings)
Wings - Swiss straw (hand cut)

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

Shrimp

Recipe

Hook - Size 2 Streamer

Thread - UNI-Thread 8/0 (Camel)

Head - McFly Foam (Yellow)

Eyes - Burned Mono and painted black

Antenna - Blue and Gold Macaw

Legs - EP Brush

Body - Rabbit Dubbing (Tan)

Shellback - Swiss Straw (Brown)

Ribbing - 6X Nylon Tippet

Tail - Swiss Straw (Brown)

VIDEO - How to Tie a Mayfly Crawler Nymph

Fire Ant

Recipe

Hook - Size 18

Thread - Uni-thread 8/0 (Light Cahill)

Legs - Brush Bristles (Yellow) - crimped by hand

Antennae - Nylon 6X Tippet

Body hand colored with Brown and Orange Sharpie

Entire fly coated with Loon Outdoors UV Resin (Thin)

Mayfly Nymph (Crawler and Clinger)

Recipe

Hook - Nymph Hook (Size 14)

Thread - Uni-thread 8/0 (Camel)

Tail - Three Ring Necked Pheasant Tail Fibers

Body - Wapsi Scudback (Brown)

Gills - Ostrich Herl (Natural)

Legs - Hand Knotted Ring Necked Pheasant Tail Fibers

Wing Case - Wapsi Thin Skin (Brown)

Head - Flymen Fishing Co. Evolution Tungsten Mayfly Clinger

Honey Bee

Honey Bee. Made entirely of thread, dubbing, hand made wings, and hand

made legs. No pre-fab materials were used. Bead head is a Flymen Fishing Co.

Evolution Caddis Nymph Head. This is not how the Nymph Head was intended to

be used, but was thinking #beyondtheroundbead2015. @FlymenFishingCo

A live Bumble Bee decided to join the photo:

Brown Spider

Brown Spider. #6 hook.  My own design.

Recipe

Hook - #12 Scud

Thread - Uni-Thread 6/0 (Brown)

Body - Deer hair (Natural) with Clear Cure Goo

Legs - 30 lb and 12 lb mono

All other parts hand colored.

Spitting Spider

Spitting Spider. #6 hook. 

Recipe

Hook - Umpqua #12 Scud

Thread - Uni-Thread 6/0 (Black)

Body - Deer hair (Natural) with Clear Cure Goo

Legs - 30 lb and 12 lb mono

All other parts hand colored.

Wolf Spider

Wolf Spider. #12 hook. 

Recipe

Hook - Umpqua #12 Scud

Thread - Uni-Thread 6/0 (Black)

Body - Deer hair (Natural) with Clear Cure Goo

Legs - 30 lb and 12 lb mono

All other parts hand colored.

Garden Spider

Garden Spider. #8 hook. Body and leg technique similar to

technique on Black Widow below with various changes

to imitate a Garden Spider.

Recipe

Hook - Umpqua #8 Streamer

Thread - Uni-Thread 6/0 (Black)

Body - Deer hair (Black) with Clear Cure Goo

Body Design - cut yellow paper to shape

Legs - 30 lb and 12 lb mono

All parts hand colored.

Black Widow

Black Widow Spider. #12 hook. Body and leg technique learned

by watching Dave Carson tie a brown spider at Fly Tyers Weekend

last week in Townsend, TN. He is the Fishing Manager at the

 Orvis Store in Sevierville, TN. 

The Black Widow pattern is my own variation.

Recipe

Hook - Umpqua #12 Scud

Thread - Uni-Thread 6/0 (Black)

Body - Deer hair (Black) with Clear Cure Goo

Hour Glass - cut red plastic to shape

Legs - 30 lb and 12 lb mono

All parts hand colored.

Cased Caddis Larvae (Realistic)

Cased Caddis Larvae. #14 hook. My own design.

No prefabricated materials were used. I attempted to

make the casing as "mossy" and realistic as possible.

Realistic Stonefly Nymph

Stonefly Nymph (Western). #8 hook. Experimenting with tying

a more realistic stonefly (vs. a fishing fly). None of the materials

 are prefabricated. Fly is made entirely of molted web, dubbing, 

thread, monofilament, UV resin, and hand coloring.

House Fly II

House Fly. #14 hook. My own design. Compare to my previous 

house fly design from a couple of months ago HERE.