LumpOfClay

Hook: #14 standard Thread: claret Tag and rib: gold oval tinsel Body: blended blue and sparkle dubbing Wings: dark (black) hackle tips Hackle: dark (black) 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

Hook: nymph of desired size Head: gold bead (weight body - it’s a nymph) Thread: orange or black Tail: fox squirrel back hair Rib: gold oval tinsel or gold wire Body: dubbed fox squirrel belly hair mixed with sparkle dubbing Thorax: dubbed fox squirrel back hair (guard hairs act as legs) 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

Hook: #10 Thread: claret Rib: gold oval Body: white floss Wing: duck quill Front hackle: brown hen

Hook: 2x long or longer #10 - #20 Thread: black or orange Tail: Fox Squirrel. back hair Rib: gold oval or gold wire Body: blend of fox squirrel belly hair and sparkle dubbing Thorax: fox squirrel back hairs with under fur Legs: optional on larger flies - very sparce (6-8 fibers) partrige or brown hen Andy’s Bobbins: http://bobbins.lumpofclay.net/ Dave Whitlock: https://davewhitlock.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/RFSHN-story-and-tying.pdf 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

Thread: red Tag: gold Tail: two black fibers or hairs Body: traditionally yellow fox hair Wing: dark hackle tips Throat: yellow “fuzz” 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

A palmered, tent downwing, Caddis fly Hook: #14 dry Thread: olive Body hackle: palmered grizzly sized to hook Body: olive floss Underwing: duck flank Overwing: slate duck quill, tented Front hackle: brown, slightly longer than body 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

Hook: #14 dry Thread: light dun (gray) Tag: gold Tail: three light dun bucktail hairs Body: light blue dun (here flash dubbing) Wings: light blue dun hackle tips Hackle: light blue dun 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

Hook: #6 - #16 dry Thread: black Wing: bucktail Tail: bucktail Body: yellow floss Hackle: brown and grizzly 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

Immanuel Lutheran Church (AFLC), Springfield, MO Bread of Life - John 6:24-35 11th Sunday after Pentecost - August 4, 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: Christus Pantocrator - Artistic representation of Jesus Christ God, the second divine Person of the Most Holy Trinity (Cathedral of Cefalù, c. 1130.)

hook: #22 (or very small) dry thread: black 14/0 tag: gold body: black ostrich herl wings: black (dark dun) or gray hackle tips 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

a 1984 Craig Matthews fly Hook: 16-20 dry (here 14) Thread: yellow Wing: flared deer Tail: olive brown ZLon - here gold glamour madeira Body: yellowish dubbing

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

hook: #14 dry thread: claret tag: gold body: peacock herl hackle: light dun dry wing: dark dun feather tips

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

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.