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Pattern Type:

Name: Jack O Lantern
Submitted By: tradfly

PatternType: Streamer
HookType: Low Water Salmon
HookSize: 4
Thread: 6/0 Black

Component 1: Body
Description 1: Flat Gold Tinsel
Component 2: Underwing
Description 2: Sparse Yellow Polar Bear, little longer than hook
Component 3: Wing
Description 3: Three orange saddles tied flat over the underwing
Component 4: Wing (Topping)
Description 4: Two black saddles tied upright on top
Component 5: Cheeks
Description 5: Short Jungle Cock

Instr: Fasten your thread. Tie in the flat tinsel at the eye wind down and then back up. Tie in the Yellow Polar Bear (SPARSE), this should extend only a little beyond the hook bend. Lay on flat the three orange saddles over the bear. The same length. Tie in the black saddles normally (back to back). Tie in the short Jungle Cock cheeks. Form head and tie off.

Comments: A favorite fall Landlock Salmon streamer of mine. Works well for trout also.

Created 10/23/2001 6:02:11 PM

ID:24

Name: The Bullet Stone
Submitted By: tradfly

PatternType: Nymph
HookType: Short shank, wide gap
HookSize: 8 or 10
Thread: 6/0

Component 1: Tail
Description 1: copper Crystal Flash, shorter black marabou
Component 2: Body
Description 2: Black pearl Estaz
Component 3: Collar
Description 3: Sparse black hen
Component 4: Head
Description 4: Copper conehead
Component 5:
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Instr: Slide the cone-head on the hook and wind on the thread to form a base.

Tie on two long strands of copper Crystal Flash.

Add another shorter tail of black marabou over the Crystal Flash. The marabou should be as long as the hook shank.

Tie in the black pearl Estaz. Wind 4 or 5 turns forward to the cone-head.

Wind two or three turns and tie off behind the cone-head.

Comments: This is one of my own patterns. Believe it or not this imitates a Stonefly nymph! Another variation I like is to use a gold cone-head, black Crystal Flash and brown marabou tail, and a brown hen hackle. The Estaz remains black pearl.

Created 11/21/2001 6:15:47 PM

ID:25

Name: Purple Egg Sucking Leech
Submitted By: Fly Fish Erie

PatternType: Steelhead
HookType: Mustad Streamer
HookSize: 10
Thread: 6/0 white

Component 1: Tail
Description 1: Purple Marabou
Component 2: Body
Description 2: Krystal Flash
Component 3: Body
Description 3: Purple Leech Yarn
Component 4: Head
Description 4: Glow bug yarn
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Instr: Tie in purple marabou for tail, about hook shank length. Attach 3 strands of Krytal flash on each side. Bind down leech yarn along shank of hook, leaving room at the head of the fly for a small glo-bug or chenille egg. Wind leech yarn up the hook shank, pulling excess fibers rearward. Tie a glow bug for the head of the fly or wrap several turns of chenille for an egg.

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Created 7/6/2000 5:28:36 PM

ID:9

Name: Testing-LiveServer!
Submitted By: jp

PatternType: Salmon
HookType: adsf
HookSize: asdf
Thread: asdf

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Comments: adsf

Created 7/5/2000 1:27:40 PM

ID:7

Name: Crystal Meth
Submitted By: MADAY

PatternType: Steelhead
HookType: Mustad Wet Nymph
HookSize: 12
Thread: 3 /0 or stronger any color

Component 1: Body
Description 1: Sparkle braided ribbon
Component 2: Tail
Description 2: Holograhic
Component 3: Flash
Description 3: Three strands
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Instr: Tie in thread. Wind to bend. Tie in Flash. Tie in braided ribbon. Fold ribbon towards eye and tie down to make first loop. Tie three more loops making each loop larger than the next. Make a head and whip finish.

Comments: People are addicted to crystal meythaline, and steelhead are addicted to these.

Created 7/13/2000 1:33:27 PM

ID:11

Name: Wooly Bugger
Submitted By: Fly Fish Erie

PatternType: Steelhead
HookType: Mustard Streamer
HookSize: 6 - 12
Thread: 6/0 - 3/0

Component 1: Thread
Description 1: Color to match body
Component 2: Body
Description 2: Chenille (try dubbed rabbit or eztaz)
Component 3: Hackle
Description 3: Palmered over body
Component 4: Tail
Description 4: Marabou with flash on either side
Component 5:
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Instr: Start by tying the tail which consists of marabou approximately the length of the hook shank. The tail can be tied sparse or full. A fuller-bodied tail seems to work better in higher water conditions. Add two or three pieces of crystal flash or flashabou to both sides of the tail. Now here is where most people make a mistake. Tie in a soft, webby hackle (by the tip or point of the feather) at the base of the marabou tail to later be palmered through the body. This puts the longer hackle fibers in the front of the fly, giving it a more professional look and better movement in the water. Ribbing is optional. Then dub or wrap the body using whatever material you wish. Now you can palmer or wrap the hackle in even increments through the body to the head of the fly. You want the hackle tips to flow over the body of the fly towards the tail. Whip finish or tie off and cement the head.

Comments: What can you say about the Wooly Bugger that hasn't already been written? It catches all species of game fish in fresh water and in salt water. I've even caught stripers in the saltwater estuaries of Narraganset Bay, Rhode Island on them. Here's how you can shake up the standard pattern and produce a buggier Bugger. Substitute rabbit fur dubbing instead of chennille for the body material. The body of the fly will "breathe" in the water, producing better results in slower sections of streams. Feel free to experiment with different types of body material to produce unique Buggers that the fish have never seen. Karl Weixlmann - Fly Fish Erie

Created 7/19/2000 11:48:13 AM

ID:16

Name: Tom's 60 Second Red Head
Submitted By: Yankee Angler

PatternType: Steelhead
HookType: Mustad #80200BR Shrimp/Caddis
HookSize: Salmon 6-10; Steelhead/Browns 10-12
Thread: Medium red copper wire

Component 1: Black Dubbing
Description 1: Beaver (soft), Angora (spike), & black flash (mix)
Component 2: Red Dubbing
Description 2: Beaver, Angora, and red flash (mix)
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Instr: Wrap shank of hook with copper wire and wrap back slightly down bend in hook. Apply dubbing wax to wire. Apply black dubbing to wire and wrap froward, 3/4 of the way, tapering the body in a stone fly nymph fashion. Apply red dubbing and wrap forward. Half hitch, pull tight and snap off. Red head should be approximately 1/4 the size of the length of the black nymph body. Red head should be the size of the dominant eggs that are in the river (Brown, Salmon or Steelhead).

Comments: If I only had one fly to use all season that works for all species of fish that run the Salmon River, this would be it. It imitates a black stone fly nymph with an egghead. We are simply combining 2 favorite sources of food. The best part about this fly is you can tie it in 60 seconds or less. Why does it out produce all others on a consistent basis? Some people swear that the angora dubbing gets caught in their teeth, allowing you more time to detect the take. The spiky angora moves in the water, giving the fly action or a life-like appearance. The subtle amount of flash reflects light, which also adds life to the fly. What little wire shows through adds a translucency and reflection of light, adding life. The wire also adds weight that gives it a good sink rate, getting your fly to the bottom where the fish are. With wire there's no whip finish, head cement and it will never fall apart. The simplicity of this fly makes it easy for even the non-tier. The experienced tier can produce 60 or more in an hour. Yet it incorporates all the features we all look for in our flies - shape, size, silhouette, profile, density, action, color. The colors are not too bright and flashy, so that even under heavy fishing pressure or bright sunny days it’s a producer. On even the grayest days it has enough flash to get some attention - not too bright and flashy in low clear water. When steelhead are eating eggs in the fall, aquatic insects in the winter or spawning in the spring, it’s a producer. Optional ways of tying and coloration: Depending on flow of water, imitation desired, time of year, target species. Besides using wire, I also use red thread when I’m fishing very slow water. The wire does sometimes hang up a little more frequently. Green wire could be used to tie a green bodied caddis larva with a small black head. Natural copper with brown dubbing and small black head for a cased caddis. Natural copper wrapped up the shank of hook with a little black dubbing or peacock hurl for head to imitate a midge pupa. (Brassy) All Black for a black stone fly. All brown for a mayfly nymph. Big orange head for a salmon egg, smaller for a steelhead egg, etc... If you tie it in all orange, we call it an O.J. (it's a killer fly) Ha. I've caught many a steelhead in the fall on orange scuds. Winter tying tips: Things I do this time of year when tying flies: Don’t use any flashy material at all. The aquatic insects we are imitating are mostly dull, dark in color. Try to keep a slender profile, size, shape - a lot of folks use too much material. An old trick Jim Rusher taught me is to tie a size 14 black stone on a size 12-hook etc. This gives you a bigger gap to hook and hold and it doesn’t seem to make a difference to the fish. I’d like to thank Tom Wilson for introducing me to this fly and the Salmon River, many Flies ago. Happy Hookin. Randy Jones ~ The Yankee Angler

Created 7/31/2000 1:03:36 PM

ID:17

Name: Black Egg Sucking Leech
Submitted By: crossuover12

PatternType: Steelhead
HookType: Mustad Streamer
HookSize: 8-12
Thread: Black/Orange 6/0 Waxed

Component 1: Body
Description 1: fine/medium black chenille
Component 2: Tail
Description 2: Black Marabou
Component 3: Egg
Description 3: fine/medium red or pink chenille
Component 4: Hackle
Description 4: black saddle hackle
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Instr: Start first by tying in the tail. Select a section of marabou that is about the length of the hook. Tie in where the hook shank meets the bend. Then move thread to a position about 1/3 the length of the hook from the eye. Select a section of black chenille between 6 and 8 inches long. Tie in with a few loops and then wind chenille down to the tail and then back up again finishing in the same place that you started. Select a medium to long hackle fiber and tie in where at that same place. Wind thread down to tail with 3 or 4 loops, and then wind hackle down to tail and tie in. Finish by cinching with the whip-finisher. To tie in the egg, select a length of pink or red chenille about 3 or 4 inches long. With pink or red thread, tie in with a few soft loops about halfway between the body and eye of the hook. Wind chenille to body and then back to the eye. Tie in and cinch.

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Created 8/4/2000 11:20:50 AM

ID:18

Name: Crystal Bugger
Submitted By: egg sac

PatternType: Steelhead
HookType: Mustad 9672
HookSize: 8
Thread: 6/0

Component 1: estez chinnelle
Description 1: white/red/orange/purple
Component 2: marabou
Description 2: white/red/orange/purple
Component 3: krystal flash
Description 3: pearl/red/orange/purple
Component 4: thread
Description 4: color to match
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Instr: First tie on your thread. Then tie on your marabou at 3/4 to full length of hook. Then tie on 4 stands of krystal flash on each side the length of the marabou. Then tie on the estez chinnelle and wrap it to the front of hook. Tie off, trim and whip finish.

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Created 3/4/2001 4:58:26 PM

ID:21

Name: Glow Yarn Sucker Spawn
Submitted By: Jabber Jaw

PatternType: Steelhead
HookType: Wet Nymph
HookSize: #12
Thread: Orange

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Instr: Tye almost like you would a regular sucker spawn but, instead of angora, use Glow Yarn. Cut Glow Yarn 2 1/2 to 3 inches long. With one piece you can get 2 to 3 flies out of it if you split it, because you only use one piece,instead of 3 like angora sucker spawn. I caught just as much Steelies with Glow Yarn spawn as Angora spawn. Try it. Fish on.

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Created 9/28/2001 4:18:30 PM

ID:23

Name: Glo Bug
Submitted By: Dan

PatternType: Steelhead
HookType: Scud (eye-up)
HookSize: 6-10
Thread: 6/0 waxed color to match

Component 1: Body
Description 1: Glo Bug yarn
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Instr: Tie on slightly forward of center and make a manual half-hitch. Cut two pieces of yarn each about 2" in length. Lay one piece on one side of the shank, tie on with one or two loops over, then one in front and one in back (making a figure 8). Tie on other piece of yarn on the opposite side in the same manner. Put a drop of head cement in the center. Tie off, whip finish and cement the head. After the thread is tied-off, you cut the yarn to form the ball. The trick to this pattern is cutting the yarn correctly. Cut each piece of yarn close and directly parallel to the hook shank. A heavy scissors helps. If you cut at an angle to the shank, or cut one side further from the shank than the other, the ball will be uneven. The further you cut from the shank, the larger the diameter of the ball. Trim as necessary. If you want to add a "dot" of a different color, cut a third piece of yarn of a different color. Peel off most of the yarn so the contrasting piece is about one-quarter its original thickness. Lay this contrasting piece on one of the other pieces when it is tied in. For larger hooks, you may need one and one-half pieces of yarn on each side.

Comments: This is one method of tying this pattern, and there are several others. I found this one to produce the most uniform ball.

Created 7/13/2000 2:14:18 PM

ID:12

Name: Sucker Spawn
Submitted By: Dan

PatternType: Steelhead
HookType: Standard hook, eye down
HookSize: 12-18
Thread: 6/0 in matching color (or use white)

Component 1: Body
Description 1: Yarn (angora is best) or UniYarn
Component 2: Tail
Description 2: Flashabou or similar
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Instr: Start the thread at the middle of the hook. Tie in 3-5 strands of Flashabou extending back for the tail. Cut-off so the tail extends past the bend about as far as the shank length. Cut a piece of yarn about 8 inches in length. Separate the strands. [This can be somewhat difficult if the piece is too long or the tread is very thin]. [If using UniYarn, use about 4 pieces]. Tie-in the end of one strand of yarn at the bend of the hook. (If you are using UniYarn, use one piece about 8 inches long). Wrap the tread to the eye. Wind the one piece of yard around the hook to the eye, tie off at the eye and cut the end. [I use the step to give the fly more body and so the bare hook is not exposed on the bottom - I don't think most people tie this single strand around the shank like this]. At the eye, tie in two to four stands of thread with the tag ends facing the eye. Cut off the loose ends. The number of strands of thread you use depends on the size of the hook and the thickness of the tread. On a size 14 or smaller with heavy thread, two or three strands should work. Hold all the strands along the top of the hook and wind the thread to the bend, tying the strands to the top of the hook. The substance of the pattern is made with this step. Make a loop with all the pieces of yarn about 1/8 inch above the shank and tie them back to the hook with two wraps slightly ahead on the shank. Make another loop the same size and again tie back to the hook. I alternate this process by laying the yarn first to the far side of the hook, then to the near side of the hook, and so forth. Keep moving forward toward the eye of the hook making loops and tying them to the hook. When you reach the eye with a loop, tie-off and cut the ends of the yarn. Whip finish and lacquer the head.

Comments: You can use any thread for this pattern, although many say angora is best. This pattern is tied in a variety of colors, with cream being the most popular. There are many varieties. Many do not use any tail. Some use fluorescent thread. A bead head can be added. This is a "heavier" version of this pattern. Some tie it much more sparsely by skipping the single strand wrapped around the hook from the bend to the eye, and some skip the step of tying all the strands along the top of the hook to the bend before starting the loops. The sparest version is made by just tying in the strands of the yarn at the bend and making the loops to the eye.

Created 7/13/2000 2:16:21 PM

ID:13

Name: DO Special
Submitted By: Spyder20oz

PatternType: Streamer
HookType: 2x Streamer
HookSize: 10
Thread: Orvis Black 10/0

Component 1: Black faceted Tungeston Bead
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Component 2: Grizzley hackle
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Component 3: Crosscut rabbit black
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Instr: First slide the tungeston bead onto the hook up to the eye. Then tye 2 tips of grizzley hackle about a 1/4 inch past the bend of the hook. Tye in the black cross cut rabbit and make one complete wrap around the hook and tye off. Complete the fly with a whip finisher and head cement.

Comments: I fish this fly for largemouth (in a larger size) and smallmouth bass in the river. I fish this fly like a streamer with a few quick strips then let it sink.

Created 9/2/2002 11:10:38 PM

ID:30

Name: Joel's Bruised Spey
Submitted By: stlhdr86jtl

PatternType: Steelhead
HookType: Salmon/Steelhead
HookSize: 6-10
Thread: black

Component 1: Tail
Description 1: Black hackle fibers
Component 2: Body
Description 2: Small blue wire
Component 3: Thorax
Description 3: Peacock hearl
Component 4: Hackle
Description 4: Long, webby, black w/blue flashabou
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Instr: Tie in several black hackle fibers in before the bend of the hook, leave them about as long as the shank. Tie in blue wire and wrap forward leaving about 1/4 inch behind the eye for a thorax. First tie in a black hen saddle by the tips, then tie in 4-6 strands of peacock hearl. Form a thorax of the hearl and palmer the hackel forward to the eye. Tie in several strands of blue flashabou accent longer than the hackle.

Comments: I generaly fish this fly on the swing, but I have hooked up dead drifting it. It's a really effective fly when the fish are on the gravel spawning.

Created 1/7/2004 1:40:18 PM

ID:31

Name: Red Tag
Submitted By: tradfly

PatternType: Wet fly
HookType: Standard Wet
HookSize: 8 - 16
Thread: Black

Component 1: Tag
Description 1: Florescent red wool
Component 2: Body
Description 2: Strands of Peacock herl twisted together
Component 3: Rib
Description 3: Counter wound black thread
Component 4: Hackle
Description 4: Brown hen
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Instr: Attach your tying thread and stop over the hook point. Leave a three or four inch strand hanging to the rear. Tie in a “tag” (short tail) of the florescent red wool. Tie in the strands of Peacock herl. Twist the strands together and wind them down the hook shank. Counter wind the black thread in spirals over the herl. Wind one or two turns of the hackle. Trim the excess and tie off with a whip finish.

Comments: A very old easy pattern for all trout and salmon.

Created 11/22/2001 5:56:32 PM

ID:27

Name: Improved Black Stone
Submitted By: Fisherboy86

PatternType: Nymph
HookType: Mustad Wet Nymph
HookSize: #8, also #6-#12
Thread: Black 6/0, or whatever matches the hook size.

Component 1: Tail
Description 1: Two black goose biots.
Component 2: Body & Thorax
Description 2: Black (Stonefly) Dubbing
Component 3: Rib
Description 3: Thin gold/copper wire
Component 4: Legs
Description 4: Black Goose Fibers
Component 5: Wingcase
Description 5: Black Crow Tail

Instr: 1. Attach two pieces of wire to each side of the hook shank. I use thick copper wire, but lead wire works fine. This will give the fly the flat and wide nymph profile. 2. Next, attach two black goose biots for the tail, split them with a small clump of thread or small amount of dubbing. 3. Attach your ribbing material right in front of the tail. 4. Apply your dubbing thinly to your tying thread. Then wrap the dubbing about half way up the hook. I stress THINLY because if you apply too much, you won't get the flat & wide nymph profile that I mentioned earlier. 5. Wrap the ribbing through the dubbing. On a size 8 hook, I make around 6-8 evenly spaced wraps. 6. Now, tie on the crow tail just like you would on a regular nymph for the wingcase. 7. From here one it gets a little tricky. Wrap a small amount of dubbing right in front of where you attached the crow tail. Then seperately take 4-6 black goose quill fibers and make a simple overhand knot in each one...this should make the fibers bend like legs. 8. Then right in front of your dubbing, tie on 2 goose fibers so there is one leg on each side of the hook, and so they also stick out perpendicular to the body. Then put some more dubbing right in front of the legs. 9. Repeat step 8 1 more time, or 2 times if you are putting on 6 legs. 10. Once your legs and dubbing are done, bring the crow tail up and over the dubbing and legs. When you tie down the crow tail, clip it off so there are two fibers left sticking out in front of the fly. These are your antennaes, clip them to the right size.

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Created 3/27/2002 11:42:10 AM

ID:28

Name: Steve's Fishinator
Submitted By: MightyMidge

PatternType: Streamer
HookType: 2x Streamer
HookSize: Size 8-12
Thread: White 3/0

Component 1: Eyes
Description 1: Small dumbells
Component 2: Body
Description 2: Blue Metalic Thread
Component 3: Upper Wing
Description 3: Blue Synthetic Hair (Any type)
Component 4: Lower Wing
Description 4: Yellow synthetic hair (Any type)
Component 5: Flash
Description 5: Blue mini krystal flash

Instr: This fly is essentially a mini clouser minnow.. Step one: tie in the dumbell eyes about a 1/4" from the eye of the hook.

Step two: wrap the body in the blue metallic thread, starting at the front, work toward the back, and then toward the front again, tie off. Step three: for the ones I tie, I use a synthetic material that comes on a spool, very similar to the material you might use for making parachute wing posts, now back to the instructions : tie the blue wing in back of the eyes (making about three turns with the thread), and then again in front of the eyes. The wing should extent about a 1/4" past the hook. NOTE: If desired you can add a few strands of krystal flash in the top wing, but quite honestly I haven't noticed any big difference with it. Step four: tie the yellow underwing on the bottom right before the eye of the hook. Again, the wing should extent about 1/4" beyond the hook. Step five: whip finish and coat head with favorite head cement.

Comments: This pattern is ridiculously simple to tie, and for a good reason. You will lose alot of them, some in very big fish. It imitates a small minnow perfectly. The blue metalic underbody gives just the right flash to draw the fishes attention, and the subdued wings add the motion that drives fish crazy. This is not a very pretty pattern, but it works like crazy. The best thing about it is that it will take all sorts of fish. Its small size means that bluegills, crappy and the like will pounce on it...but so will bass, steelhead, stream trout, sucker fish(yes, those ugly buggers), carp (try one on a three weight and hang on)and more!!! It is small enough to cast on a light rod, and the eyes add just enough weight to sink it right. VERY IMPORTANT: It should be either dead drifted of fished in very short strips, and when fishing open water, give it time to sink! Enjoy...Sincerely Steve B.

Created 5/6/2002 3:24:29 PM

ID:29