Black-nosed Dacde
according to The Art of Fly Tying by John Van Vliet
Hook: #4 - 12 streamer
Thread: Black
Tail: Red yarn
Rib: Oval silver tinsel
Body: Flat silver tinsel
Wing: Brown over Black over White bucktail
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The Good Shepherd Lays Down His Life - John 10:11-18 - April 21, 2024
Immanuel Lutheran Church (AFLC), Springfield, MO
The Good Shepherd Lays Down His Life - John 10:11-18
4th Sunday of Easter - April 21, 2024
http://www.immanuelfreelutheran.org/
https://www.aflc.org/
Scripture quotations are from The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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Abbey (Mr. Charles Abbey as illustrated by Charles Orvis)
following the illustration in Favorite Flies and Their Histories by Mary Orvis Marbury
Hook: #4-14 wet
Thread: Brown
Tail: Three Golden Pheasant tippets
Tag: Gold
Rib: Gold wire
Body: Red floss
Hackle: Brown hen
Wing: Mallard side flank
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Dry Wooly Spider (Ed Story)
from Missouri Trout Flys - How to Tye and Fish Them by Ed Story
Hook: #12 - 24 dry
Thread: yellow
Body hackle: cream sized to hook and reverse palmered
Body: floss or dry fly dubbing to match pattern
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Rhyacophila Caddis Larva
from Randall Kaufmann’s The Fly Tyers Nymph Manual
Hook: #12 - 20 nymph
Weight: wire
Rib: green fine wire, thread, or floss
Body: cream green dubbing
Thorax: blended cream cream and black dubbing
Thus It Is Written - Luke 24:36-49 - April 14, 2024
Immanuel Lutheran Church (AFLC), Springfield, MO
Thus It Is Written - Luke 24:36-49
3rd Sunday of Easter - April 14, 2024
http://www.immanuelfreelutheran.org/
https://www.aflc.org/
Scripture quotations are from The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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Alder (as illustrated by Charles Orvis)
Alder (as illustrated by Charles Orvis in Favorite Flies and Their Histories - 1892 - by Mary Orvis Marbury
Hook: #10-16 nymph
Thread: claret
Tag: gold tinsel
Body: Peacock herl
Hackle: soft brown hen
Wing: turkey or pheasant
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Palmering: my question answered
in which I discuss and demonstrate the difference between a regular palmer and a reverse palmer
with thanks to Ed and Bob Story of Feather Craft
Mity-Mite (Lacey Gee)
This is a Lacey Gee / Wapsi fly from the 1930’s
Hook: flat head 1/64th jig, #8 - 12
Thread: hot / fluorescent orange or red
Tail: marabou
Body: tinsel chenille (silver in the original)
Hot spot: thread wrap behind jig head
The jig maker: https://www.youtube.com/@dennisstead3574
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That You May Believe - John 20:19-31 - April 7, 2024
Immanuel Lutheran Church (AFLC), Springfield, MO
That You May Believe - John 20:19-31
2nd Sunday of Easter - April 7, 2024
http://www.immanuelfreelutheran.org/
https://www.aflc.org/
Scripture quotations are from The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Thumbnail: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rembrandt_-_The_Incredulity_of_St_Thomas_-_WGA19095.jpg
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Spider Hackle (W. C. Prime pattern)
From Favorite Flies and Their Histories (1892) by Mary Orvis Marbury as illustrated by Charles Orvis
Hook: #14
Thread: Black
Tag: silver tinsel
Body: black wool or other yarn
Front Hackle: Black hen
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Damselfly Nymph (Fling & Puterbaugh 30/30)
from The Basic Manual of Fly-Tying by Fling & Puterbaugh (30/30)
Hook: nymph, #10 - 12
Thread: olive, tan, brown, black
Tail: white marabou
Weight: weighted wire under thorax only
Rib: fine copper wire
Body: light olive or tan dubbing (here antron yarn)
Wingcase: raffia / Swiss Straw
Eyes: bead chain
Thorax: dubbing (here dark olive)
Legs: 8-10 soft hackle fibers
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Cypert Minnow
a prime White Bass fly
Hook: #4 - 10 streamer (2x - 3x long)
Thread: to match or contrast chenille
Eyes: bead chain or dumb-bell
Inner body: chenille, any color
Outer bod: milar tubing
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When the Sabbath Was Past - Mark 16:1-8 - Easter - March 31, 2024
Immanuel Lutheran Church (AFLC), Springfield, MO
When the Sabbath Was Past - Mark 16:1-8
Easter - March 31, 2024
http://www.immanuelfreelutheran.org/
https://www.aflc.org/
Scripture quotations are from The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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Epting Hackle (from Favorite Flies by Mary Orvis Marbury)
Epting Hackle (from Favorite Flies and Their Histories by Mary Orvis Marbury as illustrated by Charles Orvis)
Hook: #14
Thread: red
Rib: black silk thread
Body: red - wool, dubbing, yarn
Thorax: yellow - wool, floss, yarn
Hackle: brown soft hackle with black center (furnace)
Head: red thread
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F-C Crackleback (Ed Story)
from Missouri Trout Flys How to Tye and Fish Them
Hook: #12-18 dry
Thread: black
Hackle: furnace sized to hook and palmered sparsely
Back: two Peacock herl
Body: light olive dubbing
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Peacock Herl Wooly Bugger (Fling & Puterbaugh 29/30)
a Russel Blessing fly using instruction from The Basic Manual of Fly-Tying by Fling & Puterbaugh
Hook: #6-12 nymph
Thread: Black
Tail: Black marabou and flash
Rib: Black hackle
Body: Peacock herl
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“Crane” Fly - tied with dark dun rooster cape
a fly illustrated by Charles Orvis in Favorite Flies and Their Histories by Mary Orvis Marbury
Hook: #14 dry
Thread: Red
Body: Yellow (floss)
Front Hackle: Dark dun rooster cape
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a Frank Sawyer Pheasant Tail Nymph
as presented by Ed Story in Missouri Trout Flys How to Tye and Fish Them
Hook: #14 - 18 nymph
Thread: Brown
Tail: Center Pheasant tail fibers
Body: Center Pheasant tail fibers
Thorax: Center Pheasant tail fibers
Wing casing: Center Pheasant tail fibers
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Polypropylene-wing Mayfly (Fling & Pueterbaugh 28/30)
Polypropylene-wing Mayfly (Fling & Pueterbaugh 28/30)
from The Basic Fly-Tying Manual
Hook: #12-16 dry
Thread: Black
Tail: brown hen hackle fibers
Rib: Black thread
Body: dubbing - tan, gray, olive (match the hatch)
Wing: polypropylene
Front hackle: dry fly sized (1.5x) to hook gape
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I Will Draw All People to Myself - John 12:20-33 - March 17, 2024
Immanuel Lutheran Church (AFLC), Springfield, MO
I Will Draw All People to Myself - John 12:20-33
5th Sunday in Lent - March 17, 2024
http://www.immanuelfreelutheran.org/
https://www.aflc.org/
Scripture quotations are from The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Thumbnail: Triptych with the Way to Calvary, the Crucifixion, and the Disrobing of Jesus
Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Deer-hair Hackle - Brown from Favorite Flies (1892) by Mary Orvis Marbury
Deer-hair Hackle - Brown from Favorite Flies (1892) by Mary Orvis Marbury as illustrated by Charles Orvis
Hook: #10-14 dry
Thread: claret (tag looks brown, head looks red - so a compromise)
Tag: thread
Body: orange, likely tied with wool, but anything orange and tight
Front hackle: brown deer
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Bluewinged Olive Emerger (Variant)
from Ed Story’s Missouri Trout Flys How to Tye and Fish Them
Hook: 16, 18 (here curved “scud”)
Thread: brown
Body: olive dubbing
Wing: eight dark blue dun fibers
Hackle: eight brown partridge fibers
Head: thread
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“Golden” Stonefly Nymph (Fling & Puterbaugh 27/30)
from The Basic Manual of Fly-Tying by Fling & Puterbaugh
They call this the Golden Stonefly Nymph. Tied here in olive instead of yellow.
Hook: nymph (weighted?)
Tail: moose mane
Rib: choice ribbing material, here Peacock herl quill
Body: yarn, yellow for the Golden, here light olive wool
Wing casing: Swiss straw (raffia)
Hackle legs: sized soft hackle
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As Moses Lifted Up the Serpent - John 3:14-214th Sunday in Lent - March 10, 2024
Immanuel Lutheran Church (AFLC), Springfield, MO
As Moses Lifted Up the Serpent - John 3:14-21
4th Sunday in Lent - March 10, 2024
http://www.immanuelfreelutheran.org/
https://www.aflc.org/
Scripture quotations are from The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Thumbnail: Pierre Subleyras, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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