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Dry Flies

	Adams Hook - standard dry fly sizes 10 - 20 Thread - black Tail - grizzly and brown hackle fibers mixed Body - dubbed muskrat belly Wings - grizzly hackle tips Hackle - grizzly and brown mixed Comments - If one is lucky enough today to find muskrat belly, to use it the tyer needs to remove all guard hair and then shear it. Fortunately, there are many sources of Adam's body dubbing in ready to use form. Hackle tips may not be easy to come by. Substitutes include grizzly hen hackle tips and cut wings (from grizzly body feathers, hen backs, large hen neck feathers and the like), the latter not being one of our favorites. The Female Adams* is tied the same except that a butt of yellow poly yarn is tied in before the grey body to represent the egg sac.*
	Ant - Black Hook - standard dry fly sizes 14 - 20 Thread - black Abdomen - black fur dubbing-formed into a hump Hackle - black in middle of hook Thorax - black rabbit fur-formed into a lump
	Bivisible - Brown Hook - standard dry fly 10 - 14 Thread - black Tail - brown hackle fibers Body - brown hackle palmered-heavy Hackle - cream
	Bivisible - Dun Hook - standard dry fly 10 - 14 Thread - black Tail - dun hackle fibers Body - dun hackle palmered-heavy Hackle - cream
	Black Gnat Hook - standard dry fly sizes 12 - 20 Thread - black Tail - black hackle fibers Body - dyed black rabbit (or poly yarn) Wings -grey duck quills Hackle - natural or dyed black
	Blue Dun Hook - standard dry fly sizes 10 - 16 Thread - grey Tail - dun hackle fibers Body - muskrat belly fur Wings - mallard wing Hackle - blue dun Comments - Any body dubbing used for the Adams is useful for the Blue Dun.
	Blue Quill Hook - standard dry fly sizes 12 - 18 Thread - black Tail - dun hackle fibers Body - stripped peacock quill Wings - mallard wing Hackle - blue dun
	Blue Wing Olive Hook - standard dry fly sizes 12 - 20 Thread - olive Tail - dark dun hackle fibers Body - medium olive rabbit dubbing Wings -grey duck quills Hackle - dark dun hackle
	Brown Drake Hook - standard dry fly sizes 6 - 16 Thread - brown Tail - moose body hair Rib - yellow floss Body - olive rabbit fur Wings - light elk hair Hackle - dyed yellow tan hackle fibers (light ginger can be substituted)
	Cricket - Letort Hook - dry fly 2X sizes 12 - 16 Thread - black Body - black rabbit fur Wings - black goose quill Overwing - black deer hair Head - black deer hair spun and clipped
	Dark Hendrickson Hook - standard dry fly sizes 12 - 18 Thread - grey Tail - dark dun hackle fibers Body - dark muskrat back fur Wings - lemon woodduck Hackle - dark blue dun
	Dark Cahill Hook - standard dry fly sizes 102- 18 Thread - tan Tail - dark ginger hackle fibers Body - grey muskrat fur Wings - lemon woodduck flank Hackle - dark ginger
	Dark Hendrickson Hook - standard dry fly sizes 12- 18 Thread - grey Tail - dark blue dun hackle fibers Body - grey muskrat back fur Wings - lemon woodduck flank Hackle - dark dun
	Dusty Miller Hook - standard dry fly sizes 10 - 14 Thread - grey Tail - light dun hackle fibers Body - mixed muskrat and hare's ear Wings - grey duck quills Hackle - light dun and dark ginger mixed
	Eastern Green Drake Hook - 2X dry fly sizes 8 - 12 Thread - cream Tail - woodduck flank feathers-long Body - very pale yellow rabbit dubbing tending towards a dark cream Wings - mallard flank feather lightly barred Hackle - cream badger
	Dusty Miller Hook - standard dry fly sizes 10 - 14 Thread - grey Tail - light dun hackle fibers Body - mixed muskrat and hare's ear Wings - grey duck quills Hackle - light dun and dark ginger mixed
	Elk Hair Caddis - Tan Hook - standard dry fly sizes 12 - 18 Thread - tan Body - hare's ear dubbing Rib - fine gold wire Wings - light elk hair Hackle - brown palmered over body Comments - Wire is tied in at hook bend hackle in front. Hackle is palmered back and secured with wire which is then ribbed forward. Most tyers today omit the rib and use a tan rabbit dubbing for the body. Other elk hair caddis patterns are similar except the body color and thread color are changed-e.g., olive, gray and brown elk hair caddis.
	Fluttering Caddis - Gray Hook - standard dry fly sizes 12 - 18 Thread - black Body - muskrat back fur Wings - gray hackle barbules or gray mink guard hairs Hackle - medium dun Comments - A number of fluttering caddis patterns can be tied by varying the above recipe-cream, tan, ginger, black, dark dun, etc.
	Gray Quill Hook - standard dry fly sizes 12 - 18 Thread - black Tail - dark grizzly hackle fibers Body - badger hackle stem stripped Wings - lemon woodduck flank Hackle - dark grizzly
	Gray Fox Hook - standard dry fly sizes 12 - 14 Thread - pale yellow Tail - light ginger Body - sandy red fox fur Wings - mallard flanks Hackle - light ginger and light grizzly mixed
	Henryville Special Hook - standard dry fly sizes 12 - 20 Thread - olive Body - light olive fur or floss Rib- grixxly hackle palmered over body-barbs slightly smaller than hook gap Wings - woodduck flank under with mallard quill slips tied tent style Hackle - dakr ginger Head - brown thread wraps
	Dave's Hopper Hook - dry fly 2X sizes 4 - 12 Thread - gray Tail - red deer hair and small loop of yellow yarn Body - yellow wool yarn hackle - brown palmered over body and clipped Underwing - yellow calftail Wing - mottled turkey lacquered Legs - dyed yellow grizzly hackle stems clipped and knotted Collar - matural light deer hair spun Head - natural light deer hair spun and clipped
	Humpy - Black Hook - standard dry fly sizes 8 - 14 Thread - black Tail - moose body hair Shellback - moose body hair Body - black thread Wings - moose hair tips from overbody Hackle - black
	Isonychia (eye' sun i kee' ya) Bicolor Hook - standard dry fly sizes 10 - 14 Thread - brown Tail - dun hackle fibers Body - chestnut brown dubbing with a hint of purple Wings - mallard flanks Hackle - light ginger and med. dun mixed
	Lady Beaverkill Hook - standard dry fly sizes 10 - 18 Thread - black Tail - light ginger Butt - yellow wool Body - grey muskrat fur Wings - grey duck quills Hackle - light ginger
	Light Cahill Hook - standard dry fly sizes 10 - 20 Thread - pale yellow (or cream) Tail - light ginger hackle fibers Body - cream under fur of the red fox Wings - lemon woodduck sides Hackle - light ginger Comments - Fortunately there are many sources of prepared light Cahill body dubbing as the supply of cream (red) fox fur is at an all time low. Mallard flanks dyed woodduck are suitable substitutes for the lemon woodduck wings.
	Light Hendrickson Hook - standard dry fly sizes 12 - 18 Thread - tan Tail - medium dun hackle fibers Body - urine burned fox fur (aka pink fox fur) Wings - lemon woodduck Hackle - medium dun
	Male Beaverkill Hook - standard dry fly sizes 12 - 14 Thread - black Tail - dark ginger Rib - brown hackle palemered, undersized Body - white floss Wings - grey duck quills Hackle - brown
	March Brown (American) Hook - standard dry fly sizes 10 - 14 Thread - tan Tail - ginger hackle fibers Body - sandy under fur from red fox Wings - lemon woodduck Hackle - grizzly and dark ginger (lt brown) mixed Comments - There are many sandy fox subsitiutes on the market. Dark ginger (hackles) is the common color of genetic hackle termed brown - use as light a shade as possible. The darker barring and color of the natual woodduck better imitate the wings of this fly than do the dyed mallard substitutes that are commonly available.
	Marryatt Hook - standard dry fly sizes 10 - 18 Thread - cream Tail - brown hackle fibers Body - light grey rabbit dubbing Wings - grey duck quills Hackle - brown
	Midge - Cream Hook - dry fly sizes 18 - 28 Thread - white Tail - cream hackle fibers Body - cream rabbit dubbing Hackle - cream hackle Comments - black, ginger, gray and olive midges are tied the same except the colors are changed as appropriate.
	Mosquito Hook - standard dry fly sizes 12 - 20 Thread - black Tail - grizzly hackle fibers Body - light and dark moose mane wrapped in alternate color bands Wings - grizzly hackle tips Hackle - grizzly Comments - This original mosquito pattern has stood the test of time.
	Pale Evening Dun Hook - standard dry fly sizes 14 - 20 Thread - cream Tail - light dun hackle fibers Body - pale yellow rabbit dubbing Wings - light dun hackle tips Hackle - medium dun
	Pale Morning Dun Hook - standard dry fly sizes 12 - 18 Thread - cream Tail - pale dun Body - cream rabbit dubbing Wings - light dun hackle tips Hackle - pale dun
	Pale Watery Dun Hook - standard dry fly sizes 16 - 18 Thread - grey Tail - sandy dun hackle fibers Body - grey muskrat belly fur Wings - grey duck quills Hackle - sandy dun
	Pink Lady Hook - standard dry fly sizes 12 -16 Thread - cream Tail - gold pheasant tippets Rib - fine flat tinsel gold Body - pink floss Wings - grey duck quills Hackle - golden badger
	Quill Gordon Hook - standard dry fly 12 - 16 Thread - black Tail - dark dun hackle fibers Body - stripped peacock quill (lacquered) Rib - fine gold wire Wings - woodduck Hackle - dark blue dun Comments - If the wire is wrapped in the direction opposite which the quill is wrapped, it will provide for a stronger tied fly.
	Rat Faced McDougal Hook - standard dry fly 6 - 14 Thread - tan Tail - light tan elk hair Body - natural grey deer, spun and clipped Wings - grizzly hackle tips Hackle - light ginger
	Red Quill Hook - standard dry fly sizes 12 - 16 Thread - grey Tail - bronze dun hackle fibers Body - coachman brown hackle stem stripped Wings - lemon woodduck Hackle - medium bronze dun Comments - Bronze dun is nearly impossible to find. Look for a medium dun cape with as much brown tone as possible.
	Renegade Hook - standard dry fly 6 - 18 Thread - black Tip - fine flat gold tinsel Body - peacock herl Rear Hackle - brown Front Hackle - white
	Rio Grande King Hook - standard dry fly 6 - 14 Thread - black Tail - gold pheasant tippet fibers Body - fine black chenille Wing - white duck quill Hackle - brown
	Royal Coachman Hook - standard dry fly 10 - 16 Thread - black Tail - gold pheasant tippets Body - peacock herl and red floss Wings - white duck quill Hackle - chocolate brown Comments - Good quality chocolate brown hackle is available only in imported hackle capes and generally is of poorer quality. Be sure to specify when purchasing hackle for this fly - as dark brown as possible and do not be too disappointed if you get a lighter shade. Commercial Royal Coachman flies are generally tied today with run of the mill brown hackle. The body has in sequence from tail a peacock herl band, a red floss band and another peacock herl band up next to the wings. Often, the wings have for substitutes - white woodduck breast feathers (fan-wing royal coachman) or white calf tail or white calf body hair (hair-wing royal coachman).
	Rusty Spinner Hook - 3X fine dry fly sizes 12 - 24 Thread - wtan Tail - medium dun hackle fibers Body - rusty brown rabbit dubbing Wings - light gray poly yarn tied spent Comment - for a really bright easy to see and attractive spinner, replace the poly yarn wings with pearl krystal flash.
	Spider - Badger Hook - Mustad 9523 Thread - black Tail - badger hackle fibers Hackle - badger-oversized (3X size of hook gap)
	Stimulator - Black Hook - dry fly 2X sizes 6 - 8 Thread - fl. fire-orange Tail - elk hair dyed black (moose body hair also works) Rib - fine gold wire and dark dun hackle Body - black dubbing (the shinier the better) or black antron yarn Wings - elk hair dyed black (moose may be substituted) Head - fire-orange dubbing (shiny - antron or similar material) Hackle - grizzly wrapped over head
	Stimulator - Olive Hook - dry fly 2X sizes 6 - 16 Thread - fl. fire-orange Tail - grey elk hair Rib - brown hackle palmered and counter wound with fine gold wire Body - olive dubbing (shiny - antron or similar material) Wings - grey elk hair Head - amber dubbing (shiny - antron or similar material) Hackle - grizzly wrapped over head
	Sulfur Dun Hook - standard dry fly sizes 16 - 18 Thread - cream Tail - light dun hackle fibers Body - sandy fox fur Wings - cream hen hackle tips Hackle - light dun
	Western Green Drake Hook - standard dry fly sizes 10 - 12 Thread - olive Tail - moose body hair Body - olive rabbit dubbing Rib - light olive floss Wings - moose body hair Hackle - grizzly dyed olive
	White Miller Hook - standard dry fly sizes 10 - 26 Thread - white Tail - white hackle fibers Body - white floss Rib - fine copper wire Wings - white duck quills Hackle - white hackle.
	Wulff - Ausable Hook - standard dry fly sizes 8 - 14 Thread - fire-orange Tail - moose body hair Body - bleached australian opossum Wings - white calf tail (or white calf body hair) Hackle - brown and grizzly mixed (or cree)
	Wulff - Blonde Hook - standard dry fly sizes 4 - 14 Thread - black Tail - light tan elk Body - light tan rabbit fur Wings - light tan elk Hackle - light ginger
	Wulff - Brown Hook - standard dry fly sizes 8 - 12 Thread - black Tail - brown bucktail Body - light brown rabbit fur Wings - natural brown bucktail Hackle - brown
	Wulff - Grey Hook - standard dry fly sizes 8 - 14 Thread - black Tail - natural brown bucktail Body - muskrat (dark - back fur) Wings - natural brown bucktail Hackle - medium dun
	Wulff - Grizzly Hook - standard dry fly sizes 8 - 14 Thread - black Tail - natural brown bucktail Body - yellow floss Wings - natural brown bucktail Hackle - brown and grizzly mixed
	Wulff - Royal Hook - standard dry fly sizes 8 - 18 Thread - black Tail - natural brown bucktail Butt - peacock herl Body - Red Floss Shoulder - peacock herl Wings - white calf tail (or white calf body hair) Hackle - dark brown hackle
	Wulff - White Hook - standard dry fly sizes 6 - 16 Thread - white Tail - white calf tail or body hair Body - White rabbit dubbing Wings - white calf tail (or white calf body hair) Hackle - cream badger