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Greenwell

This is a fun old school dry fly. For a professional tying of the fly watch this video by Robert Smith https://youtu.be/i63YwtrHOwo

Golden Ibis

Golden Ibis as shown in Ray Bergman's Trout.

Hook: Mustad sz 8 wet fly
Tail: scarlet - here goose shoulder but duck quill works
Body: Gold - here mylar size small
Beard/Hackle: hen scarlet
Win...

France Fly Orange

This is a variation on the competition style France Fly.

Hook: size 16 jig hook
Bead: 2.4 slotted tungsten silver
Thread: 16/0 Sheer in Chestnut
Tail: Whiting CdL fibers 2 or 3.
Body: beadin...

Black Cormorant

The story goes this fly was first used by a young angler in a youth fly fishing competition.
The fly has many variations from the original which was simply a peacock herl body and black marabou wing...

Red Squirrel Gold

Red Squirrel Gold - Ray Bergman

Hook - size 8; 4xl
Body - gold tinsel; gold rib optional
Throat - red hackle fibers tied in full NOT wound.
Wing - Fox Squirrel then Honey Badger cock hackles
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Cutcliffe’s Wet Fly Formula

I love Cutcliffe and his 1863 book "The Art of Trout Fishing on Rapid Streams". I also love Tenkara.

Exe Fly

This is a Roger Woolley pattern. He was a professional fly dresser from the UK who was a big fan of West Country or Devon style stiff hackle wet flies. HC Cutcliffe is perhaps the

Royal Charlie

Royal Charlie spider pattern a la Hunt circa 1930s. North Country Flies - Yorkshire Spider.

Head = peacock herl
Hackle = Partridge
Body = scarlet silk YLI here.
Rib = gold wire (I used silver)
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Fontanalis Fin

This is tied as listed in Ray Bergman's "Trout".

Hook used here is a size 8 Mustad 3906
Tail: White cock hackle fibers
Rib: gold flat tinsel
Body: orange wool (here I used yarn)
Beard: Hen furn...

Fern Fly (Moth)

Mary Orvis Marbury aka "Mom" and Ray Bergman versions.
The Fern Fly is an old British Pattern that was adapted in the US. As Mary Orvis Marbury reports it probably should have had a name change in t...

Cutcliffe #26

This is my attempt at Cutcliffe's #26. Like #14 in the video before this is one of the few flies where the body is not fur.

Cuttcliffe

Rooster hackle wet flies? From England? From the mid-1800s? You bet! HC Cutcliffe angler extraordinaire from Devonshire, England wrote an amazing book called "The Art of Trout Fishing on Rapid Str...

Futsu Kebari x 2

Kurobe Headwaters and Cutcliffe Style Red Head. In this video I take a look at "futsu" kebari - one classic Japanese and one tied in the style of Cutcliffe from England in the 1860's.

Thunder

Here I tie a winged wet fly called "Thunder" as outlined in Ray Bergman's "Trout"

Hook: Sproat bend wet fly hook - here size 10 from Partridge
Tail: Golden Pheasant Crest
Body: Black floss
Rib: ...

Takayama Kebari x 2!

Here I tie two traditional flies or "kebari" in Japanese from the Takayama area of Gifu prefecture. Takayama Jun black wool kebari Body = black wool Hackle = black hen cape

Baby Brownie

Winged wet fly with a brown trout resemblance. Gold mylar body Tail and Beard - mallard flank dyed wood duck Wing - bleached merganser quills dotted with black paint marker.

Mosca Ahogada

Drowned Fly. Traditional fly from Leon, Spain using Gallo de Leon. This is an attempt to try and tie a traditional Spanish fly pattern from Leon using the famous Gallo de Leon.

Thorax Dun - Marinaro Style

The Thorax Dun a la Vincent Marinaro from “The Modern Dry Fly Code”
This is a fly designed for selective trout that have keyed onto duns. The wings and their silhouette on the surface are the main fo...

Blue Hallelujah

Jim Wynn was a river-keeper on the Wharfe river in Yorkshire, UK. He modified many of the classic patterns to include some more modern materials like tinsel and various lacquers.

Adirondack

This is a wet fly pattern from Ray Bergman's "Trout" tied by me (amateur enthusiast).

Hook: sz 6 Wet fly hook
Tag: yellow floss
Tail: black saddle hackle fibers
Body: grey fur (hare's ear dubbin...

Leisenring Hare’s Ear

James Leisenring’s Hare’s Ear

Thread - primrose silk. I used Kimoto silk #301.
Hook - Wet fly 12 or 14
Tail - Wood duck fibers
Rib - flat gold tinsel very small
Body - spun body of primrose si...

Bergman’s Winters

Winters. Classic Winged Wet fly from "Trout"

Recipe:
Hook - Wet fly hook size 8 used in video but your choice
Tail - "Brown Mallard" listed in Trout this is what we now call "bronze mallard"
Bod...

Ray Bergman Winged Wet Fly

Ray Bergman namesake fly pattern from his seminal work "Trout". In this videos I will tie a Ray Bergman wet fly. The recipe for the video is below.

Queen of Waters

Amateur tying of a very old fly pattern called "Queen of Waters". Ray Bergman recipe.

Recipe:
Mustad Wetfly size 8
Palmered Hackle: brown hen (I used a brown edged feather)
Body: orange floss
W...

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