Midge Adult (Fling & Puterbaugh 14/30)
Midge Adult (Fling & Puterbaugh 14/30)
Hook: #18 - 24 1x long
Thread: to match body
Tail lump, body, thorax, head: dubbing to match hatch; black, tan, light green, white
Tail: stiff fibers; moose mane, havelina
Wing: polypropylene
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Caddisfly Adult (Fling & Puterbaugh 13/30)
Caddisfly Adult (Fling & Puterbaugh 13/30)
Hook: #10 - 20 dry, 2x or 3x long
Thread: black
Tail: moose mane
Hackle: dark dry fly
Body: drab wool
Wing: elk (or deer)
Head: thread
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Stonefly Adult (Fling & Puterbaugh 12/30)
Stonefly Adult (Fling & Puterbaugh 12/30)
from The Basic Manual of Fly-Tying
Hook: #4 - 14 dry
Thread: black
Tail: moose mane
Body: yellow dubbing between tail fibers
yellow floss (or color of local hatch)
Wing: hair (squirrel tail, deer, other)
Hackle: dark dry, 1.5 hook gap
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Mayfly spinner - imago (Fling & Puterbaugh 11/30)
Mayfly spinner - imago (Fling & Puterbaugh 11/30)
From Fling and Puterbaugh: The Basic Manual of Fly Tying
Hook: #10 - 16 dry
Thread: tan (or choice)
Tail: two stiff fibers (duck feather, moose mane, havelina)
Body: dubbing (color match nature)
Wings: light hackle tips
Hackle: dark dry fly, 1.5 hook gap
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Adult Mayfly with rolled wing (Fling & Puterbaugh 10/30)
Adult Mayfly with rolled wing (Fling & Puterbaugh 10/30)
Hook: #12 - 16 dry
Thread: black
Tail: dark stiff feather fibers
Wing: light duck
Body: herl stem (use an eraser to remove fibers)
Hackle: dark dry fly 1.5 hook gap
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Adult Mayfly with Hackle tip wings (Fling & Puterbaugh 9/30)
Adult Mayfly with Hackle tip wings
Fling & Puterbaugh: The Basic Manual of Fly-Tying (9/30)
Hook: #12 - 16 dry
Thread: black
Tail: dark hackle fibers
Wing: Hackle feather tips - color to match insect wings
Body: dubbing - color to match mayfly body
Hackle: dark
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Prepare the Way - Mark 1:1-8 - 2nd Sunday of Advent, December 10, 2023
Immanuel Lutheran Church (AFLC), Springfield, MO
Prepare the Way - Mark 1:1-8
2nd Sunday of Advent, December 10, 2023
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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Adult Mayfly - Quill Wing (Fling & Puterbaugh 8/30)
Adult Mayfly - Quill Wing (Fling & Puterbaugh 8/30)
Hook: #10-16 dry
Thread: black
Tail: dark, stiff hackle fibers
Body: peacock herl
Wing: duck quill
Hackle: stiff dry hackle (here dark dun)
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Buckskin - Caddis larva imitation
Buckskin - Caddis larva imitation
Hook: #18 -24 wet
Thread: black
Tail: brown, stiff hackle fibers
Body: chamois
Head: thread
Variations:
Gold head: no tail and old tungsten bead head
Mercury: glass bead head, peacock herl collar
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Caddisfly Emerger (Fling & Puterbaugh 7/30)
Fling & Puterbaugh 7/30
Hook: dry
Thread: black
Tail: dark soft hackle fibers
Body: two peacock herls (wound into a rope)
Wings: duck quill
Hackle: partridge
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Stay Awake! - Mark 13:33-37 - 1st Sunday of Advent, December 3, 2023
Immanuel Lutheran Church (AFLC), Springfield, MO
Stay Awake! - Mark 13:33-37
1st Sunday of Advent, December 3, 2023
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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Zebra Midge
Hook: 20, 18, 16 curved (scud, emerger)
Bead: tungsten to match hook size
Body: traditionally black thread, but can be tied in a variety of colors
Ribbing: wire, here stainless, but silver or other to contrast or match with body
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Wooly Bear
I tied this one on a #8 kinked shank hook.
Grizzly hackle
Black and Orange chenille
Black thread - I used 0/8 but on this size hook could use a heavier thread to more easily create a bigger head
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Red Hackle
from Dave Hughes American Fly Tying Manual
Hook: 12-14 wet hook
Thread: Crimson silk (I used 8/0 red)
Rib: narrow gold tinsel
Body: Bronze peacock herl (Dave Hughes says it's worth it to weed through the herl to find the bronze strands ... oops, I used regular herl)
Hackle: Red furnace (mine is orange)
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Picket Pin
from Dave Hughes American Fly Tying Manual
Picket Pin (oops, I misread and called it a Pocket Pin in the video)
Hook: wet #8 -12
Thread: Black
Tail: Brown hackle fibers
Rib: Brown hackle palmered over body
Body: Peacock herl
Wing: White tipped squirrel tail
Head: Peacock herl
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Serendipity
a floating thorax nymph emerger
Hook: # 12 - 18 scud / emerger / nymph
Thread: red
Body: red wool
Thorax: deer hair, spun and trimmed
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San Juan Worm
This beaded san juan worm is tied on a #14 nymph/wet hook, but tie it on whatever size hook you want
bead - 2.4 tungsten
body - red chenille slightly longer than hook
red thread - I used 8/0
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Stonefly Nymph
Stonefly Nymph (Fling & Puterbaugh 4/30)
Hook: 2x or 3x nymph
Thread: brown
Tail: two fibers from leading edge of goose quill
Body: rubber band
Wing casing: pheasant tail
Hackle (legs): dark soft hook gap width
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Sparkle Wing RS2
#18 hook
white thread
silver flash tail
gray dubbing body and head
silver metallic embroidery floss wing
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Dorsey's Top Secret Midge
Hook: Tiemco TMC2499SP-BL or TMC2487
Hook Size: 18, 20, 22,24
Body: UNI-Thread Dark Brown or Camel 8/0
Ribbing: Metallic Pearl Embroidery Thread-Coats & Clark
Wings: Kreinik Metallic Pearl very fine #4 – No. 032 11M or fine #8 – No. 032 10M
Thorax: Super Fine Brown Dubbing (Rusty Brown)
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Wispy (Mike Kidd)
hook: wet/nymph 12, 14, 16, 18
body: olive thread - I used 8/0
ribs: flash, flashiboo - crystal, silver, peacock, whatever you want
wings: olive marigoo
head: something flashy, I used peacock herl
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Lil' Easy
Carolyn Parker's Lil Easy
16 curved hook (scud?)
red thread (8/0)
wire - recipe calls for red, I used .2mm copper
grizzly hackle collar
red thread head
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Simple Mayfly Nymph
Hook: wet / nymph
Thread: brown
Tail: soft hackle fibers- brown
Rib: fine wire (here light gold)
Body: brown dubbing
Thorax: same brown dubbing
Throat: same soft hackle fibers as tail
Wing case: small feather clipped and glued
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Matuka (in brown)
The recipe in Peter Gathercole's The Fly-tying Bible names this streamer Olive Matuka.
Hook: #2 - 10 3x streamer, weighted
Thread: olive
Rib: gold oval tinsel
Body: olive rabbit fur
Wing/tail: dyed olive grizzle cock hackle
Hackle: dyed olved grizzle hackle
Head: olive thread
My sample is tied with tan hackle, brown dubbing, and claret thread
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Midge Larva
This midge larva is from Fling and Puterbaugh, The Basic Manual of Fly-Tying where the focus of fly tying is imitation of nature
Hook: midge size down to #24 wet
Thread: black, orange, green (what color the tier wants the midge to be)
Rib: fine gold wire
Body: white floss
Throat: fine hair or hackle fiber
Thorax: dubbing to match thread color
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