Blue Charm | Bjornar Vihovde |
Hook | Partridge Bartleet |
Tag | oval silver |
Tip | yellow floss |
Tail | GP crest |
Butt | black ostrich |
Rib | oval silver |
Body | black floss |
Hackle | bright blue - beard style |
Hair wing | brown squirel |
Feather wing | brown turkey, teal sides, GP crest topping |
Brad's Brat | Tom McCann |
Hook | Mustad 90240 (low water version of 36890) |
Thread | red or black |
Tag | flat gold tinsel |
Tail | white bucktail over orange bucktail |
Body | rear half orange wool, front half red wool |
Rib | flat gold tinsel |
Hackle | brown (as a collar) |
Wing | orange bucktail over white bucktail |
Notes | This pattern was developed by long-time Seattle Times outdoors editor Enos Bradner. The original pattern is listed above - I substituted calftail for bucktail on the flies I submitted. |
Brindle Bug | Andre Lorenz |
Hook | down eye 1xl, sz10-2 |
Body | yellow and black veriegated chenille |
Tail | brown hackle tips canted up 45-60 degrees |
Rib | sized with hook silver or gold tinsel |
Collar | Brown Hackle |
Cummings Special (low water) | Tom McCann |
Hook | Partridge single Wilson (code 01) |
Thread | black or red (I used claret) |
Body | rear 1/3 yellow-orange floss or wool
front 2/3 claret wool or dubbing |
Collar | claret hackle |
Wing | brown bucktail or substitute |
Notes | This fly was a 1930's collaboration of Clarence Gordon and Ward Cummings. Cummings was a popular guide on the Umpqua and is remembered for tutoring Ray Bergman in the mysteries of steelhead fishing. |
Ferga | Bjornar Vihovde |
Hook | Partridge Bartleet |
Tag | oval silver |
Tail | GP crest |
Butt | black floss |
Body | flat silver tinsel |
Hackle | Guinea fowl - beard style |
Wing | grey mallard over red, yellow and green goose married with GP crest topping
optional sides stare(?) body feather |
General Practioner | Derek Tay |
Hook | #2 low water Partridge (double) |
Tag | small oval gold tinsel |
Tail | GP flank feather over orange bucktail |
Body | orange yarn |
Rib | small oval gold tinsel |
Hackle | orange (palmered over body) |
Wing | halfway down body length, GP flank tied over split GP tippet (lacquered) at the hook eye and GP flank feather is tied extending the length of the body |
Grease Liner | Dave Churches |
Tail | fine chestnut colored deer body hair |
Body | dark grayish tan to black fur, or whatever color matches local egg-laying adult caddisflies |
Throat | sparse beard of grizzly hackle |
Wing | dark deer body hair extending only to the end of the dubbing, clipped to leave a tuft of butt ends (optionally lacquered). |
Heggeli | Bjornar Vihovde |
Hook | Partridge Bartleet |
Tail | GP tippet |
Rib | oval silver |
Body | silver tinsel |
Hackle | brown |
Feather wing | bronze mallard |
Huldra | Bjornar Vihovde |
Hook | Partridge Bartleet |
Tag | yellow floss |
Tail | GP crest |
Butt | black ostrich |
Body | embossed silver tinsel |
Hackle | black - beard style |
Wing | bronze mallard over yellow, red, and blue goose married, over brown turkey, GP crest topping |
Lady Caroline (low water) | Mark Purvis |
Tail | GP breast feather |
Body | olive/brown wool |
Ribs | flat gold, oval silver |
Hackle | GP breast feather |
Wing | bronze mallard |
Notes | This is a low water dressing of a Spey classic. |
Max Canyon | Daniel Williams |
Tail | orange and white calftail, mixed |
Body | rear 1/3 orange wool
front 2/3 black wool or dubbing |
Rib | oval gold tinsel |
Collar | black hackle |
Wing | 2 parts white calf or bucktail over which is one part orange |
Medicine | Gavin Ross |
Hook | 4-10 |
Thread | Black |
Tail | none |
Body | Flat silver tinsel ( an alternative is thread painted with silver paint, whichever keep it slim) |
Hackle | Blue |
Wing | Paired slips of Bronze Mallard |
Head | Red Varnish |
October Caddis (wet) | Jeff Johnson |
Tail | Dark Pheasant Rump feather, fairly sparse |
Rib | Fine gold oval Tinsel |
Body | Orange Dubbing |
Hackle | Three turns of Brown saddle Hackle |
Wing | Dark Pheasant Rump Feather |
Port | Bjornar Vihovde |
Hook | Partridge Bartleet |
Tag | green floss |
Tail | GP crest |
Butt | black ostrich |
Rib | oval gold |
Body | silver tinsel |
Hackle | green - beard style |
Wing | grey mallard, teal sides, GP crest topping |
Purple Peril | Ted Eisele |
Hook | Tiemco 700 #4 (down eye) or Hareline Dubbin #L2014, size 4 (up eye I later found out these are made by Eagle claw to HD's specifications) |
Body | Purple floss |
Rib | Silver wire on most; tinsel on a few |
Tail | Purple hackle fibers on some; a few strands of purple floss on most. |
Beard | Purple hackle fibers |
Underwing | Pearlescent Krystal Flash |
Overwing | Red Fox Squirrel tail |
Tag | silver tinsel |
Red Ant (low water) | Bob Skehan |
Hook | TMC7999, Mustad 36890 size 2-8 |
Thread | Black 8/0 |
Tag | flat silver mylar |
Tail | red floss or hackle fibers |
Butt | Peacock herl |
Body | Red wool yarn or floss |
Hackle | Brown Hackle, soft |
Wing | Natural Brown Bucktail |
Cheeks | Jungle Cock (optional) |
Skunk | Dennis A Veto |
hook | mustad 36890 #2-8 |
thread | black |
tail | scarlet hackle tips |
rib | holographic tinsel or silver |
body | black chenile |
hackle | black |
wing | white calf tail |
Steelhead Caddis | Andre Lorenz |
Hook | light wire up eye sz 8-2 tmc 7989 |
Body | orange, olive, black, dubbing |
Wing | light turkey tented |
Collar/Head | Spun deer hair clipped for headsome left for collar |
Stillaguamish Sunrise | Dave Shapero |
Hook | Dai ichi #2421 size #4 |
Thread | 6/0 orange Gudebrod (BCS 77) |
Tail | Mixed red and yellow hackle fibers |
Rib | Medium flat silver tinsel |
Body | medium yellow chenille |
Hackle | soft orange |
Wing | calf tail (or White polar bear), length to the end of the tail |
Head | orange thread |
Street Walker | Steven Zopfi |
Hook | Mustad 36890 size 4 |
Tail | Purple hackle |
Body | Medium Purple Chenille |
Rib | Flat Silver Tinsel |
Beard | Purple hackle |
Wing | Purple Krystal Flash |
Thread | Black 6/0 |
Undertaker | Mike Rogers |
Thread | Black |
Tag | Fine gold wire |
Butt | Fluorescent Green and Fluorescent Orange floss |
Body | Peacock Hurl |
Rib | Fine gold wire |
Wing | Black Bear |
Hackle | Black |