Bead:Gold Slotted
Tungsten to match hook size.(For Size
#14 7/64”).
Weight:(For Size #14)
Body/Thread:Rusty
Brown 6/0 or 140 Denier.
Tail:Medium Coq De Leon Pardo 4-6 fibers.
Rib:Red Ultra Wire, Small.
Coating:Body & Ribbing coated with UV Resin (Alternative ‘Hard
as Nails’).
Collar:Tying Thread coated/colored with Black Magic Marker or
Black tying thread.
This is a great
nymph that can be tied in smaller sizes and is an easy, fast, tie. In fact, fly
tying doesn’t get much easier than this.It can also be tied in a variety
of colors.Place your jig hook and bead
in the vice.Start your thread behind
the bead.Give it a few securing
wraps.Cut off the excess thread.Wrap your thread down to the bend.Next, tie in your Coq De Leon Tail.It should be no longer than a hook shank
length beyond the bend.Cut off the butt
ends.Now tie in your Rib Wire. I like
to capture it behind the bead and wrap it down to the bend.
Create a uniform
tapered body with your thread.Now wrap
your rib forward creating a segmented body.Tie it off behind the bead and ‘helicopter’ off the excess.Next, you are going to create a Black Collar
behind the bead.You can do this 2
ways.Either coat/color your thread with
a Black Magic Marker, or use Black Tying thread.Next, coat the fly body with UV Resin and
cure.(An alternative is to coat it with
‘Hard as Nails’).Whip finish the fly
and you’re done.
Tightlinevideo has great info and tying instructions for this fly below:
If you have any questions about this fly or would like to
submit a Fly of The Month I can be reached at pdinice@frontier.com .
Hook:Daiichi 2461 Long
Streamer Hook Size #2 or Streamer hook of choice.
Thread:Danville Flat Waxed
Nylon 210 Denier in Black.
Cone:Brass Cone Heads Copper Large (1/4”).
Weight:(Optional) Lead Free Round Wire .025.
Tail:2 married Brown Marabou Feathers flanked by 1 strand of Gold
or Copper Tinsel on each side.
Body:Brown UV Polar Chenille in either Gold or Copper, twisted
with a Brown Schlappen Feather, and twisted with an Olive Schlappen Feather.
Veil:Bruiser Blend Dubbin in ‘Hidden Treasure’,
Brown or Olive color.You can also use Lazer
Dub in Brown/Olive.
My friend Chris Parisi introduced me to this fly this past
winter.The Result - It has caught a lot
of trout for my friends and I this past spring (2024).It’s a big piece of meat.With the cone head and added weight, it really
gets down during times of high water.It’s
one of my ‘go to’ streamers when I have to get deep.
To tie this fly, begin by placing the Cone Head on your hook
and the hook in your vice.Next, if you
want to weight this fly, take 8 to 15 wraps of .025 wire around the hook
shank.Push the wraps forward to lock in
your Cone Head.Start your thread behind
the Wire wraps to secure it.Then, cover
your wire wraps and the hook shank with thread.Prepare 2 Marabou Feathers for your tail.Marry them together and tie them in at the
bend of the hook shank.They should
extend 1 ½ hook shank length beyond the bend (more or less depending upon your
personal preference). Do not cut off the
butt ends.Wrap your thread down the
hook shank over the butt ends to create a uniform body.You can then trim off the excess Marabou
butts.Next, tie in 1 strand of Copper
or Gold Tinsel on each side of the tail.
Now prepare your Schlappen Feathers and UV Polar Chenille
for the body.Stroke the fibers of each
feather back leaving a small tie in point at the tip of the feather.Align the tips of the 2 feathers together and
place the Polar Chenille in the middle.With
the tips of all 3 items (2 feathers and chenille) aligned, tie them in at the
tail ‘tie in” point.Capture all 3 with
a pair of hackle pliers and twist them together.After 5-6 twists, take a comb or toothbrush
and brush out any fibers that may be trapped.You now have a nicely prepared rope of body material.Wrap it forward until you are behind the
cone.Tie it off with your thread with
securing wraps and a few half hitches.Trim
off the excess material.
The final step of this fly is to add a veil to the cone
head.Take a clump of Bruiser or Lazer
Dub and pull & stack it between your fingers a few times.Take the prepared clump and place it right
over the Cone.Surround the cone with the
material and tie it down at the ‘half way’ point of the clump.With tightening wraps, secure it behind the
cone head.You want to surround the cone
with this material.If needed, repeat
the process to adequately cover the cone.After securing it, pull back the material extending over the top of the cone
so that all of it flows ‘rearward’.If needed,
create a small dubbing noodle of the same dubbing, and wrap it behind the cone
head.Whip finish the fly.With a comb or toothbrush, brush the dubbing
material rearward.Your fly is finished.
Fly Fish Food has a great video on how to tie this fly below:
If you have any
questions about this fly or would like to submit a Fly of The Month I can be
reached at pdinice@frontier.com .
Abdomen:Semperfli Classic Waxed Thread – 8/0-
Olive Dun. Finished with UV Resin or Hard as Nails.
Wing Case:UTC Flashback Tinsel - Black.
Thorax:Arizona Synthetic Dubbing Peacock.
Hot Spot:Red UTC Ultrathread 70 Denier .
This fly was
developed by Lance Egan of Fly Fish Food.To tie this fly begin by placing your bead on your hook and your hook in
the vice.Next, wrap 6 to 8 turns of
lead around the hook shank.Push those
wraps into the bead to help secure it.Break off the excess.Start your
thread behind the wire to help lock your wire in behind the bead.Next, wrap over your wire and create a tapered
body, ending your thread near the bend of the hook.Tie in your tail of 8-10 fibers of Coq De
Leon fibers.The length of the tail
should be approximately 2/3rds of the hook shank.
While maintaining a
tapered body, tie in your 6/0 White Uni-Thread for your ribbing material.Counter wrap your Thread up the hook shank to
create a segmented body, ending behind the bead.Tie off your Olive Thread.For durability, coat your fly with UV resin of choice or Hard
as Nails.Next, start your Red UTC Thread
behind the bead for your hot spot.Tie
in your Wing Case of Flashback Tinsel.Once tied in, create a dubbing noddle of Arizona Peacock for your
Thorax.After dubbing your Thorax, stroke
it out a bit with a dubbing brush.Now pull
your Wing Case forward and tie it off behind the bead.Cut off the excess and create a small ‘hot
spot’ collar with your red thread. Whip finish your fly and you're done.
Fly Fish Food has a great
instructional video on how to tie this fly below:
If you have any questions about this fly, or would like to submit a Fly of the Month, please contact me at pdinice@frontier.com .
Hook:
Mustad 9672 or 4X streamer hook of choice Size #4 - #10.
Thread:
Brown 6/0.
Tail: Soft Hair from a coyote’s mask with
some guard hairs left in.
Bead: Copper or Gold Tungsten Bead sized for
hook size.
Tail: Soft hair from a coyote’s mask with
some guard hair left in.
Body: Dyed Pearl Diamond Braid in Bonefish
Tan.
Belly: White hair from the coyote mask.
Wing: Same as the tail extending to about half the
length of the tail.
Topping: A few pieces of Copper Flas-a-bou
extending will past the tail.
Head/collar: Rusty Brown Ice Dub.
This has been 1 of
my best producing flies this early spring season (2024). It comes from Dan LaPointe of Dan’s Fly Shop
and Guide Service, New Hampshire.It’s
an easy tie and originally designed for large rivers in New Hampshire &
Maine.It’s produced extremely well for
me on some of the smaller rivers in CT.I don’t see why it wouldn’t work on the larger ones.It’s different than most streamers out there.It also gets down deep fast.I’m always trying to avoid posting a pattern
with exotic material.A Coyote mask
isn’t carried by many fly shops.You can
find it online with a little searching.It’s
very reasonably priced.You can also use
natural rabbit fur as a substitute, using dark natural hairs for the tail and
wing, and white rabbit for the belly.
To tie this fly,
crimp the barb of your hook, place your bead on it, then place the hook in your
vice. Start your thread behind the bead
and make a half dozen securing wraps. Cut
off the butt end. Wrap your thread down
the hook shank and leave it at the hook point.
Cut a bunch of the darker haired tips from your Coyote mask for your
tail. Separate out the ‘under hair’ and
tie it in for your tail. It should be a
little longer than a hook gap in length off the bend o your hook. I usually wrap the butt end of the tail on
top of the hook shank, all the way to the bead to create a nice even body. Now bring your hook back down to the tail
‘tie in’ point. Tie in and secure a 3”-4”
length of Dyed Pearl Diamond Braid in Bone Fish Tan. Bring your thread forward
and stop it a ‘bead length’ behind your mounted bead. Apply some head cement to the top of the hook
shank and with touching wraps palmer your Braid forward, tying it off at your
thread. Cut off any excess. Invert your fly with the hook point up. You are now going to tie in your belly. You are going to use the lighter white hairs
on your Coyote mask. Tie it in so that
it extends half way down your tail. After
taking some securing wraps cut off the butt ends. Invert your hook again (hook point down).
You are going to mirror your belly by tying in
a wing of darker tipped Coyote hairs (same as your tail). With your wing and belly complete, take 2
strands of Copper Flash-a-bou, double it over your hanging thread, bring it up
on top of the hook shank, and secure it on top of your wing.Trim some of the strands so that they extend
beyond the length of the fly.Next,
prepare a dubbing noddle for your Collar with Rusty Brown Ice Dub.Dub the collar of your fly and complete it
with a whip finish.
If you have any
questions about this fly or would like to submit a Fly of The Month I can be
reached at pdinice@frontier.com .
This is a great
emerger pattern for deeper water. To tie
this fly begin by mashing down the hook barb, place the bead on the hok, and it
in your vice. Start your thread at the hook
point. Once secured, cut off the butt end.
Next, secure your Pearl Tinsel/Flash-a-bou onto the hook shank. You are now going to bring your Tinsel over
the mounted Gold Bead, under the hook shank, and back to your tie in
point. That should lock the bead in
place. When you do this make sure you
located the bead an ‘eye length’ from the hook eye. This is critical. With the bead locked in place, wrap your
thread down the hook shank, over the Tinsel.
Your wraps should extend well down the hook shank.
Next, create a slim
dubbing noodle with your Hare’s Mask Dubbing.
With touching wraps, create a tapered body up the hook shank. The body should end before the bead, leaving
enough space to tie in your Wingcase. Next,
with open spiral wraps, rib your body with Tinsel. Tie it off and cut off the butt end. Now
prepare your Wingcase by stripping off 8-10 fibers of Pheasant Tail. After aligning the tips, trim them off. Tie them in behind the bead with the fibers
extending back towards the rear. Now dub
another noodle with Hare’s Dubbing to cover the body space behind the
bead. Bring your thread over the bead
and make some securing wraps. Next,
bring your Pheasant Tail Fibers over the Bead and secure them to create your Wingcase. After the fibers are anchored, clip off the
butt ends. Now, select a Partridge
feather to serve as your hackle. Strip
off all the lower webby fibers. Pinch
the tip of the feather and stroke back all the other fibers on the
feather. Trim off the tip of the feather
leaving part of the stem exposed. Tie
the feather in by the exposed stem. With
hackle pliers, take 2 wraps around the hook shank, stroking the feather fibers
back as you do so. Tie the feather off,
trim off the excess stem. Create a small
head on the fly, whip finish, and apply head cement.
Tightlinevideo has a great instructional video on how to tie this fly below:
If you have any questions about this fly or
would like to submit a Fly of The Month I can be reached at pdinice@frontier.com .
Hook:Mustad 79580 or 4X streamer hook
of choice Size #2 - #10.
Thread:Black Danville Flat Waxed Nylon & UTC 70 Denier.
Belly:White Bucktail
Body:Silver Mylar Flat Tinsel.
Wing:Cream or White Bucktail over which is Hot
Pink Bucktail, topped with 5-6 strands of Peacock Herl.
Throat/Beard:Red Saddle Hackle Fibers.
Cheeks:Wood Duck feather tips.
Head:Black Tying Thread finished with Head
Cement or Hard As Nails.
Sometimes there are
flies in your box that are great patterns, have produced a lot of fish, but get
forgotten over time. For me this is one
of them. At least 20 years ago I fished
the Connetquot River with friend Jeff Purcell.
Jeff landed fish after fish on this fly.
Recently, I used it on the Farmington River and did quite well with it. It’s tied in the ‘classic’ manor of New
England Streamers. That means dressed
sparsely with natural materials. The
most successful way to fish this fly is to dead drift it, mend, and briefly
dangle it where you expect fish to be.
If that doesn’t work, try varying strip retrieves. This is a killer streamer!
To tie this fly
crimp the barb and place it securely in your vice. Start your thread an ‘eyes’ length behind the
eye and wrap down to the bend. Cut off
the butt end of your thread. Tie in your
Silver Mylar Tinsel, then advance your thread up to your starting point. With touching wraps, palmer your tinsel
forward and tie it off at your initial thread starting point. Tie off your Tinsel and cut off the butt
end. Next, tie in your White Bucktail Belly. If you have a rotary vice, simply turn your
fly upside down. If you don’t have a rotary,
remove your fly and reaffix it in your vice.
Do not overdress your fly. The
Belly should extend slightly longer than the hook bend. Trim the butt ends of your Belly and again
rotate your fly. Now, using the same
quantity of Bucktail (Cream or White), tie in your wing. It should be the same length as your
Belly. On top of that tie in an equal
amount of Hot Pink Bucktail. Again, the
same length as your cream or white Bucktail.
Now tie in 5-6 strands of Peacock Herl, Equal length as your wing.
Reverse your fly 1
more time and tie in your Red Saddle Hackle fibers for your Throat/Beard. It should be approximately a hook gap in
length. Reverse your fly to tie in your
Wood Duck Feather Cheeks. I stroke back
these feathers and tie in the tips on each side of the fly. They should be a hook gap in length on each
side of the fly. Cut off the butt ends
and using your thread, build up a substantial black head for your fly. Painted or 3D eyes are optional if you want
to add them to the fly. Finally, with
Head Cement, coat your finished head.
If you have any questions about this fly or
would like to submit a Fly of The Month I can be reached at pdinice@frontier.com .
Hook:
Mustad 79580 or 4X streamer hook
of choice Size #2 - #10.
Thread:
Black Danville Flat Waxed Nylon & UTC 70 Denier.
Tail: Yellow Schlappen/Saddle Hackle.
Rib: Silver Mylar Tinsel.
Body: Black Floss.
Throat/Beard: Yellow Schlappen/Saddle Hackle.
Wing: White Marabou plume/feather (Optional –
topped with 3-5 strands of Peacock Herl).
Head: Black Tying Thread finished with Head
Cement or Hard As Nails.
This fly is a
variation of a very traditional streamer pattern. It’s one of my favorites. Easy to tie and very productive everywhere
it’s fished. Originally designed in the Rangeley
Region for land locked Salmon and Brook Trout.
To tie this fly place
your hook in the vice and start your thread an ‘eye length’ behind the eye of
the hook. With touching wraps, wrap down
to the hook point. Cut he tag end of the thread. Now tie in your tail with approximately 20
Yellow Schlappen/Saddle Hackle fibers.
The tail should be about a ½ hook shank in length. Don’t cut off the butt end.
Next tie in your
Silver Mylar Tinsel Rib, then your Black Floss.
Although your tie in point is where you’ve tied in your tail, the butt
ends of the Tinsel and Floss should extend to where your thread starts behind
the eye. The purpose of this is to
create a ‘uniform’ and even body. You
are now going to wrap your thread forward to create that even body. Now wrap your Floss forward and tie it off
behind the eye. Palmer your Tinsel
forward creating spiral wraps down the body.
Tie it off behind the eye and cut off the butt end.
Now tie in your
Throat/Beard on your fly. Again, about
20 fibers should do it. It should be
approximately slightly less than a hook shank in length. Cut off the butt ends once your Throat is
secured. Next, prepare your White Marabou
by stroking it rearward. You may want to
dampen it a little bit. Measure it
against the hook shank so that it extends about ½ way down the tail. Using the ‘pinch’ method, secure your wing
down behind the eye. Cut off the butt
end of the Marabou. Using your thread,
create a uniform head for your fly. Whip
finish and apply head cement or ‘Hard as Nails’ to the head of the fly.
Dressed Irons has a
great instructional video on how to tie this fly below:
If you have any questions about this fly or
would like to submit a Fly of The Month I can be reached at pdinice@frontier.com .
