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