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)

Dee Fly

Dee Fly (my own design)

Recipe

Hook - #4 (modified to make it blind eye)

Thread - Uni-thread 8/0 (Black)

Tag - Oval Tinsel - Small (Silver)

Body - Danville Floss (Black)

Rib - Oval Tinsel - Small (Silver)

Body Hackle - Golden Pheasant Body Feathers

Throat - Schlappen Feathers (Hot Orange)

Wing - Turkey Tail

Sides - Jungle Cock Eye

Eye - Silk Gut

Grey Streamer

Grey Streamer (my own design)

Recipe

Hook - #6 Streamer

Thread - Uni-thread 8/0 (Black)

Tag - UTC Mylar Tinsel - Medium (Silver)

Body - Uni-Floss (Orange)

Rib - UTC Mylar Tinsel - Medium (Silver)

Throat - Buck Tail (White)

Wing - Peacock Herl and Grizzly Rooster Hackle

Sides - Jungle Cock Spade Feather

Fly Tyers Weekend

Fly Tyers Weekend is less than a week away. November 7 and 8.

CLICK HERE for details and the tying demonstration schedule.