Crawfish

Spider

Foam Crane Fly

Mayfly Nymph

Woven Tenkara Flies

Woven Stonefly Nymph

Rabbit Zonker Streamer

Woven Wire Nymph

Quill Body Jig Nymph

Squid

Crab

July 4 Flies

Freestyle flies for July 4

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)

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)

Stonefly Nymph

Recipe

Hook - Partridge #8 Nymph

Thread - Uni-thread 8/0 (Camel)
Body - Harline Dubbin Kiley's Nymph Skin (Natural)

Thorax Cover - Harline Dubbin Kiley's Nymph Skin (Natural)
Legs, Tail, and Antenna - Tradd's Realistic Legs

Head - Tungsten Bead (Gold)

Caddis Puppa

Recipe

Hook - Partridge #12 Grub Straight Eye

Thread - Uni-thread 8/0 (Camel)
Body - Harline Dubbin Kiley's Nymph Skin (Natural)
Wing Buds - Hen Hackle (Wally wing technique)

Thorax Cover - Harline Dubbin Kiley's Nymph Skin (Natural)
Dubbing - Fox Squirrel
Legs - Tradd's Realistic Legs

Head - Tungsten Bead (Gold)

Freestyle Spey Fly

Recipe

Hook - Partridge Size #6 Salmon

Thread - Uni-thread 8/0 (Fire Orange)
Tag - Uni Small Oval Tinsel (Silver)
Body - Angora Goat (Black)

Ribbing - Uni Large Mylar Tinsel (Gold) and
Uni Small Oval Tinsel (Silver)

Body Hackle - Blue Earred Pheasant
Throat - Guinea Fowl (Natural)
Wing - Peacock Neck Feather (Natural Blue)
Sides - Jungle Cock (dyed Orange)

Dying Shad Diver

Recipe

Hook - Flymen Fishing Co. #6 Popper

Thread - Uni-thread 8/0 (White)
Body - Streamer Hair (White, then airbrushed)
Flash - EP Flash

Head - Flymen Fishing Co. Double Barrel Popper (White, then airbrushed)

Eyes - Flymen Fishing Co. Dragon Eyes

Mini-Sculpins

Recipe

Hook - Size #4 Streamer

Thread - Uni-thread 8/0 (Lt. Cahill)
Body - Rabbit Zonker Strip

Fins - Hungarian Partridge (dyed Yellow)

Head - Flymen Fishing Co. Fish-Skull Sculpin Helmet (Brown)
Eyes - Flymen Fishing Co. Living Eyes

Quill Body Nymphs

Recipe

Hook - Partridge #14 Jig and #16 Sproat Nymph

Thread - Uni-thread 8/0 (Camel)
Tail - Coq de Leon (Natural)

Body - Stripped Peacock Eye
Body Coating - Loon Outdoors Hard Head 
Thorax - Mix of Gray Squirrel and Ice Dubbing (UV Pearl)

Head - Tungsten Bead (Gold)

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

Hot Spot Nymphs

Recipe

Hook - Partridge #12 Straight Eye Grub

Thread - Uni-thread 8/0 (Lt. Cahill)
Body - Hareline Ice Dubbing (any colors)

Ribbing - UTC Wire Size Small (Gold)
Thorax - Hareline Ice Dubbing (any colors)

Head - Tungsten Bead (Gold)

Copper John Jigs

Recipe

Hook - Partridge #14 Jig

Thread - Uni-thread 8/0 (Lt. Cahill)
Tail - Mico Rubber Legs

Body - UTC Wire Brassie (any two colors)
Thorax - Hareline Ice Dubbing (Peacock Black)
Wing Case - UTC Mirage Tinsel (Large)
Legs - Mico Rubber Legs

Head - Tungsten Bead (Gold)

Skinny Jigs

Recipe

Hook - Partridge #14 Jig

Thread - Uni-thread 8/0 (Lt. Cahill)
Tail - Coq de Leon (Natural)

Body - Uni-thread 6/0 (any two colors)
Body Coating - Loon Outdoors Head Cement
Thorax - CDC Dubbing (Natural)

Head - Tungsten Bead (Gold)

Czech Nymph

Recipe

Hook - Partridge #12 Czech Nymph

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

Body - Wapsi SLF Rabbit Dubbing (Tan)
Shellback - Scud Back (Brown)
Ribbing - 6X Nylon Tippet
Thorax - Wapsi SLF Rabbit Fur Dubbing (Dark Brown)

Head - Tungsten Bead (Gold)

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)

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Woven Polish Nymph

Recipe

Hook - Partridge #12 Czech Nymph

Thread - Uni-thread 8/0 (any color)

Body - Woven Cross Stitch Floss (any two colors)
Ribbing - Wapsi UTC Small Copper Wire (any color)
Thorax - CDC Dubbing

Head - Tungsten Bead (any color)

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)

Sowbugs

Recipe

Hook - Partridge #12 Czech Nymph

Thread - Uni-thread 8/0 (Camel)

Tail - Coq de Leon

Body - SLF Enhancer (White, Brown, and Black)

Shell Back - Scud Back (Clear)

Rib - Mono Thread (Clear)

Two Tone Blobs

Recipe

Hook - Partridge Size 12 Czech Nymph Barbless

Thread - UNI-Thread 8/0 (Fire Orange)

Body - Estaz Chenille (any color)
Head - Tungsten Bead (any color)

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

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July 4 Fly

Freestyle fly tied on a Size 6 hook.

Irish Wet Flies

Recipe

Hook - Size 8 Wet Fly

Thread - Veevus 16/0 (Brown)

Tail - Ring Necked Pheasant Tail (Natural)
Rib - Wapsi UTC Size - Brassie (Silver)
Hackle - Rooster (Various Colors)

Body - Angora Goat (Various Colors)
Throat - Hen Hackle (Various Colors)
Collar - Chuckar (Various Colors)

Articulated Stonefly Nymph

Recipe

Hook - Size 12 Nymph

Thread - UNI-thread 8/0 (Camel)

Rear Segment - Flymen Fishing Co. Wiggle-Tail Shank

Tail - Wapsi Sili-Legs (Brown)

Body - Hareline Dubbin Kileys Nymph Skinz (hand colored)

Legs - Knotted Turkey Biots (Brown)

Thorax - SLF Dubbing (Fall Brown)

Wing Case - Wapsi Thin Skin (Mottled Oak)

Antennae - Wapsi Sili-Legs (Brown)

Head - Flymen Fishing Co. Evolution Stonefly Tungsten 

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)

Mini Scott Wet Fly (Freestyle)

Wet flies using similar materials as a fully dressed Jock Scott

(my own design)

Recipe
Hook - Size 6
Thread - UNI-thread 8/0 (Light Cahill)
Tag - Extra Fine Oval Tinsel
Tail - Golden Pheasant Crest
Body - Japanese Silk Floss (Yellow and Black)
Rib - Fine Oval Tinsel (Silver)
Veiling - Dyed CDC (Yellow)
Throat - Hen Hackle (Grizzly)
Wing - Goose Shoulder (Blue, Red, and Yellow, Turkey Tail
and Kori Bustard - married together
Sides - Jungle Cock Nails
Head - Sharpie (Black) and Loon Hard Head Cement

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Caddis Larva

Recipe

Hook - Size 12

Thread - UNI-thread 8/0 (Black)

Tail - UNI-Floss (White / Red and Olive Prismacolor)
Body - UNI-Floss (White / Red and Olive Prismacolor)
Body Coated with Loon Outdoors UV Fly Finish (Thick and Flow)

Legs - Ring Necked Pheasant Tail Fibers
Thorax - UNI-thread 8/0 (Black) Coated with Loon UV

Fluorescent Pheasant Tail Nymph

Recipe

Hook - Size 12

Thread - Uni-thread 8/0 (Camel)

Tail - Pheasant Tail (Natural)
Body - Pheasant Tail (Natural)

Ribbing - Wapsi Small UTC Wire  (Copper)

Thorax - Hareline Ice Dubbing (Peacock Black)

Wing Case and Legs - Pheasant Tail (Natural)
Head - Allen Tungsten Bead (Any Fluorescent Color)

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)

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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)

Tube Fly

Recipe

Tube - HMH 3/32 Plastic Tube

Thread -Uni-thread 8/0 (Fiery Orange)

Tag - Uni French Oval Tinsel (Silver / Small)

Tail - Kid Goat (Hot Orange)

Body - Diamond Brite Dubbing (Red)

Rib - Uni French Oval Tinsel (Silver / Small)

Wing - Arctic Fox (Orange and Red) and Angel Hair (Red) 

and EP Sparkle (Opal)

Eyes - Split JC Eyes
Throat - Guinea Fowl (Natural)

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Buzzer

Recipe

Hook - Scud (Size 12)

Thread - UTC 70 Denier (Black)

Body - Flexi-Floss (Black) and Turkey Fiber (Grey)
Wing Buds - Flexi-Floss (Red)
Thorax Cover - UTC Mirage Tinsel (Large)

Gills - Antron Yarn (White)
Body and Thorax coated with Loon Hard Head Cement

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The Baron

The Baron. Classic Atlantic Salmon Fly.

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Flashy Pheasant Tail Nymph - Wiggle Tail

Recipe

Hook -  Size 12 Nymph Hook

Thread - Uni-thread 8/0 (Firey Orange)

Head - Flymen Fishing Co. Tungsten Nymph-Head (Caddis Green)

Shank - Flymen Fishing Co. Wiggle Tail

Tail - Ring Necked Pheasant Tail (Natural)

Body - Ring Necked Pheasant Tail (Natural)

Rib - UTC Mylar Tinsel (Small / Pearl) 

Thorax - Hareline Ice Dubbing (Peacock)

Wing Case - Ring Necked Pheasant Tail (Natural)

Hot Spot - Hareline Ice Dubbing (UV Red)

Legs - Ring Necked Pheasant Tail (Natural)

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Frenchie Nymph (Variant)

Recipe

Hook - Jig Hook (Size 12)

Thread - Uni-thread 8/0 (Firey Orange)

Tail - Coq de Leon (Natural)
Tag - Uni-thread 8/0 (Firey Orange)

Body - Ring Necked Pheasant Tail

Ribbing - Wapsi Small UTC Wire  (Copper)

Thorax - Fox Squirrel Dubbing (Natural)

Hot Spot - Hareline Ice Dubbing  (Fluorescent Pink)
Head - Allen Tungsten Slotted Bead (Gold)

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