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Yellow Hackle (from Mary Orvis Marbury: Favorite Flies) as illustrated by Charles Orvis Hook: #14 dry (or wet depending on how it’s fished) Thread: red Rib: black silk Body: yellow silk or dubbing (wool) Hackle: yellow and brown saddle feathers LOL: Yes, I know, the red hackle was tied with red, not yellow, wool

Pheasant Tail Soft Hackle from Dave Hughes: American Fly Tier’s Manual Hook: # 10-16 nymph / wet Thread: brown Tail: Pheasant tail fibers Rib: fine gold wire Body: Pheasant tail fibers Hackle: traditionally partridge - here Pheasant shoulder (stained glass) for more information about Tie-A-Thon see https://www.tieathon.org/ https://youtu.be/v3LgP27BPzc?feature=shared

Freshwater Shrimp / Scud from Fling & Puterbaugh: The Basic Manual of Fly-Tying Hook: #14 - 20 scud or nymph Thread: black or to match body Tail: dark, salmon, or olive hackle fibers Body: light, tan, or olive dubbing Under hackle / legs: soft hackle to match / complement tail Over hackle: soft hackle to match / complement tail

Immanuel Lutheran Church (AFLC), Springfield, MO Immediately They Followed Him - Mark 1:14-20 3rd Sunday after Epiphany - January 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: Alexey Goral, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Zulu (as illustrated by Charles Orvis in Favorite Flies and Their Histories by Mary Orvis Marbury) Hook: not specified, but here #18 1x long nymph, could be any #12 - 18 wet Thread: black Tag: red (yarn, feather) Body: peacock herl Front hackle: soft black, here starling

Stretch Cord Gilled Midge with Air Bubble Hook: #14 - 22 scud / emerger Thread: desired body color: claret, rusty blown, copper, chartreuse Air Bubble: clear glass bead Gill: Glamour Madeira No. 8 Prism White or other white fiber - polyolefin, polypropylene Head: Black brass or tungsten bead Body: stretch cord, .5mm or smaller

Humpy Variation (Fling & Puterbaugh 19/30) from Basic Manual of Fly-Tying Hook: #10-16 dry Thread: black Tail: Elk Body: Elk Wing: Elk Hackle: brown or grizzly dry

Immanuel Lutheran Church (AFLC), Springfield, MO Do You Believe? - John 1:43-51 2nd Sunday after Epiphany - January 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.

Ashy (from Favorite Flies by Mary Orvis Marbury) Hook: desired dry fly - #12 - 16 Thread: black Body; orange (wool, dubbing) Body and front hackle: light dun

Partridge & Quill Soft Hackle Hook: #12 - 18 nymph Thread: black Body: center quill of a saddle feather Thorax: peacock herl Hackle: partridge

Spun-Hair Streamer / Muddler Minnow (Fling & Puterbaugh 18/30) Hook: #4-12 2x or 3x streamer Thread: black Body: gold tinsel Wing: turkey wing or tail Collar: deer Head: spun deer

Immanuel Lutheran Church (AFLC), Springfield, MO You Are My Beloved Son - Mark 1:4-11 1st Sunday after Epiphany - January 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: Joseolgon, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Hackle-Wing Streamer (Fling & Puterbaugh 17/30) from The Basic Manual of Fly-Tying Hook: #4-12 streamer Thread: black or gray Body: silver floss Underwing: light hackle tips Overwing: dark hackle tips Front hackle: one each light and dark hackle

Palmered Soldier - from Mary Orvis Marbury’s Favorite Flies Hook: #10 - 18 dry fly Thread: red Rib: palmered brown dry fly hackle Body: red wool Front hackle: brown, 1.5 hook gap Head: red thread

Ed Story is the only tier/author I’ve found that defines palmering this way. I am wondering if anyone else has heard this definition and application.

Marabou Streamer (Fling & Puterbaugh 16/30) from The Basic Manual of Fly-Tying Hook: #6 - 10 3x or 4x long streamer Body: #12 brass wire (or substitute as desired) Thread: black Under body: white (or light) marabou Over body: black (or dark) marabou Head: black thread Optional: paint on eyes

Brad Wright’s Taneycomo Sculpin Hook: #6 - 10 streamer Thread: gray (or black) Tail and Body: charcoal rabbit strip Eyes: weighted dumb bells Hackle: brown or chartreuse grizzly Head: gray scud dubbing

The Red Hackle - from Mary Orvis Marbury’s Favorite Flies and Their Histories, 1892 Hook: #14 dry (Marbury does not specify hook size) Thread: red Rib: black silk (black floss) Body: red wool Hackle: brown dry

Hair-Wing Streamer (Fling & Puterbaugh 15/30) Hook: streamer, 2x / 3x long Thread: black Body: silver tinsel Throat: white bucktail Underwing: white bucktail (or any light bucktail) Overwing: dark bucktail (or any color but darker than the underwing)

Immanuel Lutheran Church (AFLC), Springfield, MO Let It Be, According to Your Word - Luke 1:26-38 4th Sunday of Advent, December 24, 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.

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

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

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

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

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