Brown Ant (from Favorite Flies and Their Histories - 1892 - by Mary Orvis Marbury)
Hook: #14 dry (or smaller)
Thread: brown
Tag: gold
Tuft: ostrich herl
Body: brown thread
Hackle: brown dry sized to hook
Wings: gray hackle tips
Andy’s Bobbins: http://bobbins.lumpofclay.net/
Head cement recipe:
Goop
Xylene (epoxy thinnner)
Instructions:
Fill a quart jar half full with Xylene
Squeeze a tube of Goop into the Xylene
Shake until the Goop is dissolved; add Xylene to desired consistency
Apply with a pin or needle dipped in the liquid
https://youtu.be/AJbvJUixaCs
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Blue-wing Olive Nymph
Hook: #14 - 18 nymph
Thread: olive
Tail: Lemon Wood duck flank
Rib: brown thread (silk)
Body: olive dubbing
Wingcase: goose wing quill fibers
Thorax: olive dubbing
Legs: patridge hackle
Andy’s Bobbins: http://bobbins.lumpofclay.net/
Head cement recipe:
Goop
Xylene (epoxy thinnner)
Instructions:
Fill a quart jar half full with Xylene
Squeeze a tube of Goop into the Xylene
Shake until the Goop is dissolved; add Xylene to desired consistency
Apply with a pin or needle dipped in the liquid
https://youtu.be/AJbvJUixaCs
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He Had Compassion on Them - Mark 6:30-34 - July 21, 2024
Immanuel Lutheran Church (AFLC), Springfield, MO
He Had Compassion on Them - Mark 6:30-34
9th Sunday after Pentecost - July 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.
Thumbnail: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sheeps_-_where_is_the_black_sheep_-_panoramio.jpg
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Black Ant (from Favorite Flies and Their Histories by Mary Orvis Marbury)
Hook: #18 or smaller
Thread: black
Tag: gold
Tuft: black ostrich herl
Body: Thread
Front hackle: small black (here starling shoulder)
Wings: black - or gray - feather/hackle tips
Head: claret - reddish - thread
Andy’s Bobbins: http://bobbins.lumpofclay.net/
Head cement recipe:
Goop
Xylene (epoxy thinnner)
Instructions:
Fill a quart jar half full with Xylene
Squeeze a tube of Goop into the Xylene
Shake until the Goop is dissolved; add Xylene to desired consistency
Apply with a pin or needle dipped in the liquid
https://youtu.be/AJbvJUixaCs
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Black Midge Pupa
Hook: small (#20 - #32)
Thread: black
Feelers: black feather fibers
Tag: black ostrich herl
Body: thread
Head cement recipe:
Goop
Xylene (epoxy thinnner)
Instructions:
Fill a quart jar half full with Xylene
Squeeze a tube of Goop into the Xylene
Shake until the Goop is dissolved; add Xylene to desired consistency
Apply with a pin or needle dipped in the liquid
https://youtu.be/AJbvJUixaCs
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That People Should Repent - Mark 6:7-13 - July 14, 2024
Immanuel Lutheran Church (AFLC), Springfield, MO
That People Should Repent - Mark 6:7-13
8th Sunday after Pentecost - July 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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C. F. Orvis’s Bee (from Favorite Flies and Their Histories - 1892 - by Mary Orvis Marbury)
Hook: #10
Thread: brown
Tag: gold
Body: alternating wraps of green and yellow chenille (peacock herl used here)
Wing: wild turkey tail tips
Hackle: brown hen
Head cement recipe:
Goop
Xylene (epoxy thinnner)
Instructions:
Fill a quart jar half full with Xylene
Squeeze a tube of Goop into the Xylene
Shake until the Goop is dissolved; add Xylene to desired consistency
Apply with a pin or needle dipped in the liquid
https://youtu.be/AJbvJUixaCs
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1
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Al’s Rat
Hook: #18 - 24
Thread: brown or choice
Optional gills: two strands of white glamour madeira
Body: four layers of thread
Thorax: dubbing to match
Head: thread
Head cement recipe:
Goop
Xylene (epoxy thinnner)
Instructions:
Fill a quart jar half full with Xylene
Squeeze a tube of Goop into the Xylene
Shake until the Goop is dissolved; add Xylene to desired consistency
Apply with a pin or needle dipped in the liquid
https://youtu.be/AJbvJUixaCs
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comments
What Is This Wisdom? - Mark 6:1-6 - July 7, 2024
Immanuel Lutheran Church (AFLC), Springfield, MO
What Is This Wisdom? - Mark 6:1-6
7th Sunday after Pentecost - July 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.
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Blue Jay (from Favorite Flies and Their Histories by Mary Orvis Marbury)
Hook: #10 dry
Tag: red chenille
Body: gray wool yarn
Front hackle: honey dry sized to hook
Wing: black and white barred feather tips colored blue with permanent marker
Head cement recipe:
Goop
Xylene (epoxy thinnner)
Instructions:
Fill a quart jar half full with Xylene
Squeeze a tube of Goop into the Xylene
Shake until the Goop is dissolved; add Xylene to desired consistency
Apply with a pin or needle dipped in the liquid
https://youtu.be/AJbvJUixaCs
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Downwing Caddis
from Ed Story’s Missouri Trout Flys: How to Tye and Fish Them
Hook: #14 - 18 dry
Thread: tan, olive (light or natural), brown
Body: dubbing, color to match thread
Wing: deer, elk, badger, ground hog
Front hackle: dry color of choice sized to hook
Head cement recipe:
Goop
Xylene (epoxy thinnner)
Instructions:
Fill a quart jar half full with Xylene
Squeeze a tube of Goop into the Xylene
Shake until the Goop is dissolved; add Xylene to desired consistency
Apply with a pin or needle dipped in the liquid
https://youtu.be/AJbvJUixaCs
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1
comment
Black June (from Favorite Flies and Their Histories - 1892 by Mary Orvis Marbury)
hook: #14 dry
thread: claret
tag: gold
body: peacock herl
hackle: light dun dry
wing: dark dun feather tips
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Terry Tanner’s “koozie” popper
Hook: #10 fine wire
Body: piece hole punched from a “koozie” (insulated can holder)
Thread: match body
Tail: feather tips, feather fibers, flash, marabou, what ever you want in whatever color you want.
Hackle: dry fly to contrast or complement, your choice
Head cement recipe:
Goop
Xylene (epoxy thinnner)
Instructions:
Fill a quart jar half full with Xylene
Squeeze a tube of Goop into the Xylene
Shake until the Goop is dissolved; add Xylene to desired consistency
Apply with a pin or needle dipped in the liquid
https://youtu.be/AJbvJUixaCs
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1
comment
And There Was a Great Calm - Mark 4:35-41 - June 23, 2024
Immanuel Lutheran Church (AFLC), Springfield, MO
And There Was a Great Calm - Mark 4:35-41
5th Sunday after Pentecost - June 23, 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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Ben Bent (from Favorite Flies and Their Histories by Mary Orvis Marbury)
a 1884 Charles Orvis fly
Hook: #12 dry
Thread: first yellow, then red
Tag: gold tinsel, yellow and red thread
Tail: two very small light dun feathers or feather tips
Body: light gray wool
Hackle: oversize light dun dry
Wings: light dun feather tips
Head: red thread
Head cement recipe:
Goop
Xylene (epoxy thinnner)
Instructions:
Fill a quart jar half full with Xylene
Squeeze a tube of Goop into the Xylene
Shake until the Goop is dissolved; add Xylene to desired consistency
Apply with a pin or needle dipped in the liquid
https://youtu.be/AJbvJUixaCs
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An Announcement
https://www.tieathon.org/
https://flyvault.net/
http://bobbins.lumpofclay.net/
Head cement recipe:
Goop
Xylene (epoxy thinnner)
Instructions:
Fill a quart jar half full with Xylene
Squeeze a tube of Goop into the Xylene
Shake until the Goop is dissolved; add Xylene to desired consistency
Apply with a pin or needle dipped in the liquid
https://youtu.be/AJbvJUixaCs
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comment
Trueblood Shrimp
by Ted Trueblood in Randall Kaufmann's The Fly Tyers Nymph Manual
Hook: #10-16 nymph, weighted
Thread: brown
Tail: fibers from brown partridge feather
Body: originally for the Trueblood Otter brown and tan blended otter and angora goat
Throat: fibers from brown partridge feather
Head cement recipe:
Goop
Xylene (epoxy thinnner)
Instructions:
Fill a quart jar half full with Xylene
Squeeze a tube of Goop into the Xylene
Shake until the Goop is dissolved; add Xylene to desired consistency
Apply with a pin or needle dipped in the liquid
https://youtu.be/AJbvJUixaCs
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How to Use a Wayne Moore Inspired Handcrafted Bobbin
What the title says
http://bobbins.lumpofclay.net/
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Green Drake (from Favorite Flies and Their Histories - 1892 by Mary Orvis Marbury)
Hook: #12 dry
Thread: red
Tag: gold tinsel
Tail: three lemon wood duck feather fibers
Rib: black silk thread
Body: light olive wool
Hackle: honey dry fly
Wings: lemon wood duck feather fibers
Head: red thread
Head cement recipe:
Goop
Xylene (epoxy thinnner)
Instructions:
Fill a quart jar half full with Xylene
Squeeze a tube of Goop into the Xylene
Shake until the Goop is dissolved; add Xylene to desired consistency
Apply with a pin or needle dipped in the liquid
https://youtu.be/AJbvJUixaCs
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F-C Deep Emerger
from Ed Story’s Missouri Trout Flys: How to Tye and Fish Them
Hook: #12, weighted
Thread: tan, olive, or black
Hackle: palmered light on tan or olive, black on black
Body: dubbing - tan, olive, or black
Fish deep, skipping or drifting
Head cement recipe:
Goop
Xylene (epoxy thinnner)
Instructions:
Fill a quart jar half full with Xylene
Squeeze a tube of Goop into the Xylene
Shake until the Goop is dissolved; add Xylene to desired consistency
Apply with a pin or needle dipped in the liquid
https://youtu.be/AJbvJUixaCs
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He Shall Bruise Your Head - Mark 3:20-35 - June 9, 2024
Immanuel Lutheran Church (AFLC), Springfield, MO
He Shall Bruise Your Head - Mark 3:20-35
3rd Sunday after Pentecost - June 9, 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: Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Garden_of_Eden_MET_DP159802.jpg
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Beauty (from Favorite Flies and Their Histories by Mary Orvis Marbury)
Hook: ???
Thread: red
Tail: shank long Guinea Fowl feather fibers
Body: light gray wool
Hackle: Guinea Fowl (soft hackle style)
Wings: Guinea Fowl quill fibers
Head: red thread
Head cement recipe:
Goop
Xylene (epoxy thinnner)
Instructions:
Fill a quart jar half full with Xylene
Squeeze a tube of Goop into the Xylene
Shake until the Goop is dissolved; add Xylene to desired consistency
Apply with a pin or needle dipped in the liquid
https://youtu.be/AJbvJUixaCs
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Pheasant Tail Peacock Herl Nymph
from Ed Story’s Missouri Trout Flys: How to Tye and Fish Them
Hook: nymph, here #14 curved shank
Thread: black or brown
Rib: fine copper wire
Tail & body: six pheasant center tail fibers - tail is later trimmed to just three fibers
Wing case and legs: ten pheasant center tail fibers
Thorax: four peacock herl
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F Fly
from The Fly-Tying Bible by Peter Gathercole
Hook: #10 - 28 dry
Thread: olive (or choice)
Body: olive pheasant tail fibers (or other color by choice)
Wing: natural gray (or other color by choice) cul-de-canard
Head cement recipe:
Goop
Xylene (epoxy thinnner)
Instructions:
Fill a quart jar half full with Xylene
Squeeze a tube of Goop into the Xylene
Shake until the Goop is dissolved; add Xylene to desired consistency
Apply with a pin or needle dipped in the liquid
https://youtu.be/AJbvJUixaCs
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Lord of the Sabbath - Mark 2:23-28 - June 2, 2024
Immanuel Lutheran Church (AFLC), Springfield, MO
Lord of the Sabbath - Mark 2:23-28
2nd Sunday after Pentecost - June 2, 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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