Hosted by: Rick Zeiger
Participants:
Joseph Bergel
Dave Bristol
John Coffman
Madison Green
Bill Hammons
Marcus Harton
Timothy Kinion
Bruce Lanphar
Greg Lerch
Rick Zeiger
Tying instructions
Joseph Bergel - Copper Ribbed Hares Ear Nymph (joes dark cahill version)
Hook: Mustad nymph #22
Thread: Black 6/0
Tail: Guard hairs (natural)
Abdomen: Hares ear dubbing (natural)
Rib: Copper wire 8/0
Wingcase: Dark pheasant tail
Thorax: Hares ear dubbing mixed with guard hairs
Tying instructions: tie as you would any other nymph.... Tail first, then tie in wire (set aside) then spin the dubbing for the abdomen, rib with wire whip finish section, then tie in wingcase, add dubbing and or legs...fold over wingcase ..tie off whip and glue. Brush out thorax to desired amount.
John Coffman - Cranberry Nmyph
Hook: Mustad 79580, size 10, heavily weighted
Thread: Black
Tail: Three short peacock hearl sections, divided
Abdomen: Black and amber Angora goat, mostly black, picked out
Thorax: Same as abdomen.
Legs: Dark speckeled hen back folded over thorax
Wingcase: At least 12 strands of peacock herl.
Use the mid section of the peacock herl for the tails so that they
will be somewhat stiff and pronounced. Splay them widely so that they
maintain some seperation while being fished.
Madison Green - Bead Body Pheasant Tail
Hook: Standard nymph hook Size 16
Thread: 6/0 brown or tan
Tail: 6-8 long & dark pheasant tail fibres
Ribbing: Fine gold wire
Abdomen: Wrapped pheasant tail fibres (continued from tail)
Thorax: Gold bead
Wing case: Pheasant tail fibres (continued from body)
Head: Peacock herl
Legs: Pheasant tail fibres (continued from wingcase)
Tying instructions:
1. Place bead on hook
2. Attach thread
3. Tie in wire and wrap to bend of hook
4. Tie in PT fibers at bend, using tips as tail (tail length=1/2 shaft)
5. Wrap to approx 1/2 way point of hook without wrapping PT fibers
6. Wrap PT fibers to 1/2 point and tie off on top of
7. Wrap gold wire for ribbing (approx 3-4 wraps) and tie off well with 1/2 hitches or whip finish then cut thread.
8. Re tie thread in front of bead near the eye
9. Slide the bead back towards the bend, covering a little of the abdomen
10. Wrap thread in front of bead so it can't slide forward
11. Pull PT fibers over top of bead and tie off at front of bead
12. Tie in single peacock herl at the bead
13. Wrap thread to eye capturing PT fibers
14. Wrap Peacock 2-3 wraps towards eye and tie off
15. Split remaining PT fibers in half (3-4 per side) and bend to rear of hook on each side
16. Use thread wraps at eye to force PT fibers to point to rear
17. Whip finish and glue
Bill Hammons - Gold Ribbed Olive Hares Ear
Hook: Mustad # 94840
Thread: Olive
Tail: Dyed mallard
Abdomen: Dyed hares ear
Rib: Gold wire or tinsel
Thorax:Dyed hares ear
Wingcase: Light turkey tail
Tying instructions:
1) Tie in tail equal to hook shank
2) Tie in rib material
3) Dub slender abdomen forward just past the 50% point
4) Wrap ribbing forward, tie off and trim
5) Tie in turkey for wing case
6) Dub thorax area larger than abdomen, leave room for head
7) Pull turkey feather forward over top of thorax
8) Secure with two wraps of thread before trimming excess
9) After trimming wing case form head and tie off
10) Use needle to pick out fibers from bottom of thorax
11) Cement head
Marcus Harton - Damselfly Nymph
Hook: Daiichi 700 (4xl streamer)
Thread: Olive 6/0
Tail (gills): Olive Grizzly Marabou
Rib: Gold wire
Weight: .015" lead
Eyes: melted 50lb mono
Dubbing: Olive Hareline
Wingcase: Olive Swiss Straw
Legs: Dyed Olive Partridge
Tying instructions:
1. Create thread base on hook, add 10 turns of lead to the forward part of hook, tie on eyes ahead of the lead.
2. Tie in tail and ribbing wire. Make the tail about a half-shank length long.
3. Dub the abdomen forward from the bend. Cover about 65 percent of the shank. Keep it slim.
4. Wrap the ribbing wire forward to the spot where the abdomen quit. Tie off and clip excess.
5. Tie in swiss straw where the abdomen stopped with the material hanging off the bend end of the hook. Grab the hanging end of the swiss straw and fold it forward to make the little wing case. Use your bodkin or scissors in the bend of the straw to get the wingcase to do the right thing.
Tie it down and fold the remaining swiss straw back over the new wingcase toward the bend.
6. Dub the thorax a fair amount bigger than the abdomen.
7. Tie in the legs (hackle) just behind the eyes and make a turn or so. Tie the feather off and trim the top and bottom leaving the legs on either side. Add a bit more dubbing behind the eyes to cover the wrapped part of the legs (hackle).
8. Dub the head with figure 8's around the eyes. Return the thread behind the eyes.
9. Pull the swiss straw over the thorax and give a few wraps of thread over the front part of the legs. Advance the thread to the eye of the hook.
10. Fold the swiss straw over the head and tie it off at the eye. Make thread head, whip finish and cement.
Timothy Kinion - Olive Green Buzzer
Hook: #10-14 nymph, here #12
Thread: Uni-Thread 8/0, black
Abdomen: Olive Green Floss
Rib: Fine Silver Wire
Wing: Webby portion of hackle feather
Thorax: Peacock herl
Tying instructions:
Place hook in vice, so that most of the bend is accessible. Attach the tying thread to the hook and bring way down into the bend. Tie in floss and wire. Run thread to the front of the hook. Wrap floss forward to thorax area. Tie off and clip. Wrap wire forward in open spirals to the thorax area. (I used 1X floss on these flies and didn't feel that it was necessary to "counter-wrap" the rib. I felt it sat on the floss nicely. If you use 4X floss or just prefer a "counter-wrap, please do so). Tie off and clip. Use a pinch and a light turn to tie in the webby hackle for the wing. Tie in peacock herl. Wrap to form a good thorax. Tie off and clip. Build the head. Half-hitch or Whip finish. Cement.
Bruce Lanphar - Pheasant Tail flash back with orange glass bead head
Hook: Dai-Riki 075 or 135 sizes 14-18
Tail: Pheasant tail
Abdoman: Pheasant tail
Rib: Fine copper wire
Flashback: Pearl Krystal Flash
Thorax: Peacock herl
Bead head: Orange or copper glass bead
Tying instructions:
1. Crush barb and slide bead onto hook and mount on vice
2. Start thread (rust color) 1/3 back from eye of hook
3. Take 4 to 6 pheasnat tail fibres - align the tips and tie on to the hook going slightly down the bend of the hook. Keep the tail short.
4. Wind thread back to starting point - don't cut tail fibres
5. Tie in rib wire flash material - also pull pheasant fibers back toward bend of the hook tie down also back to tail and return thread to starting point.
6. Wrap pheasant tail fibers to the starting point for the thread and tie off -pull flash material forward on top of the hook to start point and tie off, next counter wrap the rib wire to the start point and tie off and cut.
7. Pull flash material back toward bend of hook and tie in peacock herl and wrap up to bead and tie off - cut off remainder of herl. Pull flash material up to bead across the top of hook and tie off and cut off - pull pheasant tail fibers back toward bend of the hook, divide equally to each side. Tie off and cut to length. Double whip it and you're done. 8/0 thread is really a must on the smaller sizes especially.
Greg Lerch - Pheasant Tail Nymph
Hook: Size 16 nymph Mustad
Thread: Black 6/0
Tail: 3 Pheasant tail fibres
Body: 4-5 Pheasant tail fibres
Thorax: Peacock herl
Wing case: Extension of body fibres
Rib: Copper wire
Tying instructions:
1. Tie in tail with wire at bend.
2. Tie in 4-5 fibers and wind forward leave room for thorax.
3. Tie in peacock herl and wind for thorax.
4. Bring butt end of body material over thorax and tie down.
5. Finish fly
Rick Zieger - Suspended Nymph
Hook: size 10
Thread: Black
Tail: pheasant tail fibers
Body: dubbing
Thorax: Dubbing
Wing case: Black foam with small ball of batting under it
Tying instructions:
1. Tie in pheasant tail fibres (3) for tail.
2. Dub up the hook to near the eye. Wrap thread back to where shellback will be tied in.
3. Tie in a thin piece of closed cell foam.
4. Dub the thorax. Put a very small ball of batting over this.
5. Pull the foam over the thorax and batting and tie down. Whip finish
If you get the foam width right (by playing with this in a glass of water) this fly will suspend in the water column. I have caught a lot of warm water fish on this as it stays a foot or so under the surface.
Dave Bristol - Pheasant tail nymph
Hook: Size 16, 2X
Thread: Dun 8/0
Tail: pheasant tail fibres
Thorax: pheasant tail fibres
Ribbing: Copper wire
Abdomen: Peacock herlwing case&legs: pheasant tail fibres