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
31
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1
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
33
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1
comment
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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Brown Adder (from Favorite Flies and Their Histories - 1892 - by Mary Orvis Marbury)
as illustrated by Charles Orvis
Recipe is as tied here. There is no recipe in Mary’s book.
Hook: #12 dry
Thread: Brown
Tag: silver
Tail: three light or gray feather fibers, here pheasant flank
Rib: gold/copper wire
Body: rust dubbing
Hackle: brown hen
Wing: wild turkey
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
31
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Jack Clyne’s Deep Skipping Wooly
from Ed Story’s Missouri Trout Flys: How to Tye and Fish Them
Hook: #10 weighted the entire shank length
Thread: yellow
Tail: ginger hackle fibers
Body Hackle: ginger reverse palmered
Body: ginger chenille
skip with rod tip near bottom of stream on sinking tip line
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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Light Cahill
Hook: #10 - 20 dry
Wing: light or lemon wood duck
Tail: light, cream, hackle
Body: cream dubbing
Hackle: cream dry fly sized to hook
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Whoever Believes in Him - John 3:1-17 - Trinity - May 26, 2024
Immanuel Lutheran Church (AFLC), Springfield, MO
Whoever Believes in Him - John 3:1-17
Trinity - May 26, 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: Henry Ossawa Tanner, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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Black May (from Favorite Flies and Their Histories - 1892 - by Mary Orvis Marbury)
as illustrated by Charles Orvis
Hook: #18-22 dry
Thread: black
Tag: gold tinsel
Body: thread
Front hackle: black or dark dun dry sized to hook
Wing: back or dark dun dry hackle tips
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1
comment
Terry Stratmann’s Skipping Wooly
from Ed Story’s Missouri Trout Flys: How to Tye and Fish Them
Hook:
Hook: #12
Thread: Brown
Hackle: Ginger - reverse palmered
Body: Ginger chennille
Can be tied in any color desired
Fish by skipping 3 to 12 inches below surface using rod tip.
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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This He Said about the Spirit - John 7:37-39a - May 19, 2024
Immanuel Lutheran Church (AFLC), Springfield, MO
This He Said about the Spirit - John 7:37-39a
Pentecost - May 19, 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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Brown Gnat (from Favorite Flies and Their Histories - 1892 - by Mary Orvis Marbury)
as illustrated by Charles Orvis
Hook: gnat size (here #14)
Tag: gold tinsel
Body: brown chenille
Wings: brown dry fly 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
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F-C Marabou Damsel Fly
from Ed Story’s Missouri Trout Flys: How to Tye and Fish Them
Hook: #10-14
Thread: color of marabou
Tail: Marabou short
Body: same Marabou short twisted and wrapped on the hook shank
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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Glamour Madeira Midge Larva (Chironomid)
Hook: #16 - 32 scud
Thread: to match body
Gill: a few strands of white glamour madeira
Head: dark glass or tungsten bead sized hook
Body: choice color glamour madeira
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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Badger Spider
from the Traditional Dry Flies section of American Fly Tying Manual by Dave Hughes
Hook: #12 - 20 short shank, up eye, dry
Thread: black
Tail: badger hackle fibers
Body: reverse palmered oversized badger dry fly hackle
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Sanctified in Truth - John 17:11b-19 - May 12, 2024
Immanuel Lutheran Church (AFLC), Springfield, MO
Sanctified in Truth - John 17:11b-19
7th Sunday of Easter - May 12, 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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Bowman (from Favorite Flies and Their Histories - 1892 - by Mary Orvis Marbury)
as illustrated by Charles Orvis
Hook: small dry
Tail: light dun hackle fibers
Body: light dun hackle quill
Hackle: light dun dry
Wing: light dun 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