These eighteen (18) fly patterns will be for a trip I am planning with Michael & Ally up to the Yellowstone area in July 2017…The three of us have not been up there together in way too long…
Those guys…
These are tied on smaller, #14 – #20 size hooks and are attractor type fly patterns…the larger guys will follow…The Box is completed…Michael will be in from NYC on Mother’s Day to inspect the box !!! 🙂
FLY BOX OF NYMPHS … For Montana, Summer 2017…
…for these guys..
SPANFLEX PSYCHO PRINCE (Yellow) – Mercer/Variant…
HOOK: TMC 113BLH, #10 – #14
THREAD: Danville 6/0, #.8 Yellow
WEIGHT: .010 Lead Wire
TAILS: Brown Spanflex
CARAPACE/BACK: Ozark Oak Mottled Turkey
ABDOMEN: Ice Dun UV Lt. Yellow
RIB: UTC Wire, Hot Orange – sm
BURST WING: Angel Hair, electric yellow
THORAX: Ice Dub UV Lt. Yellow
LEGS: Flexi – Floss, White
COLLAR: Ice Dub, UV Brown
BEAD: Copper or Gold Tungsten sized to hook
A Mike Mercer pattern that one does not go to Montana without…substituted Spanflex for the more usual biots…
Materials SPANFLEX PSYCHO PRINCE (Yellow)…
SPANFLEX PSYCHO PRINCEs (Yellow)…#14’s…
PINK & PURPLE SMOOTHIE NYMPH …
HOOK: Umpqua C200BL, #14 – #16
THREAD: Tiemco 16/0, Black
WEIGHT: .010 Lead Wire
TAIL: Coq De Leon, Dark Speckled
ABDOMEN: Polish Quill, Pink – * Coat with UV Resin
WINGCASE/LEGS: Purple Fluoro Fiber – about 18 strands each side
THORAX: Ice Dub, UV Rust
HOT SPOT: Gordon Griffith 14/0 Sheer, Red
BEAD: Plummeting Tungsten Bead, Purple, sized to hook
Of course, short shank, small & PURPLE…
...PLUNK…
Materials PINK & PURPLE SMOOTHIE NYMPH…
PINK & PURPLE SMOOTHIE NYMPHs… #16’s…
YELLOWTAIL NYMPH…
HOOK: UMPQUA C550BL, #12 – #14
THREAD: Danville 6/0 #.8 Yellow – Abdomen / Veevus 16/0, Brown – thorax forward
WEIGHT: .010 Lead Wire
TAIL: Yellow Pheasant Tail Fibers
ABDOMEN Danville Thread
CARAPACE/BACK: Yellow Pheasant Tail Fibers
RIB: UTC Wire, Black, x-sm
THORAX: Mix 70% SLF Spikey Squirrel, Brown / 30% SLF Prism, Peacock
BEAD: Tungsten Nickel
General attractor, short body, wide gape hook for here…
…working the banks in the riffle at twilight…
Materials YELLOWTAIL NYMPH…
YELLOWTAIL NYMPHs…#14’s…
Michael… getting in some practice on the Croton today… (4.30.2017)…
BROWN HOLO CANADIAN JIG…
HOOK: TMC 403BLJ, #12 – #16
THREAD: UTC 70 Denier, Brown
WEIGHT: .010 Lead Wire
TAIL: Coq De Leon, Ginger
ABDOMEN: Brown Holographic Flashabou
RIB: UTC wire, Rust, sm – *Coat with UV Resin
THORAX: AZ Simi-Seal, Canadian Brown
HOT SPOT: Datum Glo-Brite Floss, #5, Fl. Orange
BEAD: Faceted, slotted Tungsten Bead, Copper or Gold
A generic, flashy Brown Jig. These, with the Brown Holographic Flashabou, seem to work just about anywhere…
Materials BROWN HOLO CANADIAN JIG…
BROWN HOLO CANADIAN JIGs … #14’s…
ANDY’S EDIBLE ARRANGEMENT (Pearl/Amber) – Larkin/Variant …
HOOK: Umpqua C400BL. #10 – #12
THREAD: UTC 70 Denier, White – Abdomen / Veevus 16/0, Black – thorax forward
WEIGHT: .010 Lead Wire
ABDOMEN: Ice Dub, UV Pearl
RIB: Amber D-Rib, small – *Brush abdomen with a bore brush (with vigor) and lightly trim
THORAX: SLF Spikey Squirrel Dubbing , Brown – * Behind and in front of hackle
HACKLE: Mac Petitjean CDC , Black
BEAD: Slotted, faceted Tungsten, Gold , sized to hook
This is an Andy Larkin pattern that I did with green overtones with Laser Dub. back in Feb. 2014 – scroll down… They work…
Materials ANDY’S EDIBLE ARRANGEMENT (Pearl/Amber)…
ANDY’S EDIBLE ARRANGEMENTs (Pearl/Amber)…#12’s…
OPALBACK LT. OLIVE BRONZE NYMPH …
HOOK: TMC 113BLH, #14 – #16
THREAD: UTC 70 Denier, Yellow Olive – Abdomen / Tiemco 16/0, Olive – thorax forward
WEIGHT: .010 Lead Wire
TAIL: Hungarian Partridge, Olive
CARAPACE/BACK: Medium Opal Tinsel
RIB: UTC Chartreuse Wire, SM
WINGCASE/LEGS: Six strands of Black Krystal Flash
THORAX: AZ Synthetic Dubbing, Bronze Peacock
BEAD: Gold Tungsten, sized to hook
Something FLAV-Ish in a nymph for “between the lakes”:
LITTLE GREEN DRAKE — (DRUNELLA FLAVILINEA)
HOOK SIZES 14, 16
Flavs are a big deal on the Henry’s Fork, but they are often overshadowed in the mind of anglers on the Madison by PMDs. This is a big mistake. Their imitations are necessary not only for rising fish, but also make superb searching patterns.
OUR RIVERS AND WHEN TO FLY FISH WITH LITTLE GREEN DRAKES
Madison River July 10 – August 10
Firehole River June 1 – June 25
Yellowstone River July 20 – August 10
Henry’s Fork July 1 – July 25
(*From Madison River Outfitters)
Materials OPALBACK LT. OLIVE BRONZE NYMPH…
OPALBACK LT. OLIVE BRONZE NYMPHs…#14’s…
ROBINSON SPECIAL – Simon Robinson/Variant …
HOOK: Umpqua JB01 Specialty Hook, #12 – #16
THREAD: UTC 70 Denier, Cream – Abdomen / UTC 70 Denier, Black – thorax forward
WEIGHT: .015 -.010 Lead Wire
TAIL/SHUCK: Angel Hair, Electric Pink
ABDOMEN: #.2 Natural Dark Hare’s Ear Plus – the vintage stuff
RIB: UTC Fl. Pink wire -SM
THORAX: Ice Dub, Peacock
BEAD: Plummeting Tungsten Bead, Salmon Pink, sized to hook – * Brush out the body and thorax with a bore brush then lightly trim to shape
I haven’t figured out who ROBINSON is yet but Kelly Galloup has this pattern up for sale on the Slide Inn site when they are in stock…Now I know. This fly was designed by Simon Robinson… (5.14.2017)
Materials ROBINSON SPECIAL/Variant…
ROBINSON SPECIAL/Variants…#12’s…
TUNG RED-HEADED STEPCHILD – Brown/Variant…
HOOK: TMC 113 BLH, #12 – #16
THREAD: Danville 6/0, #47 Tobacco Brown – Abdomen / Tiemco 16/0, Dark Brown – thorax forward
WEIGHT: .010 Lead Wire
TAIL: Natural Pheasant Tail Fibers
ABDOMEN: Working Danville Thread
RIB: UTC wire, Red, SM
THORAX: UV2 Natural Peacock
WINGCASE/LEGS: Grizzly Krystal Flash, Red/Black
OVER WINGCASE: UTC Med. Opal Tinsel – * Coat with UV Resin
BEAD: Plummeting Tungsten, Red, sized to hook
A Hogan Brown pattern that has been young for awhile that is very effective on the Big Hole…Kelly says so…I tie the Wingcase and legs Rick Murphy style, then resin the hump made by the KF and Opal Tinsel…The original was tied with a red glass bead.
Materials TUNG RED-HEADED STEPCHILD…
TUNG RED-HEADED STEPCHILD…#14’s…
JIG NYMPH (Olive) – Gustav Fröléen/Variant…
HOOK: Umpqua (Hanak) C400BL, #16
THREAD: Tiemco 16/0, Olive
WEIGHT: .010 Lead Wire
TAIL/SHUCK: Marc Petitjean CDC, Olive
ABDOMEN: Life Cycle dubbing, Olive Caddis
RIB: Olive, Pearl Flashabou (6969)
THORAX: Ice Dub, Caddis Green
BEAD: Slotted Tungsten, Copper, 3/32″
Gustav Fröléen ties it here
Materials JIG NYMPH (Olive)…
JIG NYMPHs (Olive)…#16’s…
$3.00 BRIDGE, 6PM, IN JULY …
HOOK:TMC 113BLH, #14
THREAD: UTC 70 Denier, Lt. Olive – Underabdomen / Tiemco 16/0, Olive – Thorax forward
WEIGHT: .010 Lead Wire
TAIL: Coq De Leon Fibers, Ginger
ABDOMEN: Polish Quill, Ginger – *Coat with UV Resin
WING: 2 CDC feather tips – Marc Petitjean , Lt. Yellow
THORAX: Acrysilk Dubbing, Olive
BEAD: Gold Tungsten, sized to hook
A impressionisistic version of a Epeorus albertae that emerges as an adult on the Madison River, around $3.00 Bridge, after 6PM in late July and August…
…like here…
Materials $3.00 BRIDGE, 6PM, IN JULY…
$3.00 BRIDGE, 6PM, IN JULY EMERGERS …#14’s…
ZEPUPALON (Hydropsyche)Rowan Nyman/Variant …
HOOK: Daiichi 1560, weighted, #16
THREAD: Veevus 16/0, Brown
WEIGHT: .010 Lead Wire
SHUCK: Zelon, Tan
ABDOMEN: Hare’s Ear Plus, Natural Dark – the vintage stuff
ANTENNAE: 2 strands Krystal Flash, Medium Brown
THORAX: SLF Spikey Squirrel Dubbing, Dark Brown
A Hydropsyche Pupa imitation concocted by Rowan Nyman from these guys…for the time period we expect to be there…
…there…above $3.00 Bridge at 6AM in July…
Materials ZEPUPALON (Hydropsyche)…
ZEPUPALONs (Hydropsyche)…# 16’s ….
MVP CHARTREUSE – Tim Tollett/Variant…
HOOK: TMC 2499 SP-BLB, #12 – #16
THREAD: Tiemco 16/0, Lt. Cahill
WEIGHT: .010 Lead Wire
SHUCK: Sparkle Emerger Yarn, White
ABDOMEN: Working thread
OVER ABDOMEN: Veevus Pearl Tinsel, SM
BACK: Chartreuse McFlyfoam
RIB: UTC Silver wire, X-sm
HACKLE: Hen Neck, Dun
THORAX: Ice Dub, Peacock
BEAD: Tungsten Nickel, sized to hook
This is a Tim Tollet signature fly pattern ( Most Valuable Player). He is a Montana tier and fly shop operator (Frontier Anglers, Dillon, MT). One has to sniff around to find his ties. It is worth it. I don’t go to Montana without a bunch of his ties…
Materials MVP CHARTREUSE…
MVP’s CHARTREUSE…#14’s…
Weighty stuff from Bob Marriott’s today… (4.8.2017)…
DARK SHADOW (Purple) NYMPH …
HOOK: Daiichi 1560. #12 – #14
THREAD: UTC 70 Denier, Black
WEIGHT: .010 Lead Wire
TAIL: Purple Pheasant Tail Fibers
ABDOMEN: working thread
RIB: Purple Ribbing wire .00500 – Cascade Crest Tool Co.
WINGCASE/LEGS: Grizzly Krystal Flash, Black/White – * Coat Wingcase with UV Resin
THORAX: Dyed Purple Peacock Eye, UV2
HOT SPOT: Veevus 16/0, Pink
BEAD: Plummeting Tungsten, Metallic Purple, sized to hook
Another Purple Attractor Nymph…it’s how I roll…
Materials DARK SHADOW (Purple) NYMPH…
DARK SHADOW (Purple) NYMPHs…#14’s…
VBQ PINK-O …
HOOK: TMC 113 BLH, #12 – #16
THREAD: Lagartun 74 denier, Olive
WEIGHT: .010 Lead Wire
TAIL/SHUCK: Midge Flash, Pink/Pearl
ABDOMEN: Working Thread
OVER ABDOMEN: Veevus Body Quill, Dk. Olive
RIB: UTC Wire, Fl. Pink, SM – * Coat with UV Resin
THORAX: Ice Dub, Peacock
BEAD: Tungsten Nickel, sized to hook
Another, easy to tie, down and deep, flashy generic nymph to be used most often as an anchor pattern…so I may surprise myself when something large grabs hold of it…
…like here, between the lakes, on the Upper Madison…
Materials VBQ PINK-O…
VBQ PINK-O’s…#14’s…
MADISON CRANBERRY MAHOLO NYMPH- Jan Nemec/Variant
HOOK: Umpqua C300BL, #12 – #14
THREAD: UTC 70 Denier, Brown
WEIGHT: .010 Lead Wire
TAIL: PT Fibers, Rusty Brown
ABDOMEN: Sulky Holoshimmer Metallic Thread – Cranberry #6055
RIB: UTC Wire, Hot Orange, SM – * Coat with UV Resin
WINGCASE: Opal Mirage Tinsel, Med.
LEGS: 3-4 each side, Rusty Brown PT fiber tips
BEAD: Copper Tungsten, sized to hook
A Jan Namec Pyramid Lake fly pattern adapted to a curved, comp. hook, Jan ties the pattern HERE
Materials MADISON CRANBERRY MAHOLO NYMPH…
MADISON CRANBERRY MAHOLO NYMPH(s)…#14’s…
YELLOW QUILL SILVER NYMPH …
HOOK: TMC 113 BLH, #12 – #16
THREAD: UTC 70 Denier, Olive
WEIGHT: .010 Lead Wire
TAIL: Lemon Woodduck
ABDOMEN: Stripped Polish Quill, Fl. Yellow – *Coat with UV Resin
WINGCASE/LEGS: Krystal Flash UV Pearl, six strands
THORAX: Ice Dub, Peacock
HOT SPOT: Datum Glo-Brite Floss, #5, Fl. Orange
BEAD: Tungsten Nickel, sized to hook
This is aan attractor Mayfly pattern that I would use in the early AM and in the late afternoon, as the shadows are beginning to fall, in this particular area…
..above $3.00 Bridge on the Madison River at sunset…
Materials YELLOW QUILL SILVER NYMPH…
YELLOW QUILL SILVER NYMPH(s)…#12’s…
KREINIK C&C BUG…
HOOK: TMC 2499 SP-BLB, #16 – #18
THREAD: TMC 16/0, Black
WEIGHT: .010 Lead Wire
ABDOMEN: Coats and Clark Dual Duty XP Thread 7040 Jungle Gold
RIB: Kreinik Metallic Very Fine Braid- Pearl #32 – *Coat with UV Resin
WING: 2 Natural Brown CDC tips – Trouthunter
THORAX: UV2 Dyed Peacock Eye, Brown
BEAD: Plummeting Tungsten, Metallic Red, Sized to hook
A small, Caddis general purpose attractor. The abdomen darkens to a deep olive/brown when treated with UV Resin…
Materials KREINIK C&C BUG…
KREINIK C&C BUG(s)…#18’s…
YELLOW HOT SPOT JIG (PMD)…
HOOK: Umpqua (Hanak) c400BL, #14 – #16
THREAD: Tiemco 16/0, Dark Brown
WEIGHT: .010 Lead Wire
TAIL: Coq De Leon, Ginger Speckled
ABDOMEN: PT Fibers, Rusty Brown, – Wapsi PO51
RIB: Lagartun X-Fine, Copper Wire
THORAX: Ice Dub UV Light Yellow
BEAD: Copper Slotted Tungsten, sized to hook
This is just a simple attractor jig nymph for use during the PMD hatch. If one wishes to tie this pattern a bit smaller, use the Dohiku HDJ # 18 Hook
I would use this pattern in here, Raynolds Pass FAS, on the Madison River , about this time, when Ally is feeling better…
Materials YELLOW HOT SPOT JIG (PMD)…
YELLOW HOT SPOT JIG (PMDs)…#16’s…
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